Library Journal articles from October 2004

Library Journal archives from October 2004

Porn Star(s) in the library? A schizophrenia besets librarians considering sexually explicit works.(editorial)(Editorial)
October 1, 2004... TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ISSUE'S "BOOKS MOST Borrowed" from libraries nationwide (LJ Best Sellers, p. 128). Maureen Dowd's recently published Bushworld appears, but you won't see another new blockbuster published at about the same time: Jenna...

Don't dis the LIS "crisis": Gorman is right to focus his ALA term on library education.(blatant Berry)
October 1, 2004... YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE DEANS TO defend library education as it exists against any who dare to suggest that it ought to change. Dismissive responses were fired off again recently on JESSE, the electronic discussion list for library...

Craft a self-service plan.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... Is self-check the death toll of good customer service (John Berry, "Dehumanizing the Library," Blatant Berry, LJ 8/04, p. 10)? Let's reconsider. The self-service option is well established, from gas stations and banks to supermarkets. It's the...

The lost connection.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... Thanks for raising the issue with such clarity of what is being lost when we devalue the patron/staff/library connection (John Berry, "Dehumanizing the Library," Blatant Berry, LJ 8/04, p. 10). I agree on every point.... --Sandy Ashworth,...

Patrons want it.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... John Berry ("Dehumanizing the Library," Blatant Berry, LJ 8/04, p. 10) ignores the most compelling reason why libraries are providing self-service: patrons want it.... --Marcella Jenkins, Mount Vernon P.L., NY

It's all about choice!(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... I disagree with your assertion that self-service downgrades libraries to the level of other "dehumanized" institutions (John Berry, "Dehumanizing the Library," Blatant Berry, LJ 8/04, p. 10). In the last month, I have... renewed my car's...

Credit to boomers.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... I found Rachel Singer Gordon's "Where the Jobs Are" (NextGen, LJ 7/04, p. 52) to be a breath of fresh air. She voiced the thoughts that so many of us seasoned professionals have been reluctant to express for fear of being labeled a jealous old...

Heard.(front desk)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2004... "What I object to is students who post queries that read like, 'I'm doing a paper on.... Can you help me?' without ever revealing where they've already looked, what they already know, or offering to share results with the list. For people who...

Cell phones banned--really--at CA library.(front desk)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Some patrons at the Huntington Beach Public Library (HBPL), CA, were so rude, they used their cell phones in the middle of reference interviews and while working at public Internet terminals. The library put up signs asking patrons to desist...

Things have changed, Mrs. Bush.(front desk)(Laura Bush)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... "I read, for instance, every single book in the whole library about landscaping and gardening, because that was an interest of mine. It was one of the few jobs where you didn't feel guilty if you spent all of your time reading." --First...

At the convention, reference inside and out.(front desk)(Republican National Convention)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Besides First Lady Laura Bush, librarians made themselves known at the 2004 Republican National Convention, held in late August in New York City. Local members of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and staff from the New York PublicLibrary...

Stat watch.(front desk)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Ratio of contributions, by occupation, to John Kerry's campaign vs. George W. Bush's campaign Librarians 223 to 1 Academics 11 to 1 CEO's 1 to 5 Source: PoliticalMoneyLine, via New York times columnist David Brooks

Bumps on the CIPA road: Phoenix votes to overrule law; questions over staff, wireless filters; Hawaii patron banned for visiting gay site challenges state law.(LJ news)(Child Internet Protection Act)
October 1, 2004... After a Phoenix-area man was arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor and told police he downloaded child pornography at the Phoenix Public Library (PPL), the city council voted unanimously not to allow adults to turn off the library's...

Complaints about CDs on rise.(news)
October 1, 2004... As libraries continue to receive and evaluate collections of CDs sent to them as part of the settlement of a music industry antitrust case (see News, LJ 3/1/04. p. 21), the complaints continue to build. Several librarians on electronic mailing...

Battle over NIH research steps up; publishers vs. nobelists & librarians; Congress hedges on access.(LJ news)(National Institues of Health)
October 1, 2004... The battle has escalated over the recent Congressional proposal that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandate open access archiving (see News, LJ 9/1/04, p. 17). Some lawmakers have backed off the idea that the proposed NIH policy would...

Bonds, millage win in AR, MI, SC; more than 87 percent of voters support Central Arkansas system.(LJ news)
October 1, 2004... Voters in Little Rock, AR, overwhelmingly approved a 15-year one-mill bond to pay for new materials, technology upgrades, renovations, and more land for the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). The vote won't raise taxes but extends a tax...

Susan DiMattia departs Hotline, LJ.(LJ news)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Senior Editor Lynn Blumenstein (MLIS, Pratt Inst., 1999) will continue to write Library Hotline with the departure of Editor Susan DiMattia. Blumenstein, who began her second stint at Library Hotline in 2002, had worked previously at the...

Alabama PL plagued by vandal: pages of books razored out, causing $15K damage; security up.(LJ news)(public library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The Wheeler Basin Library, Decatur, AL, has been plagued by a pedophile vandal who has left child pornography of the library bulletin board, scrawled come-ons on the bathroom wall, and razored out hundreds of pages of pictures of children in...

FL hurricanes spare most PLs; some facilities closed, damaged; full appraisal coming.(LJ news)(limited hurrican damage to Florida public libraries)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Public Libraries across storm-tossed Florida fared well throughout two hurricanes that battered the state, uprooting trees, tearing roofs from homes, and leaving millions of dollars in damage in their wake. At press time information was...

Calendar.(news)(Calendar)
October 1, 2004... NOVEMBER 2-5--Wisconsin Library Assn., Lake Geneva www.wla.lib.wi.us 9-13--North Carolina Library Assn./Southeastern Library Assn., Charlotte www.nclaonline.org 10-12--West Virginia Library Assn., Roanoke www.wvla.org ...

Archivists Toolkit to be open source.(LJ news)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The University of California--San Diego (UCSD) Libraries and New York University (NYU) Libraries are working together with the Five Colleges Libraries (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and University of Massachusetts Amherst) to create...

NY librarians fight state budget cut.(news)(New York Library Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... The New York Library Association (NYLA) is calling For legislators to override Gov. George Pataki's cut of $4.478 million in library aid and $337,500 in state funding for the New York Public Library's Science, Industry, and Business Library and...

Hardy Franklin dies at 75.(news)(Obituary)
October 1, 2004... Hardy R. Franklin, the former director of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), died on August 21. He was 75. Franklin retired in 1997 after serving nearly 23 years as DCPL director, quadrupling the library's holdings. Franklin earned...

3% raise at Cleveland PL.(news)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Service Employees International Union District 1199, which represents about 400 staffers from librarians to custodians at the Cleveland Public Library (CPL), was awarded a three percent raise for three years by an arbitration panel consisting...

Wal-Mart gives $1m to local PL.(Bentonville Public Library )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Bentonville Public Library (BPL), AR, shares a hometown with the world headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and that connection has paid off. The Bentonville Library Foundation received a $1 million donation from the retail giant for the...

Arkansas State Library.(people)(promoted Carolyn Ashcraft)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Carolyn Ashcraft is now Associate Director for Library Development and Services, Arkansas State Library, Little Rock, replacing Robert Black, who left to be come Director, Peoria Public Library, IL. Ashcraft was Coordinator of Extension...

American Library Association.(people)(appointed Denise Davis)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Denise Davis is the new Director, Office for Research and Statistics, American Library Association, Chicago. She was Executive Program Manager, Library Development, Oregon State Library.

Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library.(people)(got new director, Jeff French)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Jeff French is now Director, Willough-by-Eastlake Public Library, Willowick, OH. He was Deputy Director, Euclid Public Library, OH, since 1998.

Brown County Library.(people)(got new director, Jeff Gilderson-Duwe)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Jeff Gilderson-Duwe is the new Director, Brown County Library, Green Bay, WI. He was Director, Holdrege Public Library, NE.

University of North Carolina.(people)(appointed Jose-Marie Griffiths)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Jose-Marie Griffiths, the first holder of the Doreen E. Boyce chair of Library and Information Science and Director of the Sara Fine Institute for Interpersonal Behavior and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, has been named Dean, School of...

Onondaga County Public Library.(people)(appointed Joyce M. Latham)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Joyce M. Latham has been appointed Executive Director, NY. She was an Instructor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Washoe County Library System.(people)(appointed Arnie Maurins)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Arnie Maurins is now Associate Director of Operations and Support, Washoe County Library System, Reno, NV. He was Systems Services Coordinator at the library system since 1995.

Gail Borden Public Library.(people)(appointed Carole Medal)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Carole Medal has accepted the position of Director, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL. She was a Division Chief, Chicago Public Library System, for five years.

Oregon Branch Library.(people)(appointed Nicole Naylor)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Nicole Naylor has been appointed Manager, Oregon Branch Library, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL). She was Manager, Locke Branch Library, TLCPL.

Yuma County Library District.(people)(appointed Carla Peterson)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Carla Peterson has been named Assistant Director, Yuma County Library District, AZ. She was Youth Services Manager at the library since 1998.

Union County Public Library.(people)(appointed Martie Smith)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Martie Smith is the new Director, Union County Public Library, Monroe, NC, succeeding Dave Eden, who retired after six years of service. Smith was Director, Pettigrew Regional Library Plymouth, NC.

Pikes Peak Library District.(people)(appointed Vazquez Dee)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Dee Vazquez has been selected Community Relations and Development Officer, Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs. She has been working in Community Relations at the library since 2001.

Cherry Hill forms digital community; Sirsi Rooms basis of online hub for all local information; will maintain library presence during construction and beyond.(infotech)
October 1, 2004... The Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill Public School District, and Township of Cherry Hill, NJ, have partnered to create the Cherry Hill Digital Community Center (CHDCC), which is being billed as "an online place where citizens can go to...

Checkpoint tags new libraries; ten publics and academics install RFID systems.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Despite the ongoing concerns over RFID and privacy, libraries are embracing the technology. Checkpoint Systems Inc. has signed new contracts to install its Intelligent Library System in ten academic and public libraries in nine states....

HighBeam adds archive access; one million files now available through LookSmart's FindArticles.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... HighBeam Research (www.highbeam.com) has cut a deal with commercial search services provider LookSmart that will make more than one million articles from HighBeam's Research Library archive available over LookSmart's FindArticles service....

New partner for endeavor: cuts deal with Elsevier for XML Gateway for ENCompass.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... A partnership between Endeavor Information Systems and Elsevier Engineering Information will allow the XML gateway from Endeavor's ENCompass for Resource Access federated search system to access content sources hosted on Engineering Village 2,...

Italian U's sign with Ex Libris; Firenze, Padova, Sassari, Siena, and Venezia Ca' Foscari buy SFX.(Installations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Atlantis, Ex Libris's Italian distributor, announced that the universities of Firenze, Padova, Sassari, Siena, and Venezia Ca' Foscari have signed up for the' SFX link server and MetaLib library portal, while the University of Bologna has...

Goddard Coll. selects VTLS; library chooses Virtua as its first-ever ILS solution.(Installations)(Goddard College)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Goddard College's Eliot D. Pratt Library, Plainfield, VT, has signed with VTLS for the installation of a Virtua ILS through the vendor's Collection Hosting Services, an ASP service model that provides low-cost access to ILS technology. VTLS...

BCPSS contracts with TLC: system will implement Library.Solution for Schools.(Installations)(Baltimore City Public School System)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) has contracted with The Library Corporation's (TLC) Library.Solution for Schools. According to the vendor, the "three-year implementation includes onsite retrospective conversion, authority control...

Global cultures made easy.(E-Views And Reviews)
October 1, 2004... SALES REPS: FRIENDS OR PAPARAZZI? At lunch with a group of collection managers, I brought up the subject of sales reps, and suddenly the air was filled with tales about overly persistent reps dogging collectors mercilessly. Some reps even claim...

Searching on the run.(Online Databases)
October 1, 2004... WITH WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY and small laptop computers, we are no longer tied to the desktop for online searching. Handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) offer even greater portability. So far, the most common uses of PDAs are as calendars...

Learning systems & us: technological advances could help e-learning software and libraries work together.
October 1, 2004... Not so long ago, when we talked about e-learning, people thought of it as technology to support distance learning. Now that technology goes beyond distance learning, and many view it as a standard resource for "bricks and mortar" classes. ...

When LSSI comes to town: public libraries, private company: the outsourcing compromise.(Library Systems and Services)(Cover Story)
October 1, 2004... At meetings of national city and county associations, the only library exhibitor is often Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI), the first company to offer lull outsourcing (or privatization, to some) of public libraries. LSSI offers a...

Summer highs, fall firsts.(First Novelists 2004)(Bibliography)
October 1, 2004... What do John Updike, John Grisham, Danielle Steel, and Joyce Carol Oates have in common? They all had to start somewhere: with a first novel. To track the next Updikes and Steels, each season LJ presents both a list of forthcoming first novels...

The latest wave: with floating collections, libraries stretch materials budgets, respond swiftly to patrons, and drive down delivery costs.
October 1, 2004... Ten years ago during a period of rapid growth and increasing circulation, Jefferson County Public Library (JCPL), CO, cut the total volume of all material moving among its libraries by 67 percent. Last year, Hennepin County Library (HCL), MN,...

A crazy quilt of resources.(Quilting)
October 1, 2004... Call it craft or call it art, quilting has come a long way from the days when thrifty housewives salvaged worn-out clothing to make beautiful and useful bedcoverings. In the 21st century, it has become a big business and a popular hobby. ...

How do you manage?(library managment)
October 1, 2004... CASE STUDY Mister Know-It-All "THAT'S THE WORST THING I'VE ever heard," trumpeted Frank Nudge, interrupting Pare Bowden. "This is what we should do," he continued. Nudge proceeded to point out the flaws in Bowden's thinking and...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
October 1, 2004... FICTION ARVIN, NICK. Articles of War. Doubleday. Feb. 2005. 176p. ISBN 0-385-51277-5. $18.95. In this highly touted debut, serving in Normandy after D-day proves to be too much for an 18-year-old affectionately nicknamed Heck, and he...

Bless the beasts.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2004... Animals--particularly cats and dogs--have long played peripheral roles in mystery. But now there are full-fledged stars like Mrs. Murphy, Koko and Yum Yum, and Midnight Louie, all communicative in one way or another. Susan Wittig Albert carries...

GOLDSMITH, ALAN (text) & DAVID KING (illus.). Waldo Chicken Wakes the Dead: a Murder Mystery of Uncommon Proportions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... * GOLDSMITH, ALAN (text) & DAVID KING (illus.). Waldo Chicken Wakes the Dead: A Murder Mystery of Uncommon Proportions. WindRiver. Oct. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 1-886249-14-8. pap. $12.95. M Cartoonist Connie O'Toole babbles incessantly with the...

Albert, Susan Wittig. The Tale of Hill Top Farm: the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... ALBERT, SUSAN WITTIG. The Tale of Hill Top Farm: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. Berkley: Penguin Putnam. Oct. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 0-425-19634-8. $22.95. M When children's author Beatrix Potter moves from London to the Lake District,...

Blevins, Meredith. The Vanished Priestess: an Annie Szabo Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... BLEVINS, MEREDITH. The Vanished Priestess: An Annie Szabo Mystery. Forge: Tor. Oct. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-765-30780-4. $23.95. M On the run from an abusive husband, Abra and her two-year-old son burst into mom Annie's house, where...

Guttridge, Peter. No Laughing Matter.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... GUTTRIDGE, PETER. No Laughing Matter. Speck. Oct. 2004. c.277p. ISBN 0-9725776-4-5. $13. M This British best seller begins with the largest comedy festival in the world, a yoga-enthusiast British journalist with two close-to-crass friends,...

Dietz, Denise. Eye of Newt.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... DIETZ, DENISE. Eye of Newt. Five Star: Gale. (First Edition). Oct. 2004. c.344p. ISBN 1-59414-096-0. $25.95. M Witch-in-denial Sydney St. Charles runs an apothecary in Manitou Falls, CO. When her niece receives the severed ear of a rock...

O'Brien, Charles. Noble Blood: an Anne Cartier Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... O'BRIEN, CHARLES. Noble Blood: An Anne Cartier Mystery. Severn House. Oct. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-7278-6104-2. $28.95. M When one of Marie Antoinette's ladies-in-waiting is found murdered, authorities blame her deaf serving girl based on...

Bye, Bye, Love.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... SWIFT, VIRGINIA. Bye, Bye, Love: A Mustang Sally Mystery. HarperCollins. Nov. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 0-06-054331-0. $24.95. M When her longtime singing idol Stone Jackson asks for help, professor/sleuth Sally Alder (Bad Company) is thrilled....

Prepub mystery.(Rules of Engagement)(Torpedo Juice)(Better Off Wed: An Annabelle Archer Mystery)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... ALEXANDER, BRUCE. Rules of Engagement. Putnam. Feb. 2005. 288p. ISBN 0-399-15242-3. $24.95. Could a student of animal magnetism have caused the apparent suicide of his patron's husband? Sir John Fielding returns to find out in this 11th...

Hasburgh, Patrick. Aspen Pulp.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... HASBURGH, PATRICK. Aspen Pulp. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Dec. 2004. c.256p. ISBN 0-312-33183-5. $23.95. M Recovering alcoholic and TV star has-been Jake Wheeler looks for the missing teenage step-daughter of an acquaintance in Aspen,...

Stansberry, Domenic. Chasing the Dragon.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... STANSBERRY, DOMENIC. Chasing the Dragon. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Oct. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-32467-7. $24.95. M Sent to his San Francisco hometown by the "company" to infiltrate a drug-smuggling operation possibly involving his uncle,...

Cohen, Nancy J. Died Blonde: a Bad Hair Day Mystery.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
October 1, 2004... COHEN, NANCY J. Died Blonde: A Bad Hair Day Mystery. Kensington. Dec. 2004. c.256p. ISBN 0-7582-0656-9. $22. M When stylist/sleuth Marla (Permed to Death) opened her own hair salon, she left former boss Carolyn upset. But now Marla...

Keep Me Alive: a Trish Maguire Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... COOPER, NATASHA. Keep Me Alive: A Trish McGuire Mystery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Oct. 2004. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-33591-1. $24.95. M British attorney Trish Maguire (A Place of Safety) represents a group of small food producers in a suit...

Hathaway, Robin. Satan's Pony: a Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... HATHAWAY, ROBIN. Satan's Pony: A Mystery. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Oct. 2004. c.224p. ISBN 0-312-33322-6. $22.95. M This follow-up to Scarecrow traces the ongoing career of Jo Banks as physician on-call for a group of New Jersey...

Rickman, Phil. The Prayer of the Night Shepherd: the Sixth Merrily Watkins Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... RICKMAN, PHIL. The Prayer of the Night Shepherd: The Sixth Merrily Watkins Mystery. Pan UK, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Oct. 2004. 356p. ISBN 0-333-90806-6. $24.95. M Anglican priest, single mom, and sometime sleuth Merrily Watkins is drawn...

Davidson, Diane Mott. Double Shot.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... DAVIDSON, DIANE MOTT. Double Shot. Morrow. Nov. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-06-052729-3. $24.95. M One sabotage attack on our fair if graying heroine (Sticks & Scones), two dead bodies, and a baker's dozen new recipes fill the pages of Davidson's...

Doyle, Peter. Get Rich Quick.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... DOYLE, PETER. Get Rich Quick. Criminy! Bks: Verse Chorus. 2004. c.256p. ISBN 1-891241-15-X. $22.95. M Set in 1950s Sydney and making its U.S. debut, this 1997 co-winner of Australia's Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel opens...

Evans, Liz. Sick as a Parrot: a Grace Smith Investigation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... EVANS, LIZ. Sick as a Parrot: A Grace Smith Investigation. Orion, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Oct. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-75286-023-2. pap. $16.95. M British PI Grace Smith is parrot-sitting Tallulah, an alcoholic bird who learned to talk by...

Russell, Kirk. Night Game: a John Marquez Crime Novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... RUSSELL, KIRK. Night Game: A John Marquez Crime Novel. Chronicle. Oct. 2004. c.368p. ISBN 0-8118-4112-X. $23.95. M In his second outing (after Shell Games), California Fish and Game Lt. John Marquez and his Special Operations Unit (SOU) go...

Wilson, Robert. The Vanished Hands.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... WILSON, ROBERT. The Vanished Hands. Harcourt. Jan. 2005. c.368p. ISBN 0-15-100841-8. $25. M Chief Inspector Javier Falcon, back after his emotional ordeal in The Blind Man of Seville, and Judge Esteban Calderon, now engaged to Falcon's...

Acito, Marc. How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... ACITO, MARC. How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater. Broadway. 2004. c.240p. ISBN 0-7679-1841-X. $21.95. F Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni is enjoying a carefree summer, hanging out with his friends in...

Auchincloss, Louis. East Side Story.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS. East Side Story. Houghton. Dec. 2004. c.240p. ISBN 0-618-45244-3. $24. F This is the kind of novel that Auchincloss renders with supreme skill, earning him appreciative comparisons with Henry James and Edith Wharton. A...

Cadwalladr, Carole. The Family Tree.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... CADWALLADR, CAROLE. The Family Tree. Dutton. Jan. 2005. c.400p. ISBN 0-525-94842-2. $23.95. F Genetic predisposition figures prominently in this tender coming-of-age novel in which Rebecca Monroe, a Welsh sociologist, struggles to...

Case, John. The Murder Artist.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... CASE, JOHN. The Murder Artist. Ballantine. Oct. 2004. c.448p. ISBN 0-345-46471-0. $25.95. F Washington, DC, investigative reporter Alex Callahan begins to live every parent's worst nightmare when his young twin sons, Sean and Kevin, go...

Delbanco, Nicholas. The Vagabonds.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... * DELBANCO, NICHOLAS. The Vagabonds. Warner. Nov. 2004. c.294p. ISBN 0-446-53002-6. $23.95. F Siblings Joanna, Claire, and David Saperstone, now adults, return to their childhood home of Saratoga Springs, NY, to bury their widowed mother....

DeMille, Nelson. Night Fall.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... * DeMILLE, NELSON. Night Fall. Warner. Nov. 2004. c.487p. ISBN 0-446-57663-8. $26.95. F It's summer 2001, five years since TWA Flight 800 went down in the ocean under mysterious circumstances. The official explanation is mechanical...

Fire Along the Sky.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... DONATI, SARA. Fire Along the Sky. Bantam. 2004. 610p. ISBN 0-553-80146-5. $27. F Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner's adult children take center stage in this fourth novel (after Lake in the Clouds) in Donati's "Into the Wilderness" series,...

Fattaruso, Paul. Travel in the Mouth of the Wolf.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... FATTARUSO, PAUL. Travel in the Month of the Wolf. Soft Skull. (ShortLit). Oct. 2004. c. 112p. ISBN 1-932360-49-2. pap. $11.95. F In this novella, Fattaruso's fiction debut, we follow a deaf Arctic explorer named Iple past his violent death...

Flook, Maria. Lux.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... FLOOK, MARIA. LUX. Little, Brown. Oct. 2004. c.272p. ISBN 0-316-00092-2. $23.98. F Two years after the disappearance of her husband, Alden Warren is dating a married man and working at the Cape Cod National Seashore. Though her mental...

Francis, Brian. Fruit.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... FRANCIS, BRIAN. Fruit. MacAdam/Cage. 2004. c.284p. ISBN 1-931561-76-1. $23. F In his debut novel, Francis details the unhappy life of an overweight 13-year-old, reminding us all how agonizing eighth-grade adolescence can be. Peter...

Garber, Joseph R. Whirlwind.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2004... GARBER, JOSEPH R. Whirlwind. HarperCollins. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-06-059650-3. $24.95. F Charlie McKenzie, former CIA black ops specialist, thought he had the backing of the President. His mission went awry, however, and he spent two years...