Library Journal articles from March 2010, page 5

Library Journal archives from March 2010

Bradley, James. The Imperial Cruise.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
March 1, 2010... Bradley, James. The Imperial Cruise. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Hachette Audio from BBC Audiobooks America. 2009. ISBN 978-1-60788-002-8. $89.99; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 8 CDs. retail ed. Hachette Audio; Playaway digital; digital...

Foer, Jonathan Safran. Eating Animals.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
March 1, 2010... Foer, Jonathan Safran. Eating Animals. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4407-3634-6. $102.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital. SOC SCI In his first work of nonfiction, Foer (www. jonathansafranfoer.com)...

Gelbart, Larry. Mastergate.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Gelbart, Larry. Mastergate. 2 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 2 hrs. L.A. Theatre Works. 2009. ISBN 978-1-58081-646-5; Playaway digital; digital download. DRAMA The late Tony Award-winning playwright Gelbart's tour de force political satire...

O'Dell, Chris with Katherine Ketcham. Miss O'Dell.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
March 1, 2010... O'Dell, Chris with Katherine Ketcham. Miss O'Dell. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4001-4491-4. $79.99; 11 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. AUTOBIOG/MUSIC In...

Smith, Zadie. Changing My Mind.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
March 1, 2010... Smith, Zadie. Changing My Mind. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4407-5401-2. $123.75; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; 10 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. LIT Smith's (On...

Top-selling Tantor Audio titles for the month of January.(TOP AUDIO)(Brief article)(List)
March 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Three Cups of Tea. Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 1/2 hrs. ISBN 978-1-4001-3251-5. $79.99; 11 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download....

Armchair Thriller. Set 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Armchair Thriller. Set 1. 4 vols. color. 487+ min. Robert Tronson & others, Thames Television Prod., dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54981-82789-3. $59.99. F This four-volume set of psychological...

Life on Mars. Series 2.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Life on Mars. Series 2. 4 discs, colon 468+ min. S.J. Clarkson & others, Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline. com. 2009. DVD UPC 0-54961-83259-0. $59.99. SDH subtitles. F This is...

King Lear.('King Lear', 'The Merchant of Venice: A New Perspective', and 'This is MacBeth')(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... King Lear. colon 173 min. Trevor Nunn & Chris Hunt, Performance Co. Iambic Prods., Thirteen, dist. by PBS Home Video, shoppbs. org/education. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-0-7936-7066-6. $24.99. Closed-captioned. The Merchant of Venice: A New...

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. colon 80 min. Gerald Peary, AG Films Prod., dist. by Bullfrog Films, 800-543-3764; www.bullfrogfilms.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-59.458-914-0. $295 (Rental: $95). Public performance;...

Shadows in Paradise: Hitler's Exiles in Hollywood.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Shadows in Paradise: Hitler's Exiles in Hollywood. color & b/w. 60 min. Peter Rosen, Peter Rosen Prods., dist. by Kultur, 732-229-2343, www.kultur.com. 2008. DVD ISBN 978-0-7697-8766-4. $19.99. LIT By 1939, thousands of European artists...

Examined Life: Philosophy Is in the Streets.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Examined Life: Philosophy Is in the Streets. color. 88 min. Astra Taylor, dist. by Zeitgeist Films, www.zeitgeistfilms.com. 2010. DVD UPC 7-95975-11233-8. $29.99; public performance $195. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Voegelin in Toronto: The...

The Poet's View: Intimate Film Profiles of Five Major American Poets.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... The Poet's View: Intimate Film Profiles of Five Major American Poets. color. 100 min. Academy of American Poets, 212-274-0434; academy@poets.org; www.poets.org. 2008. DVD UPC 7-00261-24442-6. $15. POETRY In 2005, the Academy of American Poets...

America in the 20th Century: Vietnam.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... America in the 20th Century: Vietnam. color & b/w. 75 min. with downloadable tchr's, guide. Brett Hannigan & Richard Hawksworth, dist. by Media Rich Learning, 312-337-6000; www.mediarichlearning.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-0-974541-97-2....

Lorber HT Digital holding company Hidden Treasures Inc. has acquired Kino International Corp. to form a new distribution entity, Kino Lorber Inc.(Brief article)
March 1, 2010... Lorber HT Digital holding company Hidden Treasures Inc. has acquired Kino International Corp. to form a new distribution entity, Kino Lorber Inc., in a move that combines their holdings to 600-plus titles. The respective operations will continue...

In late January, prominent indie movie house Miramax closed its New York and Los Angeles offices; it now exists solely within the distribution arm of the Walt Disney Company.(Brief article)
March 1, 2010... In late January, prominent indie movie house Miramax closed its New York and Los Angeles offices; it now exists solely within the distribution arm of the Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1979 by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein and bought by...

Available this month from Passion River Films: a special collector's-edition DVD of Lodz Ghetto (Video Movies, LJ 7/91), a classic in the pantheon of Holocaust documentaries.
March 1, 2010... Available this month from Passion River Films: a special collector's-edition DVD of Lodz Ghetto (Video Movies, LJ 7/91), a classic in the pantheon of Holocaust documentaries, whose companion Penguin print volume, Lodz Ghetto: Inside a Community...

At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's Restrepo.(Brief article)
March 1, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's Restrepo, which follows a platoon of U.S. soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, won the Grand Jury Prize for top documentary, while Debra Grankik's...

What's coming on DVD.(TRAILERS)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Afghan Star. color. 88+ min. In English, Dari, & Pashto w/English subtitles. Havana Marking, dist. by Zeitgeist Video. Apr. 2010. DVD UPC 7-95975-11243-7. $29.99. INT AFFAIRS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Contestants vie for more than a...

Picturing the Presidents.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Picturing the Presidents. color. 70 min. Smithsonian Networks, dist. by Infinity Entertainment Group, www.hepcapdistribution. com. 2009. DVD UPC 6-17742-20769-9. $14.98. Rated: TV-G. HIST This fascinating look at the Smithsonian National...

Doomsday 2012: The End of Days.(Nostradamus: 2012)(The Nostradamus Files)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Doomsday 2012: The End of Days. 94+ min. Jeff Schiro & Tim Evans, Morningstar Entertainment. DVD ISBN 978-1-4229-7094-2. Nostradamus: 2012. 94+ min. Andy Pickard, 1080 Entertainment. DVD ISBN 978-1-4229-3935-2. The Nostradamus Files. 2...

Outrage.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Outrage. color. 89+ min. Kirby Dick, Chain Camera Picture, dist. by Magnolia Pictures, www.magpictures.com. 2010. DVD UPC 8-76964-000231-8. $26.98. Rated: R. POLITICS Hypocrisy, not sexuality, serves as the focal point of Dick's (This Film Is...

On the Road with Charles Kuralt. Set 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... On the Road with Charles Kuralt. Set 1. 3 discs. color. 378 min. CBS Broadcasting, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. DVD UPC 0-54961-83029-9. $39.99. SDH subtitles. SOC SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The late...

Swedish Massage.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Swedish Massage. color. 60 min. Richard Sager, 170 S. Branch St., Bennington, VT 05201; 802-442-6229; www. essentialmassagevideo.com. 2009. DVD UPC 8-11063-01073-4. $49.95. HEALTH This video demonstration of Swedish massage shows the proper...

Drive Your Motorhome Like a Pro: Professional Driving Techniques for New & Experienced RVers.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Drive Your Motorhome Like a Pro: Professional Driving Techniques for New & Experienced RVers. 67 min. DVD UPC 8-23724-00168-5. The RV Orientation. 54 min. DVD UPC 8-23724-00169-2. ea. vol: RV Education 101, dist. by Victory Multimedia,...

Anything Boys Can Do.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Anything Boys Can Do... and Mark of the Ninja. colon 2+ hrs. Ethan Minsker & others, Antagonist Art Movement, dist. by Emphasis Entertainment, 630-355-5762; www. emphasisentertainment.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 978-1-893967-49-6. $16.98. MUSIC ...

Say My Name.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2010... Say My Name. color. 73 min. Mamamess, dist. by Women Make Movies, 212-925-0606, x360; www.wmm.com. 2009. DVD $89; acad. libs. $295 (Rental: $95). Public performance. MUSIC [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a genre dominated by men and misogyny,...

Don't call it Krautrock.(MUSIC FOR THE MASSES)
March 1, 2010... In the late 1960s, a new generation of postwar youth in a divided Germany began making music that reflected their own surroundings and lack of a voice in the popular culture. They were influenced by the Velvet Underground, experimental jazz,...

Prepub alert.
March 1, 2010... FICTION Baldwin, Rosencrans. You Lost Me There. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Aug. 2010. 304p. ISBN 978-1-59448-763-7. $25.95. Note cards his wife wrote before her death show a leading Alzheimer's specialist that her recall of their long...

Mystery.
March 1, 2010... TEAMWORK Whether it is a sign of the times or just a plot device, mystery writers are showcasing how people can join forces to solve crimes and form relationships that go beyond the job. The individuals frequently differ from each other but find...

Prepub mystery.
March 1, 2010... Albert, Susan Wittig. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree. Berkley Prime Crime. Jul. 2010. 320p. ISBN 978-0-425-23445-7. $24.95. In the first in a new series from the best-selling Texas-based author of the China Bayles mysteries, the...

Correction.(Correction notice)
March 1, 2010... In the LJ 1/10 Prepub Mystery column, Laurie King's The God of the Hive was erroneously called Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes's "final adventure." Have no fear: the publisher says there are many more books in the series to come.

Spiritual living.
March 1, 2010... INTROSPECTION is the keynote of these offerings as the season moves from winter to spring. We see the return of one of the best annuals, Philip Zaleski's anthology of spiritual writing, in perhaps its best issue yet. Catholic theology is touched...

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua. Powder Necklace.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua. Powder Necklace. Washington Square: S. & S. Apr. 2010. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-4391-2610-3. pap. $15. F This debut novel is based loosely on the author's experiences. Lila, the teenage daughter of divorced parents from...

Coben, Harlan. Caught.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Coben, Harlan. Caught. Dutton. Mar. 2010. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-525-95158-2. $27.95. F Teenager Haley McWaid doesn't come home one night, and when months go by without a word her parents assume the worst. Reporter Wendy Tynes conducts a sexual...

Gilmore, Jennifer. Something Red.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Gilmore, Jennifer. Something Red. Scribner. Apr. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-1-4165-7170-4. $25. F World and family politics at the end of the Cold War provide the backdrop of Gilmore's second novel (after Golden Country). When their oldest child,...

Gluth, Mark. The Late Work of Margaret Kroftis.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Gluth, Mark. The Late Work of Margaret Kroftis. Akashic. 2010. c.120p. ISBN 978-1-933354-94-1. pap. $14.95. F In this debut novel, Margaret is a writer leading a solitary existence, with only her dog as companion. One day, when she goes out...

Gomez-Jurado, Juan. The Moses Expedition.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Gomez-Jurado, Juan. The Moses Expedition. Atria: S. & S. Aug. 2010. c.384p, tr. from Spanish by A.V. Lebron. ISBN 978-1-4165-9064-4. pap. $15. F Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in this fast-paced thriller by the Spanish author of...

Gortner, C.W. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Gortner, C.W. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici. Ballantine. Jun. 2010. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-345-50186-8. $25. F History has depicted Catherine de Medici (1519-89), wife of one king and mother of three, as a grotesque monster, poisoning...

Gruber, Michael. The Good Son.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Gruber, Michael. The Good Son. Holt. May 2010. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-8050-9128-1. $26. F Gruber (The Book of Air and Shadows) has established an enviable reputation as a writer who both challenges readers' minds and stirs up their blood. His...

Hood, Ann. The Red Thread.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Hood, Ann. The Red Thread. Norton. May 2010. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-393-07020-0. $23.95. F Like her best-selling The Knitting Circle, Hood's new novel features the themes of loss and reconnection. After the death of her infant daughter in an...

Hornung, Eva. Dog Boy.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Hornung, Eva. Dog Boy. Viking. Mar. 2010. ISBN 978-0-670-02149-9. $25.95. F More akin to Jack London's The Call of the Wild than sentimental boy-and-his-dog stories, this work by the award-winning author of five previous novels published in...

Crouch, Katie. Men and Dogs.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Crouch, Katie. Men and Dogs. Little, Brown. Apr. 2010. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-316-00213-4. $23.99. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Hannah Legare was a young girl, her father disappeared on a routine fishing trip. Years later, Hannah finally...

Jackson, Joshilyn. Backseat Saints.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Jackson, Joshilyn. Backseat Saints. Grand Central. Jun. 2010. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-446-58234-6. $24.99. F On the surface, she's Ro Grandee, dutiful wife of a handsome Texan with ready fists. But underneath her flowery skirts and painful...

Hynes, James. Next.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Hynes, James. Next. Reagan Arthur: Little, Brown. Mar. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-316-05192-7. $23.99. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At 55, Kevin Quinn is the kind of excessively worried man who makes women of a certain age grind their teeth. He...

Johansen, Iris. Eight Days To Live.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Johansen, Iris. Eight Days To Live. St. Martin's. Apr. 2010. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-312-36815-9. $27.99. F While Eve Duncan (first introduced in the more procedural Face of Deception) is present for parts of this thriller, the action focuses on...

Kirkwood, Catherine. Cut Away.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Kirkwood, Catherine. Cut Away. Arktoi: Red Hen. Apr. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9800407-9-1. pap. $18. F A teenage girl runs away from herself. A mother runs away from her past. A cosmetic surgeon runs away from her need for intimacy. A transgendered...

McNally, John. After the Workshop: A Memoir by Jack Hercules Sheahan.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... McNally, John. After the Workshop: A Memoir by Jack Hercules Sheahan. Counterpoint. Mar. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-1-58243-560-2. pap. $15.95. F A graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Jack Hercules Sheahan is now a media escort. His first...

Xpress reviews.(FICTION)(Brief article)(Recommended readings)
March 1, 2010... LJ's free weekly web evaluations for the of January 29, 2010: Go to Reviews on our hemepage, then click on Xpress Reviews. FICTION Berodale, Jane. The Book of Fires. Pamela Dorman: Viking. Carter, Dori. We Are Rich. Other. Deaver,...

Malzieu, Mathias. The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Malzieu, Mathias. The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart. Knopf. Mar. 2010. c.192p. tr. from French by Sarah Ardizzone. ISBN 978-0-307-27168-6. $22.95. F Lead singer of the French band Dionysos, Malzieu approaches writing more like a film...

Meier, Diane. The Season of Second Chances.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Meier, Diane. The Season of Second Chances. Holt. Apr. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-8050-9081-9. $25. F Columbia University literature professor Joy Harkness finds herself making a surprising transition to a new life in the wilds of western...

Mooney, Ted. The Same River Twice.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Mooney, Ted. The Same River Twice. Knopf. May. 2010. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-307-27273-7. $27.95. F What begins as simply a way to pass some time while husband Max is out of the country soon turns into something altogether different for Odile, a...

Holden, Wendy. Beautiful People.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Holden, Wendy. Beautiful People. Sourcebooks. Apr. 2010. c.432p. ISBN 978-14022-3715-7. pap. $14.99. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] British author Holden (Filthy Rich) deftly weaves several plotlines to an ending in rustic Italy, where Galaxia,...

McQueen, Holly. The Fabulously Fashionable Life of Isabel Bookbinder.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... McQueen, Holly. The Fabulously Fashionable Life of Isabel Bookbinder. Atria: S. & S. May 2010. c.384p. ISBN 978-1-4391-3796-3. pap. $15. F Isabel Bookbinder, whom we first met in The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder, is the...

Mansell, Jill. Rumor Has It.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Mansell, Jill. Rumor Has It. Sourcebooks. May 2010. c.416p. ISBN 978-1-40223750-8. pap. $14. e More relieved than upset when she returns home to find herself unceremoniously dumped by her live-in boyfriend, Tilly Cole is comforted by her best...

Morrison, Boyd. The Ark.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Morrison, Boyd. The Ark. Touchstone: S. & S. May 2010. c.448p. ISBN 978-1-43918179-9. $24.99. F What is the recipe for an awesome artifact thriller? Take an important relic (preferably biblical), a megalomaniac with unlimited funds and...

Mosher, Howard Frank. Walking to Gatlinburg.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Mosher, Howard Frank. Walking to Gatlinburg. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Mar. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-307-45067-8. $25. F Late in the Civil War, 17-year-old Morgan Kinneson from northern Vermont gets deeply involved with his family's...

Onetti, Juan Carlos. A Brief Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Onetti, Juan Carlos. A Brief Life. Serpent's Tail, dist. by Consortium. Mar. 2010. 304p. tr. from Spanish by Hortense Carpentier. ISBN 978-1-85242-978-2. pap. $14.95. F Uruguayan writer Juan Mafia Brausen interprets his name as three words...

Perry, Thomas. Strip.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Perry, Thomas. Strip. Houghton. May 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-15-101522-1. $26. F Former bar owner Joe Carver has come to L.A. with a new identity and lots of cash only to find that thugs hired by low-level mobster Manco Kapak are out to get...

Plantagenet, Anne. The Last Rendezvous.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Plantagenet, Anne. The Last Rendezvous. Other. Mar. 2010. c.288p, tr. from French by Willard Wood. ISBN 978-1-59051-278-4. pap. $14.95. F Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, a 19th-century French Romantic poet and actress whose contemporaries...

Schwartzman, Adam. Eddie Signwriter.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Schwartzman, Adam. Eddie Signwriter. Pantheon. Mar. 2010. c.304p. ISBN 978-0307-37873-6. $25.95. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This powerful bildungsroman, rendered with exquisite lyricism from multiple viewpoints, lightly circles about...

Sharpe, Isabel. Knit in Comfort.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Sharpe, Isabel. Knit in Comfort. Avon. Jun. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-06-176549-0. pap. $13.99. e Sharpe's (As Good As It Got) latest novel attempts to follow the literary examples set by Kate Jacobs and Debbie Macomber by employing the theory...

Sharratt, Mary. Daughters of the Witching Hill.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Sharratt, Mary. Daughters of the Witching Hill. Houghton. Apr. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-547-06967-8. $24. F Based on the infamous 1612 Lancashire witch trials, Sharratt's (The Vanishing Point) latest novel vividly portrays the religious...

Shonk, Katherine. Happy Now?(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Shonk, Katherine. Happy Now? Farrar. Apr. 2010. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-374-28143-4. $25. F Claire Kessler's husband of fewer than two years commits suicide on Valentine's Day. How can she not take that personally? In this debut novel (after her...

Smiley, Jane. Private Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Smiley, Jane. Private Life. Knopf. May 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-1-4000-4060-5. $26.95. F In 1905 Missouri, quiet 27-year-old Margaret Mayfield marries Capt. Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early, a naval officer and an astronomer who is considered a...

Sokoloff, Alexandra. Book of Shadows.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Sokoloff, Alexandra. Book of Shadows. St. Martin's. Jun. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-312-38471-5. $24.99. F Bram Stoker and Anthony Award nominee and Thriller Award winner Sokoloff presents another dark and ominous tale (her fourth novel after...

Steinhauer, Olen. The Nearest Exit.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Steinhauer, Olen. The Nearest Exit. Minotaur: St. Martin's. May 2010. c.416p. ISBN 978-0312-62287-9. $25.99. F This sequel to Steinhauer's memorable The Tourist presents an espionage tale as puzzling as any a spy fiction might require. An...

Trollope, Joanna. The Other Family.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Trollope, Joanna. The Other Family. Touchstone: S. & S. Apr. 2010. c.336p. ISBN 978-1-4391-2983-8. pap. $15. F When aging, popular musician Richie Rossiter dies suddenly, he leaves behind two families: his London family of 23...

Young-Stone, Michele. The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors.(Brief article)(Book review)(Young adult review)
March 1, 2010... * Young-Stone, Michele. The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Apr. 2010. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-307-46447-7. $24. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Becca Burke was eight years old the first time lightning struck her...

Atxaga, Bernardo. Obabakoak.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Atxaga, Bernardo. Obabakoak. Graywolf. Mar. 2010. c.336p. tr. from Basque by Atxaga & from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. ISBN 978-1-55597-551-7. pap. $15. F In this collection, named for the Basque village of Obaba, acclaimed...

Yanique, Tiphanie. How To Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Yanique, Tiphanie. How To Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories. Graywolf. Mar. 2010. c.192p. ISBN 978-1-55597-550-0. pap. $15. F Anyone who has ever been an outcast will recognize himself or herself in these short stories by...

Book smack! Hits you might've missed.
March 1, 2010... The new year has brought two promising column launches--one a collaboration with the AAP Trade Libraries Committee, the other a logical extension of LJ's Prepub Alert brand. Audience favorites like Books for Dudes and Graphic Novel Short Takes...

Albers, Josef. Interaction of Color: New Complete Edition.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Albers, Josef. Interaction of Color: New Complete Edition. 2 vols. Yale Univ. 2009. 300p. illus. ISBN 978-0-300-14693-6. $200. FINE ARTS Bauhaus pioneer Albers (1888-1976) fled Nazi Germany in 1933 to teach at the now legendary Black Mountain...

Barter, Judith A. & others. American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Barter, Judith A. & others. American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago. Yale Univ. 2009. 368p. illus. ISBN 978-0300-11739-7. $75. FINE ARTS Highlighting the American 20th-century collection (1911-55) at the Art Institute of...

Berry, Ian & Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. Fred Tomaselli.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Berry, Ian & Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. Fred Tomaselli. Prestel. 2009. 272p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 978-3-7913-4392-1. $60. FINE ARTS This large, fully illustrated, and detailed catalog features the career and philosophy of West Coast artist...

Crist, Steve. The Contact Sheet.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Crist, Steve. The Contact Sheet. AMMO. 2009. 192p. photogs. ISBN 978-0-9786076-9-2. $39.95. PHOTOG Photography editor Crist has compiled a valuable archive of more than 40 photo contact sheets, each paired with a brief interview, from a broad...

Distel, Anne. Renoir.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Distel, Anne. Renoir. Abbeville. 2010. 400p. illus. ISBN 978-0-7892-1057-9. $135. FINE ARTS Distel, a specialist in impressionism who has had a distinguished record of publications and exhibitions in a career spent in French public museums,...

Harman, Claire. Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Harman, Claire. Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. Macrae Bks: Holt. Mar. 2010. c.304p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-8050-8258-6. $25. LIT [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This most recent addition to Austen biography takes an...

Manguel, Alberto. A Reader on Reading.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Manguel, Alberto. A Reader on Reading. Yale Univ. Mar. 2010. c.320p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-300-15982-0. $29.95. LIT If there are such things as a musician's musician and a writer's writer, one could argue that Manguel (The Library at...

Moffat, Wendy. A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Moffat, Wendy. A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster. Farrar. Apr. 2010. c.480p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-374-16678-6. $30. LIT This biography--the first to focus on Forster's homosexuality--is the result of ten...

Dunaway, David King & Molly Beer. Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Dunaway, David King & Molly Beer. Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals. Oxford Univ. May 2010. c.288p. photogs. discog. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-19-537834-4. $27.95. MUSIC In this entry in Oxford's "Oral...

Hotchner, A.E.: Paul and Me: 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal, Paul Newman.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... Hotchner, A.E. Paul and Me: 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal, Paul Newman. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Mar. 2010. c.256p. photogs. ISBN 978-0-385-53233-4. $26.95. FILM Hotchner, who has written many theatrical and film...

Jampol, Joshua. Living Opera.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Jampol, Joshua. Living Opera. Oxford Univ. May 2010. c.368p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-19-538138-2. $27.95. MUSIC [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jampol, a regular contributor to the "Ear for Opera" series in the International Herald Tribune,...

Povey, Glenn. Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2010... * Povey, Glenn. Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd. Chicago Review, dist. by IPG. Apr. 2010. 368p. photogs. discog. bibliog. ISBN 978-1-56976-313-1. pap. $39.95. MUSIC Povey (coauthor, Pink Floyd: In the Flesh; The Complete...