Gather Ye Wild Things: A Forager's Year
Illustrated by G.B. McIntosh

Paperback
University of Virginia Press
Price $14.95
ISBN 0-8139-1643-7

A collection of 52 illustrated essays, one for each week of the year, written to tell the story and capture the essence of a year’s round of common edible, medicinal, and useful wild plants. Gracefully illustrated with line drawings of each plant.

"It’s ... a truly lovely book, elegantly designed, beautifully illustrated and well-written. I found it rich reaching for there is a wealth of information on many levels that make it more than just a “gatherer’s notebook.” It’s also a joyful book; obviously Ms. Hitchcock has some chlorophyll in her veins!"
–Ann Zwinger, author of Downcanyon, Wind in the Rock, and Shaped by Wind and Water: Reflections of a Naturalist

"Susan Hitchcock’s approach to wildlings is one of perceptiveness and understanding ... This book, though far from being a comprehensive guide to plants, is certainly one that those of us interested in plants, their uses, and folklore will want to add to our shelf of nature books. It sits well among Thoreau, Burrows, and Gibbons. "
–Billy Joe Tatum, The Ozarks Mountaineer, author of Billy Joe Tatum’s Wild Foods Cookbook and Field Guide

"Ms. Hitchcock writes almost poetically about wild things, weeds or flowers, that grow in yard or forest or anywhere in between.... There are 52 short essays designed to get you out of the house each week of the year. Even city kids such as I who have no intention of gathering wild things will find the book interesting. "
–The Tampa Tribune

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The University of Virginia: A Pictorial History
Foreword by John T. Casteen, President, University of Virginia

Hardcover
University Press of Virginia
Price $49.95
ISBN 0-8139-1902-9

Richly illustrated with archival and contemporary photography, this history begins with the university’s founding by Thomas Jefferson and chronicles its evolution as a world-class public university in the 21st century.

“Carefully researched, beautifully written and authoritative, this insightful book covers virtually all of the important events that constitute the history of the University of Virginia. It will bring back happy memories to some and introduce others to the events of the University’s remarkable past.”
–Raymond C. Bice, emeritus professor and former University historian, University of Virginia

"The talented Susan Tyler Hitchcock, an alumnus, provides a graceful chronological narrative of the school's founding, growth, and, in more recent years, development into a nationally ranked university. The design and organization of the book is striking and effective."

–John T. Kneebone, Virginia Libraries

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Eldridge Bagley: Son of the Soil, Soul of an Artist
Paintings by Eldridge Bagley
Foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin, Director, Museum of American Folk Art

Hardcover
Rand McNally/Nicholstone
Price $39.95
ISBN 1-5781400-3-X

An exhibition in print of more than 40 paintings, with commentary, by Southside Virginia artist Eldridge Bagley, a third-generation tobacco farmer who taught himself to paint. His paintings evoke rural Virginia in the days gone by, their sentimentality often offset by a subtle ironic twist.

“To suggest that Bagley is a folk artist provides no more insight into his work than to categorize him simply as self-taught. His work is multitextured and highly original. If any context is especially appropriate, it may well be the tradition of the regionalist painters of the American mid-century, whose concerns for the struggles of ordinary people, the special light and color of the rural landscape, and recording of ways that are deeply embedded in the fabric of everyday life have illumined the heartland of America. “With a perceptive eye, an authentic voice, and the soul of a storyteller, Eldridge Bagley does exactly that. I am delighted that through the pages of this splendid book, the work of an American artist will be introduced to a new and wider audience.”
--from the Foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin, Director, Museum of American Folk Art

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Wildflowers on the Windowsill: A Guide to Growing Wild Plants Indoors
Illustrated by G. B. McIntosh

Hardcover
Crown Publishers
ISBN 0-517-55190-X
Out of print.

For food and beauty, for fragrance and curiosity, this book offers insight and instruction on transplanting common wild plants into pots to be grown indoors. Whether it’s common chickweed, which will stream out of plants and provide salad greens all winter long, or tiny woodland ferns that can flourish inside a windowsill terrarium, this book offers guidance on bringing 48 different species of wild plants indoors. Growing wildflowers on your windowsill offers a new and environmentally consicentious way to come to know, appreciate, and live with the splendors of the green growing world.

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Roe v. Wade: Protecting a Woman’s Right to Choose
Part of the Great Supreme Court Decisions Series
Series editor: Tim McNeese

Hardcover
Chelsea House Publishers
Price: $27.00
ISBN: 0791092399

An overview of the history and current legal status of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, protecting a woman’s right to abortion. From legal precedents in England and the colonies through the story of Norma McCorvey, who took the pseudonym Jane Roe, and up to the present day, the issue of abortion continues to raise controversy on the streets and in the courtroom.

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Sylvia Earle: Deep-Sea Explorer
Part of the Women Explorers Series
Introduction by Milbry Polk, author of Women of Discovery

Hardcover
Chelsea House Publishers
Price $22.95
ISBN 0-7910-7712-8

A biography of Sylvia Earle written for young adult readers. Former chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, deep-sea diver known for her record-setting solo untethered dives, and captain of the historic all-women underwater habitat expedition sponsored by NASA and the U.S. Navy in 1970, Sylvia Earle is recognized around the world today as an outspoken advocate for marine ecology and sea life preservation.

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Rita Levi-Montalcini: Nobel Prize Winner
Part of the Women in Medicine Series

Hardcover
Chelsea House Publishers
Price $22.95
ISBN 0-7910-8028-5

A biography of Rita Levi-Montalcini written for young adult readers. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of nerve growth factor, Rita Levi-Montalcini braved early years as a Jewish girl in Mussolini’s Italy to become a world-renowned neuroscientist whose discoveries were essential to today’s understanding of the nervous system and treatment of brain disorders.

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Karen Horney: Pioneer of Feminine Psychology
Part of the Women in Medicine Series

Hardcover
Chelsea House Publishers
Price $22.95
ISBN 0-7910-8028-0

A biography of Karen Horney written for young adult readers. In the early years of psychoanalysis, Karen Horney dared to test Sigmund Freud’s theories, especially his ideas on women. Educated in Germany, she became a controversial leader in American psychoanalytic circles whose ideas ring true among feminists and psychologists alike today.

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