Library Journal articles from November 2006

Library Journal archives from November 2006

Online-only reviews: rather than "ghettoizing" reviews, the web offers more of them.(Xpress Reviews)(Editorial)
November 15, 2006... "IT'S POSITIVELY ARCHAIC," ONE LIBRARIAN WHO reviews for Library Journal said, referring to her colleagues who still pass around the print magazine when they could be getting reviews more quickly on the LJ web site, as she does. "It may take...

Information trust: are we creating the democracy of the mob?(blatant berry)(Editorial)
November 15, 2006... I AM TRYING. I REALLY WANT TO JOIN THE LIBRARY 2.0 crowd, even next week when it turns into 3.0 and then beyond that. I've spent very illuminating time with the young bloggers and techies from Library Camp at the Darien Library, CT, and the...

Death comes to LC.(front desk)(Library of Congress)(The Collectors)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... David Baldacci's latest novel, The Collectors (Warner), features the Camel Club, one of whose members works at the Library of Congress (LC)--all the better to investigate a mysterious death there. The book was launched last month at the LC's...

Heard.(front desk)(appreciating public libraries)(Quotation)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... "I can't do what I do without public libraries. I benefit not just from the great collections, but knowing, working with, and getting all kinds of help from librarians... I want to stress something, and I don't think it can be said enough,...

Librarians under 45 leave field faster.(front desk)(Quotation)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... If it persists, it has chilling implications for the profession and for the long-term health of ALA. --Jim Rettig, University Librarian, University of Richmond, VA, and American Library J Association exec board member, on his blog...

Non-MLS salary survey issued: figures set stage for detailed analysis--and action.(lj news)(Survey)(Statistical data)
November 15, 2006... Some non-MLS library workers in the United States, notably shelvers/pages, earn less than $11,000 a year. A few, in jobs like office manager and human resource manager, earn more than six figures. Development managers (a.k.a. fundraisers) in...

Korans at campus on reserve.(lj news)(following hate crimes at Pace University)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Pace University serves a diverse community in Lower Manhattan in New York, but it's been the site of some ugly hate crimes--including two incidents in which Korans were found in toilets on campus. The first, on September 21, involved a...

Scan plans win new members.(lj news)(University of Wisconsin to join Google's library scan plan )(Cornell University Libraries agrees to a long-term partnership with Microsoft )
November 15, 2006... Wisconsin joins Google, Cornell signs up with Microsoft service The University of Wisconsin (UW)Madison will join Google's library scan plan but on a limited scale, offering initially only a selection of historical books from its 7.2...

After clash, NJ PL director leaves.(lj news)(Michelle Reutty resigns from Hasbrouck Heights Public Library and becomes director of Free Public Libary of Oakland, NJ)
November 15, 2006... Rather than accept suspension threat, veteran gets new job Michelle Reutty, the director of the Hasbrouck Heights Public Library (HHPL), NJ--who refused to turn over library circulation records to local police without a subpoena last...

Louisville card does triple duty.(lj news)(Louisville Free Public Library to provide students in the Jefferson County Public Schools with Student Power Plus Card)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Courtesy of the Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL), every one of the 97,000 students in the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPL), KY, is getting a Student Power Plus Card, a specially manufactured card that makes a library card a...

Security issues? Call Mr. Graham.(lj news)(Warren Graham Training and Consulting provides librarians with security training)
November 15, 2006... There was a time when talking too loud or returning a book late were the worst library offenses. Times have changed, with recent shootings, stabbings, kidnappings, rapes, and even a car purposely driven through a library wall with lethal...

PLA revising service responses; drafts due in December, set for big discussion at Midwinter Meeting.(lj news)(Public Library Association )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... What exactly are public libraries about? Community information? Reading for pleasure? Internet access? Librarians have been grappling with the answers for months on the Public Library Association (PLA) blog (www.plablog.org and...

Mayme Clayton dies at 83; trove from black history collector may become part of cultural center.(lj news)(collection may be put in Mayme A. Clayton Library, Museum & Cultural Center)(Obituary)
November 15, 2006... Mayme Clayton, a self-directed collector who earned her MLS in midcareer as she compiled one of the country's most substantial collection of black Americana, died October 13 at 83. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Clayton put her trove,...

Graphic novels called porn: MO PL removes books while it develops collection plan.(lj news)(Marshall Public Library)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... MO PL removes books while it develops collection plan Marshall, MO, has a population of about 12,400, and one of the hot local issues is whether edgy graphic novels belong in the library. Turnout was so high for a library board meeting...

Emory gets Rushdie papers; teaching appointment helps Atlanta school snag Indo-British writer.(lj news)(Salman Rushdie to join faculty of Emory University, Atlanta, as Distinguished Writer in Residence)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Booker Prize--winning author Salman Rushdie will join the faculty of Emory University, Atlanta, as Distinguished Writer in Residence and also place his archive in Emory's Woodruff Library. Rushdie will serve a five-year appointment in the...

GSA closes library in DC; underuse blamed, and no staffers complain, officials say.(lj news)(General Services Administration downsizes library service)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... In another case of a federal agency downsizing library service, the General Services Administration (GSA) closed its inhouse library in Washington, DC, on October 1, but in this case, GSA officials say there have been no complaints. "With...

WebJunction gets $2m from Gates.(lj news)(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... WebJunction (www.webjunction.org), which has gained significant support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to assist libraries with public access computing since it launched in 2003, has gotten a $2 million grant from the foundation to...

UK may regulate licensed content.(lj news)(report, "Copyright and Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A British Academy Review" examines application of copyright law)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... The British Academy, a national body for the advancement of humanities and social sciences, has released Copyright and Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A British Academy Review, a report suggesting that the application of...

Calendar.(lj news)(library association conferences)(Brief article)(Calendar)
November 15, 2006... FEBRUARY 2007 22-25--Alaska Library Assn., Juneau www.akla.org MARCH 2007 6-8--Louisiana Library Assn., Baton Rouge www.llaonline.org 14-16--New Mexico Library Assn./Mountain Plains Library Assn., Albuquerque www.nmla.org...

District of Columbia Public Library.(people)(Bridget Bradley appointed Executive Management Officer)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Bridget Bradley, Senior Vice President of the Urban Libraries Council (ULC), Evanston, IL, will join the District of Columbia Public Library as Executive Management Officer, effective November 27. She has worked at ULC for 13 years and,...

Donnell World Languages Collection.(people)(Hung-Yun Chang appointed Principal Librarian )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Hung-Yun Chang has been appointed Principal Librarian in charge of New York Public Library's Donnell World Languages Collection, which rotates through many of the 86 branches. Chang previously was a Supervising Librarian and Assistant Head of...

Mid-Manhattan Library, New York Public Library.(people)(Lucia Chen appointed Chief Librarian )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Lucia Chen has been appointed Chief Librarian of the Mid-Manhattan Library, New York Public Library. She formerly was Associate Chief Librarian of that facility, the system's largest circulating branch. She replaces Robert Foy, who recently...

L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library.(people)(Michael Golrick appointed Director )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Michael Golrick will become Director of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI, as of December 4. He currently is Director of the Bridgeport Public Library, CT.

Vicki Gregory.(people)(will return to full-time teaching and research activities at University of South Florida, School of Library & Information Science)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Vicki Gregory, Director of the University of South Florida, School of Library & Information Science, Tampa, since 1999, will return to full-time teaching and research activities by August 2007. During her term, the MLS program has roughly...

New Jersey State Library.(people)(Bonnie Kunzel announces retirement )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Bonnie Kunzel, Youth Services Consultant for the New Jersey State Library, Trenton, has announced her retirement. She has been with the state library since 2002. Before that she was a Teen Specialist at Princeton Public Library, NJ.

Austin Public Library.(people)(Toni Lambert appointed Assistant Director )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Toni Lambert is the new Assistant Director at Austin Public Library, TX. Lambert has 30 years of professional library experience, including 17 years at the Houston Public Library, where she most recently was the Deputy Director of Library...

Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama.(people)(Liz Lorbeer appointed Associate Director for Content Management )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Liz Lorbeer is the new Associate Director for Content Management at the Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Previously, she held the position of Assistant Director at Rush University, Chicago.

Hickory Public Library.(people)(Mary Sizemore appointed Director)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Mary Sizemore is the new Director of the Hickory Public Library, NC. She replaces Corki Jones, who retired in June. Sizemore formerly was Director of the Appalachian Regional Library, North Wilkesboro, NC.

Sidney Verba.(people)(to retire as Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard University Library)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Sidney Verba, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard University Library, will retire from both positions at the end of this academic year, after more than 22 years.

SAGE preparing for E-Reference launch; indie reference publisher relies on librarians to design new products.(infotech)(Company overview)
November 15, 2006... Gliding into its 41st year, SAGE Publications may have its most exciting times ahead. The shift from print to electronic has forced many publishers to do a tightrope walk while balancing print on one side and electronic databases on the...

BBS/ebrary launch platform.(infotech)(Blackwell Book Services introduces ECHO, an eContent hosting platform for libraries with ebrary)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Blackwell Book Services (BBS) and ebrary are jointly marketing a new eContent hosting platform for libraries. Dubbed ECHO, the platform helps libraries "preview from a growing selection of full-text ebooks, select from either multiple- or...

ProQuest sells biz solutions unit.(infotech)(Business Solutions automotive division sold to Snap-on Incorporated )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Following a competitive bidding process, ProQuest Company has sold its Business Solutions automotive division to Snap-on Incorporated for a reported $481 million, as Skip Prichard, president of the Information and Learning operation,...

Ovid adds LWW archive.(infotech)(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) Journal Legacy Archive will be extra on Journals@Ovid)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Ovid is adding the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) Journal Legacy Archive as an exclusive extra on Journals@Ovid. The LWW archive contains a whopping three million pages of information from 800,000 articles, reviews, notes, letters, and...

Vatican Libraries to employ EOSWeb.(infotech)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... EOS has netted quite a prestigious client: the Vatican Libraries. Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (CEI) has selected EOSWeb Enterprise for a new network of ecclesiastical libraries participating in a joint project called CEI-Bib, whose goal,...

A VITAL sign for Columbia.(infotech)(Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network has contracted with VTLS )(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) has contracted with VTLS for the installation of VITAL repository services. CIESIN, a center within Columbia's Earth Institute, "works at the...

African American achievement.(The African American Experience )(Product/service evaluation)
November 15, 2006... ON THE SEARCH ENGINE HORIZON I'm hearing about a new company called Powerset (www.powerset.com) that is using natural-language techniques to build "a large-scale search engine that breaks the confines of keyword search." Will it be another...

Linking, not thinking.(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)(linking services)(Column)
November 15, 2006... THOUGH OPENURL RESOLVERS are a major step forward in guiding users to the right copy of the item they seek, they are not the complete solution. Instead of putting yet another window up in front of the hapless user that is often chock-full of...

Better together: the joint conference: a successful first conference of librarians of color builds solidarity.(LJ REPORT: JCLC 2006)(Joint Conference of Librarians of Color )(Cover story)(Conference notes)
November 15, 2006... A spark of an idea eight years ago made history in Dallas, October 12-15, when the first Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) drew over 1100 librarians and exhibitors, exceeding the planners' expectations--and the print run of the...

The heart of Texas: with the University of Texas Libraries, wherever you go, there they are.(digital resources at forefront after book collection removed from undergraduate library)
November 15, 2006... In 2005, the University of Texas (UT)at Austin made some surprising national headlines when it removed the book collection from its undergraduate library. A year later, over lunch with LJ on a balmy Texas afternoon, UT's library leaders still...

E-learning's next wave: collaborating on course development will help librarians make online learning all it can be.
November 15, 2006... In Iowa and Maryland, the state libraries are making e-learning work. Both have embraced blended learning strategies, with minimum in-person time and maximum e-learning coursework, to advance training statewide. These initiatives illustrate...

Keep your student workers.(BACKTALK)(recruiting high-quality library student workers)
November 15, 2006... ACCORDING TO THE CHRONICLE of Higher Education, almost half of all freshmen surveyed (47.2 percent) plan to work to help pay for school. Additionally, 8.8 percent of freshmen anticipate borrowing over $10,000 for school expenses, the highest...

They're RFIDs, not "arphids".(NEXTGEN)(RFID technology is not an easy fit for libraries)
November 15, 2006... RECENTLY, I SAT THROUGH A conference call with an RFID applications company. Like many libraries today, we were feeling them out. And like any vendor, it was trying to sell us on its services for our libraries. I have to admit, it's a...

Prepub alert.(prepublishing)(includes mini-reviews)(Bibliography)
November 15, 2006... FICTION Berlinski, Mischa. Fieldwork. Farrar. Mar. 2007. 336p. ISBN 0-374-29916-1 [ISBN 978-0-374-29916-3]. $24. A guy named Mischa Berlinski hangs out in Thailand, where his girlfriend is working, until the suicide of an American...

Graphic novels.(Haibane Renmei Anime Manga, vol. 1)(Sam and Twitch: The Brian Michael Bendis Collection, vol. 1)(Playback)(The Japanese Drawing Room)(A Little Snow Fairy Sugar, vol. 1)(The Left Bank Gang)(Invincible Ultimate Collection, vol. 2)(Harlequin Pink: Never Kiss a Stranger, vol. 4)(Harlequin Pink: Jinxed, vol. 2)(Harlequin Pink: A Prince Needs a Princess, vol. 3)(Lost Girls Collected)(Adventures in Oz)(Star Trek: The Manga)(Absolute Kingdom Come)(Essential Marvel Team-Up, vol. 2)(Antique Bakery, vol. 4)(Young adult review)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... "To be, or not to be?"--a comic, that is. Whether Hamlet or Harlequin romances, literary adaptations pose unique challenges. In the original, words carry the tale, while in a comic, pictures shoulder most of it. Pictures under lengthy...

Aciman, Andre. Call Me by Your Name.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Aciman, Andre. Call Me by Your Name. Farrar. Feb. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 0-37429921-8 [ISBN 978-0-374-29921-7]. $23. F As this novel opens, 17-year-old Elio is embarking on another relaxed summer of fun and sunshine with his family at their...

Avery, Ellis. The Teahouse Fire.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Avery, Ellis. The Teahouse Fire. Riverhead: Putnam. Jan. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 1-59448930-0 [ISBN 978-1-59448-930-3]. $24.95. F Avery's compelling debut novel presents women who dare to challenge expectations in the changing cultural landscape...

Burnett, Allison. The House Beautiful: A Novel of High Ideals, Low Morals, and Lower Rent.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Burnett, Allison. The House Beautiful: A Novel of High Ideals, Low Morals, and Lower Rent. Carroll & Graf. Nov. 2006. c.256p. ISBN 0-78671-759-9 [ISBN 978-078671-759-0]. pap. $14.95. F In this standalone sequel to Burnett's Christopher,...

Cercas, Javier. The Speed of Light.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Cercas, Javier. The Speed of Light. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Apr. 2007. c.288p, tr. from Spanish by Anne McLean. ISBN 1-59691-214-6 [ISBN 978-1-59691214-4]. pap. $13.95. F In the late 1980s, the narrator of this latest work by...

Cussler, Clive & Dirk Cussler. Treasure of Khan.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Cussler, Clive & Dirk Cussler. Treasure of Khan. Putnam. Dec. 2006. c.560p. ISBN 0399-15369-1 [ISBN 978-0-399-15369-3]. $27.95. F Dirk Pitt Sr. and his partner, Al Giordino, take center stage in this latest National Underwater and Marine...

Davies, Peter Ho. The Welsh Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Davies, Peter Ho. The Welsh Girl. Houghton. Feb. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 0-618-00700-8 [ISBN 978-0-618-00700-4]. $24. F This debut novel by an award-winning short story writer is set during World War II in northern Wales, where German POWs...

Doyle, Roddy. Paula Spencer.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Doyle, Roddy. Paula Spencer. Viking. Jan. 2007. c.281p. ISBN 0-670-03816-4 [ISBN 978-0-670-03816-9]. $24.95. F Loyal readers will recognize Paula Spencer as the battered but spunky survivor from Doyle's admirable 1996 novel, The Woman...

Estrin, Marc. Golem Song.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Estrin, Marc. Golem Song. Unbridled. Nov. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 1-932961-23-2 [ISBN 978-1-932961-23-2]. pap. $15.95. F The protagonist of this zany New York Jewish comic novel is emergency nurse Alan Krieger, a sick, delusional, angry...

Franklin, Ariana. Mistress of the Art of Death.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Franklin, Ariana. Mistress of the Art of Death. Putnam. Feb. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 0399-15414-0 [ISBN 978-0-399-15414-0]. $25.95. F It is 1171 in Cambridge, England, and Henry II is beside himself. Four children have been found murdered and...

Goldstein, Yael. Overture.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Goldstein, Yael. Overture. Doubleday. Jan. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 0-385-51781-5 [ISBN 978-0-385-51781-2].$24.95. F Grappling with the limitations of human perfection, a violinist uses her musical genius and the alluring power of her body to...

LJ blog: In the Bookroom: www.libraryjournal.com/bookroom.(ON THE WEB)(Brief article)
November 15, 2006... Are the National Book Award nominees really the best books of the year? If not, does it matter? And what about the year's worst reads; don't they matter, too? For provocative conversation on these topics and more, check out In the Bookroom,...

Griffin, W.E.B. The Hunters: a Presidential Agent Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Griffin, W.E.B. The Hunters: A Presidential Agent Novel. Putnam. Jan. 2007. c.528p. ISBN 0-399-15379-9 [ISBN 978-0-39915379-2]. $26.95. F This third entry in Griffin's exciting and timely "Presidential Agent" series begins literally...

Halaby, Laila. Once in a Promised Land.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Halaby, Laila. Once in a Promised Land. Beacon, dist. by Houghton. Jan. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 0-8070-8390-9 [ISBN 978-0-80708390-1]. $24.95. F A PEN Beyond Margins winner for her first novel, West of the Jordan, Halaby sets her new work...

Hall, Albyn Leah. The Rhythm of the Road.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Hall, Albyn Leah. The Rhythm of the Road. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Jan. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-35944-6 [ISBN 978-0312-35944-7]. $24.95. F Packed with road trips, truck drivers, country music, and junk food, Hall's second...

Harding, Georgina. The Solitude of Thomas Cave.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Harding, Georgina. The Solitude of Thomas Cave. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Feb. 2007. c.240p. ISBN 1-59691-272-3 [ISBN 978-1-59691-272-4]. $23.95. F In this first novel from British writer Harding (Tranquebar: A Season in South...

Harrison, Jim. Returning to Earth.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Harrison, Jim. Returning to Earth. Grove. Jan. 2007. c.272p. ISBN 0-8021-1838-0 [ISBN 978-0-8021-1838-7]. $24. F Time, memory, and the land all play key roles in Harrison's remarkable new novel, set, like much of his work (e.g., True...

Hood, Ann. The Knitting Circle.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Hood, Ann. The Knitting Circle. Norton. Jan. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 0-393-05901-4 [ISBN 978-0-393-05901-4]. $24.95. F Following her first story collection, An Ornithologist's Guide to Life, Hood's latest novel is definitely gloomy, but the...

Hopkinson, Nalo. The New Moon's Arms.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Hopkinson, Nalo. The New Moon's Arms. Warner. Feb. 2007. c.400p. ISBN 0-446-57691-3 [ISBN 978-0-446-57691-8]. $23.99. F In the lush islands of the Caribbean, Calamity Lambkin has reached midlife. Her father has just passed on, her...

Howard, Ravi. Like Trees, Walking.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Howard, Ravi. Like Trees, Walking. Amistad: HarperCollins. Mar. 2007. c.320p. bibliog. ISBN 0-06-052959-8 [ISBN 978-0-06052959-8]. $24.95. F Howard's carefully researched first novel is a fictionalized account of the lynching of an...

Jackson, Lucy. Posh.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Jackson, Lucy. Posh. St. Martin's. Jan. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 0-312-36389-3 [ISBN 978-0312-36389-5]. $23.95. F An exclusive New York school catering to the rich and powerful, who feel that their children's enrollment is one step toward an...

Knox, Tyler. Kockroach.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Knox, Tyler. Kockroach. Morrow. Jan. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 0-06-114333-2 [ISBN 978-006-114333-5].$23.95. F In this reversal of Kafka, a cockroach wakes up one morning to find himself a human. After this shock, Kockroach goes through a period...

Lethem, Jonathan. You Don't Love Me Yet.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Lethem, Jonathan. You Don't Love Me Yet. Doubleday. Mar. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 0-385-51218-X [ISBN 978-0-385-51218-3]. $24.95. F A struggling L.A. alternative rock band with no name has yet to play a gig. Matthew, the lead singer, works in...

McCabe, Patrick. Winterwood.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... McCabe, Patrick. Winterwood. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Feb. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 1-5969-1163-8 [ISBN 978-1-59691-163-5]. $23.95. F Attempting to keep as much as possible hidden from himself (and the reader), the narrator of this...

Marshall, Robert. A Separate Reality.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Marshall, Robert. A Separate Reality. Carroll & Graf. Nov. 2006. c.448p. ISBN 0-7867-1715-7 [ISBN 978-0-7867-1715-6]. pap. $14.95. F In this debut novel, Marshall introduces Mark Grosfeld, a budding 13-year-old poet who grapples with...

Marx, Patricia. Him Her Him Again the End of Him.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Marx, Patricia. Him Her Him Again the End of Him. Scribner. Jan. 2007. c.240p. ISBN 0-7432-9623-0 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9623-6]. $24. F Marx, a former Saturday Night Live writer and regular contributor to The New Yorker, Time magazine, and the...

Matar, Hisham. In the Country of Men.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Matar, Hisham. In the Country of Men. Dial: Random. Feb. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 0385-34042-7 [ISBN 978-0-385-34042-7]. $22. F Set in 1979, this affecting first novel tells the story of Suleiman, a Libyan boy whose family and friends are...

Mengestu, Dinaw. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Mengestu, Dinaw. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. Riverhead: Putnam. Mar. 2007. c.240p. ISBN 1-59448-940-8 [ISBN 978-1-59448-940-2] $22.95. F Sometimes the American Dream isn't all one imagines it to be. Sepha Stephanos fled the...

Nassib, Selim. A Lover in Palestine.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Nassib, Selim. A Lover in Palestine. Europa, dist. by Consortium. Feb. 2007. c.162p. tr. from French by Alison Anderson. ISBN 1933372-23-0 [ISBN 978-1-933372-23-5]. pap. $14.95. F Much of journalist Nassib's second novel (after I Loved...

Navarro, Julia. The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Navarro, Julia. The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud. Bantam. Jan. 2007. c.416p. tr. from Spanish by Andrew Hurley. ISBN 0-38533962-3 [ISBN 978-0-385-33962-9]. $23. F Can you read one more Brotherhood of Something or Other book? This one...

O'Connell, Carol. Find Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * O'Connell, Carol. Find Me. Putnam. Jan. 2007. c.380p. ISBN 0-399-15395-0 [ISBN 978-0-399-15395-2]. $24.95. F Arrogant, cold, and sometimes brutal, New York detective Kathy Mallory has always been as scary as the murderers she pursues....

Olmstead, Robert. Coal Black Horse.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Olmstead, Robert. Coal Black Horse. Algonquin. Mar. 2007. c.224p. ISBN 1-56512521-5. $22.95. F A coming-of-age story whose grim background is the Civil War, this work by Olmstead (River Dog: Stories) follows 14-year-old Robey Childs on...

Peters, Christoph. The Fabric of Night.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Peters, Christoph. The Fabric of Night. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Jan. 2007. c.368p, tr. from German by John Cullen. ISBN 0-385-51447-6 [ISBN 978-0-385-51447-7]. $23.95. F In this exotic story of German tourists in Istanbul, award-winning...

Pynchon, Thomas. Against the Day.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Pynchon, Thomas. Against the Day. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Nov. 2006. c.1085p. ISBN 1-59420-120-2 [ISBN 978-159420-120-2]. $35. F Descending in balloons on the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the do-gooding young Chums of Chance...

Rapp, Adam. The Year of Endless Sorrows.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Rapp, Adam. The Year of Endless Sorrows. Farrar. Jan. 2007. c.448p. ISBN 0-37429343-0 [ISBN 978-0-374-29343-7]. pap. $15. F This is Rapp's first adult novel, but he has written numerous plays, six novels for young adults, and two...

Rozan, S.J. In This Rain.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Rozan, S.J. In This Rain. Delacorte. Dec. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-385-33604-2 [ISBN 978-0-385-33804-2]. $24. F Joe, a former Building Department inspector, has been unfairly implicated in a behind-the-scenes payoff that resulted in a little...

Rushforth, Peter. A Dead Language.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Rushforth, Peter. A Dead Language. MacAdam/Cage. Nov. 2006. c.650p. ISBN 1-59692-192-7 [ISBN 978-1-59692-192-4]. $26. F A follow-up to Rushforth's acclaimed Pinkerton's Sister, this book is being published posthumously after the author's...

Sandlin, Tim. Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Sandlin, Tim. Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty. Riverhead: Putnam. Jan. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 1-59448-933-5 [ISBN 978-1-59448-933-4]. $24.95. F It's 2023, smack-dab in the Jeb the Third Bush era and also the year that guitarist Jimi Hendrix would...

Schwegel, Theresa. Probable Cause.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Schwegel, Theresa. Probable Cause. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jan. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 0-312-343316-7. $23.95. F This is Edgar Award winner Schwegel's second novel (after Officer Down) to look at the inner workings of the Chicago police...

Simmons, Dan. The Terror.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... * Simmons, Dan. The Terror. Little, Brown. Jan. 2007. c.784p. ISBN 0-316-01744-2 [ISBN 978-0-316-01744-2]. $25.99. F Though Simmons is best known for his convoluted sf novels Hyperion, Ilium, and Olympos, his new work shows that he's also...

Sorokin, Vladimir. Ice.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2006... Sorokin, Vladimir. Ice. New York Review. Jan. 2007. tr. from Russian by Jamey Gambrell. ISBN 1-59017-195-0 [ISBN 978-59017-1950]. $23.95. F Take one part X-Files, one part The 4400, and one part political allegory; leaven with a satire...