BOOKS ON SOCIAL SCIENCES – BEST BIOGRAPHY: - Library Journal Review

Brady, Sally Ryder. A Box of Darkness: The Story of a Marriage. St. Martin's. Feb. 2011. c.256p. photogs. ISBN 9780312654160. $23.99. AUTOBIOG

Dennison, Matthew. Livia, Empress of Rome: A Biography. St. Martin's. Jan. 2011. c.336p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780312658649. $27.99. BIOG

Firstbrook, Peter. The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family. Crown. Jan. 2011. c.336p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780307591401. $26. GENEALOGY

Greider, Katharine. The Archaeology of Home: An Improbable Memoir and Epic History of a Thousand Street Feet of the Lower East Side. PublicAffairs: Perseus. Mar. 2011. c.352p. ISBN 9781586487126. $26.95. AUTOBIOG

Robinson, Peter. Ronald Reagan: A Life in Photographs. Sterling. Feb. 2011. 224p. photogs. ISBN 9781402780578. $24.95. BIOG

COMMUNICATIONS
Bad News: How America's Business Press Missed the Story of the Century. New Pr., dist. by Perseus. Feb. 2011. c.240p. ed. by Anya Schiffrin. ISBN 9781595585493. $24.95. COMM

ECONOMICS
Adams, Laura D. Money Girl's Smart Moves To Grow Rich. Griffin: St. Martin's. Jan. 2011. c.272p. ISBN 9780312662622. pap. $14.99. BUS

Draper, William H., III. The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership Between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs. Palgrave Macmillan. Jan. 2011. c.272p. ISBN 9780230104860. $28. BUS

Hartung, William. Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. Nation: Perseus. Jan. 2011. c.304p. ISBN 9781568584201. $25.95. BUS

Kaufman, Josh. The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business. Portfolio. Jan. 2011. c.402p. index. ISBN 9781591843528. $27.95. BUS

Milanovic, Branko. The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Inequality Around the Globe. Basic Bks: Perseus. Jan. 2011. c.256p. bibliog. ISBN 9780465019748. $27.95. BUS

Scholl, Adam T. No Sneakers at the Office: A Practical Handbook for the Business World. Landmarc. 2010. c.224p. illus. index. ISBN 9780984512904. pap. $14.95. BUS

EDUCATION
Saltmarsh, John & Edward Zlotkowski. Higher Education and Democracy: Essays on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement. Temple Univ. Feb. 2011. c.360p. illus. index. ISBN 9781439900376. $59.50. ED

HISTORY
Blatman, Daniel. The Death Marches: The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide. Belknap: Harvard Univ. Jan. 2011. c.570p. tr. from Hebrew by Chaya Galai. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780674050495. $35. HIST

Brady, Patricia. A Being so Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson. Palgrave Macmillan. Feb. 2011. c.272p. illus. ISBN 9780230609501. $26. HIST

Bown, Stephen R. Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Dec. 2010. c.320p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780312616113. pap. $26.99. HIST

Budiansky, Stephen. Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815. Knopf. Jan. 2011. c.448p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780307270696. $35. HIST

Huntford, Roland. Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen. Continuum. 2010. c.364p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781441169822. $27.95. HIST

Jasanoff, Maya. Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World. Knopf. Feb. 2011. c.480p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781400041688. $30. HIST

Meisler, Stanley. When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and Its First Fifty Years. Beacon, dist. by Random. Feb. 2011. c.288p. index. ISBN 9780807050491. $26.95. HIST

Sandbrook, Dominic. Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right. Knopf. Feb. 2011. c.496p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781400042623. $35. HIST

Sharfstein, Daniel J. The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey From Black to White. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Feb. 2011. c.393p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781594202827. $27.95. HIST

Tinniswood, Adrian. Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-Century Mediterranean. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). 2010. c.368p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781594487743. $26.95. HIST

LAW & CRIME
Cowser, Bob, Jr. Green Fields: Crime, Punishment, & a Boyhood Between. UNO Pr. 2010. c.178p. photogs. ISBN 9781608010189. pap. $15.95. CRIME

Goldstone, Lawrence. Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903. Walker. Feb. 2011. c.256p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780802717924. $26. LAW

Timmerman, L.C. & John H. Timmerman. The Color of Night: A Young Mother, a Missing Child and a Cold-Blooded Killer. New Horizon. Jan. 2011. c.320p. illus. ISBN 9780882823225. $24.95. CRIME

PARAPSYCHOLOGY
Edward, John. Infinite Quest: Develop Your Psychic Intuition To Take Charge of Your Life. Sterling Ethos. 2010. c.288p. ISBN 9781402778933. $22.95. PARAPSYCH

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Brabazon, James. My Friend the Mercenary. Grove. Feb. 2011. c.496p. maps. ISBN 9780802119759. $25.95. INT AFFAIRS

Polman, Linda. The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? Metropolitan: Holt. 2010. 240p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780805092905. pap. $24. INT AFFAIRS

Scheuer, Michael. Osama bin Laden. Oxford Univ. Feb. 2011. c.288p. bibliog. ISBN 9780199738663. $19.95. INT AFFAIRS

PSYCHOLOGY
Karasu, T. Byram, M.D. Gotham Chronicles: The Culture of Sociopathy. Rowman & Littlefield. Dec. 2010. c.300p. ISBN 9781442208179. $27.95. PSYCH

Orsillo, Susan M. & Lizabeth Roemer. The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: Break Free from Chronic Worry and Reclaim Your Life. Guilford. Feb. 2011. c.308p. ISBN 9781606239827. $40; pap. ISBN 9781606234648. $16.95. PSYCH

Wehrenberg, Margaret. The 10 Best-Ever Depression Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Depressed & What You Can Do To Change It. Norton. Feb. 2011. c.256p. ISBN 9780393706291. pap. $19.95. PSYCH

SOCIAL SCIENCES
Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Men for Women. Seal, dist. by PGW. 2010. c.256p. ed. by Candace Walsh & Laura André. ISBN 9781580053396. pap. $16.95. SOC SCI

Richards, Susan. Lost and Found in Russia. Other. Dec. 2010. c.352p. index. ISBN 9781590513484. pap. $15.95. SOC SCI

TRAVEL & GEOGRAPHY
Schalansky, Judith. Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will. Penguin. 2010. 144p. tr. from German by Christine Lo. maps. index. ISBN 9780143118206. $28. TRAV

Wheeler, Sara. The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle. Farrar. Feb. 2011. c.368p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780374200138. $26. TRAV

PROFESSIONAL MEDIA
Boomers and Beyond: Reconsidering the Role of Libraries. ALA. 2010. 144p. ed. by Pauline Rothstein & Diantha Dow Schull. index. ISBN 9780838910146. pap. $55. PRO MEDIA

Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small and Medium-Sized Digitization Projects. METRO. 2010. 592p. ed. by Kwong Bor Ng & Jason Kucsma. illus. ISBN 9780615379982. pap. $60. PRO MEDIA

No Shelf Required: E-Books in Libraries. ALA. 2010. 200p. ed. by Sue Polanka. index. ISBN 9780838910542. pap. $65. PRO MEDIA

Webber, Desiree & Andrew Peters. Integrated Library Systems: Planning, Selecting, and Implementing. Libraries Unlimited: ABC-CLIO. 2010. 183p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781591588979. pap. $45. PRO MEDIA