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151. Let the mighty river flow.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*CANOES & canoeing, *CITIZEN participation in environmental policy, HANFORD Site (Wash.)
Abstract

Describes the canoe trip of Brad Knickerbocker and Bob Harbison down the Hanford Reach stretch of the Columbia River, Washington. Their travel through the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; Unique status of the area regarding environmental policy; Concerns about land-use and people-use policy; Expected increase in environmentally-displaced persons.

Published
1998

152. One tough job interview.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*CHARITABLE giving, *GENEROSITY, *EMPLOYMENT interviewing, *RICH people, *ANECDOTES, *PERSONAL finance, *ETHICS, SOCIAL aspects
Abstract

Recounts a question about charitable giving asked of the author in a job interview. Author asked about his philosophy of giving; Question reflecting concern for job priorities; Insight from seeing how others structure giving into their lives; Giving by professional athletes and instant millionaires.

Published
1998

153. Prometheus wired!

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*PROMETHEUS (Greek deity), *AUTOMATIC tracking ethics
Abstract

Applies the meaning of the ancient Greek myth about Prometheus. Strengths of such myths; Who Prometheus was; Satellite tagging of large ocean animals; Tracking individuals with miniature electronic devices; Need for technological ethics for such devices.

Published
1998

154. Boulders and software.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*BOOKS, *PURCHASING, *COMPUTER software
Abstract

Recommends against the use of agent software, or a computer program which is designed to help browsers find the right book. The author's experience using agent software at Amazon.com; The distinctions between information and knowledge and between knowledge and wisdom; Why wisdom is important in choosing a book.

Published
1998

155. Image isn't everything.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*VIRTUAL reality -- Social aspects
Abstract

Focuses on interactive computer-generated software images known as virtual idols. The effect of the idols on society similar to the introduction of the television; Scenarios to consider.

Published
1998

156. 16 crucial words.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*FREEDOM of religion
Abstract

Discusses the implications of the first 16 words of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America. Religious diversity that flourishes as the United States enters the 21st century; Freedom to worship as a unifying force in society.

Published
1998

157. Public space private matters.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*COPYRIGHT, *CELL phones & society
Abstract

Introduces articles dealing with communications issues; Cell-phone etiquette; Copyright law and its interplay with popular culture.

Published
1998

158. Read a real page turner.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*TEXTBOOKS
Abstract

Discusses textbooks. Why textbooks are not likely to become extinct, even as computers continue to advance; Growth in the education textbook field in 1997; Companies like Pearson PLC who feel that educational textbooks are the growth market of the future.

Published
1998

159. The Monitor's guide to religion bestsellers.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim, Remmerde, Juniper, Turner, Clare, Murray, Mari, Moller, Janet C., Zipp, Yvonne, Lipscomb, Laura, Jones, Debra A., McLaughlin, Abraham T., Parney, Lisa Leigh, Hoyle, Amy, Huenneke, Judy, and Montgomery, Leigh

Subjects
*RELIGIOUS literature, *BEST sellers, *CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
Abstract

Presents a chart, with reviews, of the top ten paperback and hardcover religion best sellers for December 8, 1997, according to `Publisher's Weekly.' Paperbacks including `Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul,' from Health Communications and `Left Behind,' by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins; Hardcovers including `Sources of Strength,' by Jimmy Carter and `Just as I Am,' by Billy Graham.

Published
1997

160. Following the birds on pristine Block Island.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*BIRD watching, *TRAVEL
Abstract

Describes Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. Its size; Number of ponds on the fairly small island; Species of plants which live on the island; Birds including warblers, tanagers, catbirds, chickadees and peregrine falcons which stay on the island during their southern migration; Birdwatching on Block Island; Conservation efforts.

Published
1997

161. Debate continues on education reform.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*EDUCATIONAL change
Abstract

Reports about the ongoing battle between Congress and White House over education issues during 1995. Introduction of charter-school legislation and public schools run by private companies.

Published
1996

162. The grace of schooling a child.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*READINESS for school
Abstract

Presents a photograph of a young girl waiting to attend her first day at school in Los Angeles, and muses over the transformation that will be brought about by school life in the innocent child.

Published
1995

163. World Wide Web Wireless.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*INTERNET radio, *RADIO broadcasting, *COMPUTER software
Abstract

Comments on how the Internet is going to change the audio broadcasting industry. Comments from Matt Hulett, who works for RealNetworks, maker of the RealPlayer video and audio software; The ability to listen to Web audio broadcasts over a cellular phone; Benefits of an audio Web site over traditional radio broadcasting.

Published
1998

164. A Literary Mantle.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*NOBEL Prizes, *LITERARY prizes, *LITERATURE competitions
Abstract

Explains that the 1998 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will soon be chosen by the Swedish Academy. What winning the honor means; How most people view the award; Acceptance speech of William Faulkner in 1949; Nobel winners compared with those who write popular memoirs; The prize being a literary mantle.

Published
1998

165. The Monitor's guide to bestsellers.

Author

McLaughlin, Abraham T., McNamara, Devon, Bencivenga, Jim, Mallett, Evan F., MacLachlan, Suzanne, Henderson, Keith, Bolton-Fasman, Judith, Goodrich, Lawrence J., Hoyle, John Christian, Montgomery, Leigh, Coolidge, Shelley Donald, and Parney, Lisa

Subjects
BEST sellers, CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
Abstract

Presents a chart with reviews of the top fifteen hardcover nonfiction books for January 12, 1998, according to `Publisher's Weekly.' `Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' by John Berendt; `Citizen Soldiers,' by Stephen E. Ambrose; `Dirty Jokes and Beer,' by Drew Carey; `Making Faces,' by Kevyn Aucoin; Others.

Published
1998

167. Sanctuaries.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Discusses Edward F. Bergman's book, 'The Spiritual Traveler: New York City, the Guide to Sacred Spaces and Peaceful Places.'

Published
2001

168. A MONITOR GUIDE TO The Bestsellers.

Author

Hartle, Terry, Ellington, Christy, Nordin, Kendra, Lowe, Judy, Moller, Jan, Savides, Steven, Risedorph, Kim, Coolidge, Shelly Donald, Bencivenga, Jim, Day, Julie Finnin, and Charles, Ron

Subjects
JOHN Adams (Book : McCullough), PRAYER of Jabez, The (Book), FOUNDING Brothers (Book)
Abstract

Reviews a number of books, including 'John Adams,' by David McCullough, 'The Prayer of Jabez,' by Bruce H. Wilkinson, and 'Founding Brothers,' by Joseph Ellis.

Published
2001

169. It is the night sky that leads to light.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*ASTRONOMY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'An Intimate Look at the Night Sky,' by Chet Raymo Walker.

Published
2001

170. The Bestsellers.

Author

Hartle, Terry, Paulson, Amanda, Savides, Steven, Moller, Jan, Nordin, Kendra, Ellington, Christy, Cox Jr., Stuart S., Wolcott, Jennifer, Risedorph, Kim, Zipp, Brian, Charles, Ron, Lowe, Judy, and Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
JOHN Adams (Book : McCullough), ALBUM of Memories, An (Book), GHOST Soldiers (Book), SEABISCUIT: An American Legend (Book)
Abstract

Reviews several hardcover non-fiction books. 'John Adams,' by David McCullough; 'An Album of Memories,' by Tom Brokaw; 'Ghost Soldiers,' by Hampton Sides; 'Seabiscuit,' by Laura Hillenbrand; More.

Published
2001

171. A safe harbor.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*BOOKS, REVIEWS
Abstract

Discusses the book section of the same issue and its nautical theme.

Published
1999

172. A Monitor Guide to the Bestsellers.

Author

Cook, Stephanie, Bencivenga, Jim, Thurman, James, Adu-Danso, Letitia, Coletti, Elisabetta, Ellington, Christy, Nordin, Kendra, Young, John Edward, Humphries, Stephen, Montgomery, Leigh, Fletcher, Ron, Hoyle, John Christian, Moniz, Dave, and Regan, Tom

Subjects
*NONFICTION novel, *BEST sellers, *CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
Abstract

Presents a chart, with short reviews, of the top 15 hardcover nonfiction books for the week of May 10, 1999, according to `Publishers Weekly.' `The Greatest Generation,' by Tom Brokaw; `Yesterday I Cried,' by Iyanla Vanzant; `The Century,' by Todd Brewster and Peter Jennings; Others.

Published
1999

173. An ocean of nautical drama.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
AMERICA & the Sea (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `America and the Sea: A Maritime History,' by Benjamin W. Labaree et al.

Published
1998

174. The Bestsellers.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim, McCormick, Lynde, Zipp, Yvonne, McLaughlin, Abraham, Nordin, Kendra, Hartill, Lane, Lanier, Kristina, Charles, Ron, Fletcher, Ron, Hoyle, John Christian, Lampman, Jane, and Hartle, Terry

Subjects
*NONFICTION novel, *BEST sellers, *CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
Abstract

Presents a chart, with brief reviews, of the top 15 hardcover nonfiction bestsellers for November 30, 1998, according to `Publishers Weekly.' `Tuesdays With Morrie,' by Mitch Albom; `Sugar Busters!,' by H. Leighton Steward et al.; `And the Horse He Rode in On,' by James Carville; `Lindbergh,' by A. Scott Berg; Others.

Published
1998

175. A Monitor Guide to The Bestsellers.

Author

Hansen, Julia Ann, Davis, Rebecca J., Ellington, Christy, Bowers, Faye, Toevs, Anne, Hartill, Lane, Coletti, Elisabetta, Steindorf, Sara, Broman-Worthington, Kristen, Charles, Ron, Bencivenga, Jim, and Cook, Stephanie

Subjects
FICTION
Abstract

Reviews briefly 15 hardcover fiction books. `Hannibal,' by Thomas Harris; `White Oleander,' by Janet Fitch; `Granny Dan,' by Danielle Steel; `Mother of Pearl,' by Melinda Hayes; `The Testament,' by John Grisham; `The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon,' by Stephen King.

Published
1999

176. Side dishes that attracted notice this year.

Author

Charles, Ron, Gardner, Marilyn, Salazar, Phelippe, Flatley, Kerry A., Zipp, Yvonne, Henderson, Keith, Toth, Tom, Carden, Karen, Regan, Tom, Cowen, Robert, Brown, Elizabeth, Holmstrom, David, Montgomery, Leigh, Turner, Stansfield, Anderson, Norman, Lamb, Greg, Harsch, Joseph, Bencivenga, Jim, Jones, Seth, and Parrott, Valerie

Subjects
BOOKS -- Reviews
Abstract

Reviews several books that attracted attention in 1998. `The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton,' by Jane Smiley; `Black and Blue,' by Anna Quindlen; `Bridget Jones's Diary,' by Helen Fielding; `Charming Billy,' by Alice McDermott; `Cities of the Plain,' by Cormac McCarthy; More.

Published
1998

177. Plots that perplex and delight.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*MYSTERY fiction
Abstract

Reviews two mystery novels available in the summer of 1997. `Cosi Fan Tutti,' by Michael Didbin; `Death in a Mood Indigo,' by Francine Mathews.

Published
1997

179. Closure for Nixon generation.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
NIXON in Winter (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Nixon in Winter: His Final Revelations About Diplomacy, Watergate, and Life out of the Arena,' by Monica Crowley.

Published
1998

180. The Monitor's guide to bestsellers.

Author

Nordin, Kendra, Bencivenga, Jim, Lanier, Kristina, Moller, Janet, McNamara, Devon, Montgomery, Leigh, McCormick, Lynde, Conover, Kirsten, Regan, Tom, Henderson, Keith, and Wales, Ruth Johnstone

Subjects
SUGAR Busters! (Book), TUESDAYS With Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man & Life's Greatest Lesson (Book), PIRATE Looks at Fifty, A (Book), IN the Meantime (Book)
Abstract

Presents a list of hardcover nonfiction books with brief reviews. `Sugar Busters!,' by Sarah Ban Breathnach and Morrison C. Bethea; `Tuesdays With Morrie,' by Mitch Albom; `A Pirate Looks at Fifty' by Jimmy Buffett; `In the Meantime,' by Iyanla Vanzant; `Mars and Venus Starting Over,' by John Gray; More.

Published
1998

181. The Monitor's guide to bestsellers.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim and Montgomery, Leigh

Subjects
*NONFICTION novel, *BEST sellers, *CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
Abstract

Presents a chart with brief reviews of the top 15 hardcover nonfiction books for May 4, 1998, according to `Publishers Weekly.' Books including `Tuesdays With Morrie,' by Mitch Albom; `The Gift of the Jews,' by Thomas Cahill; `Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' by John Berendt; `Aphrodite,' by Isabel Allende; Others.

Published
1998

182. Cool-headed talk of things human and divine.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
NEW Religious Humanists: A Reader, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The New Religious Humanists: A Reader,' edited by Gregory Wolfe.

Published
1998

183. Hometown melodies in the life of a `Pol.'

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
WHILE the Music Lasts (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `While the Music Lasts: My Life in Politics,' by William M. Bulger.

Published
1996

185. Bestsellers.

Author

Campbell, Kim and Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
*BOOKS, REVIEWS
Abstract

Presents a list of books reviewed by The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, Kirkus review of books, and The Los Angeles Times. `The Horse Whisperer,' by Nicholas Evans; `Behind The Lines,' by W.E.B. Griffin; `The Web,' by Johnathan Kellerman; `The Moor's Last Sigh,' by Salman Rushdie; Estimated costs of the books.

Published
1996

186. Don't judge a book by its author's controversy.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
IT Takes a Village (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us,' by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Published
1996

187. When mayhem and justice collide, mystery crime-solvers set it right.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
BAD Samaritan, The (Book), FROM Potter's Field (Book), DEATH in Rough Water (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `The Bad Samaritan,' by Robert Barnard, `From Potter's Field,' by Patricia Cornwell and `Death in Rough Water,' by Francine Mathews.

Published
1995

188. Davidian tragedy raises concern for US religious freedom.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
ASHES of Waco, The (Book), WHY Waco? (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation,' by Dick J. Reavis, and `Why Waco?: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America,' by James D. Tabor.

Published
1995

189. Telling it like it is in today's urban America.

Author

Bencivenga, Jim

Subjects
FIST, Stick, Knife, Gun (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America,' by Geoffrey Canada.

Published
1995

190. The Monitor's guide to bestsellers.

Author

Turner, James, Zipp, Yvonne, Bencivenga, Jim, Theiss, Terry, Bowers, Faye, Wales, Ruth Johnstone, Lanier, Kristina, Toth, Tom, Leach, Llewelyn, Lund, Ellizabeth, Rubin, Merle, Hartman, Carol, Moller, Janet, Shannon, Caitlin, and Flatley, Kerry A.

Subjects
FICTION, BEST sellers, CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
Abstract

Presents a chart with reviews of the top 15 bestselling hardcover fiction books for August 24, 1998, according to `Publisher's Weekly.' `Rainbow Six,' by Tom Clancy; `Point of Origin,' by Patricia Cornwall; `A Night Without Armor,' by Jewel Kilcher; `The Klone and I,' by Danielle Steel; Others.

Published
1998

191. Religion bestsellers.

Author

Remmerde, Juniper, Bencivenga, Joy, Giedl, Linda, Moller, Janet C., Nordin, Kendra, Huenneke, Judy, Murray, Mari, Bencivenga, Jim, Shannon, Caitlin, McLaughlin, Abraham T., Lampman, Jane, Parrott, Valerie, Hoyle, Amy Catherine, Vallance, Karla, Nartonis, David K., and Theiss, Terry

Subjects
RELIGION
Abstract

Reviews the bestselling books on religion. Paperback versions of `Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul'; `Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul'; `The Good Book,' by Peter J. Gomes; `Left Behind,' by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins; Hardcovers, including `Soul Harvest,' by Tim LaHay and Jerry Jenkins; `Conversations with God, Book 1,' by Neale D. Walsch; More.

Published
1998

192. The Monitor's guide to bestsellers.

Author

Hartman, Carol, Charles, Ron, Rubin, Merle, Gardner, Marilyn, Regan, Tom, Lanier, Kristina, Moller, Janet, Niederman, Daniel T., Bencivenga, Jim, Nordin, Kendra, MacLachlan, Suzanne, Conover, Kirstin, Zipp, Yvonee, and Gaouette, Nicole

Subjects
FICTION, BEST sellers, CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
Abstract

Presents a chart, with reviews, of the top fifteen bestsellers in hardcover fiction for the week of February 16, 1998 according to `Publishers Weekly.' `The Street Lawyer,' by John Grisham; `Fear Nothing,' by Dean Koontz; `The Cat Who Sang for the Birds,' by Lilian Jackson Braun; `The Investigators,' by W.E.B. Griffin; Others.

Published
1998

193. 'We were doing something unique.

Author

Hey, Robert P., Frutig, Judith, Bencivenga, Jim, Schorr, Parsons, Cynthia, Anable, Rubin, Girardet, Edward, Oka, and Merry, George B.

Published
2009

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