Library Journal articles from June 2011

Library Journal archives from June 2011

Books for dudes: the secrets Of stellar fathering revealed.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(quotation on fatherhood)(Quotation)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "To take a break from all the superdadding and my-kid-as-sexual-being stuff, I turn to Kid Stuff. My fifth-grader son is my soul mate (sorry, Melissa Gilbert, please stop calling me). Cracks me up all day long. Fart...

Xpress reviews: first look at new books.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Andrea Kempf on Scott O'Connor's book "Untouchable")(Quotation)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... "Verdict" O'Connor's brutal exposure of his characters' pain and grief is astonishing in its immediacy and not necessarily a comfortable read. Like Jodi Picoult, the author doesn't flinch from the realities of life and death that can create...

LJ & Netgalley: ebook reviews.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)
June 15, 2011... LJ is now accepting original ebook (e-original) romances--with other genre fiction to follow--for review via NetGalley submissions. The reviews will run in Xpress Reviews and print romance columns, See Kristin Ramsdell's review of Karina...

The librarians' BookExpo: a core contingent informs the show's hottest trends.(editorial)(BookExpo America event)
June 15, 2011... THE BOOKEXPO AMERICA CONFERENCE THAT MANY of us knew is long gone. Glitzy booths; movie, stage, and TV star sightings; librarians with money to spend on the show floor (and booksellers ditto); oodles of galleys and cool giveaways; and a...

The problem is poverty: shake the view that service to the poor is a gift from above ...(blatant berry)(library service to the poor and homeless)(Column)
June 15, 2011... SANFORD BERMAN IS AMERICAN LIBRARIANSHIP'S first and leading champion of library service to the poor and homeless, as Steve Lilienthal points out ("The Problem Is Not the Homeless," p. 30-34). Decades ago, Berman worked with the Minnesota...

Libraryize it.(feedback)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... Googling may be one of the first steps a librarian may use to answer a question, but it is by no means the only place a librarian looks for a complete answer--to completely "libraryize a question." Buried at the end of the definition of...

Robertson's atlas.(feedback)
June 15, 2011... Naturally, I was happy to read the complimentary review of my Atlas of the Peninsular War, 1808-1814 (LJ 4/1/11, p. 107), but--if only for the record--I trust you will forgive me pointing out several aspects of it that are somewhat misleading,...

Fixed bayonets.(feedback)
June 15, 2011... Perhaps without realizing it, book reviewer Randall Miller was right on the mark in his recent review of the new Smithsonian-DK title The Civil War: A Visual History ("It Began 150 Years Ago," LJ 3/1/11, p. 88), when he wrote, "this fact-filled...

LC may begin transition away from MARC.(Library of Congress, Machine Readable Cataloging standard)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... The Library of Congress (LC) has announced that it is going to undertake a major reevaluation of bibliographic control in a move that could lead to a gradual transition away from the 40-year-old MARC 21 standard in which billions of metadata...

BEA: conference report.(Book Expo America)(Conference news)
June 15, 2011... Nearly 250 librarians, publishers, editors, authors, and distributors kicked off BookExpo America (May 24-26) at LJ's 14th annual Day of Dialog (DoD) on May 23. The event, held at New York City's McGraw-Hill building, could accommodate only a...

In major deal, EBSCO acquires H.W. Wilson.(Elton B. Stephens Company)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... EBSCO Publishing acquired the venerable H.W. Wilson company on June 1. Financial details of the transaction were not available. Wilson operates a similar business to EBSCO's, offering abstract/index records and full-text databases via its...

PATRIOT ACT extended without reforms.(newsdesk)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... After months of debate and delay, Congress passed a four-year extension of the USA PATRIOT Act on May 26, and President Obama signed the bill into law just minutes before a midnight deadline. The extension leaves unchanged Section 215 (also...

Joplin PL staff lose homes to deadly tornado.(Joplin Public Library Missouri)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... The deadly tornado that devastated the town of Joplin, MO, on May 22 spared Joplin Public Library's (JPL) building but not its staff. "The library is unscathed. We're located enough north of the devastation, but we were untouched," said...

The GSU lawsuit: don't know lucky you are.(Georgia State University)
June 15, 2011... Academic Newswire columnist Barbara Fister (pictured) offers up some legal lowdown. The Georgia State University (GSU) lawsuit (partly funded by the copyright fees that we pay to the Copyright Clearance Center) that pits scholarly presses...

Court says libraries are "educational institutions".(newsdesk)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... In a decision being hailed by librarians in New York, the Supreme Court of Suffolk County has ruled that libraries are educational institutions. The decision places libraries squarely on the same privileged level as schools and churches when it...

Oakland PL facing daunting budget scenario.(Oakland Public Library)
June 15, 2011... In the first of three biennial budget scenarios proposed for FY12/13 by Oakland mayor Jean Quan to the city council, the city's public library system would not only be reduced from 18 to four branches but also would shutter a valuable archive...

3M to launch Library ebook lending service.(infotech)
June 15, 2011... In a surprising move, library equipment manufacturer 3M Library Systems announced in May that it would be unveiling a new ebook lending service for libraries--including an in-library "Discovery Terminal," 3M eReaders, and 3M apps--at the 2011...

EBSCO iphone app simplifies user authentication.(Elton B. Stephens Company)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... Want EBSCOhost content access? There's an app for that--recently rolled out and freely available from Apple's iTunes App Store. In many ways, the app resembles the company's EBSCOhost Mobile website, which debuted in 2009, but features...

Internet archive's potential "library option".(infotech)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... During a May 23 session at the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) Digital Book 2011 conference held alongside BookExpo America, Peter Brantley of the Internet Archive (IA) spoke about the organization's Open Library project--and a...

U. of Michigan to identify Hathitrust's orphan works.(University of Michigan)
June 15, 2011... The University of Michigan (UM) Library's Copyright Office announced the launch of a new, HathiTrust-funded research project to identify in-copyright "orphan works" in HathiTrust's vast digital repository. Orphan works are defined as...

Boopsie app feature: scan ISBN barcodes, place holds.(infotech)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... Boopsie launched a new mobile app feature, BookLook, that lets patrons scan an item's ISBN barcode with a smartphone and place a hold on it at their library branch. This latest app follows on the company's BookCheck app feature, rolled out in...

EasyBib.(INFOTECH BRIEFS)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... EasyBib released a mobile app version of its citation management service for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad in May. The app includes an ISBN scanning tool and integration with services from OCLC, Credo Reference, ABC-Clio, and Google.

Materials from the collections of the U.S. Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) and the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) will be covered by the Primo Central Index of scholarly content, Ex Libris Group announced in May.(INFOTECH BRIEFS)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... Materials from the collections of the U.S. Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) and the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) will be covered by the Primo Central Index of scholarly content, Ex Libris Group announced in May. More than 90...

EBSCO announced in May that it had reached an agreement with the National Library of the Czech Republic to integrate metadata into EBSCO Discovery Service from the Manuscriptorium project.(Elton B. Stephens Company engaged in publishing)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... EBSCO announced in May that it had reached an agreement with the National Library of the Czech Republic to integrate metadata into EBSCO Discovery Service from the Manuscriptorium project. The project aims to provide online access to all...

The people' library: King County Library System, WA.(GALE/LJ LIBRARY OF THE YEAR 2011)(Organization overview)
June 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For decades, the King County Library System (KCLS), Issaquah, WA, has earned a reputation as a model for libraries throughout the nation and the world. The surprise is that it has not won the...

The problem is not the homeless: people living with substandard housing are in need of innovative library service.
June 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The number of people who are homeless is on the rise, as is library service for them. Still, many librarians and library administrators believe they cannot meet the needs of this group since homdessness is such a...

Sage's Blaise Simqu: on the future of new ventures and old-line products.(LJ SERIES CORNER OFFICE)(Interview)
June 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Blaise Simqu, president and CEO of SAGE Publications, has had two careers at the company, the first starting out as an editor in 1986. At the time SAGE was still known largely as a social science publisher. Simqu...

Print on the margins: overall circulation as an indicator of library use is less important than the behavior of the individual library user at your college or university.
June 15, 2011... Everyone knows, or assumes, that use of academic libraries' physical collections--especially of printed books--is dropping. It's been a topic of discussion for years, and statistics bear out the conventional wisdom: the 2007-08 statistical...

Not just for teens: with more and more adults reading YA books, it's time to get to know the literature and promote it to grown-ups of all ages.
June 15, 2011... It is closing time at the library. Do you know where your teen collection is? Ten years ago, the answer would be easy--in the lockers, bedrooms, and backpacks of the teens who use your library. More recently, the answer may be on the bedside...

Listening to student voices.(Future of Academic Libraries Symposium)
June 15, 2011... HOWEVER ENGAGING, THOUGHT--provoking, and even polarizing the speakers were at the Future of Academic Libraries Symposium presented by McMaster University and Library Journal, they couldn't match what five McMaster University students had to...

Banks, Iain M. Surface Detail.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... * Banks, Iain M. Surface Detail. 17 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 20 1/2 hrs. Hachette Audio from AudioGO. 2011. ISBN 9781609416225. $84.99; digital download. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is the eighth "The Culture" novel from...

Braunstein, Sarah. The Sweet Relief of Missing Children.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... * Braunstein, Sarah. The Sweet Relief of Missing Children. 9 CDs. library/retail ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Dreamscape Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781611200126. $39.99; Playaway digital. F Few scenarios are as unsettling as that of a child in harm's way....

Coe, Jonathan. The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Coe, Jonathan. The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 111/2 hrs. AudioGO. 2011. ISBN 9780792775225. $79.95; Playaway digital; digital download. F Maxwell Sim is a lonely man, having botched his relationships with...

Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Conan Doyle, Arthur. The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Naxos AudioBooks. 2011. ISBN 9781843794479. $41.98; digital download. CLASSIC After killing off Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle wished to concentrate...

Espach, Alison. The Adults.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Espach, Alison. The Adults. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Dreamscape Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781611200133. $39.99. Playaway digital. F In Espach's (www.alisonespach.com) sincere debut novel, Emily Vidal can't wait to be an adult. After...

Jance, J.A. Fatal Error.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Jance, J.A. Fatal Error. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2011. ISBN 9781449818920. $102.75; 9 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F New York Times best-selling author Jance...

Moran, Michelle. Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Moran, Michelle. Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution. 12 CDs. library ed, unabridged. 151/2 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781400149889. $68.24; 12 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F in her...

Palmer, Michael. A Heartbeat Away.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Palmer, Michael. A Heartbeat Away. 9 CDs. unabridged. 11 hrs. Macmillan Audio from AudioGO. 2011. ISBN 9780792774693. $74.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 9 CDs. retail ed. Macmillan Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F On the night...

Shepard, Jim. You Think That's Bad.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... * Shepard, Jim. You Think That's Bad. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 3/4 hrs. AudioGO. 2011. ISBN 9780792776529. $59.95; digital download. F In this collection of 11 previously published tales of love and adversity, National Book Award...

Vonnegut, Kurt. While Mortals Sleep.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Vonnegut, Kurt. While Mortals Sleep. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2011. ISBN 9781449847999. $77.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F This collection of 16 posthumously published stories...

Major audio releases.(MEDIA)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Audiobooks coming in July that are sure to top the charts Cabot, Meg. Overhite. N/A CDs. library ed. unabridged. N/A hrs. Dreamscape Audio 2011 ISBN 9781611201284. $59.99; TBA CDs. retail ed. HarperAudio; Playaway digital; digital download. F...

Brady, Frank. Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall--from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Brady, Frank. Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall--from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 1/2 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781441788559. $52.50; 11 CDs. retail ed.; 1...

De Botton, Alain. How Proust Can Change Your Life.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... De Botton, Alain. How Proust Can Change Your Life. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 5 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781742148991. $63.95; 5 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. SELF-HELP While it is...

Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. 2 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 21/2 hrs. L.A. Theatre Works. 2011. ISBN 9781580818001. $25.95. DRAMA Hansberry's (1930-65) landmark play tells the story of the Youngers, an African American family...

Kluger, Richard. The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... * Kluger, Richard. The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America. 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 9780307879301. $45; digital download. Random Audio. HIST Pulitzer...

Logue, Mark & Peter Conradi. The King's Speech: How One Man Saved.(The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... * Logue, Mark & Peter Conradi. The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781452631301. $71.99; 6 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; Playaway digital;...

Moskowitz, Tobias J. & L. Jon Wertheim. Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 15, 2011... Moskowitz, Tobias J. & L. Jon Wertheim. Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 9780307877697. $35; 8 CDs. retail ed. Random...

Lorna Doone.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Lorna Doone. color. 87+ min. Andrew Grieve, Thames Television, dist. by Acorn Media, 888870-8047; acornonline.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781598285314. $29.99. SDH subtitles. F R.D. Blackmore's (1825-1900) lengthy 1869 novel of 17th-century England...

Your Love Never Fails.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Your Love Never Fails. color. 93+ min. Michael Feifer, Hallmark Channel, dist. by Anchor Bay Entertainment, www.anchorbayent.com. 2011. DVD UPC 013132308890. $19.98. Rated: G. F Veteran film/TV director and producer Feifer took a story by...

China, the Empire of Art?(Project 798: New Art in New China)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... China, the Empire of Art? color. 52 min. In Mandarin, French, & English w/English subtitles. Sheng Zhimin & Emma Tassy, dist. by Cinema Guild, www.cinemaguild.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9780781513531. $99.95; acad. libs. $295. Public...

Tap Dance History from Vaudeville to Film.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Tap Dance History from Vaudeville to Film. color & b/w. 45 min. Dancetime Pubns., www.dancetimepublications.com. 2011. DVD UPC 880104444890. $49.95. DANCE This fascinating collection of tap and novelty dance performances from American...

Best Worst Movie: The Story Behind Troll 2.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Best Worst Movie: The Story Behind Troll 2. color 93+ min. Michael Paul Stephenson, Magic Stone Prods., dist. by Docurama c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo. com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781422993934. $19.95. FILM Anyone who has seen Troll 2...

Double Take.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Double Take. color + b/w. 79+ min. Johan Grimonprez, dist. by Kino Intl., 800-5623330; www.kino.com. 2010. DVD UPC 738329070823. $29.95. FILM As a filmmaker, Alfred Hitchcock (18991980) was celebrated for his unparalleled ability to transform...

Chess for Anyone. Vol. 2: Beginning Tactics: Secrets of the Masters, Pt. 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Chess for Anyone. Vol. 2: Beginning Tactics: Secrets of the Masters, Pt. 1. color. 117 rain. Bruce Warner, dist. by AV Cafe, 877-2282233; www.theavcafe.com. 2010. DVD UPC 094922031952. $24.95. GAMES Though subtitled "Secrets of the Masters,"...

Pictures of Status Quo: 40 Years of Hits.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Pictures of Status Quo: 40 Years of Hits. colon 53 rain. Kultur, 732-229-2342; www.kultur.com. DVD ISBN 9780769790220. $19.99. MUSIC One of rock's most longstanding and prolific bands, Status Quo has been steadily chuming out hits in their...

The Nature of Existence.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... The Nature of Existence. 2 discs. 94+ min. Roger Nygard, Walking Shadows, 310-8552266; www.walking-shadows.com; www.thenatureofexistence.com. 2010. DVD/Bluray ISBN 9780982571729. $29.95; 1-disc DVD ISBN 9780982571712. $24.95. PHIL "Every...

Ray Lokar's Building an Effective Youth Basketball Practice.(Ray Lokar's Fundamentals Factory for Youth Basketball)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Ray Lokar's Building an Effective Youth Basketball Practice. 50 min. DVD UPC 798576467166. $29.99. Ray Lokar's Fundamentals Factory for Youth Basketball. 2 discs. 276 min. DVD UPC 798576467067. $49.99. ea. vol: color. Michael J. Riley,...

Army of Crime.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Army of Crime. color. 138+ min. In French & German w/English subtitles. Lorber Films, dist. by Kino Intl. 2009. DVD UPC 738329072025. $29.95; Blu-ray UPC 738329073121. $34.95. A splinter group of the French Resistance comprising primarily...

Gaumont Treasures.(Gaumont Treasures, vol, 2: 1908-1916, 3 vols.)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Gaumont Treasures. Vol, 2: 1908-1916. 3 vols. color & b/w. 598+ min. Kino Intl. DVD UPC 738329069827. $79.95. More than 75 short works of early French cinema running more than ten hours embody this follow-up to Gaumont Treasures: 1897-1913...

Henri-Georges CIouzot's Inferno.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Henri-Georges CIouzot's Inferno. color & b/w. 153+ min. In French w/English subtitles. Flicker Alley. 2010. DVD/Blu-ray ISBN 9781893967595. $39.95. Henri-Georges Clouzot's (The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) envelope-pushing exploration of...

Vision: From the Life of Hildegard yon Bingen.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Vision: From the Life of Hildegard yon Bingen. color. 110+ min. In German w/English subtitles. Zeitgeist Video. 2010. DVD UPC 795975113434. $29.95. Twelfth-century Benedictine nun Hildegard (Barbara Sukowa) worked in many...

White Material.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... White Material. color. 105 min, In French w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection. 2009. DVD ISBN 9781604654103. $29.95; Blu-ray ISBN 9781604654097. $39.95. In this film based on Doris Lessing's first novel, The Grass Is Singing (1950),...

Touched by an Angell; The Story of Angell Park, a Giant Among Midget Race Tracks.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... * Touched by an Aflgeih The Story of Angell Park, a Giant Among Midget Race Tracks. color & b/w. 104 min. Video Art Prods., dist. by AV Cafe, 877-228-2233; www.theavcafe.com. 2010. DVD UPC 884501376723. $40. SPORTS Wisconsin's Angell Park...

No Tomorrow.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... SOCIAL SCIENCE * No Tomorrow. color. 86+ min. Roger Weisberg & Vanessa Roth, Public Policy Prods. in assoc, with WNET.org, dist. by Decurama c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781422910415. $29.95....

The End of Poverty?(The End of Poverty? Think Again)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... The End of Poverty? Think Again. color. 104+ min. In English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, and local dialects w/English subtitles. Philippe Diaz, Cinema Libre in assoc, with Robert Schalkenbach Fdn., dist. by Cinema Libre, 818-349-8822;...

Waiting for "Superman.".(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... * Waiting for "Superman." color. 111+ min. letterboxed. Davis Guggenheim, Paramount Vantage & Participant Media, dist. by Paramount Home Entertainment, www.paramount.com/homeentertainment. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781415757222. $29.99; Blu-ray ISBN...

Wake Up.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Wake Up. color. 97 min. Jonas Elrod & Chloe Crespi, Walk the Walk Entertainment & Open Eye Prods., dist. by Beyond Words, 503-531-8700; www.beyondword.com; www.wakeupthefilm.com. 2010. DVD UPC 724868027992. $19.95. PARAPSYCH Imagine...

Which Way Home.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... * Which Way Home. color. 83+ min. In English & Spanish w/English subtitles. Rebecca Cammisa, Mr. Mudd Prod. in assoc, with Documentress Films, dist. by Docurama c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2011. DVD ISBN 9781422910450....

Kings of Pastry.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Kings of Pastry. colon 84+ min. Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker, BBC & VPRO, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, dist. by First Run Features, 800-229-9575; www.firstrunfeatures.com. 2010. DVD UPC 720229914505. $27.95....

Dirt! The Movie.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
June 15, 2011... Dirt! The Movie. color. 80+ min. Bill Benenson & Gene Rosow, Common Ground Media, dist. by Bullfrog Films, 800-5433764; www.bullfrogfilms.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781594589409. $295. Public performance; SDH subtitles. Public library discounts...

The importance of play.(GAMES, GAMERS, & GAMING)
June 15, 2011... By now, most libraries have embraced gaming. We understand that a fun-based activity like this fulfills our patrons' social and recreational needs. It's all very serious stuff, this having fun business. But at the core of what we're doing is...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
June 15, 2011... TOP COMMERCIAL FICTION Buchanan, Edna. A Dark and Lonely Place. S. & S. Nov. 2011. 320p. ISBN 9781439159170. $26. THRILLER Chiaverini, Jennifer. The Wedding Quilt: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel. Dutton. Nov. 2011. 352p. ISBN 9780525952428....

Romance.(Book review)
June 15, 2011... SUMMERTIME SATISFIES Though most of us are year-round readers, there is something about the summer that makes you want to add a few more books to the TBR pile. Maybe it's the longer days (more reading time), maybe it's the warmer weather and the...

Farewell: Beverly Barton.(ROMANCE)(Obituary)(Brief article)
June 15, 2011... Romantic suspense fans will mourn the loss of best-selling Alabama-based author Beverly Barton, who died unexpectedly of heart failure on April 21. Noted for her chilling, well-crafted romantic thrillers, many of which are set in the South,...

Christian fiction.(Book review)
June 15, 2011... GRAB YOUR BEACH CHAIR, slap on some sunscreen, and enjoy a summer season of CF series debuts (Mary Connealy's Out of Control; Kathleen Fuller's Treasuring Emma; Robin Lee Hatcher's Belonging) as well as new entries in J. Mark Bertrand's "Roland...

Abbott, Jeff. Adrenaline.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... Abbott, Jeff. Adrenaline. Grand Central. Jul. 2011. c.402p. ISBN 9780446575171. $24.99. F Undercover spy Sam Capra is the prime suspect when a bomb goes off in his London office and his pregnant wife, Lucy, disappears. After harrowing weeks...

Ali, Monica. Untold Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... Ali, Monica. Untold Story. Scribner. Jun. 2011. c.272p. ISBN 9781451635485. $25. F In Ali's (Brick Lane) latest novel, Princess Diana has faked her own death and is living under an assumed name, Lydia, in Kensington, a small American town....

Alison, Rosie. The Very Thought of You.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... Alison, Rosie. The Very Thought of You. Washington Square: S. & S. Jul. 2011. c.336p. ISBN 9781451613971. pap. $15. F In 1939, Roberta Sands sends her young daughter, Anna, off to the English countryside when it appears as if England...

Avigur-Rotem, Gabriela. Heatwave and Crazy Birds.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... Avigur-Rotem, Gabriela. Heatwave and Crazy Birds. Dalkey Archive. Jun. 2011. c.408p, tr. from Hebrew by Dalya Bilu. ISBN 9781564786432. pap. $15.95. F Despite the expectation that she would follow in the footsteps of her archaeologist father,...

Baker, Nicholson. House of Holes: A Book of Raunch.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... Baker, Nicholson. House of Holes: A Book of Raunch. S. & S. Aug. 2011. c.288p. ISBN 9781439189511. $25. F If you are familiar with Baker's work (e.g., Vox), you understand that his prose ranges from the sexually provocative to the...

Ballard, J.G. Millennium People.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... * Ballard, J.G. Millennium People. Norton. Jul. 2011. c.304p. ISBN 9780393081770. $25.95. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This posthumous novel by master of edgy fiction Ballard is as intriguing as it is perplexing. Opening with a lethal bombing...

Banks, Russell. Lost Memory of Skin.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... * Banks, Russell. Lost Memory of Skin. Ecco: HarperCollins. Oct. 2011. c.432p. ISBN 9780061857638. $25.99. F From his makeshift tent in the shantytown under the causeway, the Kid can see the sun rise over the city of Calusa and feel the...

Bohjalian, Chris. The Night Strangers.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 15, 2011... * Bohjalian, Chris. The Night Strangers. Crown. Oct. 2011. c.400p. ISBN 9780307394996. $25. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chip Linton, an airline pilot suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after a tragic crash from which he is one of...

Xpress reviews: www.libraryjournal.com.(FICTION)(Bibliography)
June 15, 2011... LJ's free weekly web evaluations for the weeks ending May 13 and May 20, 2011. Go to bit.ly/cq5W7g FICTION Cussler, Clive & Grant Blackwood. The Kingdom: A Fargo Adventure. Putnam. D'Alessandro, Jacquie. Summer at Seaside Cove....