Library Journal articles from February 2006, page 5

Library Journal archives from February 2006

Culliford, Penny. Theodora's Baby.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Culliford, Penny. Theodora's Baby. Zondervan. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-310-26558-4. pap. $10.99. CF The third volume in the "Theodora" series (after Theodora's Diary and Theodora's Wedding) carries on the saga of now newlyweds Kevin and...

Dekker, Ted. Showdown.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Dekker, Ted. Showdown. Westbow: Thomas Nelson. 2006. c.375p. ISBN 1-5955-4005-9. $22.99. CF When a mysterious preacher named Marsuvees Black arrives in the remote Colorado town of Paradise, he announces that God has called him to bring...

Henderson, Dee. The Witness.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Henderson, Dee. The Witness. Tyndale House. Feb. 2006. c.378p. ISBN 1-4143-0812-4. pap. $13.99. CF Bests-selling author Henderson ("O'Malley Family" and "Uncommon Heroes" series) makes her Tyndale debut with this tale of inspirational...

Norris, Chuck & others. The Justice Riders.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Norris, Chuck & others. The Justice Riders. Broadman & Holman. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-8054-4032-1. $24.99. CF This good old-fashioned Western, set during the Civil War era, features a band of heroic freedom fighters working under a secret...

Billingsley, ReShonda Tate. I Know I've Been Changed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Billingsley, ReShonda TaLe. I Know I've Been Changed. Pocket: S. & S. Feb. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 1-4165-1197-0. pap. $14. CF Houston news anchor Raedella Rollins left her family far behind in Arkansas when she came to Texas. She lives the...

Collins, Brandilyn. Web of Lies.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Collins, Brandilyn. Web of Lies. Zondervan. (Hidden Faces). Feb. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-310-25106-0. pap. $12.99. CF Forensic artist Annie Kingston returns in the fourth book of the "Hidden Faces" series (after Brink of Death, Stain of...

Dickson, Athol. River Rising.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Dickson, Athol. River Rising. Bethany. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-7642-0162-X. $17.99. CF Set in 1927 Louisiana, Dickson's fourth novel (after They Shall See God) revolves around a man raised in an orphanage who searches for his birth family's...

Griffith, Marilynn. Pink.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Griffith, Marilynn. Pink. Revell. (Shades of Style). Feb. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-8007-3040-2. pap. $12.99. CF Griffith's debut "Shades of Style" series features four women in the fashion industry: Raya, Chenille, Lily, and Jean. The women...

Hatcher, Robin Lee. Another Chance to Love You.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Hatcher, Robin Lee. Another Chance To Love You. Steeple Hill. Feb. 2006. c.251p. ISBN 0-373-78555-0. pap. $12.95. When Daniel Rourke returned to his Idaho hometown for a visit, he never imagined he would discover that his college...

Heley, Veronica. Secret of the Hall.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Heley, Veronica. Secret of the Hall. Zondervan. (Eden Hall). Feb. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-310-26561-4. pap. $12.99. CF Minty Sands (Eden Hall; The Lady of the Hall) has suffered a miscarriage and heads for Europe to get over her loss. She is...

Kelly, L.A. Return to Alastair.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Kelly, L.A. Return to Alastair. Revell. 2006. c.368p. ISBN 0-8007-3116-6. pap. $12.99. CF Kelly, known more for her family stories (Julia's Hope; Emma's Gift; Rorey's Secret) under the name of Leisha Kelly, continues her foray into...

Moser, Nancy. Crossroads.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Moser, Nancy. Crossroads. Tyndale House. Feb. 2006. c.380p. ISBN 1-4143-0161-8. pap. $12.99. CF Madeline Weaver buys the town of Weaver, KS, and proceeds to hold a contest to give it away. The people who win the right to live there...

Abani, Chris. Becoming Abigail.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Abani, Chris. Becoming Abigail. Akashic. Apr. 2006. c.120p. ISBN 1-888451-94-7. pap. $11.95. F In this novella, Abani (Graceland) offers a lyrical yet devastating account of a young woman's relocation to London from Nigeria under...

Acevedo, Mario. The Nymphos of Rocky Flats.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Acevedo, Mario. The Nymphos of Rocky Flats. Rayo: HarperCollins. Mar. 2006. c.368p. ISBN 0-06-083326-2 [ISBN 978-0-06-083326-8]. pap. $13.95. F In Acevedo's debut, vampire P.I. Felix Gomez is asked by old college chum Gilbert Odin, a...

Archer, Jeffrey. False Impression.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Archer, Jeffrey. False Impression. St. Martin's. Mar. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-312-35372-3 [ISBN 978-0-312-35372-8]. $27.95. F Consummate storyteller Archer (e.g., Sons of Fortune) is back in top form with his latest thriller. It's...

Berry, Steve. The Templar Legacy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Berry, Steve. The Templar Legacy. Ballantine. Feb. 2006. c.496p. ISBN 0-345-47615-8. $24.95. F Berry's third thriller (after The Amber Room and The Third Secret) is not to be missed. The first in a planned series of four books...

Boyne, John. Crippen: A Novel of Murder.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Boyne, John. Crippen: A Novel of Murder. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Mar. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-34358-2 [ISBN 978-0-312-34358-3]. $24.95. F "The truth always outs," states Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard. Or does it? Boyne (The...

Brookner, Anita. Leaving Home.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Brookner, Anita. Leaving Home. Random. 2006. c.224p. ISBN 1-4000-6414-7. $23.95. F Emma Roberts, a subdued, introverted graduate student, leaves the cloistered world she has shared with her reclusive mother in 1970s London to study...

Burks, Cris. Neecey's Lullaby.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Burks, Cris. Neecey's Lullaby. Harlem Moon: Broadway. Mar. 2006. c.224p. ISBN 0-7679-1983-1. pap. $12.95. F No lullaby can soothe the pain or trauma that confronts this work's eponymous character. For Neecey, growing up in 1950s Chicago...

Byrd, Lee Merrill. Riley's Fire.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Byrd, Lee Merrill. Riley's Fire. Algonquin. May 2006. c.272p. ISBN 1-56512-497-9. $22.95. F Riley Martin narrates this tale from Galveston's Shriners Burns Institute, where he is being treated for third-degree burns over 63 percent of...

Cox, Ana Marie. Dog Days.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Cox, Ana Marie. Dog Days. Riverhead: Putnam. 2006. 256p. ISBN 1-59448-901-7. $23.95. F Cox, author of the DC political blog Wonkette, delivers a debut novel about the interplay between Washington's more minor political types during the...

Crane, Dede. Sympathy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Crane, Dede. Sympathy. Raincoast, dist. by Publishers Group West. Mar. 2006. c.328p. ISBN 1-55192-781-0. pap. $15.95. F The newest arrival at the Rosewood Clinic, a psychiatric treatment center in suburban DC, is Kerry Taylor, a former...

Dam, Julie K.L. Some Like It Haute.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Dam, Julie K.L. Some Like It Haute. Warner. Feb. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-446-53340-8. $22.95. F Thirty-year-old Alexandra Simons, the shallow but clever heroine of People magazine senior editor Dam's debut novel, is having a fashion...

Delibes, Miguel. The Heretic.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Delibes, Miguel. The Heretic. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Apr. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 1-58587-570-9. $24.95. F Delibes (b. 1920), the author of more than 50 books, tells a tale that shows how Catholic Spain contrived to withstand...

Doig, Ivan. The Whistling Season.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Doig, Ivan. The Whistling Season. Harcourt. Jun. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-15-101237-7. $25. F Doig, a native of Montana, has been celebrating the natural beauty of his state and depicting the pleasures and challenges of frontier life for...

Dorsey, Tim. The Big Bamboo.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Dorsey, Tim. The Big Bamboo. Morrow. Apr. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-06-058562-5 [ISBN 978-0-06-058562-4]. $24.95. F The Big Bamboo is an actual cocktail lounge in Kissimmee, FL, that serves as a hangout for killer/conman Serge Storms and his...

D'Souza, Tony. Whiteman.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... D'Souza, Tony. Whiteman. Harcourt. Apr. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-15-101145-1. $22. F To read D'Souza's debut novel is to be plunged into the precarious--and authentic--existence of the foreign relief worker. American Jack Diaz is in Ivory...

Dugoni, Robert. The Jury Master.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Dugoni, Robert. The Jury Master. Warner. Mar. 2006. c.438p. ISBN 0-446-57869-X. $24.95. F This fiction debut from former lawyer Dugoni, author of the nonfiction The Cyanide Canary, displays few of the pitfalls commonly seen in a first...

Ellmann, Lucy. Doctors and Nurses.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Ellmann, Lucy. Doctors & Nurses. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Mar. 2006. c.224p. ISBN 1-59691-102-6 [ISBN 978-1-59691-102-4]. pap. $14.95. F Cross Tom Robbins with James Joyce and throw in a George Carlin rant (only don't make it...

Essex, Karen. Leonardo's Swans.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Essex, Karen. Leonardo's Swans. Doubleday. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-385-51706-8. $21.95. F Essex (Kleopatra; Pharoah) offers another meticulously researched fictional biography, this time moving to war-torn 15th-century Italy to document...

Ferranti, Marie. The Princess of Mantua.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Ferranti, Marie. The Princess of Mantua. Hesperus, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Feb. 2006. 150p. tr. from French by Andrew Brown. ISBN 1-84391-702-5. $19.95. F Award-winning French novelist Ferranti here tells the story of Barbara of...

Goldhagen, Shari. Family and Other Accidents.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Goldhagen, Shari. Family and Other Accidents. Doubleday. Apr. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-385-51597-9. $23.95. F This debut novel begins in the suburbs of Cleveland, OH, with orphaned brothers Jack and Connor Reed. The older and supposedly wiser...

Greer, James. Artificial Light.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Greer, James. Artificial Light. Akashic. (Little House on the Bowery). 2005. c.336p. ISBN 1-933354-00-3. pap. $15.95. F Greer does a superb job of transcending conventional genrefication, bringing something fresh to contemporary...

Hardy, Justine. The Wonder House.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Hardy, Justine. The Wonder House. Grove. Apr. 2006. c.386p. ISBN 0-8021-1822-4. $24. F In this latest novel from journalist Hardy (Goat: A Story About Kashmir and Notting Hill), Gracie Singh is an aging Englishwoman who has lived among...

Hellenga, Robert. Philosophy Made Simple.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Hellenga, Robert. Philosophy Made Simple. Little, Brown. Mar. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-316-05826-2. $23.95. F In something that is a bit of a rarity in these days of ubiquitous chick lit, here is a novel about life and love told in the voice...

K'Wan. Eve.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... K'Wan. Eve. Griffin: St. Martin's. Apr. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-312-33310-2. pap. $14.95. F Urban/hip-hop fiction readers, look out! Here comes Evelyn Pannetti, or Eve, as she is known on the streets. Orphaned at a young age, Eve has run...

Lebert, Benjamin. The Bird Is a Raven.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Lebert, Benjamin. The Bird Is a Raven. Knopf. 2006. c.128p, tr. from German by Peter Constantine. ISBN 1-4000-4284-4. $16.95. F German author Lebert achieved international acclaim at a young age with his first novel, Crazy. His current...

Lindstrom, Kara. Sparkle Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Lindstrom, Kara. Sparkle Life. Other. May 2006. c.296p. ISBN 1-59051-232-4. $24.95. F Bicoastal thirtysomethings Liv, Joy, and Sara are all connected--either directly or more nebulously--through the film industry. Moving back and forth...

Lipman, Elinor. My Latest Grievance.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Lipman, Elinor. My Latest Grievance. Houghton. Apr. 2006. c.256p. ISBN 0-618-64465-2 [ISBN 978-0-618-64465-0]. $24. F In the late 1970s, Frederica Hatch is the enchantingly outspoken daughter of brilliant college professors at a minor...

MacFarquhar, Neil. The Sand Cafe.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * MacFarquhar, Neil. The Sand Cafe. PublicAffairs: Perseus. Apr. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 1-58648-368-4. $26. F Set in Saudi Arabia during the buildup to the first Gulf War, this debut from veteran foreign correspondent MacFarquhar is a...

McPhee, Martha. L'America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * McPhee, Martha. L'America. Harcourt. Apr. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-15-101171-0 [ISBN 978-0-15-101171-1]. $25. F Beth is the adored only child of a Pennsylvania hippie commune leader who spends his whole life grieving over the death of his...

Makine, Andrei. The Woman Who Waited.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Makine, Andrei. The Woman Who Waited. Arcade, dist. by Little, Brown. Mar. 2006. c.192p, tr. from French by Geoffrey Strachan. ISBN 1-55970-774-7. $24. F This ninth novel from the Russian-born Makine (Dreams of My Russian Summers), now a...

Manrique, Jaime. Our Lives Are the Rivers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Manrique, Jaime. Our Lives Are the Rivers. Rayo: HarperCollins. Mar. 2006. c.368p. ISBN 0-06-082070-5 [ISBN 978-0-06-082070-1]. $24.95. F From the poet, novelist, and award-winning author Manrique (Eminent Maricones : Arenas, Lorca,...

March, Stephen. Catbird.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... March, Stephen. Catbird. Permanent. Mar. 2006. c.202p. ISBN 1-57962-126-0. $26. F Throughout his life, Zeb Dupree has been haunted by his father's loss of the family farm. He was able to rise above his working-class status, getting a...

Medwed, Mameve. How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Medwed, Mameve. How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life. Morrow. Mar. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-06-083119-7 [ISBN 978-0-06-083119-6]. $24.95. F Medwed (End of an Error) returns with the story of Abigail Randolf, who is struggling with...

Mitchell, David. Black Swan Green.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Mitchell, David. Black Swan Green. Random. Apr. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 1-4000-6379-5. $24.95. F Thirteen is a difficult age, and Jason Taylor has a hard time negotiating the mean streets of the ex-urban town of this book's title. Two...

Mosley, Nicholas. Look at the Dark.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Mosley, Nicholas. Look at the Dark. Dalkey Archive. Feb. 2006. c.214p. ISBN 1-56478-407-X. pap. $13.95. F On a trip to New York City to film a television show, a retired British anthropologist sets off for an exhilarating walk one evening...

Parker, T. Jefferson. The Fallen.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Parker, T. Jefferson. The Fallen. Morrow. Mar. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-06-056238-2 [ISBN 978-0-06-056238-0]. $24.95. F Robbie Brownlaw was an ordinary member of the San Diego Police Department until he was tossed out a sixth-floor window at...

Rankin, Ian. Blood Hunt.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Rankin, Ian. Blood Hunt. Little, Brown. Mar. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-316-00911-3. $24.95. F Better known as the villain of Knots and Crosses, George Reeve stars as the hero of this effort by Edgar Award-winning author Rankin, who previously...

Rice, Eva. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Rice, Eva. The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets. Dutton. Apr. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-525-94931-3. $24.95. F London in the 1950s comes to life in this debut novel of historical chick lit in the tradition of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle....

Shapiro, NancyKay. What Love Means to You People.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Shapiro, NancyKay. What Love Means to You People. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Mar. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-312-34789-8 [ISBN 978-0-312-34789-5]. $23.95. F New Yorker Jim Glaser has been depressed and withdrawn in the two years since a...

Sierra, Javier. The Secret Supper.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Sierra, Javier. The Secret Supper. Atria: S. & S. Mar. 2006. c.329p, tr. from Spanish by Alberto Manguel. ISBN 0-7432-8764-9. $25.95. F Spanish historian, author, and television host and producer Sierra (Rosewell: Secreto del Estado)...

Thorpe, Adam. The Rules of Perspective.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Thorpe, Adam. The Rules of Perspective. Macrae Bks: Holt. Mar. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-8050-8042-2. $25. F In the final days of World War II, Heinrich Hoffer, acting director of the Kaiser-Wilhelm museum in Lohenfelde, Germany, retreats to...

Winokur, W. William. Marathon.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Winokur, W. William. Marathon. Kissena Park Pr: Starlight Runner Entertainment. 2006. c.512p. ISBN 0-9768508-0-X. $24.95. F In this Grecophile's delight, Marianna, a partner in a New York City law firm, is feeling guilty after missing her...

Albrecht, Donald. The Mythic City: Photographs of New York by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1925-1940.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Albrecht, Donald. The Mythic City: Photographs of New York by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1925-1940. Princeton Architectural in assoc, with the Museum of the City of New York, dist. by Chronicle. 2005. 224p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN...

Belozerskaya, Marina. Luxury Arts of the Renaissance.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Belozerskaya, Marina. Luxury Arts of the Renaissance. Getty Museum. 2005. 279p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 0-89236-785-7. $100. FINE ARTS During the Renaissance, luxury arts like jewel-encrusted goldwork, etched, gilded armor, and...

Cappock, Margarita. Francis Bacon's Studio.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Cappock, Margarita. Francis Bacon's Studio. Merrell, dist. by CDS. 2005. 239p. illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 1-85894-276-4. $59.95. PHOTOG It could be said that entering an artist's studio is not unlike stepping into the artist's mind, as...

Follmi, Olivier. India.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Follmi, Olivier. India. Abrams. (Offerings for Humanity). 2005. 416p. tr. from French by Nicholas Elliott. photogs. ISBN 0-81095949-6. $55. PHOTOG This entry in the "Offerings for Humanity" series documents a recent journey that Follmi...

Jodidio, Philip. Architecture: Art.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Jodidio, Philip. Architecture: Art. Prestel. 2005. 223p. photogs, index. ISBN 3-7913-3279-1. $65. ARCHITECTURE This photographic pilgrimage to 64 sites explores intersections and collaborations between contemporary public art and...

King, Ross. The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Era That Gave the World Impressionism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... King, Ross. The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Era That Gave the World Impressionism. Walker. Feb. 2006. c.384p. illus. ISBN 0-8027-1466-8 [ISBN 978-08027-1468-4]. $28. FINE ARTS Best-selling author King (Brunelleschi's Dome) does...

Matisse: A Second Life.(Matisse-Rouveyre: Correspondence)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Matisse: A Second Life. Gingko. 2005. 255p. illus. ISBN 2-7541-0043-1. $59.95. FINE ARTS Matisse (1869-1954) believed he won a "second life" after a successful cancer operation in 1941. From then until his death, he renewed a...

Minkkinen, Arno Rafael (photogs.) & Alan Lightman & others (text). Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen; Thirty-Five Years of Photographs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Minkkinen, Arno Rafael (photogs.) & Alan Lightman & others (text). Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen; Thirty-Five Years of Photographs. Chronicle. 2005. 125p. photogs, bibliog. ISBN 0-8118-5146-X. $50. PHOTOG Thirty-five years...

Peyton, Elizabeth (illus.) & Matthew Higgs & others (text). Elizabeth Peyton.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Peyton, Elizabeth (illus.) & Matthew Higgs & others (text). Elizabeth Peyton. Rizzoli, dist. by Random. 2005. 256p. illus, bibliog. ISBN 0-8478-2752-6. $50. FINE ARTS Peyton (b. 1965) has quietly made a name for herself among the top...

Saar, Betye (illus.) & James Christen Steward & others (text). Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Saar, Betye (illus.) & James Christen Steward & others (text). Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment. Univ. of California with the Univ. of Michigan Museum of Art. 2005. 176p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 0-520-24662-4. $39.95. FINE ARTS ...

Saitowitz, Stanley (text) & Richard Barnes & Tim Griffith (photogs.). Buildings and Projects.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Saitowitz, Stanley (text) & Richard Barnes & Tim Griffith (photogs.). Buildings and Projects. Monacelli. 2005. 320p. illus. ISBN 1-58093-162-6. $60. ARCHITECTURE The early modernist tradition lives on in the work of San Francisco Bay...

Vigon, Larry. Dream: A Journal.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Vigon, Larry. Dream: A Journal. Quantuck Lane Pr., dist. by Norton. Mar. 2006. 160p. illus. ISBN 1-59372-018-1. $59.95. FINE ARTS For more than a decade, Los Angeles--based graphic designer Vigon has recorded his dreams and the paintings...

Weinstein, Amy. Once Upon a Time: Illustrations from Fairytales, Fables, Primers, Pop-Ups and Other Children's Books.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Weinstein, Amy. Once Upon a Time: Illustrations from Fairytales, Fables, Primers, Pop-Ups and Other Children's Books. Princeton Architectural, dist. by Chronicle. 2005. 192p. illus. ISBN 1-56898-541-X. $65; pap. ISBN 1-56898-564-9. $35....

Wolf, Michael (photogs.) & Kenneth Baker & Douglas Young (text). Hong Kong: Front Door/Back Door.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Wolf, Michael (photogs.) & Kenneth Baker & Douglas Young (text). Hong Kong: Front Door/Back Door. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2005. 119p. photogs. ISBN 0-500-54304-6 [ISBN 978-0-500-54304-7]. $75. PHOTOG Hong Kong is a city of...

Beckett Remembering/Remembering Beckett: A Centenary Celebration.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Beckett Remembering/Remembering Beckett: A Centenary Celebration. Arcade, dist. by Little, Brown. 2006. c.352p, ed. by James & Elizabeth Knowlson. photogs. index. ISBN 1-55970-772-0. $26. LIT Knowlson (French, emerita, Univ. of Reading,...

Benderson, Bruce. The Romanian: Story of an Obsession.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Benderson, Bruce. The Romanian: Story of an Obsession. Tarcher: Putnam. Feb. 2006. c.416p. ISBN 1-58542-478-1. pap. $16.95. LIT For this memoir in 2004, journalist Benderson (Pretending To Say No) became the first American to win the Prix...

Bradford, Richard. First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Bradford, Richard. First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin. Peter Owen, dist. by Dufour. Feb. 2006. 272p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7206-1147-4. $49.95. LIT In the 1990s, the politically correct academic world came to...

Feinstein, Elaine. Anna of All the Russias: The Life of Anna Akhmatova.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Feinstein, Elaine. Anna of All the Russias: The Life of Anna Akhmatova. Knopf. Mar. 2006. c.336p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-4000-4089-2. $26.95. LIT Biographer, poet, and novelist Feinstein (Ted Hughes: The Life of a Poet) has...

The Kentucky Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... The Kentucky Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State. Univ. Pr. of Kentucky. 2005. c.816p, ed. by Wade Hall. bibliog, index. ISBN 0-8131-2376-3. $45. LIT Literary historian Hall (The Rest of the Dream; Passing for...

Lingeman, Richard. Double Lives: American Writers' Friendships.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Lingeman, Richard. Double Lives: American Writers' Friendships. Random. Apr. 2006. c.256p. bibliog. index. ISBN 1-4000-6045-1. $24.95. LIT Since creative writers "work in the solitude of lighthouse keepers," it only makes sense that many...

Brown, Robert Latham. Planning the Low-Budget Film.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Brown, Robert Latham. Planning the Low-Budget Film. Chalk Hill. Mar. 2006. c.432p. illus. filmog. index. ISBN 0-9768178-0-2. pap. $29.95. FILM A spate of insider-written books about the practical aspects of making movies has been...

Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute.(The Mind of the Modern Moviemaker: Twenty Conversations with the New Generation of Filmmakers)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age at the American Film Institute. Knopf. Feb. 2006. c.736p, ed. by George Stevens Jr.. photogs. index. ISBN 1-4000-4054-X. $35. Horowitz, Josh. The Mind of the Modern...

Jacoby, Joseph. Boy on a String: From Cast-Off Kid to Filmmaker Through the Magic of Dreams.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Jacoby, Joseph. Boy on a String: From Cast-Off Kid to Filmmaker Through the Magic of Dreams. Carroll & Graf. Mar. 2006. c.336p. photogs. ISBN 0-7867-1711-4 [ISBN 978-0-7867-1711-8]. $26. FILM Screenwriter, producer, and director Jacoby...

Liv Ullmann Interviews.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Liv Ullmann Interviews. Univ. Pr. of Mississippi. (Conversations with Filmmakers). Mar. 2006. c.248p, ed. by Robert Emmet Long. filmog. index. ISBN 1-57806-823-1. $50; pap. ISBN 1-57806-824-X. $20. FILM Liv Ullmann, the Norwegian actress...

Londraville, Janis & Richard Londraville. The Most Beautiful Man in the World: Paul Swan from Wilde to Warhol.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Londraville, Janis & Richard Londraville. The Most Beautiful Man in the World: Paul Swan from Wilde to Warhol. Univ. of Nebraska. Mar. 2006. c.282p, photogs. index. ISBN 0-8032-2969-0 [ISBN 978-0-8032-2969-3]. $29.95. DANCE Although Paul...

Tarnas, Richard. Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Tarnas, Richard. Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. Viking. 2006. 574p. index. ISBN 0-670-03292-1. $29.95. PHIL In this sequel to The Passion of the Western Mind, Tarnas (philosophy, cosmology, & consciousness, California...

Vattimo, Gianni. Dialogue with Nietzsche: Essays, 1961-2000.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Vattimo, Gianni. Dialogue with Nietzsche: Essays, 1961-2000. Columbia Univ. (European Perspectives). Apr. 2006. c.304p. tr. from Italian by William McCuaig. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-231-13240-9. $29.50. PHIL Vattimo (hermeneutic...

Cervantes, Lorna Dee. Drive: The First Quartet.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Cervantes, Lorna Dee. Drive: The First Quartet. Wings Pr. 2006. 308p. ISBN 0-930324-54-4. $24.95. POETRY In her first collection since 1991, Cervantes presents five books bound together that can stand alone or be read as a series. Many...

Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico. Sarabande, dist. by Consortium. Mar. 2006. c.336p. ed. by Luis Cortes Bargallo. ISBN 1-932511-20-2. $24; pap. ISBN 1-932511-19-9. $16.95. POETRY This two-volume bilingual set of contemporary...

Jones, Rodney. Salvation Blues: One Hundred Poems, 1985-2005.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Jones, Rodney. Salvation Blues: One Hundred Poems, 1985-2005. Houghton. Mar. 2006. c.256p. ISBN 0-618-62430-9. $25. POETRY Jones (Elegy for a Southern Drawl) writes of novelist Isaac Bashevis Singer's visit to his college campus and of...