We’ve got a lot of nonfiction this week for you, dealing with Bond, pretty girls, panic and anxiety, marriage, the Mediterranean, parental “ghosts,” and the traits that make us human.

Without further ado, our web-only, freely accessible Xpress Reviews for Week of Dec. 5, 2006

NONFICTION

Bouzereau, Laurent. The Art of Bond: From Storyboard to Screen; The Creative Process Behind the James Bond Phenomenon. Abrams

Castro, Rafaela G. Provocaciones: Letters from the Prettiest Girl in Arvin. Chusma

Foxman, Paul. Dancing with Fear: Controlling Stress and Creating a Life Beyond Panic and Anxiety. 2d ed. Hunter House

Love, Patricia & Steven Stosny. How To Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It: Finding Love Beyond Words. Broadway

Norwich, John Julius. The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean. Doubleday

Our Roots Are Deep with Passion. Other

Shengold, Leonard, M.D. Haunted by Parents. Yale Univ.

Walter, Chip. Thumbs, Toes, and Tears: And Other Traits That Make Us Human. Walker