Library Journal articles from October 2007, page 7

Library Journal archives from October 2007

Grace Kelly: The American Princess.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Grace Kelly: The American Princess. (Hollywood Collection). color & b/w. 104 min. Gene Feldman, Wombat Prods., dist. by Janson Media, 88 Semmens Rd., Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488; www.janson.com. 1987; 2007 release. DVD ISBN...

Notes on Marie Menken.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Notes on Marie Menken. color & b/w. 97 min. Martina Kudlacek, dist. by First Run Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st fl., Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710; www.frif.com. 2007. DVD/VHS $398 (Rental: $125). Public performance. FILM In this...

Legends of the Silver Screen.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Legends of the Silver Screen. 9 vols. color & b/w. 650+ min. A&E Television Networks c/o New Video, 902 Broadway, 9th fl., New York, NY 10010; 888-423-1212; www.shopAETV. com. 2007. DVD ISBN 978-0-7670-9577-8. $44.95. FILM The life...

Trailers: what's coming on VHS/DVD.(VIDEO)(Brief article)(List)
October 1, 2007... THE FAT MAN SANG: Pavarotti Titles Aida. color. 163 min. Kultur Intl. Films. DVD ISBN 978-0-7697-2251-1. $29.99. Verdi's classic, with the San Francisco opera. La Boheme. color. 111 min. Kultur Intl. Films. DVD ISBN...

The Spaghetti West.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... The Spaghetti West. color & b/w. 56+ min. David Gregory, dist. by Docurama c/o New Video Group, 902 Broadway, 9th fl., New York, NY 10010; 888-423-1212; www. newvideo.com. 2007 release. DVD ISBN 978-0-7670-9532-7. $26.95. FILM Originally...

Reader's Digest Funniest Moments of Comedy.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Reader's Digest Funniest Moments of Comedy. 6 vols. color & b/w. 10 hrs. Reader's Digest Assn., dist. by Questar, Inc., 800-544-8422; www.questarentertainment.com. 2007. DVD ISBN 978-1-59464-278-4. $59.99. HUMOR The people who are...

Finding the Future: A Science Fiction Conversation.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Finding the Future: A Science Fiction Conversation. color. 100 min. Casey Moore, Anomalous Entertainment, dist. by Victory Multimedia, 460 Hindry Ave., Unit D, Inglewood, CA 90301; 310-590-1388; www. FindingTheFuture.com. DVD $19.99. LIT ...

Stagedoor.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Stagedoor. color. 79 min. Alexandra Shiva, Gidalya Pictures LLC, dist. by Docurama c/o New Video Group, 902 Broadway, 9th fl., New York, NY 10010; 888-423-1212; www. newvideo.com; 2007. DVD ISBN 978-0-7670-9523-5. $26.95. PERFORMING ARTS ...

Granny D Goes to Washington.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Granny D Goes to Washington. color. 27 rain. Alidra Solday, Solday Prods., dist. by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 600-543-3764; www.bullfrogfilms.com. 2006. DVD ISBN 978-1-59458-625-4. $195 (Rental: $45). Public performance....

Big Easy to Big Empty: The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans.(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Big Easy to Big Empty: The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans. colon 90 min. Greg Palast, Palast Prods., dist. by Disinformation Co., 220 E. 23rd St., Suite 500, New York, NY 10010; 212-691-1605; www.disinfo.com. 2007. DVD ISBN...

Future by Design.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... Future by Design. colon 90 min. William Gazecki, DocFlix Inc., 2554 Lincoln Blvd., #298, Venice, CA 90291; 888-DOC-FLIX; www.fbdthemovie.com/order.html. 2006. DVD ISBN 978-1-4276-0841-3. $29.95 + $3.95 s/h. Contact distributor for public...

9/11: Press for Truth.(9/12: From Chaos To Community)(Video recording review)
October 1, 2007... 9/11: Press for Truth. color. 85+ min. Ray Nowosielski & others, Banded Artists/ Standard Issue Films, dist. by Disinformation Co., 220 E. 23rd St., Suite 500, New York, NY 10010; www.disinfo.com. 2006. DVD ISBN 978-1-932857-54-2. $14.95. ...

Brown, Dale. Strike Force.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Brown, Dale. Strike Force. 12 CDs. unabridged. 14 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4233-2428-7. $112.25. F Brown brings back Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan in this technothriller that touches on events in today's headlines. Russia...

Brown, Sandra. Best Kept Secrets.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Brown, Sandra. Best Kept Secrets. 11 CDs. unabridged. 13 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4233-2484-3. $107.25. F Twenty-five-year-old Alexandra Gaither is a Texas state prosecutor, whose mother, Celina, was murdered when she was...

Burke, James Lee. The Tin Roof Blowdown.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Burke, James Lee. The Tin Roof Blowdown. 12 CDs. unabridged. 13 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4281-5585-5. $123.75; 12 cassettes. ISBN 978-1-4281-5583-1. $98.75. F In his many years of service with the New Orleans police department...

Carlson, Ron. Five Skies.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Carlson, Ron. Five Skies. 6 CDs. unabridged. 7 1/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4159-4038-9. $80. F Big Arthur Key, ace Hollywood stunt scene builder, drifts into Idaho, the better to hide from his past. He serves as mentor to...

Kellerman, Faye. The Burnt House.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Kellerman, Faye. The Burnt House. 11 CDs. unabridged. 13 hrs. HarperAudio. 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-125659-2. $39.95. F Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus fans will rejoice at another popular Kellerman murder mystery featuring the LAPD lieutenant and...

Leonard, Elmore. Up in Honey's Room.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Leonard, Elmore. Up in Honey's Room. 7 CDs. unabridged. 7 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4281-5296-0. $102.75; 7 cassettes. ISBN 978-1-4281-5294-6. $72.75. F Set in the Midwest during the last year of World War II, this book...

Lutz, Lisa. The Spellman Files.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Lutz, Lisa. The Spellman Files. 8 cassettes. unabridged. 9 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4281-4221-3. $92.75; 8 CDs. ISBN 978-1-4281-4223-7. $123.75. F First novelist Lutz introduces a comical mystery series with this book,...

Patterson, James & Michael Ledwidge. The Quickie.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... * Patterson, James & Michael Ledwidge. The Quickie. 5 CDs. unabridged. 6 hrs. Books on Tape. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4159-4204-8. $60. F "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." NYPD detective Lauren Stillwell finds...

Perry, Anne. At Some Disputed Barricade.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Perry, Anne. At Some Disputed Barricade. 11 CDs. unabridged. 12 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59355-067-7. $107.25. F Perry's fourth entry in her World War I series finds army chaplain Joseph Reavley and his sister, Judith, an...

Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... * Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes. 18 cassettes, unabridged. 21 1/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4271-4434-7. $113.75; 18 CDs. ISBN 978-1-4281-4436-1. $123.75. F The other kids picked on Peter Houghton from the time he was in...

Robb, J.D. Witness in Death.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Robb, J.D. Witness in Death. 9 CDs. unabridged. 10 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4233-1726-5. $97.25. F New York City cop Eve Dallas and her husband, Roark, attend an opening of a performance of Agatha Christie's Witness for the...

Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor. Revenge of Innocents.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor. Revenge of Innocents. 11 CDs. unabridged. 13 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4233-0704-4. $107.25. F In this romantic thriller, Ventura County, CA, probation officer Carolyn Sullivan investigates the...

Scottoline, Lisa. Daddy's Girl.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Scottoline, Lisa. Daddy's Girl. 8 cassettes. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4281-5290-8. $72.75; 8 CDs. ISBN 978-1-4281-5292-2. $92.75. F Edgar Award-winning author Scottoline's new legal thriller features Natalie...

Beston, Henry. The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... * Beston, Henry. The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod. 5 CDs. unabridged. 5 hrs. Silver Hollow Audio, 474 Silver Hollow Rd., Chichester, NY 12416. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9793115-0-5. $29.95. LIT Echoing Henry...

Perkins, John. The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Perkins, John. The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth About Global Corruption. 9 CDs. unabridged. 11 hrs. Penguin Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-0-14-314212-6. $39.95. BUS In his 2004 Confessions of an...

Schaap, Jeremy. Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 1, 2007... Schaap, Jeremy. Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics. 6 CDs. unabridged. 7 1/2 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4001-0367-6. $29.99. SPORTS As Hitler's plans for the master race were gaining speed in 1930s...

Classic returns.(book reviews)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... FICTION Block, Lawrence. Tanner's Virgin. Harper: HarperCollins. 2007. 206p. ISBN 978-0-06-126238-8. pap, $7.99. F Published in 1968 as Here Comes a Hero, this is one of the prolific Block's Evan Tanner novels. This outing finds the...

Reading to recovery: addiction memoirs.(the reader's shelf)(book reviews)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Millions of people around the world struggle with substance abuse every day; millions more struggle to understand the why's and how's of addiction. Abstaining from alcohol and drugs is only one part of overcoming addiction; the hardest part...

Business self-help.(lj best sellers)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't. [HC] Jim Collins. Collins: HarperCollins. 2001. ISBN 978-0-06-662099-2. $27.50. 2 Now, Discover Your Strengths. [HC] Marcus Buckingham &...

The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries.(lj best sellers)(Table)
October 1, 2007... FICTION LAST RANKING / TIMES ON LIST 1 A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead: 2 / 4 Penguin. ISBN...