Library Journal articles from December 2004, page 7

Library Journal archives from December 2004

Bascomb, Neal. The Perfect Mile.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
December 1, 2004... BASCOMB, NEAL. The Perfect Mile. 12 CDs. unabridged. 14 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2004. ISBN 1-4025-8374-5. $99.75; 11 cassettes. ISBN 1-4025-8333-8. $89.75. SPORTS Bascomb has written a comprehensive treatment of the quest to break the...

Clinton, Bill. My Life.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
December 1, 2004... * CLINTON, BILL. My Life. 6 CDs. Abridged. 6 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape, 2004. ISBN 1-4159-0528-2. $45; 4 cassettes. ISBN 1-4159-0527-4. $45. AUTOBIOG For the millions of baby boomers who have shared most of Clinton's history, this book will...

Roberts, Cokie. Founding Mothers: The Woman Who Raised Our Nation.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
December 1, 2004... ROBERTS, COKIE. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation. 5 CDs. unabridged. 6 hrs. HarperAudio. 2004. ISBN 0-06-052787-0. $29,95. HIST When most people think about those who helped fight for the independence of and create the...

Sykes, Bryan. Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
December 1, 2004... SYKES, BRYAN. Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men. 9 cassettes. unabridged. 12 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2004. ISBN 1-4025-8993-X, $79.75; 10 CDs, ISBN 1-4025-8995-6. $109,75. SCI In this one book there is a detailed description Of how human...

Kennedy, David M. Over Here: the First World War and American Society.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... KENNEDY, DAVID M. Over Here: The First World War and American Society. Oxford Univ. 2004. 448p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-19-517399-6. pap. $18.95. HIST Libraries will welcome this 25th-anniversary edition of Pulitzer Prize winner Kennedy's...

Pope, Dudley. The Battle of the River Plate.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... POPE, DUDLEY. The Battle of the River Plate. McBooks. Jan. 2005. c.230p. ISBN 1-59013-096-0. pap. $16.95. HIST Pope's 1956 volume chronicles the British navy's pursuit of the Nazi battleship Graf Spee, which crippled the empire's...

Stein, Aurel. On Alexander's Track to the Indus.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
December 1, 2004... STEIN, AUREL. On Alexander's Track to the Indus. Castle. 2004. 182p. photogs, index. ISBN 0-7858-1831-6. $9.95. ARCHAEOL Hungarian archaeologist Stein set out in the 1900s to trace Alexander the Great's route through India. His adventures...

Stein, Gertrude. Look at Me Now and Here I Am: Selected Works 1911-1945.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... STEIN, GERTRUDE. Look at Me Now and Here I Am: Selected Works 1911-1945. Peter Owen, dist by Dufour. Jan. 2005. 418p. bibliog. ISBN 0-7206-1201-2. pap. $29.95. LIT This 1967 collection offers a broad range of Stein's work, including...

Wilcox, R. Turner. Five Centuries of American Costumes.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... WILCOX, R. TURNER. Five Centuries of American Costumes. Dover. 2004. 207p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 0-48643610-1. pap. $12.95. DEC ARTS This 1963 volume offers drawings of clothing from the Norsemen through the 1960s. The outfits are both...

Shepherd, Jean. A Fistful of Fig Newtons.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... SHEPHERD, JEAN. A Fistful of Fig Newtons. 287p. ISBN 0-385-18843-9. SHEPHERD, JEAN. The Ferrari in the Bedroom. 247p. ISBN 0-385-23792-8. ea. vol: Broadway. 2004. pap. $14. F These two collections of humorous pieces by the author of A...

Sladek, John. The Complete Roderick.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... SLADEK, JOHN. The Complete Roderick. 611p. ISBN 1-58567-587-3. pap. $17.95. SPINRAD, NORMAN. Bug Jack Barron. 277p. ISBN 1-58567-585-7. pap. $14.95. ea. Vol: Overlook, dist. by Viking. 2004. SF Overlook is the first to offer Sladek's...

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Silmarillion.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... * TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Silmarillion. Houghton. 2004. 386p. illus. map. ISBN 0-618-39111-8. $35. F Tolkien is still as hot as the fires of Mount Doom, thanks to the immensely popular film adaptations of his Rings trilogy. This edition of...

Van Gulik, Robert. The Chinese Bell Murders.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... VAN GULIK, ROBERT. The Chinese Bell Murders. 262p. ISBN 0-06-072888-4. VAN GULIK, ROBERT. The Chinese Gold Murders. 202p. ISBN 0-06-072867-1. ea. vol: HarperPerennial: HarperCollins. 2004. pap. $12.95. MYS Released back to back in 1958...

Wells, H.G. The Croquet Player.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... WELLS, H.G. THE Croquet Player. 109p. ISBN 0-8032-9842-0. pap. $11.95. WYLIE, PHILIP. The Disappearance. 405p. ISBN 0-8032-9841-2. pap. $14.95. ea. vol: Univ of Nebraska. 2004. F Released in 1937 and 1951, respectively, these unrelated...

Williamson, Jack. Seventy-Five: the Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... * WILLIAMSON, Jack. Seventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer. Haffner. 2004. 599p. ed. by Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann. Illus. ISBN 1-893887-20-0. $50. SF A true labor of love, this glorious tribute to...

On the literary road with the gypsies.(the reader's shelf)(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Traveling westward from their homeland in India a thousand years ago, the nomadic peoples known as the Romany settled throughout Europe from the Balkans to Spain. Although the Gypsies were persecuted over the centuries, their mysterious and...

Cookbooks.(best sellers)
December 1, 2004... 1 Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader. [HC] Jan Karon. Viking. 2004. ISBN 0-670-03239-5. $29.95. 2 The Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 1000 Recipes. [HC] Ruth Reichl, ed. Houghton. 2004. ISBN 0-618-37408-6. $40. 3 Atkins for...

The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries.(LJ best sellers)(Illustration)
December 1, 2004... [lj Best sellers] The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries LAST RANKING / FICTION TIMES ON LIST 1 Trace. Patricia...