Library Journal articles from March 2007

Library Journal archives from March 2007

Turf building: helping graphic novels come of age extends librarians' influence.(Editorial)
March 15, 2007... ONE OF THE 20 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE U.S. manga [comics] industry is a young librarian, Robin Brenner, creator of the graphic novel web site No Flying, No Tights (NFNT). According to ICv2, an industry publication and self-styled "pop...

The politics of NCLIS: appointments are nearly always rewards for party loyalty.(National Commission on Libraries and Information Science)(Column)
March 15, 2007... PRESIDENT BUSH'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL 2008 WENT to Capitol Hill on February 5. It included a recommendation to "consolidate" the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) into the Institute of Museum and Library...

The dangers of automated selection.(Black History Month selection list of YBP Library Services Community College)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... The YBP Library Services Community College selection list for Black History Month raised some eyebrows. A book on the not-very-African American heavy metal-band Black Sabbath made the list--until the LISNews.com blog and others pointed out...

Heard.(front desk)
March 15, 2007... "An inaccuracy in Britannica is (mis)taken as fact, an inaccuracy in Wikipedia is taken with a grain of salt, easily confirmed or proved wrong. In the end, the question is not whether wisdom from the masses contains more factual errors, the...

Chicago's new logo.(Chicago Public Library Foundation)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... The library in the city of broad shoulders has a new logo; the "Y" graphic at the center of the seal represents the Chicago River, north and south branches. The redesign comes from the firm Landor Associates, with the Chicago Public Library...

Stat watch.(research libraries)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Changing Tides 7% Research library professionals in nontraditional positions, 1985 23% Research library professionals in nontraditional positions, 2005 Source: Stanley Wilder, University of Rochester, NY, Chronicle of Higher...

Son of DOPA comes to Illinois; social networking bills are hitting the states, forcing response.(Matt Murphy, Deleting Online Predators Act)
March 15, 2007... While the Democrat-controlled Illinois General Assembly may not be too receptive to new social networking legislation proposed by freshman Republican Senator Matt Murphy, the bill may be the first in several state attempts to achieve the...

Hennepin's BookSpace.org Debuts.(Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Reading may be a solitary act, but libraries build communities of readers--witness BookSpace.org, launched in February by the Hennepin County Library (HCL), Minnetonka, MN. The site, expanding on the Books & Reading portion of HCL's already...

E-government and libraries. .
March 15, 2007... After consciousness-raising, could new law and funding be coming? An embryonic initiative may produce federal funds to help public libraries provide access to e-government. The library role in e-government was highlighted in a...

Publishers vs. access advocates.(International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers )(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Brussels Declaration stakes a claim in favor of traditional role Not long after a report disclosed a publishers' meeting with a public relations executive to form a response to calls for public access to government-funded research, the...

Charge for the British library?(budget cuts)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Readers are shocked as budget cuts force brinksmanship If cuts in the budget of the British Library (BL) reach five to seven percent, the "worst-case" scenario, the library could reduce open hours, decrease the materials budget, devastate...

New downloadable video plan.(MyLibraryDV)
March 15, 2007... Recorded Books has signed up some 30 libraries in a launch of its downloadable video plan, MyLibraryDV. (Graphic at right from the web site of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, NV.) "We've been in the video business for a few years...

Voters ok $29m for Albany plan.(Albany Public Library Board of Trustees)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Director gets state job overseeing libraries and other agencies Voters in Albany, NY, February 6 approved a referendum that commits $29.1 million to overhaul five neighborhood library branches, involving two new branches and three...

Rural librarians plan ahead.(Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship)
March 15, 2007... Leaders' meeting aims to clarify vision, organization of association Rural library leaders gathered at the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship (CSRL) at Clarion University, PA, January 30-31 to brainstorm the future of the...

Calendar.(library associations)(Calendar)
March 15, 2007... APRIL 11-14--Texas Library Assn., San Antonio www.txla.org 16-18--Connecticut Library Assn., Hartford www.ctlibraryassociation.org 17-20--Alabama Library Assn., Hartford allanet.org 18-20--Oregon Library Assn., Corvallis...

Providence central for sale?(Providence Public Library)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Budget cuts mean that nonprofit overseer seeks cash The Providence Public Library (PPL) is considering the sale of its flagship downtown Central Library, built in 1900, to raise money for a new building in a better location. While most...

Multnomah PL security review.(Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Audit shows that losses continue; would borrowing limits help? The Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR, which generally vies for the top spot in national total circulation, has been found to have lost a significant slice of its...

Barbara Gittings dies at 75.(lj news)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Barbara Gittings, the force behind the American Library Association's (ALA) Gay Task Force (now the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table [GLBTRT]) and an early pioneer in gay rights, died February 18 at the age of 75....

Academic freedom center at NYU.(New York University, Frederic Ewen Academic Center)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... New York University (NYU) has established the Frederic Ewen Academic Center within its Division of Libraries to sponsor scholarly research and public programs about intellectual freedom. The center resides in NYU's Tamiment Library, an...

Vendors still morphing post-2006: Pat Sommers leaves SirsiDynix after six-year tenure; CIG forms ProQuest CSA.
March 15, 2007... For a handful of the top library vendors, 2006 was a bumpy year marked by financial intrigue and a record number of buyouts and mergers redefining the geography of the automation and database landscape. Rolling into 2007, two of the players...

New purchase model for NetLibrary.(NetLibrary[R])(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... NetLibrary is offering library customers a new purchasing model for e-audiobooks that should be very much to their liking. The company, an OCLC division, announced in February that "librarians now have the option to add individual titles to...

Elsevier's new biotech journals.(infotech)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Elsevier has partnered to launch Biotechnology, the Journal, in conjunction with the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB). When it debuts in September, Biotechnology will be EFB's official publication. Elsevier said that John Hodgson,...

Purdue implements MetaLib/SFX.(INSTALLATIONS)(Purdue University installs Ex Libris' MetaLib/SFX database access software)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... Purdue University's libraries are now using Ex Libris's MetaLib and SFX products "in a fully hosted mode to serve its 14 campus libraries." The installation represents an upgrade from its previous federated search tool, Discovery: Finder, and...

Oregon debuts LibraryFind.(infotech)(Brief article)
March 15, 2007... There's a new kid on the (meta)search block. LibraryFind, an open source project funded by the State Library of Oregon, is currently live at Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, but the library has just packaged up a release for anyone...

Rare books preserved online.(E-VIEWS AND REVIEWS)(Product/service evaluation)
March 15, 2007... FINDING THE RIGHT COLLEGE is uppermost in the minds of many parents and high school students right about now. To help answer their questions, you should be aware of a new product called My College Advisor (www.mycollegeadvisor.com)....

Will RDA Be DOA?(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)(Resource Description and Access, dead on arrival)
March 15, 2007... THE RULES AND GUIDELINES that have guided catalogers for decades are undergoing revision. It's taken for granted that the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), are past due for an update in this Internet age. The revision...

Serving through disaster; continuity planning is the new mantra in disaster planning, helping to keep key services alive.
March 15, 2007... When a flash flood took out the basement of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library (UHML) in October 2004, a disaster plan had been in place for ten years and was being regularly reviewed and updated. So you'd think UHML would have had...

The balanced books.(BEST BUSINESS BOOKS 2006)(Bibliography)
March 15, 2007... The year's business reading identified new trends, reckoned with old challenges, offered counteropinions on hot topics, reinforced some old lessons, highlighted gains over losses, celebrated innovations that have potential for all, and...

Thumbs up, and down; higher passage rates bode well, but big losses dampen the outlook.(LIBRARY REFERENDA 2006)
March 15, 2007... If you wanted to win a library election in 2006, what would have been the mythical perfect referenda? For building referenda, the sweet spot was hit with measures over $10 million, on a ballot sometime between September and December, with no...

In the news.(FIRST NOVELISTS)(Bibliography)
March 15, 2007... There aren't that many titles in this retrospective of last season's most successful first novels, books by writers to watch that received a measure of critical acclaim as well as audience support. But those that made it have big stories to...

Great Expectations.(FIRST NOVELISTS)
March 15, 2007... Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder was declared a No. 1 Booksense pick last September and grabbed some good reviews on its way to a debut on the New York Times Extended Best Sellers list. Michael Cox's The Meaning of Night did even...

Forthcoming debuts.(FIRST NOVELISTS)(Bibliography)
March 15, 2007... NORTHEAST Jill Althouse-Wood. Summers at Blue Lake. Algonquin. Aug. Pennsylvania Sinan Antoon. I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody. City Lights. Jun. New York Taylor Antrim. The Headmaster Ritual. Houghton. Jul. New...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
March 15, 2007... FICTION Addonizio, Kim. My Dreams Out in the Street. S. & S. Jul. 2007. 256p. ISBN 0-7432-9772-5 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9772-1]. $23. A National Book Award finalist for poetry, Addonizio returns with her second novel (following Little...

Graphic novels.(Book review)(Young adult review)
March 15, 2007... CREME DE LA CREME With graphic novels making best-of 2006 lists in the New York Times, Time magazine, the Village Voice, and other heavy hitters, we can finally say that the comics medium has made it securely into the mainstream. "Girls'...

Askew, Rilla.(Oklahoma Stories and Storytellers)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Askew, Rilla. Harpsong. Univ. of Oklahoma. (Oklahoma Stories and Storytellers). May 2007. c.235p. illus. ISBN 0-8061-3823-8 [ISBN 978-0-8061-3823-7]. $24.95. F American Book Award-winning author Askew (creative writing, Univ. of...

Bennett, Vanora. Portrait of an Unknown Woman.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... * Bennett, Vanora. Portrait of an Unknown Woman. Morrow. Apr. 2007. c.432p. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-06-125183-2. $24.95. F A journalist whose books include The Taste of Dreams: An Obsession with Russia and Caviar, Bennett proves equally adept...

Blauner, Laurie. Infinite Kindness.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Blauner, Laurie. Infinite Kindness. Black Heron. Apr. 2007. c.234p. ISBN 0-930773-80-2 [ISBN 978-0-930773-80-9]. $22.95. F Set in 1867 London, Blauner's atmospheric and intriguing second novel (after Somebody) centers on private nurse Ann...

Brink, Andre. Before I Forget.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Brink, Andre. Before I Forget. Sourcebooks. Apr. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 1-4022-0866-9 [ISBN 978-1-4022-0866-9]. $26. F One of the most important and prolific voices from South Africa over several decades, Brink (A Dry White Season) here...

Buckley, Christopher. Boomsday.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Buckley, Christopher. Boomsday. Twelve: Warner. Apr. 2007. c.318p. ISBN 0-44657981-5 [ISBN 978-0-446-57981-0]. $24.99. F This latest satire from Buckley (Thank You for Not Smoking) tackles the looming Social Security crisis, which will be...

Capella, Anthony. The Wedding Officer.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Capella, Anthony. The Wedding Officer. Bantam. May 2007. c.432p. ISBN 0-55380547-9 [ISBN 978-0-553-80547-5]. $22. F Like his debut, The Food of Love, Capella's second novel is a sensory delight, highlighting the relationship between...

Dillard, Annie. The Maytrees.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Dillard, Annie. The Maytrees. HarperCollins. Jun. 2007. c.224p. ISBN 0-06-123953-4 [ISBN 978-0-06-123953-3]. $24.95. F Pulitzer Prize winner Dillard (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) is best known for her nonfiction; this 11th book, set on Cape...

Edge, Arabella. The God of Spring.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... * Edge, Arabella. The God of Spring. S. & S. Mar. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 0-74329484-X [ISBN 978-0-7432-9484-3]. $24. F In 1818, Romantic painter Theodore Gericault had just returned to France from a trip meant to distract him from an...

Farrell, James T. Dreaming Baseball.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Farrell, James T. Dreaming Baseball. Kent State Univ., dist. by BookMasters. Mar. 2007. c.328p. ISBN 0-87338-897-6 [ISBN 978-0-87338-897-9]. $28. F Farrell, author of the classic "Studs Lonigan" trilogy, dreamed of playing second base...

Frank, Dorothea Benton.(The Land of Mango Sunsets)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Frank, Dorothea Benton. The Land of Mango Sunsets. Morrow. Apr. 2007. ISBN 0-06-089238-2 [ISBN 978-0-06-089238-8]. $24.95. F Even Miriam Elizabeth Swanson's mother describes her as a fussbudget who is stubborn, unrealistic in her...

Frimansson, Inger. Good Night, My Darling.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Frimansson, Inger. Good Night, My Darling. Caravel: Pleasure Boat Studio. Apr. 2007. c.324p, tr. from Swedish by Laura Wideburg. ISBN 978-1-929355-37-2. pap. $16. Justine Dalvik appears to be an ordinary yet eccentric fortysomething...

Gemmell, David. Troy: Shield of Thunder.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Gemmell, David. Troy: Shield of Thunder. Ballantine. Mar. 2007. c.512p. ISBN 0-345-47701-4 [ISBN 978-0-345-47701-9]. $25.95. F Historical fiction or fantasy? This second volume in the "Troy" trilogy, which began with Lord of the Silver...

Gross, Andrew. The Blue Zone.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Gross, Andrew. The Blue Zone. Morrow. May 2007. c.352p. ISBN 0-06-114340-5 [ISBN 978-0-06-114340-3]. $25.95. F After coauthoring five thrillers with James Patterson (most recently, Judge & Jury), Gross makes his solo fiction debut with a...

Hart, JoeAnn. Addled.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Hart, JoeAnn. Addled. Little, Brown. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-316-01500-8 [ISBN 978-0-316-01500-4]. $24.99. F Who would think the accidental killing of a goose by Charles Lambert's golf shot could bring down a fine institution like New...

Holeman, Linda. The Moonlit Cage.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Holeman, Linda. The Moonlit Cage. Three Rivers: Crown. Mar. 2007. c.496p. ISBN 0-307-34649-8 [ISBN 978-0-307-34649-0]. pap. $14.95. F Darya, a young Muslim girl, has lived her whole life among family and friends in a small village on the...

Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... * Hosseini, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns. Riverhead: Putnam. May 2007. c.336p. ISBN 1-59448-950-1 [ISBN 978-1-59448-950-1]. $25.95. F Raised in poverty by her unwed epileptic mother and married off early by the rich, elegant father...

Hubbard, Susan. The Society of S.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Hubbard, Susan. The Society of S. S. & S. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 1-4165-3457-1 [ISBN 978-1-4165-3457-0]. $25. F Ariella Montero is not your typical teen; she knows Latin but has never watched television, and her heroes are not the latest...

Johnston, Wayne. The Custodian of Paradise.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Johnston, Wayne. The Custodian of Paradise. Norton. Apr. 2007. c.528p. ISBN 0-393-06491-3 [ISBN 978-0-393-06491-9]. $25.95. F Award-winning Canadian author Johnston's seventh novel, which builds on the story he began in The Colony of...

Koslow, Sally. Little Pink Slips.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Koslow, Sally. Little Pink Slips. Putnam. Apr. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 0-399-15415-9 [ISBN 978-0-399-15415-7]. $24.95. F Koslow, former editor in chief of McCall's, writes a fictionalized account of the magazine's takeover by Rosie O'Donnell....

Lee, Min Jin. Free Food for Millionaires.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Lee, Min Jin. Free Food for Millionaires. Warner. May 2007. c.512p. ISBN 0-446-58108-9 [ISBN 978-0-446-58108-0]. $24.99. F Newly graduated from Princeton, twenty-something Casey Han is back home with her hard-working parents in Manhattan,...

Lippman, Laura. What the Dead Know.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Lippman, Laura. What the Dead Know. Morrow. Mar. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 0-06-112885-6 [ISBN 978-0-06-112885-1]. $24.85. F Baltimore County's Det. Kevin Infante (who partnered Sergeant Lenhardt in Lippman's To the Power of Three) investigates...

Mankell, Henning. Depths.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Mankell, Henning. Depths. New Pr., dist. by Norton. Apr. 2007. c.416p, tr. by from Swedish by Laurie Thompson. ISBN 1-59558-089-1 [ISBN 978-1-59558-089-4]. $26.95. F Lars Tobiasson-Svartman is the image of probity and rationality. An ace...

Mason, Daniel. A Far Country.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Mason, Daniel. A Far Country. Knopf. Mar. 2007. c.228p. ISBN 978-0-375-41466-5 [ISBN 978-0-375-41466-4]. $24. F After the lush and intricate plotting of his debut, The Piano Tuner, Mason returns with a story that stylistically stands in...

Mullaney, James P. The Ministry of Culture.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Mullaney, James P. The Ministry of Culture. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. May 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-35446-0 [ISBN 978-0-312-35446-6]. $24.95. F Two widely divergent cultures frame Mullaney's debut novel, set in 1984 during the...

Rolin, Olivier. Paper Tiger.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Rolin, Olivier. Paper Tiger. Univ. of Nebraska. Mar. 2007. c.224p, tr. from French by William Cloonan. ISBN 0-8032-8999-5 [ISBN 978-0-8032-8999-4]. pap. $17.95. F The year 1968 was tumultuous not only in the United States but also in...

Sandford, John. Invisible Prey.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Sandford, John. Invisible Prey. Putnam. May 2007. c.429p. ISBN 978-0-399-15421-8. $26.95. F Is Lucas Davenport losing his edge? In his 17th outing, the Minnesota lawman seems to spend more time delegating than detecting. First, he has an...

Seliy, Shauna. When We Get There.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Seliy, Shauna. When We Get There. Bloomsbury, dist. by Holtzbrinck. May 2007. c.272p. ISBN 1-59691-350-9 [ISBN 978-1-59691-350-9]. $23.95. F Lucas Lessar is essentially left an orphan after the death of his father in a coal-mining...

Slouka, Mark. The Visible World.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Slouka, Mark. The Visible World. Houghton. Apr. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 0-618-75643-4 [ISBN 978-0-618-75643-8]. $24. F The first part of Slouka's second novel (following God's Fool) chronicles the unnamed narrator's childhood growing up as the...

Stegner, Lynn. Because a Fire Was in My Head.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Stegner, Lynn. Because a Fire Was in My Head. Univ. of Nebraska. Apr. 2007. c.276p. ISBN 0-8032-1139-2 [ISBN 978-0-6032-1139-1]. $24.95. F Sometimes a character comes along that creates a confusion of feelings within the reader....

Stein, Michael. In The Age of Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Stein, Michael. In The Age of Love. Permanent. May 2007. c.160p. ISBN 1-57962-150-3 [ISBN 978-1-57962-150-6]. $26. F Set in 1980s New Orleans, Stein's fifth novel (after This Room Is Yours) is a tale of lost love found. Jonathan Parrish,...

Segal, Lore. Shakespeare's Kitchen.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Segal, Lore. Shakespeare's Kitchen. New Pr, dist. by Norton. Apr. 2007. c.240p. ISBN 1-59558-151-0 [ISBN 978-1-59558-151-8]. $22.95. F A surprising and gratifying treat for literary fiction readers,-Segal's (Other People's Houses)...

Wang Ping. The Last Communist Virgin.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Wang Ping. The Last Communist Virgin. Coffee House, dist. by Consortium. Apr. 2007. c.218p. ISBN 1-56689-195-7 [ISBN 978-1-56689-195-0]. pap. $14.95. F This latest offering from Shanghai-born novelist (Foreign Devil), poet (Magic Whip),...

Child, Lee. Bad Luck and Trouble.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... * Child, Lee. Bad Luck and Trouble. Delacorte. May 2007. c.377p. ISBN 0-385-34055-9 [ISBN 978-0-38534055-7]. $26. F Jack Reacher's past comes roaring back to life in Child's 11th page-turner. When Reacher withdraws money from an ATM, he...

Coben, Harlan. The Woods.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... * Coben, Harlan. The Woods. Dutton. Apr. 2007. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-525-95012-7. $26.95. F Paul Copeland is a county prosecutor working on a difficult case when two policemen arrive and take him to the morgue to identify a body. The case...

Ellis, Robert. City of Fire.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Ellis, Robert. City of Fire. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jun. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 0-312-36613-2. [ISBN 978-0-312-33613-1]. $24.95. M Los Angeles's infamous Santa Ana winds, or "Devil Winds," provide fuel for the fire in Ellis's (The Dead Room)...

Emerson, Kathy Lynn. No Mortal Reason: A Diana Spaulding Mystery.(Cold-Case Killer: A Keely Moreno Mystery)(A Real Basket Case)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Emerson, Kathy Lynn. No Mortal Reason: A Diana Spaulding Mystery. Pemberley. Apr. 2007. c.275p. ISBN 0-9771913-4-6 [ISBN 978-0-97713-4-5]. pap. $17.95. M Francis, Dorothy. Cold-Case Killer: A Keely Moreno Mystery. Five Star: Gale. Apr....

Eriksson, Kjell. The Cruel Stars of the Night.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Eriksson, Kjell. The Cruel Stars of the Night. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. May 2007. c.320p, tr. from Swedish by Ebba Segerberg. ISBN 0-312-36667-1. $23.95. M As the Uppsala Police Violent Crimes Division investigates the serial...

Kerrigan, Gene. The Midnight Choir.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Kerrigan, Gene. The Midnight Choir. Europa, dist. by Consortium. Apr. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 1-933372-26-5 [ISBN 976-1-933372-26-6]. pap. $14.95. M A dour Celtic copper does duty in a capital city in the British Isles and runs afoul of the...

Lutz, Lisa. The Spellman Files.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... *Lutz, Lisa. The Spellman Files. S. & S. Mar. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 1-4165-3239-0. [ISBN 978-1-4165-3239-2]. $25. M Isabel "Izzy" Spellman is a private detective whose story has a twist--the agency she works for is owned by her parents and...

Swann, Leonie. Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... *Swann, Leonie. Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story. Flying Dolphin: Doubleday. Jun. 2007. c.368p. tr. from German by Anthea Bell. ISBN 0-385-52111-1 [ISBN 978-0-385-52111-6]. $22.95. M It's morning in the seemingly bucolic Irish...

Books by Camel: A heartfelt but tricky business.(BEHIND THE BOOK: Masha Hamilton's The Camel Bookmobile)(Critical essay)
March 15, 2007... Under an immense blue sky, past sere acacia and stands of coppery grass wrung dry by the sun, three camels sway toward the little dome-shaped huts of the region's nomads with a precious load of... books? Yes, it's the Kenya National Library...

Butcher, Jim. White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Butcher, Jim. White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files. ROC: NAL. Apr. 2007. c.416p. ISBN 0-451-46140-1 [ISBN 978-0-451-46140-7]. $23.95. FANTASY When Police Lt. Karrin Murphy calls in bard-boiled P.I. and professional wizard Harry...

Cooper, Brenda. The Silver Ship and the Sea.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Cooper, Brenda. The Silver Ship and the Sea. Tor. Mar. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 0-7653-1597-1 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1597-7]. $25.95. FANTASY The colonists of the planet Fremont have struggled to survive amid the seismically active world's wild...

Dickson, Gordon R. & David W. Wixon. Antagonist.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Dickson, Gordon R. & David W. Wixon. Antagonist. Tor. Mar. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 0-312-85388-2 [ISBN 978-0-312-85388-4]. $27.95. SF The Dorsai mercenary Donal Graeme possessed mutant abilities and a thorough grounding in human values. Though...

Golden, Christopher. The Borderkind.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Golden, Christopher. The Borderkind. Bantam. (The Veil, Bk. 2). Apr. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-553-38327-0. pap. $12. FANTASY The creatures of myth and legend dwell among humanity, but just out of reach--unless they choose to interact...

Goonan, Kathleen Ann. In War Times.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Goonan, Kathleen Ann. In War Times. Tor. May 2007. c.348p. ISBN 0-7653-1355-3 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1355-3]. $25.95. SF In 1941, Sam Dance, like many other young American men, joins the army, where he is trained in the tools of military...

Kenyon, Kay. Bright of the Sky.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Kenyon, Kay. Bright of the Sky. Prometheus. (The Entire and the Rose, Bk. 1). Apr. 2007. c.480p. ISBN 978-1-59102-541-2. $25. SF A parallel universe has been discovered, and Titus Quinn's wife and daughter are lost somewhere within it....

Lackey, Mercedes. Fortune's Fool.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Lackey, Mercedes. Fortune's Fool. Luna: Harlequin. (Five Hundred Kingdoms). Apr. 2007. c.362p. ISBN 978-0-373-80266-1. $24.95. FANTASY Able to move about on both land and water, the Sea King's seventh daughter, Princess Ekaterina--called...

Lebbon, Tim. Dawn.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... Lebbon, Tim. Dawn. Bantam. Apr. 2007. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-553-38365-2. pap. $12. FANTASY Magic has returned to the land of Noreela, but the Mages have taken the seed of power for themselves and now raise armies and magical machines to...

McDonald, Sandra. The Outback Stars.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 15, 2007... McDonald, Sandra. The Outback Stars. Tor. Apr. 2007. c.416p. ISBN 0-7653-1643-9 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1643-1]. $25.95. SF When an attack on her last ship leaves her injured and kills many of her shipmates, Lt. Jodenny Scott spends enough time...