Library Journal articles from September 2008, page 2

Library Journal archives from September 2008

Niec, Larissa N. Shorn.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Niec, Larissa N. Shorn. Mercury Retrograde. (Sky Seekers, Bk. 1). Oct. 2008. c.348p. ISBN 978-0-9816654-0-5. pap. $16.95. FANTASY Jhared Denaban, a young soldier of the land of Avelos, lives under the Avelune Curse because he descended...

Smith, Howard S. Howard S. Smith's I, Robot.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Smith, Howard S. Howard S. Smith's I, Robot. Robot Binaries & Pr. Sept. 2008. c.408p. ISBN 978-1-894689-06-9. pap. $17.95. SF In a near future overshadowed by an escalating threat between North Korea and Japan, Tokyo Police Inspector...

Wright, K. Michael. Angelslayer: The Winnowing War.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Wright, K. Michael. Angelslayer: The Winnowing War. Medallion. Sept. 2008. c.472p. ISBN 978-1-933836-53-9. $25.95. FANTASY Giants walk the face of the Earth and Nephilim, the progeny of a fallen angel and a human, feed on the blood of...

Straub, Peter, ed. Poe's Children: The New Horror; An Anthology.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Straub, Peter, ed. Poe's Children: The New Horror; An Anthology. Doubleday. Oct. 2008. c.544p. ISBN 978-0-385-52283-0. $26.95. HORROR With an introduction by the much honored Straub (Ghost Story), this collection can be dubbed New Wave...

Acosta, Marta. The Bride of Casa Dracula.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Acosta, Marta. The Bride of Casa Dracula. Pocket: S. & S. (Casa Dracula, Bk. 3). Sept. 2008. c.368p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5963-4. pap. $14. FANTASY Brash, witty Milagro de los Santos (Midnight Brunch; Happy Hour at Casa Dracula) has become so...

Armstrong, Kelley. Living with the Dead.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Armstrong, Kelley. Living with the Dead. Bantam. (Women of the Otherworld, Bk. 9). Oct. 2008. c.372p. ISBN 978-0-553-80664-9. $22. FANTASY Armstrong makes a strong return, and fans of Personal Demon will be delighted to travel with Karl,...

Moning, Karen Marie. Faefever.(Fever series)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Moning, Karen Marie. Faefever. Delacorte. Sept. 2008. c.327p. ISBN 978-0-385-34163-9. $23. FANTASY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The third installment in Moning's popular Fever series (Darkfever; Bloodfever) finds sidhe-seer MacKayla Lane...

Wiggs, Susan. Just Breathe.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Wiggs, Susan. Just Breathe. Mira: Harlequin. Sept. 2008. c.480p, illus. ISBN 978-0-7783-2577-2. $24.95. F Cartoonist Sarah Moon is shocked and devastated when she stops by her husband's work site after her latest fertility treatment and...

Best New American Voices 2009.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Best New American Voices 2009. Harvest: Harcourt. Sept. 2008. c.368p. ed. by Mary Gaitskill. ISBN 978-0-15-603431-9. pap. $14. F Some of the most critically acclaimed young writers today--including Joshua Ferris, Maile Meloy, Julie...

Ford, Jeffrey. The Drowned Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Ford, Jeffrey. The Drowned Life. HarperPerennial. Nov. 2008. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-06-143506-5. pap. $13.95. F [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sometimes we read something and immediately think of a friend who would really like it. This...

King, Stephen. Just After Sunset.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... King, Stephen. Just After Sunset. Scribner. Nov. 2008. c.384p. ISBN 978-1-4165-84087. $28. F In King's latest collection of short stories (following 2002's Everything's Eventual), he presents 14 tales that range from the philosophically...

Tsutsui, Yasutaka. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Tsutsui, Yasutaka. Salmonella Men on Planet Porno. Pantheon. Nov. 2008. c.272p. tr. from Japanese by Andrew Driver. ISBN 978-0-307-37726-5. $21.95. F Imagine a cross between the music group the B-52s, Thomas Pynchon's V., Ryu Murakami's...

Bahti, Mark. Silver and Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Bahti, Mark. Silver and Stone: Profiles of American Indian Jewelers. Rio Nuevo. 2008. 212p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-933855-29-5. pap. $29.95. FINE ARTS This straightforward work introduces the major creators of American Indian jewelry working...

Bolton, Andrew. Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Bolton, Andrew. Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. Yale Univ. in assoc, with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2008. 160p. photogs. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-300-13670-8. $50. FINE ARTS Superheroes rely on fashion to back them up--morphing from...

British Vision: Observation and Imagination in British Art, 1750-1950.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... British Vision: Observation and Imagination in British Art, 1750-1950. Cornell Univ. 2008. 424p. ed. by Robert Hoozee. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-08014-4694-8. $75. FINE ARTS This catalog of the comprehensive exhibition of British...

Danly, Susan. Georgia O'Keeffe and the Camera: The Art of Identity.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Danly, Susan. Georgia O'Keeffe and the Camera: The Art of Identity. Yale Univ. in assoc. with the Portland Museum of Art. 2008. c.122p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-300-12682-2. $45. PHOTOG Perhaps no...

El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III. MFA: Museum of Fine Arts. 2008. c.336p. ed. by Ronni Baer & Sarah Schroth. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-87846-726-6. $65; pap. ISBN 978-0-87846-727-3. $40. FINE ARTS ...

Fennimore, Donald L. & Ann K. Wagner. Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Fennimore, Donald L. & Ann K. Wagner. Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842. Antique Collectors' Club. 2008. 288p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-85149-543-8. $95. FINE ANTS This exhibition...

Fischer, Eberhard. Guro: Masks, Performances, and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Fischer, Eberhard. Guro: Masks, Mask Performances, and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast. Prestel. 2008. 520p. photogs. maps. bibliog. ISBN 978-3-7913-3941-2. $90. FINE ANTS This monograph with a capital M--at over 500 pages and with 400...

Grimberg, Salomon. Frida Kahlo: Song of Herself.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Grimberg, Salomon. Frida Kahlo *: Song of Herself. Merrell, dist. by CDS. 2008. c.144p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-8589-4438-8. $22.95. Grimberg, Salomon. Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes. Merrell, dist. by CDS. 2008. c.176p. illus....

Hawass, Zahi (text) & Sandro Vannini (photogs.). King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Hawass, Zahi (text) & Sandro Vannini (photogs.). King Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2008. c.296p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-500-05151-1. $80. DEC ARTS The enthusiasm of archaeologist...

Gillingham-Ryan, Maxwell with Jill Slater & Janel Laban. Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Real Design Solutions.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Gillingham-Ryan, Maxwell with Jill Slater & Janel Laban. Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Real Design Solutions. Chronicle. 2008. c.264p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-8118-5982-0. $27.50. INTERIOR DESIGN The...

Goode, Sunny. Paint Can!: Patterns & Projects for Colorful, Creative Spaces.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Goode, Sunny. Paint Can!: Patterns & Projects for Colorful, Creative Spaces. Sterling. Sept. 2008. c.138p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-4027-4512-6. $24.95. INTERIOR DESIGN In Goode's previous book, Paint Can, she showed how paint and...

Lucano, Sonia. ReMake, ReStyle, ReUse: Easy Ways To Transform Everyday Basics into inspired Design.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Lucano, Sonia. ReMake, ReStyle, ReUse: Easy Ways To Transform Everyday Basics into inspired Design. Watson-Guptill. 2008. c.148p. illus. ISBN 978-0-8230-9842-2. pap. $19.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Designer Lucano offers over 40 projects for...

Needleman, Deborah & others. Domino: The Book of Decorating, a Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Needleman, Deborah & others. Domino: The Book of Decorating, a Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy. S. & S. Oct. 2008. c.272p. illus. ISBN 978-1-4165-7546-7. $32. INTERIOR DESIGN The editors of Domino magazine here...

Neith, Jack D. & Oletha Neith. Great Kitchens.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Neith, Jack D. & Oletha Neith. Great Kitchens. Schiffer. 2008. c.144p. illus. ISBN 978-0-7643-3008-7. pap. $29.99. INTERIOR DESIGN Color photographs of close to 100 kitchens, each captioned with advice on what makes the look successful,...

Pennington, Ty. Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Pennington, Ty. Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories. S. & S. Sept. 2008. c.219p. illus. ISBN 978-0-7432-9474-4. pap. $25. INTERIOR DESIGN Pennington, host of the television series Extreme Makeover: Home...

Riva, Lesley. Paint Style: The New Approach to Decorative Paint Finishes.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Riva, Lesley. Paint Style: The New Approach to Decorative Paint Finishes. Firefly. 2008. 176p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-55407-376-4. pap. $26.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Benjamin Moore paints are featured in this guide to numerous decorative...

Stevens, David. The Room Outside: Designing Your Perfect Outdoor Living Space.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Stevens, David. The Room Outside: Designing Your Perfect Outdoor Living Space. Sterling. 2008. 176p. illus. index. ISBN 978-1-4027-4866-0. $24.95. INTERIOR DESIGN Drawing on nearly 40 years of experience as a professional interior and...

Le Corbusier Le Grand.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Le Corbusier Le Grand. Phaidon. Sept. 2008. 768p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-7148-4668-2. $200. ARCHITECTURE This slip-cased, oversized book, weighing 20 pounds and containsing over 2000 illustrations, summarizes the life and...

McClancy, Elizabeth. Democratic Principles: Portraits and Essays.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... McClancy, Elizabeth. Democratic Principles: Portraits and Essays. Hard Pr. 2008. 120p. illus. ISBN 978-1-889097-74-9. $45. FINE ARTS This unusual volume is part political statement, part art book. Self-taught painter McClancy pairs her...

Banks, Russell. Dreaming Up America.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Banks, Russell. Dreaming Up America. Seven Stories. 2008. c.144p. photogs. maps. ISBN 978-1-58322-838-8. $21.95. LIT Best-selling novelist Banks's (Cloudsplitter; The Sweet Hereafter) first work of nonfiction...

The Best Creative Nonfiction.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... The Best Creative Nonfiction. Vol. 2. Norton. 2008. c.352p. ed. by Lee Gutkind. ISBN 978-0-393-33024-3. pap. $15.95. LIT Drawn primarily from lesser-known publications and blogs, the 28 pieces in this collection together reflect an...

Hawes, James. Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Hawes, James. Why You Should Read Kafka Before You Waste Your Life. St. Martin's. 2008. c.240p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-312-37651-2. $23.95. LIT Trying to deconstruct Kafka's writing is an ambitious undertaking. Kafka's...

Maclean, Norman. The Norman Maclean Reader: Essays, Letters, and Other Writings.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Maclean, Norman. The Norman Maclean Reader: Essays, Letters, and Other Writings. Univ. of Chicago. Nov. 2008. c.352p. ed. by O. Alan Weltzien. photogs. ISBN 978-0-226-50026-3. $27.50. LIT Coming late to fiction writing, Maclean (1902-90)...

Mullan, John. Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mullan, John. Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature. Princeton Univ. Sept. 2008. c.384p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-691-13941-8. $22.95. LIT This entertaining and informative book is not about the...

Orwell, George. All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Orwell, George. All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-15-101355-5. Orwell, George. Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-15-101361-6. ca. vol: Harcourt. Oct. 2008. ed. by George Packer. $25....

Solotaroff, Ted. The Literary Community: Selected Essays 1967-2007.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Solotaroff, Ted. The Literary Community: Selected Essays 1967-2007. Sheep Meadow. 2008. 289p. ISBN 978-1-931357-59-3. pap. $18.95. LIT Solotaroff has been a magazine and book editor, reviewer, essayist, and writing instructor and has...

Stavans, Ilan. Resurrecting Hebrew.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Stavans, Ilan. Resurrecting Hebrew. Schocken. (Jewish Encounters). Sept. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-8052-4231-7. $21. LIT In this short, poignant, and thoroughly engaging memoir, Amherst professor and Latin American literary studies scholar...

Wartzman, Rick. Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Wartzman, Rick. Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. PublicAffairs: Perseus. Sept. 2008. c.336p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-58648-331-9. $26.95. LIT On August 21, 1939, the...

Adams, John. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Adams, John. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life. Farrar. Oct. 2008. c.320p. discog. index. ISBN 978-0-374-28115-1. $25. MUSIC Celebrated American composer and conductor Adams's memoir chronicles his life from his upbringing...

Cusumano, Camille. Tango: An Argentine Love Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Cusumano, Camille. Tango: An Argentine Love Story. Seal, dist. by Publishers Group West. Oct. 2008. c.272p. ISBN 978-1-58005-250-4. pap. $15.95. DANCE Tango has been the subject of several recent books, from Marina Palmer's Kiss and...

Epstein, Joseph. Fred Astaire.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Epstein, Joseph. Fred Astaire. Yale Univ. (icons of America). Oct. 2008. c.224p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-300-11695-3. $22. DANCE Essayist and fiction writer Epstein (Snobbery: The American Version; Fabulous Small Jews: Stories) turns...

Johnson, Kim "Howard." Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday: My Life with Brian.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Johnson, Kim "Howard." Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday: My Life with Brian. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Nov. 2008. c.320p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-312-53379-3. $25.95. FILM Python confidant and author Johnson (The Funniest One in...

Ratliff, Ben. The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Ratliff, Ben. The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music. Times Bks. Holt. Nov. 2008. c.256p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-8050-8146-6. $25. MUSIC Admirers of jazz should be deeply thankful for Ratliff, New York Times jazz critic and author...

Tucker, Ken. Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Tucker, Ken. Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America. Griffin: St. Martin's. Oct. 2008. c.288p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-312-33059-0. pap. $16.95. FILM Is it possible that a kitsch-infused, over-the-top...

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. The Consolation of Philosophy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. The Consolation of Philosophy. Harvard Univ. Sept. 2008. c.238p. tr. from Latin by David R. Slavitt. ISBN 978-0-674-03105-0. $19.95. PHIL Slavitt, a poet and translator of over 80 works of fiction,...

Lukes, Steven. Moral Relativism.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Lukes, Steven. Moral Relativism. Picador. (Big Ideas/Small Books). 2008. 208p. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-312-42719-1. pap. $14. PHIL In this short work, Lukes (sociology, NYU; Power: A Radical View) examines moral relativism and the possible...

Guest, Barbara. The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Guest, Barbara. The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest. Wesleyan Univ. Sept. 2008. c.544p, ed. by Hadley Haden Guest. ISBN 978-0-8195-6860-1. $39.95. POETRY Influenced by the same 1950s abstract art scene that forged the improvisational...

Stewart, Susan. Red Rover.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Stewart, Susan. Red Rover. Univ. of Chicago. (Phoenix Poets). Sept. 2008. c.118p. ISBN 978-0-226-77454-1. $22. POETRY Despite its title, Stewart's latest is neither a children's book nor does it concern children's games, except very...

Daly, Michael. The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Daly, Michael. The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Sept. 2008. c.400p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-312-30150-7. $27.95. REL Father Mychal Judge (1933-2001),...

Fredriksen, Paula. Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Fredriksen, Paula. Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism. Doubleday. Dec. 2008. c.528p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-385-50270-2. $32.50. REL A recognized scholar of the historical Jesus, Fredriksen (Aurelio...

Hanson, Kenneth. James & the Lost Heirs of Jesus: Tracing the History of the Original Followers to Their Legacy Today.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Hanson, Kenneth. James & the Lost Heirs of Jesus: Tracing the History of the Original Followers to Their Legacy Today. Council Oak. Sept. 2008. c.248p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-57178-216-8. $25. REL Turning to sources such as the New...

Lewis, Bernard & Buntzie Ellis Churchill. Islam: The Religion and the People.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Lewis, Bernard & Buntzie Ellis Churchill. Islam: The Religion and the People. Wharton. Sept. 2008. c.256p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-13-223085-8. $21.99. REL Lewis (Near Eastern studies, emeritus, Princeton Univ.; The Crisis of Islam)...

McGoogan, Ken. Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * McGoogan, Ken. Race to the Polar Sea: The Heroic Adventures of Elisha Kent Kane. Counterpoint. Oct. 2008. c.320p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-58243-440-7. $26. SPORTS McGoogan (Fatal Passage) frames this exciting biography...

Ashton, Nigel J. King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life.(Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Ashton, Nigel J. King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life. Yale Univ. Sept. 2008. c.464p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-300-09167-0. $35. Shlaim, Avi. Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace. Knopf. Sept. 2008. c320p....

Gartner, John D. In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Gartner, John D. In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography. St. Martin's. Oct. 2008. c.480p. photogs. index. ISBN 978-0-312-36976-X. $25.95. BIOG Gartner (psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Sch.) focused his previous book, The...

Jackson, Troy. Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Jackson, Troy. Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader. Univ. Pr. of Kentucky. Nov. 2008. c.248p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-8131-2520-6. $35. BIOG Jackson (senior pastor, University Christian Church,...

Kelly, Ian. Casanova: Actor, Lover, Priest, Spy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Kelly, Ian. Casanova: Actor, Lover, Priest, Spy. Tarcher: Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2008. c.416p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-58542-658-4. $28.95. BIOG The ultimate self-invented "new man" of the new world of 18th-century Europe,...

Short takes: memoirs.(Young adult review)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, Margaret B. Jones's Love and Consequences, Misha Defonseca's Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Yeats--these works have marred the memoir genre but certainly not endangered it. As this bundle of fall...

Lachman, Charles. The Last Lincolns: The Rise and Fall of a Great American Family.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Lachman, Charles. The Last Lincolns: The Rise and Fall of a Great American Family. Union Square: Sterling. Oct. 2008. c.512p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-1-4027-58904. $24.95. BIOG Lachman's (executive producer, Inside Edition)...

Leech, Garry. Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Leech, Garry. Beyond Bogeta: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia. Beacon, dist. by Houghton. Jan. 2009. c.272p, index. ISBN 978-0-8070-6145-9. $25.95. AUTOBIOG In this arresting hybrid of journalism and memoir Leech relates his...

Rottenberg, Dan. Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade, the West's Most Elusive Legend.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Rottenberg, Dan. Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade, the West's Most Elusive Legend. Westholme. Oct. 2008. c.528p, photogs, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-159416-070-7. $29.95. HIST Was Jack Slade (1831-64) a murderous gunfighter...

Kraus, Jerelle. All the Art That's Fit To Print (and Some That Wasn't): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Kraus, Jerelle. All the Art That's Fit To Print (and Some That Wasn't): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page. Columbia Univ. Nov. 2008. c.320p, illus, index. ISBN 978-0-23113824-6. $34.95. COMM Art is not the first thing that comes to...

Butow, Eric & Kathy Taylor. How To Succeed in Business Using Linkedln: Making Connections and Capturing Opportunities on the Web's #1 Business Networking Site.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Butow, Eric & Kathy Taylor. How To Succeed in Business Using Linkedln: Making Connections and Capturing Opportunities on the Web's #1 Business Networking Site. AMACOM: American Management Assn. Sept. 2008. c.240p, index. ISBN...

Crenshaw, Dave. The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Crenshaw, Dave. The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done. Jossey-Bass. 2008. c.128p, index. ISBN 9780-470-37225-8. $19.95. BUS The growth of email and text messages, among other innovations, has made time management...

Gerzema, John & Ed Lebar. The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How To Avoid It.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Gerzema, John & Ed Lebar. The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How To Avoid It. Jossey-Bass. Oct. 2008. c.218p, photogs. ISBN 978-0-47018387-8. $27.95. Bus These authors both hold senior positions at Young & Rubicam...

Reed, David. An Insider's Guide to Refinancing Your Mortgage: Money-Saving Secrets You Need To Know.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Reed, David. An Insider's Guide to Refinancing Your Mortgage: Money-Saving Secrets You Need To Know. AMACOM: American Management Assn. Sept. 2008. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-8144-0935-0. pap. $16.95. BUS Author and senior loan officer Reed...

Smick, David M. The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Smick, David M. The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy. Portfolio. Sept. 2008. c.289p, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-1-59184-218-7. $26.95. ECON The 2007-08 subprime financial crisis is the jumping-off point for Smick's...

Stoll, Steven. The Great Delusion: A Mad Inventor, Death in the Tropics, and the Utopian Origins of Economic Growth.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Stoll, Steven. The Great Delusion: A Mad Inventor, Death in the Tropics, and the Utopian Origins of Economic Growth. Hill & Wang: Farrar. Sept. 2008. c.224p, illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-8090-9506-3. $24. ECON Environmental...

Watson, Richard. Future Files: The 5 Trends That Will Shape the Next 50 Years.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Watson, Richard. Future Files: 5 Trends That Will Shape the Next 50 Years. Nicholas Brealey. Oct. 2008. c.304p, index. ISBN 9781-85788-514-9. pap. $22.95. Bus On a less than promising note, Watson, a self-proclaimed futurist writer and...

Wyly, Sam. 1,000 Dollars and an Idea: Entrepreneur to Billionaire.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Wyly, Sam. 1,000 Dollars and an Idea: Entrepreneur to Billionaire. Newmarket. Sept. 2008. c.272p, index. ISBN 978-155704-803-5. $24.95. BUS As a highly successful entrepreneur who has been involved in a steady stream of successful...

Murray, Charles. Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Murray, Charles. Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality. Crown Forum: Crown. 2008. c.224p, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-307-40538-8. $24.95. ED Murray (Losing Ground: American Social Policy,...

Burgess, Douglas R., Jr. The Pirates' Pact: The Secret Alliances between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Burgess, Douglas R., Jr. The Pirates' Pact: The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America. McGraw-Hill. Oct. 2008. c.292p. index. ISBN 978-0-07-147476-4. $26.95. HIST Most of us have heard the...

Burk, Kathleen. Old World, New World: Great Britain and America from the Beginning.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Burk, Kathleen. Old World, New World: Great Britain and America from the Beginning. Atlantic Monthly. Oct. 2008. c.848p, bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-87113-971-9. $35. HIST The stories of the United States and Great...

Carr, J. Revell. Seeds of Discontent: The Deep Roots of the American Revolution, 1650-1750.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Carr, J. Revell. Seeds of Discontent: The Deep Roots of the American Revolution, 1650-1750. Walker. Oct. 2008. c.416p, illus. maps. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-8027-1512-8. $28. HIST Carr (former director, Mystic Seaport; All Brave Sailors)...

Dando-Collins, Stephen. Tycoon's War.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Dando-Collins, Stephen. Tycoon's War. Da Capo. Sept. 2008. c.384p, photogs, bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-306-81607-9. $25. HIST Dando-Collins (Caesar's Legion) recounts the conflict between tycoon Cornelius Vanderbik and adventurer William...

Garland, Joseph E. Unknown Soldiers: Reliving World War II in Europe.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Garland, Joseph E. Unknown Soldiers: Reliving World War II in Europe. Protean. Nov. 2008. c.496p, illus, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-9625780-3-8. $29.95. HIST In 1943, Garland was on track to become a doctor like his parents when...

Gildea, Robert. Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Gildea, Robert. Children of the Revolution: The French, 1799-1914. Harvard Univ. Sept. 2008. c.530p, illus, index. ISBN 978-0-67403209-5. $35. HIST In this thoroughly researched work of scholarship, Gildea (history, Oxford Univ.) argues...

Goodman, Matthew. The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Goodman, Matthew. The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York. Basic Bks: Perseus. Nov. 2008. c.384p. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-465-00257-3....

Matthews, Owen. Stalin's Children: Three Generations of Love, War, and Survival.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... * Matthews, Owen. Stalin's Children: Three Generations of Love, War, and Survival. Walker. Sept. 2008. c.320p, illus, bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-8027-1714-6. $26. HIST Intense loyalty, painful separation, incredible hardship, and, above...

Babits, Marty. The Power of the Middle Ground: A Couple's Guide to Renewing Your Relationship.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Babits, Marty. The Power of the Middle Ground: A Couple's Guide to Renewing Your Relationship. Prometheus. Oct. 2008. c.275p. ISBN 978-1-59102-662-4. pap. $17.95. SELF-HELP According to couples therapist and educator Babits, the "middle...

Basham, Megan. Beside Every Successful Man: A Woman's Guide to Having It All.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Basham, Megan. Beside Every Successful Man: A Woman's Guide to Having It All. Crown. Sept. 2008. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-30739363-0. $24.95. SELF-HELP Gearing this book toward women who want to be stay-at-home wives but feel guilty about it,...

Brantley, Mary & Tesilya Hanauer. The Gift of Loving-Kindness: 100 Meditations on Compassion, Generosity, and Forgiveness.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2008... Brantley, Mary & Tesilya Hanauer. The Gift of Loving-Kindness: 100 Meditations on Compassion, Generosity, and Forgiveness. New Harbinger. Sept. 2008. c.304p. ISBN 978-1-57224-562-4. pap. $15.95. SELF-HELP According to marriage and family...