Library Journal articles from June 2010, page 2

Library Journal archives from June 2010

Grant, Helen. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Grant, Helen. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden. Delacorte. Aug. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-385-34417-3. $24. F After an unfortunate incident during family Advent dinner in 1998, ten-year-old Pia Kolvenbach becomes known in her German hometown...

Green, Jane. Promises To Keep.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Green, Jane. Promises To Keep. Viking. Jun. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-670-021798. $25.95. F Green's 12th novel (after Second Chance) is an endearing, compassionate look at the Tollemache family--Callie; Steff; their divorced parents, Honor and...

Hina, Sarah. Plum Blossoms in Paris.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Hina, Sarah. Plum Blossoms in Paris. Medallion. Aug. 2010. c.254p. ISBN 978160542126-1. pap. $15.95. F In this debut novel, recently dumped graduate student Daisy Lockhart runs off to Paris, where she falls in love with Mathieu, a writer. The...

James, Rebecca. Beautiful Malice.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... James, Rebecca. Beautiful Malice. Bantam. Jul. 2010. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-553-80805-6. $25. F Katherine, a high school senior, is trying to recover from her younger sister's rape and murder. Grieving and feeling guilty for her part in the...

Kalogridis, Jeanne. The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Kalogridis, Jeanne. The Scarlet Contessa: A Novel of the Italian Renaissance. St. Martin's. Jul. 2010. c.512p. ISBN 978-0-31236953-8. $25.99. F Historical novelist Kalogridis (The Devil's Queen) has again woven a delightful and intricate...

Kava, Alex. Damaged: A Maggie O'Dell Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Kava, Alex. Damaged: A Maggie O'Dell Novel. Doubleday. Jul. 2010. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-385-53199-3. $24.95. F The Coast Guard discovery of a container of body parts at sea brings agent Maggie O'Dell (Exposed; A Perfect Evil) to Florida and into...

Xpress reviews.(Brief article)(List)
June 15, 2010... LJ's free weekly web evaluations for the week of May 7 & May 14, 2010. Go to bit.ly/9AVlyJ. FICTION Dugoni, Robert. Bodily Harm. Touchstone: S. & S. Goldstone, Lawrence. The Astronomer. Walker. McCall Smith, Alexander....

Leegant, Joan. Wherever You Go.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Leegant, Joan. Wherever You Go. Norton. Jul. 2010. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-393-05476-7. $23.95. F In alternating chapters, Leegant's debut novel tells three divergent stories about the complicated ties between American Jews and Israel. Yona Stern...

McCauley, Stephen. Insignificant Others.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... McCauley, Stephen. Insignificant Others. S. & S. Jun. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-74322475-8. $25. F As a chronicler of modern mores, few authors are as readable and entertaining as McCauley (Alternatives to Sex; The Object of My Affection)....

Mohamed, Nadifa. Black Mamba Boy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Mohamed, Nadifa. Black Mamba Boy. Farrar. Aug. 2010. c.240p. ISBN 978-0-374-11419O. $25. F Spanning the years 1935-47, this novel opens in Aden, Yemen, where 11-year-old Jama, a wild but smart Somali boy, lives with his mother. They live a...

O'Flynn, Catherine. The News Where You Are.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... O'Flynn, Catherine. The News Where You Are. Holt. Jul. 2010. c.272p. ISBN 978-08050-9180-9. pap. $15. F As a local television news anchor, Frank All-croft has seen a lot change in his hometown, Birmingham, England. With the city reinventing...

Othmer, James P. Holy Water.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Othmer, James P. Holy Water. Doubleday. Jun. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-385-525138. $25.95. F Othmer's second novel (following the much-heralded The Futurist) is a comic, lighthearted romp of a story about corporate greed, globalization, and...

Pickering, Paul. The Leopard's Wife.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Pickering, Paul. The Leopard's Wife. S. & S. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-1-4391-6853-0. $26. F S. Miles-Harcourt, the intriguing main character of this fourth novel from London Times journalist Pickering (The Blue Gate of Babylon), is a...

Quinn, Peter. The Man Who Never Returned.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Quinn, Peter. The Man Who Never Returned. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Jul. 2010. c.336p. ISBN 978-1-59020-388-0. $24.95. F "Judge Crater, call your office." For decades, that line delivered over a PA system insured laughs, because...

Schwarz, Ghita. Displaced Persons.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Schwarz, Ghita. Displaced Persons. Morrow. Aug. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-06-188190-9. $25.99. F It is the end of World War II, and Jewish survivors are left to wonder about their missing loved ones, pick up the broken pieces of their lives,...

Scott, A.D. A Small Death in the Great Glen.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Scott, A.D. A Small Death in the Great Glen. Atria: S. & S. Aug. 2010. c.416p. ISBN 978-1-4391-5493-9. pap. $15. F Set in 1950s postwar Scotland, with mistrust between nationalities still running high, this mesmerizing debut tale of...

Solares, Martin. The Black Minutes.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Solares, Martin. The Black Minutes. Black Cat: Grove. 2010. c.416p, tr. from Spanish by Aura Estrada & John Pluecker. ISBN 978-08021-7068-2. pap. $14. F Bernardo Blanco was a young reporter for the San Antonio Herald with a beautiful...

Baker, Kage. The Bird of the River.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Baker, Kage. The Bird of the River. Tor. Jul. 2010. c.272p. ISBN 978-0-7653-2296-8. $25.99. FANTASY Teenage Eliss and her half-breed brother Alder become pert of the crew of a large river barge after the drowning death of their addict mother....

Baxter, Stephen. Ark.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Baxter, Stephen. Ark. ROC: NAL. 2010. c.544p. ISBN 978-0-451-46331-9. $24.95. SF By 2041, rising ocean levels have nearly covered the land surfaces of Earth and will soon overwhelm what little dry ground remains. Two spaceships, Ark One and...

Chadbourn, Mark. The Queen of Sinister.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Chadbourn, Mark. The Queen of Sinister. Pyr: Prometheus. (The Dark Age, Bk. 2). Jun. 2010. c.306p. ISBN 978-1-61614-200-1. pap. $16. FANTASY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The modern world has ceased to exist as an invasion of magic--and magical...

Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Prime. Jul. 2010. c.312p. ed. by Ellen Datlow. ISBN 978-1-60701-2085. pap. $14.95. FANTASY From James Blaylock's eerie tale of one man's discovery of time's fluidity ("Thirteen...

Fallon, Jennifer. The Palace of Impossible Dreams.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Fallon, Jennifer. The Palace of Impossible Dreams. Tor. (The Tide Lords, Bk. 3). Jun. 2010. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1684-4. $27.99. FANTASY As the Tide that determines who controls the magical energy in the world turns, Immortals grow...

Harrison, Harry. The Stainless Steel Rat Returns.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Harrison, Harry. The Stainless Steel Rat Returns. Tot. Aug. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-07653-2441-2. $24.99. SF Just when life couldn't be better, James Bolivar "Slippery Jim" DiGriz, also known as the Stainless Steel Rat, receives a visit from...

Lamplighter, L. Jagi. Prospero in Hell.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Lamplighter, L. Jagi. Prospero in Hell. Tor. Aug. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1930-2. $25.99. FANTASY In this sequel to Prospero Lost, Miranda, head of Prospero, Inc., a modern company founded by the magician of Shakespeare's The Tempest,...

Mieville, China. Kraken.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Mieville, China. Kraken. Del Rey: Ballantine. Jun. 2010. c.496p. ISBN 978-0345-49749-9. $26. FANTASY The theft of the preserved body of a giant squid from the British Museum confounds the detectives sent to investigate the crime, but...

Niven, Larry. Stars and Gods.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Niven, Larry. Stars and Gods. Tor. Aug. 2010. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-7653-0864-1. $25.99. SF Ranging in content from excerpts from some of his most recent novels (Ringworld's Children) to tales set in familiar worlds ("Choosing Names," the...

Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Novik, Naomi. Tongues of Serpents. Del Rey: Ballantine. Jul. 2010. c.288p. ISBN 978-0345-49689-8. $25. FANTASY Stripped of his rank and privileges, Will Laurence and his similarly exiled dragon, Temeraire, sail to their new home, the prison...

Nylund, Eric. All That Lives Must Die.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Nylund, Eric. All That Lives Must Die. Tor. (Mortal Coils, Bk. 2). Jul. 2010. c.704p. ISBN 978-0-7653-2304-0. pap. $15.99. FANTASY Teenage twins Eliot and Fiona Post have discovered that they are gods, the immortal children of a mating...

Palmer, Stephen. Urbis Morpheos.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Palmer, Stephen. Urbis Morpheos. PS Pub. Jun. 2010. c.390p. ISBN 978-1-906301-43-9. $20. SF In the far future, warring ecosystems threaten to destroy the manufactured ecosystem of Old Earth, now known as Urbis Morpheos, as the natural world...

Vaughn, Carrie. Discord's Apple.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Vaughn, Carrie. Discord's Apple. Tor. Jul. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-7653-2554-9. $23.99. FANTASY When Eve Walker returns to Hope's Fort, CO, to be with her dying father, she discovers that the basement of the family house holds items that her...

Weber, David. Mission of Honor.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Weber, David. Mission of Honor. Baen, dist. by S. & S. Jul. 2010. c.608p. ISBN 978-14391-3361-3. $27. SF In anticipation of war between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Solarian League, Adm. Honor Alexander-Harrington undertakes a...

Adams, Cat. Blood Song.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Adams, Cat. Blood Song. Tor. Jun. 2010. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-7853-2494-8. pap. $14.99. FANTASY From the popular urban fantasy duo C.T. Adams and Cathy Clamp comes the start of a new series written under the Adams pseudonym (Magic's Design)....

Carey, Jacqueline. Naamah's Curse.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Carey, Jacqueline. Naamah's Curse. Grand Central. Jun. 2010. c.567p. ISBN 978-0-44619805-9. $26.99. FANTASY This second book in a projected trilogy (after Naamah's Kiss) and eighth installment in the larger world of "Kushiers Legacy" follows...

Kowal, Mary Robinette. Shades of Milk and Honey.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Kowal, Mary Robinette. Shades of Milk and Honey. Tor. Aug. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-07653-2556-3. $24.99. FANTASY In this alternate history of a Regency England, a lady's chance at a good match improves with her every talent: good taste in the...

Okorafor, Nnedi. Who Fears Death.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Okorafor, Nnedi. Who Fears Death. DAW, dist. by Penguin. Jun. 2010. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-7564-0617-2. $24.95. FANTASY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In her astonishing debut, Okorafor has created a desolate, postapocalyptic Africa of endless...

Spencer, Scott. Man in the Woods.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Spencer, Scott. Man in the Woods. Ecco: HarperCollins. Sept. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 9780-06-146655-7. $24.99. F Once again, Spencer brings us to Leyden, NY, and into the lives of Kate Ellis and her daughter, Ruby, seen in National Book Award...

Stuart, Julia. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Stuart, Julia. The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise. Doubleday. Sept. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-385-53328-7. $24.95. F Bleak times have fallen upon the Tower of London's residents. Grief, infidelity, loneliness, and other sorrows have begun...

Trueba, David. Learning To Lose.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Trueba, David. Learning To Lose. Other. Jun. 2010. c.608p, tr. from Spanish by Mara Faye Lethem. ISBN 978-1-59051-322-4. pap. $16.95. F In this new work by novelist/screenwriter Trueba, which won the 2009 Critics Award, much of the background...

Weisgarber, Ann. The Personal History of Rachel DuPree.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Weisgarber, Ann. The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. Viking. Aug. 2010. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-670-02201-4. $25.95. F During a 1917 drought in the Dakota Badlands, many settlers up and leave their claims. Not Isaac DuPree. He commands his...

Li, Yiyun. Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Li, Yiyun. Gold Boy, Emerald Girl. Random. Sept. 2010. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-4000-68135. $25. F Previously published in such venues as The New Yorker, the Guardian, and the San Francisco Chronicle, these nine stories are not interwoven, yet they...

Teicher, Craig Morgan. Cradle Book.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Teicher, Craig Morgan. Cradle Book. BOA, dist. by Consortium. Jun. 2010. c.92p. ISBN 978-1-934414-35-4. pap. $14. F Perhaps it's because morals sound archaic to the modern ear that anything that ends in one strikes us as less a story than an...

Yamashita, Karen Tei. I Hotel.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Yamashita, Karen Tel. I Hotel. Coffee House, dist. by Consortium. 2010. c.640p. ISBN 9781-56689-239-1. pap. $19.95. F Comprising ten novellas that took ten years to craft, this is Yamashita's (Circle K Cycles) magnum opus. Year by year, the...

Library born.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
June 15, 2010... "Were it not for a library--namely, the public library of Utica, NY, a five-story brick and limestone box of neoclassical grandeur--I would not have been born." It's not every author who can say that, but in a piece written especially for...

Barron, Stephanie. Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron: Being a Jane Austen Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Barron, Stephanie. Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron: Being a Jane Austen Mystery. Bantam. Oct. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-55338670-7. pap. $15. M Barron's tenth series entry (after Jane and the Barque of Frailty) pits the beloved English...

Bolton, S.J. Blood Harvest.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Bolton, S.J. Blood Harvest. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jun. 2010. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-31260051-8. $25.99. M Bolton's third gothic mystery (after Sacrifice and Awakening) will keep readers awake at night for two reasons: it's too spooky to put...

Hayman, James. The Chill of Night.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Hayman, James. The Chill of Night. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jul. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-312-53271-0. $24.99. M What does a killer call a frozen, dead lawyer stuffed into the trunk of her BMW? A good start. Hayman's second novel (after The...

Rosenfelt, David. Dog Tags.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Rosenfelt, David. Dog Tags. Grand Central. Aug. 2010. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-446-551526. $24.99. M Rosenfelt's eighth entry in the Andy Carpenter series (after New Tricks) is as entertaining as his previous titles. The familiar characters are...

Shepherd, Lynn. Murder at Mansfield Park.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Shepherd, Lynn. Murder at Mansfield Park. Griffin: St. Martin's. Aug. 2010. c.352p. I SBN 978-0-312-63834-4. pap. $14.99. M 221B Baker Street meets Mansfield Park in this debut Regency whodunit. Poor, priggish Fanny Price has been transformed...

Wolfe, Inger Ash. The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Wolfe, Inger Ash. The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery. Houghton Harcourt. Jul. 2010. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-15-101353-1. $25. M Approaching her 62nd birthday, Det. Insp. Hazel Micallef finds recovery from back surgery difficult when she must...

Baetjer, Katharine. British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Baetjer, Katharine. British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. by Yale Univ. 2010. 320p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-300-15509-9. $95. FINE ARTS In this first catalog of the...

Bambach, Carmen C. & others. The Drawings of Bronzino.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Bambach, Carmen C. & others. The Drawings of Bronzino. Yale Univ. in assoc, with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2010. 336p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-300-155129. $60. FINE ARTS Bambach (curator, dept. of drawings, Metropolitan...

Heller, Steven & Gail Anderson. New Ornamental Type: Decorative Lettering in the Digital Age.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Heller, Steven & Gail Anderson. New Ornamental Type: Decorative Lettering in the Digital Age. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2010. 192p. illus, index. ISBN 978-0500-51502-0. $40. GRAPHIC ARTS Ornamental type, as it is covered in...

Pointon, Marcia. Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gem Stones and Jewellery.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Pointon, Marcia. Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gem Stones and Jewellery. Yale Univ. 2010. 368p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-300-14278-5. $85. FINE ARTS This wide-reaching study, published for the Paul Mellon Ctr. for Studies...

Rubin, David S. Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Rubin, David S. Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s. San Antonio Museum of Art in assoc, with MIT. 2010. c.140p, illus. ISBN 978-0-262-01404-5. $29.95. FINE ARTS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A companion to an exhibition at the...

Toledano, Roulhac B. A Pattern Book of New Orleans Architecture.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Toledano, Roulhac B. A Pattern Book of New Orleans Architecture. Pelican. 2010. c.256p. illus, index. ISBN 978-1-58980-694-8. $35. ARCHITECTURE For generations of builders and craftspeople, pattern books were indispensable design guides. This...

Van Duysen, Vincent. Vincent Van Duysen: Complete Works.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Van Duysen, Vincent. Vincent Van Duysen: Complete Works. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2010. c.288p, illus, index. ISBN 9780-500-34261-9. $75. ARCHITECTURE At the age of 46, Van Duysen, who was born in Belgium and educated at the...

Balchin, Judy. Celtic Alphabets with Borders and Motifs.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Balchin, Judy. Celtic Alphabets with Borders and Motifs. Search, dist. by IPG. 2010. 176p. illus, index. ISBN 978-1-84448-457-7. $21.95. CRAFTS Illustrating 11 alphabets in Celtic styles in color and black and white, this collection is...

Bogert, Kerry. Totally Twisted: Innovative Wirework & Art Glass Jewelry.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Bogert, Kerry. Totally Twisted: Innovative Wirework & Art Glass Jewelry. Interweave. 2010. 128p. photogs, index. ISBN 978-159668-168-2. pap. $22.95. CRAFTS Twisted springs and spiral chains combined with large, colorful glass beads form...

Campbell, Jean. Steampunk Style Jewelry: Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, Bracelets, and Earrings.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Campbell, Jean. Steampunk Style Jewelry: Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, Bracelets, and Earrings. Creative Pub: Quayside. 2010. 144p. illus. ISBN 978-1-58923-475-8. pap. $24.99. CRAFTS The popularity of steampunk, a subgenre of...

Cochran, Khris. The DIY Bride Crafty Countdown: 40 Fabulous Projects To Make in the Months, Weeks & Hours Before Your Special Day.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Cochran, Khris. The DIY Bride Crafty Countdown: 40 Fabulous Projects To Make in the Months, Weeks & Hours Before Your Special Day. Taunton, dist. by Ingrain. 2010. 218p. illus, index. ISBN 978-1-60085-119-3. pap. $19.95. CRAFTS This...

Danks, Fiona & Jo Schofield. Make It Wild: 101 Things To Make and Do Outdoors.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Danks, Fiona & Jo Schofield. Make It Wild: 101 Things To Make and Do Outdoors. Frances Lincoln, dist. by PGW. 2010. 160p. illus, index. ISBN 978-0-7112-2885-6. pap. $24.95. CRAFTS Danks and Schofield (Go Wild!: 101 Things To Do Outdoors...

Howell, Vickie. Craft Corps: Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at a Time.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Howell, Vickie. Craft Corps: Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at a Time. Lark: Sterling. 2010. 288p. illus, index. ISBN 978-1-60059-468-7. pap. $17.95. CRAFTS Inspired by the National Public Radio oral history project StoryCorps,...

Jackson, Paul. Origami Toys That Tumble, Fly, and Spin.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Jackson, Paul. Origami Toys That Tumble, Fly, and Spin. Gibbs Smith. 2010. 128p. illus. ISBN 978-1-4236-0524-9. pap. $19.99. CRAFTS Jackson (Origami & Papercraft) is a veteran in the field of paper art. His origami toys, mainly animals,...

McCabe, Laura. Laura McCabe's Embellished Beadweaving: Jewelry Lavished with Fringe, Fronds, Lacework & More.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... McCabe, Laura. Laura McCabe's Embellished Beadweaving: Jewelry Lavished with Fringe, Fronds, Lacework & More. Lark: Sterling. (Beadweaving Master Class). 2010. 144p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60059-514-1. $24.95. CRAFTS McCabe, a...

Mandel, Lisa Slovis. Pewter Studio: Contemporary Projects and Techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Mandel, Lisa Slovis. Pewter Studio: Contemporary Projects and Techniques. Lark: Sterling. 2010. 128p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-60059-191-4. $24.95. CRAFTS Modern pewter, or Britannia metal, is lead free and safer to use than traditional...

Mornu, Nathalie. Leather Jewelry: 30 Contemporary Projects.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Mornu, Nathalie. Leather Jewelry: 30 Contemporary Projects. Lark: Sterling. 2010. 132p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60059-529-5. pap. $21.95. CRAFTS Mornu (Quilt It with Wool) collects imaginative and funky projects from a number of...

Oliveau, Tally & Julie Molina. Mixed-Media Dollhouses: Techniques and Ideas for Doll-Size Assemblages.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Oliveau, Tally & Julie Molina. Mixed-Media Dollhouses: Techniques and Ideas for Doll-Size Assemblages. Quarry: Quayside. 2010. 128p. illus. ISBN 978-1-59253-588-0, pap. $24.99. CRAFTS Rather than dollhouses, these projects are permanent...

Padilla, Yvonne M. Bronze Metal Clay: Explore a New Material with 35 Projects.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Padilla, Yvonne M. Bronze Metal Clay: Explore a New Material with 35 Projects. Lark: Sterling. 2010. 128p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-60059-463-2. pap. $17.95. CRAFTS Bronze is the newest addition to the craft of metal clay, joining more...

Stitched Postcards: Beautiful Textile Designs in Miniature Using Quilting and Mixed Media Techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Stitched Postcards: Beautiful Textile Designs in Miniature Using Quilting and Mixed Media Techniques. Search, dist. by IPG. 2010. 64p. ed. by Christa Rolf. illus. ISBN 978-1-84448-470-6. pap. $15.95. CRAFTS Artist mailing cards, like the...

Trudel, Robin Edward. Easy Carving Projects for Kids.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Trudel, Robin Edward. Easy Carving Projects for Kids. Linden. Jun. 2010. c.128p. illus. ISBN 978-1-933502-30-4. pap. $16.95. CRAFTS In Trudel's follow-up to his previous Carving for Kids, he includes designs for ages four to 16, divided into...

Young, Anastasia. The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Young, Anastasia. The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques. Interweave. 2010. 320p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-59668-169-9. $34.95. CRAFTS In contrast to Young's quick reference, Jewelry Techniques: The Essential Guide to Choosing...

Carey, John. William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Carey, John. William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies. Free Pr: S. & S. Jun. 2010. c.592p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-4391-8732-6. $32.50. LIT Carey (English, emeritus, Oxford Univ.; What Good Are the Arts?) has produced the...

Carrere, Emmanuel. My Life as a Russian Novel: A Memoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Carrere, Emmanuel. My Life as a Russian Novel: A Memoir. Metropolitan: Holt. Aug. 2010. c.288p. tr. from French by Linda Coverdale. ISBN 978-0-8050-8755-0. $25. LIT Prix Femina winner Carrere (Class Trip), prominent in several genres, is one...

The Oxford Book of Parodies.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... The Oxford Book of Parodies. Oxford Univ. Sept. 2010. c.416p. ed. by John Gross. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-19-954882-8. $29.95. LIT What is the proper definition of parody? According to Gross, former editor of the Times Literary Supplement and...

Pettegree, Andrew. The Book in the Renaissance.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Pettegree, Andrew. The Book in the Renaissance. Yale Univ. Jun. 2010. c.448p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-300-11009-8. $40. LIT After reviewing the origins and concept of the printed book and the technological innovations involved,...

The Cult TV Book: From Star Trek to Dexter, New Approaches to TV Outside the Box.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... The Cult TV Book: From Star Trek to Dexter, New Approaches to TV Outside the Box. Soft Skull. Jun. 2010. c.288p, ed. by Stacey Abbott. filmog. index. ISBN 978-1-59376-276-6. pap. $15.95. TV Dedicated fans of Star Trek, Doctor Who, and other...

George, Nelson. Thriller: The Musical Life of Michael Jackson.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... George, Nelson. Thriller: The Musical Life of Michael Jackson. Da Capo. Jun. 2010. c.256p. index. ISBN 978-0-306-81878-3. $24. MUSIC George (Hip Hop America) published the best-selling Michael Jackson Story in 1983 and has written about him...

Bowley, Graham. No Way Down: Life and Death on K2.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Bowley, Graham. No Way Down: Life and Death on K2. Harper: HarperCollins. Jul. 2010. c.304p. photogs. maps. index. ISBN 978-0-06-183478-3. $25.99. REC New York Times reporter Bowley attempts to re-create the chaotic events that led to the...

Jordan, Jennifer. The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Jordan, Jennifer. The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2. Norton. Aug. 2010. c.320p. illus. ISBN 978-0-393-07778-0. $26.95. REC [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Writer and filmmaker Jordan (Savage Summit) presents...

Greenspan, Charlotte. Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... * Greenspan, Charlotte. Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical. Oxford Univ. (Broadway Legacies). Sept. 2010. c.384p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-19-511110-1. $27.95. MUSIC Dorothy Fields was one of the great American...

Grimes, Anne. Stories from the Anne Grimes Collection of American Folk Music.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Grimes, Anne. Stories from the Anne Grimes Collection of American Folk Music. Ohio Univ. Pr. Jun. 2010. c.200p. ed. by Sara Grimes & others. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-8214-1908-3. $55; pap. ISBN 978-0-8214-1943-4. $24.95 with CD....

Sheffield, Rob. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Sheffield, Rob. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut. Dutton. Jul. 2010. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-525-95156-8. $25.95. MUSIC Sheffield, a music journalist and the best-selling author of Love...

Wasson, Sam. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... Wasson, Sam. Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman. HarperStudio: HarperCollins. Jun. 2010. c.256p. photogs. ISBN 978-0-06-177415-7. $19.99. FILM Wasson (A Splurch in the Kisser: The...

30 Rock and Philosophy: We Want To Go to There.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2010... 30 Rock and Philosophy: We Want To Go to There. Wiley. (Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture). Aug. 2010. c.240p, ed. by J. Jeremy Wisnewski. index. ISBN 978-0-470-57558-1. pap. $17.95. PHIL This is the 21st volume in this series connecting...