The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-22
.HighIights from
the Latest Books

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weather; most people talk too
much about il and never do
anything about it. But unlike
the weather, you can organize
your winter reading, outline a
balanced schedule that includes
light entertainment as we'll as
heavier selections for study, and
complete your book program
with the satisfaction of a task
accomplished and wealth OF
knowledge gained.
Don't waste these valuable
winter nights wishing you could
get out for a show or a party
Check in with your bookman
and enjoy the benefits of gas
rationing at home. Set definite
time for study and follow
through with it. 1t will be like
going back to school, but you
won't regret it.
Here are a few of the current
releases, briefly noted, which
you may include in your cur
riculum.
GEOGRAPHY CLASS
How much do you know about
Alaska? Not enough, probably
unless you are different from
many other Americans who have
taken this important outpost OF
attack and defense too much for
gran t e d. Here Is Alaska
(Scribner's: $3.50 supplies all
important data in text and pic
lures. Evelyn Stefansson, wife OF
the noted explorer and geo.
grapher, has done an excellent
job of organizing wealth OF
material into concise, readable
form, and selecting outstanding
representative photographs to
illustrate her book.
Follow up Alaska with
Greenland" doubleday Doran;
So 500 by Vilhjalmur Stefansson
himself. Here is the complete
story of the "icy mountains
from prehistoric times to the
present, full of Understanding
stories, spiced with surprises.
1t is time, too. that Americans
got better acquainted with our
allies, especially Russia. Albert
Rhys Will a m S explains the
who, what, where and why" OF
the Soviet in The Russians
(Harcourt Brace: So, brief but
complete study of the nation and
its people.
All the mysteries of that vast
area of Russia in Asia are clear
ed up in Siberia" (Random
House, 1919 by Emil Lengyel.
The peoples, the topography, the
resources of this huge empire
are as varied as its temperatures,
which range from 95 degrees be-
low zero where ice freezes in
to water-to $50 degrees above
- hottest spot on earth. More
important now, however, is the
strategic Importance of Siberia
and its value as the Soviet's
great arsenal beyond the Urals
MAKE ROOM FOR MATH
If high school and college
math left you completely mysti-
fled, you will appreciate the eff
forts Denning Miller has made
to clear up some of the puzzles
in Popular Mathematics" Cow
ard Mccain: $3.50. BY the
time you get to the chapter on
calculus you will be wondering
why you ever thought math was
difficult.
Defense workers will fin d
Mathematics for Mechanics"
Garden City: so particularly
va lua b lie in reviewing the
schoolday subject. And every
war worker can improve the
quality of his daily output with
THE Practical Outline of Me-
chanical Trades for Home Study"
Garden City: $3.50, an inn
portant reading course covering
Ia essential subjects.
Industry is calling for men
and women who possess that ex-
ira measure of knowledge and
training. This study will help
you get a better job, or do a
better job at your present posi-
ton.
HISTORY TO-DAY
The third year of this global
conflict will be recorded as the
m ost critical the turning
point. 1t saw the japanese smash
swiftly to Burma, to Singapore
and Java, to the Philippines and
New Guinea. Germany pushed
to Stalingrad and Ell Alamein.
But then came Midway, Tulagi
and New Guinea. Stalingrad
held. Rommel was stopped. Pro-
duction doomed in the arsenals
of the allies.