Library Journal articles from January 1998

Library Journal archives from January 1998

Afrodita: cuentos, recetas y otros afrodisiacos.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Allende's beautifully illustrated new work is not a novel but an exaltation of aphrodisiacs and a review of how they have been used by different cultures throughout history. The stories cover a variety of topics, ranging from the aphrodisiac...

El anatomista.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Mateo Colon, an anatomist of the Renaissance period, falls in love with Mona Sofia, a Venetian prostitute. Searching to find a potion that will induce her to fall in love with him, he embarks on an exploration of the mysterious nature of...

Como trabajar por su propia cuenta en los Estados Unidos.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Conceived as an information and orientation guide for Hispanic immigrants who want to set up their own businesses, this book offers information on how to create and operate a home-based business. It covers 40 occupations, describing what is...

Arte Latinoamericano en el siglo XX.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Combining a large number of illustrations with essays written by experts in the field, this title provides a panoramic view of the richness of 20th-century Latin American art. Painting and sculpture are emphasized, but the scope is...

La guia para vivir con la infeccion VIH: desarrollada por la Clinica de SIDA del Hospital Johns Hopkins.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This updated edition of an excellent guide by the director of die Infectious Diseases Division of Johns Hopkins Hospital not only treats the medical aspects of the disease but also places a much-needed emphasis on the psychological and...

Cuba: 400 anos de arquitectura.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This beautifully illustrated book encompasses 400 years of Cuban architecture, from its colonial past to the post-revolutionary era. The text describes developments in the construction of different buildings, from the humble huts of the...

Companero: vida y muerte del Che Guevara.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... As Castaneda's masterfully written biography concludes, "The death of Che Guevara significance to his life and life to his myth." Thirty years later, despite Che's failed economic policies and disastrous military adventures, the myth endures...

Suenos del corazon.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... For collections needing material on significant Hispanic women of the 20th century, here is the autobiography of the wife of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, a journalist and editor of Nicaragua's national newspaper, La Prensa. When her husband was...

Como convivir con su artritis: una guia para una vida activa y saludable.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Written in a clear, easy-to-understand style for lay readers, this in-depth source treats a common illness: arthritis. It gives practical information and techniques for counteracting symptoms and improving overall health. Some of the topics...

Salud! guia integral para la mujer latina - cuerpo, mente y espiritu.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Written especially for Latin women, this medical guide takes into account many of the cultural traditions that have an impact on their physical and psychological health. Clear explanations are enhanced by anecdotes from Latinas themselves....

Alina: Memorias de la hija rebelde de Fidel Castro.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This fascinating memoir by Fidel Castro's estranged daughter offers a unique perspective on life inside revolutionary Cuba. Devoid of political polemic, this is the candid, irreverent, provocatively shocking, and hilariously funny...

El cuidado del perro.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This book offers in a nutshell what people want to know regarding dog care. Topics include grooming, training, behavior problems, nutrition, diet, exercise, and even how to select a pet. The book is also packed with color illustrations and...

PCs para dummies.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... The popular "Dummies" series on computers is now available in Spanish. Written for the inexperienced PC user, this work offers a wide array of up-to-date information on topics relating to hardware and software as well as selecting and...

Enciclopedia de jugos curativos: las curaciones de la naturaleza para cientos de problemas de salud mas comunes hoy en dia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This is a complete and useful guide to the healing and nutritional power of 83 natural juices made from fruits and vegetables such as olives, avocados, spinach, carrots, and parsley. Well known for his articles on health and popular...

Poesia de la generacion del 27: antologia critica commentada.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... The Generation of 1927 is described by Manual Duran in a World Literature Today essay as "perhaps the brightest and most original poetic generation in 20th-century Western Europe." The group includes many of modern Spain's most influential...

En busca de Bernabe.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This is Limon's poignant first novel about the chaos that took place in El Salvador after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. Luz Delcano, the main character, is separated from her son in the struggle that followed the...

La benua mesa: la autentica cocina Latinoamericana.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... With the increasing popularity of Latin American cuisine, it's about time that someone published a book on the subject. Novas and Silva (coauthors of Remembering Selena, St. Martin's, 1995) offer more than 200 home-cooked recipes handed down...

El ano que viene estamos en Cuba.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... In this fascinating account of a 30-year search for a homeland and a new national identity, Perez Firmat is caught between two cultures -- the United States and his motherland, Cuba -- as he struggles to come to terms with a new life. Exiled...

Garcia Marquez: el viaje a la semilla; la biografia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This biography of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez finds its inspiration in two questions: Who is the man behind the One Hundred Years of Solitude? and What autobiographical elements can be traced in the novel? In answer to these two...

Simon and Schuster's International Dictionary: English/Spanish, Spanish/English.
January 1, 1998... A major reference tool for all academic, professional, and business needs, this current and authoritative bilingual dictionary features over 210,000 completely revised and updated entries. The wealth of material here includes technical and...

Cafe nostalgia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... A dose of suspense, a crime of passion. erotic love, the triumph of friendship -- these are some of the ingredients that make this novel by Cuban author Valdes such a gripping read. Valdes relates the story of a group of friends who live in...

The Cambridge Encyclopedia.(.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... First published in 1990 (LJ 9/1/90) and previously revised in 1994, this stout, single-volume general encyclopedia tips the scales at close to seven pounds. By comparison, the larger -- and superior -- Columbia Encyclopedia LJ 9/15/93)...

China.
January 1, 1998... The "World Bibliographical" series is designed as a pathfinder providing annotated bibliographies on various countries. Each volume is devoted to a country and records works, mainly in English, dealing with its history, geography. economy,...

Concise Dictionary of American Biography: Complete Through 1980, 5th ed, 2 vols.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This concise version of the 21-volume Dictionary of American Biography (DAB) and its ten supplements adds an additional decade's worth of entries (1,063) since its previous edition LJ 3/15/91), now listing over 19,000 "outstanding...

Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Since the first European memorials centuries ago, halls of fame have steadily gained popularity, and they have sprung up in museums, civic centers, sports arenas, government buildings, and universities around the world. Danilov (museum...

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, 4 vols.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This more than 3100-page encyclopedia includes 281 articles, nearly all on applied ethics, e.g., euthanasia, eugenics, sexual harassment, journalistic ethics, informed consent, and computer security, and a few on theoretical ethics, e.g.,...

Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People, 2 vols..(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Rural America is a diverse society of 62 million people with an array of cultures, ethnic groups, lifestyles, and occupations. This comprehensive reference offers an extensive look at that society and its many facets, presenting 232 essays...

The Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Edited by Harvard University professor Kagan, this rather academic compilation of almost 700 essays on a wide spectrum of topics concerning child development purports to be a "comprehensive reference work addressed to those interested in...

Women in the Third World: A Reference Handbook.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Kinnear (Child Sexual Abuse: A Reference Handbook, LJ 1/96) has attempted to cover the massive topic of women in the Third World in the same short format as the rest of the "Contemporary World Issues" series. The introduction provides about...

Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them, 5 vols.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This five-volume set will help students beginning research on the historical influences and setting of a work, from Greek and Roman authors to current writers. The editors chose the selections (fiction, poetry, short stories, plays,...

Talking About People: A Guide to Fair and Accurate Language.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Maggio (The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage, Oryx, 1987) has written about "people language" for more than ten years. Her new book consists of two sections: "Writing Guidelines" and a "Dictionary of Terms." The...

The ABC-CLIO Companion to the Disability Rights Movement.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... The contributing editor of Mainstream magazine has filled a niche with this work, which is intended as a basic reference tool for the nonspecialist. (In contrast, Joseph Shapiro's No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights...

Oxford Atlas of Exploration.
January 1, 1998... While historical atlases often include one or more maps illustrating the European "discovery" of the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and Asia, Oxford has assembled an entire atlas devoted to the subject of exploration that avoids a Eurocentric...

The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This encyclopedia of some 400 articles provides a wealth of information, but not without numerous problems. The editors (among them Mankiller, a former chief of the Cherokee Nation; and Gloria Steinem) do not provide information on the scope...

Short Story Writers, 3 vols.
January 1, 1998... In the tradition of editor Magill's earlier Critical Survey of Short Fiction (LJ 8/93. rev. ed.), this latest work offers a window into the lives and works of short-story authors. The three volumes consist of essays on 102 writers who are...

The Cat Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two books are useful additions to the literature about our animal companions from an expert in the field of pedigree dogs and cats. Like Bruce Fogle's Encyclopedia of the Dog (LJ 9/15/95), The Dog Encyclopedia uses the classification...

The Dog Encyclopedia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two books are useful additions to the literature about our animal companions from an expert in the field of pedigree dogs and cats. Like Bruce Fogle's Encyclopedia of the Dog (LJ 9/15/95), The Dog Encyclopedia uses the classification...

An Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... When the Renaissance Pope Gregory XIII (1572-85) decided to commemorate a spacious Vatican gallery, he commissioned the Dominican friar and cosmographer Egnizio Danti. In conscious imitation of the ancient Roman custom of decorating the...

The Gallery of Maps in the Vatican.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... When the Renaissance Pope Gregory XIII (1572-85) decided to commemorate a spacious Vatican gallery, he commissioned the Dominican friar and cosmographer Egnizio Danti. In conscious imitation of the ancient Roman custom of decorating the...

Wristwatches: A Connoisseur's Guide.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... After a brief history of watchmaking and tips on recognizing quality, Edwards offers alphabetically arranged essays on 55 of the most prestigious wristwatch makers. The sumptuous full-color photographs are advertisement-quality, and...

A Collector's Guide to Costume Jewelry: Key Styles and How to Recognize Them.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... After a brief history of watchmaking and tips on recognizing quality, Edwards offers alphabetically arranged essays on 55 of the most prestigious wristwatch makers. The sumptuous full-color photographs are advertisement-quality, and...

Adam Fuss.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Fuss has created some of the most exquisite photography of the last two decades. By laying objects directly on photosensitive materials he bypasses the mechanism of the camera and places greater emphasis on process -- both bringing the...

Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Written by the director of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Studies, this book is not an "official" accounting of Smithsonian policies, activities, and decisions but a personal essay based on firsthand knowledge. Intending...

Seurat and the Bathers.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Smith (art history, Univ. of Bristol) argues here that Seurat's works can be seen both ideologically and aesthetically and that the "meaning" will therefore depend on the point of view. He thoroughly reviews Seurat's enterprise, drawing...

The Art of Richard Diebenkorn.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Inspired by the openness and light of the California landscape, the American painter Diebenkorn (1922-93) developed a unique modernist style, characterized by geometric forms, a bright palette, and thick brushwork. Once his career was...

Great Houses of Scotland.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Having given us The Great Houses of England and Wales (1994. o.p.), the authors -- one of Britain's foremost authorities on historic houses and a photographer specializing in architecture -- head north of the border. From Blair Castle to...

The Itinerants: The Masters of Russian Realism.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... In late Imperial Russia, a group of painters called the Society for Itinerant Art Exhibitions popularized their realistic paintings by exhibiting in salon-style shows that traveled around Russia. These artists made up, in fact, the most...

The Panorama: History of a Mass Medium.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Robert Barker first received an English patent for his panorama in 1787, and he soon had followers as this form of entertainment spread during the 19th century. Housed in large buildings with moving scenes and varied lighting, the spectacles...

Seurat and the Avant-Garde.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Smith (art history, Univ. of Bristol) argues here that Seurat's works can be seen both ideologically and aesthetically and that the "meaning" will therefore depend on the point of view. He thoroughly reviews Seurat's enterprise, drawing...

The Photography Book.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Phaidon's latest massive reference, after the wildly popular The Art Book (LJ 12/94) and The 20th-Century Art Book (LJ 2/1/97), again presents a single work and a one-paragraph summary of the work, the artist, and the career for each of 500...

The Warhol Look: Glamour, Fashion, Style.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Andy Warhol's affinity for glamour and style and the fashion industry's infatuation with him are undisputed facts of pop art and pop culture history. The obviousness of the connection makes the failings of this exhibition catalog all the...

The Photographer's Market Guide to Photo Submission and Portfolio Formats.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This fairly comprehensive book covers basically everything one needs to know about marketing one's photographs. The first half of the book features useful sections on storage of one's work, setting up a business plan, communicating with...

My Name Isn't Martha, but I Can Decorate My Home.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Each of these books gives a different view of some of the major issues in home decorating. Interior designer Hanby-Robie has written an easy-to-read workbook to be used by the do-it-yourselfer. She discusses furniture, wall and window...

Elegant and Easy Rooms: 250 Trade Secrets for Decorating Your Home.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Each of these books gives a different view of some of the major issues in home decorating. Interior designer Hanby-Robie has written an easy-to-read workbook to be used by the do-it-yourselfer. She discusses furniture, wall and window...

The Decoration of Houses.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Each of these books gives a different view of some of the major issues in home decorating. Interior designer Hanby-Robie has written an easy-to-read workbook to be used by the do-it-yourselfer. She discusses furniture, wall and window...

Really Rural: Authentic French Country Interiors.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Boyer (The French Cafe, Thames & Hudson, 1994) visits homes from Brittany to Provence to show examples of authentic country living from which the popular stylized country decorating takes its inspiration. She has captured a lifestyle that is...

Kitchens.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two volumes debut a series highlighting a practical, comfortable look in interior design, designated "California Design" but suitable for any locale. Each volume begins with an overview of design styles and continues with a design...

Living Rooms.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two volumes debut a series highlighting a practical, comfortable look in interior design, designated "California Design" but suitable for any locale. Each volume begins with an overview of design styles and continues with a design...

Classic Georgian Style.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... As with her other books, Classic English Interior, (LJ 10/15/92) and Classic Fabrics (LJ 1/97), Spencer-Churchill presents a lavishly illustrated primer on the subject even when claiming that it is "not meant to be an historical reference...

Painting and Decorating Furniture.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... McGraw, whose previous craft books include Papier-Mache for Kids (Firefly, 1991), gives clear. well-illustrated instructions to over 30 furniture decorating projects. She begins with an overview of the materials, equipment, and basic...

Private Hong Kong: Where East Meets West.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two books take different approaches to viewing Asian interior design. Tettoni presents a visual sourcebook to residential design in southeast Asia showing traditional as well as contemporary design in such countries as Bali, Malaysia,...

Tropical Asian Style.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two books take different approaches to viewing Asian interior design. Tettoni presents a visual sourcebook to residential design in southeast Asia showing traditional as well as contemporary design in such countries as Bali, Malaysia,...

The Color Book: 11,264 Color Combinations for Your Home.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This is a flip book that allows readers to mix and match different color combinations for use in home decorating. Each of three sections (showing a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom) opens with a color key that gives an overview of all...

East Meets West: Global Design for Contemporary Interiors.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These profusely illustrated books explore the design styles of two internationally renowned British interior designers. Hoppen shows her personal design style of taking North African and Asian designs and items and incorporating them into...

Living by Design: Ideas for Interiors and Gardens.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These profusely illustrated books explore the design styles of two internationally renowned British interior designers. Hoppen shows her personal design style of taking North African and Asian designs and items and incorporating them into...

The Art of Lighting: An International Profile of Home Lighting.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Whitehead reviews the design concerns and considerations presented in residential interior and exterior lighting. Proceeding room by room, the book offers an abundance of photographs that show various lighting, such as track, recessed, and...

Home Offices: Your Guide to Planning and Furnishing.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two similar books give the amateur an understanding of what to consider when designing a home office. Both discuss evaluating needs, choosing location, layout, furnishings, equipment, and decorating, and both illustrate options for a...

The Home Office.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These two similar books give the amateur an understanding of what to consider when designing a home office. Both discuss evaluating needs, choosing location, layout, furnishings, equipment, and decorating, and both illustrate options for a...

The Fashion House: Inside the Homes of Leading Designers.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Lovatt-Smith here peeks into the homes of 20 international fashion designers. The beautiful photographs illustrate a variety of residential styles, from the simplicity of Kenzo to the opulance of Versace, suggesting that the fashion design...

Stencilling on a Grand Scale: Using Simple Stencils to Create Visual Magic.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These three books look at decorative painting on a grand scale. Wrigley provides an overview of the art in her mostly inspirational rather than practical guide. She gives an international look at mural and trompe l'oeil painting in...

The Painted House: Over 100 Original Designs for Mural and Trompe L'Oeil Decoration.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These three books look at decorative painting on a grand scale. Wrigley provides an overview of the art in her mostly inspirational rather than practical guide. She gives an international look at mural and trompe l'oeil painting in...

Trompe L'Oeil: Murals and Decorative Wall Painting.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... These three books look at decorative painting on a grand scale. Wrigley provides an overview of the art in her mostly inspirational rather than practical guide. She gives an international look at mural and trompe l'oeil painting in...

Natural Fabrics: Simple and Stylish Soft Furnishings.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... The owner of retail shops and a mail-order firm that specialize in "utility" fabrics, such as ticking, muslin, and linen, Mankin shows how to use these fabrics in home decorating. Each chapter defines die individual textiles then gives a few...

The North Light Book of Creative Paint Finishing Techniques.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This is another addition to the long list of decorative painting books, of which Jocasta Innes's Applied Artistry (LJ 1/96) and Annie Sloan's Decorative Paint Effects (LJ 1/97) are among the best. Bradshaw, who is a professional decorative...

Healthy by Design: Building and Remodeling Solutions for Creating Healthy Homes.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... This different approach to residential design "takes the personal health of the occupant as its focus." Rousseau, an environmental design consultant, begins by discussing how most post-World War II construction has lead to the creation of...

Home Style: A Room-by-Room Guide to Giving Your Home a New Look.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Lots of home decorating projects are contained here, from stenciling a bathroom wall to draping fabric for a window treatment. The clear, well-illustrated instructions assume some basic knowledge of sewing and painting for some projects....

Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life; a Biography.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Mary Butts (1890-1937), an English short story writer, novelist, poet, and essayist, was well known and respected among the British literati in the 1920s and 1930s yet remained largely unknown in the United States. Following her early death,...

Notes from Hampstead: The Writer's Notes, 1954-1971.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... The notebook, Susan Sontag remarks, is the perfect vehicle for the eternal student whose subject is everything. This is an apt description of Canetti's posthumously published work. Author of the novel Auto da Fe (1935), several plays, a...

Writing in Disguise: Academic Life in Subordination.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Caesar (English, Clarion Univ., Pennsylvania) uses the concept of writing to clarify major issues of truth and conformity in the university community. Academic novels, sexual harassment, teaching, dissertation advisers-all are discussed in...

Conversations with American Novelists: The Best Interviews from the Missouri Review and the American Audio Prose Library.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Bonetti, founder and director of the American Audio Prose Library, originally conducted these interviews orally, and they were subsequently edited for publication in the Missouri Review. This collection of "the best" of the interviews...

The Smart Set: George Jean Nathan and H.L. Mencken.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Curtiss, a celebrated critic for the International Herald Tribune, provides a glimpse into the powerhouse team of Nathan and Mencken and their work during the richest era of American arts and creativity. The Smart Set, a monthly journal...

Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... French literary critic and historian Genette, a pioneer of structuralism, has given this literary study an appropriate title. A palimpsest may be defined as a "written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon...

Don't Touch the Poet: The Life and Times of Joel Oppenheimer.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... Given his alcoholism, agoraphobia, compulsiveness, and tendency towards magical thinking, especially when it came to his favorite baseball team (The Mets), poet Joel Oppenheimer would seem the perfect target for a pathography. Gilmore, a...

Introspections: American Poets on One of Their Own Poems.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1998... "Creating a history for the composition of a poem... is tricky business," writes Thomas Swiss, one of the 55 poets asked to do so here, and he's right. Some of these histories are more engaging than the poems (also included in the text),...