Library Journal articles from June 2012

Library Journal archives from June 2012

NYPL Secrecy Must Go: A Culture That Discourages Free Speech Has No Place at the Library
June 15, 2012... THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (NYPL) MADE it into the New York Times again, barely a month after an article critical of the library's proposed costly renovation of its 42nd Street flagship building, and the latest headline isn't pretty:...

The Programming Explosion: A Key Service in the Public Library of the Future
June 15, 2012... PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A staple of American library service. New needs brought on by an economic downturn, a shift to digital devices, and an onslaught of immigration have given library programs greater importance than ever in...

Georgia State Copyright Case Comes to a Close
June 15, 2012... On May 11, Judge Orinda Evans of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled in Cambridge University Press (CUP); Oxford University Press (OUP); Sage Publications v. Georgia State University (GSU). The case alleged...

S. & S. Settles Suit; Apple & Others Still Waiting
June 15, 2012... Simon & Schuster (S. & S.) settled the ebook price-fixing suit brought by various state attorneys general, according to CNET. S. & S. and the plaintiff states signed a Memorandum of Understanding on May 10 and intend to enter into a...

LA House Passes Library Sex Offender Ban
June 15, 2012... On May 25, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed a bill to bar sex offenders from libraries, according to local TV station WWLTV. The bill, which prohibits offenders convicted of crimes against children under 13 from going into or...

Fifty Shades Returns to Brevard County Libraries
June 15, 2012... Florida's Brevard County Public Libraries will return E.L. James's best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey to its shelves effective immediately, library services director Catherine Schweinsberg announced on May 29. The book is already back in...

Librarian, Designer Pop Up Street Library
June 15, 2012... Though Occupy Wall Street (OWS) filed suit on May 24 against New York City for allegedly destroying $47,000 worth of books and other equipment, according to Reuters, what remained of the OWS library got a surprise sequel when designer Adam...

Harcourt Files Chapter 11
June 15, 2012... Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 22. The "prepackaged" restructuring is expected to be done by the end of June. Harcourt estimated that it owed $3.1 billion to between 200 and 999 creditors, several...

Skip Prichard to Depart Ingram Content Group
June 15, 2012... David (Skip) Prichard, president and CEO of Ingram Content Group, announced on May 25 that he was to leave the company effective June 8, to be succeeded by current chair John R. Ingram as CEO. Prichard joined Ingram in 2007 and worked to...

ULU Protests Proposed NYC Library Cuts
June 15, 2012... In response to New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's executive budget for 2013, which would cut $96.4 million from library funding, Urban Librarians Unite's (ULU) Save NYC Libraries Campaign conducted a "book seeding campaign" in which 1500...

Digital Newsstand Debuts
June 15, 2012... The week of May 29, libraries across the United States launched a digital magazine newsstand being offered by Recorded Books (RB) and Zinio. The service lets libraries build their own collection from a portfolio of about 4000 digital titles...

Open Access Finds Ally in UC-San Francisco
June 15, 2012... The open access movement received another major boost on May 21 when the University of California--San Francisco (UCSF), one of the leading public, scientific institutions in the country, adopted an open access (OA) policy. The UCSF academic...

Ebook Funding Platform Unglue.it Launched
June 15, 2012... Unglue.it, the crowdfunding platform designed to encourage authors and publishers to make their ebooks available under a Creative Commons license, was officially launched on May 17, featuring campaigns for books from Michael Laser, Joseph...

It's Alive! NYPL Launches Frankenstein Biblion
June 15, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The New York Public Library (NYPL) has launched Frankenstein: The Afterlife of Shelley's Circle, the second edition of its free "Biblion: The Boundless Library" app for iPads. The app was developed in an effort to give...

Libraries to Play Key Role in Puerto Rico Broadband Plan
June 15, 2012... In conjunction with Connect Puerto Rico, a subsidiary of nonprofit Connected Nation, the Puerto Rico Broadband Taskforce (PRBT) has released a strategic plan to enhance the island's broadband infrastructure and improve digital literacy among its...

LC Announces Linked Data Modeling Initiative
June 15, 2012... The Library of Congress (LC) has contracted with Zepheira, a semantic web development company, to accelerate the launch of its Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative (BFTI). A major goal of BFTI is to replace the MARC 21 exchange format...

Axis 360 Adds Accessibility for the Blind
June 15, 2012... Baker & Taylor (B&T) announced on May 22 that the latest release of its Axis 360 digital media platform includes accessibility functions that will allow visually impaired patrons to use a library's digital collections. The platform is...

Empowering the Public: San Diego County Library
June 15, 2012... In 2008, after the cratering of the real estate market in San Diego County, almost 45,000 homes were in foreclosure. Many residents, victimized by fraudulent mortgage practices and housing scams, were hurting and in need of help. As the...

Ebrary Finds Public Niche: Public Library Complete Offers a Complementary Collection
June 15, 2012... The competitive landscape for library ebooks has been heating up over the past year or so, with new platforms entering the market and giving public libraries a greater choice, even as OverDrive continues to dominate. Ebrary, a unit of ProQuest,...

Knowledge in the Net Age: Harvard's David Weinberger Talks about a World Too Big to Know
June 15, 2012... David Weinberger, currently a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and codirector of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, has written widely about the impact of the Internee on knowledge and culture. After...

Design for Change: LJ's Design Institute Denver Brainstormed How to Build a Library Today That Works for Tomorrow
June 15, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How do you plan for a future you can't predict; By building flexibility into the design. That was one of the main takeaways from LJ's latest Design Institute (DI), held at the Denver Central Library on May 4. The DI,...

Our Common Purpose
June 15, 2012... A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE Chronicle of Higher Education (ow.ly/ b6Yya) recounts how Kansas State University professor Michael Wesch "rebooted" his tech-heavy teaching approach after "a frustrated colleague approached him after one of his talks: 'I...

Top Ten Best-Selling 2012 Fiction Titles from Recorded Books
June 15, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit. ISBN 97807887372751 $123.75. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2 Gabaldon, Diana. Outlander. ISBN 9781419359682. $123.75. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 3 McCall Smith, Alexander. The No. 1...

Sword, Sorcery, and Such
June 15, 2012... Role-playing games (RPGs) long have been a gaming staple, but a recent explosion in the genre's popularity has generated more interest in RPGs than ever. For that reason alone, you'll want a decent selection of RPGs for your circulating video...

Xpress Reviews
June 15, 2012... www.libraryjournal.com LJ's free weekly web evaluations for the weeks ending May 18 and May 25, 2012. Go to reviews.libraryjournal.com/tag/xpress-reviews E-ORIGINALS Barnes, Sophie. Lady Alexandra's Excellent Adventure. Avon Impulse. ...

Image Quest
June 15, 2012... Image Quest Britannica Digital Learning; info. eb.com/html/product_image_quest. html; for free trials, please go to forms01.britannica.com/help/sitelicenseform.html CONTENT Image Quest (IQ) is an online file of more than 2.5 million images...

State Stats
June 15, 2012... State Stats CQ Press; library.cqpress.com/statestats CONTENT State Stats is a sleek, dynamic statistics database. Covering a wide range of topics, it seeks to be users' first stop for statistics about the United States. Data come from the...

Don't Steal This Book: Digital Publishing Isn't as Cheap and Easy as You Think
June 15, 2012... The world of print publishing isn't squeaky clean. The potential for theft and fraud, though, is multiplied a thousand-fold with digital publications. As I do so much work in and about China, I'm often asked if I worry about intellectual...

The Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries
June 15, 2012... The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries LAST RANKING / FICTION TIMES ON LIST 1 Catching Fire. Suzanne Collins. Scholastic. ...

Bea Bound? Check out Galley Guide!
June 1, 2012... BookExpo America starts up on June 4 with conferences and special events. On June 5-7, doors are open to the exhibits, which will feature more than 1300 companies, over 500 authors. and who knows how many books. Because hunting through the...

Owning Up to the Future: Libraries Should Be What Users Want-With a Little Help from Librarians
June 1, 2012... AS MANY OF US HERE AT LJ GEAR UP TO ATTEND the American Library Association conference in Anaheim, it seems an appropriate time to reflect on the future of libraries. To quote political muckraker Lincoln Steffens, "I have seen the future, and it...

FL County Pulls Fifty Shades of Grey from Shelves
June 1, 2012... Brevard County Public Libraries, FL, garnered national attention when library services director Catherine Schweinsberg pulled E.L. James's best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey from circulation. "It didn't meet our selection criteria,"...

Trenton reopens closed "building with books".(newsdesk)(Trenton, New Jersey)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Trenton, NJ, mayor Tony Mack reopened the first of the city's closed library branches on April 30--sort of. The former Skelton branch of Trenton Free Public Library (TFPL) and three more have been closed for budget reasons since August 2010,...

Stripling Wins 2013-14 ALA Presidency
June 1, 2012... Barbara K. Stripling, assistant professor of practice at Syracuse University, NY, was elected to the 2013-14 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA), ALA announced May 4. "I am both honored and humbled to have the opportunity to...

New Names on the Masthead
June 1, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LJ is pleased to announce some changes to its editorial roster. Michael Kelley (mkelley@ mediasourceinc.com), formerly news editor of LJ was promoted to the position of Executive Editor, News and Features. He...

Hawaii Bill Would Let All Friends Raise Funds
June 1, 2012... Hawaii faced controversy this year from an, unlikely source: Friends of the Library organizations. * Over a year ago, State Librarian Richard Burns informed local Friends groups that they must become affiliates of the statewide Friends of the...

Philadelphia Library Sued over Nooks
June 1, 2012... Four blind patrons of the Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP), with the assistance of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), filed suit against the library m the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 2...

On infodocket.(newsdesk)(meshed briefs)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... * Michael Wilson, a librarian at Shorter University in Rome, GA, resigned after refusing to sign a "lifestyle statement" rejecting homosexuality, adultery, premarital sex, drug use, and drinking in public. * Major literary names including...

Google, authors guild clash over class action.(NEWSDESK)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Judge Denny Chin heard oral argument in the Google Books case on May 4 and, ultimately, reserved decision. The parties will go ahead with their summary judgment motions, with oral argument scheduled for September. According to New York Law...

After veto, Florida's library co-ops stretched thin.(NEWSDESK)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Florida's five regional multitype library cooperatives (MLCs) are looking to raise awareness of how their work impacts services provided by the state's public libraries, after Gov. Rick Scott vetoed Florida's annual funding renewal for the...

ALA, mobile commons facilitate library advocacy.(NEWSDESK)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... The American Library Association (ALA) has partnered with Mobile Commons to launch a new text message alert and advocacy service for librarians. Each month, subscribers will receive an estimated two to three text message action alerts front...

Detroit director on leave.(NEWSDESK)(Detroit Public Library Commission executive director Jo Anne Mondowney)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... In a less-than-quorum ballot, a committee of the Detroit Public Library Commission voted on May 8 to put Executive Director Jo Anne Mondowney on paid administrative leave until her contract expires August 24, according to the Detroit News. The...

Kalkaska County Library (KCL).(people)(appointment of Bradley Chaplin as librarian)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Bradley Chaplin is the new Director, Kalkaska County Library (KCL), MI. He most recently was KCL Assistant Librarian, Technology and Children's Programming.

Mary Chute, Deputy Director for Libraries, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC, has been selected as the next New Jersey State Librarian, effective this July.(people)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Mary Chute, Deputy Director for Libraries, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC, has been selected as the next New Jersey State Librarian, effective this July. Formerly State Librarian of Delaware, Chute replaces the retiring...

Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML).(people)(appointment of Alison Circle)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Alison Circle, Director of Marketing and Strategic Planning, Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML), OH, and LJ's Bubble Room blogger, was named to the new position of CML Chief Customer Experience Officer. Circle is a 2011 LJ Mover & Shaker.

Massachusetts Library System.(people)(appointment of James Craig)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... James Craig, Biological Sciences and Instructional Services Librarian, Science and Engineering Library, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, was named to the Continuing Education and Advisory Services Committee of the Massachusetts Library...

Le Moyne College.(people)(appointment of Kelly Delevan as Instructional Services/CORE Librarian of Noreen Reale Falcone Library)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Kelly Delevan was appointed Instructional Services/CORE Librarian, Noreen Reale Falcone Library, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, having held the position on a visiting basis. She was a Librarian at New York Public Library.

Sugar Grove Public Library.(people)(appointment of Carol Dolin as director)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Carol Dolin has been appointed Director, Sugar Grove Public Library, IL. She most recently was Reference Librarian, Itasca Community Library, IL.

Griffis Air Force Base.(people)(appointment of Bill Drew as librarian)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Bill Drew, Systems, Tech Services, Serials, Electronic Resources Librarian, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY, is now Technical Librarian, Rome Labs, Griffis Air Force Base, NY.

Falmouth Memorial Library (FML).(people)(appointment of Andi Jackson-Darling as library director)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Andi Jackson-Darling, current President of the Maine Library Association, has been appointed Library Director, Falmouth Memorial Library (FML), ME. She was most recently Assistant Director/Reference Librarian, FML.

National Archives and Records Administration.(people)(appointment of William Mayer)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... William Mayer has been named Executive for Research Services, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, effective June 18. He currently is University Librarian, American University, Washington, DC.

Lowell Public Library.(people)(Sandy Morgan)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Sandy Morgan, Director, Lowell Public Library, IN, has retired after six years in the position and 24 years at the library. She is succeeded by Eugene Pidzarko, most recently Digital Projects Librarian, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN.

University of South Florida.(people)(retirement of University Librarian Gerald A. Notaro)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Gerald A. Notaro retired May 5 from his position as University Librarian, University of South Florida, St. Petersberg. He'd worked there since 1985.

Bronxville Public Library.(people)(Gabriella Radujko )(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Gabriella Radujko has been named Director, Bronxville Public Library, NY, effective June 4. She currently is Information Services Librarian, Oradell Free Public Library, NJ.

High Springs Library.(people)(Martha Roberts)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Martha Roberts, Library Manager, High Springs Library, Alachua County Library District, Gainesville, FL, has retired. She began her career in 1971 as the sole library employee in High Springs.

National Museum for the Native American Indian.(people)(Elayne Silversmith )(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Elayne Silversmith is now Branch Librarian, National Museum for the Native American Indian, Washington, DC. For the past 16 years, she has been Head Librarian, Robert Delaney Southwest Research Library, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO.

University of California.(people)(MacKenzie Smith )(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... MacKenzie Smith is the new University Librarian, University of California, Davis, effective June 1. She was Research Director, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, and a 2003 LJ Mover & Shaker.

Libraries Unlimited.(people)(Kathryn Suarez )(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Kathryn Suarez has been named Publisher, Libraries Unlimited, ABC-CLIO. She will also oversee Linworth professional books, digital services, and webinars, and School Library Monthly and Library Media Connection magazines.

Wilton Library.(people)(Elaine Tai-Lauria )(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Elaine Tai-Lauria is the new Executive Director, Wilton Library, CT. She succeeds the retiring Kathy Leeds. Tai-Lauria most recently was Head of Lending Services, Greenwich Library, CT.

Momentum builds for DCL's ebook model.(infotech)(Douglas County Libraries )
June 1, 2012... The Douglas County Libraries (DCL), CO, pioneering model for purchasing ebooks directly from publishers is gaining a significant amount of traction. Colorado's Marmot Library Network and Anythink Libraries, Wake County Public Libraries...

Harvard releases metadata into public domain.(infotech)(Harvard University)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Harvard University is making more than 12 million catalog records from its 73 libraries publicly available under a Creative Commons public domain license. The records can be bulk downloaded from Harvard in the standard MARC21 format and are...

Kindle Lending Library to offer Harry Potter.(infotech)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Harry Potter fans can download all seven books in the J.K. Rowling series from the Kindle Owners Lending Library (KOLL) starting June 19, following Amazon's deal with Pottermore, Rowling's online home for the world of...

ALA asks librarians to oppose Cybersecurity bill.(INFOTECH)(American Library Association)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... The Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), H.R. 3523, passed the House of Representatives on April 26 in a surprise vote. The American Library Association's (ALA) Washington Office has asked members to contact...

Ingram upgrades ipage search and order platform.(INFOTECH)(Ingram Content Group )(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Ingram Content Group has launched a newly designed, customizable version of its ipage search and order platform, the company announced on May 7. The newly designed site follows up on Ingram's homepage redesign back in January 2011, when...

SirsiDynix adds functions to enterprise/portfolio.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... The latest release of the Enterprise/ Portfolio search and discovery solution by SirsiDynix will include eResource Central integration and additional "My Account" functionality for its Horizon integrated library system (ILS), the company...

LexisNexis and OverDrive debut digital library.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... LexisNexis announced an agreement with digital vendor OverDrive to create the LexisNexis Digital Library on April 23. Available now on a limited basis for "select pilot customers," LexisNexis spokesperson Marc Osborn told LJ it will be available...

Starting with simplicity.(THE USER EXPERIENCE)(library website use)
June 1, 2012... THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO make life easier for the members of your library, but the simplest might be to step back and rethink your website. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In "The Benefits of Less" (LJ 1/11, p. 22), I advocated for reducing the...

Ramping up for Anaheim: the ALA program focuses on the challenges ahead.(ANAHEIM: ALA 2012)(American Library Association)(Cover story)(Calendar)
June 1, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) returns to Anaheim, June 22-26. That site wilt bring cheers from Disney lovers and tourists, but you'll hear a few shouts of "enough already" from the...

Anaheim appetites: a local librarian offers up choice eating for conference-goers.(ANAHEIM: ALA 2012)(Directory)
June 1, 2012... Anaheim's resort area has restaurants galore. Just about any cuisine you crave can be found in this lively neighborhood. The trickiest thing might be getting to your destination (distances from the convention center are noted). Of course,...

The power of the ePatron: active library users rely on both physical and virtual access.(PATRON PROFILES)
June 1, 2012... "Library Websites and Virtual Services," LJ's latest report in its ongoing Patron Profiles series, found that libraries' most devoted e-users aren't choosing using the web over coming to the library in person. Rather, they are choosing to do...

Moving past net library: EBSCO is taking its ebook platform in a new direction.(LJ SERIES: EXPLORING EBOOK OPTIONS)
June 1, 2012... When EBSCO acquired NetLibrary from OCLC in March 2010, it obtained a fully formed ebook platform that already had a large collection of about 200,000 ebooks from 500 publishers available in 17,000 sites worldwide. The challenge was to smooth...

You can go home again.(Collection Development: The Extended Family)(practical handbooks on dealing with multigenerational issues)(Book review)
June 1, 2012... Boomerang kids is a term used to describe young adults who cohabitate with their parents after having lived on their own for a period of time. While the trend of young adults moving home is nothing new, the recent economic collapse has caused...

Block, Lawrence. Chip Harrison Scores Again: A Chip Harrison Mystery
June 1, 2012... Block, Lawrence. Chip Harrison Scores Again: A Chip Harrison Mystery. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 4 hrs. AudioGO. 2012. ISBN 9780792779711. $54.95; Playaway digital; digital download. F This 1971 volume is the second in the "Chip Harrison"...

Dau, Stephen. The Book of Jonas.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... * Dau, Stephen. The Book of Jonas. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781452835972. $53.99; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 5 CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F When Yoonis becomes the only survivor of...

Flynn, Vince. Kill Shot.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... * Flynn, Vince. Kill Shot. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2012. ISBN 9781461805809. $102.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 10 CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. THRILLER CIA assassin Mitch Rapp is sent to...

HarperAudio.(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... HarperAudio is releasing 15 fiction and nonfiction titles of Czech author Milan Kundera previously unavailable in any audio format as unabridged downloadable audiobooks. The publisher said that the series launched in May with The Unbearable...

Edgar Award.(Candice Millard's Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President)( Lori Roy's Bent Road )(Robert Jackson Bennett's The Company Man)(Brief article)
June 1, 2012... Three 2012 Edgar Award--winning works are available as audiobooks. Best Fact Crime is Candice Millard's Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, marketed in a library edition from Books on Tape and in a...

Jance, J.A.: Left for Dead.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... Jance, J.A. Left for Dead. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 101/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2012. ISBN 9781461835202. $102.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 9 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. MYS When Ali Reynolds learns...

Kerouac, Jack. The Sea Is My Brother.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... Kerouac, Jack. The Sea is My Brother. 4 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 5 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781455153251. $55; 1 MP3-CD; Playaway digital. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The fledgling Kerouac wrote this first novel in 1943 at age...

A top audio house reveals how it's done.(Q&A: Macmillan Publisher Mary Beth Roche)(Interview)
June 1, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Since you're attached to a print publisher, do you only release audio versions of Macmillan titles, or is it a mix from a variety of houses? Most of our list comes from the best-selling and critically acclaimed...

King, Stephen. The Stand.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... * King, Stephen. The Stand. 37 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 47 hrs. Books on Tape. 2012. ISBN 9780449008607. $100; 37 CDs. retail ed.; digital download. HORROR Released in 1978, King's apocalyptic novel, even at a whopping 1200-plus pages,...

Kinsella, Sophie. I've Got Your Number.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... Kinsella, Sophie. I've Got Your Number. 11 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 131/2 hrs. Random Audio. 2012. ISBN 9780739383285. $40; Playaway digital; digital download. F Poppy Wyatt looses her engagement ring at a fancy hotel in the chaos...

Kleypas, Lisa. Rainshadow Road.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... Kleypas, Lisa. Rainshadow Road. 7 CDs. library ed.. unabridged. 8 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781441847678. $79.97; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. ROMANCE In this second volume in...

Le Carre, John. The Honourable Schoolboy: A George Smiley Novel.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 1, 2012... * Le Carre, John. The Honourable Schoolboy: A George Smiley Hovel. 16 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 20V2 hrs. Penguin Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781611760880. $49.95. F In the centerpiece of le Carre's "Karla Trilogy," spymaster George Smiley sends...