Library Journal articles from September 2007

Library Journal archives from September 2007

Old debates renew libraries: it seems like rehash, but it is really rejuvenation.(editorial)
September 1, 2007... I JUST RECEIVED WORD FROM AMERICAN LIBRARY Association (ALA) headquarters that the President's Task Force on Library Education has refined its charge. Leslie Burger, now immediate past-president of ALA, appointed the task force (TF) earlier...

Inept collection tools.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... Thank you for Francine Fialkoff's editorial "Blockbuster Strikes Again" (LJ 6/15/07, p. 8). The techniques used for selecting materials for the library collection have not improved in 25 years. The profession relies heavily on book reviews and...

For small press buzz.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... Francine Fialkoff's "The Library Market" (Editorial, LJ 7/07, p. 8) was terrific! Library exposure should not just be de rigueur as part of marketing plans for big publishers but an inexpensive ace for smaller publishers. Creating a buzz about...

Our beautiful world.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... Rachel Schneiderman's premise is off when she argues that "[i]f you look at [our various ethnicities] merely from an aesthetic point of view, the variety. As all part of what makes our country so strikingly beutiful" ("Navigation is tougher,"...

Couldn't afford it.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... I have a response to Diana Greenbaum's "Dump that ILL fee" (Feedback, LJ" 6/15/07, p. 12), regarding a $20 interlibrary loan fee charged by Ohio State University (OSU) library (Andrew Richard Albanese, "Pride of the Buckeyes," LJ 4/1/07, p....

The librarian class.(feedback)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... One shouldn't be overly surprised at the axing of the job title "librarian" at the UK's Hampshire library service ("In UK Say Goodbye to 'Librarian,'" Front Desk, LJ 5/15/07, p. 15). Britain has long been overly obsessed with social class and...

Call your soldier, from the library.(front desk)(Kalamazoo Public Library merged with TDS Metrocom)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... The Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL), MI, is teaming up with TDS Metrocom, a telephone, Internet, and satellite television provider, and Freedom Calls Foundation to serve as a permanent host for Operation Freedom Calls. The free service offers a...

Stat watch.(front desk)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... A New Record 21,033,861 FY07 circulation at the Queens Library, NY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Even after thefts, statewide library card a boon.(front desk)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... "[W]hile there are many problems in the world, people using the library too much really isn't one of them." --Jamie LaRue, Director, Douglas County Libraries, Castle Rock, CO, in his newspaper column, August 7, 2007

Librarian becomes reality show guy.(front desk)(Dougy Walden)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Dougy Walden, 27, who earned his MLIS in May from the Rutgers University School of Communication Information and Library Studies, NJ, has had an unusual spring and summer, as he was cast in the third season of The Ultimate Road Trip reality...

Heard.(front desk)(opinion on a library service)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... "Experience has taught me: some people, most of them in fact, shouldn't work at a reference desk. If you aren't dying to help, you're killing the library." --MICHAEL McGRORTY, ON PUBLIB, 8/8/07

Report to UCLA slams campus police: Taser use in library was inappropriate response to uncooperative student.(lj news)(University of California, Los Angeles)
September 1, 2007... An independent investigation of the November 14, 20(7)6, incident at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) library (see News, LJ 1/07, p. 17) in which a campus police officer used a Taser at least three times in subduing a passively...

NOPL finally names director.(lj news)(New Orleans Public Library)
September 1, 2007... The Katrina-battered New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) has named a director, Donna Schremser of the Huntsville/Madison County Library, AL, more than a year after the resignation of former director Bill Johnson in June 2006; his interim...

In sixth meeting, BCALA gathers in Fort Worth.(CONFERENCE REPORT)(Black Caucus of the American Library Association)
September 1, 2007... The sixth national conference of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) came to Fort Worth, TX, August 2-5, under the theme "Preserving the Past, Sustaining the Future." More than 500 people gathered to address a gamut of...

MI library keeps local control: court says library not required to issue out-of-towner card to neighbor.(NEWS)
September 1, 2007... In an opinion issued July 26 that left the Michigan library community relieved, a sharply divided Michigan Supreme Court voted 4-3 to refuse to require the Bloomfield Township Public Library to let a nonresident buy a library card to check out...

Strike at Vancouver PL: job action is citywide; 22-branch library closed for weeks.(NEWS)(Vancouver Public Library)
September 1, 2007... For the first time in the 77-year history of the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), BC, the entire 22-branch system was shut down by a strike after 97 percent of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Local 391 voted for the action in July. On...

Cornell joins Google scan plan: university will get digital copy of each book.(NEWS)
September 1, 2007... Cornell University has become the 27th library to join the Google Books Library Project. Under terms of the agreement, Google will digitize up to 500,000 works from Cornell's Mann Library and make them available online using Google Book Search....

Joint-use libraries get analysis and encouragement.(CONFERENCE REPORT)
September 1, 2007... Joint-use libraries--serving two or more distinct user groups and governed cooperatively--are growing in popularity internationally, and practitioners, researchers, and policymakers gathered in June to discuss the phenomenon. Joint-use...

Martinez to lead Salinas PL: ex-ALA director will aim to revive further the once struggling system.(NEWS)(Elizabeth Martinez, Public Library, American Library Association)
September 1, 2007... Elizabeth Martinez, past director of the Orange County, CA, and the City of Los Angeles library systems and former executive director of the American Library Association (ALA), has been named director of the reviving Salinas Public Library...

Arbitrator gives nod to LC union: grievance was considered to be a threat to confidentiality.(NEWS)( James Harkless, Library of Congress)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... An arbitrator has given the Library of Congress (LC) Professional Guild, AFSCME Local 2910, a boost regarding a grievance the union said would threaten the confidentiality of its work. On October 16, 2006, LC filed a grievance (see News, LJ...

Valdosta State accreditation: other LIS programs see status continued by ALA committee.(NEWS)(Library and Information Science, American Library Association)
September 1, 2007... The Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association (ALA) has announced accreditation actions taken in June at the 2007 ALA annual conference in Washington, DC. Initial accreditation status was granted to the Master of Library...

Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management.(people)
September 1, 2007... Gwen Alexander has been selected as the new Dean of the Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management, KS. She most recently served as Associate Dean of University Libraries at Wichita State University, KS.

Columbia University.(people)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Kenneth Crews, Director of the Copyright Management Center at Indiana University, Bloomington, will become Director of Columbia University's new Copyright Advisory Office, effective January 1, 2008.

American Librarian Association.(people)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Karen Brown Letarte has been appointed Director of the American Librarian Association's Office for Diversity, effective September 4, 2007. She was Interim Head, Metadata and Cataloging, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh.

Colorado State Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Erica MacCreaigh has been appointed Senior Consultant with Institutional Library Services at the Colorado State Library, Colorado Department of Education, Denver, responsible for nine Department of Corrections facilities statewide. She most...

Hoyt Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Gall Parsons has been named Head of the Hoyt Public Library, the main branch of the Public Libraries of Saginaw, MI. She began her career at the library 25 years ago. She recently completed her bachelor's degree and will receive an MLS from...

Yolo County Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Roger Pearson has been appointed Interim Librarian, Yolo County Library, Woodland, CA. Pearson retired as head of the Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA, in 2001. Since then, he has served as Interim Director at several California public...

Naperville Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Julie Rothenfluh is now Deputy Director, Naperville Public Library (NPL), IL. She was Manager of the 95th Street Library, the largest of NPL's three facilities.

Houston Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Regina Stemmer has been appointed Chief of Neighborhood Libraries at Houston Public Library (HPL), TX. A 21-year veteran of HPL, she took on the role of Acting North District Coordinator in October 2006.

Obituary.(people)(Obituary)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... James Bryan III, former Director of the Newark Public Library, NJ, and Past President of the American Library Association (1965-64), died May 10 in Peterborough, Nil, at age 97. He began his career at the District of Columbia Public Library and...

EBSCO acquires ten sage indexes: company also adding images to EBSCOhost, partnering with Elsevier for ebooks, and aiding developing nations.(infotech)
September 1, 2007... In the current climate of great transition and buyouts among so many of the premiere players in the library automation market, EBSCO has maintained course, growing continually while remaining independent. The company has expanded its...

SirsiDynix names Hawkins COO.(infotech)(Matthew J. Hawkins )(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... More change at SirsiDynix: the vendor July 31 announced the appointment of Matthew J. Hawkins as chief operating officer. He will be stationed primarily at the company's Provo, UT, office and will be responsible for its "client care...

ProQuest MLS program open.(INFOTECH)(Master of Library Science)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... ProQuest is soliciting American Library Association (ALA)--accredited North American library schools and overseas information science degree--granting institutions to participate in its August 1, 2007-July 31, 2008 Library School Program...

NYPL/PPL buy Rosen database.(INFOTECH)(New York Public Library/Phoenix Public Library)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Two more large city libraries have signed on for Rosen Publishing's Teen Health & Wellness database. The company August 7 announced that the New York Public Library (NYPL) and Phoenix Public Library (PPL) have contracted for the e-resource,...

Facts On File news reunited.(INFOTECH)(with Readers Digest Association)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Facts On File, Inc. (FOF) has reached a deal with Reader's Digest Association (RDA) to "acquire the assets of Facts On File News Services" for an undisclosed sum. FOF sold the News Services arm of its business in 1996 to WRC Media Inc., which...

Ex Libris adds GIDEON database.(INFOTECH)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Ex Libris has announced that "following a successful beta-testing period carried out by MetaLib customers and [its] staff," the GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network) database is now included on the MetaLib Central...

FKI promotes Chris Roach.(INFOTECH PEOPLE)(FKI Logistex)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... FKI Logistex, the automated materials--handling solutions firm, has bumped up Chris Roach to the post of customer service VP for its North American division. He previously served as director of the Parts Group FKI Logistex Manufacturing Systems...

Measuring impact and quality.(ONLINE DATABASES)(og academic journals)
September 1, 2007... ACADEMICS DETERMINE THEIR contribution to their discipline by seeing how often their work is cited. They often judge journal quality by that journal's impact factor. Such citation measures are now well established as a method to rank the...

Editors' fall picks.(Cover story)
September 1, 2007... Visit six notorious British sisters, a young Illinois lawyers bound for bigger things, and a zookeeper's wife in World War II Warsaw who saves more than herself. Listen to a young violinist trying to reclaim his past and a 19th-century novelist...

Who's selecting now? As Phoenix Public Library boldly passes on selection responsibilities to its vendors, some libraries follow--and others dig in.(Report)
September 1, 2007... "With our professional librarians pulled in so many different directions, we saw book selection as an area where we could relieve the pressure and still provide good collections," says Kathleen Sullivan of Phoenix PL's hot-button decision to...

The jobs can be found: "The Entry-Level Gap" and anecdotal evidence suggest frustration, but the job market for new graduates is much more complicated.(Report)
September 1, 2007... In fall 2005, as we began our MLS education, Rachel Holt and Adrienne L. Strout's article "The Entry-Level Gap" (LJ 5/1/05, p. 36-38) was the talk of the school. Holt and Strout argue that new MLS graduates have trouble finding work because of...

Serial killers in the stacks.(Collection Development: True Crime)(Bibliography)
September 1, 2007... Whether it's cheering on the detectives, decrying a travesty of justice, or peeking into the mind of a psychopathic killer, we all love a good true crime story. Witness the popularity of the cable channel CourtTV and the success of such "ripped...

How do you manage?(Case study)
September 1, 2007... CASE STUDY Insecurity MARIE GRIECO, LIBRARIAN AT Ulster College, was having a bad day. The knots in her stomach were slowly untying from an ugly morning incident involving several students when she and coworker Cindy Trainer had been...

One with the community.(BACKTALK)(librarians dissiminate information on tragedies and celebrations.)
September 1, 2007... MY HAT'S OFF TO THE LIBRARIans of the Twin Cities. After Minneapolis's I-35W bridge collapsed on August 1, the Minneapolis Public Library had "Emergency Resources for Bridge Tragedy" posted on its web site the very next morning. The Hennepin...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2007... FICTION Attenberg, Jami. The Kept Man. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Jan. 2008. 304p. ISBN 978-1-59448-952-5. $24.95. Her artist husband has been in a coma for six years when Jarvis Miller discovers evidence of a terrible betrayal....

Mystery.(list of mystery books)(Bibliography)
September 1, 2007... HOT CRIME TRENDS Taking the lead this month are cross-genre books that blend elements of mystery with other fictional genres. William Manchee writes legal thrillers with a science fiction twist; his attorney, Stan Turner (Act Normal), must not...

Killer thrills in the Big Apple.(festival of mystery writers )
September 1, 2007... For four intense days in July, some 600 thriller authors, hopeful wannabes, editors, publishers, librarians, and just plain fans gathered at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City for the second annual ThfillerFest convention, sponsored by the...

Prepub mystery.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2007... Arruda, Suzanne. The Serpent's Daughter: A Jade del Cameron Mystery. Obsidian Mysteries: NAL. Jan. 2008. 352p. ISBN 978-0-451-22294-7. $23.95. Adventuress del Cameron hunts for her missing mother and is accused of murder in 1920s Tangier...

Christian fiction.(christmas-themed books)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... AUTUMN HARVEST This fall brings titles from big names in Christian fiction as well as the first Christmas-themed novels. Best-selling author Karen Kingsbury returns with an inspirational romance (Just Beyond the Clouds), Beverly Lewis launches...

Ackroyd, Peter. The Fall of Troy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Ackroyd, Peter. The Fall of Troy. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Nov. 2007. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-385-52290-8. $23. F Middle-aged German bachelor of means seeks mail-order Greek bride to assist in the archaeological search for the lost city of...

Barclay, Linwood. No Time for Goodbye.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Barclay, Linweed. No Time for Goodbye. Bantam. Oct. 2007. c.338p. ISBN 978-0-553-80555-0. $22. F Cynthia Archer, a suburban Connecticut teenager, wakes up to an unusually quiet house one morning. At first, she finds the peacefulness...

Blackwell, Elise. Grub.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Blackwell, Elise. Grub. Toby. Sept. 2007. c.357p. ISBN 978-1-59264-1994. $24.95. F Jackson Miller, erudite spawn of the Iowa MFA writing program, is dangerously close to making a fool of himself at the Blue Ridge Writers' Conference in...

Brewer, Sonny. Cormac: The Tale of a Dog Gone Missing.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Brewer, Sonny. Cormac: The Tale of a Dog Gone Missing. MacAdam/Cage. Sept. 2007. c.230p. ISBN 978-1-59692-061-3. $17. F While on a book tour, Brewer (The Poet of Tolstoy Park) receives the phone call that every pet owner dreads. His Irish...

Card, Orson Scott & Aaron Johnston. Invasive Procedures.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Card, Orson Scott & Aaron Johnston. Invasive Procedures. Tor. Sept. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-7653-1424-6. $25.95. F This novel began life as Card's 1977 short story "Malpractice," which Johnston adapted into an unproduced screenplay. The...

Cezair-Thompsen, Margaret. The Pirate's Daughter.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Cezair-Thompsen, Margaret. The Pirate's Daughter. Unbridled. Oct. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 978-1-932961-40-9. $24.95. F In the late 1940s, Errol Flynn established a home on Navy Island, off the coast of Jamaica. What little is known of this...

Crandell, Doug. The Flawless Skin of Ugly People.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Crandell, Doug. The Flawless Skin of Ugly People. Virgin Bks., dist. by Holtzbrinck. Sept. 2007. c.192p. ISBN 978-0-7535-1299-9. pap. $14.95. F This bittersweet first novel centers on Hobbie, an unemployed bank teller with terrible acne...

Cussler, Clive. The Chase.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Cussler, Clive. The Chase. Putnam. Nov. 2007. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-399-15438-6. $26.95. F Cussler takes a break from his various adventure series ("Dirk Pitt," "NUMA Files") to conjure up a historical standalone that will please longtime...

Estrin, Marc. The Lamentations of Julius Marantz.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Estrin, Marc. The Lamentations of Julius Marantz. Unbridled. Nov. 2007. c.176p. ISBN 978-1-932961-38-6. pap. $14.95. F This latest from Estrin (Insect Dreams) is another hyper-intelligent satire, this time focusing on the Rapture and,...

Farooki, Roopa. Bitter Sweets.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Farooki, Roopa. Bitter Sweets. St. Martin's. Nov. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-312-36052-8. $24.95. F Farooki's delightful debut novel commences in India, where Heena Rub and her father trick the Westernized and wealthy Ricky-Rashid Karim into...

Grace, Tom. The Secret Cardinal.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Grace, Tom. The Secret Cardinal. Vanguard: Perseus. Oct. 2007. c.356p. ISBN 978-159315-456-1. $24.95. F One is the most powerful man in the Catholic Church. The other is a man the Chinese government wants to destroy but fears turning into a...

Grange, Amanda. Mr. Knightley's Diary.(The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by James, Syrie)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Grange, Amanda. Mr. Knightley's Diary. Berkley: Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2007. c.293p. ISBN 978-0-425-21771-9. pap. $14. * James, Syrie. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen. Avon. Jan. 2008. c.303p. ISBN 978-0-06-144369-5. pap. $13.95. F ...

Hoeg, Peter. The Quiet Girl.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Hoeg, Peter. The Quiet Girl. Farrar. Nov. 2007. c.416p, tr. from Danish by Nadia Christensen. ISBN 978-0-374-26369-0. $26. F In his fifth novel, Hoeg (Smilla's Sense of Snow) has crafted an intellectual thriller combining such unlikely...

Kingman, Peg. Not Yet Drown'd.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Kingman, Peg. Not Yet Drown'd. Norton. Sept. 2007. c.384p. ISBN 978-0-393-06546-6. $24.95. F Kingman's lyric, romantic first novel is set against the exotic backdrop of pre-Victorian Scotland, Flanders, South Africa, and India. Young...

Landsman, Anne. The Rowing Lesson.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Landsman, Anne. The Rowing Lesson. Soho, dist. by Consortium. Nov. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-1-56947-469-3. $23. F Betsy Klein journeys to South Africa to be with her dying father. During her hospital-room vigils, she talks to the unconscious...

Lashner, William. A Killer's Kiss.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Lashner, William. A Killer's Kiss. Morrow. Sept. 2007. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-06-114346-5. $24.95. F "There was this girl." Old love dies hard, and who better than Philadelphia defense attorney Victor Carl to share with us the familiar tale of...

Lehrer, Jim. Eureka.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Lehrer, Jim. Eureka. Random. Oct. 2007. c.240p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6487-8. $24.95. F In his 17th novel (after The Phony Marine), PBS anchorman Lehrer takes a fun-filled but serious look at the pre-retirement crisis. Approaching his 60th...

Lessing, Doris. The Cleft.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Lessing, Doris. The Cleft. HarperCollins. 2007. 272p. ISBN 978-0-06-083486-9. $25.95. F In this thought-provoking and compelling novel, an elderly Roman scholar retells the story of how human beings originated. But in his version, people...

Lindsay, Jeff. Dexter in the Dark.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Lindsay, Jeff. Dexter in the Dark. Doubleday. Sept. 2007. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-385-51833-8. $23.95. F Dexter loses his mojo in this third entry in a fantastic series (after Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter). Well, not...

Listfield, Emily. Waiting to Surface.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Listfield, Emily. Waiting to Surface. Atria: S. & S. Oct. 2007. c.307p. ISBN 978-1-4165-3783-0. $24.95. F Former Self magazine editor and novelist Listfield (Acts of Love) draws from personal experience in this story of a woman whose...

McCunn, Ruthanne Lum. God of Luck.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... McCunn, Ruthanne Lum. God of Luck. Soho, dist. by Consortium. Sept. 2007. c.256p. ISBN 978-1-56947-466-2. $23. F Praying to the God of Luck doesn't hurt, but it takes hard work and careful planning for Ah Lung to escape enslavement in this...

McPhee, Jenny. A Man of No Moon.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... McPhee, Jenny. A Man of No Moon. Counterpoint: Perseus. Sept. 2007. c.288p. ISBN 978-1-58243-375-2. $24. F In post-World War II Italy, Dante Sabato, the country's most famous living poet, is alternately planning his suicide and his next...

Mankell, Henning. Kennedy's Brain.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Mankell, Henning. Kennedy's Brain. New Pr., dist. by Norton. Sept. 2007. c.336p, tr. from Swedish by Laurie Thompson. ISBN 978-1-59558-184-6. $26.95. F Departing from his acclaimed police procedurals featuring Inspector Kurt Wallender,...

Mda, Zakes. Cion.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Mda, Zakes. Cion. Picador. Sept. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-312-42706-1. pap. $14. F Toloki, the "professional mourner" in South African author Mda's 1995 novel Ways of Dying, returns as an impassive observer relocated to Athens, OH, to...

Merullo, Roland. Breakfast with Buddha.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Merullo, Roland. Breakfast with Buddha. Algonquin. Oct. 2007. c.320p. ISBN 978-1-56512-522-0. $23.95. F Raised in the North Dakota farmlands and now living in a solidly upper-middle-class suburb in New York, Otto Ringling has worked hard...

O'Connor, Joseph. Redemption Falls.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... O'Connor, Joseph. Redemption Falls. Free Pr: S. & S. Oct. 2007. c.464p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5316-8. $25. F When a seasoned author like Ireland's O'Connor (Star of the Sea) writes historical fiction, it is rich with more than facts, dates, and...

Packer, Ann. Songs without Words.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Packer, Ann. Songs Without Words. Knopf. Sept. 2007. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-375-41281-3. $24.95. F In her second novel, Packer sticks with the themes of kinship and loss that helped The Dive from Clausen's Pier become a best seller. Here,...

Pritchett, Michael. The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis: A Novel of Lewis & Clark.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Pritchett, Michael. The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis: A Novel of Lewis & Clark. Unbridled. Oct. 2007. c.416p. ISBN 978-1-932961-41-6. $24.95. F Set in a western American city near the route taken by Lewis and Clark, this novel alternates...

Russo, Richard. Bridge of Sighs.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Russo, Richard. Bridge of Sighs. Knopf. Oct. 2007. ISBN 978-0-375-41495-4. $26.95. F With the same humor and pathos that turned Empire Falls and Straight Man into best sellers, Russo's latest tale unravels the tangled skein of love,...

Sebold, Alice. The Almost Moon.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... * Sebold, Alice. The Almost Moon. Little, Brown. Oct. 2007. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-316-67746-2. $24.99. F Murder, madness, and marital woes are the knotty conundrums Sebold (The Lovely Bones) offers readers in her latest tale of psychological...

Sholes, Lynn & Joe Moore. The Hades Project: A Cotten Stone Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Sholes, Lynn & Joe Moore. The Hades Project: A Cotten Stone Mystery. Midnight Ink. Sept. 2007. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-7387-0930-7. pap. $14.95. F This latest entry in the Cotton Stone series (following The Last Secret) pits the news reporter...

Sussman, Paul. The Last Secret of the Temple.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Sussman, Paul. The Last Secret of the Temple. Atlantic Monthly. Oct. 2007. c.560p. ISBN 978-0-87113-972-6. $24. F Egyptian police detective Yusuf Khalifa returns in Sussman's second historically tinged thriller after The Lost Army of...

Swift, Graham. Tomorrow.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Swift, Graham. Tomorrow. Knopf. Sept. 2007. c.272p. ISBN 978-1-4000-5884-6. $23.95. F Paula Hook and her husband, Mike, have been together for 25 years, after meeting as college students in 1966. Over that time they have prospered, Mike as...

Tipton, James. Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Tipton, James. Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution. HarperCollins. Nov. 2007. c.496p. ISBN 978-0-06-082221-7. $24.95. F This debut novel by a literature teacher relates the romance between English poet William Wordsworth and...

Warren, Spring. Turpentine.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Warren, Spring. Turpentine. Black Cat: Grove. Sept. 2007. c.480p. ISBN 978-0-8021-7036-1. pap. $14. F First novelist Warren ventures into literary Larry McMurtry country with an episodic tale of coincidences that is not very funny, not very...