Library Journal articles from May 2006

Library Journal archives from May 2006

The "State" of libraries: an almost good start on the profession's present and future.(Editorial)
May 1, 2006... IT IS DESCRIBED AS AN INFORMATION AND Community center, an "engaged" social agency reaching out to all, and a place to tap the "productive aging" of baby boomers. Three markedly different reports released within days of each other describe the...

Start a corps, not a corpse: don't saddle poor libraries with obsolete boomers.(blatant berry)(Editorial)
May 1, 2006... THE ARGUMENT STARTED THE DAY A PRESS release announced the American Library Association's (ALA) RFP (request for proposals) for a $15,000 "feasibility study" to consider a Library Corps "to recruit retired librarians to provide assistance to...

Republican librarians!(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I've never written a letter to the editor before, but I felt compelled to do so after reading Brian S. Mathews's "The Inevitable Gen X Coup" (NextGen, LJ 3/15/ 06, p. 52). Thank heavens librarians like Mathews are out there speaking what so...

Wonderful images.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... I'm enjoying the 2006 LJ Movers & Shakers supplement. The photographers did a really nice job. Through those photographs our fellow librarians exude the confidence, brightness, and humanity that reflect our profession so well. Thank you for the...

No smoking!(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Librarians don't need to be gray-haired women with their hair in a bun, but they should be role models in the community. How sad that a children's/teen librarian, of all things, chooses to put smoking in a positive light in the pop culture...

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... The issue of smokers taking frequent breaks is a common one not only in libraries ("Smoking Gun," How Do You Manage? LJ 3/1/06, p. 64-65). As an ex-smoker, I know the compulsion of needing a smoke. Asking a dedicated smoker to wait for the...

Come to New Orleans.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Thank you for your continued coverage of New Orleans and for your efforts to restore the Alvar Street Branch of the New Orleans Public Library back to its position of import in this historic community ("LJ To Repair NOPL Branch," LJ 4/1/06, p....

Five phrases Michael Stephens hopes libraries banish.(front desk)(Chart)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Five Phrases Michael Stephens Hopes Libraries Banish 1 We've always done it this way. 2 He/She is a roadblock for anything to get done. 3 The IT department won't let us. 4 I don't have time for (insert new social too here)....

Honoring book collectors.(front desk)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The printed book isn't dead yet. As a boost to young bibliophiles, Biblio.com and Fine Books & Collections magazine have launched the first Collegiate Book-Collecting Championship, which will honor winners of the colleges and universities...

Defending highbrow journalism.(front desk)(Quotation)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... We're all sort of the anti-blogs... and I think we will eventually triumph over the blogs! --Roger Hodge, Editor, Harper's, in a New York magazine article about new editors at Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review, and New Republic,...

Stat watch.(front desk)(Image)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... STAT WATCH Local construction cost in 2000: $125/ square foot Local construction cost in 2006: 225/ square foot Culprits: The "Katrina effect" inflating materials costs, the "explosive growth" of China, and the fuel...

PLA booms in Boston: record-setting crowd packs innovative programs.(PLA CONFERENCE REPORT)(Public Library Association)(Conference notes)
May 1, 2006... The Public Library Association's (PLA) smash 11th national conference drew 11,029 attendees to Boston--the largest group ever for an American Library Association (ALA) division meeting, and a 27 percent jump from the 2004 PLA meeting in...

U.S. News revises LIS ranks.(U.S. News)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... U.S. News & World Report has updated its rankings of library graduate programs for 2006, the first update since 1998. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill remained in their top spots...

LJ seeks politician of the year nominees.(LJ NEWS)(Library Journal)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Is there a political figure making a difference in your library community? The editors of L/want to know about them and what they've achieved for libraries in your area. Past winners include Philadelphia City Councilors Frank DiCicco and...

Gates boosts rural libraries.(BILL & MELINDA GATES foundation)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Some 147 librarians from rural communities in 49 states gathered in March in Boston the day before the opening of the Public Library Association (PLA) conference for an intensive workshop on advocacy, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Gag order on "John Doe" lifted: victory for library group comes only after Patriot Act is renewed.(LJNEWS)
May 1, 2006... In a case that galvanized the library world, "John Doe," a Connecticut library group that challenged a gag order regarding its receipt of a secret subpoena under the USA PATRIOT Act, will finally be allowed to speak: federal prosecutors dropped...

ALA offers "State of" report: America's libraries adapt, respond, remain relevant.(American Library Association)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The American Library Association (ALA) in late March released its first annual report on "The State of America's Libraries," a 13-page effort "not meant to be exhaustive but simply to show the many ways in which America's libraries and...

Reciprocal use debate in WA: Seattleites using KCLS materials may lose holds privilege.(LJNEWS)(Seattle Public Library)(King County Library System)(Washington)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... For some residents of Seattle, notably those at the city's borders, budget pressures on the Seattle Public Library (SPL) haven't hampered their library use. They just go to nearby branches of the King County Library System (KCLS), Issaquah,...

WY libraries get $10m for collections.(LJNEWS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The Wyoming State Legislature--in a state where energy revenues have been booming--has approved a one-time $10 million appropriation to boost library collections at the state's 23 county library systems, seven community colleges, and the...

Fayetteville PL loses millage election.(LJNEWS)(public library )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Antitax sentiment and low turnout in Fayetteville, AR, led to the defeat of a proposed property tax increase that would have substituted new funding for the Fayetteville Public Library (FPL) and allowed current funding to be shifted by the city...

ULC report stresses community role.(Urban Libraries Council)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The Urban Libraries Council (ULC), with support from the Chicago Community Trust and Chicago Public Library (CPL) Foundation, commissioned researchers in the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL,...

UT librarians help, prevent a suicide.(Utah)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Librarians are generally careful to resist police inquiries about users other than in emergencies, but in Orem, UT, they helped officials save a 21-year-old man from taking his own life. On April 3, a suicide note posted by a man chatting on a...

Indianapolis PL staff may seek union.(public library)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... There are rumblings of unionization at the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, the Indianapolis Star reported April 3, noting that organizers will soon seek to join the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. The...

Urban player award to BCPL's Lockwood.(Lynn Lockwood)(Baltimore County Public Library)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Lynn Lockwood, assistant director of the Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL), will receive the Urban Libraries Council (ULC)/SirsiDynix Urban Player Award for 2006 for helping to create a coalition of community agencies to support emergent...

Calendar.(LJNEWS)(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 1, 2006... JUNE 1-2--Rhode Island Library Assn., Smithfield www.uri.edu/library/rila/ rila.html AUGUST 9-12 Pacific Northwest Library Assn., Eugene, OR www.pnla.org 15-19--Nevada Library Assn., N. Las Vegas www.nevadalibraries.org ...

Karen Avenick, Associate Director at the Camden County Library System, Voorhees, NJ, has retired after nearly 30 years of service.(people)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Karen Avenick, Associate Director at the Camden County Library System, Voorhees, NJ, has retired after nearly 30 years of service. In 1997, Avenick was named Librarian of the Year by the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) and later served as...

Palm Beach County Library System.(John Callahan appointed)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... John Callahan has been appointed Director of the Palm Beach County Library System, West Palm Beach, FL, replacing Jerry Brownlee, who retired after 26 years. Callahan most recently was director of the Delray Beach Public Library, FL, part of...

Vancouver Public Library.(Brian Campbell retires)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Brian Campbell, Director of Systems and Special Projects at the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), BC, has announced his retirement. Campbell joined VPL in 1980 as an automation consultant. He was founding chair of the Canadian Library Association...

Broward County Library.(Eileen Cobb appointed)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Eileen Cobb has been named Assistant Director at Broward County Library (BCL), Fort Lauderdale, FL. Cobb has worked at BCL for more than 37 years, most recently as Associate Director for Public Service.

South Central Library System.(Phyllis Davis appointed)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Phyllis Davis is the new Director of the South Central Library System (SCLS), Madison, WI, which has 52 member libraries serving approximately 750,000 residents. She has been with SCLS since 1985, serving as associate director since 2001 and...

Central Missouri State University.(Mollie Dinwiddie appointed)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Mollie Dinwiddie, who has worked at the Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, for 20 years, has been named Dean of Library Services after a nationwide search. She has held the post on an interim basis for the past three years. Prior...

Joe Janes, Associate Dean at the University of Washington, Seattle, has won the Isadore Gilbert Mudge-R.R. Bowker Award for his contribution to the field of reference librarianship.(people)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Joe Janes, Associate Dean at the University of Washington, Seattle, has won the Isadore Gilbert Mudge-R.R. Bowker Award for his contribution to the field of reference librarianship. Janes was chosen by a committee of American Library...

Ohio Public Library Information Network.(people)(Stephen Hedges )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Stephen Hedges has been named the new Executive Director of the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN). Hedges comes to OPLIN from the Nelsonville Public Library system in Athens, OH, where he was director since 1997.

Escondido Public Library.(Cynthia Smith promoted)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Cynthia Smith has been promoted to Deputy City Librarian at the Escondido Public Library, CA. She recently joined the library as aduk services coordinator, replacing Loretta McKinney, who left to become director at the Murrieta Public Library,...

Taiga forum holds inaugural meeting in Chicago: academic librarians ponder competitive collaboration.(infotech)(Conference notes)
May 1, 2006... The first annual Taiga Forum met in Chicago in March, bringing together associate university librarians and assistant directors from more than 50 of the top academic libraries. The forum, named for the changing arctic layer, gave librarians an...

ProQuest debuts Genealogy Center.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... ProQuest is giving genealogists a boon with the announcement of its forthcoming Genealogy Center, a family history resource that allows librarians to pick and choose from the vendor's numerous genealogy databases such as newspapers, maps,...

UK "Wi-Fi on Steroids".(INFOTECH)(Pipex Communications)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The mating of the telecom company Pipex Communications with computer goliath Intel will give users across the UK access in 2008 to what is being described as "Wi-Fi on steroids," The Independent reported in early April. Officially called WiMax,...

Wireless RFID from checkpoint.(radio frequency identification devices)(Checkpoint Systems)(Prairie Trails Public Library)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Checkpoint Systems claims that the installation of its Intelligent Library System at the Prairie Trails Public Library, Burbank, IL, is the nation's first totally wireless RFID system. Checkpoint says that when planning the installation, the...

Croatian Libs. choose Endeavor.(INSTALLATIONS)(Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences in Malaysia signs with VTLS)(Ex Libris contract with Hradec Kralove Library in Czech Republic)
May 1, 2006... Endeavor Information Systems is building on its European presence with the signing Of the Republic of Croatia for the installation of its signature Voyager system in six locales. The country's combination National and University Library in...

Countering terrorism.(Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change available in print and online)(value of individual trials )(Ebsco's International Security and Counter-Terrorism Reference Center)(Product/service evaluation)
May 1, 2006... THE RAIN IN FORT WAYNE stays mainly on the plain: learn to pronounce this in the correct regional dialect from Mouton de Gruyter's new Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change. Available in print and online, it...

Visualizing search.(ONLINE DATABASES)(EBSCOhost)
May 1, 2006... EXPECT MORE SEARCH SYSTEMS to incorporate visualization and other sophisticated search and display techniques. They not only give a system a distinctive look, they also help users get deeper into results and stimulate thinking about search...

Jeeves for your data bases: a comparison of database administration offerings reveals service gaps and unheralded benefits.(INFOTECH FEATURE)
May 1, 2006... When librarians license databases, they must configure features for maximum patron utility. Vendors have created administrative tools to assist in this process, but more uniform and common administrative features would significantly change the...

The united way: will public libraries follow academics as they take collaborative collection development one step further?(Cover story)
May 1, 2006... Having shared a single library system since 1991, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore (the Tri-College Library Consortium) now boast an ambitious program to slash title duplication by agreeing to build strengths in different areas of the...

BookExpo 2006: capital gains: Washington, DC, May 19-21.(BEA PREVIEW 2006)
May 1, 2006... Following 2005's smash success in New York City, BookExpo America (BEA) detours south to the nation's capital (it bounces back to Manhattan in 2007). Those who attended last year will recall that the show drew a crushing 35,000 attendees,...

Best magazines of 2005.
May 1, 2006... Techno-seers who predict that the Internet will spell the demise of print media could be accused of being oblivious to the very real pleasures of leisurely leafing through the glossy pages of well-produced magazines. Certainly, the continued...

Start your engines!(Collection Development / NASCAR)(Bibliography)
May 1, 2006... Five years after Dale Earnhardt was killed in the final lap at the Daytona 500, auto racing, specifically races sanctioned by the National Association of Stock Car Racing (NASCAR), is more popular than ever. What began over 50 years ago as a...

Fads be gone! Realistic approaches to health burn up the market.(CONSUMER HEALTH)
May 1, 2006... Consumers are unhealthy, emotionally needy, addicted to sugar and the Internet, and continue to suffer from an assortment of specific health problems. This is the message of consumer health publishing in 2006, and if it sounds a little...

Best consumer health books of 2005.(CONSUMER HEALTH)(Seven Steps To Stop a Heart Attack)(The Joslin Guide to Diabetes: A Program for Managing Your Treatment, 2d ed)(Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era)(The Conception Chronicles: The Uncensored Truth About Sex, Love & Marriage When You're Trying To Get Pregnant)(Caring for Your Parents: The Complete AARP Guide)(Taking Your Medicine: A Guide to Medication Regimens and Compliance for Patients and Caregivers)(Having Your Baby Through Egg Donation)(Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers, 2d ed)(Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio)(A Woman's Guide to Menopause and Perimenopause)(A Guide to Survivorship for Women with Ovarian Cancer)(The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth)(Love in the Time of Cholesterol: A Memoir with Recipes)(The No Sweat Exercise Plan: Simple Stops To Lose Weight and Improve Your Health Without Spending Hours in the Gym)(The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals)(Beyond Cholesterol: 7 Life-Saving Heart Disease Tests That Your Doctor May Not Give You)(Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being)(Safe Medicine for Sober People: How To Avoid Relapsing on Pain, Sleep, Cold, or Any Other Medication)(Living with Polio: The Epidemic and Its Survivors)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... The year 2005 was one of transition. It was the year the sandwich generation" of baby boomers began to retire in large numbers while also caring for their children as well as their parents; Patient safety was a major concern as counterfeit...

Until proven innocent?(CASE STUDY)(criminal librarian returns to work)
May 1, 2006... "I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, G; it's weirding me out," Nancy Trevino said to her manager, Gina Harrison. "Relax. It'll be fine. It's the same old Herb," Harrison answered. She was trying to sound positive, but her voice betrayed her. ...

Deal with it.(ANALYSIS I)(re-integrating accused employee back into workplace)
May 1, 2006... Ernst and Harrison have a big problem, to which "deal with it" is a woefully inadequate response. If this situation is mishandled, the consequences for the library and its managers could be severe--more thefts (if Hoffman really is a thief),...

Clear the air.(ANALYSIS II)(return of accused library employee)
May 1, 2006... While some staff reaction is understandable, that of Trevino is an overreaction. The evidence against Hoffman seems serious, but it's also completely circumstantial, and he was legally cleared of criminal charges. Furthermore, his alleged...

Prepub alert.
May 1, 2006... FICTION Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Half of a Yellow Sun. Knopf. Sept. 2006. 416p. ISBN 1-4000-4416-2. $24.95. Having come out of the gate fast with the prize-winning Purple Hibiscus, Adichie returns with a second novel set during...

Mystery.(In Plain Sight)(Lost Among the Angels)(Claire Fontaine Crime Fighter: A Novel of Life and Death--and Shoes)(Handscrabble Road: A Gregor Demarkian Novel)(Sam Spade in the Green Room)(Two Time)(The Dark End of Town)(Wicked Break: A Noah Braddock Mystery)(The Big Boom)(Bishop's Reach: A Bay Tanner Mystery)(The Highly Effective Detective)(The Torch of Tangier)(A Prayer for the Night: An Ohio Amish Mystery)(Death of an Obnoxious Tourist)(The PMS Murder: A Jaine Austen Mystery)(Indian Pipes: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery)(The Pale Blue Eye)(Snapshot)(The Rabbit Factory)(The Art of Detection)(Through a Glass Darkly)(No Good Deeds)(Dead Before Dying)(Too Darn Hot)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... MYSTERIES GO REGIONAL Although New York and Los Angeles remain popular mystery settings, other areas of the country are attracting crime writers. Wyoming serves as the dramatic backdrop in C.J. Box's In Plain Sight, while Knoxville, TN, is the...

Q & A Cornelia read.(mystery)(Cornelia Read)(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Like Madeline Dare, the heroine of her debut mystery, A Reid of Darkness (LJ 3/15/06), Cornelia Read is an old-school WASP. Raised by divorced hippie-renegade parents, she is a former debutante and sports a tattoo on her ankle (a treat from her...

Prepub mystery.
May 1, 2006... Beaton, M.C. Love, Lies and Liquor: An Agatha Raisin Mystery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Sept. 2006. 224p. ISBN 0-312-34910-6. $22.95. On vacation with ex-hubby, Agatha Raisin is pegged as the prime suspect for murder. National tour. ...

Aidan, Pamela. An Assembly Such as This: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Aidan, Pamela. An Assembly Such as This: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman. Touchstone: S. & S. Jun. 2006. c.272p. ISBN 0-7432-9134-4 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9134-7]. pap. $14. F In this first installment of an originally self-published...

Ali, Monica. Alentejo Blue.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Ali, Monica. Alentejo Blue. Scribner. Jun. 2006. c.265p. ISBN 0-7432-9303-7. $25. F Using luminous, heartfelt language, the award-winning Ali (Brick Lane) weaves a tapestry of human frailty. A motley collection of natives, tourists, and...

Ansay, A. Manette. Blue Water.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Ansay, A. Manette. Blue Water. Morrow. May 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-686-17287-3 [ISBN 978-0-688-17287-9]. $24.95. F Ansay takes us on the dark, emotional journey of a mother's losing a child and brings us out on the other side into forgiveness...

Bahr, Howard. The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Bahr, Howard. The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War. Holt. Aug. 2006. c.292p. ISBN 0-8050-6739-6 [ISBN 978-0-8050-6739-2]. $25. F It is 20 years after the Civil War, and Alison Sansing has little time left. Cancer leaves few options...

Baker, Calvin. Dominion.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Baker, Calvin. Dominion. Grove. Jul. 2006. c.448p. ISBN 0-8021-1829-1 [ISBN 978-0-8021-1829-5]. $24. F This third novel from Baker (Naming the New World) follows three generations of the Merian family during the 17th and 18th centuries....

Barr, Nancy Verde. Last Bite: A Novel of Culinary Romance.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Barr, Nancy Verde. Last Bite: A Novel of Culinary Romance. Algonquin. Jun. 2006. c.304p. ISBN 1-56512-495-2. $22.95. F As executive chef for a morning television show, 29-year-old Casey Costello not only cooks with a great bunch of people,...

Beard, Philip. Lost in the Garden.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Beard, Philip. Lost in the Garden. Viking. May 2006. c.240p. ISBN 0-670-03759-1. $23.95. F This is an ambitious novel about a clueless, middle-aged husband who has some serious growing up to do. At stake, it turns out, is everything he...

Brumfield, James McNay. Across the High Lonesome.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Brumfield, James McNay. Across the High Lonesome. Tres Picos. May 2006. 400p. LC 978-0-9745309-3-2. ISBN 0-9745309-3-X. pap. $14.95. F Pretty Molly Mendoza didn't know what she was in for when she took a job with the Granite Creek Pack...

Canobbio, Andrea. The Natural Disorder of Things.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Canobbio, Andrea. The Natural Disorder of Things. Farrar. Jul. 2006. c.272p, tr. from Italian by Abigail Asher. ISBN 0-374-21961-3. [ISBN 978-0-374-21961-1]. $25. F In the first of Canobbio's five novels to be translated into English,...

Carey, Peter. Theft: A Love Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Carey, Peter. Theft: A Love Story. Knopf. May 2006. c.224p. ISBN 0-307-26371-1. $24. F Michael Boone, a.k.a. Butcher Bones, is a formerly famous Australian painter of working-class background who has lost all of his art in an acrimonious...

Childress, Mark. One Mississippi.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Childress, Mark. One Mississippi. Little, Brown. Jul. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-316-01211-4. $24.95. F Childress's (Crazy in Alabama) absorbing and offbeat novel follows events in the life of young Daniel Musgrove as his family relocates to...

Coben, Harlan. Promise Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Coben, Harlan. Promise Me. Dutton. 2006. 384p. ISBN 0-525-94949-6. $26.95. F A promise made on a whim comes back to haunt sports and entertainment agent Myron Bolitar. Worrying about two neighborhood girls riding with drunk drivers,...

Dawesar, Abha. That Summer in Paris.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Dawesar, Abha. That Summer in Paris. Nan A. Talese. Doubleday. Jun. 2006. c.337p. ISBN 0-385-51749-1. $23.95. F While Paris appears here as charming as ever, there are a few problems with this novel about a distinguished elderly Indian...

Dickey, Eric Jerome. Chasing Destiny.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Dickey, Eric Jerome. Chasing Destiny. Dutton. 2006. c.432p. ISBN 0-525-94950-X. $24.95. F Billie is the ultimate unconventional woman, beautiful and smart and riding through the streets of Los Angeles on her yellow Ducati motorcycle....

Douglas, Lawrence. The Catastrophist.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Douglas, Lawrence. The Catastrophist. Other. May 2006. c.276p. ISBN 1-59051-219-7. $24.95. F Douglas's wry first novel charts the self-destruction of an art historian who can't believe his good luck will last. Daniel Wellington seemingly...

Franklin, Ariana. City of Shadows.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Franklin, Ariana. City of Shadows. Morrow. May 2006. c.432p. ISBN 0-06081726-7 [ISBN 978-0-06-081726-8]. $24.95. F As Berlin struggles under the challenges of a post-World War I world, secretary Esther Solomonova finds herself caught up...

Gardam, Jane. Old Filth.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Gardam, Jane. Old Filth. Europa, dist. by Consortium. Jun. 2006. c.256p. ISBN 1933372-13-3. pap. $14.95. F Gardam's impressive oeuvre runs to over 25 books for adults and children, including Whitbread Prize winners The Queen of the...

Giffin, Emily. Baby Proof.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Giffin, Emily. Baby Proof. St. Martin's. Jun. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-34864-9. $23.95. F In her third novel (after Something Borrowed and Something Blue), Giffin introduces the character of Claudia Parr, a 35-year-old New York City book...

Green, Jane. Swapping Lives.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Green, Jane. Swapping Lives. Viking. Jun. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-670-03480-0. $24.95. F Vicky Townsley, stunning, single, and a successful features director at a hip London magazine, longs for the simple life: a country home, a couple of big...

Hanauer, Cathi. Sweet Ruin.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Hanauer, Cathi. Sweet Ruin. Atria: S. & S. Jun. 2006. c.322p. ISBN 0-7432-7734-1. $24. F Picture a multitasking, suburban, thirty-something mom and add to the mix her morally questionable father, an unmourned infant son, an absent but...

Judson, Daniel. The Darkest Place.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Judson, Daniel. The Darkest Place. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jun. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-35253-0. $23.95. F During a record-cold winter in the Hamptons, Long Island, several boys turn up drowned. The latest discovery points to the work of a...

Kaplan, Janice and Lynn Schnurnberger. The Men I Didn't Marry.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Kaplan, Janice & Lynn Schnurnberger. The Men I Didn't Marry. Ballantine. May 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-345-49070-3. $23.95. F In their third collaboration, Kaplan and Schnurnberger stick to the breezy style they created in The Botox Diaries and...

Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Dark Side of the Moon: A Dark-Hunter[TM] Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Dark Side of the Moon: A Dark-Hunter[TM] Novel. St. Martin's. May 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-312-35743-5. $19.95. F Kenyon's popular "Dark-Hunter" romantic fantasy series relocates from New Orleans to Seattle for its hardcover...

Khadra, Yasmina. The Attack.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Khadra, Yasmina. The Attack. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. May 2006. c.208p, tr. from French by John Cullen. ISBN 0-38551748-3. $18.95. F Khadra (The Swallows of Kabul) has the ability to convey that damning sense of unrelenting anxiety that...

Klimasewiski, Marshall N. The Cottagers.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Klimasewiski, Marshall N. The Cottagers. Norton. May 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-39306077-2. $24.95. F "Nineteen is an age at which geniuses find their minds, by and large"--or so thinks 19-year-old Cyrus Collingwood, a year-round resident of...

Lashner, William. Marked Man.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Lashner, William. Marked Man. Morrow. Jun. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-06-072155-3. $24.95. F The sixth Victor Carl novel from former Philadelphia lawyer Lashner (Fatal Flaw) explores the process of redemption for lost souls. Carl is a hapless...

Latham, Aaron. Riding with John Wayne.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Latham, Aaron. Riding with John Wayne. S. & S. May 2006. c.304p. ISBN 0-74326979-9 [ISBN 978-0-7432-6979-7]. $26. F Shy screenwriter Chick Goodnight has sold his first script, though it needs daily rewrites once the film goes into...

McCandless, Sarah Grace. The Girl I Wanted To Be.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... McCandless, Sarah Grace. The Girl I Wanted To Be. S. & S. Jun. 2006. c.192p. ISBN 07432-8518-2 [ISBN 978-0-7432-8518-6]. pap. $12. F McCandless, returning to Lake Michigan's shores and the coming-of-age themes of her first novel, Grosse...

McFadyen, Cody. Shadow Man.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... McFadyen, Cody. Shadow Man. Bantam. Jun. 2006. c.373p. ISBN 0-553-80465-0. $24. F Don't abandon all hope, ye who enter. McFadyen's debut opens with Special Agent Smoky Barrett in a downward spiral after the murder of her husband and young...