Library Journal articles from December 2010

Library Journal archives from December 2010

Prepub alert: what our "top ten" authors are doing next.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)
December 1, 2010... Barbara Hoffert's new, expanded online edition of Prepub Alert replaces BookSmack! mainstay Prepub Exploded. In addition to fiction and nonfiction lists and a Q&A with Morrow cookbook editor Cassie Jones, the 11/15/10 (bit.ly/aygSql) edition...

Xpress reviews: fist look at new books.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brad Mettzer's The Inner Circle)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2010... "Verdict: At times the story line threatens to veer way over the top, but Meltzer deftly reins it in before it becomes too complicated and silly. With the vividly drawn characters, page-turning historical tidbits, and plot twists, this will be...

Graphic novels: prepub alert.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Adam Arnold and Shiei's Vampire Cheerleaders, vol. 1)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We knew this series had to happen sooner or later' right? Certainly, lovers of manga-style cuties will eat it up. The problem these gals have is to put off necking with the football team until AFTER the guys win the...

A hope in the future: library building projects put dreams on solid ground.(Editorial)
December 1, 2010... THE LATEST LJ DESIGN INSTITUTE (DI), A DAYLONG event presented in partnership with the South Carolina State Library and the Greenville County Library System (GCLS), SC, gave many of us who attended a needed shot in the arm at a time when so many...

Every issue is a library issue: I joined ALA to amplify my voice.(blatant berry)(American Library Association)(Editorial)
December 1, 2010... THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BODY SCANNING of air travelers turned sour and fatuous. Participants on ALA-COUN, the American Library Association (ALA) Council discussion list, voiced concerns about the exposure of genitals, especially those of juvenile...

Four branches may stay open in Boston.(news desk)(Boston Public Library )(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... The Boston Public Library is still facing unprecedented challenges, as the country's oldest municipally funded library struggles to avoid the closure of four branches. Amy Ryan, the library's director, has been negotiating with the city's...

ALA hopes LSTA funding won't be cut for FY11.(news desk)(American Library Association, Library Services and Technology Act, fiscal year 2011)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... The election fallout that will shape the new Congress in January has only begun to settle, but the American Library Association's (ALA) Washington Office first has to deal with a lame-duck session that began November 15. Emily Sheketoff, the...

Michigan librarians stunned by budget move.(news desk)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Michigan librarians are upset with the state legislature and outgoing governor Jennifer Granholm, who have decided not to honor a legal obligation to pay the state's 103 public libraries $3.2 million that they are due and were counting on for...

At Design Institute Greenville, green is a given.(news desk)
December 1, 2010... Among the topics of discussion at LJ's latest Design Institute (DI), a daylong seminar on building and design hosted at the Hughes Main Library of the Greenville County Library System (GCLS), SC, in early November, were the challenges of urban...

Hidden treasure found at San Antonio PL.(NEWS DESK)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Every librarian dreams of that moment in San Antonio when the workmen broke down the wall. "It was a real Nancy, Drew moment," Teresa Jensen, manager of the San Antonio Public Library!s central library, told LJ. Inside this walled-over,...

Troy PL future looks bleak.(NEWS DESK)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... One disappointing result of the recent election was the defeat in Troy, MI, of four separate proposals that, if approved, would have avoided the closing of the city's library. Without another source of funding, the 51-year-old library will be...

Don't play ball.(STAT WATCH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Number of visitors to the 15 member libraries of the Washington County Cooperative Library Services, OR (June 30, 2009-July 1, 2010): 4,078,577 Number of attendees in 2009-10 to games of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers: 800,000 ...

In Hennepin County, MN beauty is not a frill.(NEWS DESK)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, MN, voted October 26 in favor of aesthetics in harsh times. The commission decided to keep setting aside one percent of the Hennepin County Library's construction budget to purchase and install...

State aid to libraries approved in Massachusetts.(NEWS DESK)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... At its November board meeting, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners approved the first round of FY11 state aid awards, totaling $712,255, to 96 municipalities that have met the State Aid to Public Libraries program's requirements....

How to get library ebooks on the ipad/iphone, no sync required.(NEWS DESK)
December 1, 2010... LJ reference editor Josh Hadro couldn't contain his enthusiasm when he posted the following on the LJ Insider blog: "The day library patrons can download and read a library ebook directly on a mobile device will be the day I can die happy. ...

University of North Carolina.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Mohamed Abou El Seoud has been appointed Middle Eastern/African Studies Librarian at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He previously was Lead Library Assistant for Technical Services at the Library of Santa Monica College, CA.

Atlantic County Library System.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Atlantic County Library System (ACLS), Galloway, NJ, has appointed Karen George as Director; she had been Assistant Director since her return to ACLS in 2003 and earlier served as Director, Assistant Director, and Head of Technical Services...

MPublishing Office.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Robert Glushko is the new Copyright Specialist in the MPublishing Office at the University Library, University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. He is a graduate of the UM School of Information.

Pioneer Library System.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Cassie Guthrie is the new Executive Director of the Pioneer Library System, Canandaigua, NY, a cooperative library system serving four counties and six correctional facilities. She was Director of the Brockport Public Library, NY.

Cook Memorial Public Library District.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Stephen Kershner is the new Director of Cook Memorial Public Library District, Libertyville, IL. Most recently, he was Assistant Library Director, Pasco County Library System, Hudson, FL.

Jefferson County Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Mary O'Neil is the new Associate Director of Employee Relations and Development at the Jefferson County Public Library, Lakewood, CO. She most recently was Division Training Manager for the Community Assistance Division of Jefferson County.

Counting Opinions.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Lindsay Thompson has joined Counting Opinions, which provides libraries with assessment tools, as Manager, Special Projects. She previously worked at Statistics Canada.

Hennepin County Library.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... New hires at Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN, include Library Resources Division Manager William J. Rodgers, former director of the Missouri River Regional Library, Jefferson City. Sarah Rosenblum is the new Library Strategies Division...

Somerset County Library System.(people)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Somerset County Library System (SCLS), Bridgewater, NJ, has announced three upper-management positions. Brian Auger, formerly Assistant Director at Howard County Library, Columbia, MD, is SCLS Director, W. Keith McCoy, former Director of the...

Charleston Discovery face-off draws crowd.(infotech)
December 1, 2010... Spectators at the Charleston Conference crowded into the largest ballroom to see competitors EBSCO Publishing and Serials Solutions face off over their discovery products--EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and Summon, respectively. The more than 500...

Fister on PDA: "The Library Is Not a Mall"
December 1, 2010... Patron-driven acquisition (PDA) was a hot topic at the recent Charleston Conference, and has been for the past few years. In a recent Peer to Peer Review column for LJ Academic Newswire, Barbara Fister weighed in on patron-driven ebook...

Open data, open minds at SPARC meeting.(INFOTECH)(Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
December 1, 2010... The 2010 SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting in Baltimore, MD, on November 8 and 9 combined serious talk about the challenges of open data with an informative showcase, the Innovation Fair, featuring rapid-fire presentations of tools and services...

OCLC gets change of venue in SkyRiver/III lawsuit.(INFOTECH)(Online Computer Library Center)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... OCLC was granted a change-of-venue motion in the ongoing lawsuit filed against it by bibliographic services company SkyRiver Technology Solutions and library automation company Innovative Interfaces (III). The lawsuit's venue was changed to the...

Web developer YourLibrarySite sees shift in ownership.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... The partnership behind the Drupal-based web-development company CraftySpace is dissolving, partner Joseph Muennich told LJ, but its library business, YourLibrarySite, will survive. It is becoming a division of Muennich's company, Direct...

SirsiDynix upgrades digital asset management system.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Library automation company SirsiDynix announced the release of its Portfolio digital asset management system, an upgrade to its Hyperion system. The Portfolio system integrates with SirsiDynix's Enterprise discovery interface and adds optical...

Comfort & joy: looking at 137 public and academic building projects for 2010.(LIBRARY BUILDING 2010)(Cover story)
December 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Today's library is more than the mere sum of its parts. As evidenced by these 125 public library projects and 12 academic buildings completed between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, the thinking these days is for the...

Best books 2010.
December 1, 2010... More books are arguably published now than ever before, which made compiling this year's best-of lists even more difficult. It may seem antithetical, then, for LJ to offer up its first top ten, but we believe an overabundance of choice equals an...

A better place: American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, January 7-11.(ALA MIDWINTER PREVIEW 2010)(Calendar)
December 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There's been an effort to make the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting "member-friendly," so that more ALA folks will attend, and it shows. Held January 7-11 in beautiful San Diego, the conference...

From beads to bangles.(Collection Development: Jewelry Making)(Recommended readings)
December 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jewelry making began exploding as a hobby about ten years ago, largely because the flush economy gave us more leisure time and disposable...

We need big tent librarianship.(BACKTALK)
December 1, 2010... IN POLITICS, THERE IS A TERM known as the "big tent." It is used to represent a diversity of groups that are united under one political party. Though these groups often differ in their stances on certain issues, they have enough in common to be...

Heretical thoughts.(OFFICE HOURS)(the future of Library and Information Science Education)(Viewpoint essay)
December 1, 2010... I RECENTLY HAD A PHONE CHAT with a valued colleague who runs a university library. He had been working hard to streamline staffing and budgets owing to a financial shortfall, while holding steady to a strategic plan anchored in creating useful...

Cook, Robin. Cure.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... * Cook, Robin. Cure. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781449832810. $102.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 9 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F Cook's 30th novel follows...

Davis, Lindsey. Nemesis.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Davis, Lindsey. Nemesis. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. AudioGO. 2010. ISBN 9780792773078. $79.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Marcus Didius Falco returns in New York Times best-selling novelist...

Fitzgerald, Laura. One True Theory of Love.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Fitzgerald, Laura. One True Theory of Love. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781441839640. $79.97; 8 CD. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Meg Clark is content...

Fluke, Joanne & others. Gingerbread Cookie Murder.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Fluke, Joanne & others. Gingerbread Cookie Murder. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781449840907. $123.75; 10 CDs. retail ed.; digital download. F These three short stories are each written by and...

Galgut, Damon. The Impostor.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... * Galgut, Damon. The Impostor. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 1/4 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781742145501. $83.95. F Galgut's extraordinary fifth novel, like his previous one, the Man Booker Prize nominee The Good Doctor (2003), is set...

Grant, Helen. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... * Grant, Helen. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307737410. $40; digital download. Random Audio. F Ten-year-old Pia is known as the girl whose grandmother exploded at the...

Lelord, Francois. Hector and the Search for Happiness.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... * Lelord, Francois. Hector and the Search for Happiness. tr. from French by Lorenza Garcia. 4 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 4 1/2 hrs. HighBridge Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781615731077. $26.95; Playaway digital; digital download. F Lelord's...

Meloy, Maile. Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Meloy, Maile. Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 5 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781441770028. $76; 10 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Meloy's...

Oates, Joyce Carol. Sourland: Stories.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Oates, Joyce Carol. Sourland: Stories. 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307875976. $45; digital download. HarperAudio. F In this atmospheric 16-tale collection, National Book Award winner Oates once...

Recorded Books has secured exclusive unabridged audio rights to Jeremy Wade's River Monsters: True Stories of the Ones That Didn't Get Away (Da Capo Pr.), based on the popular Animal Planet show of the same name.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Recorded Books has secured exclusive unabridged audio rights to Jeremy Wade's River Monsters: True Stories of the Ones That Didn't Get Away (Da Capo Pr.), based on the popular Animal Planet show of the same name. Wade, who both created and hosts...

Tantor Audio has secured exclusive unabridged audio rights to British author Andy McDermott's Nina Wilde/Eddie Chase thrillers, which to date comprise five titles published in the United States.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Tantor Audio has secured exclusive unabridged audio rights to British author Andy McDermott's Nina Wilde/Eddie Chase thrillers, which to date comprise five titles published in the United States. The New York times best-selling series starter,...

In early 2011, the Library of Congress will debut its National Jukebox online, through which it will stream licensed Sony Music Entertainment sound recordings.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... In early 2011, the Library of Congress will debut its National Jukebox online, through which it will stream licensed Sony Music Entertainment sound recordings. A direct link will live on the LC website, www.loc.gov.

Findaway World.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Earlier this year, through its Playaway [R] "Picture This" contest, Findaway World challenged North American public library employees to create the most visually appealing display of Playaway preloaded audios and promotional materials.

LJ 2010 Best Small Library in America.
December 1, 2010... LJ 2010 Best Small Library in America Glen Carbon Centennial Library, IL, is among the ten finalists. The winner, to be decided by public online vote, will receive a cash prize of $10,000; the three runners-up will receive a selection of...

HighBridge Audio.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... Newly available on CD and as digital downloads from HighBridge Audio: Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Just for Laughs, in which Gross interviews 18 stars of comedy; NPR: The First 40 Years, featuring selections of NPR programming from the last four...

Major audio releases.(List)
December 1, 2010... Audiobooks coming next month that are sure to top the charts Bartok, Mira. The Memory Palace. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781452630250. $83.99; 8 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; Playaway digital;...

Petersen, Jesse. Married with Zombies.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Petersen, Jesse. Married with Zombies. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 3/4 hrs. Dreamscape Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781611200034. $34.99. F Who knew that the end of the world as we know it owing to a biological agent that turns your loved ones...

Petterson, Per. I Curse the River of Time.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Petterson, Per. I Curse the River of Time. tr. from Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781449828691. $77.75; Playaway digital. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Norwegian novelist...

Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... * Wells, H.G. The Invisible Man. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 5 1/4 hrs. Naxos AudioBooks. 2010. ISBN 9781843794332. $28.98; digital download. CLASSIC It is difficult to imagine a character better suited to audio than an invisible man....

Zane. The Hot Box.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Zane. The Hot Box. 7 CDs. unabridged. Library ed. 8 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781449841973. $77.75; 7 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Ever since Milena called off her wedding to Jacour, a...

Bennett, Alan. Untold Stories; Part 1.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Bennett, Alan. Untold Stories; Part 1. 2 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 2 1/2 hrs. AudioGO. 2010. ISBN 9780792774327. $29.95; digital download. AUTOBIOG In his first major collection of prose since the 1995 British Book of the Year Award winner...

Blanding, Michael. The Coke Machine.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... * Blanding, Michael. The Coke Machine. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 1/2 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400148943. $83.99; 11 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; digital download. BUS In his first book, Boston magazine...

Carter, Jimmy. White House Diary.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Carter, Jimmy. White House Diary. 18 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 23 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307877406. $59.99; 18 CDs. retail ed. Macmillan Audio; digital download. AUTOBIOG Former U.S. President/best-selling author Carter...

Hawking, Stephen & Leonard Mlodinow. The Grand Design.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Hawking, Stephen & Leonard Mlodinow. The Grand Design. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9781415965726. $30; 4 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download. SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Physicists...

Huffington, Arianna. Third World America.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Huffington, Arianna. Third World America. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400119318. $71.99; 6 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. POL SCI In this title, dramatically...

Santora, Frank. Turn It Around.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Santora, Frank. Turn It Around. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Oasis Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781598597653. $25.99. REL/SELF-HELP Santora (Faith Ministries & Faith Preparatory Schs., CT; Identity Crisis) presents a seven-step plan to...

Young, Rusty. Marching Powder.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
December 1, 2010... Young, Rusty. Marching Powder. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 3/4 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781742147437. $118.95; Playaway digital. TRUE CRIME Australian author Young's internationally best-selling work of true crime, first...

American Streetballers.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... American Streetballers. color. 118+ min. Matthew Scott Krentz, MSK Prods. & Counterbound Prods., dist. by Monarch Home Video, 615-287-4832; www.monarchvideo.com; www.streetballersthemovie.com. 2010. DVD UPC 723952078445. $24.95. Rated: R. F...

Suck.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Suck. color. 96+ min. Rob Stefaniuk, Capri Films, dist. by Entertainment One, www.eonehomevideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781417234032; Blu-ray ISBN 9781417234059. $24.98. SDH subtitles. Rated: R. F Having already flopped with the 2004 oddball...

KieranTimherlake: Loblolly House (2007), Cellophane House (2008).(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... KieranTimherlake: Loblolly House (2007), Cellophane House (2008). 27 min. Tom Piper. DVD UPC 829749000268. Ray Kappe: California Modern Master, Forty Years of Modular Evolution. 27 min. Muffie Dunn. DVD UPC 829749000375. Rick Joy: interludes. 22...

The Art of the Steal.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... The Art of the Steal. color & b/w. 101+ min. Don Argott & others, MAJ Prods. in assoc. with 9.14 Pictures, dist. by IFC Films, 800-323-0442, www.ifcfilms.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9780788613138. $24.98. ART-GENERAL [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

The winner of the Association of Moving Image Archivists' (AMIA) first short film competition, commemorating AMIA's 20th anniversary and launched concurrent to World Day for Audio Visual Heritage (Oct. 27), is Brian Rose's His First Day, about an aspiring young filmmaker in 1930s Hollywood whose dream job quickly loses its luster.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... The winner of the Association of Moving Image Archivists' (AMIA) first short film competition, commemorating AMIA's 20th anniversary and launched concurrent to World Day for Audio Visual Heritage (Oct. 27), is Brian Rose's His First Day, about...

Cranberry Public Library.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... In January 2011, owing to what the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette calls "a lack of confidence in continued support for libraries from state government," Cranberry Public Library (CPL), PA, will begin charging $1 for three-day DVD rentals (fines on...

In September, Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association (ALA), began relegating its adult and youth video reviews solely to its new bimonthly e-newsletter, Booklist Online Video.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... In September, Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association (ALA), began relegating its adult and youth video reviews solely to its new bimonthly e-newsletter, Booklist Online Video. Responding to the move in a recent editorial,...

New York-based film distributor Milestone Films, founded by husband and wife Dennis Doros and Amy Heller and also having extensive experience in film restoration and preservation, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.(Brief article)
December 1, 2010... New York-based film distributor Milestone Films, founded by husband and wife Dennis Doros and Amy Heller and also having extensive experience in film restoration and preservation, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Milestone specializes...

The Mayor of Strawberry Fields.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... The Mayor of Strawberry Fields. color. 38 min. Nate Harar & others, Evenings Empire Studios, dist. by NEHST Studios, 216-348-2335; store.nehst.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 9780982350119. $35. Public performance. ART-GENERAL The titular subject of...

Devil Come to Hell and Stay Where You Belong.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Devil Come to Hell and Stay Where You Belong. colon 87+ min. Massimilian & Nina Breeder, NoCrew, dist. by Microcinema, www.microcinemadvd.com. 2010. DVD UPC 880198109699. $70. Public performance. FILM Two nameless and virtually mute young...

Offensive Basketball Moves.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Offensive Basketball Moves. color. 36 min. Marty Schupak, Youth Sports Club, 800-511-2101; www.youthsportsclub.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9780978945183. $24.95. SPORTS This disc continues Schupak's outstanding videos for youth sports...

The Long Road Back: Ex-Offenders' Struggle for Acceptance.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... The Long Road Back: Ex-Offenders' Struggle for Acceptance. color. 52 min. Third Way Media, dist. by Vision Video, 800-523-0226; www.visionvideo.com. 2009. DVD UPC 727985013565. $19.99. CRIMINOLOGY The stigma of having a prison record is...

What's the Economy For, Anyway?(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... What's the Economy For, Anyway? colon 40 min. John de Graaf, Fox Wilmar Prods. & Earth Economics, dist. by Bullfrog Films, 800-543-3764; www.bullfrogfilms.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781594589188. $250 (Rental: $75). Public performance; SDH...

Pressure Cooker.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Pressure Cooker. color. 99+ min. Jennifer Grausman, Participant Media, Non Sequitur Prod., dist. by First Run Features, 800-229-8575; www.firstrunfeatures.com. 2010. DVD UPC 720229914260. $24.95. ED [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This documentary...

The Girl Who Played with Fire.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... The Girl Who Played with Fire. color. 129+ min. In Swedish w/English subtitles. Music Box Films. 2010. DVD UPC 705105743752. $29.95; Blu-ray UPC 705105742458. $34.95. Rated: R. A year has passed since the events depicted in The Girl with the...

Love Ranch.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Love Ranch. color. 117+ min. National Entertainment Media. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781417212767; Blu-ray ISBN 9781417212774. $26.98. Rated: R. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The first legalized brothel in Nevada bears scant resemblance to The Best Little...

The Magician.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... The Magician. b/w. 101+ min. In Swedish w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1958. DVD ISBN 9781604653380. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781604653397. $39.95. A mid-19th-century mesmerist (Max yon Sydow) and his...

Sex and Lucia.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Sex and Lucia. color. 128+ min. In Spanish w/English subtitles. Palm Pictures. 2002. Blu-ray UPC 660200316921. $29.98. After the apparent suicide of her novelist boyfriend, a sexy Madrid waitress (a ravishing and uninhibited Paz Vega) goes on...

Winter's Bone.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Winter's Bone. color. 100+ min. Lions Gate. 2010. DVD UPC 031398126409. $27.99; Bluray UPC 031398127765. $29.99. Rated: R. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To keep from losing the ramshackle family home to a bail bondsman, 17-year-old Ree Dolly...

Casino Jack and the United States of Money.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... By Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA Casino Jack and the United States of Money. colon 118+ min. Alex Gibney, Good & Jigsaw Prod. & Participant Media, dist. by Magnolia Home Entertainment, www.magpictures.com. 2010. DVD UPC 876964003131....

Tea Party: The Documentary Film.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
December 1, 2010... Tea Party: The Documentary Film. color. 105+ min. Pritchett Cotten, Riddled with Bullets Film in assoc, with Convergence Entertainment & Ground Floor LLC, dist. by AV Cafe, 877-228-2233; www.theavcafe.com. 2010. DVD UPC 793573794482. $19.95....