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Bird, Leonard. Folding Paper Cranes: An Atomic Memoir. May 2005. 168p. illus. Univ. of Utah, paper, $14.95 (0-87480-824-3). 355.02. Bird was an 18-year-old marine in 1954 when he first visited [...]

Rubber Paper Scissors. 2007. 129min. AV Cafe, DVD, $29.95. Judi Watanabe hosts this step-by-step rubber-stamping instructional. Watanabe begins with a description of the basic tools and supplies for creating professional-looking [...]

The Paper Dragonfly. By Mary Watson. Illus. by the author. 2007. 32p. Shenanigan, $15.95 (0-9726614-3-3). K--Gr. 3. In Japan, a farmer's son is more interested in making lanterns than cultivating [...]

Paper, Lew. Deadly Risks. Dec. 2006. 341p. Seven Locks, $23.95 (1-931643-96-2). The JFK assassination has attracted some big-name thriller authors over the years (McCarry, Littell, Ellroy). Now veteran nonfiction writer [...]

Le Van, Marthe. The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry: 35 Creative Projects. Dec. 2006. 144p. illus. index. Sterling/Lark, $24.95 (1-57990-814-4). 745.59. Consistency, especially in crafts books, is a virtue far [...]

Christensen, Molly Smith. The New Paper Quilling: Creative Techniques for Scrapbooks, Cards, Home Accents & More. 2006. 127p. illus, index. Lark, $19.95 (1-57990-691-5). 745.54. Expert Christensen defines quilling as the [...]

Coyne, Tom. Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros. June 2006. 320p. Gotham, $26 (1-592-40209-7). 796.357. For all the low-handicap golfers who have ever wondered if […]

Nash/Renfrow. 2003. 60min. $39.95 (pp). 520-620-6613. Making paper from scraps of construction paper is an easy classroom project, according to veteran teacher Catherine Nash, who demonstrates papermaking techniques. The teacher […]

Carroll, James Robert. The Real Woodrow Wilson: An Interview with Arthur S. Link, Editor of the Wilson Papers. Jan. 2001. 120p. illus. Images from the Past, $19.50 (1-884592-32-5). 973.91. Readers [...]

The Papermaking Workshop, v. 1: Handmade Paper from Plants and Recycled Fibers. 2004. 90min. Nash/Renfrow, VHS and DVD, $39.95 (pp) each. 520-620-6613. Artist and teacher Catherine Nash introduces papermaking in [...]

* The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib. Ed. by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel. Mar. 2005.800p. Cambridge, $50 (0-521-85324-9). 973.931. Bush administration officials and top military [...]

Illus. by Jane Kurisu. 2002. 160p. index. Kids Can, paper, $14.95 (1-55074-940-4). 745. Gr. 3-6. This attractive, large-format book presents craft projects from five paper-art categories: folding, cutting, weaving, paper [...]

2002. 128p. illus. Williamson, paper, $12.95 (1-885593-67-8). 745.54. Gr. 3-5. From the Kids Can series, this craft book shows children how to use paper to make a wide range of [...]

Boursin, Didier. Origami Paper Airplanes. 2001. 64p. illus. Firefly, lib. ed., $19.95 (1-55209-626-2); paper, $9.95 (1-55209-616-5). 745.592. Gr. 6-up. Joining the recent surge in origami books, these three titles offer [...]

Walker, Dale L. The Calamity Papers: Western Myths and Cold Cases. Dec. 2004. 288p. Tor/Forge, $24.95 (0-765-30831-2). 973. Walker replicates his prior expedition into enigmas of the Old West, Legends [...]

Friel, Howard and Falk, Richard. The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy. Nov. 2004. 292p. index. Verso, $23 (1-84467-019-8). 071 Despite its vaunted [...]

Allison, Catherine. Brown Paper Teddy Bear. Illus. by Neil Reed. Oct. 2004. 32p. Scholastic/Cartwheel, $16.95 (0-439-63900-X). PreS-K. English writer Allison's latest offering certainly travels well-trod territory: a girl awakens in [...]

Mar. 2004. 240p. Grove, $22 (0-802-1765-1). Baca is known for his poetry and memoir, A Place to Stand (2001), and his short fiction seems like second nature although this is [...]

Nov. 2003. 368p. Morrow, $24.95 (0-06-052535-5). Debut novelist Healey brings medieval history to life in magnificent fashion as she adds a new twist to an old legend. An elderly Eleanor [...]

By Richard E. Braff. 2003. 696p. McFarland, paper, $75 (0-7864-1031-0). Braff, a silent film scholar, assembled the data for this book before he died in 2001. 'Rather than allow the [...]

Sept. 2003. 309p. Overlook, paper, $13.95 (1-58567-300-5). Written as a journal, this novel is narrated by the impetuous Richard Clark, a 19-year-old hell raiser on safari with his dysfunctional parents. [...]

Much like the young humans it describes, tween, as a term, can be hard to pin down. Preteen sums it up physiologically, but in terms of literature, we at Booklist […]

Mar. 2003. 352p. NAL/Roc, paper, $6.50 (0-451-45917-2). Young Xiao Yen's life veers dramatically from the ordinary after her aunt, Wang Tie-Tie, head of the family, sends her to train with [...]

Dec. 2002. 128p. illus. index. Sterling, $24.95 (0-8069-6877-X). 702. This is an excellent resource for anyone wanting an introduction or to learn more about the art of paper collage. Ackerman, [...]

* Jack Laidlaw series, by William McIlvanney. Representative title: The Papers of Tony Veitch. Harcourt, 1983, paper, $8.95 (0-15-670825-0). There are only a few Jack Laidlaw mysteries, but they have [...]

Mar. 2004. 400p. Simon & Schuster, $25 (0-7432-4919-4). 081. Goodman, Pulitzer Prize--winning syndicated columnist, offers a collection of essays reflecting her thoughts and observations on seminal events and people of [...]

Avalon/Shoemaker and Hoard, $24 (1-59376-000-0). Berry's recent essays may restate what he has said before--that agribusiness and the new globalism are inimical to human thriving--but they say it better, and [...]

Johnston, Malinda. May 1994.144p. index. illus. Sterling, $21.95 (0-8069-0598-0). YA 745.54 Paper quillwork [CIP] 93-37240 The craft of paper quilling (rolled pieces of paper glued to form a design) is [...]

Illus. by YongSheng Xuan. 2003.32p. Holiday, $16.95 (0-8234-1705-0). K-Gr. 3. The ingenious Kang brothers, seen last in The Story of Kites [BKL Ap 15 03], return for another entrepreneurial adventure. [...]

Jan. 2004. 336p. Penguin, $19.95 (1-58542-288-6). 153.3. Since The Artist's Way (1992), Cameron has become a one-woman industry of aids to creativity, not unlike Martha Stewart guiding us to gracious [...]

Dec. 2003. 432p. St. Martin's, $24.95 (0-312-31725-5). 002. There is no small charm to a tale that begins where Baxter grew up, in Middle-of-Nowhere, Australia, and ends in the Paris […]

Media mavens and pop culture aficionados will welcome these vivid surveys of notable successes - and the ongoing tension between vision and commerce - in the systems that supply Americans' [...]

Sept. 2003. 192p. Avalon/ Shoemaker and Hoard, $24 (1-59376-000-0). 338-1. Berry says that these recent essays mostly say again what he has said before. His faithful readers may think he [...]

Mar. 2003. 368p. Ecco, $24.95 (0-06-018534-1). A violent incident sends Daniel Emory, a successful white New York lawyer, back to his Hudson River hometown, where he is ensconced in edgy [...]

Instructional Video. 2002. 100min. $29.95 (pp) (0-8028-9100-4). 800-228-0164. 306.81. Cokie Roberts hosts this examination of the history and future of marriage. Although weddings remain popular and marriage is a life [...]

Schmidt, Norman. Fabulous Paper Cliders. 1998. 96p. index. illus. Tamos; dist. by Sterling, $19.95 (1-895569-21-4). DDC: 745.592. Gr. 6-12. Readers familiar with Schmidt's previous books on paper airplanes who are [...]

The anno mirabilis was 1905, when an obscure patent examiner published several papers. This volume consists of translations of Einstein's revolutionary papers that year, with introductions by physicist Roger Penrose [...]

Chip Taylor. 2002. 30min. $7999 (pp). 800-876-2447. 736. Matisse, the grandson of French artist Henri Matisse, creates stunning papercut designs. In this video workshop, Matisse shows how to produce papercut [...]

By Eleanor Coerr. Read by Christina Moore. Recorded Books. 2002. 1hr. unabr. 1 cassette, $12 (1-4025-1984-2). 800-638-1304. Gr. 3-8. Based on a true story, this tells of 12-year-old Sadako Sasaki, [...]

Dobson, Joanne. The Northbury Papers. 1998. Doubleday, $21.95 (0-385-48693-6). Feisty, working-class Karen Pelletier teaches English and does a little sleuthing on the lovely New England campus of Enfield College. An [...]

Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. 1997. 56min. $159. 730.'92 Noguchi, Isamu || Japanese American sculptors Adult. The life and work of renowned Japanese American [...]

Blake and Milne explain how to construct new and recycle old paper; create books, cards, and frames; and embellish boxes. Emphasis is on earth-friendly actions, including using old papers, employing [...]

Kelly, Emery J. 1997. 64p. illus. Lerner, lib. ed., $17.95 (0-8225-2401-5). DDC: 745.592. Gr. 4-8. This practical book on making and flying paper airplanes begins with a few tips on [...]

In magisterial regularity, volumes of King's complete collected papers, planned to span 14 volumes, emerge one at a time. Only a single year is represented in the current installment, but [...]

Keller, 1996. 160p. Harcourt/Browndeer, $12 (0-15-201345-8); paper, $5 (0-15-201346-6). Gr. 7-10. '`While you are draining your crankcase, Aunt Blanche observed, `other young women are draining the cup of life.'' Thus [...]