Booklist articles from June 2006

Booklist archives from June 2006

Cooper, Anderson. Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Cooper, Anderson. Dispatches from the Edge. June 2006. 209p. HarperCollins, $25.95 (0-06-113805-3). 070.92. This hunky-but taken seriously, nevertheless-CNN reporter and anchor really made a name for himself during his sensitive live...

Hughes, Robert. Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Hughes, Robert. Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir. Sept. 2006.416p. Knopf, $27.95 (1-4000-4444-3). 709.2. Australian-born Hughes, best-selling author and Time's chief art critic for three decades, is renowned for his wit, cutting eye,...

Kean, Thomas H. and Hamilton, Lee H. Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Kean, Thomas H. and Hamilton, Lee H. Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission. Aug. 2006.336p. index. Knopf, $25.95 (0-307-26377-0). 973.931. The 9/11 Commission Report (2004) was an exception to the rule that U.S....

Miller, T. Christian. Blood Money: A Story of Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Miller, T. Christian. Blood Money: A Story of Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed. Aug. 2006.288p. illus. Little, Brown, $24.95 (0-316-16627-8). 956.7044 The U.S. has expended dollars and lives in Iraq with little positive to...

Cook, Robin. Crisis.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Cook, Robin. Crisis. July 2006.480p. Putnam, $25.95 (0-399-15357-8). Crime Fiction. Medical-thriller writer Cook's latest page-turner is played out more in the courtroom than in the hospital. Dr. Craig Bowman is irritated when...

George, Margaret. Helen of Troy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... George, Margaret. Helen of Troy. Aug. 2006.611p. Viking, $27.95 (0-670-03778-8). General Fiction. When Helen of Sparta is seven years old, the sibyl at Delphi prophesies she will start a war in which many Greeks will die. King Tyndareus...

King, Stephen. Lisey's Story.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... King, Stephen. Lisey's Story. Oct. 2006. 528p. Scribner, $28 (0-7432-6941-2). SF/Fontasy. In the two years since her husband Scott's sudden death, professors and collectors mad to lay their hands on his unpublished manuscripts and letters,...

McCaffrey, Anne and McCaffrey, Todd. Dragon's Fire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... McCaffrey, Anne and McCaffrey, Todd. Dragon's Fire. July 2006. 384p. Del Roy, $24.95 (0-345-48028-7). SF/Fantasy. The sequel to Dragon's Kin (2003) is another successful McCaffrey mother-and-son collaboration. The deadly Thread has not...

Thayer, Nancy. The Hot Flash Club Chills Out.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Thayer, Nancy. The Hot Flash Club Chills Out. July 2006.352p. Ballantine, $21.95 (0-345-48553-X). General Fiction. The fourth of Thayer's engaging Hot Flash Club novels finds the hormonally challenged pals enjoying a rent-free summer home...

Rubenfeld, Jed. The Interpretation of Murder.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... * Rubenfeld, Jeff. The Interpretation of Murder. Sept. 2006. 384p. Holt, $26 (0-8050-8098-8). Crime Fiction. Sigmund Freud's singular visit to the U.S.--which prompted him to label Americans "savages"--provides the premise for Rubenfeld's...

Beers, Diane L. For the Prevention of Cruelty: The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Beers, Diane L. For the Prevention of Cruelty: The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States. July 2006. 294p. index. Ohio Univ./Swallow, $34.95 (0-8040-1086-2); paper, $19.95 (0-8040-1087-0). 179. The American...

Garfinkel, Perry. Buddha or Bust: In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Garfinkel, Perry. Buddha or Bust: In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All. June 2006. 272p. index. Harmony, $24.95 (1-4000-8217-X). 294.309. Garfinkel undertook a 20-week round-the-world trip to write an...

Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-Life Patients: A Collection of Rabbinical, Bioethical, Philosophical, and Juristic Opinions.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Jewish Ethics and the Care of End-of-Life Patients: A Collection of Rabbinical, Bioethical, Philosophical, and Juristic Opinions. Ed. by Peter Joel Hurwitz and Jacques Picard. Tr. by Dr. Benjamin Skarlz. July 2006. 254p. index. KTAV, $29.50...

Ogilbee, Mark and Riess, Jana. American Pilgrimage: Eleven Sacred Journeys and Spiritual Destinations.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Ogilbee, Mark and Riess, Jana. American Pilgrimage: Eleven Sacred Journeys and Spiritual Destinations. June 2006. 232p. index. Paraclete, paper, $16.95 (1-55725-447-8). 203. This slim, entertaining volume makes clear that some pilgrimages...

Silver, Lee M. Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Silver, Lee M. Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life. June 2006. 464p. index. Ecco, $25.95 (0-06-058267-7). 174. The archetype of mortal defiance, Prometheus has found a new champion....

The worried librarian.(The Manley Arts)(Column)
June 1, 2006... I am a worrier. I have always been a worrier. In some demented way, I feel that the weight of the world is on my shoulders. In my role of chief worrier of the world, it's important for me to avoid worrying about trivial things. For instance, I...

Blackwell, Unita. Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Blackwell, Unita. Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom. June 2006. 288p. Crown, $23 (0-609-61060-0). 323. From the age of 72, Blackwell looks back over her life begun in barefoot poverty in a Mississippi sharecropping family....

Chen, Guidi and Chuntao, Wu. Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of Chinas Peasants.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Chen, Guidi and Chuntao, Wu. Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of Chinas Peasants. Tr. by Zhu Hong. June 2006. 256p. index. PublicAffairs, $25 (1-58648-358-7). 305.5. Chinas 900 million peasants continue to toil under a feudalistic...

Gross, Jan T. Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz: An Essay in Historical Interpretation.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... * Gross, Jan T. Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz. July 2006. 336p. illus, index. Random, $25.95 (0-375-50924-0). 305.892 Professor Gross' widely acclaimed Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland...

Epstein, Joseph. Friendship: An Expose.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Epstein, Joseph. Friendship: An Expose. July 2006. 270p. index. Houghton, $24 (0-618-34149-8). 302.3. Following the hit-a-nerve success of Snobbery (2002), Epstein offers another philosophic and adroitly crafted scrutiny of a...

Goldman, Leslie. Locker Room Diaries: The Naked Truth about Women, Body Image, and Re-Imagining the "Perfect" Body.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Goldman, Leslie. Locker Room Diaries: The Naked Truth about Women, Body Image, and Re-imagining the "Perfect" Body. June 2006. 264p. Da Capo/Lifelong, $23 (0-7382-1042-0). 306.4. When Goldman, then a public-health master's candidate...

Hirshman, Linda R. Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Hirshman, Linda R. Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World. July 2006. 102p. Viking, $19.95 (0-670-03812-1). 305.4209. Hirshman, retired philosophy professor, expands on an article she wrote that ignited a firestorm of criticism...

How to Lose a Battle: Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... How to Lose a Battle: Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders. Ed. by Bill Fawcett. July 2006. 394p. HarperCollins/Harper, paper, $13.95 (0-06-076024-9). 355.4. This surprisingly amusing anthology could be subtitled Monuments to...

Juska, Jane. Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estate.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... * Juska, Jane. Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estate. June 2006. 272p. Villard, $23.95 (1-4000-6319-1). 306.7084. At age 66, Juska, a divorced teacher, placed a personal ad in the New York Review of Books...

Joffe, Josef. Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of America.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Joffe, Josef. Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of America. June 2006. 256p. index. Norton, $24.95 (0-393-06135-3). 327.73009. Joffe is a prolific international relations analyst and an editor of Die Zeit, an influential German newsweekly....

Kennedy, Paul. The Parliament of Men: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Kennedy, Paul. The Parliament of Men: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations. June 2006. 384p. index. Random, $26.95 (0-375-50165-7). 341.23. The United Nations remains an object of hope, a source of legitimacy, and a frequent...

Laqueur, Walter. The Changing Face of Anti-Semitism: From Ancient Times to the Present Day.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Laqueur, Walter. The Changing Face of Anti-Semitism: From Ancient Times to the Present Day. June 2006. 208p. index. Oxford, $22 (0-19-530429-2). 305.892. As anti-Semitism seems on the upsurge in Europe and the Islamic world, this compact...

Mosier, John. Cross of Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German War Machine, 1914-1945.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Mosier, John. Cross of Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German War Machine, 1914-1945. June 2006. 336p. index. Holt/John Macrae, $27.50 (0-8050-7577-1). 355 Mosier is a literature professor and film critic who has dedicated much of his...

Nicholson, Geoff. Sex Collectors: The Secret World of Erotic Consumers, Connoisseurs, Curators, Creators, Dealers, Bibliographers, and Accumulators of "Erotica.".(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Nicholson, Geoff. Sex Collectors: The Secret World of Erotic Consumers, Connoisseurs, Curators, Creators, Dealers, Bibliographers, and Accumulators of "Erotica." June 2006. 288p. illus, index. Simon & Schuster, $25 (0-7432-6587-4). 306.77. ...

Phelps, M. William. Murder in the Heartland.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Phelps, M. William. Murder in the Heartland. June 2006. 400p. Kensington, $23 (0-7582-1556-8). 364.1. Bucolic Skidmore, Missouri, was the setting for Harry M. Maclean's In Broad Daylight (1988), about a town bully who died in a hail of...

Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem: African American Literature and Culture, 1877-1919.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem: African American Literature and Culture, 1877-1919. Ed. by Barbara McCaskill and Caroline Gebhard. June 2006. 284p. New York Univ., $75 (0-8147-3167-8); paper, $22 (0-8147-3168-6). 306.4. The period after...

Smith, R. J. The Great Black Way: L.A.'s Central Avenue in the 1940s and the Lost Negro Renaissance.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Smith, R. J. The Great Black Way: L.A.'s Central Avenue in the 1940s and the Lost Negro Renaissance. June 2006. 400p. PublicAffairs, $26.95 (1-58648-295-5). 305. While the Harlem Renaissance was marked by sophistication, led by the...

White, Kate. How to Set His Thighs on Fire: 86 Red-Hot Lessons on Love, Life, Men, and (Especially) Sex.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... White, Kate. How to Set His Thighs on Fire: 86 Red-Hot Lessons on Love, Life, Men, and (Especially) Sex. June 2006. 252p. index. Warner, $21.95 (0-446-57797-9).306.7. White, editor in chief of Cosmopolitan and author of the popular Bailey...

Williams-Forson, Psyche A. Building Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, & Power.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Williams-Forson, Psyche A. Building Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, & Power. June 2006. 312p. index. Univ. of North Carolina, $55 (0-8078-3022-4); paper, $19.95 (0-8078-5686-X). 394.1 Despite stereotypes of black people as...

Coburn, Pip. The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Coburn, Pip. The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn. June 2006. 240p. illus. Portfolio, $24.95 (1-59184-132-1). 338.4. "Build it and they will come." Only for Kevin Costner, according to Pip Coburn,...

Dotlich, David L. and others. Head, Heart & Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Dotlich, David L. and others. Head, Heart & Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders. June 2006. 226p. index. Jossey-Bass, $27.95 (0-7879-6479-4). 658.4. The authors, all consultants, offer a fresh perspective on...

Murray, Jonathan and others. Two for the Money: The Sensible Plan for Making It All Work.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Murray, Jonathan and others. Two for the Money: The Sensible Plan for Making It All Work. June 2006. 336p. Carroll & Graf, $24.95 (0-7867-1787-4). 332.024 The Murray twins, professional investment advisors, with a coauthor, address the...

Ashworth, William. Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the High Plains.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Ashworth, William. Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the Great Plains. June 2006. 416p. illus, index. Norton, $26.95 (0-39305842-5). 553.7. Hidden below the eight states that compose the Great Plains lies a vast ocean known as the Ogallala...

Chadwick, Douglas H. The Grandest of Lives: Eye to Eye with Whales.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Chadwick, Douglas H. The Grandest of Lives: Eye to Eye with Whales. June 2006. 256p. illus. Sierra Club, $24.95 (1-57805126-6). 599.5. This is a water planet--around 75 percent of the earth's surface is covered with water, most of it in the...

Weinberger, Sharon. Imaginary Weapons: A Journey through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Weinberger, Sharon. Imaginary Weapons: A Journey through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld. July 2006. 304p. index. Thunder's Mouth/Nation, $24 (1-56025849-7). 501. That the Pentagon wastes billions of dollars on outmoded or ineffective...

Zoellner, Tom. The Heartless Stone: A Journey through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Zoellner, Tom. The Heartless Stone: A Journey through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire. June 2006. 320p. St. Martin's, $24.95 (0-312-33969-0). 553.8. Jilted by a fiancee, journalist Zoellner mulled over the emotions churned up by...

Blackbourn, David. The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Blackbourn, David. The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany. June 2006. 608p. illus. index. Norton, $29.95 (0-393-06212-0). 627.0943. In this important contribution to environmental history, Blackbourn...

Davis, Caroline. Essential Dog: The Ultimate Guide to Owning a Happy and Healthy Pet.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Davis, Caroline. Essential Dog: The Ultimate Guide to Owning a Happy and Healthy Pet. 2006. 192p. illus, index. Reader's Digest, $26.95 (0-7621-0669-7). 636.7 As our oldest domesticated animal, dogs retain an eminent spot in human's lives...

My Einstein: Essays by Twenty-Four of the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... My Einstein: Essays by the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy. Id. by John Brockman. July 2006. 288p. Pantheon, $25 (0-375-42345-1). s30. Shortly before his death, Albert Einstein pledged that his home would...

Wallace, Allison. A Keeper of Bees: Notes on Hive and Home.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Wallace, Allison. A Keeper of Bees: Notes on Hive and Home. July 2006. 208p. Random, $23.95 (1-4000-6271-3). 638. Although most people have known the value of bees as a source of honey, Wallace admits her fascination with them was caused by...

Planck, Nina. Real Food: What to Eat and Why.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Planck, Nina. Real Food: What to Eat and Why. June 2006. 288p. index. Bloomsbury, $23.95 (1-59691-144-1). 613.2. A successful manager of urban green markets, Planck presents a contrarian view of what constitutes sound nutrition. She urges...

Taylor, David A. Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Taylor, David A. Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World. June 2006. 304p. index. Algonquin, $23.95 (1-56512-401-4). 615. Taylor here traces the commercial complex surrounding the ancient herb...

Brokaw, Meredith and Wright, Ellen. Big Sky Cooking.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Brokaw, Meredith and Wright, Ellen. Big Sky Cooking. 2006. 224p. illus, index. artisan, $35 (1-57965-268-9). 641.59. Montanan cuisine finally makes it onto America's culinary map thanks to the efforts of Brokaw and Wright. The cooking of...

Shaffer, Bev. Brownies to Die For!: The Complete Guide for Brownie Lovers.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Shaffer, Bev. Brownies to Die For! The Complete Guide for Brownie Lovers. 2006. 224p. illus, index. Pelican, $24.95 (1-58980-382-4). 641.8. More than a cookie but not quite a cake, the brownie stands as America's favorite homemade...

Dunn, Jancee. But Enough about Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous .(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Dunn, Jancee. But Enough about Me: A Suburban Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures among the Absurdly Famous. June 2006. 288p. HarperCollins, $24.95 (0-06084364-0). 070.92. Celebrity interviewer Dunn, a writer for Rolling Stone, GQ, and...

Instant Light: Tarkovsky Polaroids.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Instant Light: Tarkovsky Polaroids. Ed. by Giovanni Chiaramonte and Andrey A. Tarkovsky. Tr. by Kitty Hunter Blair. June 2006. 135p. illus. Thames and Hudson, paper, $24.95 (0-500-28614-0). 779. The Russian AndreyTarkovsky (1932-1986) is...

Lechner, Ernesto. Rock en Espanol: The Latin Alternative Rock Explosion.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Lechner, Ernesto. Rock en Espanol: The Latin Alternative Rock Explosion. June 2006. 272p. illus. Chicago Review, paper, $16.95 (1-55652-603-2). 781.66098. Lechner takes pains to delineate his subject matter. It isn't rock sung in Spanish...

Porter, Lynnette and Lavery, David. Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Porter, Lynnette and Lavery, David. Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide. June 2006. 292p. index. Sourcebooks, paper, $14.95 (1-40220726-6). 791.45. In just a little under two seasons, the ABC drama Lost has already...

Trulove, James Grayson. Cabins: The New Style.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Trulove, James Grayson. Cabins: The New Style. June 2006. 192p. illus. Collins Design, $35 (0-06-089349-4). 728.7. Cabins have evolved beyond the traditional perceptions of rustic logs, yet the natural setting with the structure both...

Kahn, Roger. Into My Own: The Remarkable People and Events That Shaped a Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Kahn, Roger. Into My Own: The Remarkable People and Events That Shaped a Life. June 2006. 320p. index. St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne, $24.95 (0-312-33813-9). 070.4. Kahn is most famously known for his elegiac 1972 bestseller, The Boys of...

Kuper, Simon. Soccer against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Stops Wars, Fuels Revolutions, and Keeps Dictators in Power.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Kuper, Simon. Soccer against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Stops Wars, Fuels Revolutions, and Keeps Dictators in Power. July 2006. 320p. Thunder's Mouth/Nation, paper, $14.95 (1-56025-878-0). 796.334. In 1992,...

Peper, George. Two Years in St. Andrews: At Home on the Eighteenth Hole.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Peper, George. Two Years in St. Andrews: At Home on the Eighteenth Hole. June 2006. 336p. Simon & Schuster, $25 (0-74326282-8). 796.352. Peper, former editor of Golf Magazine, bought a flat on the eighteenth fairway at St. Andrews' Old...

They Played the Game: The Playboy Interviews, Volume 1.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... They Played the Game: The Playboy Interviews, Volume 1. Ed. by Stephen Randall. June 2006. 471p. M Press, $22.95 (1-59582-046-9). 796. If Playboy fans need reminding that the magazine's articles are worth a look, too, the editors have begun...

The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup. Ed. by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey. June 2006. 224p. HarperPerennial, paper, $13.95 (0-06-113226-I). 796.334. Soccer's World Cup, unlike baseball's World Series, is truly global. And with...

Eisenstein, Bernice. I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Eisenstein, Bernice. I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors. Aug. 2006. 162p. illus. Riverhead, $23.95 (1-59448-918-1). 813.6. Born in Canada in 1949, Eisenstein is the daughter of Holocaust survivors who lived through the horrors of the...

Epstein, Alex. Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Epstein, Alex. Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box. June 2006. 336p. index. Holt/Owl, paper, $15 (0-8050-8028-7). 808.2. Epstein, author of Crafty Screenwriting (2002), draws on his experiences writing for the television shows Naked...

Herrin, Lamar. Romancing Spain.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Herrin, Lamar. Romancing Spain. July 2006. 272p. Unbridled, $23.95 (1-93296122-4). 813. "Which did I fall in love with first, the woman or the country?" This is Herrin's refrain in this memoir-cum-travelogue, which reads like a love letter...

Rilke, Rainer Maria and Andreas-Salome, Lou. Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome: The Correspondence.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Rilke, Rainer Maria and Andreas-Salome, Lou. Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome: The Correspondence. Tr. by Edward Snow and Michael Winkler. June 2006. 704p. index. Norton, $39.95 (0-39304976-0). 831. This is an invaluable collection...

Buzbee, Lewis. The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... * Buzbee, Lewis. The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop. June 2006.228p. Graywolf, $17 (1-55597-450-3). 381.45002. For Buzbee, a former bookseller and publishing rep, time spent in a bookstore is nothing short of sublime. "Standing in the middle of...

Self, Will. Junk Mail.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Self, Will. Junk Mail. June 2006. 320p. Grove/Black Cat, paper, $13 (0-8021-7023-4). 824. Should a writer's works carry an expiration date? That's a question worth considering in the midst of British novelist Self's new collection of...

Williams, Roger. Mother Tongue.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Williams, Roger. Mother Tongue. June 2006. 87p. Parthian; dist. by Dufour, paper, $15.95 (1-902638-79-4). 822. Welshman Williams, still in his early thirties, is a prolific playwright equally at home on stage, radio, and TV. Yet he is...

Armstrong, Alan. Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Armstrong, Alan. Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor. June 2006. 304p. index. Lyons, $24.95 (1-59228-913-4). 940.54. The Pearl Harbor disaster continues to generate an endless supply of...

Beinart, Peter. The Good Fight: Why Liberals--and Only Liberals--Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Beinart, Peter. The Good Fight: Why Liberals--and Only Liberals--Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again. June 2006. 304p. index. HarperCollins, $25.95 (0-06-084161-3). 973.93. Skittish about the "liberal" label, progressive...

Delaney, Frank. Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... * Delaney, Frank. Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea. July 2006. 336p. illus. Random, $24.95 (1-4000-6524-0). 910.9163. Best-selling popular historian Delaney (Ireland, 2005) turns his attention to one of the great sea stories...

Gallagher, Tess. Dear Ghosts.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... * Gallagher, Tess. Dear Ghosts. 2006. 160p. Graywolf, $20 (1-55597-443-0). 811. Gallagher, a cherished poet and short story writer, evokes the power of the unseen as well as the seen with breathtaking clarity, creating metaphors so...

Benjamin, Sandra. Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Benjamin, Sandra. Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History. June 2006. 480p. index. Steerforth, $30 (1-58642-101-8). 945. Given its central location within the Mediterranean basin, the island of Sicily has found itself involved in just...

Furstenberg, Francois. In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Furstenberg, Francois. In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery and the Making of a Nation. June 2006. 325p. illus. index. Penguin Press, $27.95 (1-59420092-0). 973.4. When George Washington decided to return to private life...

Hunter-Gault, Charlayne. New News out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Hunter-Gault, Charlayne. New News out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance. June 2006. 192p. Oxford, $23 (0-19517747-9). 968. Hunter-Gault brings long and respected journalistic experience with NPR, CNN and PBS, as well as riveting...

Lowry, Richard S. Marines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle for An Nasiriyah.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Lowry, Richard S. Marines in the Garden of Eden: The Battle for An Nasiriyah. June 2006. 432p. illus. NAL/Caliber, $24.95 (0-425-20988-1). 956.7044. An embedded reporter with the First Marine Division provides this excellent monograph on...

Olsen, Christopher J. The American Civil War: A Hands-on History.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Olsen, Christopher J. The American Civil War: A Hands-on History. Aug. 2006. 240p. illus, index. Hill & Wang, $24 (0-80909538-6). 973.7. Olsen introduces essential issues involved in the outbreak, course, and aftermath of the Civil War in...

Pollitt, Katha. Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Pollitt, Katha. Virginity or Death! And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time. June 2006. 288p. Random, paper, $13.95 (0-8129-7638-X). 973.93. Noting that the editorial staff likes to observe that while George Bush "has been a...

Applegate, Debby. The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Applegate, Debby. The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher. June 2006. 384p. illus, index. Doubleday, $27.95 (0-385-51396-8). 285.8092. Yankee preacher Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87) knew everybody who was anybody,...

Bolt, Rodney. The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impresario in America.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Bolt, Rodney. The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte--Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impresario in America. July 2006. 448p. illus, index. Bloomsbury, $29.95 (1-59691-118-2). 782.1092. ...

Brown, Jared. Moss Hart: A Prince of the Theatre.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Brown, Jared. Moss Hart: A Prince of the Theatre. July 2006. 464p. illus, index. Watson-Guptill/Back Stage, $27.95 (0-82307890-6). 815.2. Brown reveals nothing particularly shocking in his new biography of playwright and director Hart....

Bryant, Nick. The Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Bryant, Nick. The Bystander: John E Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality. June 2006. 560p. Basic, $29.95 (0-46500826-7). 973.922092. Bryant seamlessly explicates the years of Kennedy's first campaign for public office in 1946, his...

Carlin, Peter Ames. Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Carlin, Peter Ames. Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. June 2006. 336p. illus. Rodale, $25.95 (1-59486-320-2). 782.42166092. The near-miraculous appearance of Smile in 2004, 37 years after Beach Boys...

Arthur, Anthony. Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... * Arthur, Anthony. Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair. June 2006. 384p. illus, index. Random, $27.95 (1-4000-615 1-2). 812. Upton Sinclair (1898-1968) wrote nearly 90 books, but the only title most readers can name is The Jungle. Published a...

Carver, Maryann Burk. What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Carver, Maryann Burk. What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver. July 2006. 352p. illus, index. St. Martin's, $25.95 (0-312-33258-0). 813. Legendary writer Raymond Carver's struggle for recognition, his...

Cesarani, David. Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer.".(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Cesarani, David. Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer." June 2006. 464p. illus. index. Da Capo, $27.50 (0-306-81476-5). 364.151. Since Adolf Eichmann's trial and execution, scholars have looked to...