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Book review: Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests

"[A] helpful, compact fieldguide. ... In all, it's a useful book; and its size will allow hikers to carry it in a day pack. It's not exhaustive but certainly comprehensive enough for most weekend hikers and plant lovers." —Daily Journal

Reading selections for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. To commemorate this occasion, we offer the following reading selections to further your understanding of the history of the Holocaust:

The End of the Holocaust
Alvin H. Rosenfeld
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"The End of the Holocaust is a model of critical intelligence, restrained in its judgments, never shrill or accusatory in its disagreements, always illuminating in its insights into the motives and achievements of the major Holocaust writers Rosenfeld discusses." —Forward

Last Folio

Textures of Jewish Life in Slovakia

Yuri Dojc and Katya Krausova

Photographs by Yuri Dojc
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"Books in these photographs . . . are possessed by spirits exorcised through Yuri Dojc's magical eye: as they disintegrate into dust, the camera illuminates how that moment of disintegration is also a moment of immense energy and movement, one last and glorious statement of defiance, resisting both death and oblivion." —Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Who Will Write Our History
Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive
Samuel D. Kassow
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"This may well be the most important book about history that anyone will ever read." —The New Republic

Who Will Write Our History tells the gripping story of Emanuel Ringelblum and his determination to use historical scholarship and the collection of documents to resist Nazi oppression.

Volume II coming in April 2012
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945 - Volume I
Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA)
Geoffrey P. Megargee, Editor
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". . . a readable encyclopedia with very up-to-date bibliographical sources. This important reference work belongs on every library bookshelf. . . . Essential." —Choice

This first volume covers three groups of camps: the early camps that the Nazis established in the first year of Hitler's rule, the major SS concentration camps with their constellations of subcamps, and the special camps for Polish and German children and adolescents.

The Unknown Black Book
The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories
Edited by Joshua Rubenstein and Ilya Altman
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The Unknown Black Book provides a revelatory compilation of testimonies from Jews who survived open-air massacres and other atrocities carried out by the Germans and their allies in the occupied Soviet territories during World War II.

Book review: Richard G. Lugar, Statesman of the Senate

"In this well-researched account, ... Shaw focuses on the senator's interests and actions during his three decades in the Senate ... Attention is also given to Lugar as a truly bipartisan politician ... Shaw gives a convincing description of Lugar's 'considerable legislative legacy.'" —Publishers Weekly

Exclusive offer for our Twitter & Facebook followers! #birthdaybooks

We are excited to announce a new promotion for our Twitter and Facebook followers! Starting Monday, January 30, we will celebrate the birthdays of subjects related to our books with an exclusive 40% discount for our Twitter and Facebook followers. For each birthday, we will post on our feeds the associated book that is eligible to receive a 40% discount. The offer is valid only on the date of the birthday. (Twitter users can follow the list of books with the #birthdaybooks hashtag).

If you're not a follower, connect with us today on Twitter or Facebook (or both)!

Author event: Super Bowl poetry reading with Norbert Krapf and the Airpoets

As a part of the Indianapolis Super Bowl activities, IUP author Norbert Krapf and his fellow Airpoets (Joyce Brinkman, Ruthelen Burns, and Joseph Heithaus) will be reading at TURF Art Pavilion's Café Corner this Saturday, January 28 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Come support Indiana artists and share poetry of your own! Open mic will be held before and after the reading from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For more information, visit the Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association's website.

Enjoy a five-course Caribbean dinner with Daniel Orr

FARMbloomington chef and owner Daniel Orr will present a special five-course dinner at the Brown Hotel in Louisville this Thursday, January 26 at 7 p.m. The menu will feature traditional Caribbean recipes from Orr's cookbook Paradise Kitchen, copies of which will be available for signing.

The price to attend is $55 per person, plus tax and gratuity, or $65 including wine. Seating is limited, so please call (502) 736-2996 to make a reservation.

Author event: Mass Ave Wine Shoppe hosts booksigning with Rita Kohn

Author Rita Kohn will sign copies of her book True Brew at the Mass Ave Wine Shoppe in Indianapolis this Saturday, January 21 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Meet and greet the author and check out the shop's stock of local brews.

Lucy Norris curates Everything Must Go exhibit in London

For our readers across the pond, a new exhibit curated by Recycling Indian Clothing author Lucy Norris opens at the Bargehouse in London today and runs through January 22. Everything Must Go follows the journeys of worn clothing as it is sold for reuse and recycling across the world.

A lecture about recycled clothing entitled "Talking Rubbish" will take place January 21 in conjunction with the exhibit. Both the lecture and exhibit are free and open to the public. For more information, visit thewasteoftheworld.org.

When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue? [podcast]

Jo Paoletti’s journey through the history of children’s clothing began when she asked, “When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?” In this podcast, she shares the fascinating discoveries she made while working on her new book Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America.

January events for 'Pink and Blue' author Jo Paoletti

Pink and Blue author Jo Paoletti has two book events scheduled this month. The first takes place this Tuesday, January 18 at 5:30 p.m. in Hyattsville, MD. Jo, along with authors Jason Farman and Katie King, will talk about their works and sign books during the "Books and Brews" event at Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery and General Store. Light fare will be available along with a cash bar featuring Franklin's award-winning brews.

Then on January 29 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Jo will appear at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, MD to discuss and sign copies of her book.

For a complete listing of events for Pink and Blue, visit's Jo's blog www.pinkisforboys.org.