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EDUCATIONStrange TerrainA Poetry Handbook for the Reluctant ReaderAlice B. FogelStrange Terrain fills an empty place. It is an essential resource for anyone who wants tofeel more comfortable with reading poetry: individuals, reading groups, teachers, even friends and families of poets. In eight simple steps, New Hampshire Poet Laureate Alice B. Fogel offers readers the tools they need to make their own confident way through poetry’s strange terrain.isbn 978-0-9801672-5-2 Paperback, 208 pages $16.95Working at the Word Factory The CuriousLife of a Small- Town Newspaper JournalistEric PoorReporter Eric Poorfound himself flyingin an antique WWIIbomber one dayand serving on apanel with a MADMagazine editor the next. He might be climbing a mountain in the snow to interview a man celebrating his 80th birthday and the next day be hitching a flight to Belize. His job as a journalist and photographer brought him countless adventures. Curiosity may have killed a cat but it makes a journalist’s motor purr.If you are considering a life in journalism, or are just curious about what a journalist’s life is like, this book is for you. The author lays out both the challenges and the rewards, and leaves behind a number of valuable tips—for living and for writing—along the way.isbn 978-1-939449-00-9 Paperback, 104 pages $18.95Jefferson’s DreamThe Ballad of the Declaration of IndependenceJohn PerraultExplore the fundamental ideals of the American Republic in story and song. Jefferson’s Dream includes portraits, commentary, musical scores, ballad lyrics, and a CD of Perrault’s original ballads about eight great Americans who lived and advanced the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry David Thoreau, Ida B. Wells, and Eleanor Roosevelt. In the best arts-education tradition, the bookdramatizes how each of these figures carried forward the values of the Declaration of Independence—andhow their struggles forliberty and equalitycontinue to impactour lives.isbn 978-0-9801672-7-6 Sewn Paperback withFrench-Fold Flaps96 pages, includes CD $16.95603-672-4317 A publisher of fine books that will change your world • 21