Library Journal articles from April 2007, page 2

Library Journal archives from April 2007

Bolano, Roberto. Last Evenings on Earth.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Bolano, Roberto. Last Evenings on Earth. New Directions, dist. by Norton. Apr. 2007. c.224p. tr. from Spanish by Chris Andrews. ISBN 978-0-8112-1634-0. $23.95; pap. ISBN 978-0-6112-1698-3. $13.95. F Bolano (1953-2003), a Chilean poet and...

Brenchley, Chaz. River of the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Brenchley, Chaz. River of the World. Ace. Apr. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 0-441-01478-X [ISBN 978-0-441-01478-1]. $24.95. FANTASY For 20 years, a magical bridge has joined the rival cities of Maras and Sund, serving to ensure that the conquering...

Clark, Alan M. & others. The Blood of Father Time.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Clark, Alan M. & others. The Blood of Father Time. Bk 1: The New Cut. Five Star: Gale. May 2007. c.367p. ISBN 1-59414-595-4 [ISBN 978-1-59414-595-7]. $25.95. FANTASY Life in rural Tennessee is rough for 12-year-old Joel Biggs, whose...

Cross, Janine. Forged by Fire.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Cross, Janine. Forged by Fire. ROC: NAL. (Dragon Temple Saga, Bk. 3). Apr. 2007. c.388p. ISBN 0-451-46128-2 [ISBN 978-0-451-46126-1]. pap. $14. FANTASY Defying the laws of the Dragon Temple that rules her people, Zarq Darquel has...

Duncan, Dave. Mother of Lies.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Duncan, Dave. Mother of Lies. Tor. May 2007. c.352p. ISBN 0-7653-1484-3 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1484-0]. $24.95. FANTASY Fifteen years after the conquest by Bloodlord Stralg of the city of Celebre and the kidnapping of its four potential heirs,...

Holdstock, Robert. The Broken Kings.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Holdstock, Robert. The Broken Kings. Tor. (The Merlin Codex, Bk. 3). May 2007. c.368p. ISBN 0-7653-1109-7 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1109-2]. $27.95. FANTASY Merlin, a.k.a. the Wanderer, prophesies the fall of Rome and the movement of greatness...

Lake, Jay. Mainspring.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Lake, Jay. Mainspring. Tor. Jun. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-7653-1708-7 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1708-7]. $24.95. SF The world is a giant clockwork mechanism powered by hidden gears and moving along a track through the sky. When the Archangel Gabriel...

Martinez, A. Lee. A Nameless Witch.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Martinez, A. Lee. A Nameless Witch. Tor. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-7653-1868-7 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1868-8]. $24.95. FANTASY Blessed with eternal life but cursed to consume human flesh, a beautiful young woman receives training as a witch from...

McDonald, Ian. Brasyl.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... McDonald, Ian. Brasyl. Pyr: Prometheus. May 2007. c.480p. ISBN 1-59102-543-6 [ISBN 978-1-59102-543-6]. $25. SF In 2006, TV producer Marcelina embarks on a search for the next big reality show; instead, she tracks down an elusive former...

Robins, Lane. Maledicte.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... * Robins, Lane. Maledicte. Del Rey: Ballantine. May 2007. c.484p. ISBN 0-345-49573-X [ISBN 978-0-345-49573-0]. pap. $14.95. FANTASY When the cruel Earl of Last reclaims his bastard son, Janus, from the slum district known as the Relicts,...

Sawyer, Robert J. Rollback.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... * Sawyer, Robert J. Rollback. Tor. Apr. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-7653-1108-9 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1108-5]. $24.95. SF Nearly 40 years have passed since Dr. Sarah Halifax cracked an encoded message from an alien intelligence. A second encoded...

Singer, Lee. Blackjack.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Singer, Lee. Blackjack. Five Star: Gale. May 2007. c.409p. ISBN 1-59414-597-0 [ISBN 978-1-59414-597-1]. $25.95. SF In the latter half of the 21st century, the United States has devolved into a depleted continent of Balkanized nations:...

Watt-Evans, Lawrence. The Ninth Talisman.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Watt-Evans, Lawrence. The Ninth Talisman. Tor. (Annals of the Chosen, Vol. 2). May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-7653-1027-9 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1027-9]. $25.95. FANTASY Tradition dictates that the Wizard Lord keep the world in balance; if he should...

Wright, Jim C. Titans of Chaos.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Wright, Jim C. Titans of Chaos. Tor. (Chronicles of Chaos, Vol. 3). Apr. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-7653-1648-X [ISDN 978-0-7653-1648-6]. $25.95. SF Five young people raised in a strict British boarding school have discovered that they are nut...

Zindell, David. The Silver Sword.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Zindell, David. The Silver Sword. Tor. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-7653-1674-9 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1674-5]. $25.95. FANTASY Morjin, the Lord of Lies, wages war to enslave the continent of Ea to his will. The island's only hope lies in the...

Wellington, David. 13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Wellington, David. 13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale. Three Rivers: Crown. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-307-3814-39. pap. $13.95. HORROR In a time when most humans believe vampires to be extinct, Special Deputy Jameson Arkeley of the U.S....

Davis, Lydia. Varieties of Disturbance.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Davis, Lydia. Varieties of Disturbance. Farrar. May 2007. c.240p. ISBN 0-374-28173-4 [ISBN 978-0-374-28173-1]. pap. $13. F Davis (Samuel Johnson Is Indignant), a novelist, translator, poet, and, most notably, author of short fiction,...

Hwang, Frances. Transparency: Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Hwang, Frances. Transparency: Stories. Back Bay: Little, Brown. Apr. 2007. c.240p. ISBN 0-316-16693-6 [ISBN 978-0-316-16693-5]. pap. $13.99. F The ten stories in this first collection, some previously published and one a Pushcart Prize...

Moody, Rick. Right Livelihoods: 3 Novellas.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Moody, Rick. Right Livelihoods: 3 Novellas. Little, Brown. Jun. 2007. c.224p. ISBN 0-316-16634-0 [ISBN 978-0-316-16634-8]. $23.99. F Moody's writing reflects a penchant for contemporary American issues; in The Ice Storm, for instance, the...

Thompson, Jean. Throw Like a Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Thompson, Jean. Throw Like a Girl. S. & S. Jun. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 1-4165-4182-9 [ISBN 978-1-4165-4182-0]. pap. $13. F Would you stick with a man who had just killed your parents and then travel cross-country with him? Would you hop a...

Tolstaya, Tatyana. White Walls: The Collected Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Tolstaya, Tatyana. White Walls: The Collected Stories. New York Review. Apr. 2007. c.416p. tr. from Russian by Jamey Gambrell & Antonia W. Bouis. ISBN 1-59017-197-7 [ISBN 978-1-59017-197-4]. pap. $16.95. F Tolstaya's (The Slynx). newest...

White, Edmund. Chaos: A Novella and Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... White, Edmund. Chaos: A Novella and Stories. Carroll & Graf. Jun. 2007. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-7867-2005-7. $21.95. F White's first collection of short fiction in over a decade is a somewhat skimpy, almost slight affair, offering one novella...

Breon, Emmanuel. Tamara de Lempicka: The Artist, the Woman, the Legend.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Breon, Emmanuel. Tamara de Lempicka: The Artist, the Woman, the Legend. Editions Flammarion, dist. by Rizzoli. Apr. 2007. c.144p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 2-0803-0549-2 [ISBN 978-2-0803-0549-7]. $39.95. FINE ARTS In a pose recalling...

Chicago, Judy (text) & Donald Woodman (photogs.). The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Chicago, Judy (text) & Donald Woodman (photogs.). The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation. Merrell, dist. by CDS. 2007. 308p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-8589-4370-1. $49.95. FINE ARTS In 1979, when feminist multimedia artist...

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: Sculpture by the Way.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen: Sculpture by the Way. Skira, dist. by Rizzoli. 2007. 368p. ed. by Ida Gianelli & Marcella Beccaria. illus. bibliog. ISBN 88-7624-870-6 [ISBN 978-88-7624-870-2]. $85. FINE ARTS Think big when you...

Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Kandinsky: The Path to Abstraction. Tate, dist. by Abrams. 2006. c.224p. ed. by Hartwig Fischer & Sean Rainbird. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-85437-677-2 [ISBN 978-185437-677-0]. $50. FINE ARTS Russian-born painter Wassily Kandinsky...

Allen, Pam & Ann Budd. Lace Style: Traditional to Innovative, 21 Inspired Designs To Knit.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Allen, Pam & Ann Budd. Lace Style: Traditional to Innovative, 21 Inspired Designs To Knit. Interweave. Apr. 2007. c.160p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-59668-028-8 [ISBN 978-1-59688-028-9]. pap. $24.95. FIBER CRAFTS Lace knitting, with...

Barnden, Betty. Very Easy Crazy Patchwork: Simple Techniques, Beautiful Projects.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Barnden, Betty. Very Easy Crazy Patchwork: Simple Techniques, Beautiful Projects. Reader's Digest, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). 2007. c.160p. illus. index. ISBN 0-7621-0671-9 [ISBN 978-0-7621-0671-4]. $24.95. FIBER CRAFTS Crazy...

Baskett, Mickey. Jazzy Jeans.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Baskett, Mickey. Jazzy Jeans. Sterling. 2007. c.128p. illus. index. ISBN 1-4027-3513-8 [ISBN 978-1-4027-3513-4]. $24.95. FIBER CRAFTS What to do with old jeans or jeans needing a makeover? In this idea book, prolific crafts writer Baskett...

Best of Vogue[R] Knitting: 25 Years of Articles, Techniques, and Expert Advice.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Best of Vogue[R] Knitting: 25 Years of Articles, Techniques, and Expert Advice. Sixth & Spring, dist. by Sterling. May 2007. c.244p. ed. by Editors of Vogue[R] Knitting Magazine. illus. index. ISBN 1-933027-16-9 [ISBN 978-1-933027-16-6]....

Bowen, Hilary. Bags of Inspiration: 15 Elegant Bags To Make and Embellish.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Bowen, Hilary. Bags of Inspiration: 15 Elegant Bags To Make and Embellish. Guild of Master Craftsman, dist. by Sterling. 2007. c.176p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-86108-438-2 [ISBN 978-186108-438-5]. pap. $14.95. FIBER CRAFTS Bowen is...

Carey, Jacqui. 200 Braids To Twist, Knot, Loop, or Weave.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... * Carey, Jacqui. 200 Braids To Twist, Knot, Loop, or Weave. Interweave. Apr. 2007. c.256p. illus. index. ISBN 1-59668-018-0 [ISBN 978-1-59668-018-1]. $27.95. FIBER CRAFTS Braids have been used by artisans in many cultures as finishing...

Chin, Lily M. Couture Crochet Workshop: Mastering, Fit, Fashion, and Finesse.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Chin, Lily M. Couture Crochet Workshop: Mastering, Fit, Fashion, and Finesse. Interweave. 2007. c.160p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 1-59668-008-3 [ISBN 978-1-59668-008-1]. pap. $21.95. FIBER CRAFTS Chin (Knit and Crochet with Beads) has done...

Eaton, Linda. Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Eaton, Linda. Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection. Abrams. 2007. c.207p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8109-3012-9 [ISBN 978-0-8109-3012-4]. $40. FIBER CRAFTS Eaton is curator of textiles at the...

Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave. Interweave. Apr. 2007. c.128p. ed. by Ann Budd & Anne Merrow. illus. index. ISBN 1-59668-032-6 [ISBN 978-1-59668-032-6]. pap. $22.95. FIBER CRAFTS The quick and practical art of sock...

Fitzpatrick, Deanne. East Coast Rug-Hooking Designs: New Patterns from an Old Tradition.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Fitzpatrick, Deanne. East Coast Rug-Hooking Designs: New Patterns from an Old Tradition. Nimbus, dist. by National Book Network. Apr. 2007. c.112p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 1-55109-569-6 [ISBN 978-1-55109-569-1]. pap. $19.95. FIBER CRAFTS ...

Guagliumi, Susan. Knitting Cuff to Cuff: A Dozen Designs for Sideways-Knit Garments.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Guagliumi, Susan. Knitting Cuff to Cuff: A Dozen Designs for Sideways-Knit Garments. Creative Pub.: Quayside. 2007. c.95p. illus. ISBN 1-58923-290-9 [ISBN 978-1-58923-290-7]. pap. $19.95. FIBER CRAFTS Knitting garments from cuff to cuff...

Howell, Vickie. Knitty Gritty Knits: 25 Fun and Fabulous Projects.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Howell, Vickie. Knitty Gritty Knits: 25 Fun & Fabulous Projects. Lark, dist. by Sterling. 2007. c.127p. illus. index. ISBN 1-57990-916-7 [ISBN 978-1-57990-916-1]. pap. $14.95. FIBER CRAFTS Howell (Not Another Teen Knitting Book) hosts the...

Jensen, Candi. Candy Crochet: 50 Adorable Designs for Infants and Toddlers.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Jensen, Candi. Candy Crochet: 50 Adorable Designs for Infants and Toddlers. Sixth & Spring, dist. by Sterling. Apr. 2007. c.200p. illus. ISBN 1-933027-17-7 [ISBN 978-1-933027-17-3]. pap. $19.95. FIBER CRAFTS This pattern book features 50...

Landra, Maie. Knits from a Painter's Palette: Modular Masterpieces in Handpainted Yarn.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Landra, Maie. Knits from a Painter's Palette: Modular Masterpieces in Handpainted Yarn. Sixth & Spring, dist. by Sterling. 2007. c.128p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 1-933027-06-1 [ISBN 978-1-933027-06-7]. $24.95. FIBER CRAFTS Koigu is a...

McDowell, Ruth B. Ruth B. McDowell's Piecing Workshop.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... McDowell, Ruth B. Ruth B. McDowell's Piecing Workshop. C&T Pub. 2007. c.79p. illus. ISBN 1-57120-374-5 [ISBN 978-1-57120-374-8]. pap. $29.95. FIBER CRAFTS Traditional patchwork involves sewing together fabrics to form often symmetrical...

Modesitt, Annie and Drew Emborsky. Men Who Knit and the Dogs Who Love Them: 30 Great-Looking Designs for Man and His Best Friend.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Modesitt, Annie & Drew Emborsky. Men Who Knit & the Dogs Who Love Them: 30 Great-Looking Designs for Man & His Best Friend. Lark, dist. by Sterling. 2007. c.144p. illus. ISBN 1-57990-874-8 [ISBN 978-1-57990-874-4]. $24.95. FIBER CRAFTS ...

Nagakubo, Nobuko. Fleece Dog: A Little Bit of Magic Created with Raw Wool and a Special Needle.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Nagakubo, Nobuko. Fleece Dog: A Little Bit of Magic Created with Raw Wool and a Special Needle. C&T Pub. 2007. c.80p. illus. ISBN 1-57120-433-4 [ISBN 978-1-57120-433-2]. pap. $22.95. FIBER CRAFTS One look at the appealing miniature...

Rogers, Sheena. Mini Cushions in Cross Stitch: 30 Original Designs to Make.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Rogers, Sheena. Mini Cushions in Cross Stitch: 30 Original Designs To Make. Guild of Master Craftsman, dist. by Sterling. 2007. c.176p. illus. index. ISBN 1-86108-458-7 [ISBN 978-1-86108-458-3]. pap. $17.95. FIBER CRAFTS Each of the...

Shrader, Valerie Van Arsdale. Fun and Fabulous Curtains to Sew: 15 Easy Designs for the Complete Beginner.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Shrader, Valerie Van Arsdale. Fun & Fabulous Curtains To Sew: 15 Easy Designs for the Complete Beginner. Lark, dist. by Sterling. 2007. c.112p. illus. index. ISBN 1-57990-794-6 [ISBN 978-1-57990-794-5]. $14.95. FIBER CRAFTS Why buy...

Singer, Amy R. No Sheep for You: Knit Happy with Cotton, Silk, Linen, Hemp, Bamboo and Other Delights.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Singer, Amy R. No Sheep for You: Knit Happy with Cotton, Silk, Linen, Hemp, Bamboo & Other Delights. Interweave. Apr. 2007. c.160p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-59668-012-1 [ISBN 978-1-59668-012-8]. pap. $22.95. FIBER CRAFTS Many...

Brief mention.(Vogue Knitting on the Go!: Bags Two)(Vogue Knitting on the Go!: Crocheted Baby Blankets)(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Vogue's[R] "Knitting on the Go!" series (Sixth & Spring) is great for libraries on a budget. At a cost of about 50 cents per pattern, these little workhorses provide a good selection of knitting and crocheting projects from some of the...

Manguel, Alberto (text) & Michel Pintado (photogs.). Magic Land of Toys.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Manguel, Alberto (text) & Michel Pintado (photogs.). Magic Land of Toys. Vendome, dist. by Abrams. 2006. 256p. photogs. index. ISBN 976-0-86665-176-0. $65. FINE ARTS It is a pity that toys are too important to leave to children: no child...

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky: 1906-1996.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Marie-Louise von Motesiczky: 1906-1996. Prestel. 2006. 264p. ed. by Jeremy Adler & Birgit Sander. illus. bibliog. ISBN 3-7913-3693-2 [ISBN 978-3-7913-3693-0]. $60. FINE ARTS Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, an understudied and still largely...

Priem, Ruud. Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art: Treasures from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Priem, Ruud. Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art: Treasures from the Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam. Univ. of Washington in assoc. with the Phoenix Art Museum, the Dayton Art Institute, and the Portland Art Museum. May 2007. 144p. ed. by...

Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Private Treasures: Four Centuries of European Master Drawings. Ashgate. 2007. c.256p. ed. by Margaret Morgan Grasselli & others. illus. photogs. index. ISBN 0-65331-958-8 [ISBN 976-0-65331-956-0]. $75. FINE ARTS Accompanying an...

Scheinbaum, David (photogs.). Stone: A Substantial Witness.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Scheinbaum, David (photogs.). Stone: A Substantial Witness. Museum of New Mexico. 2006. 144p. photogs. ISBN 0-89013-494-4 [ISBN 978-0-89013-494-8]. $50. PHOTOG The line of a poem by Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda opens this book and...

Schoeser, Mary. Silk.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Schoeser, Mary. Silk. Yale Univ. Apr. 2007. 256p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-300-11741-7. $50. FINE ARTS Silk--sensual, versatile, refined--is magical. Made by worms, it can absorb up to 30 times its weight in water and is warmer...

Q&A: Sara Paretsky.(Interview)
April 15, 2007... Sara Paretsky's new book is not a V.I. Warshawski mystery--she's written 12 since 1982. (And since she founded Sisters in Crime in 1986, she and her cohorts now make up half of all crime authors.) In Writing in an Age of Silence (U 4/1/07),...

Sillevis, John. The Baroque World of Fernando Botero.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Sillevis, John. The Baroque World of Fernando Botero. Yale Univ. in assoc, with Art Services International. 2007. c.283p. bibliog, index. ISBN 0-300-12359-0 [ISBN 978-0-300-12359-3]. $65. Flee ARTS Coffee aside, Fernando Botero may be...

Spiller, Neil. Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Spiller, Nell. Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern imagination. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2007. 272p. illus, bibliog. ISBN 0-500-34226-1 [ISBN 978-0-500-34226-8]. $60. ARCHITECTURE This disappointing book surveys...

Widman, Dag and others. Bruno Mathsson: Architect, Designer, and Unsung Hero of Modernism.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Widman, Dag & others. Bruno Mathsson: Architect, Designer, and Unsung Hero of Modernism. Yale Univ. 2007. c.228p, illus. index. ISBN 0-300-12191-1 [ISBN 978-0-300-12191-9]. $60. ARCHITECTURE Although Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, and Bruno...

Coetzee, J.M. Inner Workings: Literary Essays 2000-2005.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Coetzee, J.M. Inner Workings: Literary Essays 2000-2005. Viking. Jul. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-670-03865-2 [ISBN 978-0670-03865-7]. $25.95. LIT Written in Coetzee's (Disgrace) spare yet precise style, these essays cover a wide range of...

The Grand Surprise: The Journals of Leo Lerman.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... The Grand Surprise: The Journals of Leo Lerman. Knopf. Apr. 2007. c.736p, ed. by Stephen Pascal. photogs, index. ISBN 1-4000-4439-1 [ISBN 978-1-4000-4439-9]. $35. LIT Pascal began his career at Conde Nast Publications in 1981 as...

Leader, Zachary. The Life of Kingsley Amis.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Leader, Zachary. The Life of Kingsley Amis. Pantheon. Apr. 2007. c.1008p, illus, bibliog. index. ISBN 0-375-42498-9 [ISBN 978-0375-42498-4]. $39.95. LIT Leader's (English, Univ. of Roehampton, U.K.; editor, The Letters of Kingsley Amis)...

Rich, Simon. Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Rich, Simon. Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations. Random. Apr. 2007. c.160p. ISBN 1-4000-6588-7 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6588-2]. pap. $12.95. LIT This laugh-out-loud funny, oddball collection of 57 short sketches contains the observations...

Best poetry of 2006: celebrate National Poetry Month with ten top titles.(My Brother Is Getting Arrested Again)(The Republic of Poetry)(Averno)(Collected Poems 1947-1997)(Saving Daylight)(Tom Thomson in Purgatory)(Splay Anthem)(Ooga-Booga)(New and Collected Poems, 1966-2006)(The Pajamist)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Do you love poetry? Then you might want to check out the web site of the Academy of American Poets, the driving force behind National Poetry Month. This year, the academy initiated a campaign to uncover the country's biggest poetry fans (see...

Rugg, Julie and Lynda Murphy. A Book Addict's Treasury.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Rugg, Julie & Lynda Murphy. A Book Addict's Treasury. Frances Lincoln, dist. by Antique Collectors' Club. Apr. 2007. c.240p, index. ISBN 0-7112-2685-7 [ISBN 978-0-7112-2685-2]. $16.95. LIT Rugg and Murphy's collection of 350 quotes about...

Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography. Pegasus. May 2007. 272p. ed. by Ted Mitchell. photogs. bibliog. ISBN 1-933648-10-4 [ISBN 878-1-933648-10-1]. pap. $22. LIT Mitchell (Thomas Wolfe: A Writer's Life), an employee of the Thomas Wolfe...

Wells, Stanley. Shakespeare and Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher, and the Other Players in His Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Wells, Stanley. Shakespeare & Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher, and the Other Players in His Story. Pantheon. Apr. 2007. c.304p, illus, index. ISBN 978-0-375-42494-6. $26. LIT Given...

Anthony, Ted. Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Anthony, Ted. Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song. S. & S. May 2007. c.304p, discog, bibliog, index. ISBN 0-7432-7898-4 [ISBN 978-0-7432-7898-0]. $26. MUSIC After hearing the Animals' famous rock'n'roll version Of...

Barrier, Michael. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Barrier, Michael. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Univ. of California. Apr. 2007. c.424p, photogs, index. ISBN 978-0-52024117-6. $29.95. FILM Barrier (founder & editor, Funnyworld magazine; Hollywood Cartoons) purports to reveal...

Chow, Rey. Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films: Attachment in the Age of Global Visibility.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Chow, Rey. Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films: Attachment in the Age of Global Visibility. Columbia Univ. Apr. 2007. c.304p, photogs, index. ISBN 0-231-13332-4 [ISBN 978-0-231-13332-6]. $69.50; pap. ISBN 0-231-13333-2 [ISBN...

Dern, Bruce & others. Things I've Said, But Probably Shouldn't Have: An Unrepentant Memoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Dern, Bruce & others. Things I've Said, But Probably Shouldn't Have: An Unrepentant Memoir. Wiley. May 2007. c.304p, index. ISBN 0-470-10637-9 [ISBN 978-0-470-10637-2]. $24.95. FILM Originally from Glencoe, IL, Dern began his acting...

McHugh, Kathleen. Jane Campion.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... McHugh, Kathleen. Jane Campion. Univ. of Illinois. (Contemporary Film Directors). Jun. 2007. c.196p, illus, filmog. bibliog, index. ISBN 0-252-03204-7 [ISBN 978-0-252-03204-2]. $50; pap. ISBN 0-252-07447-5 [ISBN 978-0-252-07447-9]. $19.95....

Nilsson, Birgit. La Nilsson: My Life in Opera.(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Nilsson, Birgit. La Nilsson: My Life in Opera. Univ. Pr. of New England. May 2007. c.376p. tr. from Swedish by Doris Jung Popper. illus. discog, index. ISBN 1-55553-670-1 [ISBN 978-1-55553-670-1]. $35. MUSIC We welcome the long-awaited...

Peel, John & Sheila Ravenscroft. John Peel: Margrave of the Marshes.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Peel, John & Sheila Ravenscroft. John Peel: Margrave of the Marshes. Chicago Review. Jun. 2007. c.432p, illus, index. ISBN 1-55652-652-0 [ISBN 978-1-55652-652-7]. pap. $19.95. MUSIC At a time when the role of the D.J. has been whittled...

Worthen, John. Robert Schumann: Life and Death of a Musician.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Worthen, John. Robert Schumann: Life and Death of a Musician. Yale Univ. May 2007. c.384p, illus, index. ISBN 978-0-300-11160-6. $40. MUSIC In this book's preface, Worthen (D.H. Lawrence studies, Univ. of Nottingham; The Gang: Coleridge,...

Zevon, Crystal. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Zevon, Crystal. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon. Ecco: HarperCollins. May 2007. c.480p, illus. ISBN 0-06-076345-0 [ISBN 978-0-06-076345-9]. $26.95. MUSIC When Warren Zevon died in 2003, the rock world...

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Random. Apr. 2007. c.400p, bibliog, index. ISBN 1-4000-6351-5 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6351-2]. $26.95. PHIL Taleb is concerned with black swans, i.e., unpredictable and...

Toumi, Alek Baylee. Madah-Sartre: The Kidnapping, Trial, and Conver(sat/s)ion of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Toumi, Alek Baylee. Madah-Sartre: The Kidnapping, Trial, and Conver(sat/s)ion of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Univ. of Nebraska. 2007. 128p. ISBN 978-08032-1115-5. pap. $13.95. PHIL In exiled Algerian writer Toumi's (French &...

Brathwaite, Kamau. DS (2): Dreamstories 2.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Brathwaite, Kamau. DS (2): Dreamstories 2. New Directions, dist. by Norton. Apr. 2007. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-8112-1693-7. pap. $18.95. POETRY Thirteen years after Dreamstories, in which Brathwaite comes to terms with three crises in his...

Hughey, Elizabeth. Sunday Houses the Sunday House.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Hughey, Elizabeth. Sunday Houses the Sunday House. Univ. of Iowa. Apr. 2007. c.68p. ISBN 1-58729-528-8 [ISBN 978-158729-528-7]. pap. $16. POETRY The title of Hughey's Iowa Poetry Prizewinning first collection is a challenge to parse, but...

Scully, James. Donatello's Version.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Scully, James. Donatello's Version. Curbstone, dist. by Consortium. Apr. 2007. c.103p. ISBN 978-1-931896-31-3. pap. $13. POETRY Scully's (Santiago Poems; Apollo Helmet) poems don't address art as the title implies but war, pain, and...

Serpas, Martha. The Dirty Side of the Storm.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Serpas, Martha. The Dirty Side of the Storm. Norton. 2006. c.96p. ISBN 0-393-06266-X [ISBN 978-0-393-06266-3]. $23.95. POETRY Serpas's (Cote Blanche) pre-Hurricane Katrina poems detail the destruction to the ecosystem of the...

Literary encounter in Jerusalem.(23rd Jerusalem International Book Fair, Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies' writers meeting)(Conference news)
April 15, 2007... On February 20, under bright, sunny skies, Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab authors came together in Jerusalem at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies, located on one of the city's hilltops. Coinciding with the vast 23rd...

Braestrup, Kate. Here If You Need Me: A True Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Braestrup, Kate. Here If You Need Me: A True Story. Little, Brown. Aug. 2007. c.224p. ISBN 0-316-06630-3 [ISBN 978-0-316-06630-3]. $23.99. REL Braestrup (Onion) inherited her state trooper husband's life story when he died in a highway...

D'Antonio, William V. & others. American Catholics Today: New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... D'Antonio, William V. & others. American Catholics Today: New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church. Sheed & Ward. 2007. c.224p, index. ISBN 0-7425-5214-4 [ISBN 978-0-7425-5214-2]. $65; pap. ISBN 0-7425-5215-2 [ISBN 978-0-7425-5215-9]....

Eisenman, Robert. The New Testament Code: The Cup of the Lord, the Damascus Covenant, and the Blood of Christ.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Eisenman, Robert. The New Testament Code: The Cup of the Lord, the Damascus Covenant, and the Blood of Christ. Watkins Pub., dist. by Sterling. 2006. 1008p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 1-84293-186-5 [ISBN 9781-84293-186-8]. $40. REL In his...