Dan Harlap, The Bible Code: A Journey to Judgement Day (Equidistant Publishing) $21.00 ISBN 0-9688035-0-4.

The Bible Code: A Journey to Judgement Day expounds on the coming nuclear holocaust and end of days, on current affairs in the Middle East, on topics of Kabbalah - creation, the Hebrew alphabet, the world of souls, reincarnation, astrology and the Age of Aquarius - as seen by the Bible Code, and on the psychology of money.

Dan Harlap was born in Israel in 1947 and studied economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Haifa University, and now lives in Marion Bridge. He is a researcher of the Bible Code and a member of The International Torah Code Society and the Foundation of Tauromachy Studies, and is the owner of Equidistant Publishing. This is his second book.

Pamela Hickman, Animals in Motion: How Animals Swim, Jump, Slither and Glide (Kids Can Press) $6.95 ISBN 1-55074-575-1.

What if you could fly backwards the way a hummingbird does, or jump over a high fence in a single bound like a kangaroo? Whether it's to escape danger, seek shelter or look for food, animals move in many amazing ways. Beautifully illustrated by Pat Stephens, this picture book for ages 7 and up includes lots of activities as well as information on over twenty animals.

Pam Hickman is a natural-science writer and the author of twenty other nature activity books for children, including the My First Look at Nature Series and Animal Senses: How Animals See, Hear, Taste, Smell and Feel. She holds an Honours Bachelor degree in Environmental Studies and Biology from the University of Waterloo. She lives in Canning with her husband and three daughters.

Douglas A. Logan, Stretching the Elastic: Strategies for Innovation and Change (IdeaHouse Group Development Inc) $19.95 ISBN 0-9684317-1-2.

Innovation isn't only for artists, musicians and software designers. To be innovative requires that we learn how to transform what we're already doing - which means that innovation can emerge from anything that people do. The strategies described in this book suggest a series of concrete, reasonable and achievable steps that people can use to build their own innovative and successful transformations.

Douglas A. Logan has a reputation as a strong, dynamic and inspirational leader and innovative problem solver. He is the author of Leaving Plato's Cave: A Guide for Change Makers and People Experiencing Change and President of IdeaHouse Group Development Inc. He lives in Trenton with his wife.

Theresa Meuse, Come Learn About First Nation Culture Series (Eastern Woodland Publishing) $7.95 ISBN 0-9686320-2-5 (The Eagle Feather) and 0-9686320-3-3 (The Dream Catcher).

The Eagle Feather and The Dream Catcher are the first two books in the Come Learn About First Nation Culture Series. Titles to be released in 2001 include The Sacred Herbs, The Talking Circle, The Medicine Wheel, The Drum and The Medicine Pouch. These picture books present First Nation culture in stories for children ages 5 to 7.

Now living in Lantz with her husband Kevin and son Matthew, Theresa was raised in the Bear River First Nation community. In 1998, she was one of twelve women recognized by the YWCA for outstanding achievements by women. Her work has also appeared in The Mi'kmaq Anthology and Micmac-Maliseet Nations News.

Hattie Perry, More Ordeals at Sea (Spindrift Publishing) $25.00 including tax/shipping ISBN 0-9691458-5-3.

A companion to her 1999 publication Ordeals At Sea, this book explores the tragedies on the ocean that touched the lives of so many people living in the Atlantic Provinces. An anecdotal account of shipwrecks and seafaring life, More Ordeals at Sea is of value to all readers with an interest in Atlantic Canada's marine history.

A founding member of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, Hattie Perry was born in East Advocate and now lives in Barrington. She is a graduate of the Nova Scotia Teachers' College, and has been a school teacher, clerical worker with the Canadian Army, historian, certified genealogist, environmentalist, writer and publisher at her own company, Spindrift Publishing.

Anne Simpson, Canterbury Beach (Penguin Canada) $29.99 ISBN 0-670-89484-2.

A family embarks on their annual pilgrimage to the cottage in Maine. In the course of their journey,a tale will be told, spun from the long absence of the family's black sheep, and from the prospect of his return. The lives and stories of each character are revealed in turn, interweaving an intricate web of myth and memory, and of love lost and reclaimed.

Poet and fiction writer Anne Simpson is the author of Light Falls Through You and co-ordinator of The Writing Centre at St. Francis Xavier University. Her work has appeared in a number of literary journals, including CV2, Dandelion and Prism international, as well as in the anthologies The Journey Prize Anthology, Water Studies: New Voices in Maritime Fiction and Words Out There: Women Poets in Atlantic Canada.