Library Journal articles from January 2012, page 3

Library Journal archives from January 2012

Karunatilaka, Shehan. The Legend of Pradeep Mathew.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Karunatilaka, Shehan. The Legend of Pradeep Mathew. Graywolf. May 2012. c.416p. ISBN 9781555976118. pap. $16. F W.G. Karunasena, curmudgeonly narrator and protagonist, is a self-proclaimed alcoholic hack journalist, with no illusions about...

Kluge, P.F.: The Master Blaster.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Kluge, P.F. The Master Blaster. Overlook, dist. by Penguin. Apr. 2012. c.304p. ISBN 9781590203224. $25.95. F Set on the island of Saipan, this novel by the author of Gone Tomorrow focuses on a group of characters who have descended upon this...

Leonard, Elmore. Raylan.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Leonard, Elmore. Raylan. Morrow. Feb. 2012. c.272p. ISBN 9780062119469. $26.99. F Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens first appeared in Pronto and Riding the Rap. Then Raylan, as portrayed by actor Timothy Olyphant, became the hero of the hit...

McComas, Mary Kay. What Happened to Hannah.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * McComas, Mary Kay. What Happened to Hannah. Morrow. Feb. 2012. c.329p. ISBN 9780062084781. pap. $14.99. F Hannah Benson has been hiding in plain sight at her Baltimore insurance firm since she ran away from home 20 years ago, the night her...

Mars, Julie. Rust.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Mars, Julie. Rust. Permanent. Feb. 2012. c.160p. ISBN 9781579622266. $26. F A solitary artist in New York City, Margaret Shaw was raised by her kindly grandfather after her hippie parents disappeared somewhere in India when she was only...

Okimoto, Jean Davies. Waiter's Muse.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Okimoto, Jean Davies. Waiter's Muse. Endicott & Hugh Bks. Feb. 2012. 354p. ISBN 9780983711513. pap. $16.99. F Okimoto's second book in her island trilogy (after the award-winning The Love Ceiling) also features a strong, mature woman...

Paretsky, Sara. Breakdown.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Paretsky, Sara. Breakdown. Putnam. Jan. 2012. c.432p. ISBN 9780399157837. $26.95. F Fans of V.I. Warshawski will breathe a sigh of relief as she returns in another novel filled with action, plot twists, and political maneuverings sure to set...

Pavone, Chris. The Expats.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * Pavone, Chris. The Expats. Crown. Mar. 2012. c.336p. ISBN 9780307956354. $26. F Kate is a young mom cozily wrapped up in her expat life in tiny Luxembourg--her two young sons and husband fill her days. What keeps her up at night glued to...

Perinot, Sophie. The Sister Queens.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Perinot, Sophie. The Sister Queens. NAL: Penguin Group (USA). Mar. 2012. c.432p. ISBN 9760451235701. pap. $15. F Marguerite and Eleanor of Provence, 13th-century sister queens, exchange frequent letters of friendship and encouragement as they...

Peters, Ralph. Cain at Gettysburg.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Peters, Ralph. Cain at Gettysburg. Forge: Tor. Feb. 2012. c.432p. ISBN 9780765330475. $25.99. F Cain slew only his brother Abel in the Bible, but in this gritty, moody retelling of America's bloodiest domestic battle, everyone is Cain. The...

Phan, Aimee. The Reeducation of Cherry Truong.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Phan, Aimee. The Reeducation of Cherry Truong. St. Martin's. Mar. 2012. c.368p. ISBN 9780312322687. $25.99. F Phan's follow-up to her debut, We Should Never Meet--a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book in 2005--is a touching relational and...

Polites, Taylor M.: The Rebel Wife.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Polites, Taylor M. The Rebel Wife. S. & S. Feb. 2012. c.304p. ISBN 9781451629514. $25. F Set in early Reconstruction-era Alabama, this debut is about a Scarlett O'Hara-like woman named Augusta, better known as Gus or Miss Gus. When Gus's...

Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child. Gideon's Corpse.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child. Gideon's Corpse. Grand Central. Jan. 2012. c.368p. ISBN 9780448564373. $26.99. F In the duo's second apocalyptic thriller (after Gideon's Sword), Gideon Crew scrambles to find Reed Chandler, a Los Alamos...

Rogers, Morgan Callan. Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Rogers, Morgan Callan. Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea. Viking. Feb. 2012. c.320p. ISBN 9780670023400. $26.95. F It's summer 1963, and Florine Gilham is 12 years old. Life in her small Maine town is mostly good. Even being grounded after a...

Rosnay, Tatiana de. The House I Loved.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Rosnay, Tatiana de. The House I Loved. St. Martin's. Feb. 2012. c.240p. ISBN 9780312593308. $25.99. F As Rose Bazelet hides in the basement of her Paris home, she can hear the rumble of advancing work crews destroying buildings to make way...

Sada, Daniel. Almost Never.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Sada, Daniel. Almost Never. Graywolf. Apr. 2012. c.344p, tr. from Spanish by Katherine Silver. ISBN 9781555976095. pap. $16. F Poor Demetrio Sordo. In his native Oaxaca, he falls for the prostitute Mireya; in Coahuila (where the author...

Chris Pavone.(Q&A)(novel entitled 'The Expats')(Interview)
January 1, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After moving to Luxembourg, where his wife had landed a job, former book editor Chris Pavone spent a year and half in the city's cafes writing a novel that draws on his life abroad. The result is The Expats (see the...

Saer, Juan Jose. Scars.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Saer, Juan Jose. Scars. Open Letter. 2011. c.278p, tr. from Spanish by Steve Dolph. ISBN 9781934824221. pap. $14.95. F Saer (1937-2005), an Argentine expatriate in Paris, is famous for breaking with Latin American magic realism (the...

Schulman, Audrey. Three Weeks in December.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Schulman, Audrey. Three Weeks in December. Europa, dist. by Penguin. Feb. 2012. c.368p. ISBN 9781609450649. pap. $16. F Its abundance has made Africa ripe for exploitation, but among those who arrive with less-than-honorable intentions are...

Scotch, Allison Winn. The Song Remains the Same.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Scotch, Allison Winn. The Song Remains the Same. Putnam. Apr. 2012. c.320p. ISBN 9780399157585. $25.95. F Nell Slattery, one of only two survivors of an airplane crash, wakes up with amnesia from a coma. She does not remember who she. is, let...

Sharp, Zoe. Fifth Victim: A Charlie Fox Thriller.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Sharp, Zoe Fifth Victim: A Charlie Fox Thriller. Pegasus Crime. Jan. 2012. c.448p. ISBN 9781605982762. $25.95. F Charlie Fox is a female bodyguard for hire. Her latest adventure (after Fourth Day) finds her tasked with protecting Dina, the...

Shibli, Adania. We Are All Equally Far from Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Shibli, Adania. We Are All Equally Far from Love. Clockroot: Interlink Pub. Group. Jan. 2012. c.144p, tr. from Arabic by Paul Starkey. ISBN 9781566568630. pap. $15. F In Shibli's well-received first novel, Touch, her impressionistic prose...

Spufford, Francis. Red Plenty.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Spufford, Francis. Red Plenty. Graywolf. Feb. 2012. c.448p. ISBN 9781555976040. pap. $16. F/HIST An unusual work blending fiction with history, this is the story of a specific time and place: the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, when its...

Tuccelli, Jessica Maria. Glow.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Tuccelli, Jessica Maria. Glow. Viking. Mar. 2012. c.320p. ISBN 9780670023318. $25.95. F It's a good thing there's a helpful genealogical chart at the beginning of this first novel, as the narrative ranges over seven generations of two...

Whyte, Jack. The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Whyte, Jack. The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace. Forge: Tor. Feb. 2012. c.512p. ISBN 9780765331564. $25.99. F William Wallace, a hero of Scotland, is visited by a priest in his London prison cell on the dark morning before his brutal...

Chaon, Dan. Stay Awake.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * Chaon, Dan. Stay Awake. Ballantine. Feb. 2012. c.272p. ISBN 9780345530370. $25. F National Book Award finalist Chaon follows up his critically acclaimed novel Await Your Reply with this disquieting collection of 12 stories. His characters...

James, Tania. Aerogrammes: And Other Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... James, Tania. Aerogrammes: And Other Stories. Knopf. Apr. 2012. c.192p. ISBN 9780307268914. $24. F A skilled storyteller and author of the well-received Atlas of Unknowns, James investigates with compassion and humor the indignities of aging,...

Lee, Michael Jeffrey. Something in My Eye.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Lee, Michael Jeffrey. Something in My Eye. Sarabande, dist. by Consortium. Feb. 2012. c.184p. ISBN 9781936747054. pap. $15.95. F Reading Lee's debut collection feels a bit like watching a black-and-white film by Jim Jarmusch. In both cases,...

Simpson, Helen. In-Flight Entertainment.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Simpson, Helen. In-Flight Entertainment. Knopf. Feb. 2012. c.176p. ISBN 9780307595584. $24. F British author Simpson has published a novel, Flesh and Grass, but her four story collections (Getting a Life; Four Bare Legs in a Bed; Dear George;...

Griggs, Vanessa Davis. Forever Soul Ties.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Griggs, Vanessa Davis. Forever Soul Ties. Dafina: Kensington. Jan. 2012. c.288p. ISBN 9780758259646. pap. $15. CF Butterfly and Ethan are childhood sweethearts with serious soul ties. They reconnect years after they have married other people,...

Bass, Jennifer & Pat Kirkham. Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Bass, Jennifer & Pat Kirkham. Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design. Laurence King, dist. by Chronicle. 2011.428p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9781856697521. $75. GRAPHIC ARTS Saul Bass (1920-96) is perhaps best known for his movie...

Dransart, Penelope & Helen Wolfe. Textiles from the Andes.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Dransart, Penelope & Helen Wolfe. Textiles from the Andes. Interlink: Interlink Pub. Group. Jan. 2012. c.88p, photogs, maps. ISBN 9781566568593. pap. $20. DEC ARTS Dransart (anthropology & archaeology, Univ. of Wales; Earth, Water,...

Gordon, Beverly. Textiles: The Whole Story; Uses, Meanings, Significance.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * Gordon, Beverly. Textiles: The Whole Story; Uses, Meanings, Significance. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2011. 304p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780500515662. $60. DEC ARTS This stunning book leads readers from the Stone Age to the...

Karlstrom, Paul J.: Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Karlstrom, Paul J. Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art. Univ. of California. Jan. 2012. c.321p, photogs, bibliog. ISBN 9780520269354. $34.95. FINE ARTS In 1936, 17-year-old Peter Selz left Munich for New York, where he began working in...

Berry, Bob (illus.) & Joey Marsocci & Allison DeBlasio (text). How To Draw Steampunk.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Berry, Bob (illus.) & Joey Marsocci & Allison DeBlasio (text). How To Draw Steampunk. Walter Foster: Quayside. 2011. 128p. illus. ISBN 9781600582400. pap. $19.95. ART INSTRUCTION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Steampunk, once a...

Calderhead, Christopher & Holly Cohen. The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy: The Ultimate Compendium on the Art of Fine Writing.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Calderhead, Christopher & Holly Cohen. The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy: The Ultimate Compendium on the Art of Fine Writing. Sterling. 2011.308p. illus, index. ISBN 9781402733680. $35. ART INSTRUCTION This lusciously illustrated book...

Heilman, Carl, II. The Landscape Photography Field Guide: Capturing the Great Outdoors with Your Digital SLR Camera.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Heilman, Carl, II. The Landscape Photography Field Guide: Capturing the Great Outdoors with Your Digital SLR Camera. Focal: Elsevier. 2011.188p. illus. index. ISBN 9780240819228. pap. $15.95. ART INSTRUCTION Heilman (Contemporary Landscape...

Cochran, Khris. The DIY Bride, an Affair To Remember: 40 Fantastic Projects To Celebrate Your Unique Wedding Style.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... CRAFTS NANETTE DONOHUE, Champaign P.L., IL Cochran, Khris. The DIY Bride, an Affair To Remember: 40 Fantastic Projects To Celebrate Your Unique Wedding Style. Taunton. Jan. 2012. c.224p, illus. index. ISBN 9781600853517. pap. $21.95....

Stuart, Christopher. DIY Furniture: A Step-by-Step Guide.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Stuart, Christopher. DIY Furniture: A Step-by-Step Guide. Laurence King, dist. by Chronicle. 2011.144p. illus. ISBN 9761656697422. pap. $24.95. DIY Industrial designer and artist Stuart tries to make modern art approachable with this...

LaGamma, Alisa. Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... LaGamma, Alisa. Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures. Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. by Yale Univ. 2011.312p. photogs, maps. index. ISBN 9780300175844. $60. FINE ARTS The anthropologists and collectors following in the...

Lessing, Erich (photogs.) & Anja Grebe (text). The Louvre: All the Paintings.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * Lessing, Erich (photogs.) & Anja Grebe (text). The Louvre: All the Paintings. Black Dog & Leventhal. 2011. 784p. ed. by Vincent Pomarede. illus, index. ISBN 9781579128869. $75. FINE ARTS A massive effort by Lessing (contributor,...

Mitnick, Sarai. The Colette Sewing Handbook: Inspired Styles and Classic Techniques for the New Seamstress.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * Mitnick, Sarai. The Colette Sewing Handbook: Inspired Styles and Classic Techniques for the New Seamstress. Krause. 2011.176p. illus. index. ISBN 9781440215452. $29.99. FIBER CRAFTS Mitnick, founder of the fashion-forward Colette Patterns...

The Quilters Hall of Fame: 42 Masters Who Have Shaped Our Art.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... The Quilters Hall of Fame: 42 Masters Who Have Shaped Our Art. Voyageur: Quayside. 2011. 208p. ed. by Merikay Waldvogel & others, photogs. index. ISBN 9780760336359. $35. FIBER CRAFTS The Quilters Hall of Fame, founded in 1979, honors the...

Yu, Alice. Socktopus: 17 Pairs of Socks To Knit and Show Off.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Yu, Alice. Socktopus: 17 Pairs of Socks To Knit and Show Off. Taunton. 2011.160p. illus. index. ISBN 9781600854101. pap. $19.95. FIBER CRAFTS London-based Yu's yarn shop, sock yarn line, and role as cofounder of the Knit Nation knitting...

Dickinson, Duo. Staying Put: Remodel Your House To Get the Home You Want.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Dickinson, Duo. Staying Put: Remodel Your House To Get the Home You Want. Taunton. 2011. 256p. photogs. ISBN 9781600853647. pap. $24.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Architect Dickinson (House on a Budget: Making Smart Choices To Build the Home You Want)...

Prato, Cate Coulacos. Inside the Creative Studio: Inspiration and Ideas for Your Art and Craft Space.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Prato, Cate Coulacos. Inside the Creative Studio: Inspiration and Ideas for Your Art and Craft Space. Interweave. 2011. 160p. photogs. ISBN 9781596683983. pap. $24.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Prato (editor, Cloth Paper Scissors Studios) visits 27...

Plains Indian Art: The Pioneering Work of John C. Ewers.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Plains Indian Art: The Pioneering Work of John C. Ewers. Univ. of Oklahoma. (Charles M. Russell Ctr. on Art & Photography of the American West, Vol. 8). 2011. c.224p. ed. by Jane Ewers Robinson. illus. index. ISBN 9780806130613. $39.95. FINE...

The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini. Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. by Yale Univ. 2011.432p. ed. by Keith Christiansen & Stefan Weppelmann. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780300175912. $65. FINE ARTS Accompanying a...

Homer. The Iliad.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Homer. The Iliad. Free Pr: S. & S. 2011. c.544p. tr. by Stephen Mitchell. bibliog. ISBN 9781439163375. $35. LIT Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are among the oldest and most influential works in the Western canon, with verse translations by...

Homer. The Iliad.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Homer. The Iliad. Oxford Univ. 2011. 512p. tr. by Anthony Verity. maps. index. ISBN 9780199235483. $29.95. LIT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This new verse translation is not by a poet but a classicist. Verity (former master, Dulwich Coll.), who...

Simon, Joe & Jack Kirby. The Simon & Kirby Library: Crime.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Simon, Joe & Jack Kirby. The Simon & Kirby Library: Crime. Titan. 20tl. 320p. illus. ISBN 9781848569607. $49.95. FINE ARTS This third of six planned volumes in Titan's kickass "Simon & Kirby Library" series is no less impressive...

Wolff, Justin. Thomas Hart Benton: A Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Wolff, Justin. Thomas Hart Benton: A Life. Farrar. Mar. 2012. c.432p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780374199876. $40. FINE ARTS Wolff (art history, Univ. of Maine; Richard Caton Woodville: American Painter, Artful Dodger) presents the first full...

Bram, Christopher. Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Bram, Christopher. Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America. Twelve: Hachette. Feb. 2012. c.320p. index. ISBN 9780446563130. $27.99. LIT This book is a history, literary critique, and collective biography in one. Novelist Brain...

Hayes, Kevin J.: A Journey Through American Literature.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Hayes, Kevin J. A Journey Through American Literature. Oxford Univ. Mar. 2012. c.240p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780199862078. $74; pap. ISBN 9780199862061. $17.95. LIT Hayes (English, Univ. of Central Oklahoma; The Road to Monticello: The...

The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous and Obscure.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous and Obscure. HarperPerennial: HarperCollins. Jan. 2012. c.368p. ed. by Larry Smith. ISBN 9780061719653. pap. $14.99. LIT Have you ever taken a wrong turn...

Vejdovsky, Boris with Mariel Hemingway. Hemingway: A Life in Pictures.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Vejdovsky, Boris with Mariel Hemingway. Hemingway: A Life in Pictures. Firefly. 2011. 208p. photogs. ISBN 9781554079469. pap. $29.95. LIT This handsome coffee-table book (soft-cover) filled with photographs of its subject is arranged...

Gubern, Roman & Paul Hammond. Luis Bunuel: The Red Years, 1929-1939.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Gubern, Roman & Paul Hammond. Luis Bunuel: The Red Years, 1929-1939. Univ. of Wisconsin. Jan. 2012. c.434p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780299284749. pap. $34.95. FILM Highly detailed and exacting in its use of documentary evidence,...

Hartman, Kent. The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Hartman, Kent. The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret. Thomas Dunne: St. Martin's. Feb. 2012. c.304p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780312619749. $25.99. MUSIC In Los Angeles in the 1960s-70s, if you wanted...

Kessler-Harris, Alice. A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * Kessler-Harris, Alice. A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman. Bloomsbury Pr., dist. by Macmillan. Apr. 2012. c.448p. photogs. ISBN 9781596913639. $30. THEATER In this superb biography of Lillian Hellman...

Lord, M.G.: The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty To Notice.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Lord, M.G. The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty To Notice. Walker. Feb. 2012. c.192p. photogs. bibliog. ISBN 9780802716699. $22. FILM Lord (Forever Barbie: The...

Louvin, Charlie with Benjamin Whitmer. Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Louvin, Charlie with Benjamin Whitmer. Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers. It: HarperCollins. Jan. 2012. c.320p. photogs. ISBN 9780062069030. $22.99. MUSIC The Louvin Brothers were the preeminent country harmony duo of the...

Riley, Kalhleen. The Astaires: Fred & Adele.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Riley, Kalhleen. The Astaires: Fred & Adele. Oxford Univ. Mar. 2012. c.272p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780199738410. $27.95. DANCE Although Fred Astaire's dance partnership with Ginger Rogers has been written about in a number of...

Santopietro, Tom. The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Santopietro, Tom. The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me. Thomas Dunne: St. Martin's. Feb. 2012. c.320p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781250005137. $25.99. FILM Santopietro (Sinatra in Hollywood; The Importance of Being...

Jackendoff, Ray. A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Jackendoff, Ray. A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning. Oxford Univ. Apr. 2012. c.288p. illus. index. ISBN 9780199693207. $29.95. PHIL Jackendoff (Seth Merrin Professor of Philosophy, Tufts Univ.; Foundations of Language) works at the...

Asekoff, L.S.: Freedom Hill: A Poem.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Asekoff, L.S. Freedom Hill: A Poem. Triquarterly: Northwestern Univ. 2011. c.72p. ISBN 9780810127081. pap. $16.95. POETRY Poetic despair often couples with humor, and Asekoff--a New York poet with Beat influences and former head of Brooklyn...

Carlson, Ron. Room Service: Poems, Meditations, Outcries & Remarks.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Carlson, Ron. Room Service: Poems, Meditations, Outcries & Remarks. Red Hen. Mar. 2012. c.95p. ISBN 9781597092333. pap. $17.95. POETRY Let's begin with a declarative statement: the only thing worse than a poet writing fiction is a...

Collins, Martha. White Papers.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Collins, Martha. White Papers. Univ. of Pittsburgh. Feb. 2012. c.80p. ISBN 9780822961840. pap. $15.95. POETRY The subject of these language poems is racism. But there's a twist: they're about being white in a multicultural society. Generally...

Liu Xiaobo. June Fourth Elegies.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * Liu Xiaobo. June Fourth Elegies. Graywolf. Apr. 2012. c.292p, tr. from Chinese by Jeffrey Yang. ISBN 9781555976101. $26. POETRY Currently a political prisoner in China, human rights activist and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu wrote an...

Powell, D.A.: Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Powell, D.A. Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys. Graywolf. Feb. 2012. c.80p. ISBN 9781555976057. $22. POETRY Poems by Powell (Chronic) are the Apple products of the literary world: sleek, urbane, well-designed marvels. They are so...

Shapiro, Alan. Night of the Republic.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Shapiro, Alan. Night of the Republic. Houghton Harcourt. Jan. 2012. c.80p. ISBN 9780547329703. $21. POETRY In his latest, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award- and Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author of Happy Hour considers place and...

St. John, David. The Auroras.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... * St. John, David. The Auroras. Harper: HarperCollins. Mar. 2012. c.96p. ISBN 9780062088482. $24.99. POETRY An aurora is an atmospheric light display, a natural event with perhaps mystical overtones. In this aptly titled volume, St. John...

de Botton, Alain. Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... de Botton, Alain. Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion. Pantheon. Mar. 2012. c.320p. illus. index. ISBN 9780307379108. $26.95. REL Atheism is a form of faith. The convinced atheist believes that there is no...

DeConick, April D.: Holy Misogyny: Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early Church Still Matter.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... DeConick, April D. Holy Misogyny: Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early Church Still Matter. Continuum. 2011. 200p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780826405616. $24.95. REL DeConick (Isla Carroll & Percy E. Turner Professor of...

Duffy, Eamon. Ten Popes Who Shook the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Duffy, Eamon. Ten Popes Who Shook the World. Yale Univ. 2011. c.160p. illus. index. ISBN 9780300176889. $25. REL These portraits of ten highly influential popes were originally broadcast on BBC radio and here retain their colloquial style...

Enns, Peter. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say About Human Origins.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Enns, Peter. The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say About Human Origins. Brazos. Jan. 2012. c.192p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781587433153. pap. $17.99. REL Enns's (senior fellow, BioLogos Fdn.; Inspiration and Incarnation:...

McCauley, Robert N.: Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... McCauley, Robert N. Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not. Oxford Univ. 2011. c.352p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780199827268. $29.95. REL The relationship between religion and science has historically been fraught with tension and...

Radnedge, Keir. FIFA World Soccer Records 2012.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Radnedge, Keir. FIFA World Soccer Records 2012. Carlton, dist. by Sterling. 2011. 256p. photogs. index. ISBN 9781847328922. $29.95. SPORTS Sources for soccer records abound in print and on the Internet, but Radnedge's (The Complete...

Roberts, Randy. A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Roberts, Randy. A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation. Houghton Harcourt. 2011. c.288p. index. ISBN 9780547511061. $26. SPORTS Roberts (history, Purdue Univ.; Joe Louis) here captures the spirit of American life in a...

Dykstra, Natalie. Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Dykstra, Natalie. Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life. Houghton Harcourt. Feb. 2012. c.320p. photogs. index. ISBN 9780618873852. $26. BIOG Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams, wife of historian Henry Adams, was a well-educated Boston...

Negev, Eliot & Yehuda Koren. The First Lady of Fleet Street: The Life of Rachel Beer; Crusading Heiress and Newspaper Pioneer.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Negev, Eliot & Yehuda Koren. The First Lady of Fleet Street: The Life of Rachel Beer; Crusading Heiress and Newspaper Pioneer. Bantam. Mar. 2012. c.368p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780553807431. $30. COMM The long-forgotten life of Rachel Beer...

Guest, Robert. Borderless Economics: Chinese Sea Turtles, Indian Fridges, and the New Fruits of Global Capitalism.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Guest, Robert. Borderless Economics: Chinese Sea Turtles, Indian Fridges, and the New Fruits of Global Capitalism. Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. c.256p. index. ISBN 9780230113824. $27. ECON Guest (business editor, Economist) provides an...

Hyman, Louis. Borrow: The American Way of Debt.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Hyman, Louis. Borrow: The American Way of Debt. Vintage: Random. Jan. 2012. c.224p. illus. index. ISBN 9780307741684. pap. $15. ECON Debt is an integral part of life in the United States; Americans borrow money to purchase products, houses,...

James, Geoffrey. How To Say It: Business to Business Selling; Power Words and Strategies from the World's Top Sales Experts.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... James, Geoffrey. How To Say It: Business to Business Selling; Power Words and Strategies from the World's Top Sales Experts. Prentice-Hall. 2011. c.224p. ISBN 9780735204584. pap. $18. BUS Written exclusively for business-to-business sales...

Scurlock, James D.: King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2012... Scurlock, James D. King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire Genius. Scribner. Jan. 2012. c.352p. photogs. index. ISBN 9761416589228. $26. BUS Documentary filmmaker Scurlock (Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of. Predatory...