How to Submit a Review 

How to Submit a Review

1. Choose a book from NACAC’s books available for review, or choose another book that you are interested in reviewing. Submit the Book Review Interest Form to request a copy of the book and to ensure that no one else has requested the same book.

2. After you receive confirmation on your book, write your review, following the writing guidelines.

3. Email your review to the Bulletin editor.

4. Sign and fax the Copyright Form.
   

Writing Guidelines

When you write your review, follow these specifications:

• Word Count. 250–500 words. Certain books may warrant longer reviews due to book length or subject matter. In these cases, reviews may be up to 700 words. Please do not submit a review over the 700-word limit.

• Subheads and lists. Because the reviews are online, readers will skim the text. By using subheads and lists, you will allow readers to understand your main point without carefully reading the text.

• Active tense. Avoid using the passive tense because passive sentences are wordier and, sometimes, do not include the subject of the sentence. Notice the clarity in the active sentence below, compared to the passive one:

Active: The dog ate the food.
Passive: The food was eaten by the dog.

• Header Information. Begin your review with the following information:

1. Book title
2. Book author
3. Number of pages
4. Cost of book, hard or soft cover
5. Publisher information
6. Your name, title and institutional affiliation.

Note: Reviews are subject to editing.

Deadlines

NACAC accepts book review submissions on a rolling basis. Please return your review within one month from when you receive the book to review in the mail. As a general guideline, sooner is better. If you are unable to write the review within the designated time frame, please contact the editor immediately.

Submit Reviews to:

Email: bulletin@nacacnet.org

Direct Phone: 703/299-6820
Direct Fax: 703/373-2380

Books and Other Publications Available for Review

Contact the editor to suggest books to add to this list.

100 Things Every International Student Ought to Know
By Juliet Rothman, Ph.D. and Susan R. Kolko
The Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute (Williamsville, NY) 2004
276 pages, soft cover

100 Things Every Online Student Ought to Know
By Frank L. Christ and Loyd R. Ganery Jr., Ph.D.
The Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute (Williamsville, NY) 2007
224 pages, soft cover

55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays
By the Staff of the Harvard Crimson
St. Martin's Griffen (New York, NY) 2007
186 pages, soft cover

Acing the SAT Subject Tests in Math Level 1 and Level 2
By Thomas Hyun
Greenhall Publishing (Thousand Oaks, CA) 2006
466 pages, soft cover

Alfred Adler Revisited
By Jon Carlson and Michael P. Maniacci
Routledge Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group
311 pages, soft cover

America's Best Architecture & Design Schools 2009 (Design Intelligence)
By Design Intellgience
Greenway Communications LLC (Norcross, GA) 2008
111 pages, soft cover

An Ethical Compass: Coming of Age in the 21st Century
By Elie Wiesel
Yale University Press 2010
367 pages, soft cover

The American Indian and Alaska Native Student’s Guide to College Success
By CHiXapkaid (D. Michael Pavel) and Ella Inglebret
Greenwood Press (Westport, CT) 2007
239 pages, hard cover

AppliPak® College Preparation Guide and Organizer
By Mitch Clark
College Sherpa LLC (Milwaukee, MI) 2011
40 pages, hard cover

Best Colleges: Find the Right School for You 2011 Edition
US News & World Report
US News & World Report (Washington, DC) 2010
296 pages, soft cover

Being a College Counselor on Today's Campus: Roles, Contributions, and Special Challenges
By Bruce Sharkin
Taylor & Francis Group (New York, NY) 2012
133 pages, soft cover

Career Counseling: Foundations, Perspectives, and Applications (Second Edition)
By David Capuzzi and Mark D. Stauffer
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group Publishing (New York, NY) 2012
549 pages, hard cover

Chicken Soup for the College Soul
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Dan Clark, and James Malinchak
Health Communications Inc. (Deerfield Beach, FL) 1999
340 pages, soft cover

College Access & Opportunity Guide
Center for Student Opportunity
Kendall/Publishing (Dubuque, IA) 2008
298 pages, soft cover

College Drinking: New Research from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's Rapid Reponse to College Drinking Problems Initiative
By William DeJong, Mary E. Larimer, and Mark D. Wood, eds.
Alcohol Research Documentation (Piscataway, NJ) 2009
148 pages, soft cover

College Essays That Make a Difference 4th Edition
By The Staff of the Princeton Review
Random House Princeton Review Books (New York, NY) 2010
361 pages, soft cover

Community College Transfer Guide NEW
By Don Silver
Adams-Hall Publishing
136 pages, soft cover

The Complete Guide to the Gap Year
By Kristin M. White
Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA) 2009
237 pages, soft cover

Conquering the SAT: How Parents Can Help Teens Overcome the Pressure and Succeed
By Ned Johnson and Emily Warner Eskelsen
Palgrave Macmillan (New York, NY) 2007
215 pages, soft cover

The Counselor Educator's Survival Guide: Designing and Teaching Outstanding Courses in Community Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling NEW
By Dilani M. Perera-Diltz and Kathryn C. MacCluskie
Routeledge, Taylor & Francis Group (New York, NY) 2012
337 pages, hard cover

Doors Open From Both Sides
The Off –to–College Guide From Tow Points of View: Parents and Students
By Margo E. Bane Woodacre, and Steffany Bane
American Literary Press, Inc (Baltimore, MD) 2001
112 pages, soft cover

Essay Writing for High School Students
By Alexander L. Terego
Thomson Peterson's (Lawrenceville, NJ) 2005
208 pages, soft cover

Fiske Guide To Colleges: The Top-Rated Guide to the Best Colleges, 2012 Edition
By Edward B. Fiske
Sourcebooks, Inc. (Naperville, IL) 2011
812 pages, soft cover

Fitting Form to Function: Second Edition
By Rudolph H. Weingartner
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
148 pages, soft cover

The Financial Aid Handbook: Getting the Education You Want for the Price You Can Afford
By Carol Stack and Ruth Vedvik
Career Press, (Pompton Plains, NJ) 2011
240 pages, soft cover

The Great SAT Swindle: A novel featuring more than 1500 vocabulary words in a tale of decption & punishment
By Michael Hartnett
Michael Hartnett (Long Island, NY) 2010
451 pages, soft cover

A Guide to College Choices For the Performing and Visual Arts
By Kavin Buck and Ed Schoenberg
Lulu Publishing, 2008
66 pages, soft cover

The Happiest Kid on Campus: A Parent's Guide to the Very Best College Experience For You and Your Child
By Harlan Cohen
Sourcebooks, Inc. (Naperville, IL) 2010
599 pages, soft cover

Higher Education in the World 2007: Accreditation for Quality Assurance: What is at Stake?
Palgrave Macmillan (New York, NY) 2007
415 pages, soft cover

How Much Should I Borrow for College? The Workbook Chapters NEW
By Stephen C .Talbott
Porter Creek Press (Bay Village, OH) 2010
27 pages, e-book

I Got In!: The Ultimate College Audition Guide for Acting and Musical Theatre (2012 Edition)
By Mary Anna Dennard
Mary Anna Austin Dennard, Inc. (2010)
110 pages, soft cover

It's a Metaphysical World
By Marion K. Williams & Elena J. Michaels
Babola Press
334 pages, soft cover

Models for Success: Successful Academic Models for Increasing the Piple of Black and Hispanic Students in STEM Areas
Compiled by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (New York, NY)
228 pages, soft cover

The Naked Roommate's: First Year Survival Workbook
By Harlan Cohen and Cynthia Jenkins
Sourcebooks, Inc.

The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions
By J.D. Rothman
Prospect Park Books (Pasadena, CA)
246 pages, soft cover

Oy Vey, It's Time to Apply
A Cultural Guide to Colleges for Jewish Parents
By Jerome Ostrov
Jerome Ostrov (Bethesda, MD) 2010
391 pages, soft cover

Pathfinder, An Action Plan: Making the Most of High School
By Frank C. Leana, PHD and Carole S. Clark, MED
iUniverse, Inc. (Bloomington, IN) 2010
91 pages, soft cover

Paying for College Without Going Broke 2012 Edition
By Kalman A. Chany with Bill Clinton
Random House Princeton Review Books (New York, NY) 2011
324 pages, soft cover

Pivotal Moments: How Educators Can Put All Students on the Path to College
By Roberta Espinoza
Harvard Education Press 2011
237 pages, soft cover

The Portable Guidance Counselor: Answers to the 284 Most Important Questions About Getting Into College
By The Staff of the Princeton Review
Random House Princeton Review Books (New York, NY) 2010
259 pages, soft cover

The Power of Privilege: Yale and America's Elite Colleges
By Joseph A. Soares
Stanford University Press (Standford, CA) 2007
238 pages, soft cover

The Praeger Handbook for College Parents
By Helen W. Akinc
ABC CLIO (Santa Barbara, CA) 2010
201 pages, hard cover

Professional Identity Crisis: Race, Class, Gender,and Success at Professional Schools
By Carrie Yang Costello
Vanderbilt University Press (Nashville, TN) 2005
264 pages, soft cover

The Pursuit of Knowledge
By Richard C. Atkinson
University of California Press (Berkeley, CA) 2007
210 pages, soft cover

The Secrets to Being a Great School Counselor
By Dr. Richard O'Connell
Createspace.com (Charleston, SC) 2011
373 pages, soft cover

Sending Your Child to College
Prepared Parent's Operational Manual
By Marie Pinak Carr, Katharine Carr, Ann Carr and Elizabeth Carr
Dicmar Publishing (Washington, DC) 2008
212 pages, soft cover

Side-Yard Superhero: Life Lessons From an Unlikely Teacher
By Rick D. Niece
Five Star Publications (AZ)
199 pages, soft cover

Survival Secrets of College Students
By Mary Kay Shanley and Julia Johnston
Barron's Educational Series, Inc (Hauppauge, NY)
262 pages, soft cover

Teachers As Learners NEW
By Sharon Feiman-Nemser
Harvard Education Press (Cambridge, MA)
329 pages, soft cover

Teens and the Job Game
By Beverly Slomka
iUniverse, Inc. (New York, NY) 2007
99 pages, soft cover

Tu Boleto a La Universidad
By Jose E. & Vanessa Cardona
Sembrador Press (Bloomington, MD) 2011
183 pages, soft cover

The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition
By Robert Franek, Laura Braswell, Seamus Mullarkey, and the Staff of the Princeton Review
Random House, Inc./Princeton Review Books (New York, NY) 2011
825 pages, soft cover

The Ultimate Guide to Getting Into Nursing School
By Genevieve E. Chandler
McGraw Hill (New York, NY) 2008
207 pages, soft cover

U Chic: The College Girl's Guide to Everything
By Christie Garton
Sourcebooks, Inc. (Naperville, IL) 2011
398 pages, soft cover

U Chic: Getting a Grip on Your Freshman Year, The College Girl's First Year Action Plan
By Christie Garton
Sourcebooks, Inc. (Naperville, IL) 2011
181 pages, soft cover

Your MBA Game Plan: Proven Strategies for Getting Into the Top Business Schools
By Omari Bouknight and Scott Shrum
The Career Press 2012
319 pages, soft cover

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