Spring Hardcovers: Reference
Edited by Dick Donahue and Juan Martinez Compiled by Alia Akkam, Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix, Natalie Danford, Lauren Joyce, Hilary Kayle, Suzanne Mantell, Diane Patrick, Karole Riippa, Judith Rosen, Oona Short, Skip Skwarek and Julie Stevenson -- Publishers Weekly, 1/21/2008
Abrams Image
How to Fly a Plane(June, $19.95) by Nick Barnard covers everything from aerodynamics to step-by-step training.
Collins Reference
I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like (Aug., $14.95) by Mardy Grothe looks at the use of metaphor, analogy and simile throughout literary history.
5 Continents Editions
(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
The Arts of Kashmir(Mar., $55), edited by Pratapaditya Pal, catalogues Kashmir's artistic and intellectual fervor between the fourth and 19th centuries.
MacMillan UK
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
True Adventures for Boys(Apr., $22.95) by Paul Safront presents stories from The Wild World magazine in their original designs.
Overlook Press
By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English (May, $27.95) by David Crystal. The author of How Language Works takes readers on a linguistic travelogue.
Tempus/Nonesuch
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Would You Like to Be Buried with My People?: Irish Wedding Traditions(Apr., $24.95) by Kerstin Mierke et al. traces the history of Irish courtship and marriage customs.
Thunder Bay Press
Faiths & Religions of the World: The History, Culture, and Practice of Beliefs(Mar., $29.95) by David Gibbons provides a comprehensive guide.
