Book Review

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Paul Hulton: America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White, Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, P.O. Box 2288 Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. Publication date: August, 1984 Price $24.95, Audience: High school-adult. Reviewed by J. Frederick Fausz.

James C. Cobb: Industrialization and Southern Society 1877–1984 Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0024 Publication date: 1984 Price: $19.00 Audience: Teachers, professors, and college students interested in American history, economic geography, and sociology. Reviewed by Joe B. Hurst and John W. Shepard.

William Ray Heitzmann: Opportunities in Sports Medicine, Publkher: VGM Career Horizons National Textbook Company 4255 West Touhy Avenue Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646 Publication date: 1984 Price: Softcover $6.95; Hardcover $9.95 Audience: High School to Adult Reviewed by Irwin Rosenstein.     

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Author: Ronald A. Banaszak and Dennis C. Brennan Title: Teaching Economics: Content and Strategies Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Innovative Division, 2725 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Date of Publication: 1983 Price: $13.25 Audience: Secondary (7-12)/Social Studies Teachers.     

Book Reviews

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Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Asterie Baker Provenzo, Peter A. Zorn, Jr., Pursuing the Past: Oral History, Photographs, Family History, Cemeteries, Cemeteries Company (Menlo Park, California) Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Publication date: 1904 Price: 317.05 (includes teacher's guide) Audience: elementary and secondary students, as well as general audience Reviewed by S. Rex Morrow.

John Anthony Scott, The Story of America: A National Geographic Picture Atlas National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.) 1984 $19.95 Audience: elementary, secondary, and general audience Reviewed by S. Rex Morrow.     

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Author. Donald E. Nuechterlein Title: America Overcommitted: United States National Interests in the 1980s Publisher. The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506–0024 Publication Date: January 26, 1985 Price: $23.00 cloth, $10.00 paper Audience: adult—public affairs Reviewed by Gerald A. Danzer.

Author: Stephen G. Bunker Title: Underdeveloping the Amazon: Extraction, Unequal Exchange, and the Failure of the Modern State. Publisher's name and address: University of Illinois Press—Urbana Publication Date: 1985 Price: $24.50 Audience: Secondary social studies—economics, government, sociology. Reviewed by Lucien Ellington.     

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Milton Meltzer: The Black Americans: A History in Their Own Words, Thomas Y. Crowell, 10 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022, September 26, 1984, Price $13.50 Audience: Junior High/up Reviewed by Helen Richardson.     

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Author. Keith Lye Title: Take a Trip to Greece Publisher: Franklin Watts Limited 12A Golden Square London W1R 4BA Publication Date: 1983 Audience: World Geography classes, ages 11 and 12. Reviewed by Thomas M. Blair.

Author: Richard Worth Title: Israel and the Arab States Publisher: Franklin Watts 387 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10016 Publication Date: 1983 Price: $9.90 Audience: High school students or very able readers at intermediate level. Reviewed by Dianne Bellamy.

Author. Richard M. Bernard and Bradley R. Rice (eds.) Title: Sunbelt Cities: Politics and Growth since World War II Publisher: University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, Texas 78712 Publication Date: 1984 Price: $9.95 (paperback) $25.00 (hardcover) Audience: Advanced undergraduate/graduate level: history, government, social studies education. Reviewed by William J. Serow.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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SPIRITUALITY AND THE BLACK HELPING TRADITION IN SOCIAL WORK. By Elmer P. Martin and Joanne M. Martin.Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Press, 2002. 296 pp. $39.99 (paper). Reviewed by Sandra Edmonds Crewe.

THE DHARMA OF JESUS: GEORGE M. SOARES-PRABHU. Edited by Francis Xavier D'Sa, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. 296 pp. $30.00 (paper). Reviewed by Edward R. Canda.

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY. Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle

MODERN PSYCHOLOGY AND ANCIENT WISDOM: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING PRACTICES FROM THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. By Sharon G. Mijares. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2003. 259 pp., $49.95(hard), 29.95(paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes     

BOOK REVIEWS

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ADOPTION, IDENTITY, AND KINSHIP: THE DEBATE OVER SEALED BIRTH RECORDS. Wegar, Katarina. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997, 169 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-300-06759-3, $22.50 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIVE FAMILIES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION. Groze, Victor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publisher Group, 1996, 184 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95343-2, $49.95. Reviewed by Manfred van Dulmen.     

BRIEF REVIEWS

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THE POORHOUSE: AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN INSTITUTION. By David Wagner. Lanham, MD: Rowman &; Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005. 177 pp. $60.00 (hard), $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

PARISH MINISTRY IN A HISPANIC COMMUNITY. By Charles W. Dahm, OP. New York/Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press, 2004. 296 pp. $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah

SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT: HANDBOOK FOR HELPING PROFESSIONALS. By David R. Hodge. Botsford, CT: North American Association of Christians in Social Work, 2003. 121 pp. $18.00 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE ACROSS DISABILITY. By Juliet C. Rothman, Boston, MA: Allyn &; Bacon, 2003. 346 pp. $52.20 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

SILENCE AND WITNESS: THE QUAKER TRADITION. By Michael L. Birkel. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004. 164 pp. $16.00 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

JUSTICE: A GLOBAL ADVENTURE. By Walter J. Burghardt. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2004. 276 pp. $20.00 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.     

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VIOLENCE IN GOD'S NAME: RELIGION IN AN AGE OF CONFLICT. By Oliver McTernan. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003. 192pp., $20.00 (paper).

RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND AGING: A SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE. By Harry R. Moody (Ed.). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2005. 350pp., $39.95 (paper).

A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. By E. H. Gombrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University press, 2005. 284 pp., $25.00 Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

THE CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT: INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL ORIGINS. By Mark and Louise Zwick. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2005. 358pp., $29.95 (paper).     

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LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY REMAINS UNDOMESTICATED. SAPPHO GOES TO LAW SCHOOL: FRAGMENTS IN LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY. Robson, Ruthann. NY: Columbia University Press, 1998, 303 pp., $17.50 paper, ISBN 0-231-10561-4; $49.50 cloth, ISBN 0-231-10560-6. Reviewed by Martha T. Zingo.

TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT POLITICS, THE INTERLOCKING NATURE OF OPPRESSIONS, RESISTANCE AND THE VALUE OF BLACK LESBIAN LIVES. THE TRUTH THAT NEVER HURTS: WRITINGS ON RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM, Smith, Barbara. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Kim Vaz.

LESBIAN COUPLES ARE FAMILIES, TOO. THE LESBIAN FAMILY LIFE CYCLE (2nd Ed.). Slater, Suzanne. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, Hardcover, $25.00; Paperback, $14.95. Reviewed by Anna Myers.

THE MANY FACES OF ANNE. FEMALE FORTUNE: LAND, GENDER AND AUTHORITY: THE ANNE LISTER DIARIES AND OTHER WRITINGS 1833-36. Liddington, Jill. New York: Rivers Oram Press, 1998, $50. Reviewed by Mary Eichbauer.

THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: EMBRACING A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE. LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL IDENTITIES IN FAMILIES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. Patterson, Charlotte J., and Anthony R. D'Augelli (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Phillip Hammack.

TRU ADVENTURES. CHIMNEY ROCK BLUES. McClellan, Janet. Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Ann E. Maloney.

WIDENING THE LENS. MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT: THE KINSHIP OF WOMEN. Lapsley, Hilary. University of Massachusetts Press, 1999, $39.95 cloth. Reviewed by Kimberly F. Balsam.

GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS: COMMITMENT, CEREMONIES, AND MARRIAGE. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD: COMMITMENT, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY IN LESBIAN AND GAY RELATIONSHIPS. Stiers, Gretchen A. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, $24.95. Reviewed by Robin E. Roy.

ROMANCING THE GENERATION GAP. DAWN OF THE DANCE. Martin, Marianne K. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. SILVER THREADS. Denison, Lyn. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Margaret Soenser Breen.     

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J. Dudley Chapman, D.O.: The Feminine Mind and Body. Philosophical Library, New York, 1967. 325 pages. Price $6.95.

Eric W. Johnson: Love if Sex In Plain Language. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York, 1965. 68 pages. Price $2.95.

Sophia J. Kleegman and Sherwin A. Kaufman: Infertility in Women. F. A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, 1966.

Richard H. Klemer, Ph.D. (ed.): Counseling in Marital and Sexual Problems. A Physician's Handbook. Williams &; Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1965. 309 pages. Price $9.75.

Hans Lehfeldt, M.D. and Henry Guze, Ph.D.: Psychologic Factors in Contraceptive Failure. Fertility and Sterility, 17: 1, January 1966, 110–115.

Alexander Lowen: The Betrayal of the Body. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1967, 307 pages. Price $6.95.

Douglas Murphy, M.D., and Editha F. Torrano, M.D.: Donor Insemination. Fertility and Sterility, 17: 2, March‐April 1966, pp. 273–277.

Sam Blum. What Every Nice Boy Knew About Sex. B. Geis Associates‐Random House, New York, 1967.

Frank H. Netter, M.D.: Endocrine System and Selected Metabolical Diseases. Vol. IV, The Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations. Guest Editor: Peter H. Forsham, M.D. Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, Summit, N.J., 1965. 287 pages. Price $ 22.00

Hyman Spotnitz and Lucy Freeman: The Wandering Husband. Prentice‐Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1964. 224 pages. Price $4.95.

Russel Trainer: The Lolita Complex. Citadel Press, New York, 1966. 315 pages. Price $6.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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BOWLING ALONE: THE COLLAPSE AND REVIVAL OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY. By Robert D. Putnam. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2000. $26.00 Hardback., by Robert D. Putnam Reviewed by Kristin M. Ferguson.

THE MISSING MIDDLE: WORKING FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN SOCIAL POLICY. By Theda Skocpol. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. $15.95 Papercover. Reviewed by Kristin M. Ferguson.     

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THE LITTLE BOOK OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. By Howard Zehr. Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2002. 71pp. $4.95 (paper).

THE NEW WESTMINSTER DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. Edited by Philip Sheldrake. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005. 680pp. $49.95.

FAITH, MEDICINE, AND SCIENCE: A FESTSCHRIFT IN HONOR OF DR. DAVID B.LARSON. Edited by Jeff Levin and Harold G. Koenig. New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press, 2005. 321 pp. $49.95, $34.95 (paper). Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

EXPLORING THE SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN THE 12-STEP PROGRAM OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: SPIRITUS CONTRA SPIRITUM. By Jeff Sandoz. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Meilen Press, 2004. 221 pp. $109.95.

STAMPED WITH THE IMAGE OF GOD: AFRICAN AMERICANS AS GOD'S IMAGE IN BLACK. Edited by Cyprian Davis, OSB, and Jamie Phelps, OP. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003. 156 pp. $50 (hard), $25 (paper).     

MEDIA REVIEWS

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DADDY & PAPA: A STORY ABOUT GAY FATHERS IN AMERICA. Johnny Symons (Director/Producer), Lindsay Sablosky (Co-Producer), and Kim Roberts (Editor). HarNew Day Films, 2002, Time 56:40 minutes, http://www.daddyandpapa.com. Reviewed by Colleen M. Connolly.

TRANSGENDER SUBJECTIVITIES: A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE. Leli, U., and J. Drescher (Eds.). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Medical Press, 2004, 162 pp., $39.95. Reviewed by Jerry Saltzman.     

Book Reviews

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Deflated Democracy: The Phantom Public. By Walter Lippmann. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1925. $2.05. $2.00. Reviewed by: Read Bain

Deflated Democracy: British Politics in Transition. By Edward M. Sait and David P. Barrows. The World Book Company, Yon-kers, New York. 1925. XVI, 319 pp. $1.80. Reviewed by: A. Gordon Dewey

Deflated Democracy: New Aspects of Politics. By Charles E. Merriam. The Chicago University Press, Chicago, 1925. pp. 247. $2.50. Reviewed by: R. C. Atkinson

Deflated Democracy: The Character of Races. By Ellsworth Huntington. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1924. pp. v, 393. $5.00. Reviewed by: S. C. GilFillan

Deflated Democracy: Our Rural Heritage. By James Mickel Williams. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1925. pp. xi, 246. Bruce L. Melvin     

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Amir, Menachem. Patterns in Forcible Rape. Forword by Marvin E. Wolfgang. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. 394 pages. Price $15.00.

Christenson, Cornelia V. Kinsey, a Biograghy. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana Univ. Press, 1971. xii + 241 pp. $6.95.

Gordon, David Cole. Self‐Love. Baltimore, Md: Penguin Books, 1972. 96 pages. $1.00 (paperback).

Harper, Robert A. and Walter Stokes. 45 Levels to Sexual Understanding and Enjoyment. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1972. 231 pages. $6.95.

O'Neill, George, Ph.D. and O'Neill, Nena, Open Marriage, A New Life Style for Couples. New York, N. Y.: M. Evans and Co. (distributed by Lippincott) 1972. 287 pages. $6.95

Parker, William. Homosexuality. A Selective Bibliography of Over 3,000 Items. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1971.

Weinberg, Martin S. and Alan P. Bell. Homosexuality. An Annotated Bibliography. New York, N. Y.: Harper and Row, 1972. 550 pages. $15.00.     

BOOK AND CD REVIEWS

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THE NEW COMMUNITY NETWORKS: WIRED FOR CHANGE. D. Schiller. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

THE WIRED NEIGHBORHOOD. S. Doheny-Farina. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

HEALTH ONLINE. Tom Ferguson. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996, $17 US, $23 Canada. Reviewed by Jerry Finn.

COMPUTERIZATION AND CONTROVERSY: VALUE CONFLICTS AND SOCIAL CHOICES, 2nd Edition. Edited by Rob King. San Diego: Academic Press, 1996, 961 pages, $44.95, paperback. Reviewed by Mona Acker.

VIRTUAL INDIVIDUALS, VIRTUAL GROUPS: HUMAN DIMEN SIONS OF GROUPWARE AND COMPUTER NETWORKING. J. A. Oravec. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN: 0-521-45493-X, $49.95, hardback Reviewed by Goutham M. Menon.

COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A GUIDE TO EXPLORING TODAY'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, Second Edition. The Alliance for Technology Access. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 336pages, $17.95, paperback. Reviewed by Peggy Quinn.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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RECLAIMING THE BODY IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. By Thomas Ryan (Ed.). New York: Paulist Press, 2004, 179 pp., $16.95 (paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By Martin Guggenheim. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 306 pp., $27.95. Reviewed by Anne E. Schneiders.

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. By Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005. 446pp., $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Reverend Eugene Cahouet.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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INDEPENDENT LIVES: SPINSTERS AND LESBIANS. Franzen, Trisha. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Monisha Pashupati and Progga Choudhury.

RUSSIA'S SAPPHO: SOPHIA PARNOK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF RUSSIA'S SAPPHO. Burgin, Diana Lewis. New York: New York University Press, New York, 1994. Reviewed by Rochelle G. Ruthchild.

RULES, RESPECT, TELLING THE TRUTH: SKIN: TALKING ABOUT SEX, CLASS & LITERATURE. Allison, Dorothy. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1994. Reviewed by Lynda J. Ames.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: OUT OF THE NIGHT. Bruyer, Kris. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: HOODED MURDER. Van Dyke, Annette. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

A PRECIOUS COMMODITY FOR LESBIAN SCHOLARSHIP: THE FAMILY SILVER: ESSAYS ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WOMEN. Krieger, Susan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Reviewed by Mickey Eliason.

LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: AN UNLOVELY VIEW: LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: EARLY CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO FEMALE HOMOEROTICISM. Brooten, Bernadette J. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by Anne L. Clark.

BABE, WE HARDLY KNEW YA: BABE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS. Cayleff, Susan. Urbana, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Reviewed by Pat Griffin.

MORE GENDERED THAN THOU: THE FEMME MYSTIQUE. Newman, Lesléa (Ed.). Boston: Alyson Press, 1995. Reviewed by Beverly Burch.

“AN ISLE OF DYS-TOP-IA”: SEP-A-RA-TISM AND WOMEN'S COMMUNITY. Shugar, Dana R. University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Reviewed by R. Amy Elman.

MURDER AND MONOGAMY: LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE. Scoppettone, Sandra. NY: Little, Brown. Reviewed by Jane Futcher.

SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY: CONFLICTS BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND LESBIAN AUTONOMY: AND THEN I MET THIS WOMAN: PREVIOUSLY MARRIED WOMEN'S JOURNEYS INTO LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS. Cassingham, Barbee J. MA, and Sally M. O'Neil, PhD. Mother Courage Press, 1993. Reviewed by Caitlin Morris.

LESBIAN OR QUEER?: THE ANGEL AND THE PERVERTS. Delarue-Mardrus, Lucie. New York: New York University Press, 1930, 1995 (reprint). Reviewed by Gabriele Griffin.

THE FICTION OF ELIZABETH BOWEN: SEXUAL/TEXTUAL POLITICS: ELIZABETH BOWEN: A REPUTATION IN WRITING. hoogland, renée c. New York and London: New York University Press, 1994. Reviewed by Paulina Palmer.

CELEBRATING TOMBOYS: TOMBOYS! TALES OF DYKE DERRING-DO. Yamaguchi, Lynne and Karen Barber (Eds.). Los Angeles: Alyson, 1995. Reviewed by Karen M. Jordan.

PASSIONATE FRIENDSHIPS AND “DOLL RACKETS”: MATERNAL JUSTICE: MIRIAM VAN WATERS AND THE FEMALE REFORM TRADITION. Freedman, Estelle B. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reviewed by Hilary Lapsley.

“WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS”: GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENTS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS. Besner, Hilda F., and Charlotte J. Spungin. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis Publishers, 1995. Reviewed by Jan Donley.

GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES-MOVING BEYOND THE PATRIARCHY: LESBIANS AND GAYS IN COUPLES AND FAMILIES: A HANDBOOK FOR THERAPISTS. Laird, Joan and Robert-Jay Green (Eds.). Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Amy Banks.

RADICAL REDUX: TOO QUEER: ESSAYS FROM A RADICAL LIFE. Brownworth, Victoria A. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Lynda Goldstein.

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: AND SAY HI TO JOYCE: THE LIFE AND CHRONICLES OF A LESBIAN COUPLE. Price, Deb, and Joyce Murdoch. Doubleday, 1995. Reviewed by Ellen Cole.

LOOKING FOR THE LESBIAN SUBJECT: HETEROSEXUAL PLOTS AND LESBIAN NARRATIVES. Farwell, Marilyn R. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Rosemary Hennessy.

THE MATERNAL MYSTERY :BABY, IT'S COLD. Maiman, Jaye. FL: Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by J.A. Myers.

SEEKING SAFETY BEYOND THE WALLS: AMNESTY. Blum, Louise A. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1995. Reviewed by Amy J. Ojerholm.

JENIFER LEVIN'S “LESBIAN EROS”: LOVE AND DEATH & OTHER DISASTERS, STORIES 1977-1995. Levin, Jenifer. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Annette Van Dyke.

REDEFINING LESBIAN FICTION: TASTING LIFE TWICE: LITERARY LESBIAN FICTION BY NEW AMERICAN WRITERS. Levy, E.J. (Ed.). Avon Books, 1995. Reviewed by Margaret Kissam Morris.

A RODEO ROMANCE: NOW & THEN. Hayes, Penny. Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by Nicki Thorogood and Jane Franklin.