Library Journal articles from September 2006

Library Journal archives from September 2006

Can ALA bring change? Disappointed by Gorman's effort to reform library education.(blatant berry)(Michael Gorman, American Library Association)
September 15, 2006... MICHAEL GORMAN'S INITIATIVE AS PRESIDENT OF the American Library Association (ALA) may, like so many ALA presidential initiatives, have ended "not with a bang but a whimper," to use a descriptor created by that other British-American T.S....

Modern perspective.(front desk)(Schlechte Facade, David L. Rice Library at the University of Southern Indiana)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... The new David L. Rice Library at the University of Southern Indiana, (USI), Evansville, offers the Schlechte Facade, a 9' x 10' limestone relief depicting the Liberal Arts Center that is located west of the new building, with items used by...

When the phonograph dawned.(front desk)(Philip G. Hubert Jr., Atlantic Monthly, February 1889)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... "It is even possible to imagine that many books and stories may not see the light of print at all; they will go into the hands of their readers or hearers rather, as phonograms" --Philip G. Hubert Jr., Atlantic Monthly, February 1889...

Stat watch.(front desk)(Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio)(summer reading program)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Registration for the summer reading program of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, OH kids/teens 82,368 adults 14,847 total 97,215

Heard.(front desk)(David Kohl, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, July 2006)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... "For librarians, their role in encouraging and expanding access to information is transformed instead into monitoring use and rationing access, it is librarians, finally and completely transformed into accountants rather than pursuing their...

EPA library closures move ahead: critics decry loss of access; EPA promises digitization.(ljnews)(United States Environmental Protection Agency)
September 15, 2006... Even before Congress acts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to shut down three regional libraries by September 30, end public access to research materials, and put up to 80,000 documents in boxes for eventual...

NCLIS slams consolidation.(ljnews)(United States National Commission on Libraries and Information Science)(United States Institute of Museum and Library Services)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... The board of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) voted 11-1 last month to oppose the draft plan that would consolidate NCLIS functions into the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), saying it...

PA boosts state PL funding 23%: money restored after three years of cuts; virtual reference added.(ljnews)(Pennsylvania Library Association)("Ask Here PA")
September 15, 2006... After some deep cuts in library funding three years ago, from $75 million to $47.5 million, Pennsylvania legislators have steadily restored support and last month added $14.1 million to reach a record $75.5 million. "For Pennsylvania's public...

LJ award nominations sought.(ljnews)(Library Journal)
September 15, 2006... Library Journal's annual award for the Best Small Library in America, cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, now in its third year, honors the public library that most profoundly demonstrates outstanding service to populations of...

Outsourcing issue divides TN town: county to challenge ruling; director decides to retire early.(ljnews)(Thomas Aud retires)(Jackson - Madison County Library, Tennessee)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... The plan by the board of the Jackson--Madison County Library, TN, to outsource library management to a private vendor has divided the community. Even though Chancellor James Butler ruled that the library board can enter into such a contract,...

Queens first PL in medical network.(ljnews)(Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, New York)(National Network of Libraries of Medicine)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... The Queens Borough Public Library (QBPL), Jamaica, NY; has become the first public library ever to be named a resource library in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NLM). QBPL will offer special programming and gain access to...

Nepal's READ wins Gates award.(ljnews)(Rural Education and Development)(Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Access to Learning Award, 2006)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Nepal's Rural Education and Development (READ), a nongovernmental organization based in Kathmandu, is the recipient of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's 2006 Access to Learning Award for its pioneering approach to providing no-cost public...

Calendar.(LJNEWS)(Calendar)
September 15, 2006... OCTOBER 2-4--West Virginia Library Assn., Huntington www.wvla.org 3-6--Illinois Library Assn., Chicago www.ila.org 4-7--Idaho Library Assn., Moscow www.idaholibraries.org 4-6--Missouri Library Assn., Columbia molib.org ...

Quills voting now open.(LJNEWS)(2006 Quill Awards)(Michael Connelly's The Lincoln Lawyer/Anderson Cooper's Dispatches from the Edge/Garrison Keillor's Good Poems for Hard Times)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Reed Business Information (RBI), publisher of LJ, and the NBC Universal Television Stations have announced the five nominees in each of 19 categories for the 2006 Quill Awards. Among the nominees: Michael Connelly's The Lincoln Lawyer,...

ALA warns Buffalo on LIS program.(LJNEWS)(American Library Association)(Library and Information Science, University of Buffalo, New York)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... The dissolution of the University at Buffalo's (UB) School of Informatics, which means that the Department of Library and Information Studies (DLIS) will become part of the Graduate School of Education beginning this fall (see News, LJ 8/06,...

Gift boosts SMU Bush library bid.(LJNEWS)(Southern Methodist University)(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... More intrigue has surfaced in the race to land the George W. Bush presidential library after it was disclosed that Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, long considered a front-runner, had received a $35 million gift from Dallas...

SOLINET.(people)(appoints Brenda Banks Project Manager)(Southeastern Library Network Inc.)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Brenda Banks has been hired as SOLINET Project Manager for the academic library hurricane recovery project. She recently retired as Deputy Director of the Georgia Department of Archives and is a Consultant to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

New York Society Library.(people)(Mark Bartlett)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Mark Bartlett is the new Head Librarian of the New York Society Library, the city's oldest continuing existing library, a subscription institution established in 1754. He has been Interim Director since December 2005. Bartlett joined the...

Alameda Free Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Jane Chisaki has been named Director of the Alameda Free Library, CA, after serving as Acting Director since October. She has worked at the library for 22 years.

University of Kansas.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Lorraine Haricombe will become Dean of Libraries at University of Kansas, Lawrence, this fall. She currently is Dean of University Libraries at Bowling Green State University, OH.

Richardson Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Elaine Klobe, Supervisor of Reference Services, Richardson Public Library, TX, has retired after a 29-year library career.

University of the Incarnate Word.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Mendell Morgan, Dean of Library Services at the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, has announced his I retirement after 31 years of service for I family reasons, shifting to part-time status. Morgan recently was in the public eye...

Middlesex Automation Consortium.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Ellen Parravano has retired as Executive Director of the libraries of the 28-member Middlesex Automation Consortium, Avenel, NJ.

Library and Recreation Services.(people)(Paso Robles, California)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Ann Robb is now Director of Library and Recreation Services, City of Paso Robles, CA. She began her career with Paso Robles in 1986 and has been City Librarian and, most recently, Interim Director.

Columbia College.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Celia Ross has joined Columbia College, Chicago, in the new position of Instructional Design Coordinator, also providing outreach and support to faculty. She comes from DePaul University, Chicago, where she was a reference and instruction...

Brown County Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Daniel Siebersma will be the next Director of the Brown County Library, Green Bay, WI. Siebersma has been Director at the Lakeland Library Cooperative, Grand Rapids, MI.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Dick Waddell, Director of the Hunt Library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, retired in June after 21 years of service.

Obituary.(people)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... N. Frederick Nash, former longtime faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has died at the age of 70. Nash was an Associate Professor of Library Administration who most recently served as Curator of Rare Books. He...

OverDrive holds inaugural Digipalooza in Cleveland: user group meeting mixes librarians with publishers and hardware heads.(infotech)
September 15, 2006... Digipalooza, downloadable audio and ebook distributor OverDrive's first annual user group meeting, was an upbeat presentation of librarian success stories and publisher presentations of their fall lists. Held in Cleveland, July 26-28, the...

ProQuest's investigation completed.(infotech)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... ProQuest's Audit Committee, with the assistance of outside experts Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flora, July 31 completed its investigation into the circumstances leading to its financial misrepresentation and restatement. The company said...

ebrary purchase-only program.(infotech)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... ebrary is now offering libraries a selection of almost 9000 titles in a new purchase-only program. According to the ebook supplier, the 8800 new ebooks and other titles included "are not offered in any other ebrary product... these titles...

Ovid's next generation.(infotech)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... Ovid's next-generation search service has entered the preview stage and is slated to replace eventually Silver-Platter's ERL WebSPIRS and the existing Ovid Gateway. Silver-Platter and Ovid are part of Wolters Kluwer Health, along with...

Elsevier partners with CCS.(infotech)(Chinese Chemical Society)
September 15, 2006... Elsevier has formed a partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) for the publication of Chinese Chemical Letters, an English-language title that will be included in the China Collection of Elsevier's ScienceDirect electronic...

Kansas libraries go Auto-Graphics.(INSTALLATIONS)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... A combination of six public and two academic Kansas libraries have selected Auto-Graphics' VERSO ILS system as their automation solution, joining more than 1000 other library customers statewide. The vendor said each of the libraries has...

Wichita upgrades to Horizon 8.0.(INSTALLATIONS)(Wichita Public Library)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... The Wichita Public Library, KS, is continuing its 15-year relationship with the vendor now known as SirsiDynix by opting to upgrade to Horizon 8.0. The vendor said the installation will be completed by December 2006. Additionally,...

EBSCO marketing Film & TV Index.(infotech)(Brief article)
September 15, 2006... EBSCO is now offering Film & Television Literature Index, a bibliographic database covering "the entire spectrum of television and film writing." The product spans "film and TV theory, preservation and restoration, writing, production,...

ProQuest's hits and misses.
September 15, 2006... HAPI TALK The Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) Online has undergone a major redesign resulting in a streamlined yet powerful interface. It is an excellent resource for research on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean,...

The perils of prediction.(DIGITAL LIBRARIES)
September 15, 2006... PREDICTING THE FUTURE ACCURATELY is extremely difficult. If it weren't, many more of us would be millionaires. Whenever I'm asked to try, I often say only fools or geniuses predict the future. The problem is we don't know who is who until...

Fighter for access: library champion Rick Boucher makes new laws to secure old rights.(POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR 2006)
September 15, 2006... The voters of the 9th District of Virginia have elected and reelected Democratic Congressman Rick Boucher for a dozen terms, some 24 years now. Early to recognize the incredible usefulness of the Internet and new technology to his...

Do more, better, for less: institutionalizing a quality improvement program has meant one success after another in Ohio.(Columbus Metropolitan Library)
September 15, 2006... Pretend it's the halcyon days of the 1990s. You work at a big successful Midwestern library system that circulates millions of items. For years you have been able to rely on consistent budget growth owing to sound fiscal management and a...

On the shelf in 48 hours.(library technical services turnaround time at Columbus Metropolitan Library)
September 15, 2006... Tell technical services staff that they are expected to move materials from receipt of the shipment to distribution to branches within 48 hours, and most will either laugh at you or look at you in astonishment. The members of the technical...

Google is not the net: social networks are surging and present the real service challenge--and opportunity--for libraries.
September 15, 2006... If librarians find Google's ubiquitous presence a bit troubling, the company hardly played down those fears at the 2006 American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in New Orleans. Its gargantuan booth sat on prime real estate smack...

The 21st-century dynamo.(BACKTALK)
September 15, 2006... IN EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD for You (Riverhead Bks.), Steven Johnson argues in his "Sleeper Curve" theory that new learning modes and their attendant devices are improving the cognitive faculties of young people today, not making them dumber....

Priorities & professionalism.(NEXTGEN)(librarians)
September 15, 2006... I LOVE BEING A LIBRARIAN. I TALK about it like it's a wonderful new boyfriend, even though I've been a working librarian for four years. I love being a mother. I talk about my infant daughter, Nell, like, well, like she's my daughter. Now, my...

Prepub alert.(fiction)(Bibliography)
September 15, 2006... FICTION Browne, Jill Conner with Karin Gillespie. The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, but Could Have, and May Yet. S. & S. Jan. 2007. 304p. ISBN 0-7432-7827-5 [ISBN 978-0-7432-7827-0]. $22.95. ...

Graphic novels.(Bibliography)
September 15, 2006... Powerful, independent, and oh-so-cool, comic ladies of action draw armchair admirers from both genders. Gifts and women identify with their confidence and charisma, while many boys and men like to see attractive gals kick butt and make...

Adrian, Chris. The Children's Hospital.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Adrian, Chris. The Children's Hospital. McSweeney's. Oct. 2006. c.596p. ISBN 1-932416-60-9. $24. F Adrian follows up his 2001 novel, Gob's Grief, with another blend of fantasy and straightforward fiction. Although Adrian boasts an...

Andrzejewski, Jerzy. Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... * Andrzejewski, Jerzy. Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Ohio Univ. Pr. Dec. 2006. c.207p. tr. from Polish by Oscar E. Swan & others. ISBN 0-8214-1715-0. $39.95; pap. ISBN 0-8214-1716-9. $19.95. F Like his great...

Beckett, Simon. The Chemistry of Death.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... * Beckett, Simon. The Chemistry of Death. Delacorte. Sept. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-386-34004-4 [ISBN 978-0-385-34004-5]. $22. F Forensic anthropologist Dr. David Hunter moves to a rural British village, hoping to escape his tragic past....

Bram, Christopher. Exiles in America.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Bram, Christopher. Exiles in America. Morrow. Sept. 2006. c.384p. ISBN 0-06-113834-7 [ISBN 978-0-06-113834-8]. $24.95. F Bram's (Gods and Monsters) previous work has received critical approval, but there is little to praise in his eighth...

Carriere, Jean-Claude. Please, Mr. Einstein.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Carriere, Jean-Claude. Please, Mr. Einstein. Harcourt. Nov. 2006. c.192p. ISBN 0-15-101422-1 [ISBN 978-0-15-101422-4]. $22. F In an unnamed city at an undisclosed time, an anonymous girl walks into an unspecified building to interview...

Davis, Charles. Angel's Rest.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Davis, Charles. Angel's Rest. Mira: Harlequin. Sept. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-7783-2304-8. $21.95. F Charlie York is 11 years old when his mother is arrested for murdering his father. Instead of asking Charlie's paternal grandparents to look...

Devens, Toby. My Favorite Midlife Crisis (Yet).(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Devens, Toby. My Favorite Midlife Crisis (Yet). Sourcebooks Landmark: Sourcebooks. Sept. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 1-4022-0747-6 [ISBN 978-1-4022-0747-1]. pap. $14. F Dr. Gwyn Berke and her two best friends, Kat and Fleur, are in their fifties....

Franklin, Tom. Smonk.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Franklin, Tom. Smonk. Morrow. Sept. 2006. c.272p. ISBN 0-06-084681-X [ISBN 978-0-06-084681-7]. $23.95. F Franklin's (Hell at the Breech) second novel is a hyperviolent, hyperfilthy, hypersexual--though without being a smidgen...

Geraci, Joseph. The Deaf-Mute Boy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Geraci, Joseph. The Deaf-Mute Boy. Terrace: Univ. of Wisconsin. Nov. 2006. c.196p. ISBN 0-299-21894-5. pap. $21.95. F Geraci's (Loving Sander; Marrying Tom) provocative travel story involves a contemporary gay man's visit to postcolonial...

Ginsberg, Debra. Blind Submission.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Ginsberg, Debra. Blind Submission. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Nov. 2006. c.336p. ISBN 0-307-34604-8. $23.95. F "The conventional wisdom is that books set in the publishing World don't sell," Angel Robinson tells her boss. Angel's new job...

Golemon, David Lynn. Event.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Golemon, David Lynn. Event. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Sept. 2006. c.352p. maps. ISBN 0-312-35341-3 [ISBN 978-0-312-35341-4]. $23.95. F Since the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, an ultrasecret organization funded by the U.S....

Hamilton, Harriet. Ribbons of the Sun.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Hamilton, Harriet. Ribbons of the Sun. Brown Barn. Oct. 2006. c.176p. ISBN 0-9768126-2-2 [ISBN 978-0-9768126-2-3]. pap. $8.95. F Rosa is 12 when her father takes her from their village in southern Mexico and sells her services to a...

Hunter, Frances. To the Ends of the Earth: The Last Journey of Lewis & Clark.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Hunter, Frances. To the Ends of the Earth: The Last Journey of Lewis & Clark. Blind Rabbit. Sept. 2006. 386p. ISBN 0-9777636-2-5. pap. $20. F By October 1809, Meriwether Lewis was a man in trouble. A national hero--along with friend and...

Hurwitz, Gregg. Last Shot.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Hurwitz, Gregg. Last Shot. Morrow. Sept. 2006. c.432p. ISBN 0-06-073146-X [ISBN 978-0-06-073146-5]. $24.95. F Deputy U.S. Marshal Tim Rackley returns in Hurwitz's (Do No Harm) seventh novel and fourth entry in the series, Rackley, along...

Jewell, Lisa. Vince & Joy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Jewell, Lisa. Vince & Joy. Harper: HarperCollins. Oct. 2006. c.512p. ISBN 0-06-113746-4. pap. $14.95. F Two teenage misfits meet when their families rent side-by-side vacation caravans on the English seaside. Vince has just recovered from...

Frei, Pierre. Berlin.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... * Frei, Pierre. Berlin. Grove. Nov. 2006. c.432p. tr. from German by Anthea Bell. ISBN 0-8021-1832-1 [ISBN 978-0-8021-1832-5]. $24. F In this winning mix of mystery and history set in 1945 Berlin, Frei personalizes the horrors of war and...

Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... * Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Novel. Marian Wood: Putnam. Sept. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-399-15299-7. $26.95. F Fifteen years after his last Bernie Gunther thriller (A German Requiem), Kerr turns his Berlin Noir...

Just, Ward. Forgetfulness.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... * Just, Ward. Forgetfulness. Houghton. Sept. 2006. c.272p. ISBN 0-618-63463-0 [ISBN 978-0-618-63463-7]. $25. F Moody and ruminative, this novel traces the aftermath of the murder of the wife of an American painter living in rural France....

Kelly, Susan. The Last of Something.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Kelly, Susan. The Last of Something. Pegasus. Sept. 2006. c.191p. ISBN 1-933648-08-2. $21. F Old college friends Bess, Claire, and Shotsie still stage reunions that include their families, 20 years after graduation. Shotsie narrates the...

Kerney, Kelly. Born Again.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Kerney, Kelly. Born Again. Harcourt. Sept. 2006. c.320p. ISBN 0-15-603145-0. pap. $14. F First novelist Kerney's premise is almost too convenient (read: difficult) for fiction. Her born-again teen protagonist, Mel, gifted in both Bible...

Lehrer, Jim. The Phony Marine.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... * Lehrer, Jim. The Phony Marine. Random. Nov. 2006. c.224p. ISBN 1-4000-6486-4 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6486-1]. $23.95. F Hugo Marder excels as a salesman at an upscale Washington, DC, men's clothing store. Yet he goes unnoticed by those around...

Lenoir, Frederic & Violette Cabesos. The Angel's Promise.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Lenoir, Frederic & Violette Cabesos. The Angel's Promise. Pegasus. Sept. 2006. c.496p. tr. from French by Lauren Yoder. ISBN 1-933648-06-6. $25.95. F Lenoir, a philosopher specializing in the study of religions, and Cabesos (Sang Comme...

Lessing, Stephanie. Miss Understanding.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Lessing, Stephanie. Miss Understanding. Avon. Nov. 2006. c.352p. ISBN 0-06-113388-4 [ISBN 978-0-06-113388-6]. pap. $12.95. F Fashion freelancer Lessing introduced sisters Zoe and Chloe in her first novel, She's Got Issues. While that book...

McKay, Ami. The Birth House.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... McKay, Ami. The Birth House. Morrow. Sept. 2006. c.400p. ISBN 0-06-113585-2 [ISBN 978-0-06-113585-9]. $24.95. F In this dazzling first novel, McKay takes her readers to an isolated rural community in Nova Scotia, where the men fish and...

Maine, David. The Book of Samson.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Maine, David. The Book of Samson. St. Martin's. Nov. 2006. c.240p. ISDN 0-312-35339-1 [ISBN 978-0-312-35339-1]. $23.95. F The biblical story of Samson has always been problematic. How could a man personally responsible for thousands of...

Marias, Javier. Your Face Tomorrow.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Marias, Javier. Your Face Tomorrow. Vol. 2: Dance and Dream. New Directions, dist. by Norton. 2006. c.288p. tr. from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. ISDN 0-8112-1656-X. $24.95. F Translator, novelist, and recently elected member of the...

Pick, Alison. The Sweet Edge.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Pick, Alison. The Sweet Edge. Raincoast, dist. by Publishers Group West. Sept. 2006. c.288p. ISBN 1-55192-783-7. pap. $15.95. F In this first novel, Ellen and Adam meet cute as undergraduates when they discover that they share a common...

Ping Lu. Love & Revolution: A Novel About Song Qingling and Sun Yat-Sen.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Ping Lu. Love & Revolution: A Novel About Song Qingling and Sun Yat-Sen. Columbia Univ. (Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan). Sept. 2006. c.160p. tr. from Chinese by Nancy Du. ISBN 0-231-13852-0. $24.50. F Published in Taiwan and...

Richards, David Adams. The Friends of Meager Fortune.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Richards, David Adams. The Friends of Meager Fortune. MacAdam/Cage. Feb. 2007. c.380p. ISBN 1-59692-189-7. $25. F Set in an old lumber town in New Brunswick, Canada, this fully realized novel traces the catastrophic fall of a wealthy...

Sabato, Haim. The Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Sabato, Haim. The Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale. Toby. Oct. 2006. c.200p. tr. from Hebrew by Yaacab Dweck. ISBN 1-59264-140-7. $22.95. F Sabato's previous novels, Adjusting Sights and Aleppo Tales, won prizes in his native Israel....

Saracino, Mary. The Singing of Swans.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Saracino, Mary. The Singing of Swans. Pearlsong. Oct. 2006. c.348p ISBN 1-59719-006-3 [ISBN 978-1-59719-006-0]. pap. $20.95. F Madalene Ross, a computer analyst for a large Minneapolis company, begins having a series of disturbing dreams...

Solstad, Dag. Shyness and Dignity.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Solstad, Dag. Shyness and Dignity. Graywolf. 2006. c.144p. tr. from Norwegian by Sverre Lyngstad. ISBN 1-55597-446-5 [ISBN 978-1-55597-446-6]. pap. $12. F This first English translation of Norwegian novelist and playwright Solstad's book...

Teasley, Lisa. Heat Signature.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Teasley, Lisa. Heat Signature. Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. 2006. c.256p. ISBN 1-59691-161-8 [ISBN 978-1-59691-101-7]. pap. $14.95. F This ambitious, richly imagined novel tackles loss, recovery, and friendship. Sam is a young man...

Treuer, David. The Translation of Dr. Apelles: A Love Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Treuer, David. The Translation of Dr. Apelles: A Love Story. Graywolf. Sept. 2006. c.344p. ISBN 1-55597-451-1. $23. F Dr. Apelles, a middle-aged Native American scholar, is translating a captivating Native American myth about a young man...

Vincenzi, Penny. Almost a Crime.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Vincenzi, Penny. Almost a Crime. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Group (USA). Nov. 2006. c.627p. ISBN 1-56567-852-X [ISBN 978-1-58567-852-5]. $26.95. F Fans of Vincenzi's (Into Temptation) expecting the beginnings of another thrilling family...

Wagman, Fredrica. His Secret Little Wife.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Wagman, Fredrica. His Secret Little Wife. Steerfurth, dist. by Random. Oct. 2006. c.160p. ISBN 1-58642-116-6. $17.95. F It's no secret that sometimes great artists are monsters in their private lives. In this novel, cellist Hannah Gold...

Waller, Robert James. The Long Night of Winchell Dear.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Waller, Robert James. The Long Night of Wincbell Dear. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Nov. 2006. c.160p. ISBN 0-307-20996-2. $21. F Winchell Dear is a professional poker player. Without cheating at cards (though he knows all the tricks), he has...

Wilson, Robert. The Hidden Assassins.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2006... Wilson, Robert. The Hidden Assassins. Harcourt. Nov. 2006. c.464p. ISBN 0-15-101239-3 [ISBN 978-0-15-101239-8]. $25. F On June 6, 2006, a powerful explosion levels an apartment block in a nondescript area of Seville, Spain. Inspector Jefe...