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Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul
	"Phenomenal woman. That's me." Poet Maya Angelou could have written these words about any mother. Perhaps more than anyone, mothers can use a little 'pick-me-up' -- a little Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul. What bonds all women are mutual experiences of loving and learning -- juggling the responsibilities of job and family -- giving birth to new life. This shining collection of stories from the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series is full of such moments. These stories honor the strength and reveal the beauty of women's spirits. There's inspiration, joy and comfort in the special messages found in chapters on love, marriage, overcoming obstacles. Any mother will find this delightful book to be a treasured companion for years to come. (Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul is also available in a hardcover edition.) (Get the Book!)
Love Poems
	It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Love Poems gathers over a hundred love poems, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America. The poems are arranged by subjects of most concern to those in love: "Definitions and Persuasions," "Praising the Loved One," "Pleasures and Pain," and "Fidelity and Inconstancy." Poets represented include W.H. Auden, John Donne, Anna Akhmatova, Edna St. Vincent Millay, William Butler Yeats, Izumi Shikibu, and Emily Dickinson. This small, pocket-sized volume would make a perfect gift to praise your love....why not place the red ribbon marker on an apt poem and tuck the book into a bathrobe pocket, to be found as he or she goes to bed? Or leave it on the breakfast table, next to a vase holding a red rose. The possibilities are endless. (Get the Book!)
The Sparrow
	Every once in a while at Book Stacks, we find a book that we know is a winner from the very first page or the very first paragraph. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell is one of those. Russell is a paleo-anthropologist who has written scientific articles on subjects ranging from bone biology to cannibalism and has written technical manuals for medical equipment as complex as nuclear magnetic resonance scanners. In 1991, after she figured that "only about 22 anthropologists world-wide read my academic publications and nobody reads computer manuals," she left academia and began writing The Sparrow, which The Kirkus Reviews called "a brilliant first novel about the discovery of extraterrestrial life and the voyage of a party of Jesuit missionaries to Alpha Centauri." This novel is a rare and special blend of intellectualism, spirituality, and really good science fiction. This is an ideal gift for the science fiction fan looking for something deeper than scantily-clad maidens shooting laser guns on desert planets; it's also a great gift for fans of good fiction, period. (Get the Book!)
Nebula Awards 31
	Oh, friends, it's that time of year! The Nebula Awards anthology has arrived, and there is much joy in Mudville. This year's featured award winners are; Ursula K. LeGuin for her novelette "Solitude," Esther M. Friesner for her short story "Death and the Librarian," and Elizabeth Hand for her novella, "Last Summer at Mars Hill." Also included in this volume are memorials to Roger Zelazny (written by Ian Watson, Jack C. Haldeman II, and Jack Dann) and tributes to the latest receipient of the Grandmaster award A.E. van Vogt (written by Harlan Ellison and Charles L. Harness). Essays, tributes, great stories ... what more can any fan of great science fiction ask? (Get the Book!)
Black Wine
	An ambitious feminist fantasy novel in the tradition of Joanna Russ and Ursula K. Le Guin, Black Wine explores the far reaches of fantasy with a tale of women bound to slavery in a barbarian land. Candas Jane Dorsey's young heroine travels across this strange land, from slave dens to merchant cities, across seas by ship and to isolated mountain villages searching for the past she lost before being captured. Who is the old woman hanging in a cage in the hot sun? Who is the mother who abandoned her daughter? Dorsey creates a brilliant puzzle of identity which binds the old woman to the young girl. A powerful work of feminist fantasy such as this doesn't come along very often -- and this work promises to be the first novel from a future great in the science fiction genre. (Get the Book!)

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