Booklist articles from November 2005

Booklist archives from November 2005

Schlessinger, Laura. Bad Children--Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Schlessinger, Laura. Bad Children--Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood. Jan. 2006. 272p. HarperCollins, $24.95 (0-06-057786-X). 158.1. Schlessinger is, of course, a recognized name as an internationally...

Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Just Rewards.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Just Rewards. Jan. 2006. 480p. St. Martin's, $24.95 (0-312-30706-3). General Fiction. The descendents of Emma Harte (A Woman of Substance, 1979) continue to pursue love and matrimony in this newest chapter in the...

Cornwell, Bernard. The Pale Horseman.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Cornwell, Bernard. The Pale Horseman. Jan. 2006. 349p. HarperCollins, $25.95 (0-06-078712-0). General Fiction. At the conclusion of Cornwell's best-selling The Last Kingdom (2005), Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a slain Saxon nobleman...

Griffin, W. E. B. The Hostage.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Griffin, W. E. B. The Hostage. Jan. 2006.481p. Putnam, $26.95 (0-399-15314-4). General Fiction. Griffin's second novel in his Presidential Agent series is the best-selling author's thirty-sixth book. Delta Force Major Charley Castillo is...

Grippando, James. Got the Look.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Grippando, James. Got the Look. Jan. 2006. 400p. HarperCollins, $24.95 (0.06.056458.X). Crime Fiction. This fifth Jack Swyteck novel (following Hear No Evil, 2004) finds the Miami defense attorney head over heels in love with a captivating...

Johansen, Iris. On the Run.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Johansen, Iris. On the Run. Dec. 2005. 352p. Bantam, $26 (0-553-80343-3). Crime Fiction. The CIA put Grace Archer and her young daughter, Frankie, under protective custody on a small horse farm in Alabama. When their cover is blown, the...

Lescroart, John. The Hunt Club.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Lescroart, John. The Hunt Club. Jan. 2006.400p. Dutton, $26.95 (0-525-94914-3). Crime Fiction. Lescroart, the author of the New York Times best-selling series starring Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky, introduces a new series character here....

Parker, Robert B. Sea Change.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Parker, Robert B. Sea Change. Feb. 2006. 304p. Putnam, $24.95 (0-399-15267-9). Crime Fiction. The body of an unidentified woman is found in a cove off the village of Paradise, Massachusetts, during the annual Race Week for sailing vessels....

Rice, Anne. Christ the Lord.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Rice, Anne. Christ the Lord. Nov. 2005. 336p. Knopf, $25.95 (0-375-41201-8). General Fiction. In the author's note at the end of her new novel, Rice says that when she set out to write this one, she wanted to write not about a...

Harvey, John. Ash & Bone.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... * Harvey, John. Ash & Bone. Dec. 2005.384p. Harcourt, $25 (0-15-101139-7). Crime Fiction. It's great to have Harvey back on the beat, writing the kind of full-throttle realistic procedurals that made his Charlie Resnick series a classic of...

Coming up in the next Upfront.
November 1, 2005... Julia Alvarez, author of, among other well-received novels, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), ventures into the historical past in Saving the World (Algonquin/Shannon Ravenel, $24.95, 1-56512-510-X). Gail Sheehy, author of the...

Journalistas: 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Journalistas: 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists. Ed. by Eleanor Mills and Kira Cochrane. Jan. 2006. 384p. Carroll & Graf, paper, $14.95 (0-7867-1667-3). 071. From Djuna Barnes' 1914 account of being three-fed...

Kline, David and Burstein, Dan. Blog! How the Newest Media Revolution Is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Kline, David and Burstein, Dan. Blog! How the Newest Media Revolution Is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture. 2005. 402p. CDS, $24.95 (1-59315-141-1). 006.7. Just in case you've been living in the woods, blog is short for Web log,...

Wolman, David. A Left-Hand Turn around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Wolman, David. A Left-Hand Turn around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw. Nov. 2005. 256p. index. Da Capo, $23.95 (0-306-81415-3). 152.3 Wolman, a proud southpaw and lover of all things left, decided to...

Francke, Linda Bird. On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Francke, Linda Bird. On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond. Nov. 2005. 288p. index. Random, $24.95 (1-4000-6239-X). 271. Francke provides a unique spin on Francis of Assisi by telling...

Polkinghorne, John. Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Polkinghorne, John. Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion. Nov. 2005. 179p. index. Yale, $24 (0-300-11014-6). 261.5. In the latest of his ongoing reflections on the connections between faith and science, Polkinghorne...

Rabin, Elliott. Understanding the Hebrew Bible: A Reader's Guide.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Rabin, Elliott. Understanding the Hebrew Bible: A Reader's Guide. Dec. 2005. 240p. index. KTAV, paper, $18.95 (0-88125-871-7). 221.6. The Hebrew Bible is Judaism's corpus of sacred writings, a collection of literary works produced by the...

Seal, Jeremy. Nicholas: The Epic Journey from Saint to Santa Claus.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Seal, Jeremy. Nicholas: The Epic Journey from Saint to Santa Claus. Nov. 2005. 252p. illus. Bloomsbury, $24.95 (1-58234-419-1). 270.2. On the heels of an eye-opening pre-Christmas trek to Santa's Kingdom with his six-year-old daughter, Seal...

Bronson, Po. Why Do I Love These People? The Miraculous Journey of Twenty-first Century Families.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Bronson, Po. Why Do I Love These People? The Miraculous Journey of Twenty-first Century Families. Nov. 2005. 400p. illus. Random, $24.95 (1-4000-6237-3). 306.85 Bronson interviewed 700 people, 19 of whom are chronicled here. His book is...

Moghalu, Kingsley. Rwanda's Genocide: The Politics of Global Justice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Moghalu, Kingsley. Rwanda's Genocide: The Politics of Global Justice. Nov. 2005. 240p. index. Palgrave Macmillan, $39.95 (1-4039-7081-5). 345.67571. As special counsel and spokesman of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,...

Wiener, Tom. Forever a Soldier: Unforgettable Stories of Wartime Service.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Wiener, Tom. Forever a Soldier: Unforgettable Stories of Wartime Service. Nov. 2005. 352p. illus. index. National Geographic, $26 (0-7922-4189-4). 355. The Library of Congress Veterans History Project continues in this volume presenting...

Yaghmaian, Behzad. Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Yaghmaian, Behzad. Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West. Nov. 2005. 368p. illus. index. Delacorte, $24 (0-553-80393-X). 305.6. From Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Angola, and other countries in the Middle East...

Merritt, Bill. A Fool's Gold: A Story of Ancient Spanish Treasure, Two Pounds of Pot, and the Young Lawyer Almost Left Holding the Bag.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... * Merritt, Bill. A Fool's Gold: A Story of Ancient Spanish Treasure, Two Pounds of Pot, and the Young Lawyer Almost Left Holding the Bag. Jan. 2006. 240p. Bloomsbury, $23.95 (1-59691-099-2). 340. Six months after Merritt joined the law...

Balter, Dave and Butman, John. Grapevine: The New Art of Word-of-Mouth Marketing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Balter, Dave and Butman, John. Grapevine: The New Art of Word-of-Mouth Marketing. Nov. 2005. 288p. index. Penguin/Portfolio, $24.95 (1-59184-110-0). 659.13. Why is it that normally talented, even cutting-edge innovators feel compelled to...

Doctoroff, Tom. Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Doctoroff, Tom. Billions: Selling to the New Chinese Consumer. Jan. 2006. 256p. Palgrave Macmillan, $27.95 (1-4039-7169-2). 658.8. Doctoroff relates that his book covers three broad areas. The first deals with the importance of culture in...

Hinds, Maurene J. The Ferguson Guide to Resume and Job-Hunting Skills: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preparing for Your Job Search.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Hinds, Maurene J. The Ferguson Guide to Resume and Job-Hunting Skills: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preparing for Your Job Search. 2005. 256p. index. Facts On File, $45 (0-8160-5792-3); paper, $16.95 (0-8160-5796-6). 650.14. The samples alone...

McEwen, William J. Married to the Brand: Why Consumers Bond with Some Brands for Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... McEwen, William J. Married to the Brand: Why Consumers Bond with Some Brands for Life. Nov. 2005. 210p. Gallup, $24.95 (1-59562-005-2). 658.15. Marketers are always searching for the holy grail of brand loyalty--those elusive attributes...

Salacuse, Jeswald W. Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and Powerful People.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Salacuse, Jeswald W. Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich, and Powerful People. Nov. 2005. 202p. index. AMACOM, $27.95 (0-8144-0855-9). 658.4. Although a significant number of readers might herald this latest book on...

Elster, Charles Harrington. What in the Word? Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Elster, Charles Harrington. What in the Word? Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language. Nov. 2005. 288p. index. Harcourt/Harvest, paper, $14 (0-15-603197-3). 422. Elster is a contributor to the "On...

Behler, John L. and Behler, Deborah A. Frogs: A Chorus of Colors.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Behler, John L. and Behler, Deborah A. Frogs: A Chorus of Colors. Nov. 2005. 160p. illus. Sterling, $19.95 (1-4027-2814-X). 597.89. Frogs--those tailless, hopping amphibians with which most of us are familiar. But what makes a frog a frog?...

Conner, Clifford D. A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and "Low Mechanicks.".(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Conner, Clifford D. A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and "Low Mechanicks." Nov. 2005. 560p. illus. index. Thunder's Mouth/Nation, paper, $17.95 (1-56025-748-2). 509.04. Explicitly emulating Howard Zinn's enduringly popular A...

Crump, Marty and Crump, Alan. Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Crump, Marry and Crump, Alan. Headless Males Make Great Lovers and Other Unusual Natural Histories. Nov. 2005. 207p. illus. Univ. of Chicago, $25 (0-226-12199-2). 590. The natural world is full of interesting, diverse, and sometimes...

Eldredge, Niles. Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Eldredge, Niles. Darwin: Discovering the Tree of Life. Nov. 2005. 288p. illus. index. Norton, $35 (0-393-05966-9). 576.8. In anticipation of the bicentennial observance of Charles Darwin's birth in 1809, paleontologist and author Eldredge...

Gosnell, Mariana. Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Gosnell, Mariana. Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance. Nov. 2005. 512p. illus. index. Knopf, $30 (0-679-42608-6). 551.3. Former Newsweek reporter Gosnell is an attentive and patient observer who traveled...

Ouellette, Jennifer. Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Ouellette, Jennifer. Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics. Nov. 2005. 312p. illus. Penguin, paper, $15 (0-14-303603-3). 530. Although she is a self-described "physics phobe," literature major Ouellette writes a...

Korda, Margaret and Korda, Michael. Horse Housekeeping: Everything You Need to Know to Keep a Horse at Home.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Korda, Margaret and Korda, Michael. Horse Housekeeping: Everything You Need to Know to Keep a Horse at Home. Nov. 2005. 224p. HarperCollins/Collins, $26.95 (0-06-057308-2). 798.2. Stromberg, Tony. Spirit Horses. Nov. 2005. 168p. illus. New...

Lewis, W. David. Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Lewis, W. David. Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century. Dec. 2005. 652p. illus. index. Johns Hopkins, $35 (0-8018-8244-3). 629.13. Historian Lewis grew up in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, one of Eddie Rickenbacker's...

Bond, Annie B. Home Enlightenment: Practical, Earth-Friendly Advice for Creating a Nurturing, Healthy, and Toxin-Free Home and Lifestyle.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Bond, Annie B. Home Enlightenment: Practical, Earth-Friendly Advice for Creating a Nurturing, Healthy, and Toxin-Free Home and Lifestyle. 2005. 544p. index. Rodale, $27.95 (1-57954-811-3). 615.9. Once relegated to the status of 1960s...

Collins, Harry and Pinch, Trevor. Dr. Golem: How to Think about Medicine.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Collins, Harry and Pinch, Trevor. Dr. Golem: How to Think about Medicine. Nov. 2005. 280p. index. Univ. of Chicago, $25 (0-226-11366-3). 616. To examine medicine, Collins and Pinch depart from the pattern of The Golem: What You Should Know...

Tayman, John. The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... * Tayman, John. The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai. Jan. 2006. 432p. illus. index. Scribner, $27.50 (0-7432-3300-X). 614.5. Drawing on letters, journals, newspaper articles, medical documents, interviews, and...

Bayless, Rick and Bayless, Deann Groen. Mexican Everyday.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Bayless, Rick and Bayless, Deann Groen. Mexican Everyday. Nov. 2005. 288p. illus. Norton, $29.95 (0-393-06154-X). 641.59 His base of operations may be far north of the border, but Chicago's Rick Bayless has earned his title as the country's...

Geier, Catherine and Brown, Carol. Cafe Flora Cookbook: More Than 250 Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes from the Renowned Seattle Restaurant.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Geier, Catherine and Brown, Carol. Cafe Flora Cookbook: More Than 250 Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes from the Renowned Seattle Restaurant. Oct. 2005. 288p. index. HP, $25.95 (1-55788-471-4). 641.597. Seattle's popular vegetarian restaurant...

Parker, Suzi. 1000 Best Bartender's Recipes.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Parker, Suzi. 1000 Best Bartender's Recipes. 2005. 576p. index. Sourcebooks, paper, $12.95 (1-4022-0547-3). 641.8. Modern mixology has invented multiple modes of martinis--so many martinis that to list them all requires a full chapter in...

Recchiuti, Michael and Gage, Fran. Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Recchiuti, Michael and Gage, Fran. Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor. Nov. 2005. 200p. illus. index. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $35 (1-58479-457-7). 641.6. It's Chemistry 101 all over again. But never have...

Baskett, Mickey. Jazzy Greeting Cards.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Baskett, Mickey. Jazzy Greeting Cards. Nov. 2005. 128p. illus. index. Sterling, $19.95 (1-4027-2440-3). 745.594. Although the term jazzy in the title may be a little overzealous, the more than 60 greeting-card projects collected here are...

Eig, Edith and Greeven, Caroline. Mother of Purl: Friends, Fun, and Fabulous Designs at Hollywood's Knitting Circle.(Epstein, Nicky. Knitting over the Edge: Unique Ribs, Cords, Appliques, Colors, Nouveau.)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Eig, Edith and Greeven, Caroline. Mother of Purl: Friends, Fun, and Fabulous Designs at Hollywood's Knitting Circle. Nov. 2005. 240p. illus. index. Collins, paper, $19.95 (0-06-081827-1). 746.43. Epstein, Nicky. Knitting over the Edge:...

Martinson, Suzanne Pickett. The New Southwest Home: Innovative Ideas for Every Room.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Martinson, Suzanne Pickett. The New Southwest Home: Innovative Ideas for Every Room. 2005. 138p. illus. Northland, $34.95 (0-87358-857-6). 747. What makes the difference between southwestern homes and other design styles is the abundant...

The Michaels Book of Needlecrafts: Knitting, Crochet & Embroidery. Ed. by Dawn Cusick and Megan Kirby.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... The Michaels Book of Needlecrafts: Knitting, Crochet & Embroidery. Ed. by Dawn Cusick and Megan Kirby. 2005. 320p. illus. index. Sterling/Lark, $24.95 (1-57990-640-0). 746.4. There aren't that many sources of good stitching patterns that...

Sloan, Kate. House Beautiful 750 Designer Secrets: Exclusive Design Ideas from the Pros.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Sloan, Kate. House Beautiful 750 Designer Secrets: Exclusive Design Ideas from the Pros. 2005. 448p. illus. index. Sterling/ Hearst, paper, $24.95 (1-58816-476-4). 747. It's hard to decide if the elegant color photographs from House...

Keiderling, Kyle. Shooting Star: The Bevo Francis Story.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Keiderling, Kyle. Shooting Star: The Bevo Francis Story. Nov. 2005. 272p. illus. index. Sport Classic, $24.95 (1-894963-49-0). 796.323. In the early 1950s, college basketball was rocked by gambling scandals. Then an unlikely star emerged:...

Tuaolo, Esera and Rosengren, John. Alone in the Trenches: My Life as a Gay Player in the NFL.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Tuaolo, Esera and Rosengren, John. Alone in the Trenches: My Life as a Gay Player in the NFL. Feb. 2006. 304p. illus. Sourcebooks, $24.95 (1-4022-0505-8). 796.332. Being gay in a straight world presents many obstacles, but being gay in the...

Wilner, Barry and Rappoport, Ken. Gridiron Glory: The Story of the Army-Navy Football Rivalry.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Wilner, Barry and Rappoport, Ken. Gridiron Glory: The Story of the Army-Navy Football Rivalry. Nov. 2005. 240p. illus. Taylor, $24.95 (1-58979-277-7). 796.332. The annual Army-Navy football game maintains much of its historical mystique,...

Alberts, Laurie. Between Revolutions: An American Romance with Russia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Alberts, Laurie. Between Revolutions: An American Romance with Russia. Nov. 2005. 240p. Univ. of Missouri, paper, $24.95 (0-8262-1598-X). 813. In her second intimate memoir, following Fault Lines (2004), Alberts recounts her life as an...

Berry, Wendell and others. The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Berry, Wendell and others. The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays. Nov. 2005. 208p. Shoemaker & Hoard, $24 (1-59376-077-9). 814. Most of the longer pieces in Berry's new book about agriculture and community are speeches, though five very...

The Best American Magazine Writing, 2005.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... The Best American Magazine Writing, 2005. Dec. 2005. 544p. Columbia, paper, $16.95 (0-231-13781-8). 818. This collection offers a sampling of the winners of the 2005 National Magazine awards as well as a sense of the place that magazine...

Damrosch, Leo. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... * Damrosch, Leo. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius. Nov. 2005.592p. illus. index. Houghton, $30 (0-618-44696-6). 848. "An interesting madman" in the eyes of a contemporary critic, Jean-Jacques Rousseau tested the limits of all that his...

Kaminsky, Stuart. Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Kaminsky, Stuart. Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers Interviewed. Nov. 2005. 216p. illus. Hot House, $29.95 (0-9755245-2-6). 813. Mickey Spillane is a Jehovah's Witness. That may be the most startling revelation in this fascinating...

Weingarten, Marc. The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion & the New Journalism Revolution.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Weingarten, Marc. The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion & the New Journalism Revolution. Nov. 2005. 336p. index. Crown, $25 (1-4000-4914-8). 818. Weingarten captures the verve--and the nerve--it took to create and...

Parks, Gordon. Eyes with Winged Thoughts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Parks, Gordon. Eyes with Winged Thoughts. Nov. 2005. 192p. illus. Atria, $27.95 (0-7432-7962-X). 811. Gordon Parks is remarkable: a Renaissance man who has mastered photography, filmmaking, and writing. The story of his life is certainly...

Szymborska, Wislawa. Monologue of a Dog: New Poems.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Szymborska, Wislawa. Monologue of a Dog: New Poems. Tr. by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak. Nov. 2005. 112p. Harcourt, $22 (0-15-101220-2). 891.8. It contains only 26 poems, and the Polish originals fill half the pages, yet few...

Legler, Gretchen. On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Legler, Gretchen. On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Nov. 2005. 207p. Milkweed, paper, $15.95 (1-57131-282-X). 919. Legler traveled to Antarctica under the National Science Foundation's Artists and...

The Best American Political Writing, 2005.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... The Best American Political Writing, 2005. Ed. by Royce Flippin. Dec. 2005. 416p. Thunder's Mouth, paper, $16.95 (1-56025-771-7). 973.931. Editor Flippin's selection of 31 magazine articles, published between June 2004 and May 2005,...

Blanchard, Bob and Blanchard, Melinda. Live What You Love: Notes from an Unusual Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Blanchard, Bob and Blanchard, Melinda. Live What You Love: Notes from an Unusual Life. 2005. 256p. illus. Sterling, $14.95 (1-4027-2842-5). 974.3. From the authors of A Trip to the Beach (2001) comes another slim but encouraging manifesto...

Chadwick, Bruce. The First American Army: The Remarkable Story of George Washington and the Men behind America's Fight for Freedom.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Chadwick, Bruce. The First American Army: The Remarkable Story of George Washington and the Men behind America's Fight for Freedom. Nov. 2005. 320p. Sourcebooks, $24.95 (1-4022-0506-6). 973.3. What was it like to be an American soldier at...

Ferrari, Michelle and Ives, Stephen. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Ferrari, Michelle and Ives, Stephen. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History. Nov. 2005. 272p. illus. index. Bulfinch, $40 (0-8212-5714-5). 979.3. Coffee-table format proves advantageous to this colorful, far-ranging tome on America's capital...

Foner, Eric. Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Foner, Eric. Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction. Ed. by Joshua Brown. Nov. 2005. 304p. illus. index. Knopf, $27.50 (0-375-40259-4). 973.8. Foner, a history professor at Columbia University, breaks with the...

Groneman, William. David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Groneman, William. David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man. Nov. 2005. 208p. Forge, $19.95 (0-765-31067-8). 973.5. As a writer, retired New York fireman Groneman has been an Alamo specialist, yet there is no hair-splitting or hyperbole in...

Henderson, Kristin. While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Henderson, Kristin. While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront. Feb. 2006. 336p. Houghton, $23 (0-618-55875-6). 956.7044. An all-volunteer military now means that most Americans don't personally know someone...

Hughes, John. House of Tears: Westerners' Adventures in Islamic Lands.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Hughes, John. House of Tears: Westerners' Adventures in Islamic Lands. Nov. 2005. 288p. index. Lyons, $22.95 (1-59228-799-9). 910. Of interest mostly to students of political science or anyone looking for background on the Middle East,...

Lindenmeyer, Kriste. The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930s.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Lindenmeyer, Kriste. The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930s. Nov. 2005. 292p. illus. index. Ivan R. Dee, $27.50 (1-56663-660-4). 973.91. This latest volume in the American Childhoods series chronicles the lives...

Reynolds, David. In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing The Second World War.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Reynolds, David. In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing The Second World War. Nov. 2005. 672p. illus. index. Random, $35 (0-679-45743-7). 940.53 Subjecting Winston Churchill's monumental six-volume work The Second World War...

Simon, Steven and Benjamin, Daniel. The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Simon, Steven and Benjamin, Daniel. The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right. 2005. 333p. Holt, $26 (0-8050-7941-6). 973.931. Another terrorist attack on the U.S. is inevitable, according to...

Shephard, Ben. After Daybreak: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... * Shephard, Ben. After Daybreak: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945. Nov. 2005.288p. illus. index. Shocken, $25 (0-8052-4232-5). 940.53. On April 15, 1945, the first British tanks entered Bergen-Belsen. Inside the concentration camp...

Aarons, Slim. A Place in the Sun.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Aarons, Slim. A Place in the Sun. Ed. by Christopher Sweet. 2005. 240p. illus. Abrams, $75 (0-8109-5935-6). 779. Seliger, Mark. In My Stairwell. 2005. 176p. illus. Rizzoli, $75 (0-8478-2760-7). 779. Ah, the beautiful people! Their...

Ackroyd, Peter. J. M. W. Turner.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Ackroyd, Peter. J. M. W. Turner. Jan. 2006. 192p. illus. Doubleday/Nan A. Talese, $21.95 (0-385-50798-4). 759.2. Ackroyd has built his reputation with substantial biographies and big, bustling books, including London: A Biography (2001) and...

Architectural Digest: Hollywood at Home.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Architectural Digest: Hollywood at Home. Ed. by Paige Rense. Nov. 2005. 256p. illus. index. Abrams, $40 (0-8109-5929-1). 728.09. Readers who love the glamour and mystique of Hollywood will be eager to peruse this collection of profiles of...

Barnwell, Andrea D. and others. Amalia Amaki: Boxes, Buttons, and the Blues.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Barnwell, Andrea D. and others. Amalia Amaki: Boxes, Buttons, and the Blues. Dec. 2005. 128p. illus. Univ. of Washington, $35 (0-295-98541-0). 709.2. Atlanta-based Amaki makes art with materials usually put to more prosaic use, creating...

Danchev, Alex. Georges Braque.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... * Danchev, Alex. Georges Braque. Dec. 2005. 456p. illus. index. Arcade, $40 (1-55970-743-7). 759.4. Georges Braque (1882-1963), cocreator, along with Picasso, of cubism, was a patient and steadfast artist given to hard work rather than...

Coleman, Terry. Olivier.(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Coleman, Terry. Olivier. Nov. 2005. 496p. illus. index. Holt, $30 (0-8050-7536-4). 792.02. Coleman's may be an authorized biography--Olivier's estate gave him unprecedented access to the actor's correspondence and private papers--but it...

Davies, Jane. Collage with Color: Create Unique, Expressive Collages in Vibrant Color.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Davies, Jane. Collage with Color: Create Unique, Expressive Collages in Vibrant Color. 2005. 128p. illus. index. Watson-Guptill, paper, $19.95 (0-8230-0797-9). 702. As beautiful to look at as it is practical, Davies' colorful book takes a...

Freud, Lucian. Lucian Freud: 1996-2005.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Freud, Lucian. Lucian Freud: 1996-2005. Nov. 2005. 196p. illus. Knopf, $75 (0-307-26298-7). 759.2. Some critics call Freud the only significant realist painter around these days, which surely must give untutored viewers of his work pause....

Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic. Ed. by Jane C. Milosch. 2005. 143p. illus. index. Prestel, $45 (3-7913-3325-9). 759.13. This satisfying album by a set of art historians recounts the life and appraises the work and...

Harris, John. The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Harris, John. The Dark Side of the Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece. Nov. 2005. 208p. illus. index. Da Capo, $24 (0-306-81342-4). 782.42166. Pink Floyd's 1973 signature album, Dark Side of the Moon, receives book-length...

Herrera, Hayden and others. Joan Snyder.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Herrera, Hayden and others. Joan Snyder. 2005. 180p. illus. index. Abrams, $50 (0-8109-5932-1). 759.13. Women abstract expressionist painters have been neglected, but Joan Mitchell was the subject of a major retrospective in 2002, and now...