The latest in a sporadic series of Lulu samplers - titles plucked at random from the Lulu publishing torrent. And I owe the humorless lugheads at the Christian Science Monitor a post, too. Look for it later today.
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Men of FTM
International
by Martin Rawlings-Fein
Diverse images of FTMs, and their lives.
We FTMs are parents, brother, fathers and uncles. We are mechanics,
rabbis,
ministers, students, surfers, skateboarders, translators, construction
workers
and every other role you can imagine. We are every ethnic identity and
cultural
background, and represent every flavor of sexuality gay, bisexual,
straight and
everything else in between. This calendar is not definitive of FTM
diversity,
yet it is a start to show the world that we FTMs are here and are not
invisible.
About the Editor:
Martin Rawlings-Fein is a bisexual transsexual activist, full time
student,
volunteer, publications director, editor of the FTM International
Newsletter,
Co-Chair of San Francisco Transgender, Empowerment, Advocacy and
Mentorship,
all around mensch, and a new daddy to boot.
A Light Blazes in
the
Darkness: Advent Devotionals from an Intentional Online Community
by Theresa
Coleman [Editor: Blook alert!]
This advent devotional book comes from an unusual source --
a group of women who keep Web Logs -- discerning women, clergywomen and
their
friends who call themselves the RevGalBlogPals webring
(http://revgalblogpals.blogspot.com). The RevGalBlogPals webring is a
circle of
friends who span across denominations and countries to form an
intentional
community. We laugh, pray and grow together as clergy, as Christians
and as
women. These are our reflections on the season of Advent and are based
loosely
on Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. The proceeds for this book
will go to
hurricane relief efforts along the US gulf coast.
Cipe
Pineles: Two Remembrances; Graphic Design Archives Series: Two
by Estelle Ellis
Seventeen and Glamour, Mademoiselle and Charm—Cipe Pineles
(1908-91), strengthened the visual appeal of each of these magazines
with her
award-winning design and art direction. Her groundbreaking work in the
1940s
and 50s set the standard for the appearance of women's magazines in
ensuing
decades. Now Pineles, whose archive is held at Rochester Institute of
Technology Special Collections, is the subject of this second
publication in
the RIT Graphic Design Archives Chapbook Series. This volume's vibrant
reproductions of pen-and-ink sketches, fashion layouts, and gouache
illustrations will orient readers to RIT's extensive Pineles
Collection. The
book also introduces Pineles's personal history through essays by
Estelle
Ellis, and Carol Burtin Fripp.
Introduction
to International Humanitarian Law
by Curtis FJ Doebbler
This book provides a basic introduction to the study of
international humanitarian law for students and practitioners. It is
written by
an expert in international law who has had to depend on the functioning
of the
law in the heat of ongoing armed conflicts for his own protection and
to
protect other civilian victims of war. It does this through tools that
include
a basic summary of the history of international humanitarian law; a
concise and
easy to understand description of the most important principles of
international humanitarian law; and exercises to help you understand
the law
and to assist teachers in conveying the meaning of the law in practice.
The
Mis-Adventures of Frissue the Tissue
by Julianne
Weinmann
Meet George and his Tissue, Frissue. They are unlikely
"friends" who depend on each other. A skiing adventure separates
them, and they learn about safe skiing, the constancy of friendship,
and the
courage to start again despite all difficulties!
A
PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY BACK TO MARINELAND OF THE PACIFIC
by Jim
Patryla
Marineland of the Pacific opened in 1954 and during its
reign as one of the premier tourist attractions in Southern
California it managed to educate and entertain the world.
33 years
later Marineland’s controversial closing outraged a community and the
world
lost a truly remarkable institution. This beautifully illustrated book
chronicles the history of world famous Marineland of the Pacific and
features
over 200 rare color and black & white photographs. A number of
these
historic Marineland images were selected from the author’s own personal
archive
of original photographs, including the only known full color
photographs taken
of the actual birth of the world's very first killer whale ever to be
conceived
and born in captivity. This one-of-a-kind collector's edition of facts
and
photographs will help to preserve Marineland’s legacy of compassion,
education
and discovery.
Savannah-Rama
Calendar 2006
by Brigitte
Cowell
Savannah Cats.
>Pithed -- Desert Peach #31
by Donna Barr
Based on the long-running drawn-book
series, The
Desert Peach. "There’s nothing innocent in Pithed. It is a nihilistic
nightmare, a bad LSD-trip into human failure, guilt and resignation.
The
future, along with (the Desert Peach)Pfirisch’s descendents, is
portrayed as a
climax of darkness and senselessness. A place with a destroyed nature,
where
pure air is dealt like drugs are today and where babies are
sharp-toothed
monsters. Evolution’s response to centuries-long child-abuse! The Peach
finds
himself as a terrifying zombie in a bizarre hell. The Peach a doomed
soul - who
would have guessed? A self-made hell, because Pfirsich couldn’t forgive
himself
for having once called the Gypsies 'those people.' And yes, Hell
probably is
always self-made. A place of one’s own unforgiveness."
