Library Journal articles from February 2006, page 7

Library Journal archives from February 2006

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece.(Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World)(Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2005. 800p. ed. by Nigel Wilson. index. ISBN 0-415-97334-1. $150. Sacks, David. Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World. rev. ed. Facts On File. 2005. 412p. ed. by Lisa R....

Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry.(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry. 2d ed. 10 vols. Wiley. 2005. 6696p. ed. by R. Bruce King. bibliog. ISBN 0-470-86078-2. $4765. REF Organic chemistry is the study of materials containing carbon bonds. Inorganic chemistry is the study...

Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2005. 686p. ed. by Peter Clark. index. ISBN 0-415-26707-2 [ISBN 978-0-415-26707-6]. $225. REF Clark, a U.K.-based faculty double-appointee who has penned several...

Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States. 3 vols. Greenwood. 2005.900p. ed. by Pyong Gap Min. ISBN 0-313-32688-6. $249.95. REF Editor Min (sociology, Queens Coll., Graduate Ctr., CUNY) attempts to fill a perceived gap by focusing this...

Encyclopedia of the Developing World, vol.3.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Encyclopedia of the Developing World. 3 vols. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2005. 1779p. ed. by Thomas M. Leonard. index. ISBN 1-57958-388-1. $475. REF Leonard (history, Univ. of North Florida), along with 250-plus contributors from...

Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr. The Life and Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: An Annotated Bibliography, 3 vols.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr. The Life and Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: An Annotated Bibliography. 3 vols. Scarecrow. 2005. 1254p. index. ISBN 0-8108-5661-1. $300. REF Franklin Delano Roosevelt was arguably the greatest...

Karesh, Sara E. & Mitchell M. Hurvitz. Encyclopedia of Judaism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Karesh, Sara E. & Mitchell M. Hurvitz. Encyclopedia of Judaism. Facts On File. (Encyclopedia of World Religions). 2005. 602p. photogs, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 0-8160-5457-6. $75. REF In this second of a projected six-volume series...

Keenan, Kevin M. Invasion of Privacy: A Reference Handbook.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... Keenan, Kevin M. Invasion of Privacy: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. (Contemporary World Issues). 2005. 259p. index. ISBN 1-85109-630-2. $50. REF Part of a series that comprises one-volume handbooks on topics related to science,...

The Map Book.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... The Map Book. Walker. 2006. 360p. ed. by Peter Barber. illus, maps. index. ISBN 0-80271474-9. $39.95. REF In the fine tradition of J.R. Short's The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography (Firefly) and Peter Whitfield's New Found...

The Oxford Dictionary of Sociology, 3d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... The Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3d ed. Oxford Univ. 2005. 720p. ed. by John Scott & Gordon Marshall. ISBN 0-19-860966-8 [ISBN 978-0-19-860986-5]. $45. REF This third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Sociology, first published in...

The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television. Cleis. 2005. 336p. ed. by Claude J. Summers. photogs, index. ISBN 1-57344209-7. pap. $29.95. REF The latest installment in Cleis Press's series of queer encyclopedias and the arts follows the...

Sinclair, Wayne A. & Howard H. Lyon. Diseases of Trees and Shrubs, 2d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
February 1, 2006... * Sinclair, Wayne A. & Howard H. Lyon. Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. 2d ed. Comstock: Cornell Univ. 2005. 660p. photogs, index. ISBN 0-8014-4371-7 [ISBN 978-0-8014-4371-8]. $85 with CD-ROM. REF A truly superior reference work returns new...

The Staircase.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... The Staircase. 2 vols. color. 6 1/2 hrs. Sundance, Docurama, c/o New Video, 19 Gregory Dr., Burlington, VT 08543; 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2005. DVD ISBN 0-7670-8231-1. $39.96. CRIME "Accident or cold-blooded murder?" This is the...

Bolshoi: Between Fame and Drill.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Bolshoi: Between Fame and Drill. color. 50 min. Parthenon Entertainment, dist. by Cinema Guild, 130 Madison Ave., 2d fl., New York, NY 10016; 212-685-6242. 2005. VHS ISBN 0-7815-1092-9. $295 (Rental: $75). Public performance. DANCE This...

Summer of the Serpent.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Summer of the Serpent. color. 27 min. Kimi Takesue, Kimikat Prods., dist. by Women Make Movies, 462 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, NY 10013; 212-925-0606; www.wmm.com. 2004. VHS/DVD $89; acad. libs. VHS $250 (Rental: $75); DVD $250. Public...

Summer's Lease.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Summer's Lease. 2 vols. color. 220 min. Martyn Friend, BBC, dist. by Acorn Media, 801 Roeder Rd., Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2005. DVD ISBN 1-56938-774-5. $39.99. F Housewife Molly Pargeter...

Concrete Countertops: The Original Design-and-Build-It-Yourself System.(Kitchen and Bath Laminate Countertops 101 with Douglas Smith)(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Concrete Countertops: The Original Design-and-Build-It-Yourself System. 110 min. Cheng Design Products. DVD $19.95. Kitchen and Bath Laminate Countertops 101 with Douglas Smith. 45 min. Countertops Revealed LLC. DVD $29.95. ea. vol: color....

Human Rights in China: The Search for Common Ground.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Human Rights in China: The Search for Common Ground. color. 50+ min. Sacred Mountain Prods., dist. by Instructional Video, 2219 C St., Lincoln, NE 68502; 800-228-0164; www.insvideo.com. 2004. VHS $69.95; DVD $79.95. Public performance. INT...

Joyce to the World.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Joyce to the World. color. 58 min. Fritzi Horstman, dist. by Filmakers Library, 124 E. 40th St. New York, NY 10016; 212-808-4980; www.filmakers.com. 2005. VHS $350 (Rental: $75). Public performance. LIT This refreshing video follows the...

Growing Up Fast.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Growing Up Fast. color. 30 min. Joanna Lipper, dist. by Films for the Humanities & Sciences, PO Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 800-257-5126; www.films.com. 2005. VHS/DVD $89.95. Public performance. PSYCH This very powerful...

Jesus, You Know.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Jesus, You Know. color. 87 min. In German w/ English subtitles. Ulrich Seidl, dist. by Kino on Video, 333 W. 39th St., Suite 503, New York, NY 10018; 212-629-6880; www.kino.com. 2006. DVD $29.95. REL If you have ever prayed to Jesus about...

Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005. color & b/w. 57 min. BBC Audiobooks America, 1 Lafayette Rd., PO Box 1450, Hampton, NH 03843-1450; 800-621-0182; www.BBCAudiobooksAmerica.com. 2005. DVD ISBN 1-4198-1441-9. $16.98. Spanish version included. REL...

Trailer's: what's coming on VHS/DVD.(VIDEO)(Avengers '62)(Falling)(Iconoclast)(Lovers of the Arctic Circle)(Oyster Farmer)(South from Granada)(3 Films by Louis Malle)(Winter Soldier)(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Avengers '62. 4 vols. b/w. NA min. A&E Home Video. Apr. 2006. DVD ISBN 0-7670-5168-8. $59.95. TV The original British series' second season featured Patrick Mcnee as secret agent John Steed and Honor Blackman as an anthropologist. Talk...

Son of Maryam.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Son of Maryam. color. 71 min. with tchr's, guide. Hamid Jebelli, Lens to Lens, Inc., 3040 Idaho Ave. NW, Suite 226, Washington, DC 20016; 202-363-4407; info@lenstolens.org. 2001; 2004 release. DVD $39.99 + $5 s/h; acad. libs. $195 + $5 s/h....

Busting Out.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Busting Out. color. 57 min. Francine Strickwerda & Laurel Spellman Smith, Stir It Up Prods., dist. by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-3764; www.bullfrogfilms.com. 2005. DVD ISBN 1-59458-254-8. $250 (Rental: $85); VHS ISBN...

Cold Feet: Complete 3rd Series.(Video Recording Review)
February 1, 2006... Cold Feet: Complete 3rd Series. 3 vols. color. 384 min. Simon Delaney & others, BBC, dist. by Acorn Media, 801 Roeder Rd., Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 10910; 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2005. DVD ISBN 1-56938-786-9. $39.99. TV ...

De Vries, Hilary. The Gift Bag Chronicles.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... De Vries, Hilary. The Gift Bag Chronicles. 5 CDs. abridged. 6 hrs. Listen & Live Audio. 2005. ISBN 1-59316-055-0. $29.95. F Alex Davidson, whom listeners met in De Vries's earlier So 5 Minutes Ago, is now in her mid-30s, the head of event...

Evans, Nicholas. The Divide.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Evans, Nicholas. The Divide. 9 cassettes. unabridged. 14 hrs. Books on Tape. 2005. ISBN 1-4159-2328-4. $99; 13 CDs. ISBN 1-4159-2327-2. $104. F Evans sets up a pretty good yarn early in this thriller, before his story turns to...

Grimes, Martha. Belle Ruin.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Grimes, Martha. Belle Ruin. 8 cassettes. unabridged. 11 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2005. ISBN 1-4159-2304-3. $81; 11 CDs. ISBN 1-4159-2305-1. $99. F Grimes's unlikely detective, 12-year-old Emma Graham, is as imaginative and precocious as...

Harvey, John. Cutting Edge.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Harvey, John. Cutting Edge. 8 cassettes. unabridged. 11 3/4 hrs. Clipper Audio, dist. by Recorded Bks. 2005. ISBN 1-84197-144-8. $79.75; 10 CDs. ISBN 1-4193-4423-4. $119.75. F It's hard to imagine a situation more frightening than a...

Kelly, Thomas. Empire Rising.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Kelly, Thomas. Empire Rising. 13 CDs. unabridged. 16 hrs. Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America. 2005. ISBN 0-7927-3446-7. $112.95; 10 cassettes. ISBN 0-7927-3445-9. $84.95; 2 MP3-CDs. ISBN 0-7927-3468-8. $49.95. F The destruction of the...

Prepub audio.(AUDIO)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2006... FICTION, BRIEFLY Child, Lee. The Hard Way. 7 cassettes. unabridged. 11 hrs. Brilliance Audio. May 2006. ISBN 1-59600-326-X. $82.25; 9 CDs. ISBN 1-59600-329-4. $97.25; 1 MP3-CD. ISBN 1-59600-3316. $39.25. SUSPENSE (See Prepub Alert, LJ 1/06)...

Moore, Lisa. Open.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Moore, Lisa. Open. 1 MP3-CD. unabridged. 6 hrs. Rattling Bks., dist. by Baker & Taylor. 2005. ISBN 0-9734223-8-6. $24.95. F This collection of ten unusual short stories, short-listed for the Giller Prize, peers into the lives of...

Robbins, David L. Liberation Road: A Novel of World War II and the Red Ball Express.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Robbins, David L. Liberation Road: A Novel of World War II and the Red Ball Express. 12 cassettes, unabridged. 17 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2005. ISBN 1-4193-4875-2 [ISBN 978-1-4193-4875-4]. $109.75. F Best-selling author Robbins (War of the...

Sandford, John. Broken Prey.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Sandford, John. Broken Prey. 9 cassettes. unabridged. 11 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2005. ISBN 1-4193-4046-8. $79.75. F Recently released sex criminal Charlie Pope is the main suspect in the gruesome murder that opens this novel. Lucas...

Berendt, John. The City of Falling Angels.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Berendt, John. The City of Falling Angels. 8 cassettes, unabridged. 13 hrs. Books on Tape. 2005. ISBN 1-4159-2475-9. $72; 12 CDs. ISBN 1-4159-2476-7. $96. TRAV In a style reminiscent of his mega-best seller, Midnight in the Garden of...

Grandin, Temple & Catherine Johnson. Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism To Decode Animal Behavior.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Grandin, Temple & Catherine Johnson. Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism To Decode Animal Behavior. 10 CDs. unabridged. 12 hrs. Tantor Media, 114 Mill Rock Rd. E., Old Saybrook, CT 06475. 2005. ISBN 1-4001-0146-8. $37.99....

North, Oliver with Joe Musser. War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... North, Oliver with Joe Musser. War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific. 12 cassettes. unabridged. 17 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2005. ISBN 1-4193-2564-7. $109.75. HIST Whatever one thinks of North's self-serving efforts to associate his own name...

Powell, Julie. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Powell, Julie. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. 5 CDs. abridged. 6 hrs. Time Warner Audiobks. 2005. ISBN 1-59483-106-8. $29.98. COOKERY Life wasn't working out the way 29-year-old Powell had...

Wilder, Gene. Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)
February 1, 2006... Wilder, Gene. Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art. 6 CDs. unabridged. 7 hrs. Audio Renaissance. 2005. ISBN 1-59397-598-8. $29.95. FILM Film funny man Wilder (star of such modern-day classics as The Producers and Blazing...

Classic returns.
February 1, 2006... FICTION Burke, James Lee. The Lost Get-Back Boogie. Pocket Star. Mar. 2006. c.376p. ISBN 1-4165-1706-5. pap. $9.95. MYSTERY Paroled after two years in prison, Iry Parer is trying to go straight. After landing a job on a Montana ranch, he...

Lessons from the Old School: Street Lit Pioneers.(the reader's shelf)(Column)
February 1, 2006... Although not without controversy in the African American community, the popularity of "urban fiction" or "street lit" with younger readers cannot be denied. In the wake of Sister Souljah's 1999 The Coldest Winter Ever, the genre's current...

Sex instruction.(best sellers)
February 1, 2006... 1 Position of the Day: Sex Every Day in Every Way. [P] Nerve.com Eds. Chronicle. 2003. ISBN 0-8118-3957-5. $9.95. 2 Guide to Getting It On!: Includes Dating, Kissing, Love, Sex, Romance, Marriage, Oral Sex, Fellatio, Cunnillingus,...

The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries.(Illustration)
February 1, 2006... The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries FICTION LAST RANKING/ TIMES ON LIST 1 Predator. Patricia Cornwell. Putnam. ...