Library Journal articles from June 2001, page 4

Library Journal archives from June 2001

Daughter of Lir.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Tarr, Judith. Daughter of Lin Forge: Tor. Jun. 2001. c.416p. ISBN 0-312-87616-5. $27.95. F In her new novel, Tarr returns to the ancient pagan world of White Mare's Daughter (LJ 6/1/98). Terrible omens at Rhian's birth led priestesses to...

Celebrities in Disgrace: A Novella and Stories.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Searle, Elizabeth. Celebrities in Disgrace: A Novella and Stories. Graywolf. Jun. 2001. c.200p. LC 00-105091. ISBN 1-55597-324-8. pap. $14. F Fame lies just out of reach for many of the characters in this latest collection from Searle,...

The Shadows of God.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Keyes, J. Gregory. The Shadows of God. Del Rey: Ballantine. (Age of Unreason, Bk. 4). Jul. 2001. c.352p. ISBN 0-345-43904-X. pap. $15. FANTASY The universe lies on the verge of destruction as demons and angels use mortal wizards and...

The Ring of Five Dragons.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Van Lustbader, Eric. The Ring of Five Dragons. Tor. (Pearl Saga, Vol. 1). Jun. 2001. 576p. ISBN 0-312-87235-6. $27.95. FANTASY Despite the conquest of their planet by the offworld alien race known as the V'ornn, the Kundalan people...

Priestess of Avalon.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Bradley, Marion Zimmer & Diana L. Paxson. Priestess of Avalon. Viking. 2001. 394p. ISBN 0-670-910236. $25.95. FANTASY Though destined to achieve distinction as the pious mother of Constantine, the young woman once called Eilen--or...

The Shadow Sorceress.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Modesitt, L.E., Jr. The Shadow Sorceress. Tor. Jun. 2001. c.544p. ISBN 0-312-87877-X. $27.95. FANTASY The unexpected death of her mentor catapults Secca into a position of great responsibility as she assumes the position of Defalk's...

The King of Dreams.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Silverberg, Robert. The King of Dreams. Eos: HarperCollins. (Prestimion Trilogy, Bk. 3). Jun. 2001. c.464p. ISBN 0-06105171-3. $25. FANTASY With the death of Confalume, the Coronal Prestimion prepares to assume the position of Pontifex...

Hammerfall.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Cherryh, C.J. Hammerfall. Eos: HarperCollins. Jul. 2001. c.400p. ISBN 0-06-105260-4. $25. SF Brought before the powerful ruler known as the Ila, the madman known as Marak receives a command to seek out the silver tower of his mad dreams...

The Merlin of the Oak Wood.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Chamberlin, Ann. The Merlin of the Oak Wood. Tor. (Joan of Arc Tapestries, Bk. 2). Jun. 2001. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-87284-4. $24.95. FANTASY As the people of a divided France suffer under the ravages of English occupiers and Burgundian...

Ravenheart.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Gemmell, David. Ravenheart. Del Rey: Ballantine. (Rigante, Bk. 3). Jul. 2001. c.416p. ISBN 0-345-43226-6. $24.95. FANTASY In a world ruled by Varlish conquerors, the highlanders of the Rigante clan live for the day when they can reclaim...

Foreign Legions.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Drake, David. Foreign Legions. Baen, dist. by S. & S. Jun. 2001. c.320p. ISBN 0-671-31990-6. $23. SF Drake's previously published story of an interstellar interpretation of a portion of Roman history ("Ranks of Bronze") becomes the...

Reunion.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Foster, Alan Dean. Reunion. Del Rey: Ballantine. 2001. c.336p. ISBN 0-345-41867-0. $24. SF Using his empathic powers to infiltrate a top-security complex in search of information regarding his mysterious past, the genetically enhanced...

The Storm of Heaven.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Harlan, Thomas. The Storm of Heaven. Tor. (Oath of Empire, Bk. 3). Jun. 2001. c.512p. ISBN 0-312-86559-7. $27.95. FANTASY As the empire of Rome engages in a war against the rival armies of Persia as well as a group of desert warriors led...

Necroscope: Avengers.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Lumley, Brian. Necroscope: Avengers. Tor. Jun. 2001. c.448p. ISBN 0-312-87923-7. $25.95. HORROR Jake Cutter, the newest member of E-Branch, tackles the latest development of the secret war against a trio of extra-dimensional Wamphyri as...

Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Tenn, William. Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn. Vol. 1. NESFA. Jun. 2001. c.619p. ISBN 1-886778-19-1. $29. SF Whether dealing with aliens ("Firewater"), time travel ("Time in Advance") or investigating...

From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Brown, Frederic. From These Ashes:The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown. NESFA. Jun. 2001. c.693p, ed. by Ben Yalow. ISBN 1-886778-18-3. $29. SF From a tongue-in-cheek tale of a young boy's valiant effort to save the world...

Epitaph.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Siegel, James. Epitaph. Mysterious. Jun. 2001. c.320p. ISBN 0-89296-712-9. $23.95. M Retired P.I. William Riskin spends his golden years sweeping out a Queens Offtrack Betting Office and waiting to die when he spots the newspaper...

An Irresistible Impulse.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Delinsky, Barbara. An Irresistible Impulse. Severn House. 2001. 228p. ISBN 0-7278-5673-1. $26. F Jury duty is usually a fate worse than death for most people, but for Abby Barnes, the protagonist of this 1983 novel, it offers a welcome...

Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard. New York Review Books. 2001. 417p. ISBN 0-940322-73-0. pap. $13.95. F Conan Doyle is another one of those guys who wrote a ton of stuff but who is remembered now only...

The Bride of Lammermoor.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Scott, Sir Walter. The Bride of Lammermoor. 346p. ISBN 0-14-043656-1. ea. vol: Penguin Putnam. 2001. pap. $11. F Published in 1819 and 1824, respectively, these titles are typical of Scott's historical soap operas involving revenge,...

Redgauntlet.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Scott, Walter. Redgauntlet. 481 p. ISBN 0-14-043655-3. ea. vol: Penguin Putnam. 2001. pap. $11. F Published in 1819 and 1824, respectively, these titles are typical of Scott's historical soap operas involving revenge, kidnapping, love,...

The Stuarts.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Ashley, Mauricey. The Stuarts. 104p. ISBN 0-520-22800-6. ea. vol: Univ. of California. (A Royal History of England). 2001. ed. by Antonia Fraser. illus, index, pap. $12.95. HIST This five-volume series covers several centuries of English...

The War of the Roses.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Cheetham, Anthony. The War of the Roses. 104p. ISBN 0-520-22802-2. ea. vol: Univ. of California. (A Royal History of England). 2001. ed. by Antonia Fraser. illus, index, pap. $12.95. HIST This five-volume series covers several centuries...

The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Clarke, John & Jasper Ridley. The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. 104p. ISBN 0-520-22801-4. ea. vol: Univ. of California. (A Royal History of England). 2001. ed. by Antonia Fraser. illus, index, pap. $12.95. HIST This...

The Middle Ages.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Gillingham, John & Peter Earle. The Middle Ages. 120p. ISBN 0-520-22799-9. ea. vol: Univ. of California. (A Royal History of England). 2001. ed. by Antonia Fraser. illus, index, pap. $12.95. HIST This five-volume series covers several...

The House of Windsor.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Roberts, Andrew. The House of Windsor. 104p. ISBN 0-520-22803-0. ea. vol: Univ. of California. (A Royal History of England). 2001. ed. by Antonia Fraser. illus, index, pap. $12.95. HIST This five-volume series covers several centuries of...

Augustus: The Golden Age of Rome.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Baker, G.P. Augustus: The Golden Age of Rome. 324p. ISBN 0-8154-1089-1. pap. $18.95. ea. vol: Cooper Square. 2001. HIST Released in 1937 and 1929, respectively, Baker's biographical survey of ancient military leaders continues. Augustus...

Hannibal.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Baker, G.P. Hannibal. 332p. ISBN 0-8154-1005-0. pap. $16.95. ea. vol: Cooper Square. 2001. HIST Released in 1937 and 1929, respectively, Baker's biographical survey of ancient military leaders continues. Augustus was propelled into the...

P.G. Wodehouse: A Biography.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Donaldson, Frances P.G. Wodehouse: A Biography. Prion, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Jul. 2001. 400p. index. ISBN 1-85375-424-2. pap. $16.95. LIT At the time of its 1982 release, this was the first "full-dress" biography of Wodehouse. LJ's...

McSorley's Wonderful Saloon.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Mitchell, Joseph. McSorley's Wonderful Saloon. 370p. ISBN 0-375-42102-5. $25. ea. vol: Pantheon. Jun. 2001. LIT Mitchell was a cherished columnist for the now-defunct New York World-Telegram in the 1930s. He wrote primarily about the...

My Ears are Bent.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Mitchell, Joseph. My Ears Are Bent. 299p. ISBN 0-375-42103-3. $23. ea. vol: Pantheon. Jun. 2001. LIT Mitchell was a cherished columnist for the now-defunct New York World-Telegram in the 1930s. He wrote primarily about the variety of...

Rolling Stone: The Complete Covers.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Rolling Stone: The Complete Covers. Abradale: Abrams. 2001. 273p. photogs. index. ISBN 0-8109-8206-4. $19.98. ART Abradale's half-price reprint of the 1998 original features 30 years' worth of covers from the prestigious music...

Here To Go.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Wilson, Terry & Brion Gysin. Here To Go. Creation. Jun. 2001. 246p. illus, index. ISBN 1-84068-047-4. pap. $19.95. LIT Gysin was a quieter member of the Beat Movement and a particular friend of William S. Burroughs, who once said Gysin...

Readers, Reading and Librarians.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... (*) Readers, Reading and Librarians. Haworth. (Acquisitions Librarian, Vol. 13, No. 25). 2000. 205p. ed. by Bill Katz. index. ISBN 0-7890-0699-5. $49.95. Editor Katz has assembled a readable, thoughtful, and thought-provoking collection...

Intelligent Technologies in Library and Information Service Applications.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Lancaster, F.W. & Amy Warner. Intelligent Technologies in Library and Information Service Applications. Information Today. (ASIST Monograph). 2001. 214p. bibliog, index. ISBN 1-57387-103-6. $39.50. This monograph traces past, current, and...

Librarianship: Renewing the Social Mission of the Public Library.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... McCabe, Ronald B. Civic Librarianship: Renewing the Social Mission of the Public Library. Scarecrow. Jul. 2001. c.200p, permanent paper, bibliog, index. ISBN 0-81083905-9. $39.50. In this dense, very sophisticated tome by the director of...

Lapsit Services for the Very Young II: A How-To-Do-It Manual.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Ernst, Linda L. Lapsit Services for the Very Young II: A How-To-Do-It Manual. Neal-Schuman. (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Librarians, No. 106). 2001. 217p. ISBN 1-55570-391-7. pap. $38.50. Expanding on her Lapsit Services for the Very Young...

Hot.dots: Smart Shopping on the Web.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Hot.dots: Smart Shopping on the Web 2000. bi-m. $12. Ed: Mark Mayfield. PO Box 830964, Birmingham, AL 352828438; www.hotdots.com. ISSN 15314731. Illus. adv. Aud: Ga (Subject: Internet. Women's Issues. Issue examined: Vol. 1, No. 1) ...

Upside.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Upside 1989. m. $29.95. Ed: Galen Smith. PO Box 3234, Northbrook, IL 60065; www.upsidetoday.com. ISSN 10520341. Illus. adv. Aud: Ga (Subject: Business and Economics. Issue examined: Vol. 12, No. 9, Sept. 2000) For more than 11 years,...

The Apartment Professional: Resources and Services.(Review)
June 15, 2001... The Apartment Professional: Resources and Services 1998. bi-m. $35.70. Ed: Jeff Smedley. Wave III Pub., PO Box 2634, Springfield, OH 45501-9852. ISSN 1530-2326. Illus. adv. Aud: Sa (Subject: Real Estate. Issues examined: January/February &...

Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture 2001. q. $110. Ed: Darra Goldstein. Univ. of California Pr. Journals, 2000 Center St., Suite 303, Berkeley, CA 94704; www.gastronomica.org. ISSN 1529-3262. Illus. Aud: Ga (Subject: Food and Food...

New England Review.(Review)
June 15, 2001... New England Review 1978. q. $40. Ed: Stephen Donadio. Middlebury Coll., 14 Old Chapel Rd., Middlebury, VT 05735-9937; www.middlebury. edu/~nereview. ISSN 1053-1297. Aud: Ga (Subject: Literature. Issues examined: Vol. 20, No. 3 & Vol. 21, Nos....

[WEB] ACCUNET/AP MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE.(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... [WEB] ACCUNET/AP MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE Accuweather (888-438-9847; phlsales@accuwx.com). ap.accuweather.com Date reviewed: 5/20/01 Price: Negotiated by site. A previous version of this file was reviewed last year (Database&Disc Reviews, LJ...

[CD-ROM] ESL INSTANT IMMERSION ENGLISH.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 15, 2001... [CD-ROM] ESL INSTANT IMMERSION ENGLISH Countertop Software/TOPICS Entertainment (425-656-3621; info@topic-ent.com). www.topics-ent.com Windows 95/98/2000/NT; Mac OS 7.5.3+. 2000. ISBN 1-886089-70-1. Price: $29.99/four discs. This four-CD...

[CD-ROM] EUROCK: THE GOLDEN AGE.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 15, 2001... [CD-ROM] EUROCK: THE GOLDEN AGE Archie Patterson d.b.a. Eurock Record Co. (503-281-0247; apatters@eurock.com). www.eurock.com Windows 95,98,NT; Mac OS 8.0. 2000. Price: $30. For more than 25 years, Archie Patterson's fanzine EUROCK has...

[CD-ROM] THE MAP.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 15, 2001... [CD-ROM] THE MAP The Portland Fellowship (503-235-6364; pf@teleport.com). www.portlandfellowship.com Windows 95+/Mac OS 8.6+. 2000. Price: $30. The Map is evidence of society's ambivalence when it comes to dealing with homosexuality....

[CD-ROM] MAPTECH TERRAIN NAVIGATOR.(Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 15, 2001... [CD-ROM] MAPTECH TERRAIN NAVIGATOR Maptech, Inc. (888-839-5551; mfox@maptech.com). www.maptech.com Windows 95,98,ME,NT,2000. 2001. Price: Regions $149.95; individual CDs $49.95. There is so much going on here it's difficult to shoe-horn...

[WEB] UNITED NATIONS TREATY COLLECTION ONLINE.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 15, 2001... [WEB] UNITED NATIONS TREATY COLLECTION ONLINE UN Pubns. (212-963-8298; publications@un.org). www.un.org/publications Date reviewed: 5/14/01 Price: For-profit entities $100/m., $1000/yr.; nonprofit/government/UN agencies $50/m., $500/yr.;...

Red Steagall Presents Cowboy: The Legend, the Legacy.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Red Steagall Presents Cowboy: The Legend, the Legacy color. 58 min. Red River Films, dist. by Janson Television & Video, 88 Semmens Rd., Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201784-8488; www.janson.com. ISBN 156839-082-3. $19.95. AMERICANA Poet,...

Dazzling Color.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Dazzling Color. Vol. 1. color. 60 min. Welsh Video, dist. by Silva Fox Artistry, PO Box 740, Mundelein, IL 60060; 847-949-6433. $25.95; public performance $55. ART-INSTRUCTION Leather artist Silva Fox outlines step by step the Grisaille...

The Peace of Paper: An Introduction to Origami, the Art of Paper Folding.(Review)
June 15, 2001... The Peace of Paper: An Introduction to Origami, the Art of Paper Folding. rev. ed. color. 53 min. World Information Videos, dist. by Tapeworm Videos, 27833 Ave. Hopkins, Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355; 661-257-4904. 2000. ISBN 0-96582760-7....

Women Count: Smart About Money.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Women Count: Smart About Money color. 28 min. Third Wave Television, dist. by Instructional Video, 2219 C St., Lincoln, NE 68502; 800-228-0164; 402475-6570. 2001. ISBN 0-9701661-4-1. $20. Public performance. ECON Financial planners have...

Ballet Boot Camp.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Ballet Boot Camp color. 65 min. Balletbootcamp, dist. by Tapeworm Video, 27833 Ave. Hopkins, Unit 6, Valencia, CA 91355; 661-2574904. 2000. $19.95. Public performance. EXERCISE Ballet Boot Camp, choreographed by ballet instructor Jessica...

The Forgotten Battle of Fort Pillow and the Birth of the Ku Klux Klan.(Review)
June 15, 2001... The Forgotten Battle of Fort Pillow and the Birth of the Ku Klux Klan color. 83 min. with tchr's, guide. Stan Armstrong & others, dist. by Cinema Guild, 130 Madison Ave., 2d fl., New York, NY 10016; 212-685-6242. 2001. DVD ISBN 0-7815-0841-Z....

Great Lakes Shipwreck Disasters.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Great Lakes Shipwreck Disasters 60 min. ea. vol: colon Southport Video, 4609 74th Place, Kenosha, WI 53142-3711; 262552-5411. 2001. $59.95 + $7.95 s/h. mST It's been estimated that over 10,000 shipwrecks litter the floors of the five...

The Loss of the Linda-E.(Review)
June 15, 2001... The Loss of the Linda-E 80 min. ea. vol: colon Southport Video, 4609 74th Place, Kenosha, WI 53142-3711; 262552-5411. 2001. $59.95 + $7.95 s/h. HIST It's been estimated that over 10,000 shipwrecks litter the floors of the five Great...

Playing the Accordion for Fun and Fame!(Review)
June 15, 2001... Playing the Accordion for Fun and Fame! 54 min. ea. vol: colon Music with a Smile Prods., PMB 216, 12046 W. 95th St., Lenexa, KS 66215-3803; 888-401-3883; 913492-3883; orders@musicwithasmile.com. 2000. $24.95. MUSIC This reviewer has...

Squeezing Money Out of Your Accordion: How To Be a Professional, Money-Making Musician.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Squeezing Money Out of Your Accordion: How To Be a Professional, Money-Making Musician 51 min. ea. vol: colon Music with a Smile Prods., PMB 216, 12046 W. 95th St., Lenexa, KS 66215-3803; 888-401-3883; 913492-3883; orders@musicwithasmile.com....

The Bald Soprano.(Review)
June 15, 2001... The Bald Soprano 62 min. 1999. ISBN 0-7815-0833-9. $79.95. ea. vol: color. Ron Myrvik, dist. by Cinema Guild, 130 Madison Ave., 2d fl., New York, NY 10016; 212-685-6242. 2001 release. OPERA Ghosts of Versailles, commissioned by the...

Ghostmakers.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Ghostmakers 26 min. 1992. ISBN 0-7815-0834-7. $59.95. ea. vol: color. Ron Myrvik, dist. by Cinema Guild, 130 Madison Ave., 2d fl., New York, NY 10016; 212-685-6242. 2001 release. OPERA Ghosts of Versailles, commissioned by the...

Chemistry: The Complete Course.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Chemistry: The Complete Course. Lesson 1: Introduction and Philosophy; Lesson 4: Density ea. vol: color. 30 min. The Teaching Co., dist. by TMW Media Group, 2321 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291; 310-577-8581. 2001. $29.95. Public...

Olivia's Story.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Olivia's Story color. 14 min. Charles Burnett, dist. by Dai Sil Prods., 27 Old Mill Rd., New Paltz, NY 12561; 845-255-2908. 1999; 2001 release. $125 (Rental: $40). Public performance. SOC SCI African American film director and editor...

Diesel Power on the Santa Fe, 1965 to 1985.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Diesel Power on the Santa Fe, 1965 to 1985 color. 91 min. C. Smiley Presents, dist. by Instructional Video, 2219 C St., Lincoln, NE 68502; 800-228-0164; 402475-6570. 2001. $28.50. Public performance. TECH This video comprises many...

Boesman & Lena.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Boesman & Lena color. 84 min. letterboxed. Kino on Video. 2000. $89.95; DVD $29.95. Left homeless after their shanty is bull-dozed, a South African couple roam the barren outskirts of Capetown, trying to make sense of their shattered...

Goya in Bordeaux.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Goya in Bordeaux color. 100 min. In Spanish w/English subtitles. Columbia TriStar. 1999. $98.99; DVD $29.95. The turbulent life of Spanish painter Francesco de Goya is rendered in sumptuous visual style by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro...

Spin the Bottle.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Spin the Bottle color. 83 min. TLA Releasing, dist. by First Run Features. 1998. $59.99; DVD $29.99. A handful of disparate twentysomethings (three women, two men) reunite at the lakeside lodge where they spent their childhood summers....

The Trio.(Review)
June 15, 2001... The Trio color. 93 min. In German w/English subtitles. TLA Releasing, dist. by First Run Features. 1998. $59.99; DVD $29.99. A middle-aged homosexual, his daughter, and his male lover ply their pickpocket wade around Hamburg until an...

Venus Beauty Institute.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Venus Beauty Institute color. 105 min. In French w/English subtitles. Winstar Cinema. 2000. ISBN 0-7942-0068-0. $79.98; DVD ISBN 07942-0069-9. $24.98. Nathalie Baye (The Return of Martin Guerre, An Affair of Love) is very affecting as...

Zero Kelvin.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Zero Kelvin color. 113 min. In Norwegian w/English subtitles. Kino on Video. 1995. $24.95; DVD $29.95. Stellan Skarsgard (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark) turns in another powerhouse performance as a vulgar, misogynistic fur...

The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War by Edward J. Renehan Jr. 8 cassettes, unabridged. 12 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2000. ISBN 0-7887-4408-9. $69. BIOG Renehan takes full advantage of unpublished Roosevelt papers...

The Customer Revolution: How To Thrive When Customers Are in Control.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... The Customer Revolution: How To Thrive When Customers Are in Control by Patricia B. Seybold with Ronni T. Marshak & Jeffrey M. Lewis 5 CDs. abridged. 6 hrs. Random Audio. 2001. ISBN 0-375-41777-X. $29.95.BUS Seybold (Customers. corn)...

The Substance of Fire.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... The Substance of Fire by Jon Robin Baitz 1 cassette, unabridged. 87 min. L.A. Theatre Works. 2001. ISBN 0-58081-201-5. $19.95. DRAMA This two-act play deals with publishing, book collecting, social responsibility, aging, and how the mix...

Blandings Castle.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Blandings Castle by P.G. Wodehouse 8 cassettes, unabridged. 9 hrs. Chivers Audiobks. 2001. ISBN 0-7540-0586-0. $69.95. F Originally published in 1935, this book contains 12 short stories, only half of which are about Lord Emsworth and...

Death on the Nile.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 8 1/2 hrs. ISBN 1-57270-203-6 ea. vol: 6 cassettes, unabridged. Chivers Audiobks. 2001. $29.95. F Linnett Ridgeway has almost everything: youth, beauty, brains, and money. Then her best friend Jackie...

Murder at the Vicarage.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 8 1/4 hrs. ISBN 1-57270-208-7. ea. vol: 6 cassettes, unabridged. Chivers Audiobks. 2001. $29.95. F Linnett Ridgeway has almost everything: youth, beauty, brains, and money. Then her best friend...

Deep South.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Deep South by Nevada Barr 9 cassettes, unabridged. 1274 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2000. ISBN 0-7887-4307-4. $83. F Barbara Rosenblat here narrates her seventh Anna Pigeon mystery. This time Pigeon travels to Mississippi to take up a new job as...

The Devil's Code.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... The Devil's Code by John Sandford 6 cassettes, unabridged. 9 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2000. ISBN 0-7887-4946-3. $57. F Ethical thief, artist, and hacker Kidd and his sometime lover/partner LuElien uncover a vast electronic conspiracy involving...

Dreamcatcher.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Dreamcatcher by Stephen King 16 cassettes, unabridged. 23 hrs. S. & S. Audio. 2001. ISBN 0-7435-0444-5. $49.95. F Four childhood friends, each laboring under the burden of their own midlife crisis, agree to take their annual hunting trip...

The Elmore Leonard Collection.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... The Elmore Leonard Collection by Elmore Leonard 6 cassettes, abridged. 9 hrs. BDD Audio. 2000. ISBN 0-553-52758-4. $29.95. F The three abridged novels in this collection flow so smoothly and coherently that it is difficult to believe this...

Embassy Row.(Review)
June 15, 2001... Embassy Row by Quinn Fawcett 9 cassettes, unabridged. 12 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2000. ISBN 0-7887-4934-X. $82. F Mycroft Holmes, on a secret mission for the British Government, is negotiating a treaty with the Japanese government. In...

1st to Die.
June 15, 2001... 1st to Die by James Patterson 7 cassettes, unabridged. 9 hrs. ISBN 158621-056-4. $39.98. ea. vol: Time Warner Audiobks. 2001. F Lindsay Boxer is an inspector on the San Francisco Homicide Squad. Her healthy, optimistic outlook is given a...

1st to Die.(Review)
June 15, 2001... 1st to Die by James Patterson 4 cassettes, abridged. 6 hrs. ISBN 158621-053-X. $25.98. ea. vol: Time Warner Audiobks. 2001. F Lindsay Boxer is an inspector on the San Francisco Homicide Squad. Her healthy, optimistic outlook is given a...

Hot Six.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... Hot Six by Janet Evanovich 7 cassettes, unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2000. ISBN 0-7887-4848-3. $64. F Fans of Stephanie Plum--Jersey girl and bounty hunter--will be happy to find out just whom Stephanie spent the night with, as...

A Perfect Evil.(Review)(Brief Article)
June 15, 2001... A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava 8 cassettes, unabridged. 10 hrs. DH Audio. 2000. ISBN 1-55204-224-5. $29.99. F Kava's debut thriller borrows bits and pieces from other novels: a little Silence of the Lambs here, a dash of Kiss the Girls...