Library Journal articles from June 2004

Library Journal archives from June 2004

128 years young: the oldest independent library publication gets an extreme makeover.(editorial)
June 1, 2004... SCANNABLE. SEXY. COLOR-CODED. CONSISTENT. Those are the words a dozen or so public and academic librarians who participated in a focus group--and many more we polled informally--used to describe what they wanted in the design of Library...

Memo to baby boomers: strike a balance in the confrontation of the generations.(blatant Berry)
June 1, 2004... THE MOST DIFFICULT LESSON IN MY CAREER WAS learning to let go. A successful library career usually means steadily increasing responsibility, probably growing expertise, and, frequently, increased control over both operating and policy...

The IC movement.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... "Campus Library 2.0" by Andrew Albanese (LJ 4/15/04, p. 30-33) was both welcome and well written. Those of us who have been planning, implementing, and writing about Information Commons (ICs) for the past decade and a half wish Albanese had...

Virtual authority?(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... I feel compelled to clarify my enthusiastic proselytizing on technology-enabled "authority by community" described in John Berry's editorial "The Toughest Challenge" (LJ 4/1/04, p. 8). I was speaking of my own online community where the...

Ham-fisted editing.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... Thank you for Tony Greiner's "The Case of the Disappearing Article" (BackTalk, LJ 4/15/04, p. 58ff.) regarding the disappearance of the Bush/ Scowcroft book excerpt from Time's web site. Greiner makes the correct points. The greater concern is...

The disappearing article.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2004... Tony Greiner's well-researched "The Case of the Disappearing Article" (BackTalk, LJ 4/15/04, p. 58ff.) brings to the forefront an important and disturbing possibility of the printed word (especially e-content) that just disappears. I come from...

Movers & shakers.(front desk)
June 1, 2004... RIA NEWHOUSE (l.), Teen Services Librarian, Hancock County PL, Greenfield, IN; APRIL SPISAK, Youth Services Librarian, Clark County PL, Springfield, OH Ria Newhouse, 26, and April Spisak, 27, both love reality TV. "I like to watch people...

Heard.(front desk)(antisocial behavior)
June 1, 2004... "How do you propose that we identify antisocial elements? Criminal record checks or a battery of psychological tests before they pass through the [library] door? What 'elements' will we identify as antisocial? Neoconservatives, liberals, people...

Opiate for the profession.(front desk)
June 1, 2004... "My guess is about 300 years until computers are as good as, say, your local reference library in doing search. But we can make slow and steady progress, and maybe one day we'll get there" --Craig Silverstein, Google director of technology,...

Stat watch.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... STAT WATCH Number of librarian blogs (collaborative, organizational, and personal) listed in the Open Directory's LIS web logs category: 2002 80 2003 350 May 11, 2004 471

Joyce still top choice?(Q&A)(James Joyce)
June 1, 2004... Nola Tully's yes I said yes I will Yes: A Celebration of James Joyce, Ulysses, and 100 Years of Bloomsday (see review, p.135) quotes author accolades from Joyce's contemporaries. But has Ulysses remained influential? LJ asked current literati...

Board agrees to keep Regina branches, gallery open: city council balks at tax increases--library must draw on reserves; four board members resign; council, Friends seek elected board.(LJ news)(Regina Public Library)
June 1, 2004... The six-month fight to keep the Regina Public Library (RPL), SK, intact has led to a truce, though four of the library's nine board members resigned when the city council refused to approve their plan for a sustainable system by closing three...

Gorman wins ALA presidency.(LJ news)(Michael Gorman)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Michael Gorman, dean of library services at the Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno, has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2005-06 term, defeating Barbara Stripling, director of...

Report says UK libraries failing: hours and books could be increased if staff redeployed.(LJ news)
June 1, 2004... A scathing report sponsored by a new charity for libraries in the UK says that public libraries are run wastefully and open too little, as increased spending has resulted in fewer visitors and fewer books borrowed. "[T]here may be no...

Bank becomes KC library: director out.(LJ news)
June 1, 2004... The new Central Library of the Kansas City PL (KCPL), MO, opened on April 12, with a musical performance (c.). The official grand opening is this month. The $50.2 million renovated First National Bank building, graced by columns, chandeliers,...

Maine to replace CIPA losses: continuing match will reimburse public libraries that don't filter.(LJ news)(Children's Internet Protection Act)
June 1, 2004... The State of Maine has budgeted compensatory funds to public libraries that will lose federal support if they decide not to install filters as required by the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). In the past, Maine has had a policy of...

Legislative Day: fair use, funding: delegates well received; none called "hysterical" on Patriot Act.(LJ news)
June 1, 2004... The annual National Library Legislative Day, May 3-4, drew a healthy crowd of librarians and library advocates to Washington, DC. Funding and fair use were among the top issues of the day. "Delegates said they were well received, by both sides...

Report: open access cheaper: also, UK STM inquiry hears divergent views on open access.(LJ news)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The UK-based Wellcome Trust has released a report stating that open access could reduce publishing costs by as much as 30 percent. The trust, an independent research-funded charity, estimated publishing costs based on "discussions with...

Police search RI library's PCs: staffers and police chief sue city after unwarranted "raid" on library.(LJ news)(Central Falls Free Library's Adams Memorial Library, Rhode Island)
June 1, 2004... Thomas Shannahan, director of the Central Falls Free Library's Adams Memorial Library, RI, and systems administrator Don Twohig have filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the city following what their legal counsel categorized as a...

Reader's Digest honors Cerritos.(news)(Cerritos Library)
June 1, 2004... The $40 million "Experience Library" that is the Cerritos Library, CA, was named Best Public Library by Reader's Digest in its May 2004 "Best of America 2004" issue. Each year the magazine selects what it deems to be 100 of the country's best...

S. Carolina gets Fitzgerald scripts: Thomas Cooper Library scores large cache of unknown material.(LJ news)
June 1, 2004... The University of South Carolina's (USC) Thomas Cooper Library has scored another unique collection: a heretofore unknown archive of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "manuscripts, revised typescripts, and working drafts for screenplays." At 2000 pages,...

Calendar.(LJ news)(Calendar)
June 1, 2004... AUGUST 11-14--Nevada Library Association, Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas, Henderson. www.nevadalibraries.org 11-14--Washington Library Association/Pacific Northwest Library Association, WestCoast Wenatchee...

Brodart retrofit helps PLs thrive.(Industry News)(public libraries )
June 1, 2004... With the rise of the Goliath bookstore, Blockbuster Video, and other commercial venues, consumers have become accustomed to alluring displays that catch the eye and draw them in. To push library collections similarly, librarians and suppliers...

ALA begins investment change.(Industry News)(American Library Association)
June 1, 2004... Following action taken at the 2004 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, the Executive Board at its April 17 spring meeting approved the beginnings of a socially responsible investment strategy. The board approved the transfer...

PLs in FL & NC gain bequests.(Industry News)(Public Library)(North Carolina)
June 1, 2004... The Fort Myers-Lee County Public Library; part of the Lee County Library System, FL, has received close to $1.2 million from the estate of June Cornog, who died in May 2002 at the age of 88. The gift is the proceeds from the sale of her...

Library of Michigan.(people)(appointed Debra Bacon-Ziegler)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Debra Bacon-Ziegler has joined the Library of Michigan, Lansing, as Continuing Education Coordinator. She was Training Coordinator, Kent District Library, MI.

Arizona Equal Access Libraries Program.(people)
June 1, 2004... Stephanie Gerding has resigned as Continuing Education Coordinator, New Mexico State Library's Development Services Bureau, Santa Fe. She will be Director, Arizona Equal Access Libraries Program (in partnership with Libraries for the Future),...

Joe Green.(people)
June 1, 2004... Joe Green has retired as Executive Director, Kansas City Public Library System, MO, after a little more than one year. An interim director will be appointed by the Board of Trustees.

McConnell Library.(people)
June 1, 2004... David Hayes has been named Head Librarian, McConnell Library, Radford University, VA. He had been Acting Head Librarian for over two years and had served in various positions at the library since 1980.

Prince George's County Memorial Library System.(people)
June 1, 2004... Roy Joynes is the new Manager, Oxon Hill Branch, Prince George's County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS), Hyattsville, MD, replacing Evelyn Tchiyuka Joynes was Manager, Largo-Kettering Branch, PGCMLS

Pasco County Library System.(people)(Stephen A. Kershner)
June 1, 2004... Stephen A. Kershner has been appointed Assistant Libraries Director for Public Services, Pasco County Library System, Hudson, FL. He was Executive Director, Michigan Library Association, Lansing.

Patricia Mallon.(people)
June 1, 2004... Patricia Mallon has retired as Regional Liaison, New York State Library's Division of Library Development, Albany, after 36 years of service.

Addison Public Library.(people)(appointed Mary Medjomezengue)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Mary Medjomezengue is the new Director, Addison Public Library, IL, replacing Sharon Campbell, who is retiring. Medjomezengue was Assistant Director for four years.

Alice Baker Memorial Library.(people)(appointed Alison Senkevitch)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Alison Senkevitch is now Director, Alice Baker Memorial Library; Eagle, WI, succeeding Barbara Jatczak, who retired after 20 years of service. Senkevitch is a recent MLIS graduate from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

Brooklyn Public Library.(people)(appointed Sheila Connelly Schofer, Anthony Loum, Rachel Payne and Grace Shanahan)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), NY, has appointed four new age-level specialists: Sheila Connelly Schofer is Coordinator of Young Adult Services, after serving as Manager of Library Services for Children, BPL; Anthony Loum is Coordinator of...

Obituaries.(people)(Obituary)
June 1, 2004... Margaret Harper, a Librarian, Wayland Public Library, MA, for more than 30 years, died on April 25 at the age of 74.

Brooklyn Public Library debuts multifunction "ABC" cards: custom-made by Xerox, staff-driven design allows patrons to borrow books, reserve PCs, and pay for printing.(infotech)
June 1, 2004... The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) instituted a new multifunction library/ debit card in April that shifts some functions to users while relieving staff of many small yet time-consuming labors. The new offering, dubbed "ABC" (Access Brooklyn...

CA Senate bill limits RFID info: if accepted by assembly, SB 1834 would require privacy measures.(infotech)(California)(radio frequency identification)
June 1, 2004... A bill that limits information gathered by RFID (radio frequency identification) tags swept through California's Senate with nary any opposition. Proposed by Sen. Debra Bowen (D), SB 1834 would restrict the tags' programming to prevent stores...

TLC releases CARL.Solution 5.0: revamped system contains large number of upgrades.(Industry News)(The Library Corporation)
June 1, 2004... The Library Corporation (TLC) is marketing what it describes as "the most extensive release" of CARL.Solution in the system's long history. The system has new circulation, serials, Companion Searcher (CARL's search tool), CARL-Web,...

Gale updates Resource Centers: Biography, Test & Ed Reference get makeovers, Social Science added.(Industry News)(Thomson Corp. Thomson Gale)
June 1, 2004... Gale has revamped several of its Reference and Resource Center products. The Testing & Education Reference Center has been improved to give "unlimited simultaneous use and texts to subscribers." In addition to information on numerous education...

Serials Solutions slashes sharing: Overlap Analysis identifies unique and common journals in each database.(Industry News)
June 1, 2004... Serials Solutions Inc. is marketing Overlap Analysis, a new tool that scours a library's databases and displays "the number of journals in that database that are unique to that database, and the number that are available elsewhere in the...

Oral history gets its due.(E-Views And Reviews)
June 1, 2004... I'VE REVIEWED ELECTRONIC products for LJ since 1992, when both e-resources and the art of reviewing them were still in training pants. When LJ proposed a different column that would step outside the basic review format and include views on the...

E-resources in tough times.(Online Databases)
June 1, 2004... FOR, THE SECOND YEAR, IN A ROW, respondents to the annual LJ Database Marketplace Survey (LJ 5/15/04, p. 38-49) see poor library budgets as "the major issue or trend to impact database and information product availability and distribution to...

The repository adventure: on the way to changing scholarly communication, libraries may end up changing themselves.(Infotech Feature)
June 1, 2004... VIEWED BY SOME AS A MEANS TO ACCELERATE change in scholarly communication, digital repositories are also pushing libraries into uncharted territory. Developing these institutional repositories--software and services that manage and disseminate...

No Mickey Mouse operation: despite cutting-edge technology, free book delivery, and bilingual programming, luring users is the Orange County library's greatest challenge.(Orlando ALA 2004)
June 1, 2004... Living in the vast shadow cast by the spires of the Magic Kingdom presents special challenges for Orlando's Orange County Library System (OCLS), the most formidable of which is increasing its relatively small user base. The library additionally...

Redefining reinventing recruiting: LJ's picks & pans for the 2004 Annual Conference of the American Library Association, Orlando.(Orlando ALA 2004)
June 1, 2004... More than 15,000 librarians who can afford it will converge on Orlando, FL, to attend the 2004 annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA). ALA is in pretty good shape, and the conference looks like a winner, something the...

Fast fusion to gator chowder.(Orlando ALA 2004)
June 1, 2004... Accustomed to hosting conference attendees, tourists, and a rapidly growing population of residents, Orlando has a wealth of restaurants in all price ranges. Independent restaurants with well-trained chefs offer a wide assortment of dining...

Getting around Orlando.(Orlando ALA 2004)
June 1, 2004... hotels 1 Amerisuites Orlando/ Convention Center 2 Best Western Plaza International 3 Courtyard by Marriott International Drive 4 Crowne Plaza Universal 5 Doubletree Castle Hotel 6 Embassy Suites International Drive...

It's your move!(Collection Development: chess)
June 1, 2004... SINCE THE EARLIEST INDIAN PROTOTYPES EMERGED 1400 years ago, chess has captivated players with its creative blend of calculation, artistry, and bloodless struggle. Along its westward trek to the Andalus, the game won adherents, including Caliph...

Talking to the wall.(Case Study)
June 1, 2004... BETH "BUFFY" GALLOWAY, DIRECtor of the Grayhead Public Library, fancied herself a prize director with an equally impressive senior staff. Her door was always open to any staff members wanting to voice their opinions. Assistant Director Arthur...

Stake your claim.(Analysis I)
June 1, 2004... The public library isn't the same as it was a generation ago. The competition, once nonexistent, is stiffer, and it must make itself more visible and relevant in order to survive. In short, it needs to learn from the newest members of the...

Arrogance has no reflection.(Analysis II)
June 1, 2004... Kudos to Galloway for submitting herself to anonymous evaluation by her employees, even though she did not live up to her reputation of being broad-minded when the comments did not match her expectations. Rather than react with anger, it would...

Delegate, delegate, delegate.(Backtalk)
June 1, 2004... LORD SIDNEY GODOLPHIN (1ST Earl Godolphin, 1645-1712) became so indispensable to the smooth functioning of the British government that King Charles II once said that he was "never in the way and never out of the way." In several respects, those...

Case, John. The Murder Artist.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... CASE, JOHN. The Murder Artist. Ballantine. Oct. 2004. 320p. ISBN 0-345-46471-0. $24.95. Bad news for high profile TV correspondent Alex Callahan: someone evil has kidnapped his twin sons at a Renaissance fair. From the best-selling author...

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Queen of Dreams.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... DIVAKARUNI, CHITRA BANERJEE. Queen of Dreams. Doubleday. Oct. 2004. 352p. ISBN 0-385-50682-1. $24.95. Protagonist Rakhi is no queen (actually, she's a divorced artist mom). But she is struggling to understand her deceased mother's dream...

Doerr, Anthony. About Grace.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... DOERR, ANTHONY. About Grace. Scribner. Oct. 2004. 416p. ISBN 0-7432-6182-8. $25. Since the dreams that haunt David Winkler's sleep sometimes come true, he feels compelled to flee far from home after a particularly bad nightmare in which he...

Donaldson, Stephen R. The Runes of the Earth.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... DONALDSON, STEPHEN R. The Runes of the Earth. Putnam. Oct. 2004. NAp. ISBN 0-399-15232-6. $26.95. Remember The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant? Published 20 years ago, that six-book series has gone on to sell more than six million copies....

Drabble, Margaret. The Red Queen.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... DRABBLE, MARGARET. The Red Queen. Harcourt. Oct. 2004. 288p. ISBN 0-15-101106-0. $24. Surprise! Just as she sets out for Korea on a grant from Oxford, Barbara Halliwell receives the passionate memoir of a Korean princess whose life 200...

Frank, Elizabeth. Cheat and Charmer.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... FRANK, ELIZABETH. Cheat and Charmer. Random. Oct. 2004. 560p. ISBN 1-4000-6091-5. $25.95. This debut, which stars an ordinary housewife caught between her husband and her sister, had better be good: Pulitzer Prize--winning biographer Frank...

Hart, Erin. Lake of Sorrows.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... HART, ERIN. Lake of Sorrows. Scribner. Oct. 2004. 352p. ISBN 0-7432-4796-5. $24. Departing from Haunted Ground (her hit debut), Hart heads for Lake of Sorrows, an isolated industrial locale in Ireland where workers have discovered two...

Isaacs, Susan. Any Place I Hang My Hat.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... ISAACS, SUSAN. Any Place I Hang My Hat. Scribner. Oct. 2004. 400p. ISBN 0-7432-4215-7. $26. Cassette/CD from S. & S. Audio. Raised by a shoplifting grandma after being abandoned by her parents, upscale political reporter Amy Lincoln can't...

Jakes, John. Savannah; or, A Gift for Mr. Lincoln.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... JAKES, JOHN. Savannah; or, A Gift for Mr. Lincoln. Dutton. Oct. 2004. 304p. ISBN 0-525-94803-1. $23.95. Cassette/CD from S. & S. Audio. Civil War novelist Jakes tries for his 17th straight New York Times best seller with this story of a...

Kinsella, Sophie. Shopaholic & Sister.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... KINSELLA, SOPHIE. Shopaholic & Sister. Dial. Oct. 2004. 369p. ISBN 0-385-33809-0. $23. Just married, jobless, and stuck on a tight budget, Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is shocked to discover that she has a sister. Even more shocking: sis...

Krich, Rochelle. Grave Endings.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... KRICH, ROCHELLE. Grave Endings. Ballantine. Oct. 2004. 400p. ISBN 0-345-46810-4. $24.95. It's bad enough that crime writer Molly Blume's friend Aggie has been murdered. Now the locket Molly gave Aggie turns up in the possession of a...

Morrison, Toni & Slade Morrison (text) & Pascal Lemaitre (illus.). Who's Got Game? The Mirror or the Glass?(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... MORRISON, TONI & SLADE MORRISON (text) & PASCAL LEMAITRE (illus.). Who's Got Game? The Mirror or the Glass? Scribner. Oct. 2004. 32p. ISBN 0-7432-22504. $17.95. Who's got game? The Morrisons (and their pal, Belgian illustrator Lemaitre)....

O'Brian, Patrick. The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels. 5 vols.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... O'BRIAN, PATRICK. The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels. 5 vols. Norton. Oct. 2004. 7000+p. ISBN 0-393-06011-X. $150. O'BRIAN, PATRICK. The Unfinished Twenty-First Novel in the Aubrey/Maturin Series. Norton. Oct. 2004. 144p. ISBN...

Parker, Robert B. Melancholy Baby.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... PARKER, ROBERT B. Melancholy Baby. Putnam. Oct. 2004. NAp. ISBN 0-399-15218-0. $24.95. What to do when your ex-husband is about to marry? If you're Boston P.I. Sunny Randall, you jump into a new case: that of college student Sarah Markham,...

Perry, Anne. Shoulder the Sky.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... PERRY, ANNE. Shoulder the Sky. Ballantine. Oct. 2004. 352p. ISBN 0-345-45654-8. $25.95. In 1915, British chaplain Joseph Reavley is horrified to discover the corpse of a hated war correspondent, clearly not done in by enemy fire. Second...

Pfarrer, Donald. The Fearless Man: a Novel of Vietnam.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... PFARRER, DONALD. The Fearless Man: A Novel of Vietnam. Random. Oct. 2004. 576p. ISBN 1-4000-6267-5. $25.95. In Vietnam, a marine captain heads for the hills (where the enemy has stashed its weapons) and meets certain resistance. This work...

Pressfield, Steven. The Virtues of War: a Novel of Alexander the Great.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... PRESSFIELD, STEVEN. The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great. Doubleday. Oct. 2004. 368p. ISBN 0-385-50099-8. $24.95. Cassette/CD from Random Audio. Having given us a string of highly successful novels based in antiquity, e.g.,...

Roberts, Nora. Northern Lights.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... ROBERTS, NORA. Northern Lights. Putnam. Oct. 2004. 576p. ISBN 0-399-15205-9. $25.95. Cassette/CD from Brilliance Audio. A washed-up urban cop flees Baltimore for--Lunacy? That's the name of the small Alaskan village where Nate Burke becomes...

Rozan, S.J. Absent Friends.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... ROZAN, S.J. Absent Friends. Delacorte. Oct. 2004. 384p. ISBN 0-385-33803-1. $24. Rozan, who's won every major mystery award, branches out to write a thriller featuring a group of New York City friends whose intertwined lives end mostly in...

Rucka, Greg. A Gentleman's Game.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... RUCKA, GREG. A Gentleman's Game. Bantam. Oct. 2004. 368p. ISBN 0-553-80276-3. $24. When terrorists attack her country, Tara Chace--head of special operations for British intelligence--uses herself as bait to catch tHe killers. Too bad she...

Saramago, Jose. The Double.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... SARAMAGO, JOSE The Double. Harcourt. Oct. 2004. 336p. ISBN 0-15-101040-4. $25. The Nobel prize winner turns in a novel about a droopy high school teacher who gets caught up in questions of identity when he spots a video featuring a vision...

Straub, Peter. In the Night Room.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... STRAUB, PETER. In the Night Room. Random, Oct. 2004. 304p. ISBN 1-4000-6252-7. $21.95. Cassette/CD from Random Audio. Giving us the creeps again (after lost boy, lost girl), Straub concocts the tale of two authors who seems to be getting...

Updike, John. Villages.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... UPDIKE, JOHN. Villages. Knopf. Oct. 2004. 336p. ISBN 1-4000-4290-9. $25. Cassette/CD from Random Audio. Owen Mackenzie may be a software magnate, but as disclosed in this 21st novel by Updike, his life bears many parallels to that of his...

Williams, Joy. Honored Guest.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... WILLIAMS, JOY. Honored Guest. Knopf. Oct. 2004. 224p. ISBN 0-679-44647-8. $23. Returning to short stories after the success of her novel The Quick and the Dead in 2001, Williams offers 12 vignettes that bounce from Maine to Mexico....

Woods, Stuart. The Prince of Beverly Hills.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... WOODS, STUART. The Prince of Beverly Hills. Putnam. Oct. 2004. NAp. ISBN 0-399-15220-2. $25.95. Never mind that he's just taken a professional tumble; Beverly Hills cop Rick Barron has a nifty new job bodyguarding a leading British actor...

Barlett, Donald L. & James B. Steele. Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business--and Bad Medicine.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
June 1, 2004... BARLETT, DONALD L. & JAMES B. STEELE. Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business--and Bad Medicine. Doubleday, Oct. 2004. 304p. ISBN 0-385-50454-3. $24.95. Doctors overruled by HMOs. Big hospitals lacking basic...

Breslin, Herbert & Anne Midgette. The King & I.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... BRESLIN, HERBERT & ANNE MIDGETTE. The King & I. Doubleday. Oct. 2004. 288p. ISBN 0-385-50972-3. $25.95. The fat man keeps singing. Pavarotti's manager of 36 years joins with New York Times music critic Midgette in this tell-all about the...

Chopra, Deepak. The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... CHOPRA, DEEPAK. The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life. Harmony: Crown. ISBN 0-517-70624. $23. Cassette/CD from Random Audio. Best-selling spiritual guide Chopra advises you to open yourself like a book and...

Clarke, Thurston. Ask Not: the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... CLARKE, THURSTON. Ask Not: The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America. Holt. Oct. 2004. 256p. ISBN 0-8050-7213-6. $25. Cassette/CD from Audio Renaissance. Clarke reexamines a Famous speech--and the week leading...

Conroy, Pat. The Pat Conroy Cookbook.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... CONROY, PAT. The Pat Conroy Cookbook. Doubleday. Oct. 2004. 304p. ISBN 0-385-51413-1. $29.95. Cassette/CD from Random Audio. Breakfast Shrimp and Grits? As this memoir-cum-cookbook reveals, novelist Conroy taught himself to cook by starting...

Ellis, Joseph J. His Excellency: George Washington.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... ELLIS, JOSEPH J. His Excellency: George Washington. Knopf. Oct. 2004. 352p. ISBN 1-4000-4031-0. $26.95. As big as Washington himself, this work by the prize-winning author of American Sphinx gets a whooping 500,000-copy first printing and a...