Forthcoming Books

Coming Fall 2008
Code Name Miss U: A True Story of
Resistance and Courage in the Philippines
in World War II by Margaret Utinsky
For three years, Margaret Utinsky led an
underground organization in the Philippines
in a daring campaign to save American
prisoners of war. Determined to help, in spite
of grave odds, she posed as a Lithuanian nurse,
hid her identity under the code name "Miss U",
and smuggled vital food, medicine, and money
into prison camps, defying the Japanese and
saving the lives of hundreds of POWs.

Coming Fall 2008
The Rise of Renewable Energy
by Larry Kimmett
Oil approaches its peak. The world has
enjoyed a century of rapid economic
growth using a one-time endowment of
fossil fuels, causing increased CO2 levels.
A sustainable civilization can be built
on renewable energy: wind, solar,
hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass.
This book will comprehensively survey
worldwide energy use today, and describe
how we can make the transition to a stable future.
