Booklist articles from February 2005

Booklist archives from February 2005

Chopra, Deepak. Peace Is the Way.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Chopra, Deepak. Peace Is the Way. Feb. 2005. 288p. index. Harmony, $23 (0-307-23607.2). 327. Chopra takes his belief in the ability of the mind to move mountains and applies it to the biggest mountain of all--war. Taking the title of his...

Paglia, Camille. Break, Blow, Burn.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Paglia, Camille. Break, Blow, Burn. Apr. 2005.272p. Pantheon, $20 (0-375-42084-3). 821.009. Brazen intellectual Paglia whipped up controversy as a liberator of critical thinking from priggishness and pretension, championing pop culture and...

Sommers, Christina Hoff and Satel, Sally.(One Nation under Therapy: Why Self-Absorption Is Eroding Self-Reliance)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Summers, Christina Heft and Satel, Sally. One Nation under Therapy: Why Self-Absorption Is Eroding Self-Reliance. Apr. 2005. 272p. index. St. Martin's, $23.95 (0-312-30443-9). 155.8. Philosopher-turned-controversialist Summers and...

Caputo, Philip. Acts of Faith.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Caputo, Philip. Acts of Faith. May 2005. 688p. Knopf, $26.95 (0-37541166-6). Few people give to charity without expecting something in return, whether it's a tax break, publicity, ego gratification, or even cold cash. And in Africa, the...

Beattie, Ann. Follies: New Stories.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Beattie, Ann. Follies and New Stories. May 2005. 320p. Scribner, $25 (0-7432-6961-6). "Flechette Follies," the novella that opens Beattie's newest collection, is one of her most arresting and suspenseful tales. It begins with a fender...

Collins, Joan. Misfortune's Daughters.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Collins, Joan. Misfortune's Daughters. Mar. 2005. 400p. Hyperion, $23.95 (1-4013-0068-5). In Collins' most recent novel, the over-the-top actress-writer provides 60 chapters of lively, if formulaic, fun. The story moves briskly as it...

Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Apr. 2005. 368p. Houghton, $24.95 (0-618-32970-6). This follow-up to Foer's extremely good and incredibly successful Everything Is Illuminated (2002) stars one Oskar Schell, a...

George, Elizabeth. With No One as Witness.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * George, Elizabeth. With No One as Witness. Mar. 2005. 824p. HarperCollins, $26.95 (0-06-054560-7). Issues of racism within the police are brought to the fore when the ritualistic murder of a teenage boy is linked to the deaths of three...

Green, Jane. The Other Woman.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Green, Jane. The Other Woman. Mar. 2005. 390p. Viking, $23.95 (0-670-03404-5). When Ellie Black meets Dan Cooper, she feels as though she's found her best friend and soul mate. After an idyllic courtship, Dan proposes and Ellie happily...

Miller, Sue. Lost in the Forest.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Miller, Sue. Lost in the Forest. May 2005. 256p. Knopf, $24.95 (1.4000-4226-7). In her riveting new novel, Miller once again demonstrates her singular gift for capturing the rhythms of daily family life with laserlike clarity while also...

Pears, Iain. The Portrait.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Pears, Iain. The Portrait. Apr. 2005. 224p. Riverhead, $19.95 (1-57322-298-4). Pears' art mysteries set in Rome are delightful entertainments, both witty and substantive, and his large-scale literary thrillers (An Instance of the...

McCall Smith, Alexander. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * McCall Smith, Alexander. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies. Apr. 2005. 240p. Pantheon, $19.95 (0-375-42271-4). Beloved Botswana sleuth Precious Ramotswe is back--and better than ever--in this sixth entry in McCall Smith's best-selling...

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Apr. 2005. 422p. Little, Brown, $16.99 (0-316-15556-X). Gr. 7-9. Patterson, best known for his dark, gritty thrillers featuring psychologist Alex Cross, first dipped his toes in the...

Silva, Daniel. Prince of Fire.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Silva, Daniel. Prince of Fire. Feb. 2005.416p. Putnam, $25.95 (0-399-15243-1). Not long after an explosion in Rome destroys the Israeli embassy compound, a file linked to the terrorists behind the bombing surfaces; it contains a remarkably...

Steel, Danielle. Impossible.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Steel, Danielle. Impossible. Mar. 2005.336p. Delacorte, $27 (0-385-33826-0). Steel's usual formula is at play here in a new love story about the difficulties of a relationship between two wildly different persons. Sasha is a high-powered...

Broyard, Sandy. Standby.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Broyard, Sandy. Standby. Feb. 2005. 224p. Knopf, $24 (1-4000-4211-9). 155.9. Anatole Broyard, who died in 1990 14 months after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, was a legendary critic for the New York Times Book Review. Sandy Broyard,...

Guinness, Os. Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Guinness, Os. Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror. Feb. 2005. 240p. HarperSanFrancisco, $21.95 (0-06-058636-2). 170. Guinness feels the world has lost touch with evil, and thereby forsaken the ability to define...

Katie, Byron and Katz, Michael. I Need Your Love--Is That True? How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Katie, Byron and Katz, Michael. I Need Your Love--Is That True? How to Stop Seeking Love, Approval, and Appreciation and Start Finding Them Instead. Apr. 2005. 240p. Harmony, $24 (1-4000-5107-X). 158.1. Katie's first self-help book, Loving...

Langer, Ellen J. On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself through Mindful Creativity.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Langer, Ellen J. On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself through Mindful Creativity. Mar. 2005. 288p. Ballantine, $24.95 (0-345-45629-7). 153.3. Just do it! says Nike, a command echoed by Harvard psychologist Langer, who takes up where...

Butz, Jeffrey J. The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Butz, Jeffrey J. The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity. Mar. 2005. 240p. index. Inner Traditions, paper, $14.95 (1-59477-043-3). 225.9. James, the brother of Jesus and head of the church in Jerusalem, gained...

Cate, Curtis. Friedrich Nietzsche.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Cate, Curtis. Friedrich Nietzsche. Feb. 2005.689p. illus, index. Overlook, $37.50 (1-58567-592-X). 193. Among the things Nietzsche smashed during a career doing philosophy with a hammer were his own prospects for a coherent life. The...

The Manley arts: humbug.(musings on Christmas season)(Column)
February 1, 2005... What's my favorite book? I'd have to say that the first 98 pages of A Christmas Carol rank right near the top. The final 20 pages, however, eliminate it from serious contention. Scrooge's conversion to Christmas has always left me depressed and...

Pelikan, Jaroslav. Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures through the Ages.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Pelikan, Jaroslav. Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures through the Ages. Mar. 2005. 288p. index. Viking, $24.95 (0-670-03385-5). 220. As the sacred text of Jews and Christians alike, the Bible has never lacked for claimants....

Bollier, David. Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Bollier, David. Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture. Feb. 2005. 288p. index. Wiley, $24.95 (0-471-67927-5). 346.730. While plagiarizing a trademark or a published copyrighted work for profit is obviously illegal and...

Bradley, Ernestine. The Way Home: A German Childhood, An American Life.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Bradley, Ernestine. The Way Home: A German Childhood, An American Life. Mar. 2005. 272p. Pantheon, $24 (0-37542279-X). 382.73. Bradley's candid and inspirational memoir tracks four distinct segments of her life: her childhood amid the bombs...

de Zengotita, Thomas. Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... de Zengotita, Thomas. Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It. Mar. 2005. 272p. Bloomsbury, $22.95 (1-58234-357-8). 302.23. De Zengotita's style is both reflective and sardonic as he delves into the ways the...

Fraser, Matthew. Weapons of Mass Distraction: Soft Power and American Empire.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Fraser, Matthew. Weapons of Mass Distraction: Soft Power and American Empire. Mar. 2005. 288p. index. St. Martin's, $24.95 (0-312-33849-X). 306. What is soft power?. The term refers to "the global appeal of American lifestyles, culture,...

Moorehead, Caroline. Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Moorehead, Caroline. Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees. Mar. 2005.288p. index. Holt, $26 (0-8050-7443-0). 305.9. British writer Moorehead is a superb biographer, most recently of writer of conscience Martha Gellhorn, and a newspaper...

Garrett, Major. The Enduring Revolution: How the Contract with America Continues to Shape the Nation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Garrett, Major. The Enduring Revolution: How the Contract with America Continues to Shape the Nation. Feb. 2005. 336p. index. Crown Forum, $25.95 (1-4000-5466-4). 320.973. Garrett, a reporter with Fox News Channel, credits the Republican...

Gould, Joan. Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal about the Transformations in a Woman's Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Gould, Joan. Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal about the Transformations in a Woman's Life. Feb. 2005. 352p. Random, $25.95 (0-394-58532-1). 398. The virginal princess, the ugly stepsister, the wicked witch: through...

Heron, Katrina and others. Safe: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Heron, Katrina and others. Safe: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World. Feb. 2005. 416p. index. HarperCollins, $24.95 (0-06-057715-0). 363.32. This is not a book you should read if you're in a suspicious flame of mind....

Harvard under Siege.(Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University)(Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Bradley, Richard. Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University. Mar. 2005. 400p. illus, index. HarperCollins, $25.95 (0-06-056854-2). 378.744. * Douthat, Ross Gregory. Privilege: Harvard and the Education...

Keefe, Patrick Radden. Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Keefe, Patrick Radden. Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping. Feb. 2005. 320p. index. Random, $24.95 (1-4000-6034-6). 327.127.3. Relying on open sources and those claiming inside knowledge about the furtive...

Newman, Barbara and Diaz, Tom. Lightning out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Newman, Barbara and Diaz, Tom. Lightning out of Lebanon: Hezbollah Terrorists on American Soil. Mar. 2005. 272p. index. Ballantine/Presidio, $24.95 (0-345-47568-2). 303.6. Before the terrorist attack of 9/11, Hezbollah in Lebanon had been...

Padfield, Peter. Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Padfield, Peter. Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern World, 1788-1851. Feb. 2005. 480p. illus, index. Overlook, $35 (1-58567-589-X). 359.0094. Padfield partakes of the popularity of the...

Schechter, Harold. Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Schechter, Harold. Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment. Feb. 2005. 208p. illus. St. Martin's, $24.95 (0-312-28276-1). 303.6. Ace serial-killer biographer Schechter doesn't buy the yap about movie/TV/video-game...

Starrs, James E. and Ramsland, Katherine. A Voice for the Dead: A Forensic Investigator's Pursuit of the Truth in the Grave.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Starrs, James E. and Ramsland, Katherine A Voice for the Dead: A Forensic Investigator's Pursuit of the Truth in the Grave. Feb. 2005. 304p. illus, index. Putnam, $24.95 (0-399-15225-3). 363.25. Starrs is a law professor who gained media...

Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle. Mar. 2005. 288p. Scribner, $24 (0-7432-4753-1). 362.82. Walls, who spent years trying to hide her childhood experiences, allows the story to spill out in this remarkable recollection of growing up....

Teitell, Beth. From Here to Maternity: The Education of a Rookie Mom.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Teitell, Beth. From Here to Maternity: The Education of a Rookie Mom. Mar. 2005. 272p. Broadway, $19.95 (0-7679-1694-8). 306.874. This witty memoir of one mother's first year of parenting will resonate with many new rooms, especially...

Whitman, Christine Todd. It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Whitman, Christine Todd. It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America. Feb. 2005. 250p. Penguin/The Penguin Press, $24.95 (1-59420-040-8). 324.2734. For all those wondering what the reelection of...

Wilkinson, Charles. Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Wilkinson, Charles. Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations. Feb. 2005. 384p. illus, index. Norton, $26.95 (0-39305149-8). 323.119. Wilkinson, a professor of law at the University of Colorado, presents a thorough and uniquely...

Clissold, Tim. Mr. China.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Clissold, Tim. Mr. China. Feb. 2005. 320p. HarperBusiness, $24.95 (0-06-076139-3). 332.67. In the early 1990s, British businessman Clissold--with a passing knowledge of China and of Mandarin--found himself the point man between a group of...

Gerber, Michael E. E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Gerber, Michael E. E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company. Feb. 2005. 448p. index. HarperBusiness, $24.95 (0-06-072318-1). 658.421. How can any executive or wannabe executives determine which book...

Haughton, Laurence. It's Not What You Say ... It's What You Do: How Following through at Every Level Can Make or Break Your Company.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Haughton, Laurence. It's Not What You Say... It's What You Do: How Following through at Every Level Can Make or Break Your Company. Feb. 2005. 256p. index. Doubleday/Currency, $24.95 (0-385-51041-1). 658.4. Haughton, a management...

Zuckoff, Mitchell. Ponzi: The Man and His Legendary Scheme.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Zuckoff, Mitchell. Ponzi: The Man and His Legendary Scheme. Mar. 2005. 396p. illus, index. Random, $25.95 (1-4000-6039-7). 364.16. His scheme had been around for years and was fairly simple: offer to pay investors huge returns in a short...

Bodanis, David. Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Bodanis, David. Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity. Feb. 2005. 320p. index. Crown, $24 (1-4000-4550-9). 537. In his hip history of electricity, Bodanis casts his work with its principal discoverers and animates it...

Stap, Don. Birdsong.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Stap, Don. Birdsong. Mar. 2005. 272p. Scribner, $24 (0-7432-3274-7). 598.159. Why do birds sing? And why do some birds sing complex songs and others repeat the same simple tune? Stap, a frequent contributor to Audubon and other magazines,...

Deffeyes, Kenneth S. Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Deffeyes, Kenneth S. Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak. Mar. 2005. 196p. illus. index. Hill & Wang, $24 (0-8090-2956-1). 622. Deffeyes' survey of oil production shares the central thesis of Out of Gas, by David Goodstein (2004)....

Gingold, Alfred. Dog World: And the Humans Who Live There.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Gingold, Alfred. Dog World: And the Humans Who Live There. Feb. 2005. 256p. Broadway, $24 (0-7679-1661-1). 636.7. There are humans who do not own dogs, and then there are humans who are citizens of "Dog World." What happens when a member of...

Amazonian Visions.(Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes)(Margaret Mee's Amazon: Diaries of an Artist Explorer)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Davis, Wade. The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Richard Evans Schultes. Illus. by Richard Evans Schultes. 2004. 200p. Chronicle, $35 (0-8118-4571-0). 581. Mee, Margaret. Margaret Mee's Amazon: Diaries of an Artist Explorer....

Hopes, David Brendan. Bird Songs of the Mesozoic: A Day Hiker's Guide to the Nearby Wild.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Hopes, David Brendan. Bird Songs of the Mesozoic: A Day Hiker's Guide to the Nearby Wild. Mar. 2005.220p. Milkweed, paper, $15.95 (1-57131-277-3). 508. Poet, professor, and author Hopes turns his gaze toward the landscape of Asheville,...

Lester, Barry M. and Grace, Catherine O'Neill. Why Is My Baby Crying? The Parent's Survival Guide for Coping with Crying Problems and Colic.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Lester, Barry M. and Grace, Catherine O'Neill. Why Is My Baby Crying? The Parent's Survival Guide for Coping with Crying Problems and Colic. Feb. 2005. 224p. index. HarperCollins, $22.95 (0-06052714-5). 618.92. This entry in the...

Lippincott, Jenifer Marshall and Deutsch, Robin M. 7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You and How to Talk about Them Anyway.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Lippincott, Jenifer Marshall and Deutsch, Robin M. 7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You and How to Talk about Them Anyway. Mar. 2005. 240p. Ballantine, paper, $14.95 (0-8129-6959-6). 649. Any resource that helps parents decipher the...

Deyo, Richard A. and Patrick, Donald L. Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Deyo, Richard A. and Patrick, Donald L. Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises. Feb. 2005. 352p. illus. index. AMACOM, $24.95 (0-8144-0845-1). 610. The authors, medical research academics,...

Levy, Daniel and Brink, Susan. A Change of Heart: How the Framingham Heart Study Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Levy, Daniel and Brink, Susan. A Change of Heart: How the Framingham Heart Study Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease. Feb. 2005. 272p. index. Knopf, $26.95 (0-375-41275-1). 614.5 When a cerebral hemorrhage killed...

Marks, Susan. Finding Betty Crocker: the Secret Life of America's First Lady of Food.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Marks, Susan. Finding Betty Crocker: The Secret Life of America's First Lady of Food. Apr. 2005. 304p. illus. index. Simon & Schuster, $23 (0-7432-6501-7). 618.92. The 1920s brainchild of a group of advertising types looking for a leg up...

Banks, David P. Orchid Grower's Companion: Cultivation, Propagation, and Varieties.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Banks, David P. Orchid Grower's Companion: Cultivation, Propagation, and Varieties. Feb. 2005. 224p. illus. index. Timber, $39.95 (0-88192-711-2). 635.9. Banks assures gardeners that most orchids are easy to grow as long as their housing,...

Lane, Chris. Witch Hazels.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Lane, Chris. Witch Hazels. Feb. 2005. 264p. illus. index. Timber, $34.95 (0-88192678-7). 635.9. Witch hazels are one of the hardiest of winter-flowering shrubs. Lane begins with an introduction to the genus and then gives detailed...

Metcalfe, Gayden and Hays, Charlotte. Being Dead Is No Excuse: the Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Metcalfe, Gayden and Hays, Charlotte. Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. Mar. 2005. 256p. illus. Hyperion, $19.95 (1-4013-5934-5). 641.5. There are too few words and phrases to...

Couch, N. C. Christopher and Weiner, Stephen. The Will Eisner Companion.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Couch, N. C. Christopher and Weiner, Stephen. The Will Eisner Companion. 2004. 176p. illus. DC Comics, $19.95 (1-40120422-8). 741.5. The late Will Eisner's accomplishments span six decades and merit him a lofty berth in the pantheon of...

Kluger, Jeffrey. Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Kluger, Jeffrey. Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio. Feb. 2005.366p. illus. index. Putnam, $25.95 (0-39915216-4). 610. Kluger begins his riveting account of the battle against the viral crippler in 1916, with Dora...

Rosenblum, Mort. Chocolate: a Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Rosenblum, Mort. Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light. Feb. 2005. 272p. Farrar/North Point, $24 (0-86547-635-7). 641.3. No one particular food substance seems to evoke as much passion as chocolate, that ingredient discovered...

Kephart, Beth. Ghosts in the Garden: Reflections on Endings, Beginnings, and the Unearthing of Self.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Kephart, Beth. Ghosts in the Garden: Reflections on Endings, Beginnings, and the Unearthing of Self. Mar. 2005. 160p. illus. New World Library, $17 (1-57731-498-0). 712. Just as Thoreau went to the woods to live deliberately, so, too, does...

Morrissey, Jake. The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry that Transformed Rome.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Morrissey, Jake. The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry that Transformed Rome. Mar. 2005. 288p. illus. index. Morrow, $24.95 (0-06-052533-9). 726.5. Among Rome's many splendid churches, two of them only 300 yards...

Twentieth Century Fox: Inside the Photo Archive.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Twentieth Century Fox: Inside the Photo Archive. Ed. by Rob Easterla and others. 2004. 240p. illus. Abrams, $50 (0-81094977-6). 779. There are only two pages of prose in this album of movie stills, so it had better not be just another bunch...

Waxman, Sharon. Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Waxman, Sharon. Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System. Feb. 2005. 352p. illus. index. HarperEntertainment, $25.95 (0-06054017-6). 791.43. In the 1990s, a group of young directors...

Burke, Monte. Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World-Record Largemouth Bass.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Burke, Monte. Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World-Record Largemouth Bass. Mar. 2005. 272p. index. Dutton, $23.95 (0-525-94863-5). 799.1. Those who think largemouth-bass fishing is a minor hobby should explain that to the 11.3...

McNeil, Legs and others. The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * McNeil, Legs and others. The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry. Feb. 2005.640p. illus. Regan, $25.95 (0-06-009659-4). 791.43. Despite massive sales in the software and home-video markets, pornographic...

Kelly, Linda Armstrong and Rogers, Joni. No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Kelly, Linda Armstrong and Rogers, Joni. No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me. Apr. 2005. 288p. Broadway, $24.95 (0-7679-1855-X). 796.6. If this autobiography by the mother of cyclist Lance Armstrong is the essence of...

Rosen, Charley. The Pivotal Season: How the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Changed the NBA.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Rosen, Charley. The Pivotal Season: How the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers Changed the NBA. Feb. 2005. 304p. illus. index. St. Martin's, $24.95 (0-312-32509-6). 796.323. The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won 33 consecutive regular season games on...

Calasso, Roberto. K.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Calasso, Roberto. K. Feb. 2005. 256p. Knopf, $25 (1-4000-4189-9). 833. Calasso, the inspired scholar and author of such unusual works as Literature and the Gods (2001), here performs his signature interpretative magic in a deep immersion...

Fairweather, Maria. Madame de Stael.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Fairweather, Maria. Madame de Stael. Feb. 2005. 560p. index. Carroll & Graf, $28 (0-7867-1339-9). 848.6. Writer and salonniere Germaine de Stael hovers in the background of so much late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century history and...

Holland, Barbara. When All the World Was Young.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Holland, Barbara. When All the World Was Young. Mar. 2005. 320p. Bloomsbury, $24.95 (1-58234-525-2). 813. The word charming could have been coined just so that it could be ascribed to Holland, whose intensely personal coming-of-age memoir...

Wertheim, L. Jon. Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Wertheim, L. Jon. Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop. Mar. 2005.256p. illus. Putnam, $23.95 (0-399-15250-4). 796.323. Wertheim, a Sports Illustrated writer, graduated from basketball-crazy Bloomington North High School in...

Lanes, Selma G. Through the Looking Glass: Further Adventures & Misadventures in the Realm of Children's Literature.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Lanes, Selma G. Through the Looking Glass: Further Adventures & Misadventures in the Realm of Children's Literature. 2004. 256p. illus. Godine, $30 (1-56792-262-7). 809. The distinguished critic and biographer of Maurice Sendak serves up a...

Lethem, Jonathan. The Disappointment Artist.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Lethem, Jonathan. The Disappointment Artist. Mar. 2005. 224p. Doubleday, $22.95 (0-385-51217-1). 814. Lethem, the author of such inventive and sensitive novels and short story collections as The Fortress of Solitude (2003) and Men and...

The Outlaw Bible of American Literature.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... The Outlaw Bible of American Literature. Ed. by Alan Kaufman and others. Feb. 2005. 704p. Thunder's Mouth, paper, $24.95 (1-56025-550-1). 818. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) broke the ground on which this second resounding...

Treglown, Jeremy, V. S. Pritchett: A Working Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... * Treglown, Jeremy, V. S. Pritchett: A Working Life. Feb. 2005.288p. illus. index. Random, $25.95 (0-375-50853-8). 823. By the time English writer Pritchett died in 1997, he was universally regarded as the last great English man of...

Sebald, W. G. Campo Santo. Tr. by Anthea Bell.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Sebald, W. G. Campo Santo. Tr. by Anthea Bell. Mar. 2005. 224p. Random, $24.95 (1-4000-6229-2). 834. Sebald, a German writer based in England until his untimely death in December 2001, is internationally revered for his elegiac novels,...

Vollmann, William T. Expelled from Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Vollmann, William T. Expelled from Eden: The William T. Vollmann Reader. Ed. by William T. Vollman, Larry McCaffery, and Michael Hemmingson. Feb. 2005. 488p. illus. Avalon, paper, $15.95 (1-56025-441-6). 813. If any living writer merits a...

Bangs, Richard and Scaturro, Pasquale. Mystery of the Nile: The Epic Story of the First Descent of the World's Deadliest River.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Bangs, Richard and Scaturro, Pasquale. Mystery of the Nile: The Epic Story of the First Descent of the World's Deadliest River. Feb. 2005. 358p. illus. Putnam, $25.95 (0-399-15262-8). 916.204. Scaturro and his partner, Gordon Brown, led an...

Blount, Roy. Feet on the Street: Rambles around New Orleans.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Blount, Roy. Feet on the Street: Rambles around New Orleans. Feb. 2005. 144p. Crown/Journeys, $16 (1-4000-4645-9). 917.73. Blount, a well-known humorist, commentator, and biographer (Robert E. Lee, 2003), contributes to the Crown Journeys...

The Smiles of Rome: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... The Smiles of Rome: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers. Ed. by Susan Cahill. Mar. 2005. 336p. Ballantine, paper, $14.95 (0-345-43420-X). 914.45. Travel to Italy is one of life's sublime experiences. Just ask--actually,...

Addison, Paul. Churchill: The Unexpected Hero.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Addison, Patti. Churchill: The Unexpected Hero. Feb. 2005. 208p. index. Oxford, $20 (0-19-927934-9). 941.084. To distinguish his Churchill biography from the many others, historian Addison focuses on Churchill's critics. Whether...