Library Journal articles from September 2011, page 3

Library Journal archives from September 2011

Ruck, Janet M. & Karol Taylor. Find Your Federal Job Fit.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Ruck, Janet M. & Karol Taylor. Find Your Federal Job Fit. JIST. Nov. 2011.256p. index. ISBN 9781593578343. pap. $14.95. CAREERS Certified career transition coaches who advise federal employees, Ruck and Taylor emphasize employment...

An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek Camp.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek Camp. Univ. of Oklahoma. Oct. 2011. c.384p, ed. by Kelly J, Dixon & others, illus, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780806742104. $34.95. ARCHAEOL [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Asher, Brad. Cecelia and Fanny: The Remarkable Friendship Between an Escaped Slave and Her Former Mistress.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Asher, Brad. Cecelia and Fanny: The Remarkable Friendship Between an Escaped Slave and Her Former Mistress. Univ. Pr. of Kentucky. Oct. 2011. c.280p, illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780813134147. $30. HIST Historian Asher (Beyond the...

Davis, Wade. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Davis, Wade. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest. Knopf. Oct. 2011. c.672p, photogs, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780375408892. $32.50. HIST In 1924, British climbers George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine,...

Hines, Stephen W. Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Hines, Stephen W. Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World. Cumberland House: Sourcebooks. Sept. 2011. c.272p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9781402256653. pap. $16.99. HIST The 100th anniversary in 2012 of the...

Kaledin, Arthur. Tocqueville and His America: A Darker Horizon.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Kaledin, Arthur. Tocqueville and His America: A Darker Horizon. Yale Univ. 2011. 480p. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780300119312. $45. HIST After a long period of neglect, Tocqueville's Democracy in America has come back into vogue again over recent...

Raleigh, Donald J. Soviet Baby Boomers: An Oral History of Russia's Cold War Generation.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Raleigh, Donald J. Soviet Baby Boomers: An Oral History of Russia's Cold War Generation. Oxford Univ. Nov. 2011. c.424p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780199744343. $34.95. HIST Raleigh (history, Univ. of North Carolina; Russia's Sputnik...

Schoppa, R. Keith. In a Sea of Bitterness: Refugees during the Sino-Japanese War.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Schoppa, R. Keith. In a Sea of Bitterness: Refugees During the Sino-Japanese War. Harvard Univ. Nov. 2011. c.362p, maps. index. ISBN 9780674059887. $35. HIST The brutal Japanese invasion of China in 1937 forced more than 30 million Chinese to...

Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel/ Palestine.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel/ Palestine. New Pr., dist. by Perseus. Oct. 2011. c.384p, ed. by Sami Adwan &, others, illus. bibliog. ISBN 9781595586834. pap. $23.95. HIST The last "editor" listed as overseeing this book is...

Amirante, Sam L. & Danny Broderick. John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Amirante, Sam L. & Danny Broderick. John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster. Skyhorse, dist. by Norton. 2011. c.432p. illus. ISBN 9781616082482. $24.95. CRIME Retired judge Amirante kept asking himself "What is wrong with this guy?" after...

Gilpin, R. Blakeslee. John Brown Still Lives!: America's Long Reckoning with Violence, Equality, & Change.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Gilpin, R. Blakeslee. John Brown Still Lives!: America's Long Reckoning with Violence, Equality, & Change. Univ. of North Carolina. Nov. 2011. c.304p. illus, bibling, index. ISBN 9780807835012. $30. HIST In this, his first book, Gilpin...

Horwitz, Tony. Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... * Horwitz, Tony. Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War. Holt. Oct. 2011. c.384p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780805091533. $29. HIST [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Horwitz (Confederates in the Attic), Pulitzer...

Hudson, David L., Jr. Let the Students Speak!: A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Hudson, David L., Jr. Let the Students Speak!: A History of the Fight for Free Expression in American Schools. Beacon, dist. by Random. 2011. c.208p, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780807044544. $17. LAW The U.S. Supreme Court decided 40 years ago to...

Robinson, Jeffrey. The Takedown: A Suburban Mom, A Coal Miner's Son, and the Unlikely Demise of Colombia's Brutal Norte Valle Cartel.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Robinson, Jeffrey. The Takedown: A Suburban Morn, A Coal Miner's Son, and the Unlikely Demise of Colombia's Brutal Norte Valle Cartel. Thomas Dunne: St. Martin's. 2011. c.336p, photogs, bibliog. ISBN 9780312612382. $28.99. CRIME A...

Stuntz, William J. The Collapse of American Criminal Justice.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... * Stuntz, William J. The Collapse of American Criminal Justice. Belknap: Harvard Univ. Sept. 2011. c.408p, index. ISBN 9780674051751. $35. LAW [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Published posthumously, Stuntz's (law, Harvard Univ.) new work is a...

Winkler, Adam. Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right To Bear Arms in America.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Winkler, Adam. Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right To Bear Arms in America. Norton. Sept. 2011. c.320p, illus, index. ISBN 9780393077414. $27.95. LAW Constitutional law scholar Winkler (law, Univ. of California, Los Angeles) presents an...

Ballen, Ken. Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Ballen, Ken. Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals. Free Pr: S. & S. Oct. 2011. c.288p, index. ISBN 9781451609219. $25. INT AFFAIRS Ballen (founder, Terror Free Tomorrow), a former federal prosecutor whose nonpartisan...

Altman, Donald. One Minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways To Find Peace, Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed- Out World.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Altman, Donald. One Minute Mindfulness: 50 Simple Ways To Find Peace, Clarity, and New Possibilities in a Stressed-Out World. New World Library, dist. by PGW. Sept. 2011. c.208p, bibliog. ISBN 9781608680306. pap. $14.95. SELF-HELP In his...

Dale Carnegie & Associates. How To Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Dale Carnegie & Associates. How To Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age. S. & S. Oct. 2011. c.288p. bibliog. ISBN 9781451612578. $26. SELF-HELP Although it's been 75 years since Carnegie's landmark How To Win Friends...

Fonda, Jane. Prime Time: Making the Most of All of Your Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Fonda, Jane. Prime Time: Making the Most of All of Your Life. Random. 2011. c.448p. bibliog, index. ISBN 9781400066971. $27. SELF-HELP [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fonda's (My Life So Far) latest book on aging is a pleasant departure from the...

Hacala, Sara. Saving Civility: 52 Ways TO Tame Rude, Crude and Attitude for a Polite Planet.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Hacala, Sara. Saving Civility: 52 Ways TO Tame Rude, Crude and Attitude for a Polite Planet. SkyLight Paths. Sept. 2011. c.224p, bibliog. ISBN 9781594733147. pap. $16.99. SELF-HELP Deeply disturbed by outlandish celebrity behavior, bullying,...

Katz, Jon. Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... * Katz, Jon. Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die. Villard: Random. Oct. 2011. c.192p. ISBN 9780345502698. $22. SELF-HELP [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Leave it to prolific author Katz (Soul of a Dog) to write this beautiful, heartrending book...

LaGrand, Louis. Healing Grief, Finding Peace: 101 Ways To Cope With the Death of Your Loved One.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... LaGrand, Louis. Healing Grief, Finding Peace: 101 Ways To Cope With the Death of Your Loved One. Sourcebooks. Oct. 2011. c.304p, bibliog. ISBN 9781402260391. pap. $14.99. SELF-HELP Sometimes help comes in a relatively simple format....

Larkins, Lisette. Difficult People: A Gateway to Enlightenment.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Larkins, Lisette. Difficult People: A Gateway to Enlightenment. Rainbow Bridge. 2011. c.224p. ISBN 9780984495566. pap. $17.95. SELF-HELP Larkins (Listening to Extraterrestrials), inspired by the works of Eckhart Tolle, argues that the...

Carle, Glenn L. The Interrogator.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Carle, Glenn L. The Interrogator. Nation: Perseus. 2011. c.336p, index. ISBN 9781568586731. $26.99. INT AFFAIRS In was late summer 2002 when Carle was offered a career-changing assignment--the type a CIA officer spends his or her career...

Lloyd, John & John Mitchinson. The Second Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Lloyd, John & John Mitchinson. The Second Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong. Crown. Oct. 2011. c.352p, index. ISBN 9780307951748. $19.95. SELF-HELP According to authors Lloyd and Mitchinson (The...

Nakken, Craig. Finding Your Moral Compass: Transformative Principles To Guide You in Recovery and Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Nakken, Craig. Finding Your Moral Compass: Transformative Principles To Guide You in Recovery and Life. Hazelden. Nov. 2011. c.256p. ISBN 9781592858705. pap. $14.95. SELF-HELP In his latest book, Nakken (The Addictive Personality) discusses...

O'Toole, Mary Ellen & Alisa Bowman. Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Feelings Betray Us.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... O'Toole, Mary Ellen & Alisa Bowman. Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Feelings Betray Us. Hudson Street. Oct. 2011. c.288p. ISBN 9781594630835. $25.95. SELF-HELP O'Toole, a recently retired FBI behavior analyst, is more than qualified to help...

Surviving Sexual Violence: A Guide to Recovery and Empowerment.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Surviving Sexual Violence: A Guide to Recovery and Empowerment. Rowman & Littlefield. Oct. 2011. c.376p, ed. by Thema Bryant-Davis. bibliog. ISBN 9781442206397. $49.95. SELF-HELP The premise of Bryant-Davis's (psychology, Pepperdine...

Weinstein, Bruce. Ethical Intelligence: Five Principles for Solving Your Toughest Problems at Work and Beyond.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Weinstein, Bruce. Ethical Intelligence: Five Principles for Solving Your Toughest Problems at Work and Beyond. New World Library, dist. by PGW. Oct. 2011. c.256p. index. ISBN 9781608680542. pap. $14.95. SELF-HELP In this engrossing book,...

Willey, Liane Holliday. Safety Skills for Asperger Women: How To Save a Perfectly Good Female Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Willey, Liane Holliday. Safety Skills for Asperger Women: How To Save a Perfectly Good Female Life. Jessica Kingsley. Sept. 2011. c.160p, bibliog. ISBN 9781849058360. pap. $18.95. SELF-HELP Willey (senior editor, Autism Spectrum Quarterly) uses...

Manning, Shad Y. Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How To Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Manning, Shad Y. Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How To Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship. Guilford. 2011. c.253p, bibliog, index. ISBN 9781609181956. $40; pap. ISBN 9781593856076. $16.95. PSYCH...

Patterson, Paul H. Infectious Behavior: Brain-immune Connections in Autism, Schizophrenia, and Depression.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Patterson, Paul H. Infectious Behavior: Brain-immune Connections in Autism, Schizophrenia, and Depression. MIT. Oct. 2011. c.176p, illus. ISBN 9780262016452. $24.95. PSYCH Patterson (neurobiologist, California Inst. of Technology & Keck...

Wilson, Timothy D. Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Wilson, Timothy D. Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change. Little, Brown. Sept. 2011. c.288p, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780316051880. $25.99. PSYCH Wilson (psychology, Univ. of Virginia; Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering...

Doctorow, Cory. Context: Further Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Doctorow, Cory. Context: Further Selected Essays on Productivity, Creativity, Parenting, and Politics in the 21st Century. Tachyon, dist. by IPG. Oct. 2011. c.240p. ISBN 9781616960483. pap. $14.95. soc scl Canadian blogger, sf novelist, and...

Hill, Anita. Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Hill, Anita. Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home. Beacon, dist. by Random. Oct. 2011. c.224p, index. ISBN 9780607014370. $25.95. SOC SCI In the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis, Hill (social policy, law, &...

Locke, John L. Duels and Duets: Why Men and Women Talk So Differently.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Locke, John L. Duels and Duets: Why Men and Women Talk So Differently. Cambridge Univ. Oct. 2011. c.241p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780521897137. $28. SOC SCI Some readers may ask why, after the publication of such popular books as Deborah...

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Sharlet, Jeff. Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country in Between.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Sharlet, Jeff. Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country in Between. Norton. 2011. c.256p. ISBN 9780393079630. $24.95. SOC SCI Individually provocative but collectively a bit frustrating, this loosely linked gathering of...

Grant, Richard. Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Grant, Richard. Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa. Free Pr: S. & S. Oct. 2011. c.304p. index. ISBN 9781439154144. pap. $15. TRAV Ah, the mighty Malagarasi River! Few people have heard of the second-longest river in...

O'Rourke, P.J. Holidays in Heck.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... O'Rourke, P.J. Holidays in Heck. Atlantic Monthly. Nov. 2011. c.288p. ISBN 9780802119858. $24. TRAV O'Rourke, conservative humorist and bestselling author, offers up a collection of entertaining essays, most of which have been previously...

Abramson, Jill. The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Abramson, Jill. The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout. Times Bks: Holt. Oct. 2011. c.256p, photogs, bibliog. ISBN 9780805093421. $22. PETS Drawing on her popular New York Times blog of the same name, recently named executive editor...

Henderson, Bill. All My Dogs: A Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Henderson, Bill. All My Dogs: A Life. Godine. Oct. 2011. c.144p, illus. ISBN 9781567924350. $18.95. PETS In this memoir, Henderson (His Son: A Memoir) reflects on his life through his beloved past and present dogs. Humorous child hood stories...

Woginrich, Jenna. BarnHeart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Woginrich, Jenna. BarnHeart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own. Storey. Dec. 2011. c.192p. ISBN 9781603427951. pap. $14.95. AGRI A kind of Under the Tuscan Sun for livestock lovers, this candid and sincere memoir recounts the...

Boachie, Ahmed & Karin Jasper. A Parent's Guide to Defeating Eating Disorders: Spotting the Stealth Bomber and Other Symbolic Approaches.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Boachie, Ahmed & Karin Jasper. A Parent's Guide to Defeating Eating Disorders: Spotting the Stealth Bomber and Other Symbolic Approaches. Jessica Kingsley. Sept. 2011. c.192p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9781849051965. pap. $19.95. HEALTH ...

Brewer, Sarah, M.D., & others. The Pregnant Body Book: The Complete Illustrated Guide from Conception to Birth.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Brewer, Sarah, M.D., & others. The Pregnant Body Book: The Complete Illustrated Guide from Conception to Birth. DK. 2011. c.256p, illus. index. ISBN 9780756675592. ,$40 with DVD. MED "The human body is capable of many astonishing things,...

Barnouin, Kim. Skinny Bitch: Home, Beauty & Style; A No-Nonsense Guide to Cutting the Crap Out of Your Life for a Better Body and a Kinder World.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Barnouin, Kim. Skinny Bitch: Home, Beauty & Style; A No-Nonsense Guide to Cutting the Crap Out of Your Life for a Better Body and a Kinder World. Running Pr. Oct. 2011. c.256p, photogs, index. ISBN 9780762439409. pap. $22. HOME ECON Since...

Fenoli, Randy (text) & Francois Dischinger (photogs.). It's All About the Dress: Savvy Secrets, Priceless Advice, and Inspiring Stories To Help You Find "the One.".(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Fenoli, Randy (text) & Francois Dischinger (photogs.). It's All About the Dress: Savvy Secrets, Priceless Advice, and Inspiring Stories To Help You Find "the One." Grand Central Life & Style. Nov. 2011. c.240p. photogs, index. ISBN...

MacLean, Natalie. Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... MacLean, Natalie. Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines. Perigee: Berkley. Nov. 2011. c.368p, index. ISBN 9780399537073. $24. BEVERAGES Many readers would have enjoyed swapping places with MacLean, an award-winning...

Bernstein, Joshua M. Brewed Awakening: Behind the Beers and Brewers Leading the World's Craft Brewing Revolution.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Bernstein, Joshua M. Brewed Awakening: Behind the Beers and Brewers Leading the World's Craft Brewing Revolution. Sterling Epicure. Nov. 2011. c.304p, illus. index. ISBN 9781402778643. $24.95. BEVERAGES The craft beer movement continues to...

Koch, Greg & Steve Wagner with Randy Clemens. The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Koch, Greg & Steve Wagner with Randy Clemens. The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance. Ten Speed: Crown Pub. Group. Nov. 2011. c.208p, illus. index. ISBN 9781607740551. $25. BEVERAGES ...

Gassenheimer, Linda. Fast and Flavorful: Great Diabetes Meals from Market to Table.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Gassenheimer, Linda. Fast and Flavorful: Great Diabetes Meals from Market to Table. American Diabetes Assn. Nov. 2011. c.224p, index. ISBN 9781580404440. pap. $18.95. COOKING Gassenheimer (Mix 'n' Match Meals in Minutes) again focuses on...

Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... * Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet. Good Bks. Nov. 2011. c.272p, illus. index. ISBN 9781561487301. $25.99. HEALTH Many diabetics could eliminate some medications and improve their general health through maintaining a healthy weight....

Mercer, Amy Stockwell. The Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes: Authentic Advice on Everything from Eating to Dating and Motherhood.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Mercer, Amy Stockwell. The Smart Woman's Guide to Diabetes: Authentic Advice on Everything from Eating to Dating and Motherhood. Demos. 2011. c.232p, bibliog, index. ISBN 9781936303137. pap. $16.95. HEALTH Almost 11 percent (12.6 million) of...

Webb, Robyn. The Diabetes Comfort Food Cookbook: Foods To Fill You Up, Not Out!(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Webb, Robyn. The Diabetes Comfort Food Cookbook: Foods To Fill You Up, Not Out! American Diabetes Assn. Oct. 2011. c.174p, photogs, index. ISBN 9781580404433. pap. $19.95. COOKING [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Webb (Eat To Beat Diabetes) gives...

Webb, Andrew. Food Britannia.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Webb, Andrew. Food Britannia. Random UK, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Oct. 2011. 544p. photogs, maps. bibliog, index. ISBN 9781847946232. $39.95. COOKING [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] British food journalist Webb has undertaken the momentous...

Barnett, Cynthia. Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Barnett, Cynthia. Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis. Beacon, dist. by Random. Sept. 2011. c.272p, index. ISBN 9780807003176. $26.95. sc, [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Barnett (senior writer, Florida Trend Magazine; Mirage: Florida...

Chopra, Deepak & Leonard Mlodinow. War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Chopra, Deepak & Leonard Mlodinow. War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality. Harmony: Crown. Oct. 2011. c.336p, illus. index. ISBN 9780307886880. $26. SCI [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Doctor and acclaimed spiritual expert Chopra (The...

Cooking.(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Late September marks the end of summer and the beginning of cookbook publishing's busiest season. Those of us who didn't travel can explore several region-focused titles, like Daniel Galmiche's French Brasserie Cookbook and Bee Yinn Low's Easy...

Gessner, David. The Tarball Chronicles: A Journey beyond the Oiled Pelican and into the Heart of the Gulf Oil Spill.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Gessner, David. The Tarball Chronicles: A Journey Beyond the Oiled Pelican and Into the Heart of the Gulf Oil Spill. Milkweed. Sept. 2011. c.272p. ISDN 9781571313331. $24. NAT HIST While the news cycle has long finished with the Deepwater...

Laughlin, Robert B. Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Laughlin, Robert B. Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow. Basic Bks: Perseus. Oct. 2011. c.304p, index. ISBN 9780465022199. $26.99. SCI It's a matter of interpretation...

Terrill, Ceiridwen. Part Wild: One Woman's Extraordinary Love for a Creature Caught between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Terrill, Ceiridwen. Part Wild: One Woman's Extraordinary Love for a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs. Scribner. Oct. 2011. c.288p. ISBN 9781451634815. $25. NAT HIST When Terrill bought a wolfdog puppy, she was exiting an...

Trivers, Robert. The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Trivers, Robert. The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life. Basic Bks: Perseus. Nov. 2011. c.352p, index. ISBN 9780465027552. $28. SCI Renowned evolutionary biologist Trivers (Rutgers Univ.) has spent 40 years...

Wertheim, Margaret. Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons, and Alternative Theories of Everything.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Wertheim, Margaret. Physics on the Fringe: Smoke Rings, Circlons, and Alternative Theories of Everything. Walker. Nov. 2011. c.336p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780802715135. $26. SCI What does it mean to be a scientific outsider and...

Atlas of the 2008 Elections.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Atlas of the 2008 Elections. Rowman & Littlefield. 2011.320p. ed. by Stanley D. Brunn & others, index. ISBN 9780742567955. $75. Online: www. r/pgbooks.com/ebooks REF Brunn (Cities of the World) and coeditors Gerald R. Webster, Richard...

Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of Washington and Oregon.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Hayes, Derek. Historical Atlas of Washington and Oregon. Univ. of California. Sept. 2011.240p. illus, maps. index. ISBN 9780520266155. $39.95. REF Geographer, map researcher, and collector Hayes trained at the University of Hull, England, and...

Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Sourcebook.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Sourcebook. 2d ed. Omnigraphics. (Health Reference). 2011. c.635p, ed. by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon. illus, index. ISBN 9780780811461. $95. Online: Credo Reference, ebrary, Gale, MyiLibrary,...

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Encyclopedia of Environmental Health. 5 vols. Elsevier/Nelson. 2011.5016p. ed. by Jerome O. Nriagu. illus, maps. index. ISBN 9780444522733. $2250. REF This encyclopedia constitutes a mammoth undertaking; the volumes, scholarship, and subject...

Marquis biographies online.(www.marquiswhoswho.com/onlinedatabase/free-trial)(Website overview)
September 15, 2011... Marquis biographies online from Marquis Who's Who LLC; www.marquiswhoswho.com/onlinedatabase; for a free trial please go to: www.marquiswhoswho.com/onlinedatabase/free-trial#. CONTENT Marquis Biographies Online (MBO) packs in detailed...

Halliday, Fred. Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Halliday, Fred. Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror. Univ. of California. 2011. 360p. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780520268708. pap. $25.95. REF This unusual and often polemical dictionary is Halliday's (former ICREA Research...

Hannings, Bud. The French and Indian War: A Complete Chronology.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Hannings, Bud. The French and Indian War: A Complete Chronology. McFarland. 2011. c.344p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 9780786449064. $125. Online: EBL, ebrary, MyiLibrary, & Netlibrary REF Hannings (Chronology of the American Revolution;...

Palmer, Allison Lee. Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Palmer, Allison Lee. Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture. Scarecrow. (Historical Dictionaries of Literature & the Arts). 2011. 286p. illus, bibliog. ISBN 9780810872226. $80. Online: NetLibrary, Overdrive, MyiLibrary, EBL,...

Voices of Revolutionary America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Voices of Revoluntionary America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life. Greenwood. 2011. (Voices of an Era). c.270p. ed. by Carol Sue Humphrey. bibliog, index. ISBN 9780313377327. $75. Online: ABCCLIO eBook Collection REF In her introduction,...

Fisher, James. Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Fisher, James. Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010. 2 vols. Scarecrow. (Historical Dictionaries of Literature & the Arts). 2011. 1429p. bibliog. ISBN 9780810855328. $175. Online: NetLibrary, Overdrive,...

Crime State Rankings 2011: Crime Across America.('Health Care State Rankings 2011: Health Care Across America' and 'State Rankings 2011: A Statistical View of America')(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Crime State Rankings 2011: Crime Across America. 560p. ISBN 9781608717309. pap. $75. Health Care State Rankings 2011: Health Care Across America. 560p. ISBN 9781608717323. pap. $75. State Rankings 2011: A Statistical View of America. 624p....

The Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... The Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States. CQ Pr. 2011. 510p. ed. by Steven L. Danver & John R. Burch Jr. illus, index. ISBN 9781604266146. $175. Online: CQ Press Electronic Library REF Danver (social sciences,...

Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 15, 2011... Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia. 4 vols. Greenwood. 2011.1400p. ed. by Ken Albala. photogs, index. ISBN 9780313376269. $380. Online: ABC-CUO eBook Collection REF Prolific writer Albala (Food and Faith in Christian Culture; Food in...

Adventures in reading: bibliomemoirs.(Recommended readings)
September 15, 2011... The quest for all readers is dual purpose: to uncover the treasures of the book about to be read and to find the next link in their personal reading chain, in searching for new titles, readers discover books in gloriously serendipitous ways,...

The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries.(lj bestsellers)(List)
September 15, 2011... The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries FICTION LAST RANKING / TIMES ON LIST 1 The Help. Kathryn Stockett. Amy Einhorn: Putnam. ...

Expert makeover: in New Jersey, a SWAT Team of Library Transformers brings savings and smarter design to four libraries.(LIBRARY BY design FALL 2011)
September 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As in many areas of the country, New Jersey libraries are struggling to meet higher demand and maintain critical services in the face of reduced state and local funding. And library space is at a premium without a lot...

Grandeur plus functionality.(CALDWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY)(Brief article)
September 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Caldwell Public Library opened in 1917 as a small one-story brick structure, but expansion had compromised the original charm of this Carnegie Library. The transformation goal was to restore the grandeur of the...

Let in the light.(GLOUCESTER COUNTY LIBRARY--GLASSBORO BRANCH)(Brief article)
September 15, 2011... The Gloucester County Library's Glassboro Branch was once a circa 1950 grocery store with few windows. The library wanted to brighten the dark paneled interior, arrange library materials in a more inviting and easily accessible way, and make...

A major housecleaning.(MATAWAN-ABERDEEN LIBRARY)(Brief article)
September 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Matawan-Aberdeen Library showed a 257 percent increase in DVD circulation over the previous year, with demand for new and old movies increasing. The challenge was to find space for this popular service in the 9880...

Clarifying overhaul.(MIDLAND PARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY)(Brief article)
September 15, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Midland Park Memorial Library was built in the knotty pine style of the 1950s and expanded over the years. Its renewal plan addressed both the main circulation area so that new materials would stand out and sought...