New Releases by Lee Cohen

From SeattLe to San Diego, from Scottsdale to Denver, this book is a firsthand took into stunning rooms created by top-level designers. A delightful celebration of lavishly decorated rooms from rustic to high style, this book presents the flavor and variety of West Coast style, taking the reader from seacoast to mountain in a beautiful photographic presentation.

Illustrations from increasingly distant perspectives locate a fly on a dog''s nose in a flower bed by a house in a yard on a corner in a town near a bay on the earth.

In a highly readable blend of analysis and interviews, Cohen shows how today''s "twenty-something" generation thinks, examines what their concerns are for themselves and for society, and debunks much of the media hype that portrays this group negatively.

A Native American legend about a young boy and his magical pony.

A child and her parents find different animals to view at the zoo.

A handsome work of cartography. The maps match census data to the results of electron returns. The third study of the political attitudes of a group of women who attended Bennington College in the 1930s and 1940s. The first two (1943 and 1967) focused on the importance of the social environment in shaping and maintaining attitudes. The third, based on interviews conducted in 1984, investigates the effect not only of social factors, but also of the aging process and the changing times. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Bank robbers Sixgun Gus and Cannonball Clyde get into the worst trouble ever and become ghosts, but remain best friends.

The littering Onion Gang cleans up its act after being run from town to town in the Oregon territory. Play with 11 acting roles plus townspeople plus 3 narrators.

Relates how Red River Renata and Whizbrain Wallerbee use his invention, the ice box railroad car, to retrieve the sunken treasure jealously guarded by the ghost of Fearless Bones Kelly.

A seafaring cat named Whiffle Squeek has a narrow escape from a hungry monster of the briny deep.

Describes, with only five different words in the text, the adventures of three yellow dogs.

Yitzhak Isaac Anixter, a son of Reb Yehudah, married Rashee Ettel (Rachel Ethel) Brilliant, and their five children (four boys and one girl) immigrated from Russia to the United States, settling in St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, and San Francisco. The five children were (Yehudah) Eliezaer Anixter (b.ca. 1829), Samuel Anixter (b.ca. 1840), Abraham Anixter (b.ca. 1847), Harris (Herschel) Anixter (b.ca. 1848), and Susan (Zissel) Anixter (b.ca. 1855) who married Chonel Friedman. Descendants and relatives lived in Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, California, New Jersey and elsewhere.

Sally Ann, wife of Davy Crockett, fears nothing--and proves it when braggart Mike Fink tries to scare her.

Abstract: Guidelines for creating the special mystique that marks a successful restaurant are outlined in this beautifully illustrated guide for interior designers and restauranteurs. A combination of factors related to design, table service, and food work together to make a restaurant successful. Designers, clients, and restauranteurs must be willing to take risks in order to create a facility that is novel enough to be entertaining and memorable. Descriptions are provided of well-designed restaurants, how they were conceived, and the factors that led to their success. Characteristics important to restaurants'' success such as ambience, lighting, acoustics, graphics, and budgets are discussed in in-depth interviews with experts in these fields. Categories of restaurantsfor which specific descriptions are provided include fast food facilities, hotel dining facilities, ballrooms, clubs and discotheques, bars and cocktail lounges, and corporate dining facilities. Restaurants with unique themes, architectural approaches, or historic designs are also described. Beautiful color photographs and design layouts of selected restaurants supplement the text. (aje).