Library Journal articles from December 2008, page 2

Library Journal archives from December 2008

Sourcebooks MediaFusion.(AUDIO newsbriefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The updated 10th Anniversary Edition of the New York Times best seller We Interrupt This Broadcast (ISBN 978-1-4022-1319-9. $49.95) features three Sourcebooks MediaFusion audio CDs narrated by veteran journalist Bill Kurtis and containing...

Clark, Martin. The Legal Limit.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Clark, Martin. The Legal Limit. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4361-2365-5. $123.75; Playaway[R] digital. ISBN 978-1-4361-6513-6. $61.75. F In this latest legal thriller by Clark (www....

Graff, Laurie. The Shiksa Syndrome.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... * Graff, Laurie. The Shiksa Syndrome. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4332-4700-2. $80; 1 MP3-CD. library ed. ISBN 978-1-43324702-6; $29.95; digital download. ISBN 9781-4332-4704-0. $39.95. F ...

Gregory, Philippa. The Other Queen.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Gregory, Philippa. The Other Queen. 5 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 6 hrs. S. & S. Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7435-7106-7. $29.95; digital download. ISBN 978-0-7435-7107-4. $NA. F New York Times best-selling author Gregory remains true to...

Kent, Kathleen. The Heretic's Daughter.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... * Kent, Kathleen. The Heretic's Daughter. 9 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Hachette Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-1-60024-450-6. $34.98. F Kent, a descendant of Martha Carrier (one of the first women convicted of witchcraft in 1690s Salem,...

Kramer, Julie. Stalking Susan.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... * Kramer, Julie. Stalking Susan. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4159-4910-8. $90; digital download. ISBN 978-1-4159-4912-2. $NA. F Drawing on her experience as a TV news producer, Kramer has...

Top circulators.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Hennepin County Library, Minnesota Top-circulating adult/YA media, 2008 to date STATS 41 branches, 1.1 million served AUDIOBOOK CD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CITY LIBRARIES I Am America (and So Can You!) Stephen Colbert...

MacKinnon, Amy. Tethered.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... MacKinnon, Amy. Tethered. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4159-5727-1. $80; digital download. ISBN 978-0-7393-7056-8. $NA. F In MacKinnon's first novel, undertaker Clara Marsh finds herself...

Peters, Elizabeth. The Laughter of Dead Kings.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... * Peters, Elizabeth. The Laughter of Dead Kings. 8 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. HarperAudio. 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-166240-9. $39.95; digital download. ISBN NA. $NA. F New York Times best-selling author Peters (www.mpmbooks.com)...

Prose, Francine. Goldengrove.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... * Prose, Francine. Goldengrove. 7 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 8 hrs. HarperAudio. 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-166458-8. $39.95. F The summer her older sister, Margaret, drowns, 13-year-old Nico, her parents, and Margaret's boyfriend, Aaron, each...

Major audio releases: audiobooks coming next month that are sure to top the charts.(MEDIA)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Browne, Sylvia. All Pets Go to Heaven: Predictions and Prophecies About the End of the World. 4 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 5 hrs. HighBridge Audio. ISBN 978-1-59887-697-0. $26.95. PETS/SPIRITUALITY Nineteen of the spiritual guide/...

Salak, Kira. The White Mary.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... * Salak, Kira. The White Mary. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4233-7046-6. $102.25; 10 CDs. retail ed. ISBN 978-1-4233-7045-1. $36.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed. ISBN 978-1-4233-7048-2. $24.25; 1 MP3-CD....

Andersen, Christopher. Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Andersen, Christopher. Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2006. ISBN 978-1-4361-3888-8. $44.95; Playaway[R] digital. ISBN 978-1-4361-6498-6....

Cacioppo, John T. & William Patrick. Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Cacioppo, John T. & William Patrick. Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 1/2 hrs. Tantor Media. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4001-3812-8. $59.99; 9 CDs. retail ed. ISBN 978-1-4001-0812-1. $27.99;...

Cowell, Alan S. The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal, and Murder.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Cowell, Alan S. The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal, and Murder. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 1/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2006. ISBN 978-1-4159-5708-0. $100; digital download. ISBN 978-1-4159-5710-3. $NA. CURRENT AFFAIRS...

Gallagher, Robert C. Express: The Ernie Davis Story.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Gallagher, Robert C. Express: The Ernie Davis Story. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 5 1/2 hrs. Tanter Media. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4001-3877-7. $49.99; 5 CDs. retail ed. ISBN 978-1-4001-0877-0. $24.99; 1 MP3-CD. ISBN 978-1-4001-5877-5. $19.99;...

Myron, Vicki, with Bret Witter. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Myron, Vicki, with Bret Witter. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. 4 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 4 1/2 hrs. Hachette Audio. 2006. ISBN 978-1-60024-382-0. $25.98; digital download. ISBN 978-1-60024-383-7. $16.98. PETS ...

Waiter, The. Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip; Confessions of a Cynical Waiter.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2008... Waiter, The. Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip; Confessions of a Cynical Waiter. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4233-7070-3. $97.25; 9 CDs. retail ed. ISBN 978-1-4233-7071-0. $36.95; 1 MP3-CD. library...

The Catherine Cookson Anthology.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... The Catherine Cookson Anthology. 8 vols. color. 21 hrs. KOCH Vision, 516-484-1000; www.kochvision.com. 2007. DVD ISBN 978-2-4172-3030-3. $96.98. BRITISH ROMANCE These seven fascinating dramas adapted from a selection of Catherine...

The Last Detective. Series 4.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... The Last Detective. Series 4. 2 vols. color. 342 min. Nick Laughland & others, Granada TV, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2008. DVD #13691. $39.99. BRITISH TV Det. Constable "Dangerous" Davies (Peter Davison) is...

A Room with a View.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... A Room with a View. color. 86 min. Monogram Prods., dist. by WGBH-Boston, 800-949-8670; shop.wgbh.org. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-59375-825-7. $9.95. Closed-captioned. BRITISH CLASSIC Why would anyone make a new version of E.M. Forster's novel...

Fun in Girls' Shorts: The Best of Lesbian Film from Frameline.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Fun in Girls' Shorts: The Best of Lesbian Film from Frameline. color. 86 min. Jenn Kao & others, Frameline, dist. by Strand Releasing, 310-836-7500; www.strandreleasing.com. 2008. DVD UPC 7-12267-50072-7. $24.99. FILM Frameline's latest...

The Last Straw: Charles Bukowski Live.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... The Last Straw: Charles Bukowski Live. 74 min. UPC 8-04879-08899-8. There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here! Charles Bukowski Live in Vancouver. 97 min. UPC 8-04879-08889-9. ea. vol: color & b/w. Dennis Del Torre, mondayMEDIA,...

Mysterious California.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Mysterious California. color. 38 min. Pamela Beere Briggs & William McDonald in assoc, with California Center for the Book, dist. by Pamela Briggs Film Lib., 800-343-5540; pbeerebriggs@hotmail.com; www. mysteriouscalifornia.com. 2008. DVD...

In October, Macmillan signed a partnership with Rabineau Wachter Sanford & Harris allowing the Los Angeles-based literary agency to sell exclusive film and TV rights to the unagented titles on its list.(VIDEO newsbriefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... In October, Macmillan signed a partnership with Rabineau Wachter Sanford & Harris allowing the Los Angeles-based literary agency to sell exclusive film and TV rights to the unagented titles on its list. This, following news of Random House's...

This fiscal year, the state of Kansas allocated $516,824 in Interlibrary Loan Development Program (ILDP) funds to 24 public libraries.(VIDEO newsbriefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... This fiscal year, the state of Kansas allocated $516,824 in Interlibrary Loan Development Program (ILDP) funds to 24 public libraries. Among the recipients: Bethel College Library, a Mennonite Church-affiliated liberal arts college facility,...

Plexifilm.(VIDEO newsbriefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Coming February 17 from Plexifilm: 13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests, a DVD (50 min. UPC 0-82354-00482-8. $34.99) featuring 13 of the 500 film portraits Warhol shot in New York City between 1964 and 1966 (of Lou Reed,...

Blu-Con 1.0.(VIDEO newsbriefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On December 8, Blu-Con 1.0 (www. blu-con.com), an inaugural Congress for Blu-ray Innovation gathering sponsored by the Digital Entertainment Group, Entertainment Supply Chain Academy, Daily Variety, Video Business,...

From Shtetl to Swing.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... From Shtetl to Swing. color & b/w. 52 min. Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir, dist. by Alden Films, 800-832-0980; 732-462-3522; info@ aldenfilms.com; www.aldenfilms.com. 2007. DVD 978-1-877684-70-8. $49.95. MUSIC Fast paced and deeply evocative,...

Pope of the Century.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Pope of the Century. color & b/w. 58 min. Sam Summerlin, Hollywood Stars II & Cybercanics, dist. by Passion River, 732-321-0711, www.passionriver.com. 2005; 2008 release. DVD UPC 0-94922-58079-5. $24.95. REL This biography takes the...

Writing About Media.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Writing About Media. 2 discs, color & b/w. 4+ hrs. Media Education Fdn., 800-897-0089; www.mediaed.org. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-932869-24-8. $34.95; acad. libs. $115. Public performance; open-captioned. COMM This useful tool kit will allow...

Taxi to the Dark Side.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Taxi to the Dark Side. color. 106+ min. Alex Gibney, Jigsaw Prods. c/o THINKFilm, dist. by Image Entertainment; www.image-entertainment.com. 2008. DVD UPC 0-14381-49402-0. $27.98. Closed-captioned. Rated: R. MILITARY STUDIES This 2007...

Midwest tape's top-selling DVDs to public libraries.(TOP VIDEO)(List)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Juno, 96 min. Jason Reitman, 20th Century Fox, dist. by www. MidwestTapes.com. 2007. UPC 0-24543-50687-4. $22.99. Rated: PG-13. COMEDY Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, and Jennifer Garner; watch the...

Arctic Son.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Arctic Son. color. 75+ min. Andrew Walton, Arts Engine, Inc., in assoc, with Big Mouth Films, dist. by Docurama c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-4229-0820-4. $26.95. Closed-captioned. NATIVE AMERICANS ...

Kids with Down Syndrome: Staying Healthy and Making Friends.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Kids with Down Syndrome: Staying Healthy and Making Friends. colon 2 hrs. Will Schermerhorn, Blueberry Shoes Prods., dist. by Woodbine House, 800-843-7323; www.woodbine-house.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-0-9748071-3-3. $29.95. Public performance....

Michael Moore: Slacker Uprising.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Michael Moore: Slacker Uprising. color. 97+ min. Michael Moore, Brave New Films presents Dog Eat Dog Films, dist. by Disinformation Co., www.disinfo.com. 2008. DVD UPC 8-26262-00529-0. $9.95. Closed-captioned. POLITICS During the last...

Chungking Express.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Chungking Express. 2 discs, color. 102 rain. In Cantonese & Mandarin w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1994. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-090-7; Blu-ray ISBN 978-1-60465-091-4. $39.95. [ILLUSTRATION...

Fraulein.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Fraulein. color. 81 min. In German, Bosnian, Croatian, & Serbian w/English subtitles. Film Movement, dist. by Passion River. 2008. DVD UPC 6-16892-91592-7. $19.98. Two middle-aged Yugoslav women find their relatively contented lives in...

J'Accuse.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... J'Accuse. 2 discs, b/w & tinted. 166 min. Flicker Alley. 1919. DVD ISBN 978-1-893967-39-7. $39.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A love story between an unhappily married woman who suffers at the hands of German soldiers and a young poet...

Missing.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Missing. 2 discs, color. 122 min. In English & Spanish w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1982. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-063-1. $39.95. Based on Thomas Hauser's book The Execution of Charles Horman, this...

Mister Foe.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Mister Foe. color. 96 min. Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2008. DVD UPC 8-76964-00147-2. $26.98. Rated: R. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jamie Bell, who made his memorable mark as an aspiring dancer in Billy Elliot, elicits uneasy sympathy as...

Today's Man: Adventures of a Young Man with Asperger Syndrome.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Today's Man: Adventures of a Young Man with Asperger Syndrome. color. 55 min. Lizzie Gottlieb, dist. by Filmakers Library, 212-808-4980; www.filmakers.com. 2008. DVD $295 (Rental: $85). Public performance. PSYCH Nicky Gottlieb, a young...

Ladies of the Land: A Film About Growing.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Ladies of the Land: A Film About Growing. color. 29 min. Megan Thompson, dist. by Cinema Guild, 212-685-6242; www.cinemaguild. com. 2008. $99.95; acad. libs. $250 (Rental: $85). Public performance. WOMEN'S STUDIES In 2007, women...

Build Green.(Building Green)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2008... Build Green. (Nature of Things). colon 44 rain. Canadian Broadcasting Corp., dist. by Bullfrog Films, 800-543-3764; www. bullfrogfilms.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-59458-761-0. $250 (Rental: $85). Public performance; closed-captioned. Public...

Metal: headbang for your buck.(MUSIC FOR THE MASSES)
December 1, 2008... No music genre has more proudly distanced itself from mainstream tastes and embraced any taboo within reach than heavy metal. Yet, once seen as a sure sign of the downfall of Western civilization, today metal enjoys a position of wary...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
December 1, 2008... FICTION Baldacci, David. First Family. Grand Central. Apr. 2009. 432p. ISBN 978-0-446-53975-3. $27.99. Irg. prnt. $28.99. CD. Hachette Audio. When a child gets snatched at a Camp David birthday party, who else to call but Baldacci...

Mystery.(book reviews)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... HEART-STOPPING SUSPENSE From sword-wielding villains attacking death investigator Matthew Bartholomew in Susanna Gregory's The Devil's Disciples to sharks circling a dive boat off the coast of Maui in Deborah Turrell Atkinson's Pleasing...

Prepub mystery.(Bibliography)
December 1, 2008... Albert, Susan Wittig. Wormwood. Berkley Prime Crime. Apr. 2009. 320p. ISBN 978-0425-22609-4. $24.95. China Bayles heads to a Shaker village for some R & R, but after a murder, she must look to the past to understand the town's current...

Crab cakes & murder in Charm City: mystery authors and fans talk crime at Bouchercon 2008.(MYSTERY)
December 1, 2008... For four days this past October (9-12), Baltimore played host to the 39th annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, attracting some 1,442 writers, editors, publishers, agents, and fans. Registration numbers climbed sharply from 2007's...

Romance.(book reviews)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... VALENTINE'S DAY TREATS Valentine's Day is still the holiday most often associated with love and romance. Not surprisingly, each year a number of stories with Valentine's Day references appear. The holiday influences range from subtle to...

Bazell, Josh. Beat the Reaper.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... * Bazell, Josh. Beat the Reaper. Little, Brown. Jan. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-316-03222-3. $24.99. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pietro Brnwa (aka Peter Brown) is a hospital intern who looks like an Easter Island monolith with lots of...

Boyle, T. Coraghessan. The Women.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Boyle, T. Coraghessan. The Women. Viking. Feb. 2009. c.451p. ISBN 978-0-670-020416. $27.95. F The title of the latest installment in Boyle's ongoing series of novels on famous American egomaniacs refers to the many women in Frank Lloyd...

Downie, Leonard, Jr. The Rules of the Game.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Downie, Leonard, Jr. The Rules of the Game. Knopf. Jan. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-30726961-4. $25.95. F This first novel from a former editor of the Washington Post recounts an investigation into the inner circles of Washington's...

Eisler, Barry. Fault Line.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... * Eisler, Barry. Fault Line. Ballantine. Mar. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-345-50508-8. $25. F Death by hit men isn't what Silicon Valley attorney Alex Treven had in mind when he agreed to sponsor a young inventor's piece of network-security...

Espinosa, Maria. Dying Unfinished.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Espinosa, Maria. Dying Unfinished. Wings Pr. 2008. 183p. ISBN 978-0-916727-45-1. pap. $16.95. F Espinosa's new novel portrays Jewish American mother and daughter Eleanor and Rosa over several decades, from the 1940s to the 1980s. As a...

Greenwood, T. Two Rivers.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Greenwood, T. Two Rivers. Kensington. Jan. 2009. c.373p. ISBN 978-0-7582-2877-2. pap. $15. F Harper Montgomery, a young widower raising his daughter, Shelley, in the small Vermont town of Two Rivers in 1980, is still mourning the loss of...

Griffin, W.E.B. Black Ops.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Griffin, W.E.B. Black Ops. Putnam. Jan. 2009. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-399-15517-8. $28.95. F Griffin's latest in the best-selling but generally disappointing series involving terrorism in the modern world picks up immediately after its...

Gutfreund, Amir. The World a Moment Later.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Gutfreund, Amir. The World a Moment Later. Toby. 2008. c.497p. tr. from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen. ISBN 978-1-59264-251-9. $24.95. F Ordinary folk who came to Palestine before Israel became a nation; early Zionist pioneers in the 1920s; the...

Hall, Barbara. The Music Teacher.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Hall, Barbara. The Music Teacher. Algonquin. Feb. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-1-56512-4639. $22.95. F In this compelling novel, Hall, the author of several previous novels and the writer and producer of television shows like Judging Amy and...

Harwood, John. The Seance.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Harwood, John. The Seance. Houghton. Feb. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-15-101203-9. $25. F A lichen-laden manse in the foggy English countryside, rumors of mysterious disappearances, generations of damsels in distress, long-lost diaries...

Hazelgrove, William Elliott. Rocket Man.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Hazelgrove, William Elliott. Rocket Man. Pantonne. 2008. 375p. ISBN 978-0-615-21307-1. pap. $19.95. F This book's artist hero, writer Dale Hammer, does battle with the benighted conformity of bourgeois suburban culture. Saddled with a...

Helget, Nicole. The Turtle Catcher.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Helget, Nicole. The Turtle Catcher. Houghton. Feb. 2009. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-618-75312-3. $24. F In this engrossing first novel, Minnesota memoirist Helget (The Summer of Ordinary Ways) draws on the legacy of her home state's late...

Heller, Zoe. The Believers.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Heller, Zoe. The Believers. Harper: HarperCollins. Mar. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 9780-06-143020-6. $25.95. F Heller (What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal) returns with an engrossing story of a severely dysfunctional New York family...

Hensher, Philip. The Northern Clemency.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Hensher, Philip. The Northern Clemency. Knopf. 2008. c.608p. ISBN 978-1-4000-4448-1. $26.95. F On the day in 1974 that the Sellers family moves from suburban London to their new home in Sheffield, chaos reigns across the street at the...

Kadare, Ismail. The Siege.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Kadare, Ismail. The Siege. Canongate, dist. by Grove/Atlantic. Feb. 2009. c.336p, tr. from French by David Bellos. ISBN 978-1-84767185-1. $24. F Kadare's 1970 work, winner of the 2005 Man Booker Prize and a perennial Nobel prize...

Kane, Ben. The Forgotten Legion.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Kane, Ben. The Forgotten Legion. St. Martin's. Mar. 2009. c.528p. ISBN 978-0312-53671-8. $25.95. F This epic story of Rome at the time of Julius Caesar is a gripping blend of history, battles, gore, ancient politics, betrayals, consummate...

Kelly, Mary Pat. Galway Bay.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Kelly, Mary Pat. Galway Bay. Grand Central. Feb. 2009. c.576p. ISBN 978-0-446-57900-1. $26.99. F In 1839, Honora Keeley, days away from entering a convent, meets the love of her life on the bank of a river in Connemara. Blissfully...

Kincaid, Nanci. Eat, Drink, and Be from Mississippi.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Kincaid, Nanci. Eat, Drink, and Be from Mississippi. Little, Brown. 2008. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-316-00915-7. $23.99. F Mississippi may just be the setting for the beginning of this novel by the author of As Hot as It Was You Ought To Thank...

Kolpan, Gerald. Etta.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Kolpan, Gerald. Etta. Ballantine. Apr. 2009. c.324p. ISBN 978-0-345-50368-8. $25. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Etta Place was not only the paramour of the infamous Sundance Kid. Knowing her way around horses and guns, she became a key...

Laken, Valerie. Dream House.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Laken, Valerie. Dream House. Harper: HarperCollins. Feb. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-06-084092-1. $24.95. F In her first novel, Pushcart Prize winner Laken puts four people inside a "dream house." Kate and Stuart buy the house hoping to...

Lynch, Brian. The Winner of Sorrow.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Lynch, Brian. The Winner of Sorrow. Dalkey Archive. (Irish Literature). Feb. 2009. c.364p. ISBN 978-1-56478-521-3. pap. $14.95. F Published in Ireland in 2005, this justly praised novel imagines the troubled life of 18th-century English...

Maistros, Louis. The Sound of Building Coffins.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Maistros, Louis. The Sound of Building Coffins. Toby. Feb. 2009. c.372p. ISBN 978-1-59264-255-7. $24.95. F One has to write with considerable authenticity to pull off a story steeped in magic and swamp water that examines race and class,...

Majors, Inman. The Millionaires.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Majors, Inman. The Millionaires. Norton. Jan. 2009. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-393-06802-3. $24.95. F Meet the Cole brothers: J.T. and Roland were born in the backwoods of Tennessee but are now wealthy bankers looking to make their marks on the...

Mofina, Rick. Six Seconds.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... * Mofina, Rick. Six Seconds. Mira: Harlequin. Jan. 2009. c.496p. ISBN 978-0-7783-2612-0. pap. $6.99. F Mofina's ninth novel (after A Perfect Grave) and first stand-alone thriller ricochets like a bullet from the opening sentence. An...

Moore, Christopher. Fool.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Moore, Christopher. Fool. Morrow. Feb. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-06-059031-4. $25.95. F Fans of Moore's (You Suck; A Dirty Job) warped sense of humor will not be disappointed by his latest, a retelling of the King Lear story, with Lear's...

Newmark, Elle. The Book of Unholy Mischief.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Newmark, Elle. The Book of Unholy Mischief. Atria: S. & S. Jan. 2009. c.369p. ISBN 978-1-4165-9054-5. $25. F In Renaissance Venice, Luciano is a starving orphan until Maestro Ferrero, master chef to the doge, plucks him off the street and...

Bakker, R. Scott. The Judging Eye.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Bakker, R. Scott. The Judging Eye. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). (Aspect-Emperor, Bk. 1). Jan. 2009. c.448p. ISBN 978-1-59020-169-5. $26.95. FANTASY Twenty years after the events described in "The Prince of Nothing Saga" (The...

Birmingham, John. Without Warning.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... As the world waits for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a massive high-energy wave washes over an area that reaches from Canada to Mexico, destroying all life in its wake. Suddenly, the world must do without its greatest power. A few fringe...

Fast Ships, Black Sails.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Fast Ships, Black Sails. Night Shade. Dec. 2008. c.253p, ed. by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer. ISBN 978-1-59780-094-5. pap. $14.95. FANTASY The award-winning editors of Steampunk and The New Weird tap into another fantasy subgenre with this...

Flint, Eric & Virginia DeMarce. 1635: The Dreeson Incident.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Flint, Eric & Virginia DeMarce. 1635: The Dreeson Incident. Baen, dist. by S. & S. (Ring of Fire.) Dec. 2008. c.608p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5589-6. $26. SF Ever since a cosmic phenomenon displaced the West Virginia town of Grantville in time...

Hanover, M.L.N. Unclean Spirits.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Hanover, M.L.N. Unclean Spirits. Pocket: S. & S. (Black Sun's Daughter, Bk. 1). Dec. 2008. c.368p. ISBN 978-1-4165-7597-9. pap. $15. FANTASY When Jayne Heller's uncle dies, an apparent murder victim, she travels to Denver to handle his...

Marusek, David. Getting To Know You: Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... The author of Counting Heads demonstrates his skill with short stories in this collection of ten of his best tales, most published in magazines, including several stories set in his Counting Heads universe. From "The Wedding Album," in which...

Morgan, Richard K. The Steel Remains.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Morgan, Richard K. The Steel Remains. Del Rey: Ballantine. Jan. 2009. cA32p. ISBN 978-0-345-49303-3. $26. FANTASY Retired swordsman Ringil lives in modest comfort in a small town, earning his keep by telling stories at the inn of his...

Reed, Kit. Enclave.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2008... Reed, Kit. Enclave. Tor. Feb. 2009. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-7653-2161-9. $25.95. SF As the world winds down into an abyss of chaos, plague, and violence, some parents find protection for their children in the expensive Clothos Academy, a...