Library Journal articles from November 2010

Library Journal archives from November 2010

Best book 2010: our first top ten plus other notables.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Library Journal recently selected its inaugural top ten best books list (bit.ly/bSDvuu). See the November 18, 2010, issue of our free BookSmack! e-newsletter for an advance took at our annotated choices, plus 20-some...

Xpress reviews: first look at new books.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... "Verdict: The best development of Superman in decades; director Zach Snyder has just been given the reins to revamp the film franchise, and every Superman fan in the world should be pleading with him to use this book as the script. For lovers of...

Q&A: former Kennedy secret service agent Gerald Blane.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "What incensed me most was that conspiracy theories would be accepted as historic fact and that some of the theories accused agents of being members of a conspiracy, being incompetent and, in a couple of cases, accused...

LJ directors' summit: funding the future through marketing.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Join Library Journal and its partners at the San Francisco Public Library on December 6-7 for a free seminar with marketing experts from the business, nonprofit, and library worlds. Register now for this free event at...

Those who can, teach: there is no substitute for an inspiring teacher.(editorial)(Editorial)
November 15, 2010... I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE WRITING ABOUT THE benefits of online education, although many librarians I admire have completed their LIS degrees online and many of the better graduate library schools have respected online programs. Online education...

A Davidson photo.(feedback)(Correction notice)
November 15, 2010... The photo of Carl Malamud illustrating Debbie Rabina's "Public Information for All: An LJ Q&A" (LJ 11/1/10, p. 22) was taken by James Duncan Davidson (www. flickr.com/photos/oreillyconf/4968006708). We apologize for the omission.

Colorado, Ohio support libraries in key votes.(news desk)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Election Day had mostly positive results for libraries. The Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML), OH, LJ's Library of the Year 2010, which has been reeling from steep reductions in state funding since 2008, won a 2.8-mill property tax issue....

Defeat of Senator Feingold "devastating" for libraries.(news desk)(Senator Russ Feingold )(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The defeat of Sen. Russ Feingold (DWI), a longtime champion in the Senate of library causes, does not bode well for libraries. Emily Sheketoff, director of the American Library Association's Washington Office, described his loss as...

Hildreth nomination needs nudge.(news desk)( Susan Hildreth )(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... A short, lame-duck session of the U.S. Senate could possibly delay the confirmation of Susan Hildreth as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Hildreth's nomination has sat with the Senate Committee on Health,...

ALA and BEA decide against joint conference.(news desk)(BookExpo America and the American Library Association)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The discussions about holding BookExpo America (BEA) and the American Library Association's (ALA) annual conference at the same time and under one roof have concluded without an agreement, ALA and BEA announced October 29 in a joint statement....

Buffalo and Erie county PL hard hit by budget cuts.(news desk)(Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System )(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The budget of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System is going to shrink from $27.5 million to $21.5 million, and the library will have to account for $800,000 more in expenses (mostly pension contributions) with that smaller...

Aurora's police law cuts library.(news desk)
November 15, 2010... Since 1993, Aurora, CO, has had an unusual law: for every 1000 residents, the city must have two sworn, uniformed police officers. At last count, the city's population was approaching 325,000, which means this year the city will hire 13 more...

Des Moines PL picks held as new director.(news desk)(Des Moines Public Library )(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The Des Moines Public Library (DMPL) Board of Trustees has selected Greg Held as the library's new director. Director of the Newton County Library in Covington, GA, since 1999, Heid is scheduled to assume his new responsibilities in January...

Illinois regional systems gasping for air.(news desk)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Illinois's struggling regional library systems have received a much needed infusion of state money, but plans are under way to restructure the nine systems radically into two by 2012 in order for them to remain viable. At the end of October,...

ARL releases guide to help administrators.(news desk)(Association of Research Libraries )(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a guide to scenario planning, which envisions four future schemes for North American academic research libraries. "Envisioning Research Library Futures: A Scenario Thinking Project" offers...

Library to chronicle Nashville flood.(news desk)(Nashville Public Library )(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... In early May, when the Cumberland River rose nearly 12 feet above flood stage (40 feet), to 51.86 feet, the city of Nashville endured all the fury of a "1000-year flood event," as the Army Corps of Engineers described it. Yet as the disaster...

San Diego PL prepares doomsday scenario.(NEWS DESK)(San Diego Public Library)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The San Diego Public Library's (SDPL) FY12 proposed budget isn't due until next spring, probably not earlier than April 15, 2011, but it's not too soon to start planning, especially since the city has asked the library, along with the Police,...

Digitization project reaches milestone.(NEWS DESK)(University of California's California Digital Library)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The Mass Digitization Team at the University of California's (UC) California Digital Library passed an impressive milestone at the end of October: the digitization of three million books from the UC collections. This includes materials housed in...

E-Lending restrictions proposed in UK.(infotech)
November 15, 2010... Stephen Page, the CEO of publisher Faber and Faber, announced the UK-based Publishers Association's (PA) new guidelines regarding ebook lending, including one requiring patrons to be physically present at a library branch in order to download an...

HathiTrust's copyright detectives.(infotech)
November 15, 2010... An ongoing, grant-funded initiative involving the HathiTrust digital repository has been tracking down previously unknown public domain materials in the repository's vast collection of scanned works from research libraries across the country. ...

NCSU: designs for next-gen learning spaces.(infotech)(North Carolina State University )(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Academic librarians nationwide will soon be able to look to North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, for detailed insight into designing and building different types of "next-generation" library learning environments. NCSU Libraries is...

UK'S CollectionHQ takes aim at U.S. library market.(INFOTECH)
November 15, 2010... Bridgeall, a Glasgow, Scotland-based information technology company, did a soft launch of its CollectionHQ collection management software-as-a-service in North America last March, and since then 27 library systems in the United States and Canada...

Worldcat to provide full-text access.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... In what appears to be an expansion of its Direct Request for Articles project, OCLC announced the launch of its WorldCat knowledge base, through which it will be providing one-click access to open access full-text ebooks and articles in WorldCat...

Overdrive gets "major" private equity investment.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Ebook and media platform vendor OverDrive announced that it had received a "major investment" from Insight Venture Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on technology companies. Peter Sobiloff and Larry Handen, both managing directors...

In the country of any think: outside Denver, a small system speeds transformation, dropping Dewey, calling librarians "Guides"--and becomes a lab for rethinking.
November 15, 2010... Beyond the sprawling Denver International Airport, there's little to put Adams County, CO, on the map. The region's light rail only stretches south, so Adams County, a mostly working-class zone to the northeast, has come late to growth. There's...

Steven L. MacCall: an innovator who inspires in an engaged, synchronous online environment.(LJ TEACHING AWARD 2010)(Interview)
November 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "He transforms what could be a cold and impersonal experience into one that is filled with enthusiasm, humor, and intellectual rigor, possibly even transcending an on-campus experience." That description of Steven L....

Film format pandemonium: the current landscape of film formats and delivery suggests that libraries lending DVDs are in a very good place--for now, at least.(AUDIO/VIDEO SPOTLIGHT)
November 15, 2010... Every day, Americans borrow 2.1 million DVDs from public libraries. Barely beating libraries out for the top spot is Netflix, at 2.2 million daily rentals. This is according to the OCLC 2010 survey "How Libraries Stack Up." (Kedbox...

Deborah Jacobs: just over two years into her role as Global Libraries director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Jacobs reflects on the global library landscape.(LJ SERIES: CORNER OFFICE)(Interview)
November 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] U.S. libraries gave the world a top talent when Deborah Jacobs left her transformational role as City Librarian of Seattle in 2008 to head the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Libraries program, the...

Goals of an LIS educator.(OFFICE HOURS)(library and information studies)
November 15, 2010... PRESENTING AT THE EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives (ELI) conference last January in Austin, TX, was a seminal moment for me. I found my tribe of like-minded educators and technologists examining what it means to be teaching and creating learning...

Bauer, Sydney. Matter of Trust.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2010... Bauer, Sydney. Matter of Trust. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 17% hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781742147420. $123.95; digital download. F Australian novelist Bauer's (www. sydneybauer.com) fifth David Cavanaugh title follows Move To...

Brooks, Terry. Bearers of the Black Staff.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... * Brooks, Terry. Bearers of the Black Staff. (Legends of Shannara). 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 3/4 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781441805010. $92.97; 12 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. library/retail eds.; digital download. F In...

Burke, Alafair. 212.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... * Burke, Alafair. 212. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781440786686. $123.75; Playaway digital; digital download. F This is Burke's (www.alafairburke.com) third thriller to feature NYPD detective Ellie...

Chopra, Deepak. Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Chopra, Deepak. Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 1/4 hrs. AudioGO. 2010. ISBN 9780792768661. $59.95; 1 MP3-CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Prolific best-selling author/New Age...

De Rosnay, Tatiana. A Secret Kept.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... De Rosnay, Tatiana. A Secret Kept. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 hrs. Macmillan Audio from AudioGO. 2010. ISBN 9780792772958. $64.95;7 CDs. retail ed. Macmillan Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F In this literary mystery,...

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 5 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 5 1/2 hrs. Naxos AudioBooks. 2010. ISBN 9781843793632. $28.98; digital download. CLASSIC Canadian actor William Hope reads Naxos AudioBooks' first unabridged production of...

Francis, Dick & Felix Francis. Crossfire.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... * Francis, Dick & Felix Francis. Crossfire. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307877345. $39.95; 8 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; digital download. F This is the last novel from the late Edgar Award...

Griffin, W.E.B. & William E. Butterworth IV.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Griffin, W.E.B. & William E. Butterworth IV. The Vigilantes. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9780142427804. $51.75; 9 CDs. retail ed.; Penguin Audio; NA CDs. retail ed. abridged. NA hrs.; digital download....

A new audiobook publisher is on the scene: Dreamscape, which launched its inaugural titles in October, expects to release over 150 titles in 2011, among them Marianne Leone's Knowing Jesse, Helen Thorpe's Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America, and Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya's The Storyteller of Marrakesh.(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... A new audiobook publisher is on the scene: Dreamscape, which launched its inaugural titles in October, expects to release over 150 titles in 2011, among them Marianne Leone's Knowing Jesse, Helen Thorpe's Just Like Us: The True Story of Four...

On December 28, HarperAudio will release three unabridged audio titles exclusively as digital downloads.(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... On December 28, HarperAudio will release three unabridged audio titles exclusively as digital downloads. Patrick Lee's Ghost Country (read by Jeff Gurner), Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway's The Lady Most Likely... A Novel in...

Audio Publishers Association's 2010 Consumer Survey.(Survey)
November 15, 2010... Audiobook listeners have higher incomes and more advanced degrees than do nonlisteners and are also more voracious readers, according to the results of the Audio Publishers Association's 2010 Consumer Survey. While the median age of audiobook...

At the September 20 meetings of the World International Property Organization Assemblies in Geneva, music legend/ UN Messenger for Peace Stevie Wonder (pictured) advocated for a protocol enabling easier international import and export of copyright materials, an issue with which the UN agency has been grappling for the past six years.(Conference notes)
November 15, 2010... At the September 20 meetings of the World International Property Organization Assemblies in Geneva, music legend/ UN Messenger for Peace Stevie Wonder (pictured) advocated for a protocol enabling easier international import and export of...

Kring, Tim & Dale Peck. Shift.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Kring, Tim & Dale Peck. Shift, (Gates of Orpheus.) 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307750365. $45; 11 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download. F This supernatural thriller by Heroes creator...

McCarthy, Tom. C.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... * McCarthy, Tom. C. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 1/2 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400148127. $90.99; 11 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; Playaway digital (Dec. 2010); digital download. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Serge...

Marsh, Ngaio. Swing, Brother, Swing.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... * Marsh, Ngaio. Swing, Brother, Swing. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. AudioGO. 2010. ISBN 9780792773504. $69.95; digital download. F New Zealand crime writer Marsh (18951982) is widely revered as one of the four grand dames of British...

Norman, Howard. What Is Left: The Daughter.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Norman, Howard. What Is Left: The Daughter. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781441765499. $76; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Set in World War II...

Exotic audio escapades.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Hubbard, L. Ron. All Frontiers Are Jealous. ISBN 9781592122384. Cattle King for a Day. ISBN 9781592123650. Hurtling Wings. ISBN 9781592123032. The Trail of the Red Diamonds. ISBN 9781592123261. ea. vol: 2 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 2 hrs....

Shteyngart, Gary. Super Sad True Love Story.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Shteyngart, Gary. Super Sad True Love Story. 11 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781449809676. $123.75; 2 MP3-CDs. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Shteyngart's third novel, following the 2006...

Carroll, Pete with Yogi Ruth. Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Carroll, Pete with Yogi Ruth. Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion. 4 CDs. library ed. abridged. 4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9780142428528. $33.75; 4 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; digital download. SELF-HELP/SPORTS Seattle...

Ford, Harold, Jr. More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Ford, Harold, Jr. More Davids Than Goliaths: A Political Education. 5 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 6 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9781415965221. $40; digital download. Random Audio. POL SCI The son of a Tennessee congressman, Ford went on...

Gragg, Rod. Forged in Faith: How Faith Shaped the Birth of the Nation 1607-1776.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Gragg, Rod. Forged in Faith: How Faith Shaped the Birth of the Nation 1607-1776. 6 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 7 1/4 hrs. Oasis Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781598597271. $25.99; digital download. Christianaudio. REL/HIST Gragg (history, Coastal...

Janszen, Eric. The Postcatastrophe Economy: Rebuilding America and Avoiding the Next Bubble.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... * Janszen, Eric. The Postcatastrophe Economy: Rebuilding America and Avoiding the Next Bubble. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400146543. $59.99; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; digital download. ECON...

Morton, Andrew. Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... Morton, Andrew. Angelina: An Unauthorized Biography. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781441755124. $52.50; 10 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. BIOG The...

Vaillant, John. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 15, 2010... * Vaillant, John. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307715098. $40; 10 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download. NATURE [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Rich Man, Poor Man: The Complete Collection.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Rich Man, Poor Man: The Complete Collection. 9 discs, color. 27+ hrs. Boris Sagal & others in assoc, with Harve Bennett Prods., dist. by A&E Home Entertainment c/o New Video, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781422981363....

Touching Evil: The Complete Collection.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Touching Evil: The Complete Collection. 3 vols. 5 discs, color. 13 hrs. ITV Studios, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598284393. $79.99. SDH subtitles. F/TV After a year spent recuperating from a...

The Song of the Little Road.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... The Song of the Little Road. color & b/w. 70 min. Priyanka Kumary, dist. By NEHST Studios, 877-286-7610; www.nehst.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 9780982350140. $14.99; public performance $40; download $9.99; streaming $3.99. FILM Few cinephiles...

Six Centuries of Verse.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Six Centuries of Verse. 3 discs, colon 410+ min. Richard Mervyn, Thames Television, dist. by Athena Learning, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598283730. $69.99. SDH subtitles. POETRY Poetry is meant to be enjoyed with the...

The Priestly Vocation: An invitation to Life.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... The Priestly Vocation: An invitation to Life. 0olor. 70 min. Hans Spatzeck-Olsen, Paraclete, 800-451-5006; wwwparacletepress.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781557257000. $49.99. REL Directed primarily at men who are contemplating a call to the...

One Chance To Win.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... One Chance To Win. colon 127+ min. Charles Bush, Zephyr Film Prod. in assoc. with Mustang Films, dist. by Passion River, 732-321-0711; www.passionriver.com. 2009. DVD UPC 800828269494. $24.95. SPORTS This long-unreleased gem covers the 1975...

... Damn bad oyster: The Times of William Goebel, Governor.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... ... damn bad oyster: The Times of William Goebel, Governor. color & b/w. 59 min. Sean Anderson, 265 Preston Ave., Lexington, KY 40502; 859-268-3971; seanand@iglou.com. 2010. DVD $25. BIOG/POLITICS This well-researched and drolly...

The leading nominee for the 2010 Gotham Independent Film Awards is Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, nominated in the categories of feature, actor, and ensemble performance.(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... The leading nominee for the 2010 Gotham Independent Film Awards is Debra Granik's Winter's Bone, nominated in the categories of feature, actor, and ensemble performance. (The film also won a Grand Jury Prize for best drama at Sundance, see Video...

As part of a partnership between Acorn Media and journalist Bill Moyers's production company, Public Affairs Television, 15 Moyers titles will release on DVD through Acorn's Athena label over the next three years.(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... As part of a partnership between Acorn Media and journalist Bill Moyers's production company, Public Affairs Television, 15 Moyers titles will release on DVD through Acorn's Athena label over the next three years. The inaugural two...

New Line Cinema and MGM have entered into an agreement to cofinance a two-picture adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 epic fantasy novel, The Hobbit, which tracks hobbit Bilbo Baggins's adventures in obtaining the ring at the center of The Lord of the Rings trilogy of books and films.(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... New Line Cinema and MGM have entered into an agreement to cofinance a two-picture adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 epic fantasy novel, The Hobbit, which tracks hobbit Bilbo Baggins's adventures in obtaining the ring at the center of The Lord...

Newly available on Blu-ray from Universal Studios Entertainment: a two-disc 50th-anniversary edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), featuring a new digitally remastered audio track.(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Newly available on Blu-ray from Universal Studios Entertainment: a two-disc 50th-anniversary edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), featuring a new digitally remastered audio track. Extras include breakdowns of some of the more famous...

Newly available on Blu-ray from A&E Home Entertainment: Earth and Space (six discs) and World War II 360[degrees] (five discs).(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Newly available on Blu-ray from A&E Home Entertainment: Earth and Space (six discs) and World War II 360[degrees] (five discs). Earth and Space contains all 26 episodes from the first seasons of both the History Channel series The Universe...

No Sweat: What's Behind the Label of Your T-Shirt?(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... No Sweat: What's Behind the Label of Your T-Shirt? colon 55+ min. Amie Williams, Bal-Maiden Films, dist. by IndiePix, www.indiepixfilms.com. 2010. DVD UPC 845637000975. $24.95. BUS The garment industry in Los Angeles employs many thousands of...

Swimming with Lesbians.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Swimming with Lesbians. color. 67 min. David B. Marshall, dist. by Frameline, 415-703-8650; www.frameline.org. 2010. $250. Public performance. GENDER STUDIES No matter where you lived, coming of age as a nonheterosexual in mid-20th-century...

Chevolution: The Story of the World's Most Reproduced Photograph.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Chevolution: The Story of the World's Most Reproduced Photograph. color & b/w. 89 min. Trisha Ziff & Luis Lopez, Red Envelope Entertainment, 212Berlin Film, & Faction Films, dist. by Magnolia Home Entertainment, www.magpictures.com....

Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII. color & b/w, 98+ min. Junichi Suzuki, UTB Pictures & Film Voice, dist. by Passion River, 732-321-0711; www.passionriver.com. 2010. DVD UPC 884501116626. $24.95. HIST The internment...

Rebuilding Hope: Sudan's Lost Boys Return Home.(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Rebuilding Hope: Sudan's Lost Boys Return Home. 78+ min. Jen Marlowe. DVD ISBN 9781595871213. [Small] Voices: The Stories of Cambodia's Children. 83+ min. In English & Khmer w/English subtitles. Heather E. Connell. DVD ISBN 9781595871206....

Travel with Kids: Ireland.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Travel with Kids: Ireland. colon 85+ min. Equator Creative Media LLC, dist. by Janson Media, www.janson.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781568393513. $14.95. TRAV The "Travel with Kids" series (e.g., Travel with Kids: Costa Rica, LJ 2/15/10) shows how...

Know Your Mushrooms.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Know Your Mushrooms. color & b/w. non Mann, Sphinx Prods. & non Mann Film, dist. by Docurama c/o New Video Group, 800-314-8822; www.newvideo.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781422949030. $26.95. Closed-captioned. AGRICULTURE If you're looking...

Arn: The Knight Templar.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Arn: The Knight Templar. color. 133+ min. In English, Swedish, Arabic, & French w/ English subtitles. Entertainment One. 2007. DVD ISBN 9781417233366; Blu-ray ISBN 9781417234233. $24.98. Rated: R. Based on a trilogy by popular Swedish...

The Killer Inside Me.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... The Killer Inside Me. color. 109+ min. IFC Films, dist. by MPI. 2010. DVD UPC 030306975795. $19.98; Blu-ray UPC 030306185590. $29.98. Rated: R. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An outwardly normal small-town Texas deputy sheriff (Casey Affleck) with...

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. 2 discs. color. 123+ min. In English & Japanese w/ English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1983. DVD ISBN 9781604653168. $29.95; 1-disc Blu-ray ISBN 9781604653151. $39.95. Set...

The Secret in Their Eyes.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2010... The Secret in Their Eyes. color. 129+ min. In Spanish w/English subtitles. Sony. 2010. DVD UPC 043396352902. $28.99; Blu-ray UPC 043396355958. $38.99. Rated: R. While writing a book based on an unresolved murder case, a retired criminal...

Seven Samurai.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 15, 2010... Seven Samurai. 2 discs, b/w. 207 min. In Japanese w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image Entertainment. 1954. Blu-ray ISBN 9781604652475. $49.95. Generally acknowledged as the greatest Japanese film, Akira Kurosawa's...

Gateway--or "bait"--games.(GAMES, GAMERS, & GAMING)
November 15, 2010... They peer in, dubious and shy. Morn scans the room to see what sorts of other children there are. Dad and his little girl both look intrigued. You smile encouragingly and invite them in. Clearly, they want to play. What do you suggest? Here,...

Prepub alert.(books)(Book review)
November 15, 2010... Clark, Carol Higgins. Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery. Scribner. Apr. 2011.272p. ISBN 9781439170281. $25; elSBN 9781439170304. CD: S. & S. Audio. As she traipses from idyllic Cape May to good-time Atlantic City to scruffy Asbury Park on a...

Christian fiction.(Book review)
November 15, 2010... THE HARVEST SEASON means not only hot cocoa and mulled apple cider, hay rides, and pumpkin picking--the crop of books reviewed this month are some of the best CF publishers have to offer. Several, like T.D. Jakes's The Memory Quilt and R....

Starting in April 2011 as part of a company-wide rebranding,.(Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. rebrands)(Brief article)
November 15, 2010... Starting in April 2011 as part of a company-wide rebranding, Harlequin is replacing its Steeple Hill. imprint with Love Inspired as the primary brand for its inspirational fiction publishing program. The Steeple Hill logo will no longer appear...

Graphic novels.(Book review)
November 15, 2010... PICTURING THE CLASSICS "The Jane Austen Centre in Bath sells our book!" burbled Nancy Butler about her adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. "How cool is that!" Butler was signing at the Marvel booth during BookExpo America 2010, and, indeed,...

Adams, Thelma. Playdate.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2010... Adams, Thelma. Playdate. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Jan. 2011. c.304p. ISBN 9780312656669. $23.99. F As the Santa Ana winds fan the flames of brush fires across Southern California, two stay-at-home parents and their working spouses play...

Brockmeier, Kevin. The Illumination.(Brief article)(Book review)
November 15, 2010... Brockmeier, Kevin. The Illumination. Pantheon. Feb. 2011. c.272p. ISBN 9780375425318. $24.95. F In a familiar but parallel universe, the wounds, diseases, sores, and tumors of the inhabitants begin emitting light, evidently in varying colors...