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Dave Macaulay from Kansas City is celebrating his recent book “The Ecological Engineer”, published by Ecotone, which "focuses on the amazing work of Keen Engineering, based in Vancouver and one of the leading sustainable engineering firm’s in North America. They specialize in creating green buildings – some of the most amazing buildings on the continent."

After five years of hard work, the new book Feeling Unreal:Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self" which Jeffrey Abugel co-wrote with Daphne Simeon MD from Mount Sinai Medical Center, has been published by Oxford University Press.

Debra DeSalvo's book The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu (Foreword by Dr. John) was published by Billboard Books in February.

Dan LeRoy has dropped his new book The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique like Galileo dropped the orange: "This book attempts to finally set the record straight. It's got new interviews with most of the key players in the album's creation (including Mike D and the legendarily reclusive producer Matt Dike) and is full of unknown Beastie facts and juicy behind-the-scenes stories you won't find anywhere else. "