Library Journal articles from October 2005

Library Journal archives from October 2005

Government that works: a defining moment for public libraries.(editorial)(public libraries served Katrina victims)(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) failure in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the excruciating personal devastation have obscured one of the more positive stories to emerge from the disaster. One government institution works, and...

The librarian's new role: seeker and deliverer of truth in a world of partisans and liars.(blatant Berry)
October 1, 2005... THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, THE DIGITAL AND print, the techie and the traditional--whatever you call them, there are two cultures now. They share turf, but each demands allegiance, resources, and credit and kudos for contributions to this new world....

No slackers.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... On the surface, it's hard to argue with Bill Crowley's "Save Professionalism" (LJ 9/1/05, p. 46-48), especially his position that librarians have to be educators to survive in the information age. This has been a common theme voiced by book...

Stiffen our spines.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... Linda Koss was right on target ("The Truth About Libraryland," BackTalk, LJ 8/05, p. 52). I don't always read a periodical from cover to cover, but I am certainly glad I took the time for this issue. Koss made my day. It is extremely...

Atrophied roots.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... I have to wonder how much time either John Berry ("Reposition Public Libraries," Editorial, LJ 9/1/05, p. 8) or Bill Crowley ("Save Professionalism," LJ 9/1/05, p. 46-48) has spent in his public library recently. They make some good points, but...

New Barbie model.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... You need a new illustrator for a possible Barbie the Librarian doll (LJ 9/1/05, p. 3, and FrontDesk, p. 13). I was amazed you accepted such a stereotypical picture complete with hair in a bun, long skirt, severe blue suit, plain pumps, and the...

Ground-level research.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... I have to applaud Thomas Mann's "Research at Risk" (LJ 7/05, p. 38-40) and encourage everyone to give copies of it to ground-level librarians. Less is more, not better, in the case of online topic research. Yes, more comprehensive subject...

One Aurora.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
October 1, 2005... At the Aurora Public Library, IL, we applaud the efforts of our Cleveland colleagues (Sari Feldman and Lev Gornick, "The Dream of OneCleveland," L.J 9/1/05, p. 34-36). Various departments and agencies of the City of Aurora (police, fire, MIS,...

ALA-APA needs new name--any ideas?(front desk)(American Library Association--Allied Professional Association )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The American Library Association--Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA), formed to support compensation for library workers and to certify individuals in library specializations, has gotten off the ground slowly, in both donations and...

Heart of the Community contest.(front desk)
October 1, 2005... Berkshire Publishing is hosting a photo essay contest identify 75 libraries throughout North America for a coffee-table volume being published in 2006. Heart of the Community: The Libraries We Love will feature libraries great and small that...

Pictograms bring Dewey up-to-date.(front desk)(Oakland Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... It's gotten easier to navigate the Oakland Public Library (OPL), thanks to a new set of 87 full-color pictograms aimed to illustrate subject areas of the Dewey Decimal System. OPL commissioned the unique images, paid for in part by a $33,285...

Stat watch: a look at Google print for libraries.(front desk)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... 18 million: books held by five libraries whose books Google is scanning 10.5 million: unique books held 49%: unique books in English 30%: unique books in German, French, Spanish, Russian, and Italian 50: unique books published...

After Katrina, dismay and recovery: libraries report the extent of damage as library community continues to mobilize.(SPECIAL REPORT)(Hurricane Katrina, 2005)
October 1, 2005... The New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) is coming back from Hurricane Katrina--thanks to the State Library of Louisiana, NOPL in mid-September set up a temporary web site (nutrias.org)--but, like many libraries in the Gulf region, it both...

Partial victory in Patriot Act case.(gag orders)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A federal judge ruled on September 9 in favor of the anonymous Connecticut library challenging a USA PATRIOT Act gag order (see News, LJ 9/15/05, p. 17ff.) but stayed the decision so the federal government could appeal, which it did, and an...

Is the FBI spying on ALA? Prompted by ACLU concern, Exec Board votes to file FOIA request.(lj news)(American Library Association)(American Civil Liberties Union)(Freedom of Information Act)(Federal Bureau of Investigation)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The American Library Association's (ALA) public opposition to the USA PATRIOT Act has its Executive Board concerned that, just maybe, the FBI is keeping tabs on the organization. In a September 8 conference call, the board approved the...

Niagara Falls PL gets budget; judge rules that city must pay remaining balance of appropriation.(lj news)(Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... After months of wrangling, the Niagara Falls Public Library, NY, had to go to court to get the City of Niagara Falls to pay the balance of $2.1 million appropriated in the 2005 budget, which covers the calendar year. In an effort to save...

Providence PL votes to unionize; union process begins at Cincinnati and Hamilton County PL.(lj news)(Providence Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Providence Public Library workers--both librarians and support staff--voted 53-39 on September 8 to form a joint union. "For the first time, the employees of the library as a whole will have the opportunity to have some say over their future,"...

KCPL maintains Kemper as head; interim director gets job after legislature changes law on MLS.(lj news)(R. Crosby Kemper III promoted as executive director)(Kansas City Public Library)(Missouri Library Association)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Kansas City Public Library (KCPL), MO, August 30 announced the permanent hiring of R. Crosby Kemper III as its executive director at an annual salary of $130,000. He had served as interim director since January. His initial appointment...

Bookmobiles turn 100.(lj news)(Washington County Free Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: BOOKMOBILES TURN 100: When the first bookmobile trotted out behind two horses outside Hagerstown, MD, in 1905, the black vehicle was first confused with the "dead wagon." The Washington County Free Library...

Reed Elsevier's arms role criticized.(lj news)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Editors of The Lancet, one of the premier medical industry journals and part of the Elsevier stable of titles, have published an editorial calling on the publisher's corporate parent, Reed Elsevier, to divest its role in the international arms...

National Archives chooses Lockheed.(lj news)(National Archives and Records Administration)(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Lockheed Martin has won a $308 million, six-year contract to build the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system (www.archives.gov/era) for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).The ERA system will capture and preserve the...

Criticas gets new Web life.(lj news)(www.criticasmagazine.com)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Criticas, the only U.S. magazine in English devoted to the Spanish-language publishing market, has launched a new and improved web site, www.criticasmagazine.com, and a twice-monthly newsletter, Criticas Connection (monthly until November)....

Calendar.(Calendar)
October 1, 2005... OCTOBER 5-7--0hio Library Council, Columbus www.olc.org 5-7--South Dakota Library Assn., Pierre www.usd.edu/sdla 5-8--Idaho Library Assn., Pocatello www.idaholibraries.org 11-13--Arizona Library Assn., Mesa www.azla.org ...

St. John's University.(people)(James Benson promoted to Vice Provost)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... James Benson, Associate Professor, Division of Library and Information Science, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY, has been promoted to Vice Provost. At St. John's since 1983, Benson will add graduate studies, research, and online learning to...

National Archives of the United Kingdom.(people)(Natalie Ceeney appointed as Chief Executive)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Natalie Ceeney has been named Chief Executive of the National Archives of the United Kingdom, Richmond, Surrey, effective October 17. She is currently director of operations and services at the British Library in London.

Kanawha County Public Library.(people)(Kathleen Cottay joins as manager of Kanawha County Public Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Kathleen Cottay, formerly VP of Information Resources, American Media, Inc., is now manager of Public Services for the Main Library of the Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, WV.

Morgan Library.(people)(Isabelle Dervaux joins as Curator of Pierpont Morgan Library)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Isabelle Dervaux, formerly Curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Academy of Design, New York, has been appointed to the newly created position of Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library, New York.

Sequoyah Regional Library System.(people)(Nicholas Fogarty promoted as director)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Nicholas Fogarty, the new director of the Sequoyah Regional Library System, Canton, GA, has served at the library since 1999, most recently as Assistant Director for Library Development. He succeeds Joan Adam, who retired in August.

Oakland Public Library.(people)(Gerard Garzon appointed as aministrative librarian)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Gerard (Gerry) Garzon, Administrative Librarian for the Main Library of the Oakland Public Library (OPL) since 2000, has been promoted to Deputy Director. Garzon was Director of the Koelbel Library, Centennial, CO, in the Arapahoe Library...

Newark Public Library.(people)(Wilma Grey joins as director)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Wilma "Bunny" Grey is the new Director of the Newark Public Library, the largest library in New Jersey. The first African American woman to head the library, she began her career there as an intern in 1969. Grey, a Newark native, has served as...

San Jose State University.(people)(Ruth Kifer joins as dean)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Ruth Kifer, former Associate Dean of the Library, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, is the new Dean of the Library at San Joss State University, CA, which shares its facility with the San Jos6 Public Library.

Austin Public Library.(people)(Juliet Machie joins as director)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Juliet Machie, the new Assistant Director for Public Services of the Austin Public Library, TX, brings 17 years of experience, including her recent stint as Director of Public Services for the Detroit Public Library. Machie is a doctoral...

Pasadena Public Library.(people)(Jan Sanders joins as director)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Jan Sanders, former Director of the Spokane Public Library, is now Director of the Pasadena Public Library, CA.

Vendors rally for hurricane victims; publishers, tech companies open their hearts and wallets.(SPECIAL REPORT)
October 1, 2005... Libraries were among the first to provide relief efforts following the ruinous spree of Hurricane Katrina, opening their doors to evacuees, offering temporary cards entitling them to books, computer access, and numerous other services. Vendors...

Alabama signs Tutor.com.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(libraries providing help to students in education)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Thanks to an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, Alabama libraries will be offering students Live Homework Help from Tutor.com, which, no doubt, will be especially welcomed after Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Bob Riley announced that...

JISC OKs Scopus for UK.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Joint Information Systems Committee )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the arm of the British government that offers information technology support to the nation's higher ed facilities, is providing Elsevier's Scopus to UK universities. Elsevier reports that more...

ebrary signs top publishers.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Oxford University Press)(Brill Academic Publishers)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... ebrary has cut deals with a handful of top publishers to add "hundreds of full-text books and other authoritative content" to its Dynamic Content Platform (DCP). The new publishers are Oxford University Press, Brill Academic Publishers,...

LVCC contracts for millennium.(INSTALLATIONS)(Las Vegas-Clark County Library and Innovative Interfaces Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... A technology committee formed by Las Vegas-Clark County Library director Dan Waiters has concluded that Innovative Interfaces' Millennium system will best meet the facility's automation needs. The vendor announced August 29 that the LJ Library...

World cultures enthralls.(E-VIEWS AND REVIEWS)(World Cultures Today: Daily Life Online)
October 1, 2005... LICENSING HOW-TOS Does your library fend for itself in dealing with the joys of negotiating licenses for e-products? Or do you contract it out to an e-licensing service? Or is your licensing done within a consortium? What about rights? How many...

Vendors and search engines.(ONLINE DATABASES)(indexing)
October 1, 2005... AT FIRST IT SEEMED INEVITABLE that free search engines would compete with fee-based online services. Now they work together. Although still in beta-test mode, Yahoo Subscriptions works with many publishers and online services to index their...

Where learners go; how to strengthen the library role in online learning.(INFOTECH FEATURE)
October 1, 2005... Libraries have traditionally played an important role in supplying high-quality information services and products used by people seeking to learn. They have always provided facilities that promote and encourage learning. The Internet has...

Talkin' blogs: library bloggers discuss the impact of their work.(ROUND TABLE)(Interview)(Cover Story)
October 1, 2005... Like rice and beans or peanut butter and jelly, librarians and blogs are a natural combination. Blogs, as librarians have been quick to discover, are great tools for communicating information, citing sources (through URLs), comparing facts...

The new library outpost: using volunteers in remote locations, a regional library reaches more people, more often.(Lake Agassiz Regional Library )
October 1, 2005... By pioneering a new way of looking at library outreach, the Lake Agassiz Regional Library (LARL) system in west central Minnesota answers the need for more outreach with fewer resources. Based on innovative partnerships between the library and...

Summer dreams, fall feast.(FIRST NOVELISTS 2005)(Bibliography)
October 1, 2005... In case you missed it, Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian was the big debut of last season, but it wasn't the only one. Dave King's The Ha-Ha, Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep, and John Twelve Hawks's The Traveler also hit the charts, proving that you...

New markets, new media.(Collection Development: Advertising & Marketing)(Bibliography)
October 1, 2005... A quick scan of advertising, public relations, and marketing trade journals like Adweek, Brandweek, and Public Relations Tactics quickly reveals that producers of consumer goods and services are increasingly using niche marketing strategies and...

The eye of the beholder.(CASE STUDY)(pornography)
October 1, 2005... RUTH KIERNAN, LIBRARIAN AT the Carolla Public Library, scooped a handful of DVDs from the bin under a slot-and-chute affair in the circulation desk, checked the titles against the OPAC, and began replacing them in the three rows of shelves...

Talk to the board.(ANALYSIS I)
October 1, 2005... Schaefer has a potentially serious PR crisis on her hands. We all might agree that Prokop is over the top in her censorship of art. Still, no one likes to be put down, and Kiernan, however politely, did gratuitously insult Prokop when she...

Create a set of standards.(ANALYSIS II)(art in public library)
October 1, 2005... As Schaefer returns to her office after speaking with Kiernan and Crowe, she will have a number of important steps to follow and issues to consider as she prepares to deal with both the presence and the location of the Edna painting and with...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
October 1, 2005... FICTION Arthur, Keri. Full Moon Rising. Spectra: Bantam. Feb. 2006. 304p. ISBN 0-553-80458-8. $15. CD: Random Audio. What, you've never heard of dhampires? They're half-vampire and half-werewolf, and Riley Jensen is one. Now she's on...

On the silver screen.
October 1, 2005... ON THE SILVER SCREEN Mystery fans all have their favorite cinematic versions of their favorite books: Murder on the Orient Express, The Maltese Falcon, The Talented Mr. Ripley. It's also easy to recognize new mysteries that beg to be...

Cohen, Jeffrey. As Dog Is My Witness: Another Aaron Tucker Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Cohen, Jeffrey. As Dog Is My Witness: Another Aaron Tucker Mystery. Bancroft. Nov. 2005. c.280p. ISBN 1-890862-43-6. $16.95 M Freelance screenwriter and investigative reporter Aaron Tucker (A Farewell to Legs) investigates a shooting murder...

Crawford, Isis. A Catered Christmas: A Mystery with Recipes.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Crawford, Isis. A Catered Christmas: A Mystery with Recipes. Kensington. Oct. 2005. c.320p. ISBN 0-7582-0687-9. $22. M Bickering sister caterers Libby and Bernie (A Catered Wedding) enter a televised contest on the Hortense Calabash cooking...

Dalton, John. The Concrete Sea.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Dalton, John. The Concrete Sea. Tindal Street, dist. by Dufour. Oct. 2005. 233p. ISBN 0-9547913-2-0. pap. $16.95. M Dalton's second dark and foreboding work (after The City Trap) features paranoid and tormented Don Avoca, a Manchester P.I....

Harris, C.S. What Angels Fear: A Historical Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * Harris, C.S. What Angels Fear: A Historical Mystery. NAL: Penguin. Nov. 2005. c.352p. ISBN 0-451-21669-5. $23.95. M In Regency London (circa 1811), Sebastian St. Cyr, the youngest but only surviving son of an earl, stands accused of...

Kalian, Cady. As Dead As It Gets.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Kalian, Cady. As Dead As It Gets. Forge: Tor. Oct. 2005. c.352p. ISBN 0-7653-13642 [ISBN 978-0-7653-1364-5]. $23.95. M Hollywood screenwriter Maggie Mars is on the board of the Creative Artists' Union (COW), supports an active...

Lopresti, Robert. Such a Killing Crime.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Lopresti, Robert. Such a Killing Crime. Kearney Street Bks. Nov. 2005. c.275p. ISBN 0-9723706-3-3. pap. $14.95. M In 1963, army veteran Joe Talley manages a popular Greenwich Village coffeehouse. One night, Joe and a waitress interrupt the...

Rowe, Rosemary. The Chariots of Calyx: The Libertus Mysteries of Roman Britain.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * Rowe, Rosemary. The Chariots of Calyx: The Libertus Mysteries of Roman Britain. Headline, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Oct. 2005. 271 p. ISBN 0-7472-6519-4. pap. $9.99. M Libertus (Murder in the Forum), a Celt and ex-slave, is known as a...

Sefton, Maggie. Dying To Sell.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Sefton, Maggie. Dying To Sell. Five Star: Gale. Oct. 2005. c.234p. ISBN 1-59414-310-2. $25.95. M Realtor Katie Doyle, herself recently divorced, attempts to sell an upscale house in Fort Collins, CO, for two longtime friends who are...

Indridason, Arnaldur. Jar City.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * Indridason, Arnaldur. Jar City. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Oct. 2005. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-34070-2. $21.95. M Soon after 69-year-old Holberg is found murdered in his Reykjavik basement flat with a cryptic note on his body, his status as an...

Krich, Rochelle. Now You See Me....(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Krich, Rochelle. Now You See Me.... Ballantine. Oct. 2005. c.352p. ISBN 0-345-46812-0. pap. $13.95. M In her fourth novel to feature true-crime writer Molly Blume (Grave Endings), Krich once again delivers a well-crafted mystery that is...

Morris, Bob. Jamaica Me Dead.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Morris, Bob. Jamaica Me Dead. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Oct. 2005. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-32891-5. $22.95. M Morris's second Zach Chasteen novel (after Bahamarama) is an entertaining Florida mystery featuring a likable protagonist, his engaging...

Oates, Joyce Carol. The Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Oates, Joyce Carol. The Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense. Otto Penzler: Harcourt. Jan. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-15-101179-6. $24. M Oates's (The Falls) short stories are usually dark, edgy affairs, and this collection...

Prepub mystery.(Bibliography)
October 1, 2005... Bass, Jefferson. Carved in Bone. Morrow. Feb. 2006. 352p. ISBN 0-06075981-X. $24.95. The only laboratory in the world devoted to the study of human decomposition joins with its founder, Dr. Bill Brockton, as the latest investigative...

Baldacci, David. The Camel Club.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Baldacci, David. The Camel Club. Warner. Oct. 2005. c.438p. ISBN 0-446-57738-3. $26.95. F Just outside the White House gates, a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists gathers to find the hidden truth behind the actions of the power elite in...

Connelly, Michael. The Lincoln Lawyer.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Connelly, Michael. The Lincoln Lawyer. Little, Brown. Oct. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-316-73493-4. $26.95. F Mickey Haller defends low-life criminals who seem to offend habitually. With no actual office in which to hang his law degree, he works...

Crane, Megan. Everyone Else's Girl.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Crane, Megan. Everyone Else's Girl. 5 Spot: Warner. Oct. 2005. c.256p. ISBN 0-446-69433-9. pap. $12.95. F It's a late twenty something's worst nightmare: moving back home with her parents. Meredith's mom is on a dream vacation, and her dad...

Davies, Martin. The Conjurer's Bird.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * Davies, Martin. The Conjurer's Bird. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Nov. 2005. c.320p. ISBN 1-4000-9733-9. $24. F At the heart of this 18th-century historical mystery by Davies (Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose) is a passionate love story...

Davis, Kathryn. The Thin Place.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Davis, Kathryn. The Thin Place. Little, Brown. Jan. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 0-316-73504-3. $23.95. F Taking place in the small town of Varennes near the Canadian border, this novel features a Jane Austen--like country setting and a Virginia...

Deutermann, P.T. The Cat Dancers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * Deutermann, P.T. The Cat Dancers. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Dec. 2005. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-33377-3. $24.95. F Do cats really dance? Probably not, but Deutermann's (Zero Option) tense and exciting new novel certainly does. When two...

Freund, Harry I. Love with Noodles: An Amorous Widower's Tale.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * Freund, Harry I. Love with Noodles: An Amorous Widower's Tale. Carroll & Graf. Oct. 2005. c.320p. ISBN 0-7867-1589-8. $25. F Meet widower Dan Gelder, a 62-year-old Jewish stockbroker who's part of Manhattan's ultrarich social set. It's...

Greene, Thomas Christopher. I'll Never Be Long Gone.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Greene, Thomas Christopher. I'll Never Be Long Gone. Morrow. Oct. 2005. c.320p. ISBN 0-06-076580-1 [ISBN 978-0-06076580-4]. $24.95. F In his second novel, Greene (Mirror Lake) returns to Eden, VT, this time exploring what family means and...

Gregory, Philippa. The Constant Princess.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Gregory, Philippa. The Constant Princess. Touchstone: S. & S. Dec. 2005. c.400p. ISBN 0-7432-7248-X [ISBN 978-0-7432-7248-3]. $24.95. F Best-selling historical novelist Gregory returns to the world of Tudor England that she explored in...

Hauser, Melanie Lynne. Confessions of Super Mom.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Hauser, Melanie Lynne. Confessions of Super Mom. Dutton. 2005. c.320p. ISBN 0-525-94910-0. $23.95. F The Incredibles, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Sky High--it's all about superheroes these days. So what do you get when you mix chick...

Izzo, Jean-Claude. Total Chaos.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Izzo, Jean-Claude. Total Chaos. Europa, dist. by Gale. Nov. 2005. c.256p, tr. from French by Howard Curtis. ISBN 1-93337204-4. $14.95. F In this first installment of a trilogy (Europa Editions will publish Posse and Solea, the second and...

James, Marion. John Crow's Devil.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * James, Marion. John Crow's Devil. Akashic. 2005. c.226p. ISBN 1-88845182-3. $21. F Dueling preachers, black magic, and speaking in tongues; animal sorcery and retribution from natural forces; an old violation sparking a series of new...

Kadare, Ismail. The Successor.(The Successor: A Novel)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Kadare, Ismail. The Successor. Arcade, dist. by Little, Brown. Nov. 2005. c.224p, tr. from French by David Bellos. ISBN 1-55970-773-9. $24. F Kadare, the recent winner of the first Man Booker International Prize, depicts an Albania...

Khoury-Ghata, Venus. A House at the Edge of Tears.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Khoury-Ghata, Venus. A House at the Edge of Tears. Graywolf. Nov. 2005. c.128p, tr. from French by Marilyn Hacker. ISBN 1-55597-434-1. pap. $12. F In this small, poetic novel resides the fury, despair, shame, and love of a book ten times...

Michael Connelly.(Q&A)(past president of Mystery Writers of America)(Interview)
October 1, 2005... Michael Connelly, past president of Mystery Writers of America, has written 15 best-selling novels, most featuring L.A. police detective Harry Bosch. His new novel, The Lincoln Lawyer (see review on p. 64), introduces a new character, defense...

Kirn, Walter. Mission to America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Kirn, Walter. Mission to America. Doubleday. Oct. 2005. c.320p. ISBN 0-385-50764-X. $23.95. F The Montana-based Aboriginal Fulfilled Apostles have segregated themselves from the rest of the country to follow their beliefs more effectively,...

Lively, Penelope. Making It Up.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... * Lively, Penelope. Making It Up. Viking. Oct. 2005. c.215p. ISBN 0-670-03447-9. $24.95. F Lively (Moon Tiger) invents new versions of herself in a series of tales she calls "anti-memoir." A true version of the events in her life appears...

McGahan, Andrew. The White Earth.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... McGahan, Andrew. The White Earth. Soho, dist. by Consortium. Jan. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 1-56947-417-6. $25. F McGahan's fourth book is set in his familiar territory of Australia, specifically the desolate outback of fictional Kuran Station....

Markovits, Benjamin. Fathers and Daughters.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Markovits, Benjamin. Fathers and Daughters. Norton. Oct. 2005. c.224p. ISBN 0-393-06133-7. $23.95. F Markovits (Either Side of Winter) offers a probing examination of the relationship between fathers and daughters via the interlocking...

Miyamoto, Teru. Kinshu: Autumn Brocade.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Miyamoto, Teru. Kinshu: Autumn Brocade. New Directions, dist. by Norton. Oct. 2005. c.224p, tr. from Japanese by Roger K. Thomas. ISBN 0-8112-1633-0. $22.95. F Winner of literary awards in his native Japan. Miyamoto has not been accessible...

Patterson, James. Mary, Mary.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
October 1, 2005... Patterson, James. Mary, Mary. Little, Brown. Nov. 2005. c.400p. ISBN 0-316-15976-X. $27.95. F In Patterson's 11th Alex Cross thriller (after London Bridges), the FBI agent is asked to investigate a serial killer who targets women with two...