An article in the Cincinnati Enquirer spotlights Dr. Jon Mendelsohn, Cincinnati facial plastic surgeon and co-author of Your Complete Guide to Facial Cosmetic Surgery. According to Dr. Mendelsohn, "Extreme makeovers make for great TV, but they are unnecessary for people who just want to look less tired. Most people can't take off six weeks to heal and hang out with a personal trainer." The article features a Q & A with Dr. Mendelsohn. To read the entire article, click on the book cover, then reviews.

With the tourist season here, Ernest Lageson, author of Battle at Alcatraz, returns to the Alcatraz island book store, where he speaks with visitors and autographs copies of his book. The book recounts the 1946 escape attempt by several desperate inmates. In the three-day siege, the inmates shot their hostages, including Lageson's father, who was a guard at the prison. The senior Lageson survived the shooting and passed his story on to his son.

Nebraskan Ted Kooser has won the Pulitzer prize for Delights and Shadows, his tenth collection of poetry. The Pulitzer prizes were announced April 4, 2005, in New York City. Addicus Books offers our congratulations on this high achievement.

Kooser contributed four poems to Cancers of the Mouth and Throat,(Addicus Books, 2001), written by William Lydiatt, MD and Perry Johnson, MD, both of Omaha.