Booklist articles from January 2007

Booklist archives from January 2007

Top of the list: 2006 Editor's Choice.(books)(Editorial)(Bibliography)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Adult Fiction The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf) Adult Nonfiction The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan (Bloomsbury) Youth Nonfiction Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front...

Editors' Choice 2006.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2007... Adult Books The Adult Books editors have selected the following titles as representative of the year's outstanding books for public-library collections. Our scope has been intentionally broad, and we have attempted to find books that...

Groopman, Jerome. How Doctors Think.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Groopman, Jerome. How Doctors Think. Mar. 2007. 320p. index. Houghton, $25 (0-618-61003-0). 610. By far the largest number of examples New Yorker staff writer and Harvard physician Groopman adduces to show how doctors think shows them...

McKibben, Bill. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * McKibben, Bill. Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. Mar. 2007. 250p. index. Holt/Times, $25 (0-8050-7626-3). 306.3. Beginning with his prescient treatise on global warming, The End of Nature (1990), McKibben...

Merida, Kevin and Fletcher, Michael A. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Merida, Kevin and Fletcher, Michael A. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas. Mar. 2007. 320p. index. Doubleday, $26.95 (0-385-51080-2). 347.73. Washington Post reporters Merida and Fletcher interviewed Supreme Court...

Fielding, Joy. Heartstopper.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Fielding, Joy. Heartstopper. Apr. 2007. 387p. Atria, $24.95 (1-7432-9598-6). Crime Fiction. In Fielding's latest suspense novel set in tiny Torrance, Florida, a serial killer's journal entries are interspersed with the stunned reactions of...

Baker, James and others. The Iraq Study Group Report.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Baker, James and others. The Iraq Study Group Report. 2006. 142p. Vinta Be, paper, $10.95 (9780307386564). 355.02. Recent residence on Mars would be the only excuse for someone being unaware of this document, delivered by the Iraq Study...

Phillips, Arthur. Angelica.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Phillips, Arthur. Angelica. Apr. 2007. 331p. Random, $24.95 (9781400062515). General Fiction. Following multiple pregnancies with dire outcomes, Angelica is finally born to Joseph and Constance Barton, and after a rough beginning, mother...

Shreve, Anita. Body Surfing.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Shreve, Anita. Body Surfing. Apr. 2007. 304p. Little, Brown, $25.99 (0-316-05985-4). General Fiction. Shreve's latest features the same seaside New Hampshire house that appears in three of her best novels (The Pilot's Wife, 1998; Fortune's...

Vincenzi, Penny. Sheer Abandon.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Vincenzi, Penny. Sheer Abandon. May 2007. 624p. Doubleday, $24.95 (0-385-51988-5). Romance. Clio, Jocasta, and Martha, three college students on a backpacking holiday to Thailand, bond as only young women in an unfamiliar environment can:...

Box, C. J. Free Fire.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Box, C. J. Free Fire. May 2007. 352p. Putnam, $24.95 (0-399-15427-2). Crime Fiction. Box set the standards so high with his Joe Pickett series that, once in a while, he's had a hard time getting over the bar himself, as with In Plain...

Crais, Robert. The Watchman.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Crais, Robert. The Watchman. Mar. 2007. 288p. Simon & Schuster, $25.95 (0-7432-8163-2). Crime Fiction. Larkin Barkley, a troubled L.A. woman from a wealthy family, finds herself under the protection of federal agents after emerging...

Booklist online.(Chat Room)
January 1, 2007... BOOKLIST BOOK CLUB A year or so ago, when we were discussing what features to offer on the open-access portion of Booklist Online, Senior Editor Keir Graff came up with the idea of a book club, an online message board where people could...

Willocks, Tim. The Religion.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Willocks, Tim. The Religion. May 2007. 640p. Farrar/Sarah Crichton, $26 (0-374-24865-6). General Fiction, Some of history's most savage wars have been waged in the name of religion, and Willocks sets his sprawling novel in the midst of a...

Woods, Stuart. Fresh Disasters.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Woods, Stuart. Fresh Disasters. Apr. 2007.288p. Putnam, $25.95 (0-399-15410-8). Crime Fiction. Woods' suave hero Stone Barrington takes on organized crime in his latest outing. Bumbling Herbie Fisher owes Mob boss Carmine Datilla serious money,...

Fried, Norman J. The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach Us about Living.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Fried, Norman J. The Angel Letters: Lessons That Dying Can Teach Us about Living. Jan. 2007. 144p. Ivan R. Dee, $19.95 (1-56663-718-X). 155.9. If anyone understands that losing a child to a fatal illness is among the worst and most feared...

Hollis, James. Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Hollis, James. Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves. Feb. 2007. 288p. Gotham, $25 (9781592402762). 150.19. Jungian psychologist Hollis turns the whole why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people question around and asks,...

Lynch, David. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Lynch, David. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. Jan. 2007. 144p. Tarcher, $19.95 (1-58542-540-0). 158.1. Author David Foster Wallace once observed that, as a filmmaker, David Lynch seems to care more about...

Perry, Bruce D. and Szalavitz, Maia. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Perry, Bruce D. and Szalavitz, Maia. The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook. Jan. 2007. 288p. index. Basic, $26 (0-465-05652-0). 155.4. Although many parents fret over how to raise a more...

Chhaya, Mayank. Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Chhaya, Mayank. Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic. Mar. 2007. 352p. index. Doubleday, $23.95 (9780385519458). 294.3. In this meticulously researched biography of the Dalai Lama, who describes himself as embodying "three equal and at times...

Humes, Edward. Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Humes, Edward. Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul. Feb. 2007. 400p. index. Ecco, $25.95 (9780060885489). 231.7. Some see the 2005 case of Kitzmiller v. Dover, concerning a small-town school...

Singin' the blues.(The Manley Arts)
January 1, 2007... Like most people, I have my ,ups and downs. I'm not suicidal, clinically depressed, or bipolar, but I am subject to mood swings. I don't consider my life attached to a bungee cord or a pogo stick. I'm more of a yo-yo kind of guy. I've tried a...

Lipton, Eunice. French Seduction: An American's Encounter with France, Her Father, and the Holocaust.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Lipton, Eunice. French Seduction: An American's Encounter with France, Her Father, and the Holocaust. Feb. 2007. 256p. Carroll & Graf, $23.95 (9780786716265). 296.4. Lipton, the author of Alias Olympia (1993) and other books, is an art...

Piercy, Marge. Pesach for the Rest of Us: Making the Passover Seder Your Own.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Piercy, Marge. Pesach for the Rest of Us: Making the Passover Seder Your Own. Feb. 2007. 304p. index. Schocken, $22.95 (9780805242423). 296.4. Pesach (Passover in English) is the eight-day festival that commemorates the exodus of the...

Adovasio, J.M. and others. The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Adovasio, J. M. and others. The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory. Feb. 2007. 304p. illus, index. Smithsonian, $26.95 (9780061170911). 305.4209. Although more than half the graduates of academic programs in...

Bair, Deirdre. Calling It Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Bair, Deirdre. Calling It Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over. Jan. 2007. 352p. Random, $24.95 (1-4000-6448-1). 306.89084. Acclaimed biographer Bair investigates a growing worldwide trend of divorce among older couples of...

Ringwald, Christopher D. A Day Apart: How Jews, Christians, and Muslims Find Faith, Freedom, and Joy on the Sabbath.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Ringwald, Christopher D. A Day Apart: How Jews, Christians, and Muslims Find Faith, Freedom, and Joy on the Sabbath. Jan. 2007. 352p. index. Oxford, $27 (9780195165364). 203. Ringwald acknowledges his debt to Josef Pieper, whose landmark...

Chester, Jeff. Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Chester, Jeff. Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy. Jan. 2007. 320p. New Press, $23.95 (1-56584-795-4). 320.973. How is it, the author asks, that every new communications technology, from radio to cable television, is...

Dierker, Robert H. The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Dierker, Robert H. The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Code of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault. Jan. 2007. 272p. Crown Forum, $35.95 (9780307339195). 34773. After an unpleasant experience when "femifascists"...

Gatrell, Vic. City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Gatrell, Vic. City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London. Jan. 2007. 700p. illus, index. Walker, $45 (0-8027-1602-4). 306.709421. Londoners of the late Georgian and Regency periods stoked a commercial boom in printed...

Hart, Marjorie. Summer at Tiffany.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Hart, Marjorie. Summer at Tiffany. Apr. 2007. 272p. Morrow, paper, $14.95 (9780061189524). 381. Although the country is still at war, Manhattan during the summer of 1945 is an intoxicating place, especially for two fresh-faced young coeds...

Lando, Barry M. Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Lando, Barry M. Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush. Jan. 2007. 346p. Other, $24.95 (1-59051-238-3). 327.5670182. A former investigative journalist with 60 Minutes, Lando...

Harris, Mark. Grave Matters: A Journey through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Harris, Mark. Grave Matters: A Journey through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial. Jan. 2007.208p. index. Scribner, $24 (0-7432-7768-6). 338.4. In the face of the billion-dollar-a-year funeral industry, former...

King, Barbara J. Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * King, Barbara J. Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion. Jan. 2007. 272p. illus, index. Doubleday, $24.95 (9780385511049). 306.6. Biological anthropologist King contends that religion, conceived as a system not of...

Letcher, Andy. Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Letcher, Andy. Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom. Mar. 2007. 384p. illus, index. Ecco, $25.95 (9780060828288). 394.1. One evening in 1916, "upright American surgeon" Beaman Douglass and his wife ate some "innocuous wild...

Mathis, Nancy. Storm Warning: The Story of a Killer Tornado.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Mathis, Nancy. Storm Warning: The Story of a Killer Tornado. Mar. 2007. 256p. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, $24 (9780743280532). 363.34. On May 3, 1999, a staggering number of tornados--almost 70 of them--touched down in Oklahoma, wiping...

Meisler, Stanley. Kofi Annan.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Meisler, Stanley. Kofi Annan. Jan. 2007. 400p. illus. Wiley, $30 (0-471-78744-2). 341. Annan rose from humble beginnings as a schoolboy in Ghana to world statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner. He ran afoul of the Bush administration with...

Morris, Mary. The River Queen.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Morris, Mary. The River Queen. Apr. 2007. 288p. Holt, $24 (0-8050-7827-4). 331.91 Morris' blend of travel writing and memoir makes for an unusual book. Cast as a midlife adventure, it documents Morris' journey down the Mississippi River in...

Schlessinger, Laura. The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Schlessinger, Laura. The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage. Jan. 2007. 209p. HarperCollins, $25.95 (9780061142840). 306.872. Following up on the popularity of her book The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands (2003), Schlessinger states...

Tammet, Daniel. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Tammet, Daniel. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant. Jan. 2007. 226p. Free Press, $24 (9781416535072). 362.196. Although Tammet is only 27, his autobiography is as fascinating as Benjamin Franklin's...

Smith, Russell. Men's Style: The Thinking Man's Guide to Dress.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Smith, Russell. Men's Style: The Thinking Man's Guide to Dress. Apr. 2007. 256p. illus. St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne, $22.95 (9780312361655). 391. Most public library collections should include a current book on men's clothing style, and this...

Waller, Irvin. Less Law, More Order: The Truth about Reducing Crime.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Waller, Irvin. Less Law, More Order: The Truth about Reducing Crime. 2006. 192p. index. Praeger, $39.95 (0-275-99077-X). 364.40973. Waller, a professor of criminology, challenges the conventional practices of law enforcement in reacting to...

Bridgforth, Glinda. Girl, Get Your Credit Straight! A Sister's Guide to Ditching Your Debt, Mending Your Credit, and Building a Strong Financial Future.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Bridgforth, Glinda. Girl, Get Your Credit Straight! A Sister's Guide to Ditching Your Debt, Mending Your Credit, and Building a Strong Financial Future. Jan. 2007. 352p. index. Broadway, $19.95 (9780767922487). 332.024. Money manager...

Haynes, B. K. Dirt Peddler: How I Turned $50 into $10 Million in Country Property--Part Time.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Haynes, B. K. Dirt Peddler: How I Turned $50 into $10 Million in Country Property-Part Time. 2006. 534p. index. Greatland, paper, $19.95 (0-932586-07-4). 333. Haynes, born poor and with more than his share of financial hardships, went to...

Holmes, Ann M. There's a Business in Every Woman: A 7-Step Guide to Discovering, Starting, and Building the Business of Your Dreams.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Holmes, Ann M. There's a Business in Every Woman: A 7-Step Guide to Discovering, Starting, and Building the Business of Your Dreams. Feb. 2007. 304p. index. Ballantine, $22.95 (9781400064885). 658.1. This book is for women who never...

Newhouse, John. Boeing versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Newhouse, John. Boeing versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business. Jan. 2007. 272p. index. Knopf, $26.95 (9781400043361). 338.7. Newhouse, former government advisor, tells the story of making and...

Vollmann, William T. Poor People.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Vollmann, William T. Poor People. Mar. 2007. 464p. illus. HarperCollins, $29.95 (9780060878825). 362.5. In Rising Up and Rising Down (2003), intrepid writer of conscience Vollmann conducted an all-out investigation into violence. He now...

Paludi, Michele A. and others. Understanding Workplace Violence: A Guide for Managers and Employees.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Paludi, Michele A. and others. Understanding Workplace Violence: A Guide for Managers and Employees. 2006. 144p. index. Praeger, $39.95 (0-275-99086-9). 658.4. This is a thoughtful and measured practicum from which to observe and handle...

Sabath, Ann Marie. One Minute Manners: Quick Solutions to the Most Awkward Situations You'll Ever Face at Work.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Sabath, Ann Marie. One Minute Manners: Quick Solutions to the Most Awkward Situations You'll Ever Face at Work. Feb. 2007. 144p. Broadway, $15.95 (9780767923309). 395.2. It is acres away--in terms of directness and simplicity--from Emily...

Tapscott, Don. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Tapscott, Don. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. 2006. 320p. index. Portfolio, $25.95 (9781591841388). 658. Anyone who has done even a modest amount of browsing on the Internet has probably run across Wikipedia, the...

Beletsky, Les. Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Beletsky, Les. Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song. 2006. 268p. illus. Chronicle, $45 (1-932855-41-6). 598.15. Here are splendid color illustrations of 250 species of birds, some showing only the male and others showing both the...

Gessner, David. Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Gessner, David. Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond. Apr. 2007. 304p. Beacon, $25.95 (9780807085783). 598.9. Gessner insists that this is not a bird book but, instead, a book about the nature of human...

Glavin, Terry. The Sixth Extinction: Journeys among the Lost and Left Behind.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Glavin, Terry. The Sixth Extinction: Journey Among the Lost and Left Behind. Apr. 2007. 336p. St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne, $24.95 (0-312-36231-5). 598.17. Prolific natural history author Glavin offers a startling new definition of extinction...

Johanson, Donald and Edgar, Blake. From Lucy to Language.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Johanson, Donald and Edgar, Blake. From Lucy to Language. Illus. by David Brill. Rev. ed. 2006. 288p. index. Simon & Schuster, $65 (0-7432-8064-4). 573.2. In paleoanthropology, single discoveries can dramatically alter the field. The past...

Bocij, Paul. The Dark Side of the Internet: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Online Criminals.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Bocij, Paul. The Dark Side of the Internet: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Online Criminals. 2006. 240p. index. Praeger, $44.95 (0-275-98575-X). 005.8. The threats we encounter online have become almost a part of daily life. Junk...

Molyneaux, Paul. Swimming in Circles: Aquaculture and the Death of Wild Oceans.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Molyneaux, Paul. Swimming in Circles: Aquaculture and the Death of Wild Oceans. Feb. 2007. 368p. illus. Thunder's Mouth, paper, $15.95 (1-56025-756-1). 639. A longtime fisherman turned marine journalist, Molyneaux is the author of The...

Tarte, Bob. Fowl Weather.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Tarte, Bob. Fowl Weather. Mar. 2007. 320p. Algonquin, $23.95 (1-56512-502-9). 636.088. On the web-footed heels of Enslaved by Ducks (2003), Tarte serves up another helping of his always interesting life surrounded by animals. From the...

Rogers, Ray. Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting Techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Rogers, Ray. Pots in the Garden: Expert Design and Planting Techniques. Feb. 2007. 248p. illus. index. Timber, $29.95 (9780881928341). 635.9. Rogers points out that many people have a limited space in which to plant a garden and don't have...

Tukey, Paul. The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Tukey, Paul. The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn. Feb. 2007. 272p. illus, index. Storey, $29.95 (1-58017-655-0); paper, $19.95 (1-58017-649-6). 635.9. Tukey, the editor and publisher of...

Rahamut, Wendy. Modern Caribbean Cuisine.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Rahamut, Wendy. Modern Caribbean Cuisine. Feb. 2007. 332p. illus. index. Interlink, $35 (9781566566537). 641.59. Caribbean cuisine since the advent of the first island-hopping European explorers in the sixteenth century has been a curious...

Rosati, Kitty Gurkin. The Rice Diet Cookbook: 150 Easy, Everyday Recipes and Inspirational Success Stories from the Rice Diet Program Community.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Rosati, Kitty Gurkin. The Rice Diet Cookbook: 150 Easy, Everyday Recipes and Inspirational Success Stories from the Rice Diet Program Community. Jan. 2007. 256p. Simon & Schuster, $26 (9781416539223). 641.5. Proponents of the rice diet...

Villas, James. The Glory of Southern Cooking.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Villas, James. The Glory of Southern Cooking. Mar. 2007. 448p. index. Wiley, $34.95 (0-7645-7601-1). 641.59. Already well established as one of America's leading proponents of southern cooking, Villas has produced one of the great...

Berg, Scott W. Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Berg, Scott W. Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C. Feb. 2007. 352p. Pantheon, $25 (0-375-42280-3). 711. Pierre L'Enfant, hardly a household name, nonetheless had importance as the initial designer...

Brodie, Christina. Drawing and Painting Plants.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Brodie, Christina. Drawing and Painting Plants. Jan. 2007. 144p. illus. index. Timber, paper, $29.95 (9780881928419). 758.5. Brodie's holistic, comprehensive approach blends drawing and painting techniques with botanical terminology and...

Shawn, Allen. Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Shawn, Allen. Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life. May 2007. 304p. Viking, $24.95 (0-670-03842-3). 616.85. A composer, pianist, teacher, and author of a book about Arnold Schoenberg, Shawn is plagued by agoraphobia. Afraid of...

Englehart, Murray and Durieux, Arnaud. AC/DC: Maximum Rock and Roll.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Englehart, Murray and Durieux, Arnaud. AC/DC: Maximum Rock and Roll. Jan. 2007. 488p. illus. index. Morrow, $25.95 (0-06-113391-4). 784.5. Australia's AC/DC parlayed rift-driven hard rock into a long-running career despite lead singer Bon...

Koch, Ebba. The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Koch, Ebba. The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra. 2006. 288p. illus. Thames and Hudson, $75 (9780500342091). 726.809. Though readers may know that Shah Jahan of India's seventeenth-century Mogul dynasty built the Taj...

Samuels, Allison. Off the Record: A Reporter Lifts the Velvet Rope on Hollywood, Hip-Hop and Sports.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Samuels, Allison. Off the Record: A Reporter Lifts the Velvet Rope on Hollywood, Hip-Hop and Sports. Jan. 2007. 224p. Amistad, $24.95 (0-06-113766-9). 791.092. As a reporter with Newsweek, Samuels' coverage of stars in sports and...

Seth, Mira. Indian Painting: The Great Mural Tradition.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Seth, Mira. Indian Painting: The Great Mural Tradition. 2006. 464p. illus. index. Abrams, $75 (0-8109-5536-9). 751.7. Drawing on her interdisciplinary skills in history, economics, and art history, Seth has written an unusually focused and...

Acocella, Joan. Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Acocella, Joan. Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints. Feb. 2007. 544p. illus. Pantheon, $30 (9780375424168). 700.92. Critic Acocella's deep knowledge of and organic feel for dance infuses her fleet-footed and witty prose. Like a dancer,...

Trimborn, Jurgen. Leni Riefenstahl.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... * Trimborn, Jurgen. Leni Riefenstahl. Tr. by Edna McCown. Jan. 2007. 333p. Farrar, paper, $26 (0-374-18493-3). 791.43. Leni Riefenstahl was an artist of tremendous powers, but her most entrancing creation was herself. Film professor...

The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concert-Going Experience.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concert-Going Experience. Ed. by Sean Manning. Jan. 2007. 320p. Da Capo/Lifelong, paper, $16.95 (9780306815089). 780.78. The authors of these musings on favorite concerts...

Wald, Gayle F. Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Wald, Gayle F. Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Feb. 2007. 240p. illus. index. Beacon, $25.95 (0-8070-0984-9). 782.25. Most people today probably have never heard of Rosetta Tharpe...

Balenciaga and His Legacy: Haute Couture from the Texas Fashion Collection.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Balenciaga and His Legacy: Haute Couture from the Texas Fashion Collection. Ed. by Myra Walker. 2006. 162p. illus. Yale, $50 (0-300-12153-9). 746.9. How to connect a famous Spanish-French couturier with exhibits at the University of North...

Baskett, Mickey. Jazzy Jeans.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Baskett, Mickey. Jazzy Jeans. Feb. 2007. 128p. illus. index. Sterling, $24.95 (1-4027-3513-8). 746.4. Ah, yes, the ubiquitous jeans. But the ones featured here aren't your ordinary jeans. No, with this amply, colorfully, and even joyously...

Cohen, Marilyn Saitz. Knitting Simple Jackets: 25 Beautiful Designs.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Cohen, Marilyn Saitz. Knitting Simple Jackets: 25 Beautiful Designs. Jan. 2007. 112p. illus. index. Sterling/Lark, $24.95 (9781579908577). 746.43. Using classic shapes like the Chanel coat, Cohen has created a collection of versatile,...

Corbett, Michael. Ready, Set, Sold! Make $10,000 to $100,000 More When You Sell Your House!(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Corbett, Michael. Ready, Set, Sold! Make $10,000 to $100,000 More When You Sell Your House! Feb. 2007. 128p. Plume, $24.95 (9781588164995). 747. Lesson 1 is that it doesn't hurt to be a media-genic author; name recognition--as in NBC...

Goode, Sunny. Paint Can!: Techniques, Patterns, and Projects for Bringing Color into Every Room.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Goode, Sunny. Paint Can! Techniques, Patterns, and Projects for Bringing Color into Every Room. Jan. 2007. 128p. illus. index. Sterling, $24.95 (1-4027-3097-2). 747. Paint Can! encourages and inspires readers to use paint and color to...

Griffiths, Melody. Knitting in No Time: A Fast, Fun Collection of 50 Quick-Knit Projects.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Griffiths, Melody. Knitting in No Time: A Fast, Fun Collection of 50 Quick-Knit Projects. 2006. 160p. index. Reader's Digest, $26.95 (0-7621-0665-4). 746.43. The first question of any serious knitter (indeed, crafter, for that matter) when...

Niehues, Tracey. Designer Cards & Tags with K&Company.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Niehues, Tracey. Designer Cards & Tags with K&Company. Jan. 2007. 144p. illus. index. Sterling/Lark/Chapelle, $24.95 (9781579909864). 745.594. Niehues, a designer for K&Company, which sells papers and gewgaws for scrapbooking, incorporates...

Wood, Dorothy. Simply Stylish Bags: 18 Stunning Designs for All Occasions.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Wood, Dorothy. Simply Stylish Bags: 18 Stunning Designs for All Occasions. 2006. 96p. illus. index. St. Martin's/Griffin, paper, $19.95 (0-312-35992-6). 746.43. To the oft quoted "you can never be too rich or too thin," British artist (and...

Bradbury, J. C. The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Bradbury, J. C. The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed. Mar. 2007. 256p. index. Dutton, $24.95 (9780525949930). 796.357. Bradbury would be the first guy to tell you that baseball fans are the most statistically minded sports fans out...

Giles, Bill and Myers, Doug. Pouring Six Beers at a Time and Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Giles, Bill and Myers, Doug. Pouring Six Beers at a Time and Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball. Jan. 2007. 336p. illus. Triumph, $24.95 (1-57243-931-3). 796.357092. There may be someone better equipped than Bill Giles to bring alive...

Heidenry, John. The Gashouse Gang.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Heidenry, John. The Gashouse Gang. Apr. 2007. 304p. illus. index. PublicAffairs, $25 (9781586484194). 796.357. The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, "the Gashouse Gang," are among the best known of all baseball teams and not only because of their...