New in the stacks, with a local connection

Florida Weekly's abbreviated list of books (some by new authors, others by veteran authors) written recently in or about Southwest Florida.

>> Works of scholarship, such as "Slaves to Racism: An Unbroken Chain from America to Liberia," by Fort Myers residents Benjamin and Anita Hill (Algora Press, New York, 2008)

>> Works that weigh popular culture, such as "Hollywood Speaks Out: Pictures That Dared To Protest Real World Issues," by Sanibel and Boston resident Robert Hilliard (Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Hoboken, N.J., and San Francisco, Calif., 2009)

>> Works of literary fiction, such as "Crucible of Innocence (A Poetic Novel)," by Neapolitan Roger Forsythe (Outskirts Press, Denver and Naples, 2009).

>> Works of popular fiction with agents and publishing houses promoting them, such as "Peril in Paradise: A Mango Bay Mystery," by Pine Island resident Marty Ambrose (Avalon Books, New York, 2009).

>> Children's books, such as "Airport Mouse," written in four volumes by Neapolitan Ruth E. Clark and sumptuously illustrated by Phil Jones (Hibiscus Publishing, Naples, 2008)

>> Fictional memoirs, such as "A Bear Called Charlie," also by Neapolitans, the late Isabelle Crane Goldberg and her daughter, Peg Goldberg Longstreth (Gold Mountain Press, Naples, 2008)

>> Mystery thrillers. such as "ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile)" by David Depcik (available at publishersgraphicsbookstore. com)

>> Self-help books, such as "Inheritance Hijackers: Who Wants To Steal Your Inheritance and How To Protect It," by Cape Coral attorney Robert C. Adamski (Ovation Books in cooperation with Sun Book Publishers, Austin, Texas, 2009)

>> Inspirational memoirs, such as "Lifeletter," by Howard Newhard (Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, Longwood, Fla., 2008)

>> Guidebooks, such as "Very Washington D.C.: A Celebration of the History and Culture of America's Capital City," written and illustrated by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler, who displayers her art at Shaw Gallery in Naples and Bonita Springs (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009)