February 2010
Monthly Archive
‘Up From Wall Street’: the first selection of the Union Plus Book Club
Posted by MaryAnn Johanson (editor) on 11 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Author News and Commentary
The new Union Plus Book Club, a project of the AFL-CIO “that will delve into the latest publications by leading experts on vital working family and workplace issues,” has announced its first selection: Cosimo’s Up From Wall Street: The Responsible Investment Alternative, by Thomas Croft. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, who supplied the foreword for Up From Wall Street, named the book the club’s first main selection for matching its goal of “creat[ing] labor movement dialogue about current issues and… inspir’ing] thought-provoking conversations within our union community.”
Author Croft will be speaking at the Sustainable Opportunities Summit in Denver in March. On Wednesday, March 3, Croft will appear on the panel “Financing Sustainability: Is Wall Street Buying the Opportunity?” Please see the Summit’s site for more information, including schedules and how to register.
Up From Wall Street is available at Amazon.com and from other online booksellers.
the enduring appeal of the legend of the wolfman
Posted by MaryAnn Johanson (editor) on 10 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: From the Editors
The legend of the werewolf has enduring appeal, as demonstrated by yet another new Hollywood flick, The Wolfman, in which Benicio Del Toro takes over the lead in a remake of the 1941 classic that starred Lon Chaney Jr.
Discover the roots of the myth in The Book of Werewolves, the 1865 classic by Sabine Baring-Gould, available in both hardcover and paperback editions — complete with the original illustrations — as part of Cosimo’s series Loren Coleman Presents, featuring new introductions by the famous crytozoologist.
This first serious academic study of the shape-shifters of mythological lore “is the most frequently cited early study of lycanthropy and is regarded by most scholars as the foundation work in the field,” says Coleman. “The Book of Werewolves was so visionary that it foresaw that future discussions within werewolf studies would necessarily travel down many side paths. Indeed, midway through The Book of Werewolves, Baring-Gould treks into the shadowy world of crimes vaguely connected to werewolves, including serial murders, grave desecration, and cannibalism.” Indeed, the Del Toro Wolfman features a monster hunter who is none other than Frederick Abberline, a fictionalized version of the real-life Scotland Yard investigator who hunted down Jack the Ripper.
Cosimo books are available at Amazon.com
