Library Journal articles from November 1998

Library Journal archives from November 1998

LATE BULLETINS.(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Suit requiring California library to filter is tossed out A suit by a parent that would have required the Livermore Public Library, CA, to filter the Internet (see Late Bulletins, LJ 8/98, p. 11) was dismissed October 21 by Judge George...

NJ Judges Nixes LSSI, Jersey City Outsourcing Contract.(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Court says library board acted improperly in farming out library operation; LSSI is "shocked and dismayed" by ruling, contending it has "done nothing wrong" New Jersey State Superior Court Judge Arthur D'Italia voided the outsourcing...

Congress Passes Coats's "CDA II".(Child Online Protection Act)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Immediate challenge filed by coalition of civil liberties organizations The Child Online Protection Act, the more narrowly crafted "Son of CDA/CDA II" bill sponsored by Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) and Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH), was attached to...

Judge OK's Return of Videos to PL.
November 15, 1998... The Tin Drum deemed not pornographic; Brawner wins Hefner award U.S. District Judge Ralph Thompson has affirmed the First Amendment by ruling that the feature film The Tin Drum does not violate child pornography laws and therefore can be...

All Is Not Bliss in San Jose Venture.(joint San Jose St. Univ./San Jose city public library)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... San Jose State faculty, students criticize joint plan with San Jose PL San Jose State University faculty and students have organized to protest the university's plan to build a joint library with the city of San Jose, reported the...

Austin Filter Fight in New York Times.(Austin, TX, Public Library Internet filter)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Times and Wall Street Journal publish op-eds in favor of filtering for kids In a cover story in its October 15 Circuits section, the New York Times explored the battle over filtering the Internet at the Austin Public Library, TX. The...

Increase in Funding Seen in Ohio PLs.
November 15, 1998... Second to NY in per capita library funding, says U.S. Dept. of Education Changes in state funding to libraries in Ohio have resulted in better service, facilities throughout the state claim. According to recent reports by the U.S....

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES.(brief items)
November 15, 1998... Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin delivered the keynote address at an October 18 rededication of the renovated Homer Babbidge Library at the University of Connecticut. "We've focused on using the library to meet the...

PUBLIC LIBRARIES.(brief items)
November 15, 1998... The Monroe County Public Library, Key West, FL, with branches throughout the Keys, is still recovering from Hurricane Georges. The Marathon branch sustained internal water damage to collections because of a damaged roof. The Big Pine branch...

Judge Rules Against UnCover in Copyright Suit.(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Plaintiffs claim document delivery company sold articles without permission; company concurs In a move that could prove devastating, if not fatal, to document delivery providers, a judge has made a ruling that questions the distribution...

Electronic Library of California Debuts.
November 15, 1998... Governor Wilson signs law that will see all libraries sharing information California Governor Pete Wilson's passage of a bill has led to the creation of the "Library of California," an electronic resource that will allow every library...

New Journals Up Dawson's IQ.(Dawson Information Services Group )
November 15, 1998... Vendor strikes deals with trio of publishers for additional journal titles Dawson Information Services Group has cut deals with publishers Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, and Academic Press to increase the number of...

The Print Perplex: Building the Future Catalog. (includes related article).(libraries will have to deal with a mix of printed and digitized information for the foreseeable future)
November 15, 1998... WHILE SEATED AT MY DESK, I can look out over nearly two million volumes. Well, to be precise, I can see the grass that covers them. Beneath the grass is a four-story underground building that holds the main library collection of the...

Phil Bredesen.(Nashville, Tennessee mayor to overhaul library system)
November 15, 1998... A lifelong bibliophile, the Nashville mayor has burnished his image as a master builder by championing a $110 million overhaul of the city's library system Flush from A hard-fought victory in a referendum that delivered a National...

AV Rising: Demand, Budgets, and Circulation Are All Up.(audiovisual materials at libraries)
November 15, 1998... The internet may have been getting headlines recently, but in the past decade, audiovisual materials have been pulling in patrons and raising the community profile of many libraries. In the past five years, according to an LJ/Cahners Research...

Librarians Choose A Century of Good Books.(favorite all-time fiction titles)
November 15, 1998... When we asked you, dear LJ readers, to send us choices for a "century of good books," you weighed in by the hundreds with lists ranging from a single nomination to collections of 100. There were lists solely of women's titles, several that...

Library Computers: Tools or Toys?(technology in libraries)
November 15, 1998... ONCE NO VIP tour of any corporate or government headquarters could be considered complete without a visit to the computer center. Cool, immaculately clean, and impressive in IBM blue and gray, the center projected confidence. Those days are...

PREPUB ALERT.
November 15, 1998... COMING IN MARCH 1999... Binchy, Berger, Gash, and lots of debuts, especially by foreign authors. In nonfiction, you've seen it before: baseball memoirs, business pep talks, and a little book called Everything You Always Wanted To Know About...

PREPUB BEST SELLERS.(top 20 fiction and nonfiction)
November 15, 1998... WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 24, 1998 1 A Man in Full [F] Tom Wolfe. Farrar. Nov. ISBN 0-374-27032-5. $28.95. 2 When the Wind Blows [F] James Patterson. Little, Brown. Nov. ISBN 0-316-69332-4. $25. 3 The Simple Truth [F] David...

PREPUB AUDIOBOOK BEST SELLERS.(top 10: fiction; non-fiction)
November 15, 1998... FICTION 1 Mirror Image Danielle Steel. BDD Audio. Dec. ISBN 0-553-47932-6. $35.95. 2 Orchid Beach Stuart Woods. HarperAudio. Dec. ISBN 0-694-52058-6. $25. 3 Night Whispers Judith McNaught. S. & S. Audio. Dec. ISBN...

Dueling Dictionaries.(new American National Biography dictionary)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Do we need two major works of U. S. biography? As a one-time reference book contributor and editor, I've spent the last several hours happily perusing the monumental 24-volume American National Biography (ANB), one of the biographical...

The Forgiving Hour.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Hatcher, Robin Lee. The Forgiving Hour. WaterBrook. Feb. 1999. c.223p. ISBN 0-57856-150-7. $16.95. CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL In her first romance specifically targeting the inspirational market, veteran historical romance writer Hatcher...

A Holiday Prayer.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Kastner, Debra. A Holiday Prayer. Steeple Hill. Dec. 1998. ISBN 0-373-87046-9. pap. $4.50. CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL/HOLIDAY Resentful and uncomfortable with the fact that she is suddenly a wealthy widow (thanks to a multimillion-dollar...

Westward the Dream.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Pella, Judith & Tracie Peterson. Westward the Dream. Bethany. Jan. 1999. c.352p. ISBN 0-7642-2071-3. pap. $10.99. HISTORICAL INSPIRATIONAL First in the "Ribbons West" series, this continues Pella and Peterson's original series, "Ribbons...

The Best Christmas Ever.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Wolverton, Cheryl. The Best Christmas Ever. Steeple Hill. Dec. 1998. c.250p. ISBN 0-373-87047-7. pap. $4.50. CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL/HOLIDAY Six-year-old Mickie writes to Santa requesting a new mommy--and then Aunt Sarah (her late...

Play the Sonata.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... John, Sally. Play the Sonata. Crossway: Good News. Mar. 1999. c.224p. ISBN 1-58134-047-8. pap. $9.99. CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL. Despite her resolve not to date the fathers of her students, fifth grade teacher Kendall O'Reilly finds...

Best Friends.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Smith, Debra White. Best Friends. Chariot Victor. Jan. 1999. c.102p. ISBN 1-56476-741-8. pap. $9.99. CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL Determined to make Beth McAllister, his best friend since kindergarten, fall in love with him, high school...

Summit.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Rispin, Karen. Summit. Multnomah: Palisades. Feb. 1999. c.352p. ISBN 1-57673-402-1. pap. $6.99. CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL A world-class Scottish mountain climber in search of his tree calling and a risk-taking rock climbing guide...

A Regency Christmas.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... A Regency Christmas. Signet: NAL. Nov. 1998. c.351p. ISBN 0-451-19736-6. pap. $5.99. HOLIDAY Containing novellas by some of the Regency subgenre's best writers, this latest Christmas anthology from Signet provides readers with a quintet...

Forbidden Magic.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Beverley, Jo. Forbidden Magic. Topaz: Penguin. Nov. 1998. c.352p. ISBN 0-451-40801-2. pap. $6.50. HOLIDAY Forced by a forgotten promise to his autocratic grandmother to marry by his 25th birthday, the earl of Saxonhurst consults his...

Silent Night.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Silent Night. Jove. Nov. 1998. c.352p. ISBN 0-515-12385-4. pap. $6.99. HOLIDAY Warm, family-centered, and nostalgic, or hard-edged, realistic, and chilling, the four novellas in this unusual collection of mostly contemporary Christmas...

Winter Nights.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Winter Nights. Kensington. Dec. 1998. c.304p. ISBN 1-57566-369-4. $22. HOLIDAY Continuing the tradition of a winter holiday trilogy focusing on Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's, three of the Arabesque line's favorite writers join...

The Last Waltz.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Balogh, Mary. The Last Waltz. Signet: NAL. Nov. 1998. c.223p. ISBN 0-451-19147-1. pap. $4.99. HOLIDAY Similar to several of Balogh's earlier Christmas Regencies (A Christmas Bride, LJ 11/15/97) and equally rewarding, this exquisitely...

Some Enchanted Season.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Pappano, Marilyn. Some Enchanted Season. Bantam. Dec. 1998. c.416p. ISBN 0-553-57982-7. pap. $5.99. HOLIDAY With her 16-year-old marriage on the rocks, Maggie heads out into a Christmas Eve snowstorm and ends up in a near-fatal accident...

Home for Christmas.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Potter, Patricia. Home for Christmas. Silhouette. Dec. 1998. c.251p. ISBN 0-373-07897-8. pap. $4.25. HOLIDAY When convicted killer cop Ryan Murphy risks his life to rescue attorney Julie Farrell and her young son from a fiery car crash,...

The Gallant Guardian.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Richardson, Evelyn. The Gallant Guardian. Signet: NAL. 1998. 224p. ISBN Unknown, pap. $4.99. REGENCY Taken aback at being named guardian to the two children of a late acquaintance, the rakish Marquess of Lydon shoulders his...

Cherish.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Anderson, Catherine. Cherish. Avon. Nov. 1998. c.400p. ISBN 0-380-79936-7. pap. $6.50. HISTORICAL When Race Spencer turned to ranching, he swore his gunslinging days were over, but an extremely brutal attack on a religious group's wagon...

White Wolf.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Edwards, Susan. White Wolf. Leisure. Jan. 1999. c.368p. ISBN 0-8439-4471-4. pap. $5.50. HISTORICAl. Furious that her three brothers are even thinking of heading for Oregon without her--and all because White Wolf won't allow single women...

The Nonfiction Side.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Victoria M, Johnson's new book, All I Need To Know in Life I Learned from Romance Novels (General. Pub. Nov. 1998. 160p. ISBN 1-57544-101-2. $12.95.), takes a light but pragmatic look at the various lessons taught by romance novels and the...

Who's Who in Opera: A Guide to Opera Characters.(Review)
November 15, 1998... * Bourne, Joyce. Who's Who in Opera: A Guide to Opera Characters. Oxford Univ. Dec. 1998. c.512p, photogs. LC 98-7977. ISBN 0-19-2100238. $35. REF A unique and very useful reference tool by an associate editor of The Oxford Dictionary of...

Congressional Yellow Book: Who's Who in Congress, Including Committees and Key Staff.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Congressional Yellow Book: Who's Who in Congress, Including Committees and Key Staff. Vol. 24, No. 2. Leadership Directories. 1998. 1329p. photogs, index. ISSN 0191-1422. pap. $275. REF The Summer 1998 issue of this time-tested...

The House of Scribner, 1931-1984.(Review)
November 15, 1998... Documentary Series. Vol. 17: The House of Scribner, 1931-1984 Bruccoli Clark Layman: Gale. (Dictionary of Literary Biography[R]). 1998. 497p. ed. by John Delaney. illus. index. LC 95-081422. ISBN I)-7876-1932-9. $140. REF This third...

The Encyclopedia of Country Music.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... * The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Oxford Univ. Nov. 1998. c.592p. permanent paper. ed. by Paul Kingsbury. photogs. LC 97-51362. ISBN 0-19-511671-2. $49.95. REF A surprisingly frank product of the Nashville country music establishment...

Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy. Greenwood. Nov. 1998. c.473p. permanent paper. ed. by Frank J. Coppa. index. LC 98-15328. ISBN 0-313-28917-4. $100. REF Along with nearly 50 contributors, Coppa (St. John's Univ.) has provided a...

Susan B. Anthony: A Biographical Companion.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Harper, Judith E. Susan B. Anthony: A Biographical Companion. ABC-CLIO. 1998. c.335p, permanent paper. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-87436-948-7. $45. REF Based on the papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, this third...

More Words, More Arrows: A Further Collection of Yiddish Folk Sayings.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Kumove, Shirley. More Words, More Arrows: A Further Collection of Yiddish Folk Sayings. Wayne State Univ. Dec. 1998. c.313p. bibliog. ISBN 0-8143-2740-0. $34.95. REF This nice selection of Yiddish proverbs and aphorisms is categorized by...

Internet Resources and Services for International Business: A Global Guide.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Liu, Lewis-Guodo. Internet Resources and Services for International Business: A Global Guide. Oryx. 1998. c.248p, index. ISBN 1-57356-119-3. $44.95. REF Containing over 2500 annotated listings covering the business-related web sites of...

Historical Dictionary of the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Newell, Clayton R. Historical Dictionary of the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991. Scarecrow. (Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest). Nov. 1998. c.448p, permanent paper, maps. bibliog. LC 98-18944. ISBN 0-8108-3511-8. $65....

The Oxford American Desk Dictionary.(Review)
November 15, 1998... The Oxford American Desk Dictionary. Oxford Univ. 1998. 798p. permanent paper. ed. by Frank Abate. illus. LC 98-17237. ISBN 0-19-512673-4. The dictionary, which is also being issued in paperback as the Oxford Essential Dictionary...

The Oxford American Desk Thesaurus.(Review)
November 15, 1998... The Oxford American Desk Thesaurus. 515p. ed. by Christine A. Lindberg. LC 98-19840. ISBN 0-19-512674-2. ea. vol: Oxford Univ. 1998. permanent paper. $12.95. REF The dictionary, which is also being issued in paperback as the Oxford...

The Reformed Family World-Wide: Survey of Reformed Churches, Theological Schools and International Organizations.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... The Reformed Family World-Wide: Survey of Reformed Churches, Theological Schools and International Organizations. Eerdmans. Nov. 1998. c.688p, ed. by Jean-Jacques Bauswein & Lukas Vischer. maps. ISBN 0-8028-4496-0. pap. $35. REF The John...

The Great War: A Guide to the Service Records of All the World's Fighting Men and Volunteers.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Schaefer, Christina K. The Great War: A Guide to the Service Records of All the World's Fighting Men and Volunteers. Genealogical. 1998. 189p. photogs. maps. bibliog, index. LC 97-78042. ISBN 0-8063-1554-7. $22.50. REF Realizing that...

Art: A World History.(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Art: A World History. DK. 1998. 720p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7894-2382-0. $59.95. FINE ARTS Translated from Arte storia universale, which was published in Italy in 1997, this is an attempt to reformat the narrative approach found...

Caravaggio's Secrets.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Bersani, Leo & Ulysse Dutoit. Caravaggio's Secrets. MIT. 1998. c.121p. illus. index. ISBN 0-262-02449-7. $25. The fascination of the turbulent life of brilliant Baroque painter Michelangelo Caravaggio (1573-1610) cannot be denied, and...

Exile at Home.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Brenner, Frederic (photogs.) & Yehuda Amichai (text). Exile at Home. Abrams. 1998. 77p. photogs. index. ISBN 0-8109-3269-5. $49.50. "We are still a people in exile, wandering in the desert," said David Ben Gurion, quoted at the beginning...

All Around the House: Photographs of American-Jewish Communal Life.(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Wolke, Jay. All Around the House: Photographs of American-Jewish Communal Life. Art Inst. of Chicago, dist. by Hudson Hills. 1998. 94p. photogs. LC 98-070861. ISBN 0-86559-165-2. pap. $22.95. PHOTOG "We are still a people in exile,...

Tete a Tete.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Tete a Tete. Little, Brown. 1998. c. 144p. illus. ISBN 0-8212-2562-6. $65. PHOTOG Cartier-Bresson is well known as a master of portrait photography, a visual detective unraveling the mystery of people by revealing...

Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Geismar, Tom & Harvey Kahn (text) & Dave Hoffman (photogs.). Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture. Abrams. Nov. 1998. 160p. photogs. ISBN 0-8109-6365-5. $125. FINE ARTS Essentially a picture book, this...

Madeline Vionnet.(Review)
November 15, 1998... Kirke, Betty. Madeline Vionnet. Chronicle. Nov. 1998. c.244p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8118-1997-3. $85. DEC ARTS This oversized book is costume historian Kirke's singular achievement, over 20 years in the making, and includes...

An Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of Chaim Soutine.(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Kleeblat, Norman L. & Kenneth E. Silver. An Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of Chaim Soutine. Prestel Art, dist. by te Neues Pub. Co. 1998. c.208p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 3-7913-1932-9. $65. FINE ARTS Long neglected in America, the...

Cages.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... * McKean, Dave. Cages. Kitchen Sink. 1998. c.500p. ISBN 0-87816-600-9. $44.95. GRAPHIC ARTS McKean is possibly the most widely known of the current artists creating comics for adults; he painted the covers of all 75 Sandman issues and...

Resistance to Memory: Portraits from the Seventies.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Malanga, Gerard (photogs.) & Ben Maddow (text). Resistance to Memory: Portraits from the Seventies. c. 113p. ISBN 0-9657280-6-4. Malanga, one of Andy Warhol's collaborators, has produced a book of interest largely to those who followed...

Once Removed: Portraits.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Priola, J. John. (photogs.) & Andy Grundberg (text). Once Removed: Portraits. 127p. ISBN 0-9657280-3-X. ea. vol: Arena Edns., dist. by D.A.P. 1998. photogs. $65. PHOTOG Malanga, one of Andy Warhol's collaborators, has produced a book of...

An Ice Axe, a Camera, and a Jar of Peanut Butter: A Photographer's Autobiography.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Spring, Ira. An Ice Axe, a Camera, and a Jar of Peanut Butter: A Photographer's Autobiography. Mountaineers. 1998. c.240p. photogs. ISBN 0-89886-520-4. $24.95. PHOTOG Spring is a man who has spent nearly seven decades doing exactly what...

Monet in the 20th Century.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... * Tucker, Paul Hayes. Monet in the 20th Century. Yale Univ. 1998. c.300p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 98-86163. ISBN 0-300-07749-1. $50. FINE ARTS This catalog for a show at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, which is traveling to the Royal...

Great Clothing from Sweatshirts, T-shirts & Denim.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Beck, Susan P. Great Clothing from Sweatshirts, T-shirts & Denim. Sterling. 1998. c.128p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8069-0792-4. $27.95. FIBER CRAFTS Beck takes the "Scarlett O'Hara" approach to creating one-of-a-kind garments that start out...

Weaving Without a Loom.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Burningham, Veronica. Weaving Without a Loom. Search, dist. by Arthur Schwartz. 1998. c.67p. illus. index. ISBN 0-85532-818-5. pap. $16.95. FIBER CRAFTS This small book would be an excellent resource for teaching beginning weaving, using...

Kath Dalmeny's World of Knitted Toys.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Dalmeny, Kath. Kath Dalmeny's World of Knitted Toys. David & Charles, dist. by Sterling. 1998. c. 128p. illus. index. ISBN 0-7153-0680-4. $24.95. FIBER CRAFTS We're not talking just cute knitted teddy bears here. Dalmeny's menagerie...

Basic Quiltmaking Techniques for Hand Applique.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Dietrich, Mimi. Basic Quiltmaking Techniques for Hand Applique. Martingale. 1998. c.80p. illus. bibliog. LC 98-4669. ISBN 1-56477-220-9. pap. $14.95. FIBER CRAFTS This modest, step-by-step guide to hand applique is designed as a...

Free Stuff for Quilters on the Internet.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Heim, Judy & Gloria Hansen. Free Stuff for Quilters on the Internet. C&T Pub. 1998. c.175p. illus. index. LC 98-24728. ISBN 1-57120-054-1. pap. $16.95. FIBER CRAFTS This reviewer has mixed feelings about Internet subject guides. Not only...

Michael James: Art & Inspirations.(Review)
November 15, 1998... James, Michael. Michael James: Art & Inspirations. LC 97-44777. ISBN 1-57120-040-1. pap. $29.95. ea. vol: C&T Pub. 1998. c.144p. illus. index. FIBER CRAFTS "Art & Inspirations" is a series of richly illustrated books showcasing the word...

Yvonne Porcella: Art & Inspirations.(Review)
November 15, 1998... Porcella, Yvonne. Yvonne Porcella: Art & Inspirations. bibliog. LC 98-4700. ISBN 1-57120-056-8. $35.95; pap. ISBN 1-57120-050-9. $29.95. ea. vol: C&T Pub. 1998. c.144p. illus. index. FIBER CRAFTS "Art & Inspirations" is a series of richly...

Knitting Techniques.(Review)(Brief Review)
November 15, 1998... Knitting Techniques. (Vol. 1). index. ISBN 1-85585-631-X. ea. vol:. Trafalgar Square. (Harmony Guides). 1998. C.96p. illus. $15.95. FIBER CRAFTS Originally published as "The Harmony Guide to Knitting Stiches" (Volumes 1-4) and the...

220 Aran Stitches and Patterns.(Review)(Brief Review)
November 15, 1998... 220 Aran Stitches and Patterns. (Vol. 5). ISBN 1-85585-633-6. ea. vol:. Trafalgar Square. (Harmony Guides). 1998. C.96p. illus. $15.95. FIBER CRAFTS Originally published as "The Harmony Guide to Knitting Stiches" (Volumes 1-4) and the...

250 Creative Knitting Stitches.(Review)(Brief Review)
November 15, 1998... 250 Creative Knitting Stitches. (Vol. 4). ISBN 1-85585-632-8. ea. vol:. Trafalgar Square. (Harmony Guides). 1998. C.96p. illus. $15.95. FIBER CRAFTS Originally published as "The Harmony Guide to Knitting Stiches" (Volumes 1-4) and the...

440 More Knitting Stitches.(Review)(Brief Review)
November 15, 1998... 440 More Knitting Stitches. (Vol. 3). ISBN 1-85585-630-1. ea. vol:. Trafalgar Square. (Harmony Guides). 1998. C.96p. illus. $15.95. FIBER CRAFTS Originally published as "The Harmony Guide to Knitting Stiches" (Volumes 1-4) and the...

450 Knitting Stitches.(Review)(Brief Review)
November 15, 1998... 450 Knitting Stitches. (Vol. 2). ISBN 1-85585-629-8. ea. vol:. Trafalgar Square. (Harmony Guides). 1998. C.96p. illus. $15.95. FIBER CRAFTS Originally published as "The Harmony Guide to Knitting Stiches" (Volumes 1-4) and the "Harmony...

Mostly Mittens: Traditional Knitting Patterns from Russia's Komi People.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Schurch, Charlene. Mostly Mittens: Traditional Knitting Patterns from Russia's Komi People. Lark, dist. by Random. 1998. c.112p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 98-4632. ISBN 1-57990-059-3. $21.95. FIBER CRAFT The Komi Republic is situated...

Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches. rev.ed. Trafalgar Square. 1998. c.208p. illus. index. ISBN 1-57076-118-3. pap. $19.95. FIBER CRAFTS Originally published in hardcover by Hodder & Stoughton in 1989, this is a...

Quick Little Quilts: The Complete Guide to Making Miniature and Lap Quilts.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Wickell, Janet & Donna Stidman. Quick Little Quilts: The Complete Guide to Making Miniature and Lap Quilts. Quilt Digest. 1998. c. 182p. illus. LC 97-46551. ISBN 0-8069-0792-4. $27.95; pap. ISBN 0-8442-2659-9. $21.95. FIBER CRAFTS ...

Lace from the Attic: A Victorian Notebook of Knitted Lace Patterns.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Wiseman, Nancie. Lace from the Attic: A Victorian Notebook of Knitted Lace Patterns. Interweave. 1998. c.96p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 98-4351. ISBN 1-883010-40-3. pap. $17.95. FIBER CRAFTS As fewer and fewer Americans have the...

The Big Sky Reader.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... The Big Sky Reader. Thomas Dunne Bk: St. Martin's. Dec. 1998. c.272p. ed. by Jeff Wetmore & Allen Jones. ISBN 0-312-19362-9. $24.95. LIT Wetmore, founder of Big Sky Journal, and Jones, its editor, have thoughtfully and affectionately...

The Gay Canon: Great Books Every Gay Man Should Read.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Drake, Robert. The Gay Canon: Great Books Every Gay Man Should Read. Anchor: Doubleday. Nov. 1998. c.512p. ISBN 0-385-49228-6. pap. $12.95. LIT The word canon is used by academics as a way of cordoning off the corpus of literature that...

Crazy John and the Bishop and Other Essays on Irish Culture.(Review)(Brief Article)
November 15, 1998... Eagleton, Terry. Crazy John and the Bishop and Other Essays on Irish Culture. Univ. of Notre Dame, dist. by Univ. of Chicago. (Critical Conditions, No. 5). Jan. 1999.. 345p. index. LC 98-16340. ISBN 0-268-00832-9. pap. $14.95. LIT Field...