Library Journal articles from October 2010

Library Journal archives from October 2010

Happy, cute fun times: amigurumi to knit, crochet, and sew.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The Japanese can be credited with starting the cute craft trend--amigurumi is a Japanese word meaning 'knitted stuffed toy,' and no one can out-cute Hello Kitty (she's 36 years old this year). The Japanese company...

Xpress reviews: first look at new books.(On the Web: www.libraryjournal.com)(Transmetropolitan, vols. 5-6)(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... "Verdict: A satiric commentary of the contemporary world, this raucous portrait reveals Spider to be a cunning, savage journalist willing to use any means necessary to uncover the truth. The story moves thanks to razor-sharp, quick-moving...

Ebooks: libraries at the tipping point.(ON THE WEB: www.libraryjournal.com)
October 15, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you missed the daylong LJ/SLJ Summit, with over 2100 real-time attendees, or simply want to revisit it, you can still participate: the archive will be available until December 31, 2010. With keynotes by Ray Kurzweil...

An open letter to publishers.(Editorial)
October 15, 2010... Dear Publisher WE MISSED YOU, BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU missed out on an opportunity to engage in discussion with a large market already invested in the future of ebooks. Library Journal and School Library Journal's first virtual ebook...

Correction.(feedback)(Correction notice)
October 15, 2010... In Kristin Ramsdell's review of Jane Castle's Midnight Crystal (Romance, LJ 8/10, p. 59), it's noted the Amanda Quick entry to the "Dreamlight Trilogy" is Running Hot, a previous Jayne Ann Krentz title. The AQ entry is Burning Lamp. --Katie...

Hildreth may head IMLS.(newsdesk)(nomination of Susan Hildreth to be Institute of Museum and Library Services director)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... The White House has announced that President Obama intends to nominate Susan Hildreth, the city librarian for the Seattle Public Library since 2009, as director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. She previously served as...

IMLS announces grants.(newsdesk)(Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grants)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the recipients of this year's National Leadership Grants. The $9.3 million for library-related projects (the total is $17.3 million) includes numerous allocations for libraries,...

Marx to lead NYPL.(newsdesk)(New York Public Library president Anthony W. Marx)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... The New York Public Library has selected Amherst College president Anthony W. Marx as its new president as of July 1, 2011, replacing Paul LeClerc, the library's leader since 1993 and a former college president himself.. As with LeClerc, one...

LSSI still courting Stockton.(newsdesk)(Library Systems & Services LLC)(Stockton, California)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... The city of Stockton, CA, and San Joaquirt County government are still considering a bid by Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI), to run the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library or part of it. The interests of the city and county may...

Seattle branches targeted.(newsdesk)(budget for Seattle Public Library)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... Seattle mayor Mike McGinn, facing an expected $67 million budget deficit next year, on September 27 proposed an 8.5 percent cut in the budget for the Seattle Public Library, to $50.2 million. He would save all service hours by consolidating...

ALA candidates named.(newsdesk)(American Library Association president)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... Susan Stroyan and Maureen Sullivan have been named candidates for the 2012-13 presidency of the American Library Association. Stroyan, formerly head of Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, is now information services...

Kelly named news editor.(newsdesk)(Michael Kelley)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... Michael Kelley has joined Library Journal as News editor, replacing Norman Oder, who left October 8. Kelley, formerly a staff editor at the New York Times, has had a long, productive career in newspapers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Before...

LJ/SLJ inaugural virtual summit.(newsdesk)(Ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... "Ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point," a virtual summit held September 29, confirmed librarians' frustration over their exclusion from decisions about ebooks and their willingness to embrace ebook delivery and access for their users. LJ's...

Competition heats up discovery marketplace.(infotech)
October 15, 2010... If competition is the hallmark of a robust market, then the discovery interface marketplace is plenty robust. Every week sees new announcements from aggregate index discovery interface providers like OCLC (WorldCat Local), Ex Libris (Primo...

King County goes live with Evergreen.(infotech)(King County Library System)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... On September 22, King County Library System (KCLS), Issaquah, WA, went live with its customized open source Evergreen integrated library system (ILS). YouTube videos were soon posted documenting various parts of the library's migration progress...

Ex Libris's grant moves to chief librarian role.(infotech)(Carl Grant)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... Library automation company Ex Libris Group announced that Carl Grant, Ex Libris North America president since 2008, has been appointed to the newly created global position of chief librarian. Mark Triest, who has a background in educational...

Utsa announces "bookless library".(infotech)(University of Texas at San Antonio)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced the official opening of its new Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library, which it is calling "the first completely bookless library on a university or college campus." No printed...

Peter Murray, who has authored the Disruptive Library Technology Jester blog (dltj.org) since 2005, has been named by regional library organization LYRASIS to co-lead its LYRASIS Technology Services Program.(INFOTECH BRIEFS)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... Peter Murray, who has authored the Disruptive Library Technology Jester blog (dltj.org) since 2005, has been named by regional library organization LYRASIS to co-lead its LYRASIS Technology Services Program. He had previously been an assistant...

The lucky few: three new librarians tell it like it is.(PLACEMENTS & SALARIES 2010)
October 15, 2010... I remember reading my first Placements & Salaries issue of LJ. I was a recent graduate, and the economy had officially hit an all-time low. The Chicago sheriff was making headlines for refusing to kick renters out of foreclosed apartments,...

Stagnant salaries, rising unemployment: the recession takes its toll on new graduates.(PLACEMENTS & SALARIES 2010)
October 15, 2010... "Jobs... what jobs?" asked many of the 2009 LIS graduating class following another year of stagnating salaries and rising unemployment. There was strong participation in the annual survey, with 1,996 respondents representing 38.7% of the...

Gone mobile: mobile catalogs, SMS reference, and QR codes are on the rise--how are libraries adapting to mobile culture?(MOBILE LIBRARIES 2010)
October 15, 2010... Librarians, like patrons and researchers, are caught between traditional library service models and the promise of evolving information technologies. In recent years, professional conferences have strategically featured programs and...

Is Librarianship for You?(OFFICE HOURS)
October 15, 2010... WELCOME TO "OFFICE HOURS," a new space m Library Journal where we'll explore what's happening in library and information science education. In the coming months we'll talk about the ongoing discourse about LIS schools; research that informs us,...

Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... * Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 1/2 hrs. Tantur Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400148257. $71.99; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; digital download. F On a chilly October night, Jim Nightshade...

Cabot, Meg. Insatiable.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Cabot, Meg. Insatiable. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 3/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9780081988516. $52.75; 14 CDs. retail ed. HarperAudio; Playaway digital; digital download. F A vampire war is raging in New York City, with dead...

Cussler, Clive & Justin Scott. The Spy.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... * Cussler, Clive & Justin Scott. The Spy. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307734890. $39.95; 10 CDs. retail ed. Penguin Audio; 5 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 6 hrs.; digital download. F Teddy...

First Thrills.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... First Thrills. ed. by Lee Child. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781441864475. $99.97; 10 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. F These 25 original,...

Koryta, Michael. So Cold the River.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... * Koryta, Michael. So Cold the River. 12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 13 1/2 hrs. Hachette Audio from AudioGO (formerly BBCAA). 2010. ISBN 9781607888833. $99.99; digital download. F Edgar Award nominee Koryta breaks from his Lincoln Perry PI...

La Plante, Lynda. Silent Scream.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... La Plante, Lynda. Silent Scream. 10 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 12 3/4 hrs. AudioGO (formerly BBCAA). 2010. ISBN 9780792772811. $110.95; digital download, F. Edgar Award winner La Plante's fifth Anna Travis police procedural, following...

O'Flynn, Catherine. The News Where You Are.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... O'Flynn, Catherine. The News Where You Are. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781441748201. $38; 6 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. F In O'Flynn's novel...

Parkhurst, Carolyn. The Nobodies Album.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Parkhurst, Carolyn. The Nobodies Album. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 11 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307714732. $100; 9 CDs. retail ed. Random Audio; digital download. F Parkhurst's (www.carolynparkhurst.com) third novel,...

Pronzini, Bill. Betrayers.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Pronzini, Bill. Betrayers. 6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7 hrs. AudioGO (formerly BBCAA). 2010. ISBN 9780792752974. $64.95; digital download. F Three-time Shamus Award winner Pronzini's latest installment in his long-running "Nameless...

Sjowall, Maj & Per Wahloo Cop Killer.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... * Sjowall, Maj & Per Wahloo Cop Killer. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781433263156. $38; 1 MP3 CD. library ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F Sjowall and her common-law husband, the late...

Shelden, Michael. Mark Twain: Man in White.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... * Shelden, Michael. Mark Twain: Man in White. 14 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 17 1/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781440785931. $123.75; Playaway digital; digital download. BIOG In chronicling the last three-and-a-half years of Twain's long...

Twain, Mark. The American Claimant.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... * Twain, Mark. The American Claimant. 7 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 7 1/2 hrs. Mark Twain in Person Audiobook Library, dist. by Midwest Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780982668801. $39.99; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; digital download. CLASSIC LIT This 1892...

Tobey, Danny. The Faculty Club.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Tobey, Danny. The Faculty Club. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8 1/2 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2010. ISBN 9781449822354. $77.75; 7 CDs. retail ed. S. & S. Audio; Playaway digital; digital download. F The elite perpetuate their control of Western...

Tolstoy, Leo. The Kreutzer Sonata.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Tolstoy, Leo. The Kreutzer Sonata. 3 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 4 hrs. Naxos AudioBooks. 2010. ISBN 9781843793564. $22.95; digital download. CLASSIC LIT Not as well known as Tolstoy's monumental novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, this...

Gordon, Lyndall. Lives Like Loaded Guns.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Gordon, Lyndall. Lives Like Loaded Guns. 13 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 16 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400147762. $95.99; 13 CDs. retail ed.; 2 MP3-CDs. retail ed.; digital download. BIOG Acclaimed biographer Gordon's (www....

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Audiobook)
October 15, 2010... Roach, Mary. Packing for Mars. 9 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 101/2 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2010. ISBN 9780393068474. $99.97; 9 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Wittman, Robert K. with John Shiffman. Priceless.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Wittman, Robert K. with John Shiffman. Priceless. 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 9 1/2 hrs. Books on Tape. 2010. ISBN 9780307735874. $45; digital download. Random Audio. AUTOBIOG Together with Pulitzer Prize-nominated investigative reporter...

Wooten, Victor. The Music Lesson.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
October 15, 2010... Wooten, Victor. The Music Lesson. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7V2 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400148172. $71.99; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. MUSIC Grammy Award-winning bassist/composer...

Hope Springs.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Hope Springs. 3 discs, color, 451+ min. Sheree Folkston & others, dist. by Acorn Media, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781598284096. $49.99. F Actress Alex Kingston leads an accomplished cast in this fast-paced crime...

Van Meegeren's Faked Vermeers.('Vermeer: Master of Light')(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Van Meegeren's Faked Vermeers. (Willow Tree Collection). b/w. 28 min. Films of the Nations, dist. by Alden Films, 800-832-0960; www.aldenfilms.com. 2009. DVD $29.95. Vermeer: Master of Light. (National Gallery of Art Film). color. 57 min....

In August, Respond2 Entertainment and Carson Entertainment Group launched www.johnnycarson.com, a website containing newly digitized, searchable clips of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... In August, Respond2 Entertainment and Carson Entertainment Group launched www.johnnycarson.com, a website containing newly digitized, searchable clips of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. On October 26 they will release Tonight, a...

Acorn Media.(On the Road with Charles Kuralt)(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... Coming to DVD from Acorn Media on October 26: Set 3 of On the Road with Charles Kuralt, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning travel documentary series spotlighting the lives of everyday Americans that ran between 1967 and 1987. The three-disc set...

In September, Front Porch Digital announced the beta release of DIVApublish[TM], a cloud-based content storage management solution enabling automated frame-based metadata creation and integrated online video publishing.(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... In September, Front Porch Digital announced the beta release of DIVApublish[TM], a cloud-based content storage management solution enabling automated frame-based metadata creation and integrated online video publishing. The service allows...

Among the inaugural DVD and digital releases from Tribeca Film and New Video are Julien Nitzberg's The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (Oct. 26), Josh Appiganesi's The Infidel (Oct. 26), and Tarik Saleh's Metropia (Nov. 16).(Brief article)(List)
October 15, 2010... Among the inaugural DVD and digital releases from Tribeca Film and New Video are Julien Nitzberg's The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (Oct. 26), Josh Appiganesi's The Infidel (Oct. 26), and Tarik Saleh's Metropia (Nov. 16)....

According to the 2009/2010 annual report from St. Charles Public Library, IL, DVD circulation increased by 15.6 percent over the last year at the library.(Brief article)
October 15, 2010... According to the 2009/2010 annual report from St. Charles Public Library, IL, DVD circulation increased by 15.6 percent over the last year at the library. The jump prompted board treasurer Debra McCanus to tell the St. Charles Patch that while...

The Adventure of English: The Life Story of a Remarkable Language.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... The Adventure of English: The Life Story of a Remarkable Language. 4 vols. color. 405+ min. Athena Learning, 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 9781598282207. $79.99. SDH subtitles. LANG Delivering on its title's promise, this...

Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker. color. 85+ min. Raymond Gayle, Payback Prods., dist. by Microcinema Intl., 415-447-9750; www.microcinema.com. 2010. DVD UPC 634479995156. $19.99. MUSIC For a genre that grew out of the blues...

The String Quartets of Beethoven.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... The String Quartets of Beethoven. 3 vols. 6 discs, color. 18 hrs. with coursebook, transcripts. Teaching Co., 800-832-2412; www.libraryoteach12.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 9781598035933. $149.95; CD ISBN 9781598035926. $99.95. MUSIC This series of...

Leaving the Fold.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Leaving the Fold. colon 52 min. Eric R. Scott, Bunbury Films & Ontic Media, 514-667-6835; www.bunburyfilms.com. 2009. DVD $200 + $15 s/h. Public performance. REL This film profiles former young adult adherents of Jewish ultraorthodoxy in...

Milking the Rhino.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Milking the Rhino. color. 83+ min. David E. Simpson, Kartemquin Films & ITVS, dist. by Facets Video, 800-331-6197; www.facets.org. 2009. DVD UPC 736899124922. $29.95; Bullfrog Films, 800-543-2764; www.bullfrogfilms.com. 2009. DVD ISBN...

Helping Children Grieve.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Helping Children Grieve. colon 55 min. Hans Spatzeck-Olsen, Paraclete Press, 800-451-5006; www.paracletepress.com. 2009. DVD ISBN 9781557256492. $59.99. A Video Essay on Teenage Grief. colon 47 min. McMulti Prod., dist. by Fanlight c/o Icarus...

America the Beautiful.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... America the Beautiful. colon 102+ min. Darryl Roberts, Sensory Overload Releasing, dist. by Xenon Pictures, 800-829-1913; www.xenonpictures.com. 2010. DVD ISBN 9781597883522. $19.99. Rated: PG-13. SOC SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It took...

The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins.(From Russia, for Love)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins. color. 98+ min. Pietra Brettkelly, dist. by IndiePix Films, indiepixfilms.com. 2009. DVD UPC 845637000760. $24.95. From Russia, for Love. color. 53 min. Julia Ivanova, Interfilm Prods., dist. by Transit...

Invisible Girlfriend.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Invisible Girlfriend. color. 75+ min. David Redmon & Ashley Sabin, Carnivalesque Films, www.carnivalesquefilms.com. 2009. DVD UPC 884501147231. $19.99. PSYCH Road movies don't get much udder or more rewarding than this. The titular woman...

The Heat with Mark McEwan: Failsview, Night 2.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... The Heat with Mark McEwan: Failsview, Night 2. color. 21 min. General Purpose Pictures, dist. by Landmark Media, 800-3424336; www.landmarkmedia.com. 2009. DVD $195. Public performance. COOKING Ever wonder what it takes to serve a gourmet...

39 Pounds of Love.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... 39 Pounds of Love. color. 70+ min. letterboxed. Dan/Menkin, HBO/Cinemax Documentary Films, Hey Jude Prod. in assoc, with Proddy Brothers Entertainment, dist. by Passion River, 732-321-0711; www.passionriver.com. 2009. DVD UPC 094922685063....

Fantomas.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... Fantomas. 3 discs, b/w & color tinted. 311+ min. King Intl. 1913-14. DVD UPC 738329069728. $34.95. A decade after the birth of moving pictures, and following comparatively primitive silent works by fellow French filmmakers Louis Lumiere...

I Am Love.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
October 15, 2010... I Am Love. color. 2+ hrs. In Italian w/English subtitles. Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2010. DVD UPC 876964003155. $26.98; Blu-ray UPC 876964003452. $29.98. Rated: R. Tilda Swinton, who first made a splash in the wonderful Orlando (1992), can...

Prepub alert.(Buyers guide)
October 15, 2010... Bass, Jefferson. The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel. Morrow. Mar. 2011.352p. ISBN 9780061806780. $24.99. lrg. prnt. When a skull is found in the Florida woods and shallow graves then discovered on the grounds of a nearby reform school, since...

Romance.(Book review)
October 15, 2010... 'TIS THE SEASON This season's holiday romances are tempting readers with a delectable assortment of tasty treats in a range of styles: lively or low-key, side-splitting or sober, magical or mundane, sexy or sweet. As is usually the case, home-...

Aboulela, Leila. Lyrics Alley.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... * Aboulela, Leila. Lyrics Alley. Grove. Mar. 2011. c.304p. ISBN 9780802119513. $24. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This breakthrough novel by the author of Minaret and The Translator recounts the story of the Abuzeid family of Sudan--and a...

Baldacci, David. Heirs Corner.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Baldacci, David. Heirs Corner. Grand Central. Nov. 2010. c.448p. ISBN 9780446195522. $27.99. F Hell hath no fury like a retired CIA assassin in pursuit of a terrorist. Baldacci's fifth book in the "Camel Club" series (after Divine Justice)...

Brooks, Peter. The Emperor's Body.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Brooks, Peter. The Emperor's Body. Norton. 2010. c.288p. ISBN 9780393079586. $23.95. F Napoleon Bonaparte's body, interred for two decades on the island of Saint Helena, has been ordered returned home to France. Ambitious young diplomat...

Carroll, Jim. The Petting Zoo.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Carroll, Jim. The Petting Zoo. Viking. Nov. 2010. c.336p. ISBN 9780670022182. $25.95. F Author of the cult classic The Basketball Diaries, poet and punk musician Carroll was just wrapping up this novel when he died at age 60 in September...

Coupland, Douglas. Player One: What Is To Become of Us.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Coupland, Douglas. Player One: What Is To Become of Us. House of Anansi. Oct. 2010. c.256p. ISBN 9780887849688. pap. $15.95. F In Generation X author Coupland's latest, Karen, a thirtysomething divorced housewife, arrives at a hotel bar near...

Cussler, Clive & Dirk Cussler. Crescent Dawn: A Dirk Pitt Novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... * Cussler, Clive & Dirk Cussler. Crescent Dawn: A Dirk Pitt Novel. Putnam. Nov. 2010. c.560p. ISBN 9780399157141. $27.95. F The Cussler family's latest Dirk Pitt adventure (after Arctic Drift) finds the head of the National Underwater and...

Deaver, Jeffery. Edge.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... * Deaver, Jeffery. Edge. S. & S. Nov. 2010. c.368p. ISBN 9781439156353. $26.99. F In his new psychological thriller, Deaver devises a compelling contest between two cunning opponents: Henry Loving, the contracted "lifter" who extracts...

Dew, Robb Forman. Being Polite to Hitler.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Dew, Robb Forman. Being Polite to Hitler. Little, Brown. Jan. 2011. c.304p. ISBN 9780316889506. $24.99. F In her third book centered on Agnes Scofield of Washburn, OH, following 2001's The Evidence Against Her and 2005's The Truth of the...

Edwards, Kim. The Lake of Dreams.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Edwards, Kim. The Lake of Dreams. Viking. Jan. 2011. c.400p. ISBN 9780670022175. $26.95. F Lucy Jarrett returns to Lake of Dreams in upstate New York a decade after her father's mysterious death. She was only a teenager then, but she still...

Elton, Charles. Mr. Toppit.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Elton, Charles. Mr. Toppit. Other. Nov. 2010. c.40Op. ISBN 9781590513903. pap. $15.95. F A chance encounter on a London street between a California tourist and an English children's author in the moments before his death is all it takes to...

Enard, Mathias. Zone.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Enard, Mathias. Zone. Open Letter. Dec. 2010. c.517p. ISBN 9781934824269. pap. $16.95. F Emulating the rhythm of a locomotive as well as the train of human thought, this modern epic by Enard (Arabic, Univ. of Barcelona) is written as a single...

Erickson, Carolly. Rival to the Queen.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Erickson, Carolly. Rival to the Queen. St. Martin's. Oct. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 9780312379742. $25.99. F In her sixth historical novel, Erickson (The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots; The Last Wife of Henry VIII) again displays her remarkable...

Greenwood, T. This Glittering World.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... * Greenwood, T. This Glittering World. Kensington. Jan. 2011. c.288p. ISBN 9780758250919. pap. $15. F "So hope slowly turned into desperation and desperation into sad resignation." This line from Greenwood's (Two Rivers; The Hungry Season)...

Hattemer-Higgins, Ida. The History of History: A Novel of Berlin.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Hattemer-Higgins, Ida. The History of History: A Novel of Berlin. Knopf. Jan. 2011. c.336p. ISBN 9780307272775. $24.95. F Margaret, a young American living in Germany, wakes up one morning in the Grunewald Forest, disheveled, disoriented, and...

Hedaya, Yael. Eden.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Hedaya, Yael. Eden. Metropolitan: Holt. Nov. 2010. c.496p, tr. from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen. ISBN 9780805092653. $30. F Eden; a farming collective not far from modern Tel Aviv, is the setting of this third novel from Hedaya, whose Accidents...

Karnezis, Panos. The Convent.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Karnezis, Panos. The Convent. Norton Nov. 2010. c.256p. ISBN 9780393056990. $24.95. F Sister Maria Ines is the mother superior of only six nuns who remain in the remote convent of Our Lady of Mercy, high in the mountains of Spain in the...

Kelly, Erin. The Poison Tree.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Kelly, Erin. The Poison Tree. Pamela Dorman: Viking. Jan. 2011. c.336p. ISBN 9780670022403. $26.95. F It should have been an idyllic summer for Karen Clarke. Having just finished university, Karen is at loose ends while she tries to figure...

Kent, Kathleen. The Wolves of Andover.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Kent, Kathleen. The Wolves of Andover. Little, Brown. Nov. 2010. c.320p. ISBN 9780316068628. $24.99. F In coastal Massachusetts in 1673, wolves still lurked in the shadows, and farmers toiled to keep the forest at bay. Martha Allen is sent to...

Blood, brains, and books: twelve zombie titles to give you goose bumps.(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Anyone who has anything to do with books knows that zombies are a big deal right now, and there are a lot of theories as to why. Some point to the big print successes like Max Brooks's World War Z and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and...

Klavan, Andrew. The Identity Man.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Klavan, Andrew. The Identity Man. Houghton Harcourt. Nov. 2010. c.280p. ISBN 9780547243283. $25. F Once upon a time (it might be tomorrow or just as feasibly 1971, when Dirty Harry with Clint Eastwood was first showing), the straight, shadowy...

Magson, Adrian. Red Station.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... * Magson, Adrian. Red Station. Severn House. Dec. 2010. c.272p. ISBN 9780727869395. $28.95. F Magson, author of the well-received mystery series featuring Riley Gavin and Frank Palmer (No Tears for the Lost), introduces MI5 agent Harry Tate...

Morrow, Bradford. The Diviner's Tale.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 15, 2010... Morrow, Bradford. The Diviner's Tale. Houghton Harcourt. Jan. 2011. c.320p. ISBN 9780547382630. $26. F Like her father, Cass Brooks is a "diviner." She communicates with the earth to reveal hidden caches of water for drought-plagued...