Library Journal articles from June 2008, page 3

Library Journal archives from June 2008

Brown, Mark D., M.D.: Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk It Off!(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Brown, Mark D., M.D. Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk It Off! Sunrise River. Jun. 2008. c.164p, illus, index. ISBN 978-1-934716-01-4. pap. $11.95. HEALTH With this well-organized, easy-to-follow book, spine surgeon Brown (emeritus,...

Batali, Mario with Judith Sutton (text) & Beatriz da Costa (photogs.). Italian Grill.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Batali, Mario with Judith Sutton (text) & Beatriz da Costa (photogs.). Italian Grill. Ecco: HarperCollins. 2008. 246p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-06-145097-6. $29.95. COOKERY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chef Batali's latest cookbook,...

Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing. Univ. of Georgia. 2008. c.308p, ed. by Dale Volberg Reed & John Shelton Reed. ISBN 978-0-8203-3089-1. pap. $17.95. COOKERY Unlike the two previous collections, the fourth in the...

Arokiasamy, Christina. The Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... * Arokiasamy, Christina. The Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen. Potter, dist. by Crown. Aug. 2008. c.240p. photogs, index. ISBN 978-0-307-39628-0. $29.95. COOKERY Arokiasamy grew up in...

Country Living Eds.: Country Living Eating Outdoors: Sensational Recipes for Cookouts, Picnics, and Take-Along Food.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Country Living Eds. Country Living Eating Outdoors: Sensational Recipes for Cookouts, Picnics, and Take-Along Food. Hearst: Sterling. Jun. 2008. 176p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-58816-664-7. $19.95. COOKERY The latest cookbook from...

Farrell-Kingsley, Kathy. The Home Creamery.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Farrell-Kingsley, Kathy. The Home Creamery. Storey. Jun. 2008. c.216p, illus, index. ISBN 978-1-60342-031-0. pap. $16.95. COOKERY Farrell-Kingsley is a food writer and author of several other cookbooks. Here, she provides easy recipes for...

Fowler, Damon Lee (text) & John Robert Carringtin III (photogs.). The Savannah Cookbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Fowler, Damon Lee (text) & John Robert Carringtin III (photogs.). The Savannah Cookbook. Gibbs Smith. 2008. c.224p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-1-4236-0224-8. $34.99. COOKERY Fowler, a food writer, cookbook author (New Southern...

Hawkins, Kathryn. Fruit!: Fresh and Delicious Recipes for Sweet and Main Dishes.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Hawkins, Kathryn. Fruit!: Fresh and Delicious Recipes for Sweet and Main Dishes. Good Bks. 2008. 176p. photogs, index. ISBN 978-1-56148-593-2. pap. $15.95. COOKERY Hawkins, who lives in Scotland, is a food writer and author of Crepes,...

Jenkins, Steven & Mitchel London. The Food Life: Inside the World of Food with the Grocer Extraordinaire at Fairway.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... * Jenkins, Steven & Mitchel London. The Food Life: Inside the World of Food with the Grocer Extraordinaire at Fairway. Ecco: HarperCollins. Jul. 2008. c.256p. photogs, index. ISBN 978-0-06-123168-1. $29.95. COOKERY Jenkins is the author...

Khalife, Maria (text) & Stuart West (photogs.). Mezze Modern: Over 90 Delicious Appetizers from Greece, Lebanon, and Turkey.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Khalife, Maria (text) & Stuart West (phutugs.). Mezze Modern: Over 90 Delicious Appetizers from Greece, Lebanon, and Turkey. Interlink: Interlink Pub. Group. Jun. 2008. c.128p, photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-56656-713-8. $24.95. COOKERY ...

Muir, Jenni (text) & Jason Lowe (photogs.). A Cook's Guide to Grains: Delicious Recipes, Culinary Advice and Nutritional Facts.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Muir, Jenni (text) & Jason Lowe (photogs.). A Cook's Guide to Grains: Delicious Recipes, Culinary Advice and Nutritional Facts. Conran, dist. by Sterling. Jun. 2008. 224p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-1-84091-513-6. pap. $17.95. COOKERY...

Robinson, Mark (text) & Masashi Kuma (photogs.). Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... * Robinson, Mark (text) & Masashi Kuma (photogs.). Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook. Kodansha, dist. by Oxford Univ. 2008. 159p. photogs, maps. index. ISBN 978-4-7700-3065-8. $25. COOKERY Robinson, a journalist who writes about food and...

Shay, Janice (text) & Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn (photogs.). Charleston Classic Desserts: Recipes from Favorite Restaurants.(Savannah Classic Desserts: Recipes from Favorite Restaurants)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Shay, Janice (text) & Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn (photogs.). Charleston Classic Desserts: Recipes from Favorite Restaurants. ISBN 978-1-58980-545-3. Shay, Janice (text) & Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn (pbotogs.). Savannah Classic Desserts:...

Gisslen, Wayne (text) & J. Gerard Smith (photogs.). Professional Baking.(The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Gisslen, Wayne (text) & J. Gerard Smith (photogs.). Professional Baking. 5th ed. Wiley. 2008. 770p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-471-78349-7. $65. Rinsky, Glenn & Laura Halpin Rinsky. The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive...

Alvarez, Walter. The Mountains of Saint Francis: Discovering the Geologic Events That Shaped Our Earth.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... * Alvarez, Walter. in the Mountains of Saint Francis: Discovering the Geologic Events That Shaped Our Earth. Norton. Aug. 2008. c.288p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-393-06185-7. $25.95. SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alvarez (Univ....

Fortey, Richard. Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... * Fortey, Richard. Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum. Knopf. Aug. 2008. c.352p, illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-307-26382-9. $27.50. SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Entering a museum, especially a...

James, Jamie. The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... James, Jamie. The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge. Hyperion. Jun. 2008. c.272p, illus, index. ISBN 978-1-4013-0213-9. $24.95. SCI Journalist James chronicles the life of Joseph Slowinski, one of the preeminent...

Roston, Eric. The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Roston, Eric. The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat. Walker. Jul. 2008. c.304p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-8027-15579. $25.99. sc, With this book, Roston, a former technology reporter for...

Susskind, Leonard. The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking To Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Susskind, Leonard. The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking To Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics. Little, Brown. Jul. 2008. c.480p, illus, index. ISBN 978-0-316-01640-7. $27.99. SCI Beyond the flamboyant title and...

The Art Atlas.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... The Art Atlas. Abbeville. 2008. 352p. ed. by John Onians. illus, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-7892-0961-0. $55 with CD-ROM. REF This new version of what Oxford published as the Atlas of World Art in 2004 (LJ 7/04) provides the same...

Cosman, Madeleine Pelner & Linda Gale Jones. Handbook to Life in the Medieval World.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Cosman, Madeleine Pelner & Linda Gale Jones. Handbook to Life in the Medieval World. 3 vols. Facts On File. 2008. 974p. illus, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-81604887-8. $210. REF This tenth title in Facts On File's "Handbook to Life"...

Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law. 2 vols. Sage. 2008. 883p. ed. by Brian L. Cutler. index. ISBN 978-1-4129-5189-0. $350. REF This set is edited by Cutler (psychology, Univ. of North Carolina), who already has to his credit other scholarly...

The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... The Greenwood Library of World Folktales: Stories from the Great Collections. 4 vols. Greenwood. 2008. 1896p. ed. by Thomas A. Green. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-31333783-3. $299.95. REF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] International in scope,...

Sheep in wolve's clothing.(REFERENCE BACKTALK: Undergrads at the Reference Desk)
June 15, 2008... When you read something like "Undergrads at the Reference Desk," do you think to yourself, "What are undergrads doing there? They certainly aren't answering reference questions, are they?!" Had I been reading this article eight months ago, I...

Coates, Clive. The Wines of Burgundy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Coates, Clive. The Wines of Burgundy. Univ. of California. 2008. 879p. maps. ISBN 978-0-520-25050-5. $60. REF An update to Coates's award-winning 11-year-old book, Cote D'Or, this substantially expanded volume is now the comprehensive...

Doctor, Ronald M. & others. The Encyclopedia of Phobias and Fears.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Doctor, Ronald M. & others. The Encyclopedia of Phobias and Fears. 3d ed. Facts On File. (Library of Health and Living). 2008. 572p. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-8160-6453-3. $75. REF In the book's prefatory material, Doctor and Ada P. Kahn...

Greenberger, Robert. The Essential Batman Encyclopedia.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Greenberger, Robert. The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey: Ballantine. 2008. 400p. illus. ISBN 978-0-345-50106-6. $29.95. REF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Using as his starting paint Michael L. Fleischer's 1976 reference, The...

Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders. Wiley. 2008. 671p. ed. by David L. Rowland & Luca Incrocci. illus. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-471-/6738-1. $95. REF Divided into three major topic segments, this comprehensive guide is--to...

The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education.(Book review)
June 15, 2008... The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. 2008. 721p. ed. by Gary McCulloch & David Crook. index. ISBN 978-0-415-27747-1. $250. REF Numerous encyclopedias of education and education-related...

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 17th ed. McGraw-Hill Professional: McGraw-Hill. 2008. 2754p. ed. by Anthony S. Fauci & others, illus. ISBN 978-0-07-146633-2. $199 with DVD. HEr An update to the 2004 edition, this massive,...

Hartley, Richard D.: Corporate Crime.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Hartley, Richard D. Corporate Crime. ABC-CLIO. (Contemporary World Issues). 2008. 257p. bibliog. ISBN 978-1-59884-085-8. $55. REF Here, Hartley (coauthor, Criminal Courts) defines his subject over three essay-style chapters, offering a...

TCM International Film Guide 2008: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... TCM International Film Guide 2008: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema. Wallflower, dist. by Columbia Univ. 2008. 424p. ed. by Ian Haydn Smith. ISBN 978-1-905674-61-9. $29.95. REF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Offering concise plot...

Safire, William. Safire's Political Dictionary.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Satire, William. Satire's Political Dictionary. Oxford Univ. 2008. 960p. index. ISBN 978-0-19-534061-7. pap. $22.95. REF Satire, now 78 and a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner in 2006, describes this dictionary as a lifelong work--it...

Van Doren, Charles. The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... Van Doren, Charles. The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works. Sourcebooks. 2008. 676p. ISBN 978-1-4022-1180-7. $24.95. REF This is a revised and expanded version of a 1985 work (with a...

The American Civil War Research Database.(Website overview)
June 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR RESEARCH DATABASE Alexander Street Press, http:// asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb/ ********** The American Civil War Research Database (ACWRD) is a searchable file of information on...

A Potter's Progress with Dennise Buckley.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... A Potter's Progress with Dennise Buckley. color. 82 min. Slice of Life Prods. & Work in Progress Prods., 416-535-4844; sales@apottersprogress.com; www. apottersprogress.com. 2007. DVD ISBN 978-0-9739735-0-1. $39.95. Potters at Work. rev....

Jumping Off Bridges.(Movie review)(Brief article)
June 15, 2008... Jumping Off Bridges. color. 93 min. Kat Candler, Storie Prods., dist. by New Day Films, 190 Rte. 17M, PO Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154; orders@newday.com. 2007. DVD 978-1-57448-209-6. $100; acad. libs. $250. Public performance. F...

Arlington, Virginia.(Arlington, Virginia, Pt. 1., Great Cemeteries of the World)("Most Hallowed Ground": The Story of Arlington National Cemetery)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... Arlington, Virginia. Pt. 1. (Great Cemeteries of the World). colon 23 min. Mind's Eye Intl., dist. by Film Ideas, 308 N. Wolf Rd., Wheeling, IL 60090; 800-475-3456; www.filmideas. com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-1-57557-972-6. $39.95; series $995....

9 Star Hotel.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... 9 Star Hotel. color. 78 min. In Arabic & Hebrew w/English subtitles. Ido Haar, dist. by Koch Lorber Films, 22 Harbor Park Dr., Port Washington, NY 11050; www. kochlorberfilms.com. 2007. DVD ISBN 978-1-4172-0132-7. $26.98. INT AFFAIRS ...

Divorce ABCs: Your Guide to a Successful Divorce.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... Divorce ABCs: Your Guide to a Successful Divorce. color. 247 min. Tundra Films, dist. by AV Cafe, 6201 S. 58th St., Suite A, Lincoln, NE 68516; 877 228-2233; www. theavcafe.com. 2007. DVD $29.95. Public performance. LAW This two-DVD set...

People Give to People: Building a Highly Successful Development Program.(Program A: Are We Ready?)(Program C: Where to Start, 13 Essentials for a Healthy Development Program)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... People Give to People: Building a Highly Successful Development Program. Program A: Are We Ready? 23 min. Program C: Where To Start: 13 Essentials for a Healthy Development Program. 25 rain. ea. vol: color. Rick Geyer, Family Experience...

The US100: Your Road to Passing the U.S. Citizenship Test.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... The US100: Your Road to Passing the U.S. Citizenship Test. colon 52 min. ECM MultiMedia Inc., 63 Keystone Ave., Suite 300, Reno, NV 89503; 866-727-7778; www.us100.org. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-0-615-20700-1. $19.95. Contact producer for public...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. color. 112 min. In French w/English subtitles. Miramax. 2007. DVD $29.99. Rated: PG-13. Drawing on the memoir of B/e editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, painter-cum-director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before...

Death of a Cyclist.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... Death of a Cyclist. b/w. 87 rain. In Spanish w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1955. DVD ISBN 978-1-60465-028-0. $29.95. Fear and guilt are the driving forces behind an adulterous couple who, after...

George Melies: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913).(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... George Melies: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913). 5 vols. b/w & tinted. 782 rain. Flicker Alley. DVD ISBN 978-1-89396735-9. $89.95. The pioneering Melies prodigiously turned out special effects-laden short films that used every tick in...

The Red Balloon.(White Mane)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... The Red Balloon. color. 34 min. 1956. ISBN 978-1-60465-030-3. White Mane. b/w. 40 rain. 1952. ISBN 978-1-60465-031-0. ea. vol. In French w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. DVD $14.95. An errant...

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2008... The Year My Parents Went on Vacation. color. 99 rain. In Portuguese & Yiddish w/English subtitles. City Lights Home Entertainment. 2007. DVD $26.98. Rated: PG. Political activists fighting Brazil's repressive government in 1970 decide to...

Andrews, Mary Kay. Deep Dish.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Andrews, Mary Kay. Deep Dish. 5 CDs. abridged. 6 hrs. HarperAudio, 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-145290-1. $29.95. F Andrews, Mary Kay. Deep Dish. 12 CDs. unabridged. 13 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4281-8109-0. $123.75; 12 cassettes....

Archer, Jeffrey. A Prisoner of Birth.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Archer, Jeffrey. A Prisoner of Birth. 13 CDs. unabridged. 16 1/2 hrs. Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7927-5247-9. $112.95; 2 MP3-CDs. ISBN 978-0-7927-5301-8. $69.95. F Colorful, best-selling novelist Archer has...

Berg, Elizabeth. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, and Other Small Acts of Liberation.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Berg, Elizabeth. The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted, and Other Small Acts of Liberation. 7 CDs. unabridged. 8 hrs. Books on Tape. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4159-4393-9. $50. F This is a collection of short stories celebrating characters who have the...

Butcher, Jim. Captain's Fury.(Small Favor)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Butcher, Jim. Captain's Fury. 16 CDs. 20 1/2 hrs. ISBN 878-0-14-314338-3. $49.95. Butcher, Jim. Small Favor. 12 CDs. 14 hrs. ISBN 978-0-14-314339-0. $44.95. ea. vol: unabridged. Penguin Audio. 2008. F Turn out the lights, light a few...

Hoffman, Alice. The Third Angel.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... * Hoffman, Alice. The Third Angel. 7 CDs. unabridged. 7 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4159-4913-9. $80. F In a haunted London hotel, the lives of three women intersect across time. A jealous sister cheats with her...

Picoult, Jodi. Change of Heart.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... * Picoult, Jodi. Change of Heart. 12 CDs. unabridged 151/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4281-8058-1. $123.75; 12 cassettes. ISBN 978-1-4281-8056-7. $113.75. F When itinerant carpenter Shay Bourne is moved to the maximum security...

Roby, Kimberla Lawson. Sin No More.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Ruby, Kimberla Lawson. Sin No More. 7 CDs. unabridged. 8 1/2 hrs. Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America. 2008. ISBN 978-07927-5269-1. $74.95. F New York Times best-selling author Ruby continues to explore the misdeeds of Rev. Curtis...

Scottoline, Lisa. Lady Killer.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Scottoline, Lisa. Lady Killer. 9 cassettes. unabridged. 10]/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4281-8052-9. $72.75; 9 CDs. ISBN 978-1-4281-8054-3. $102.75. Scottoline, Lisa. Lady Killer. 5 CDs. abridged. 6 hrs. HarperAudio. 2008. ISBN...

Tatlock, Ann. Every Secret Thing.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Tatlock, Ann. Every Secret Thing. 9 cassettes, unabridged. 10 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4281-9549-3. $72.75; 9 CDs. ISBN 978-1-4281-9551-6. $102.75. e In Tatlock's latest book, released in hardcover last fall, Beth Gunner...

Temple, Peter. Dead Point.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Temple, Peter. Dead Point. 7 CDs. unabridged. 8 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-1-921334-21-4. $56. F Temple's third Jack Irish thriller was named best crime novel of 2001 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia. Jack is an...

Bernard, A.R.: Happiness Is ...: Simple Steps to a Life of Joy.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Bernard, A.R. Happiness Is...: Simple Steps to a Life of Joy. 3 CDs. unabridged. 4 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4001-05564. $24.99; 1 MP3-CD. ISBN 978-1-40015556-9. $19.99. SELF-HELP Written specifically for Christians, this...

Castro, Fidel & Ignacio Ramonet. Fidel Castro: My Life; A Spoken Autobiography.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... * Castro, Fidel & Ignacio Ramonet. Fidel Castro: My Life; A Spoken Autobiography. 21 CDs. unabridged. 261/2 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4001-0592-2. $59.99; 3 MP3-CDs. ISBN 978-1-4001-5592-7. $44.99. AUTOBIOG In this interview,...

Kaku, Michio. Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Kaku, Michio. Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel. 10 CDs. unabridged. 11 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2008. ISBN 978-1-41594683-1. $90. sc, In 2008,...

Mailer, Norman with Michael Lennon. On God: An Uncommon Conversation.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Mailer, Norman with Michael Lennon. On God: An Uncommon Conversation. 5 CDs. unabridged. 51/2 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4332-1418-9. $63; 4 cassettes. ISBN 978-1-4332-1417-2. $54.95; 1 MP3-CD. ISBN 978-1-4332-1419-6. $29.95. REL...

Stringer, C. Vivian with Laura Tucker. Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2008... Stringer, C. Vivian with Laura Tucker. Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph. 8 CDs. unabridged. 10 hrs. Books on Tape. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4159-4992-4. $80. SPORTS Long before Stringer and her Scarlet Knights were thrust into the...

Birth pangs: mothers of the American revolution.(the reader's shelf)(books on women in war)(Book review)
June 15, 2008... The Revolutionary (1763-83) and Federalist (1789-1801) eras were pivotal times in American history, full of turmoil and conflicts that could only be resolved by heroes. Many books have been written about the accomplishments of the Founding...

The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries.(lj best sellers)(Table)(List)
June 15, 2008... LJ best sellers The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries LAST RANKING ...

RA Crossroads: Neal Wyatt's Adventures in pulp culture.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "Meyer only dabbles in alien v. human adrenaline--for more of that, plus the scary alien factor and the rocket fuel rush The Host conjures, you're going to have to head straight to the movies. Start with Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The...

Student affairs: library student blog.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "On a more personal note, I got a haircut and grew a beard (I sort of like to think that my long hari just moved to my face). I also quit smoking, which made me pull out most of my beard. I also saved mankind from an asteroid impact by...

The privatization threat: ALA and library leaders must step up.(Editorial)
June 1, 2008... FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I'VE BEEN CARRYING around an email from Sally Reed, FOLUSA's executive director, on the threat that privatization poses to America's libraries. She wrote that outsourcing library services to a private corporation,...

Correction.(feedback)(Correction notice)
June 1, 2008... John C. Sandstrom's "U.S. Citizenship: The Long and Winding Road," LJ 5/1/08, p. 32-34) incorrectly notes that Lynne Weintraub's Citizenship: Ready for the Interview is relevant until October 2009. Since there are no changes on the horizon...

Keeping the pressure on LCSH.(front desk)(Library of Congress Subject Heading)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... A Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) Biog-a-Thon sponsored by Radical Reference (radicalreference.info) generated 24 subject headings, six cross references, and two subdivisions, some suggested by legendary LCSH gadfly Sandy Berman....

LIS faculty growth lags.(STAT WATCH)(Library & Information Science)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... 44.5% Enrollment increase in American Library Association-accredited master's degree programs, 1996-2005 38.9% Growth in full-time faculty over the same period Source: ALISE's Library & Information Science Education...

Sure, San Francisco Public Library has a perfectly serviceable library card, but why not draw on local creativity?(front desk)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Sure, San Francisco Public Library has a perfectly serviceable library card, but why not draw on local creativity? A contest for new designs, held in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District, drew nearly 300 entries on the...

Heard.(front desk)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "But having, their hand-stapled pages catalogued by academic librarians is certainly not the dream of every zinester, and being assigned an LCCN is probably pretty low on most comic artists' list. For some libraries lend comes at the cost of...

Students crowd British library reading rooms.(front desk)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... "STUDENTS CROWD BRITISH LIBRARY READING ROOMS It is absurd. It's access gone mad." --Historian Claire Tomalin, in the Times of London, April 21, 2008.

WA filtering case percolates: now at the state Supreme Court; could influence policies nationally.(lj news)(Washington)
June 1, 2008... The first legal challenge to a public library's practice of blanket filtering has been moving along since the case was filed in November 2006, with numerous legal volleys filed in federal court in Spokane and a trial date originally set for...

Alire elected ALA President.(lj news)(Camila Alire; Americal Library Association)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... In an election marked by a growing number of participants, Camila Alire, dean emeritus of the libraries of both the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University, won election as 2009-10 American Library Association (ALA) president,...

Orphan works bills reemerge.(lj news)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... House, Senate versions differ; ALA warns against "dark archive" Two years after initial attempts at legislation stalled in committee, Congress is facing competing bills that address the problem of orphan works. The Shawn Bentley Orphan...

Tulane library hails recovery.(lj news)
June 1, 2008... Post-Katrina efforts involve return of materials, forum for peer libraries Tulane University and vendor Library Associates Company (LAC) hosted an open house on April 16 to mark the first materials to be returned to the Howard Tilton...

Internet Archieve resists NSL.(lj news)(National Security Letter)
June 1, 2008... The Internet Archive--a vast collection of web sites and other born-digital files, including the Wayback Machine--may be an unusual library, but it is a library nonetheless, and its adherence to library principles helped lead it to fight...

Rural Library Project opens in GA.(LJ NEWS)(Georgia)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The small town of Whitesburg, GA, now has a public library, thanks in part to the Rural Library Project (RIP) (www.rurallibraryproject.org), which provided advice and an affordable, sustainable building plan. RIP founder and executive...

LAPL kills $1 holds proposal.(LJ NEWS)(Los Angeles Public Library)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The key: a web site and email campaign called "save LAPL" After the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) proposed reinstating a $1 charge to reserve or place a hold on books, citizen resistance has killed the plan. While the Library...

ALA issues brief targets Bandwidth.(LJ NEWS)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Report: federal regulatory framework bypasses needs of libraries A new issues brief from the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Research & Statistics (ORS), "Internet Connectivity in U.S. Public Libraries," points not only to...

California PL to lay off 34 FTEs.(LJ NEWS)(Stanislaus County Library to cut Full-time Equivalent)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Revenue plunge cuts hours, materials; can volunteers step in to help? Faced with a budget cut of nearly 17 percent, from $12.4 million to $10.6 million, the administrators at Stanislaus County Library (SCL), Modesto, CA, decided not only...

UM's Lowry named ARL exec director.(LJ NEWS)(University of Maryland Charles B. Lowry , Association of Research Libraries )(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors has appointed Charles B. Lowry as the next executive director of the association, effective July 1. Since 1996, Lowry has been the dean of libraries at the University of Maryland...

Tacoma, Pierce Cty. try reciprocation.(NEWS)(Tacoma Public Library and Pierce County Library System )(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Tacoma Public Library (TPL) will enter into a 15-month trial reciprocal borrowing agreement with the Pierce County Library System (PCLS), also headquartered in Tacoma, beginning July 1. TPL serves a community of just under 200,000, TPL...