Library Journal articles from June 2011, page 6

Library Journal archives from June 2011

Foreman, Amanda. A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Foreman, Amanda. A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War. Random. Jun. 2011. c.1008p. illus. maps. index. ISBN 9780375504945. $35. HIST Whitbread Prize winner Foreman (visiting research fellow, Queen Mary, Univ. of...

Mansel, Philip. Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... * Mansel, Philip. Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean. Yale Univ. 2011. c.496p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780300172645. $35. HIST French and Ottoman historian Mansel (Constantinople: City of the World's Desire,...

Rees, Sian. Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships That Stopped the Slave Trade.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Rees, Sian. Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships That Stopped the Slave Trade. Univ. of New Hampshire: Univ. Pr. of New England. 2011. c.360p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781584659808. $27.95. HIST Rees (The Floating Brothel) presents a...

Steinacher, Gerald. Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... * Steinacher, Gerald. Nazis on the Run: How Hitler's Henchmen Fled Justice. Oxford Univ. Jun. 2011. c.400p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780199576869. $34.95. HIST Steinacher (Joseph A. Schumpeter Research Fallow, Ctr. for European Studies,...

Swint, Kerwin. The King Whisperers: Power behind the Throne, from Rasputin to Rove.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Swint, Kerwin. The King Whisperers: Power Behind the Throne, from Rasputin to Rove. Union Square: Sterling. 2011.336p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781402772016. $21.95. HIST Swint (political science, Kennesaw State Univ.; Mudslingers: The...

Moskos, Peter. In Defense of Flogging.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Moskos, Peter. In Defense of Flogging. Basic Bks, Perseus. Jun. 2011. c.192p. ISBN 9780465021482. $20. LAW This provocatively titled volume claims that the American prison system is too expensive and has failed to be fully effective...

Rodgers, Paul. United States Constitutional Law: An Introduction.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Rodgers, Paul. United States Constitutional Law: An Introduction. McFarland. 2011. c.30Op. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780786459407. pap. $45. LAW Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson said that the Supreme Court's interpretations are final not...

Willman, David. The Mirage Man: Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America's Rush to War.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Willman, David. The Mirage Man: Bruce Ivins, the Anthrax Attacks, and America's Rush to War. Bantam. Jul. 2011. c.464p. photogs. index. ISBN 9780553807752. $27. CRIME Willman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his Los Angeles Times reporting on...

Wilson, Colin. Supernaturah Your Guide through the Unexplained, the Unearthly and the Unknown.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Wilson, Colin. Supernaturah Your Guide Through the Unexplained, the Unearthly and the Unknown. Watkins, dist. by Sterling. Jun. 2011. 600p. index. ISBN 9781907486555. pap. $19.95. PARAPSYCH This is the latest incarnation of Wilson's earlier...

Booth, Char. Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Booth, Char. Reflective Teaching, Effective Learning: Instructional Literacy for Library Educators. ALA. 2011. 208p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780838910528. pap. $60. PRO MEDIA Booth (e-learning librarian, Univ. of California, Berkeley;...

Practical Strategies for Cataloging Departments.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Practical Strategies for Cataloging Departments. Libraries Unlimited: ABC-CLIO. (Third Millennium Cataloging). 2011. 117p. ed. by Rebecca L. Lubas. bibliog, index. ISBN 9781598844924. pap. $45. PRO MEDIA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Structural...

Rubin, Rhea Joyce. Defusing the Angry Patron.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... * Rubin, Rhea Joyce. Defusing the Angry Patron. 2d ed. Neal-Schuman. (How-To-Do-It Manuals, No. 177). 2011. 125p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781555707316. pap. S65. PRO MEDIA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This "How-To-Do-It Manual" updates the first...

Warrick, Joby. The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... * Warrick, Joby. The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA. Doubleday. Jul. 2011. c.304p. index. ISBN 9780385534185. $26.95. INT AFFAIRS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is a true story that reads like a thrilling spy novel....

Roberts, Cheryl A. Coping with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Guide for Families.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... * Roberts, Cheryl A. Coping with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Guide for Families. 2d ed. McFarland. 2011. c.218p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780786449743. pap. $39.95. PSYCH Roberts (applied linguistics, Univ. of Northern Iowa) updates her...

Levy, Michael. Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Levy, Michael. Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion. Holt. Jul. 2011. c.256p. ISBN 9780805091960. pap. $15. SOC SCI As in Peter Hessler's River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze and Peter J. Vernezze's recent...

Chitnis, Christine. Markets of New England.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Chitnis, Christine. Markets of New England. Little Bookroom. Jun. 2011.216p. photogs. index. ISBN 9781892145963. pap. $15.95. TRAV In this upscale guidebook to markets of New England, freelance writer Chitnis features 50 of the best farmers'...

Wolff, Joe (text) & Roger Paperno (photogs.). Cafe Life San Francisco: A Guidebook to the City's Neighborhood Cafes.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Wolff, Joe (text) & Roger Paperno (photogs.). Cafe Life San Francisco: A Guidebook to the City's Neighborhood Cafes. Interlink: Interlink Pub. Group. Jul. 2011. c.160p. photogs. maps. ISBN 9781566568470. pap. $20. TRAY It's not as if one...

Heger, Mike & others. Growing Perennials in Cold Climates.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Heger, Mike & others. Growing Perennials in Cold Climates. rev. ed. Univ. of Minnesota. 2011. 448p. photogs, bibliog. ISBN 9780816675883. pap. $39.95. GARDENING [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This new expanded edition of a gardening standard...

Lucas, Neil. Designing with Grasses.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Lucas, Neil. Designing with Grasses. Timber. 2011. 278p. photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780881929836. $34.95. GARDENING This work is for gardeners who desire a less formal look requiring less maintenance than traditional turf lawns or who...

Mabey, Richard. Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Mabey, Richard. Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants. Ecco: HarperCollins. Jul. 2011. c.336p, illus, index. ISBN 9780062065452. $25.99. GARDENING British naturalist Mabey (columnist, BBC Wildlife magazine; Flora Britannica)...

After Tobacco: What Would Happen If Americans Stopped Smoking?(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... After Tobacco: What Would Happen If Americans Stopped Smoking? Columbia Univ. Jul. 2011. c.544p, ed. by Peter Bearman & others, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780231157766. $115; pap. ISBN 9780231157773. $35. HEALTH Optimistically assuming...

Bohn, Yvonne, M.D., & others. The Mommy Docs' Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... * Bohn, Yvonne, M.D., & others. The Mommy Docs' Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth. Da Capo Lifelong. 2011. c.544p. ISBN 9780738214603. pap. $15.95. HEALTH [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bohn, Allison Hill, and Alane Park are OB/GYNs,...

Floud, Roderick & others. The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World Since 1700.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Floud, Roderick & others. The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World Since 1700. Cambridge Univ. (New Approaches to Economic and Social History). 2011. c.472p, illus, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780521879750....

Glasser, Ronald J., M.D. Broken Bodies/ Shattered Minds: A Medical Odyssey from Vietnam to Afghanistan.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... * Glasser, Ronald J., M.D. Broken Bodies/ Shattered Minds: A Medical Odyssey from Vietnam to Afghanistan. History Pub., dist. by Midpoint. Jun. 2011. c.272p, index. ISBN 9781933909479. pap. $17.95. MED Pediatrician Glasser, whose best-selling...

O'Connell, Jeff. Sugar Nation: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... O'Connell, Jeff. Sugar Nation: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It. Hyperion. Aug. 2011. c.320p, bibliog. ISBN 9781401323448. $24.99. HEALTH Journalist, editor in chief of Bodybuilding.com, and...

Lawson, Tracey. A Year in the Village of Eternity: The Lifestyle of Longevity in Campodimele, Italy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Lawson, Tracey. A Year in the Village of Eternity: The Lifestyle of Longevity in Campodimele, Italy. Bloomsbury, dist. by Macmillan. Aug. 2011. c.416p, photogs. ISBN 9781596915022. $30. COOKING [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lawson, a British...

Quirk, Jessica. What I Wore: Four Seasons, One Closet, Endless Recipes for Personal Style.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Quirk, Jessica. What I Wore: Four Seasons, One Closet, Endless Recipes for Personal Style. Ballantine. Aug. 2011. c.144p, illus. ISBN 9780345526106. pap. $18. PERSONAL GROOMING Author of the blog What I Wore (whatiwore.tumblr.com) since May...

Diegel, Denna. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Baking.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Diegel, Denna. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Baking. Alpha: Penguin Group (USA). 2011. 336p. index. ISBN 9781615640577. pap.$16.95. COOKING Diegel, a pastry chef and blogger at spatulascorkscrews. typepad.com, covers all aspects of...

Holechek, Kris (text & photogs.). Have Your Cake and Vegan Too: 50 Dazzling and Delicious Cake Creations.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Holechek, Kris (text & photogs.). Have Your Cake and Vegan Too: 50 Dazzling and Delicious Cake Creations. Ulysses. 2011. 144p. photogs, index. ISBN 9781569759202. pap. $17.95. COOKING [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this comprehensive guide...

Kaminsky, Hannah. Vegan Desserts: Sumptuous Sweets for Every Season.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Kaminsky, Hannah. Vegan Desserts: Sumptuous Sweets for Every Season. Skyhorse, dist. by Norton. 2011. c.256p, photogs, index. ISBN 9781616082208. $17.95. COOKING Kaminsky (My Sweet Vegan) groups egg- and dairy-free dessert recipes according...

Kelly, Carla. Quick & Easy Vegan Bake Sale: More Than 150 Delicious Sweet and Savory Vegan Treats Perfect for Sharing.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Kelly, Carla. Quick & Easy Vegan Bake Sale: More Than 150 Delicious Sweet and Savory Vegan Treats Perfect for Sharing. The Experiment, dist. by Workman. 2011. c.296p, index. ISBN 9781615190263. pap. $17.95. COOKING Kelly, who blags at The...

Mainquist, Emily (text) & Penny De Los Santos (photogs.). Sweet Vegan: A Collection of All Vegan, Some Gluten-Free, and a Few Raw Desserts.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Mainquist, Emily (text) & Penny De Los Santos (photogs.). Sweet Vegan: A Collection of All Vegan, Some Gluten-Free, and a Few Raw Desserts. Kyle: Kyle Cathie, dist. by National Bk. Network. 2011. 144p. photogs, index. ISBN 9781906868352....

Soule, Amanda Blake & Stephen Soule. The Rhythm of Family: Discovering a Sense of Wonder through the Seasons.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Soule, Amanda Blake & Stephen Soule. The Rhythm of Family: Discovering a Sense of Wonder Through the Seasons. Trumpeter: Shambhala, dist. by Random. Aug. 2011. c.256p, photogs, bibliog. ISBN 9781590307779. pap. $19.95. HOME ECON Amanda...

Cohen, Steven A. Sustainability Management: Lessons from and for New York City, America, and the Planet.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Cohen, Steven A. Sustainability Management: Lessons from and for New York City, America, and the Planet. Columbia Univ. Jul. 2011. c.256p, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780231152587. $35. SCI Executive director of Columbia University's Earth...

Deutsch, David. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Deutsch, David. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World. Viking. Jul. 2011. c.462p, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780670022755. $30. SCI Deutsch (Fellow, Royal Society; physics, Univ. of Oxford, UK; The Fabric of Reality)...

Eilperin, Juliet. Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Eilperin, Juliet. Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks. Pantheon. Jun. 2011. c.320p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780375425127. $26.95. NAT HIST Humans kill 73 million sharks to supply fins for soup and have depleted...

Gillham, Nicholas Wright. Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Gillham, Nicholas Wright. Genes, Chromosomes, and Disease: From Simple Traits, to Complex Traits, to Personalized Medicine. FT: Pearson. Jul. 2011. c.311p. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780137075447. $49.99. SCI This history of medical genetics with...

Meredith, Martin. Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Meredith, Martin. Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life. PublicAffairs: Perseus. 2011. c.304p, photogs, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 9781586486631. $26.99. SCI Today it is accepted that Africa is the continent of origin for...

Nordhaus, Hannah. The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Nordhaus, Hannah. The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America. HarperPerenniah HarperCollins. Jun. 2011. c.336p, photogs. ISBN 9780061873256. pap. $14.99. SCI The 2006 bee colony collapse crisis...

Prager, Ellen. Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Prager, Ellen. Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter. Univ. of Chicago. 2011. c.184p. bibliog. ISBN 9780226678726. $26. NAT HIST Prager (Chasing Science at Sea), a marine scientist formerly at the...

Worden, Al with Francis French. Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Worden, Al with Francis French. Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon. Smithsonian: HarperCollins. Jul. 2011. c.304p, photogs. ISBN 9781588343093. $29.95. SCI Nine months after Worden's (Hello Earth: Greetings from...

Swift, Earl. The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Swift, Earl. The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways. Houghton Harcourt. Jun. 2011. c.384p, photogs, bibliog. ISBN 9780618812417. $27. TECH Swift (Where They Lay:...

Encyclopedia of Religion and Film.(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Encyclopedia of Religion and Film. ABC-CLIO. 2011. 644p. ed. by Eric Michael Mazur. photogs. filmog, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780313330728. $85. Online: ABC-CLIO eBook Collection REF In recent years, the intersection of religion and film has...

Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarecrow. 2011. 665p. bibliog. ISBN 9780810857797. $99. Online: NetLibrary, Overdrive, MyiLibrary, EBL, & Questia REF The pomp, circumstance, and silly hats of the recent...

The Thirties in America.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... The Thirties in America. 3 vols. Salem. (Decades). 2011. 1256p. ed. by Thomas Tandy Lewis. photogs, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 9781587657252. $395. Online: Salem History (free with print purchase) REF These approximately 675 signed articles...

American Heritage Dictionaries Eds. The American Heritage Student Grammar Dictionary.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... American Heritage Dictionaries Eds. The American Heritage Student Grammar Dictionary. Houghton Harcourt. Aug. 2011. c.160p, illus. ISBN 9780547472652. pap. $13.95. REF Although barely more than 150 pages long, this title provides a mother...

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The Handy Science Answer Book.(Book review)
June 1, 2011... The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The Handy Science Answer Book. 4th ed. Visible Ink. 2011. c.680p, illus, index. ISBN 9781578593217. pap. $21.95. REF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The eight years since this title's last appearance constitute...

First Street.(firststreet.cqpress.com)(Website overview)
June 1, 2011... FIRST STREET CG Press, firststreet.cqpress.com CONTENT First Street is a "policy networking platform" built on data from CQ Press's proprietary directories. Contents include directory entries for 240,000 congressional and federal staff,...

Almanac of Architecture & Design 2011, DesignIntelligence.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Almanac of Architecture & Design 2011, DesignIntelligence. 12th ed. Greenway Group. 2011. c.606p, ed. by James P. Cramer & Jane Paradise Wolford. illus, index. ISBN 9780984613601. pap. $149. REF Cramer (How Firms Succeed: A Reid Guide...

Bordman, Gerald with Richard Norton. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Bordman, Gerald with Richard Norton. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. 4th ed. Oxford Univ. 2011. 1032p. index. ISBN 9780199729708. $160. REF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This updated and revised edition (following the 2001 third edition)...

Craig, Robert D. Historical Dictionary of Polynesia.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Craig, Robert D. Historical Dictionary of Polynesia. 3d ed. Scarecrow. (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, 0ceania, and the Middle East). 2011.440p. bibliog. ISBN 9780810867727. $90. REF This revision to the 2002 edition by Pacific studies...

Kronk, Gary W. & Maik Meyer. Cometography: A Catalog of Comets.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Kronk, Gary W. & Maik Meyer. Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Vol. 5: 1960-1982. Cambridge Univ. 2011.820p. index. ISBN 9780521872263. $250. REF Part of a series begun in 1999, this fifth volume covers 1960-82. Like its predecessors, it...

The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature. Oxford Univ. 2011. 584p. ed. by Julia L. Mickenberg & Lynne Vallone. bibliog. ISBN 9780195379785. $150. REF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mickenberg (American studies, Univ. of Texas, Austin) and...

Picken, Stuart D.B. Historical Dictionary of Shinto.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Picken, Stuart D.B. Historical Dictionary of Shinto. 2d ed. Scarecrow. (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements). 2011. 373p. maps. bibliog. ISBN 9780810871724. $85. REF Amid a recent explosion of texts on this...

The U.S. Motor Vehicle Reference Book 2011.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... The U.S. Motor Vehicle Reference Book 2011. Business Resources Bureau. 2011. 272p. ed. by Michael L. Sankey. illus. ISBN 9781879792975. pap. $14.95. REF Sankey's (The MVR Access and Decoder Digest) slender but information-packed paperback is...

Encyclopedia of Family Health.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Encyclopedia of Family Health. 2 vols. SAGE. 2011. c.1144p, ed. by Martha Craft-Rosenberg & Shelley-Rae Pehler. bibliog, index. ISBN 9781412969185. $350. Online: SAGE This set seeks to be the first comprehensive resource on the...

Encyclopedia of Power.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Encyclopedia of Power. SAGE. 2011. c.755p, ed. by Keith Dowding. bibliog, index. ISBN 9781412927482. $175. Online: SAGE Reference Online REF This single-volume work focuses on the ways in which power is theorized in the social sciences, e.g.,...

Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World.(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. 4 vols. SAGE. 2011. c.2016p, ed. by Mary Zeiss Stange & others, photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 9781412976855. $450. Online: SAGE Reference Online REF This is neither a biographical nor a historical...

Lessons learned: strong women make the story.(the reader's shelf)(Book review)
June 1, 2011... Life lessons are valuable, but they rarely come without unpleasant side effects such as self-doubt, regret, worry, and the potential for huge amounts of embarrassment. Wouldn't it be nice to learn the lesson while avoiding the pitfalls? The...