Library Journal articles from August 2006

Library Journal archives from August 2006

Even Dewey knew it: are we still looking for the library's role in the new century?(Editorial)
August 1, 2006... AS EDITOR OF LIBRARY JOURNAL, I GET TO HEAR about the best of what is happening in the profession. Over the past two decades, I have watched librarians transform a broad swath of libraryland through technology and effectively extend its...

What a swell party this is! We don't give enough recognition to enough librarians.(blatant berry)(Editorial)
August 1, 2006... WHAT A JOY IT IS TO BE SURROUNDED BY LEADERS of your profession, your oldest and closest friends, and your family. What a joy to sit on stage and listen as so many of them are moved to speak about your achievements and your foibles. And what...

Turning "Shhh" into shizzle.(Farmington Public Library )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... When the Farmington Public Library (FPL), NM, recruits librarians, it likes to tell them, "This is not your mother's library." That's why the library's graphic artist adapted retro-but-hip clip art for FPL's outreach campaign, first for job...

Doing the right thing.(front desk)
August 1, 2006... "Hearing ALA was still coming gave us hope.... YOU make it seem like normal times." --Priscilla Lawrence, director of the Historic New Orleans Collection, at the FOLUSA/Random House reception, 6/23/06

MySpace becomes LibrarySpace.(front desk)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The megapopular MySpace has become the online home for many teens and young adults, and numerous libraries are beginning to set up their own accounts to meet their patrons there, offering links to library resources, contacts with librarians,...

A whiff of the shelves.(front desk)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Too bad LJ doesn't come in a scratch'n'sniff version. Then we could literally convey the scent of the "in the Library" perfume being sold at the trendsetting Brooklyn, NY, boutique CB I Hate Perfume. Perfumer Christopher Brosius...

King papers stay in Atlanta: civic coalition pays $32m to avert auction, but future unclear.(lj news)
August 1, 2006... Once again, a plan to auction a valuable collection of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s personal papers was scrapped--but not without controversy. A sale via Sotheby's was averted when the city of Atlanta helped organize a...

"John Doe" case dropped.(lj news)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... During the American Library Association annual conference, the four "John Doe's" of the Library Connection (Windsor, CT) were able to announce (p. 47) that the case was over. Library Connection VP Peter Chase cited the publicity following the...

Rice Press to go online-only.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Will offer free access, plus print-on-demand services Rice University Press (RUP), Houston, TX, which closed at the end of 1996, has announced that it will resume operations as a digital publisher. The effort will be led through its...

Map dealer admits thefts.(Edward Forbes Smiley III)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Smiley took 97 rare maps from a variety of libraries A humiliated, remorseful Edward Forbes Smiley III, busted last year by sharp-eyed Yale University librarians (see News, LJ 9/1/05, p. 20ff.), not only pleaded guilty June 23 to the...

SLA draws bigger crowd.(Special Libraries Association)
August 1, 2006... SLA 2006, held June 10-14 in Baltimore, drew 5,848 attendees, a more than ten percent increase over last year's conference in Toronto. The meeting attracted 1,057 first-timers and 71 new exhibitors out of a total 305 companies and...

CA System close to LSSI deal.(city council of Redding, California)(Library Systems and Services L.L.C.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Also, rural CA PL gets boost after submitting spending plan The city council of Redding, CA, which is expected to take over the Shasta County Library in January, agreed July 18 to negotiate with Library Systems and Services LLC (LSSI),...

LIS program part of UB shakeup.(State University of New York (Buffalo). School of Information and Library Studies)
August 1, 2006... COA grants UB conditional accreditation, continues others' status The University at Buffalo's (UB) Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS), NY, will become part of the Graduate School of Education next fall, and the...

Despite late move, CLA thrives.(Canadian Library Association)
August 1, 2006... The Canadian Library Association's (CLA) annual conference, held June 14-17, in Ottawa, ON, went off well, despite some serious logistical challenges. At the end of May, with an impending strike at the Ottawa Congress Centre, the CLA...

Calendar.(LJ NEWS)
August 1, 2006... OCTOBER 2-4--West Virginia Library Assn., Huntington www.wvla.org 3-6--Illinois Library Assn., Chicago www.ila.org 4-7--Idaho Library Assn., Moscow www.idaholibraries.org 4-6--Missouri Library Assn., Columbia molib.org ...

LII cuts impact cataloging, content.(LJ NEWS)(Librarians' Internet Index)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The California-based Librarians' Internet Index (LII), formerly known as Librarians' Index to the Internet, has absorbed a 50 percent funding cut ($200,000) for the fiscal year that began in July (see News, LJ 4/1/06, p. 18ff.) by reducing...

GA board restores Spanish fiction.(LJ NEWS)(Gwinnett County Public Library)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... The board of the Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA, did more than fire longtime director Jo Ann Pinder at its June 12 meeting (see News, LJ 7/06, p. 18). It decided to excise $3000 from the budget that was designated for adult...

Staffers protest EPA library closure.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Some 10,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scientists, engineers, and other technical specialists have asked Congress to stop the Bush administration's 80 percent budget cut that would close the agency's network of technical...

Learning Division of Harper College.(Joseph Accardi retired)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Joseph Accardi has retired as Dean of Resources for the Learning Division of Harper College, Palatine, IL, after a 33-year career in academic and public libraries. He was a book reviewer for Library Journal, 1988-2005.

Bibliographic Center for Research.(Brenda Bailey-Hainer appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Brenda Bailey-Hainer has become Executive Director of BCR (Bibliographic Center for Research), Aurora, CO. Bailey-Hainer had been Director of Networking and Resource Sharing at the Colorado State Library since 1999, responsible for the...

Winter Haven Public Library.(Jennifer Beard appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Jennifer Beard has been appointed City Librarian, Winter Haven Public Library, FL. She has served as Interim Library Director for the past six months. Beard is working on an MLIS degree from the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Detroit Area Library Network.(Steven Bowers appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Steven Bowers has been appointed Director of the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET), hosted at Wayne State University, Detroit. Bowers has been at Wayne State since 2005, most recently serving as Interim Director of DALNET.

University of Michigan.(Kathleen Folger appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Kathleen Folger is the new Electronic Resources Officer for the University Library, University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. She had been serving as UM's Economics and Public Policy Librarian and Coordinator of the Executive Research Service.

Multnomah County Library.(Patricia French appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Patricia French is the new Collection Development and Technical Services Manager at Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR. She most recently was Head of the Serials Department, University of California, Davis.

Sumter County Library System.(Lucy Gangone appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Lucy Gangone has been appointed Director, Sumter County Library System, Sumterville, FL. She most recently was Assistant Director at the Hartford Public Library, CT.

Library Development and Services.(Dwain Gordon appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Dwain Gordon has been named Associate Director for Library Development and Services at the Arkansas State Library, Little Rock. He previously was Manager of Youth Collections at the Central Arkansas Library System, Little Rock.

San Antonio Public Library.(Mark Gretchen appointed)
August 1, 2006... Mark Gretchen is the new Assistant Director for Public Services at San Antonio Public Library. He served as Director of Community Services for the city of Seguin, TX, overseeing the library and other city departments.

Deerfield Public Library.(Jack Hicks appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Jack Hicks has retired as Director, Deerfield Public Library, IL. He devoted 34 years of service to the library, the last 16 as Director.

Rancho Mirage Public Library.(Tom Johnson retires)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Tom Johnson, Library Director at the Rancho Mirage Public Library, CA, retired August 11. He launched the city's first public library in January 1996, located in a shopping center. A new 37,000 square foot facility opened this past January.

Los Angeles Public Library.(Marilee Marrero appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Marilee Marrero has been appointed Regional Administrator for the Central Region of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, overseeing 18 branches. Marrero joined the library in 1977.

Colorado State Library.(Sharon Morris appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Sharon Morris has assumed the position of Technology and Digital Initiatives Consultant at the Colorado State Library, Denver. She had been the AskColorado Coordinator since 2003.

City Librarian.(Karen Saunders appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Karen Saunders has been appointed City Librarian for the City of Santa Clara, CA. She has served as Acting City Librarian during the past 18 months and has worked at the library since 1976.

Yonkers Public Library.(Judith Schavrien retires)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Judith Schavrien, Deputy Director at Yonkers Public Library, NY, is retiring after 36 years of service. She began her career in 1969 and was appointed to her current position in 2002.

HarperCollins Publishers.(Virginia Stanley promoted)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Virginia Stanley, formerly Assistant Director, Academic and Library Marketing at HarperCollins Publishers, has been promoted to Director. Stanley is known for coordinating all-library author tours and is a 2002 Library Journal Mover & Shaker.

Warren-Trumbull County Public Library.(Jan Vaughn appointed)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Jan Vaughn is the new Assistant Library Director at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, OH. He previously was the library's Public Relations Coordinator and will continue performing those duties.

Vendors show support at ALA summer annual New Orleans: no major deals or product announcements, but vendors turn out in force for a successful conference.(American Library Association)
August 1, 2006... The American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in still struggling New Orleans proved a quiet affair, with no major acquisitions such as the SirsiDynix merger that set the show on fire at last year's Chicago gathering, and no...

SirsiDynix bestows five Building Better Communities Awards.(infotech)(libraries)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... SirsiDynix has tapped five U.S. and Canadian libraries as the winners of this year's Building Better Communities Awards, which honor libraries "for creative and enterprising uses of technology to improve their user communities." The public...

Endeavor debuts Voyager 6.1.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Endeavor Information Systems came to ALA with the latest incarnation of its flagship system, Voyager 6.1. Among its new features is the ability to support an expanded OCLC number and the looming ISBN 13, which goes live in January 2007,...

Wilson Marketing Biography Index.(H.W. Wilson Co. plans to release of several databases)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... H.W. Wilson is now offering Biography Index: Past and Present, with roughly one million article and book citations back to 1946. Fresh material is gleaned from thousands of journals and 2000 books annually to keep information current....

EBSCO adds full-text databases.(INFOTECH)(EBSCO Information Services' MEDLINE )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... EBSCO continues to beef up its full-text database offerings. At ALA, the vendor announced that it is now marketing a full-text version of MEDLINE, with 1200 journals, 1000 of which are available with cover-to-cover indexing, and a total of...

VTLS wins overseas libraries.(INFOTECH)(Queensland University of Technology, Australia and National Library of Pakistan)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... VTLS is expanding its overseas presence with new contracts. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, has signed for VITAL, which uses the vendor's open source digital object repository, FEDORA. National Library of Pakistan,...

SAGE: eReference debut in 2007.(Sage Publications Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... SAGE Publications has announced the 2007 release of eReference, an electronic platform for its numerous reference resources. Features include simple searches for words/phrases plus Boolean searches; results display options; browsing by the...

Hot Off the MideastWire.
August 1, 2006... THE ENCYCLOPEDIA-OFF continues with another head-to-head comparison between Encyclopedia Britannica Online and Wikipedia, based on real reference questions. This time, the topic is Vietnamese water puppetry. A search on wikipedia.com yields a...

The Gender gap.(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)
August 1, 2006... RECENTLY, I'VE HAD REASON TO reflect on a disturbing situation in digital library development. Looking around, I see mostly men. Sure, we can all name women who have made substantial contributions to digital librarianship. There are too few...

Findability enable: the rise of the knowledgebase puts the ERMS on a new stage.(electronic resource management system)
August 1, 2006... At the La Crosse Public Library, WI, a search for "library journal" in the catalog yields print holdings, and a local browsable serials list shows another view. On the web site, a consortial electronic serials list links to all of the access...

Drafted: public access computing grows, but libraries need more funding to serve as the first refuge and last resort for e-government support, public computing, and Internet access.
August 1, 2006... Public access to the Internet and computers is transforming public libraries into de facto e-government access points, for such disparate services as disaster relief, Medicare drug plans, and even benefits for children and families. This new...

Restoration moves: ALA's gutsy decision to stick with New Orleans brought a spotlight to the struggling city and some help for needy libraries.(LJ REPORT: NEW ORLEANS ALA 2006)
August 1, 2006... The 2006 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans will long symbolize the significance of libraries and librarians to a convention city--and to the community around it. Forget the numbers--the relatively light...

Scrapbook this.(Collection Development / Scrapbooking)
August 1, 2006... Scrapbooking is one of the fastest-growing crafts in the world. According to the Creating Keepsakes 2004 National Survey of Scrapbooking, it has evolved into an almost $3 billion industry, with someone in 25 percent of U.S. households...

Now, we're just like them.(Column)
August 1, 2006... I HAVE WORKED IN A SINGLE COMMUNITY college library for almost 20 years, witness to the information explosion at close quarters. When I first began answering reference questions, there was not a single computer in our public area. Today,...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
August 1, 2006... FICTION Clark, Mary Higgins & Carol Higgins Clark. Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea. Scribner. Nov. 2006. 224p. ISBN 1-4165-3552-7 [ISBN 978-14165-3552-2]. $22. CD. S & S. Audio. The day after Christmas, a host of Clark & Clark...

Mystery.(Bibliography)
August 1, 2006... FRESH CRIMES Although the motivations behind most fictional murders are limited to the usual deadly sins of greed, envy, and lust, mystery writers are always finding unusual crime scenes, surprising murder weapons, ingenious killing methods,...

The thriller in the desert.(ThrillerFest convention, International Thriller Writers)
August 1, 2006... There were plenty of thrills for the 450 thriller writers, editors, agents, librarians, and readers who gathered in Phoenix from June 29 to July 2, 2006, at the beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Arizona Biltmore resort for the...

Prepub mystery.(MYSTERY)(Bibliography)
August 1, 2006... Arsenault, Mark. Gravewriter. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Dec. 2006. 288p. ISBN 0-312-33596-2 [ISDN 978-0-312-33596-0]. $23.95. Obituary writer Billy Povich is out to avenge his dead wife, but jury dury for a murder trial changes his plans....

Romance.(Bibliography)
August 1, 2006... Secrets, secrets, secrets Conventions and literary devices abound in romance, but except perhaps for the marriage-of-convenience or forced-relationship plot turn, none is as popular as The Secret. Whether it is a dark family secret, a secret...

Alderman, Naomi. Disobedience.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Alderman, Naomi. Disobedience: A Novel. Touchstone: S. & S. Sept. 2006. c.240p. ISBN 0-7432-9156-5 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9156-9]. $24. F Financial analyst Ronit Krushka, who lives in New York, identifies as lesbian but is seeing a married man....

Ammaniti, Niccolo. I'll Steal You Away.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Ammaniti, Niccolo. I'll Steal You Away. Canongate, dist. by Grove/Atlantic. Sept. 2006. c.416p, tr. from Italian by Jonathan Hunt. ISBN 1-84195-824-7 [ISBN 978-184195-824-8]. $23. F Following the phenomenal success of his third novel, I'm...

Atkinson, Kate. One Good Turn. Little, Brown.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Atkinson, Kate. One Good Turn. Little, Brown. Oct. 2006. c.432p. ISBN 0-31615484-9 [ISBN 978-0-316-15484-0]. $24.99. F Whitbread Award winner Atkinson puts a thoroughly enjoyable spin on this character-driven detective novel, the...

Barron, Sandra Rodriguez. The Heiress of Water.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Barron, Sandra Rodriguez. The Heiress of Water. Rayo: HarperCollins. Sept. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-06-114281-6 [ISBN 978-0-16114281-9]. pap. $13.95. F Monica Winters Borrero is a child of mismatched parents: her father is a liberal,...

Bausch, Richard. Thanksgiving Night.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Bausch, Richard. Thanksgiving Night. HarperCollins. Oct. 2006. c.403p. ISBN 0-06-009443-5 [ISBN 978-0-06-009443-0]. $24.95. F Caught in the middle of two pairs of warring relatives, middle-aged Will Butterfield feels helpless to control...

Bissoondath, Nell. The Unyielding Clamor of the Night.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Bissoondath, Nell. The Unyielding Clamor of the Night. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Aug. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 1-59891-192-2 [ISBN 978-1-59691-192-0]. $24.95. F Bissoondath, whose A Causal Brutality was long-listed for the Booker...

Brockmann, Suzanne. Into the Storm.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Brockmann, Suzanne. Into the Storm. Ballantine. Aug. 2006. c.374p. ISBN O345-48014-7 [ISBN 978-0-345-48014-9]. $21.95. F SEAL Team 16 rolls on in the latest from Brockmann (Breaking Point), here combining with security firm...

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Fury: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Fury: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811. HarperCollins. Sept. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-06-053048-0 [ISBN 978-0-06053048-8]. $24.95. F Sharpe (The Last Kingdom) is back, and his fans will be...

Davies, Adam. Goodbye Lemon.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Davies, Adam. Goodbye Lemon. Riverhead: Putnam. Aug. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 1-59448071-0. pap. $14. F In an unguarded moment during a family vacation, young Dexter Tennant drowns. His parents and brothers retreat into silence, their sorrow...

Delbanco, Nicholas. Spring and Fall.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Delbanco, Nicholas. Spring and Fall. Warner. Oct. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-446-57871-1 [ISBN 978-0-446-57871-4].$24.99. F Hermia and Lawrence meet as undergraduates at Harvard in 1962 and spend blissful months in love, their reverie ending...

Dodd, Renee. A Cabinet of Wonders.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Dodd, Renee. A Cabinet of Wonders. Toby. Sept. 2006. c.313p. ISBN 1-59264-164-4. $24.95. F A familial assortment of oddities and freaks populates this novel set in 1927. "Daddy" Dugan is the dwarf manager of the Starlight Carnival...

Epstein, Leslie. The Eighth Wonder of the World: A Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Epstein, Leslie. The Eighth Wonder of the World: A Novel. Handsel: Other. Oct. 2006. c.472p. ISBN 1-59051-250-2 [ISBN 978-1-59051-250-0]. $25.95. F Epstein's forte is absurdist literature combining comedy and tragedy, as in his King of...

Faulks, Sebastian. Human Traces: A Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Faulks, Sebastian. Human Traces. Random. Sept. 2006. c.576p. ISBN 0-375-50226-2 [ISBN 978-0-375-50226-2]. $25.95. F British author Faulks (Birdsong) has produced an epic novel about the rise of the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry...

Fitch, Janet. Paint It Black.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Fitch, Janet. Paint It Black. Little, Brown. Sept. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-316-19274-5 [ISBN 978-0-316-18274-4]. $24.99. F Beauty and its pretenders prowl around the edges of Fitch's long-awaited second novel. Just as she did so...

Flynn, Gillian. Sharp Objects.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Flynn, Gillian. Sharp Objects. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Oct. 2006. c.272p. ISBN 0-307-34154-2. $24. F Fans of psychological thrillers will welcome narrator/Chicago Daily Post reporter Camille Preaker with open arms. Newspaper editor...

Freudenberger, Nell. The Dissident.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Freudenberger, Nell. The Dissident. Harper: HarperCollins. Sept. 2006. c.448p. ISBN 006-075871-6 [ISBN 978-0-06-075871-4]. $25.95. F This first novel from Freudenberger, who made a critical splash with the story collection Lucky Girls in...

Gerritsen, Tess. The Mephisto Club.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Gerritsen, Tess. The Mephisto Club. Ballantine. Sept. 2006. c.368p. ISBN 0-345-47699-9. $24.95. F Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles return in this taut mystery, the sixth in Gerritsen's (Vanish)...

Gilmore, Jennifer. Golden Country.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Gilmore, Jennifer. Golden Country. Scribner. Sept. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-7432-8863-7. $25. F With major political debate focusing on immigration, Gilmore's affecting debut seems particularly timely. The narrative explicates the travails...

Grant, Richard. Another Green World.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Grant, Richard. Another Green World. Knopf. Aug. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-307-26359-2 [ISBN 978-0-307-26359-9]. $24.95. F This comprehensive first novel relates the experiences of four Americans who initially meet in Germany during a 1929...

Haslam, Gerald W. Grace Period: A Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Haslam, Gerald W. Grace Period: A Novel. Univ. of Nevada. Aug. 2006. c.300p. ISBN 0-87417-679-4. $24.95. F Marty Martinez seems to have hit rock bottom. His beloved son died of AIDS, his wife left him for a religious cult, his daughter...

Holden, Taylor. The Sense of Paper.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Holden, Taylor. The Sense of Paper. Bantam. Sept. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-553-80394-8. pap. $14. F With this appealing debut, journalist Wendy Holden turns to fiction, using Taylor as her first name. Her novel claims historical anchoring...

Joern, Pamela Carter. The Floor of the Sky.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Joern, Pamela Carter. The Floor of the Sky. Univ. of Nebraska. Sept. 2006. c.256p. ISBN 0-8032-7631-1 [ISBN 978-0-8032-7631-4]. pap. $16.95. F Lila is a pregnant teenager spending the summer at her grandmother Toby's Nebraska ranch. Toby...

Koen, Karleen. Dark Angels.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Koen, Karleen. Dark Angels. Crown. Sept. 2006. c.544p. ISBN 0-307-33991-2 [ISBN 978-0-307-33991-1]. $25.95. F Raised in the exiled court of Charles II, later maid of honor to his queen and then to his sister, Alice Verney has known no...

Koenings, N.S. The Blue Taxi: A Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Koenings, N.S. The Blue Taxi: A Novel. Little, Brown. Oct. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-316-01061-8 [ISBN 978-0-316-01061-0]. $23.99. F In Koenings's mesmerizing debut novel, a traffic accident propels an unhappy housewife and a grieving widower...

LaZebnik, Claire. Knitting Under the Influence.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... LaZebnik, Claire. Knitting Under the Influence. 5 Spot: Warner. Sept. 2006. c.403p. ISBN 0-446-69795-8. pap. $12.99. F Three twentysomething friends get together every Sunday morning for their knitting circle. This is not your mother's...

Le Carre, John. The Mission Song.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * le Carre, John. The Mission Song. Little, Brown. Sept. 2006. c.344p. ISBN 0-340-92196-X [ISBN 978-0-340-92196-8]. $26.99. F Just as silver becomes more lovely after its bright surface darkens from human handling, the dazzling facade of...

Ledgard, J.M. Giraffe.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Ledgard, J.M. Giraffe. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Sept. 2006. c.326p. ISBN 1-59420-099-8. $24.95. F On April 30, 1975, secret police in Czechoslovakia circled a small-town zoo and slaughtered nearly 50 giraffes, the largest...

Lee, Linda Francis. The Devil in the Junior League.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Lee, Linda Francis. The Devil in the Junior League. St. Martin's. Sept. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-312-35495-9 [ISBN 978-0-312-35495-4]. $22.95. F When Junior Leaguer Fredericka "Frede" Ware's perfect husband steals her money and hightails it...

Livaneli, O.Z. Bliss.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... Livaneli, O.Z. Bliss. St. Martin's. Oct. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-36053-3 [ISBN 978-0-312-36053-5]. $23.95. F A writer, composer, and elected member of the Turkish parliament, Livaneli offers readers a fascinating look at the diversity of...

Marlette, Doug. Magic Time.(Brief article)(Book review)
August 1, 2006... * Marlette, Doug. Magic Time. Sarah Crichton: Farrar. Sept. 2008. c.496p. ISBN 0-374-20001-7 [ISBN 978-0-374-20001-5]. $25. F In Marlette's second novel (after The Bridge), investigative journalist Carter Ransom returns to his deceptively...