Library Journal articles from February 2009, page 2

Library Journal archives from February 2009

Prepub alert.(Recommended readings)
February 15, 2009... FICTION Berwin, Margot. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire. Pantheon. Jun. 2009. 288p. ISBN 978-0-307-37784-5. $24. Newly divorced Lila Nova gets herself a bird-of-paradise plant, then discovers that there are nine plants...

Marriage--convenient or not.(books with marriage themes)(Recommended readings)
February 15, 2009... By definition, romances focus on the developing relationship between the two main characters and conclude with the requisite HEA (happily ever after), or at least satisfactory, ending. The typical scenario follows the characters through the...

Q&A: Mary Balogh.(ROMANCE)(Interview)
February 15, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Popular and well-regarded Regency romance author Mary Balogh (her last name rhymes with Kellogg; www.marybalogh.com) has raised anticipation this spring with a new series (one book in four consecutive months) about...

Adams, Will. The Alexander Cipher.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Adams, Will. The Alexander Cipher. Grand Central. Mar. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0446-40468-6. $24.99. F In a welcome respite from the glut of Christendom-shattering, artifact-protecting, Secret Order thrillers, debut author Adams offers up...

Ben Jelloun, Tahar. Leaving Tangier.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Ben Jelloun, Tahar. Leaving Tangier. Penguin. Apr. 2009. c.275p, tr. from French by Linda Coverdale. ISBN 978-0-14-3114659. pap. $14. F An International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner for his previous novel, This Blinding Absence of...

Cain, Tom. No Survivors.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Cain, Tom. No Survivors. Viking. Mar. 2009. c.344p. ISBN 978-0-670-02049-2. $25.95. F Still recovering from the torture he endured in The Accident Man, a traumatized and near catatonic Samuel Carver spends his time in a Swiss hospital...

Cooper, J. California. Life Is Short but Wide.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Cooper, J. California. Life Is Short but Wide. Doubleday. Mar. 2009. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-385-51134-6. $24.95. F Reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston's groundbreaking 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, this story chronicles the lives of...

Davys, Tim. Amberville.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Davys, Tim. Amberville. Harper: HarperCollins. Mar. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-06-162512-1. $19.95. F Davys's first novel is set in a town made up entirely of stuffed animals that walk and talk like humans. This clever idea soon loses its...

Delaney, Frank. Shannon.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Delaney, Frank. Shannon. Random. Feb. 2009. c.432p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6525-7. $26. F In 1922, Robert Shannon, a young American priest, is sent to Ireland to recover from shell shock he received as a marine chaplain on the front fines in...

Diamond, Elizabeth. An Accidental Light.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Diamond, Elizabeth. An Accidental Light. Other. Feb. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-1-59051-301-9. $23.95. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This first novel by British poet Diamond combines realistic themes with a suggestion of the paranormal. Young...

Dietrich, William. The Dakota Cipher.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Dietrich, William. The Dakota Cipher. Harper: HarperCollins. Apr. 2009. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-06-156800-8. $26.99. F Ethan Gage (already seen in The Rosetta Key and Napoleon's Pyramids) is a totally likable if somewhat lethal rogue in the...

Dorsey, Tim. Nuclear Jellyfish.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Dersey, Tim. Nuclear Jellyfish. Morrow. Feb. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-06-143266-8. $24.95. F The 11th installment of the Serge A. Storms saga finds Serge, manic serial killer and dedicated Florida history buff, driving the interstates...

Dunn, Sarah. Secrets to Happiness.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Dunn, Sarah. Secrets to Happiness. Little, Brown. Mar. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-31601358-1. $23.99. F Like Dunn's heroine in her debut, The Big Love, Holly Frick is brokenhearted and looking for happiness against the backdrop of hectic...

Dyer, Geoff. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Dyer, Geoff. Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. Pantheon. Apr. 2009. c.295p. ISBN 978-0307-37737-1. $24. F Jeff, a middle-aged, grumpy, and alienated British freelance writer, is sent to cover an art event in Venice. There he meets a...

Faye, Lyndsay. Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Faye, Lyndsay. Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson. S. & S. Apr. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-1-4165-8330-1. $25. F Debut novelist Faye takes on the ambitious task of creating a new Sherlock Holmes story...

Flynn, Gillian. Dark Places.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Flynn, Gillian. Dark Places. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. May 2009. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-307-34156-3. $24. F Once in a while a book comes along that puts a new spin on an old idea. More than 40 years ago, Truman Capote (with In Cold Blood) took...

Gordon, Emily Fox. It Will Come to Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Gordon, Emily Fox. It Will Come to Me. Spiegel & Grau. Mar. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-385-52587-9. $24.95. F Although a sharp and witty observer of the world around her, Ruth Blau is utterly discontented with her life as a faculty wife at...

James, Marlon. The Book of Night Women.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... James, Marlon. The Book of Night Women. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Feb. 2009. c.432p. ISBN 978-1-59448-857-3. $26.95. F Lilith, the central character in James's story of slave life in 19th-century Jamaica, is a green-eyed beauty who...

Johnson, Denis. Nobody Move.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Johnson, Denis. Nobody Move. Farrar. May 2009. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-374-22290-1. $22. F Johnson follows his epic Vietnam novel, the National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke, with this slight noir novella. On impulse, gambling addict Jimmy...

Jungk, Peter Stephan. Crossing the Hudson.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Jungk, Peter Stephan. Crossing the Hudson. Handsel: Other. Mar. 2009. c.240p. tr. from German by David Dollenmayer. ISBN 978-159051-275-3. pap. $14.95. F As if getting caught in a huge traffic jam on the Tappan Zee Bridge with his...

Keane, Mary Beth. The Walking People.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Keane, Mary Beth. The Walking People. Houghton. May 2009. c.392p. ISBN 978-0-547-12652-4. $25. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is a richly detailed, powerfully evocative novel about two young sisters from a poor, rural family in...

Khadivi, Laleh. The Age of Orphans.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Khadivi, Laleh. The Age of Orphans. Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Mar. 2009. c.224p. ISBN 978-1-59691-616-6. $24. F The 2008 recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, Khadivi offers a remarkable first novel that does not shy away from...

Lutz, Lisa. Revenge of the Spellmans.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Lutz, Lisa. Revenge of the Spellmans. S. & S. Mar. 2009. c.384p. ISBN 978-1-4165-9338-6. $25. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Those crazy Spellmans return, in all their serendipitous glory, in this third series entry (after The Spellman...

Meno, Joe. The Great Perhaps.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Meno, Joe. The Great Perhaps. Norton. May 2009. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-393-06796-5. $24.95. F There's an old adage in theater to "make 'em laugh before you make 'era cry." In his previous four novels and two story collections (e.g.,...

Moerk, Christian. Darling Jim.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Moerk, Christian. Darling Jim. Holt. Apr. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-8050-8947-9. $25. F Niall, a young mail carrier in suburban Dublin, finds the diary of a young girl in his dead-letter bin. Its writer is one of three people found dead...

Obejas, Achy. Ruins.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Obejas, Achy. Ruins. Akashic. Mar. 2009. c.300p. ISBN 978-1-933354-69-9. pap. $14.95. F This superb novel by Cuban-born writer and poet Obejas (Memory Mambo) follows the story of Usnavy, who, despite a bleak childhood in a small...

Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. What I Did for Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. What I Did for Love. Morrow. Feb. 2009. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-06-135150-1. $25.99. F Georgie York and Bramwell Shepard have a long history. They were costars for eight years on an extremely popular teen sitcom,...

Ramsland, Morten. Doghead.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Ramsland, Morten. Doghead. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Feb. 2009. c.384p. tr. from Danish by Tiina Nunnally. ISBN 978-0-312-37654-3. $24.95. F Readers of this work will question the narrator's reliability immediately, because the...

Rotenberg, Robert. Old City Hall.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Rotenberg, Robert. Old City Hall. Sarah Crichton: Farrar. Mar. 2009. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-374-22542-1. $26. F When popular Canadian radio talk show host Kevin Brace is accused of murdering his common-law wife, Katherine Torn, everyone in...

Scottoline, Lisa. Look Again.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Scottoline, Lisa. Look Again. St. Martin's. Apr. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-312-38072-4. $26.95. F If you received news that threatened your family, would you ignore it or devote yourself to proving it false? Pennsylvania reporter Ellen...

Shamsie, Kamila. Burnt Shadows.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Shamsie, Kamila. Burnt Shadows. Picador. May 2009. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-312-55187-2. pap. $14. F An engrossing story of resilience and humanity in the face of crushing tragedy, Shamsie's (Salt and Saffron) fifth novel follows the...

Skipper, Robert Alan. The Baptism of Billy Bean.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Skipper, Robert Alan. The Baptism of Billy Bean. Counterpoint. Feb. 2009. c.384p. ISBN 978-1-58243-460-5. pap. $15.95. F Lane Hollar has had his lust for life tarnished several times--once by a tour of duty in Vietnam, again when his wife...

Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein. So Many Ways To Sleep Badly.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Sycamore, Mattilda Bernstein. So Many Ways To Sleep Badly. City Lights, dist. by Consortium. 2008. c.252p. ISBN 978-0-87286-468-9. pap. $15.95. F Sycamore's second novel (his first, 2003's Pulling Taffy, was nominated for a Lambda Award)...

Turgeon, Carolyn. Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Turgeon, Carolyn. Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story. Three Rivers: Crown. Mar. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-307-40799-3. pap. $13.95. F Cinderella went to the ball, Prince Charming fell in love with her, and they lived happily ever...

Urrea, Luis Alberto. Into the Beautiful North.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Urrea, Luis Alberto. Into the Beautiful North. Little, Brown. May 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-316-02527-0. $24.99. F "Perhaps it is time for a new kind of femininity," declares Nayeli, the 19-year-old heroine of this engaging...

Ash, Sarah. Flight into Darkness.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Ash, Sarah. Flight into Darkness. Bantam. (Alchymist's Legacy, Bk. 2). Feb. 2009. c.480p. ISBN 978-0-553-80520-8. $24. FANTASY Rieuk Mordiern accidentally freed the spirit that keeps separate the kingdoms of life and death; Celestine sees...

Canavan, Trudi. The Magician's Apprentice.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Canavan, Trudi. The Magician's Apprentice. Orbit: Hachette. Feb. 2009. c.592p. ISBN 978-0-316-03788-4. $24.99. FANTASY When a Healer's daughter resists the unwanted advances of a Sachakan mage with heretofore unknown magic of her own, her...

de Lint, Charles. The Mystery of Grace.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... de Lint, Charles. The Mystery of Grace. Tor. Mar. 2009. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-7653-17568. $24.95. FANTASY Mechanic and old car lover Altagracia "Grace" Quintero falls in love with artist John Burns despite differences that make their...

Forman, M.L.: Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog's Gold.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Forman, M.L. Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog's Gold. Shadow Mountain. Feb. 2009. c.400p. ISBN 978-1-60641-029-5. $17.95. FANTASY Fifteen-year-old Alex Taylor spots a sign in a window that reads "Adventurers Wanted" and walks straight into a...

Friedman, C.S.: Wings of Wrath.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Friedman, C.S. Wings of Wrath. DAW, dist. by Penguin. Feb. 2009. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0535-9. $25.95. FANTASY The ancient creatures known as Souleaters have returned to threaten the tenuous civilizations that have grown up since the...

Graham, Jo. Hand of Isis.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Graham, Jo. Hand of Isis. Orbit: Hachette. Mar. 2009. c.528p. ISBN 978-0-316-06802-4. pap. $14.99. FANTASY Three half sisters, each fathered by the Pharaoh Ptolemy Auletes, grow up in an Egypt on the verge of catastrophic change. Iras and...

Irvine, Alex. Supernatural: John Winchester's Journal.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Irvine, Alex. Supernatural: John Winchester's Journal. Morrow. Feb. 2009. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-06-170662-2. $21.95. HORROR In this purported diary, demon hunter John Winchester chronicles his exploits and the results of his research from...

Kellogg, Marjorie B. with William B. Rossow. Lear's Daughters.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Kellogg, Marjorie B. with William B. Rossow. Lear's Daughters. DAW, dist. by Penguin. Feb. 2009. c.752p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0534-2. $24.95. SF Originally published in 1986, in two volumes, this updated and reworked tale of an Earth in...

Kollin, Dani & Eytan Kollin. The Unincorporated Man.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Kollin, Dani & Eytan Kollin. The Unincorporated Man. Tor. Mar. 2009. c.480p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1899-2. $25.95. SF After the world's economic collapse, civilization requires the incorporation of every individual at birth. Most people spend...

Kress, Nancy. Steal Across the Sky.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Kress, Nancy. Steal Across the Sky. Tor. Feb. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1986-9. $25.95. SF Aliens calling themselves the Atoners have confessed to committing crimes against the human race thousands of years ago and have recruited a...

Melko, Paul. The Walls of the Universe.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Melko, Paul. The Walls of the Universe. Tor. Feb. 2009. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-7653-19975. $25.95. SF High school senior John Rayburn's eerie encounter with his doppelganger, who calls himself John Prime and gives him a device that allows...

Valente, Catherynne M.: Palimpsest.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Valente, Catherynne M. Palimpsest. Spectra: Bantam. Feb. 2009. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-553-38576-2. pap. $14. FANTASY Four travelers, each suffering the loss of a person or a dream, find their way to the miraculous city of Palimpsest, a place...

Watson, Jules. The Swan Maiden.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Watson, Jules. The Swan Maiden. Spectra: Bantam. Feb. 2009. c.560p. ISBN 978-0-553-38464-2. pap. $12. FANTASY In this graceful retelling of the Irish legend of Deirdre of the Sorrows, the young woman whose birth laid a curse upon the...

Weber, David. Storm from the Shadows.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Weber, David. Storm from the Shadows. Baen, dist. by S. & S. Mar. 2009. c.752p. ISBN 978-1-4165-9147-4. $27. SF In the 11th novel in Weber's popular Honor Harrington series and the 13th set in the "Honorverse," the author views earlier...

Lockwood, Cara. Every Demon Has His Day.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Lockwood, Cara. Every Demon Has His Day. Downtown: Pocket. Apr. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5052-5. pap. $15. FANTASY Bearing a French bulldog in a pink sweater and a halo and with a prominent character called Dead Jimmy, Lockwood...

Watson, Jan Elizabeth. Asta in the Wings.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Watson, Jan Elizabeth. Asta in the Wings. Tin House. Feb. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-9802436-1-1. pap. $14. F This debut is a story of what happens when the outside world discovers that a widowed mother in Maine has removed her two...

Weil, Josh. The New Valley.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Weil, Josh. The New Valley. Grove. Jun. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-8021-1691-2. $24. F Set in a rural West Virginia valley, this debut novel by Fulbright winner Weil uses linked novellas to show how three loners, with the resilience to...

Gores, Joe. Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Gores, Joe. Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. Knopf. Feb. 2009. c.350p. ISBN 978-0-30726464-0. $24. M Here, in what is dearly a labor of love, Dashiell Hammett expert and veteran Edgar Award-winning...

Mosley, Walter. The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Mosley, Walter. The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Mar. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-1-59448-858-0. $25.95. M Mosley, a master of detective stories best known for his Easy Rawlins series, introduces...

Pronzini, Bill. Schemers: A Nameless Detective Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Pronzini, Bill. Schemers: A Nameless Detective Novel. Forge: Tor. Apr. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-/653-1819-0. $24.95. M This is the 36th book (33 novels and three collections) to feature 2008 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster...

Art and Love in Renaissance Italy.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Art and Love in Renaissance Italy. Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. by Yale Univ. 2008. 392p. ed. by Andrea Bayer. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-300-12411-8. $65. FINE ARTS A delightfully bawdy romp as well as a thorough exploration...

Ewing, William A. & Todd Brandow. Edward Steichen: In High Fasion; The Conde Nast Years, 1923-1937.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Ewing, William A. & Todd Brandow. Edward Steichen: In High Fasion; The Conde Nast Years, 1923-1937. Norton. 2008. 288p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-393-06677-7. $75. PHOTOG Photographer Edward Steichen is often noted for his early...

Insall, Donald. Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation; Philosophy, Principles and Practice.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Insall, Donald. Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation; Philosophy, Principles and Practice. Images Pub., dist. by ACC Distribution. Feb. 2009. 272p. photogs. maps. index. ISBN 978-1-86470-192-0. $75. ARCHITECTURE In 1958, Insall...

Jan Tschichold: Master Typographer; His Life, Work & Legacy.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Jan Tschichold: Master Typographer; His Life, Work & Legacy. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2008. 384p. ed. by Cees W. de Jong & others, photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-500-51398-9. $75. GRAPHIC ARTS This large and lavish volume presents...

Browning, Marie. Creative Photo Collage.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Browning, Marie. Creative Photo Collage. Sterling. 2008. c.160p. illus, index. ISBN 978-1-4027-3502-8. pap. $14.95. CRAFTS Digital cameras provide plenty of photos as raw materials to cut and mount in nontraditional ways, such as on...

Collings, Julie. Pretty Little Felts: Mixed-Media Crafts To Tickle Your Fancy.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Collings, Julie. Pretty Little Felts: Mixed-Media Crafts To Tickle Your Fancy. North Light: F&W. 2008. c.128p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60061-090-5. pap. $22.99. Hill, Rosemary. Elements of Style: Creating Jewelry with Wire, Fiber, Felt, and...

Deeb, Margie. The Beader's Color Palette: 20 Creative Projects, 220 Inspired Combinations for Beaded and Gemstone Jewelry.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Deeb, Margie. The Beader's Color Palette: 20 Creative Projects, 220 Inspired Combinations for Beaded and Gemstone Jewelry. Watson-Guptill. 2008. c.192p. illus. index, ISBN 978-0-8230-0474-4. pap. $24.95. CRAFTS Deeb (The Beader's Guide...

Deis, Cynthia. Beading with Filigree: Beautiful Jewelry, Simple Techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Deis, Cynthia. Beading with Filigree: Beautiful Jewelry, Simple Techniques. Lark, dist. by Sterling. 2008. c.128p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60059-187-7. $24.95. CRAFTS Filigree refers to a specialized type of jewelry having the...

Eaton, Liz. Memory Jewelry.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Eaton, Liz. Memory Jewelry. ISBN 978-1-60059-227-0. Hagerty, Taylor. Wreaths. ISBN 978-1-60059-317-8. ea. vol: Lark, dist. by Sterling. (Make It in Minutes). 2008. c.128p. illus. index. $12.95. CRAFTS These two books in an ongoing series...

Filian, Cathie. Bow Wow Wow!: Fetching Costumes for Your Fabulous Dog.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Filian, Cathie. Bow Wow WOW!: Fetching Costumes for Your Fabulous Dog. Lark, dist. by Sterling. 2008. c.128p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60059-235-5. pap. $17.95. CRAFTS The cuteness factor of this book almost overwhelms the practical...

Friesen, Christi. Polymer Clay and Mixed Media Together at Last: Incorporating Craft Materials and Found Objects in Clay Figures.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Friesen, Christi. Polymer Clay and Mixed Media Together at Last: Incorporating Craft Materials and Found Objects in Clay Figures. Creative Pub: Quayside. 2008. c.160p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-58293-433-8. pap. $19.99. CRAFTS The color...

Frost, Rodney. Creative Kinetics: Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Frost, Rodney. Creative Kinetics: Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood. Sterling. 2008. c.140p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-4027-3223-2. pap. $14.95. CRAFTS Kinetic sculptures, i.e., those with moving parts, are often regarded as toys because...

Goodwin, Elaine M.: Mosaic Today: Create Contemporary Projects Using New and Recycled Material.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Goodwin, Elaine M. Mosaic Today: Create Contemporary Projects Using New and Recycled Material. Trafalgar Square. 2008. c.141p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-57076-399-1. $27.95. CRAFTS This is a collection OF projects inspired by...

Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts: An A to Z Guide, with More than 200 Projects, Basic Techniques, and Endless Inspiration.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts: An A to Z Guide, with More than 200 Projects, Basic Techniques, and Endless Inspiration. Clarkson Potter: Crown. Mar. 2009. c.415p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-307-45057-9. $35. CRAFTS [ILLUSTRATION...

Rothamel, Susan Pickering. The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools & Techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Rothamel, Susan Pickering. The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools & Techniques. Lark, dist. by Sterling. 2008. c.304p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60059-029-0. $24.95. CRAFTS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is a lavishly illustrated...

Young, Anastasia. Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Materials, Stones, and Settings.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Young, Anastasia. Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Using Materials, Stones, and Settings. Watson-Guptill. 2008. c.256p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-8230-2604-3. $24.95. CRAFTS This is a quick reference for...

Leibovitz, Annie. Annie Leibovitz at Work.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Leibovitz, Annie. Annie Leibovitz at Work. Random. 2008. 237p. photogs. ISBN 978-0-375-50510-2. $40. PHOTOG Known for her celebrity portraits, Leibovitz (A Photographer's Life) has continued to redefine portraiture for almost four...

Marechal, Paul. Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987; Catalogue Raisonne.(Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol's Work)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Marechal, Paul. Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987; Catalogue Raisonne. 240p. ISBN 978-3-7913-4086-9. Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol's Work. 288p. ed. by Stephane Aquin. ISBN 978-3-7913-4088-3. ea. vol: Montreal...

Masters, Christopher. Renaissance.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Masters, Christopher. Renaissance. Merrell, dist. by CDS. 2008. 288p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-1-8589-4448-7. $49.95. FINE ARTS In this beautifully illustrated study, Masters (Dali: Colour Library) introduces Renaissance art with...

Peyton, Elizabeth. Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Peyton, Elizabeth. Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton. Phaidon. 2008. 255p. illus, bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-7148-4886-0. $59.95. FINE ARTS Peyton (b. 1965) had her first solo exhibition in 1993 and has works in major art museum collections...

Philip Johnson: The Constancy of Change.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Philip Johnson: The Constancy of Change. Yale Univ. Feb. 2009. 278p. ed. by Emmanuel Petit. illus, index. ISBN 978-0-300-12181-0. $60. ARCHITECTURE There's no arguing that Philip Johnson (1906-2005) is among the best-known names in...

Rose, George. Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Other Perversities: Pop Culture of the 1970s and 1980s.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Rose, George. Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Other Perversities: Pop Culture of the 1970s and 1980s. Ten Speed: Celestial Arts. 2008. 192p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-58008-924-1. $30. PHOTOS From 1977 to 1983, Rose was one of the top movie and...

Sureda, Joan. The Golden Age of Spain: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Sureda, Joan. The Golden Age of Spain: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. Vendome, dist. by Abrams. 2008. c.304p, illus, bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-86565-198-2. $85. FINE ARTS In clear and informative prose, Sureda (art history, Univ. of...

Bickerton, Derek. Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Bickerton, Derek. Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans. Hill & Wang: Farrar. Mar. 2009. c.320p, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-8090-2281-6. $26. LANG Bickerton (emeritus, linguistics, Univ. of Hawaii) has written...

Bieri, James. Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Bieri, James. Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Biography. Johns Hopkins. 2008. 832p. illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-8018-8860-1. $90; pap. ISBN 978-0-9018-8861-8. $45. LIT A retired professor of psychology, Bieri has an unconventional background...

Hoffman, Adina. My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet's Life in the Palestinian Century.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... * Hoffman, Adina. My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: A Poet's Life in the Palestinian Century. Yale Univ. Apr. 2009. c.464p, photogs, index. ISBN 978-0-300-14150-4. $27.50. LIT In the fog of the Israel-Palestine predicament,...

Keyes, Ralph. I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Keyes, Ralph. I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech. St. Martin's. Apr. 2009. c.320p, photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-312-34005-6. $25.95. LANG Keyes...

Lundy, A.L. "Scrap." Real Life on Cannery Row: Real People, Places and Events That Inspired John Steinbeck.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Lundy, A.L. "Scrap." Real Life on Cannery Row: Real People, Places and Events That Inspired John Steinbeck. Angel City. 2008. 160p. illus, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-1-883318-90-1. pap. $19.95. LIT In this heavily illustrated guide...

Morrill, Donald. Impetuous Sleeper.(Brief article)(Book review)
February 15, 2009... Morrill, Donald. Impetuous Sleeper. Mid-List. Feb. 2009. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-922811-80-9. $24; pap. ISBN 978-0-922811-78-6. $16. LIT Morrill has previously published two collections of poems (e.g., At the Bottom of the Sky) and three...