Publishers Weekly articles from May 2006, page 11

Publishers Weekly archives from May 2006

Sex Collectors: The Secret World of Erotic Consumers, Connoisseurs, Curators, Creators, Dealers, Bibliographers, and Accumulators.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Sex Collectors: The Secret World of Erotic Consumers, Connoisseurs, Curators, Creators, Dealers, Bibliographers, and Accumulators GEOFF NICHOLSON. Simon & Schuster, $25 (288p) ISBN 0-7432-6587-4 Though Alfred Kinsey has been in the...

My Life in Politics.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... My Life in Politics PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM DAVIS; ESSAY BY JACK HITT. Aperture, $40 (112p) ISBN 1-59711-011-6 It can be hard to tell if Davis's collection of portraits of political activists, office holders and campaign iconography is art...

Killer Instinct.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Killer Instinct JOSEPH FINDER, READ BY SCOTT BRICK. Audio Renaissance, abridged, five CDs, 6 hrs., $24.95 ISBN 1-59397-895-2 In Finder's newest business thriller (after Company Man), Jason Steadman, a middle-management salesman for an...

Don't Look Down.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Don't Look Down JENNIFER CRUSIE AND BOB MAYER, READ BY PATRICK G. LAWLOR AND RENEE RAUDMAN. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, 10 CDs, 11 hrs., $36.95 ISBN 1-59355-373-0 The pairing of readers Lawlor and Raudman misses more than it hits in...

Dirty Blonde.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Dirty Blonde LISA SCOTTOLINE, READ BY BARBARA ROSENBLAT. HarperAudio, unabridged, nine CDs, 10.5 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 0-06-089817-8 As a veteran reader of several Scottoline audios (including Moment of Truth and Devil's Corner), Rosenblat is...

The Messiah of Morris Avenue.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... The Messiah of Morris Avenue TONY HENDRA, READ BY JOHN BEDFORD LLOYD. Audio Renaissance, abridged, six CDs, 7.5 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 1-59397-918-5 Hendra's black-comic Christian fundamentalist dystopia is read with a straight face and a...

Orbit.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... * Orbit JOHN J. NANCE, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, eight CDs, 9 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 1-2433-1142-6 For Kip Dawson, an unhappily married man with a son who blames him for his first wife's death, winning a trip into orbit...

The Two Minute Rule.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... The Two Minute Rule ROBERT CRAIS, READ BY CHRISTOPHER GRAYBILL. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, eight CDs, 10 hrs., $36.95 ISBN 1-59355-036-7 If Bruce Willis's face keeps coming to mind whenever former bank robber Max Holman speaks in this...

Isolation Ward.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Isolation Ward JOSHUA SPANOGLE, READ BY CHRISTIAN RUMMEL. Random House Audio, abridged, five CDs, 6 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 0-7393-2434-9 Young and brash Dr. Nathaniel McCormick, a maverick investigator for the Centers for Disease Control,...

The Old Wine Shades.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... The Old Wine Shades MARTHA GRIMES, READ BY JOHN LEE. Penguin Audio, unabridged, nine CDs, 11 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 0-14-305845-2 Man walked into a pub." This line, delivered with a droll inflection by reader John Lee, is the perfect opening...

A Dirty Job.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... A Dirty Job CHRISTOPHER MOORE, READ BY FISHER STEVENS. Harper Audio, unabridged, 10 CDs, 12 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 0-06087259-4 Moore spends a significant portion of his new novel speculating on the nature of the careful, cautious beta male,...

Four Stories by Franz Kafka: A Hunger Artist, a Report to the Academy, a Country Doctor, a Little Woman.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Four Stories by Franz Kafka: A Hunger Artist, A Report to the Academy, A Country Doctor, A Little Woman FRANZ KAFKA, READ BY ALAN SCARFE, JACK WETHERALL. CBC Audio, unabridged, one CD, one hr., $15.95 ISBN 0-660-19550-X Relatively...

Sweetness in the Belly.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Sweetness in the Belly CAMILLA GIBB, READ BY KATE READING. Penguin Audio, unabridged, eight CDs, 10 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 0-14-305860-6 While Kate Reading has a beautiful narrator's voice, low and lilting, dramatic and enticing, her...

Possible Side Effects.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Possible Side Effects AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Audio Renaissance, unabridged, eight CDs, 10 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 1-59397-892-8 Nostalgia, entertainment and humor are possible side effects of listening to this audiobook....

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner: A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner DAVID BACH, READ BY OLIVER WYMAN. Random House Audio, abridged, four CDs, 4 hrs., $19.95 ISBN 0-7393-2426-8 This follow-up to Bach's bestseller, The Automatic Millionaire, guides listeners step-by-step...

The Brothers Bulger.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... The Brothers Bulger HOWIE CARR, READ BY MICHAEL PRICHARD. Tantor, unabridged, 10 CDs, 12.5 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 1-40010188-3 Pritchard sounds so much like actor David Strathairn of Good Night and Good Luck in this compelling audio version of...

American Theocracy.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... * American Theocracy KEVIN PHILLIPS, READ BY SCOTT BRICK. Penguin Audio, unabridged, 15 CDs, 17.5 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 0-14-305844-4 Scientists repeatedly prove the limited amount of fossil-based fuels left in the world and emphasize the...

Born to Kvetch.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Born to Kvetch MICHAEL WEX, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Harper Audio, unabridged, eight CDs, 9.5 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 0-0611-3122-9 Most people's view of Yiddish is likely one of innocuous humor, whining and over-the-top curses. This extremely...

In Cold Blood.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... * In Cold Blood TRUMAN CAPOTE, READ BY SCOTT BRICK. Random House Audio, unabridged, 12 CDs, 14.5 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 0-7393-3364-X In the wake of the award-winning film Capote, interest in the author's 1965 true crime masterpiece has...

Cobra II.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2006... Cobra II MICHAEL R. GORDON AND GEN. BERNARD E. TRAINOR, READ BY CRAIG WASSON. Random House Audio, abridged, eight CDs, 9 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 0-7393-2516-7 On one level, narrator Wasson's mostly neutral delivery is apt. The authors'...

Why Do You Cry?: Not a Sob Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Why Do You Cry?: Not a Sob Story KATE KLISE, ILLUS. BY M. SARAH KLISE. Holt, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 0-80507319-1 The rabbit duo from Shall I Knit You a Hat? returns for a gentle tale that explains how no one ever really outgrows tears....

Find Anthony Ant.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
May 1, 2006... Find Anthony Ant LORNA PHILPOT, ILLUS. BY GRAHAM PHILPOT. Boxer (Sterling, dist.), $12.95 (24p) ISBN 1-905417-10-1 The Grahams employ the school bus ditty "The Ants Go Marching One by One," to exhort readers into a scavenger hunt of...

Luck: The Story of a Sandhill Cran.(Brief article)(Children's Review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * Luck: The Story of a Sandhill Crane JEAN CRAIGHEAD GEORGE, ILLUS. BY WENDELL MINOR. HarperCollins/Geringer, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 0-06-008201-1 In impressive harmony, Newbery Medalist George's (Julie of the Wolves) lilting narrative and...

My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... * My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, ILLUS. BY DAVID SMALL. Scholastic, $16.99 (56p)ISBN 0-439-65077-1 Enthusiastically and endearingly narrated by Splash, Senator Kennedy's Portuguese Water Dog,...

Martha Moth Makes Socks.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
May 1, 2006... Martha Moth Makes Socks CAMBRIA EVANS. Houghton, $16 (40p) ISBN 0-618-55745-8 In this funny yarn from talented newcomer Evans, Martha Moth invites company for a birthday lunch, then eats all the garments she intended for her guests. The...

Prince Silencio.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
May 1, 2006... Prince Silencio ANNE HERBAUTS, TRANS. FROM THE FRENCH BY CLAUDIA ZOE BEDRICK. Enchanted Lion (718-694-8305), $14.95 (28p)ISBN 1-59270-055-1 Arch wit and striking artwork mark this Belgian artist's U.S. debut. Herbauts accompanies her...

The Wildest Brother.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... The Wildest Brother CORNELIA FUNKE, ILLUS. BY KERSTIN MEYER, TRANS. FROM THE GERMAN BY OLIVER LATSCH. Scholastic/Chicken House, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 0-43982862-7 The formidable duo behind The Princess Knight and Pirate Girl presses on to an...

A Horse Named Funny Cide.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
May 1, 2006... A Horse Named Funny Cide THE FUNNY CIDE TEAM, ILLUS. BY BARRY MOSER. Putnam, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 0-399-24462-X This adaptation from the adult book, Funny Cide, may be a bit dense and repetitive, but this story of an unlikely Kentucky Derby...

Black Duck.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's reviews)
May 1, 2006... Black Duck JANET TAYLOR LISLE. Philomel/Sleuth, $15.99 (240p) ISBN 0-399-23963-4 The title of Lisle's (The Art of Keeping Cool) suspenseful novel refers to a rumrunner--one of the boats used during Prohibition to smuggle outlawed liquor...

The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs JACK CANTOS. FSG, $17 (192p) ISBN 0-374-33690-3 Are personalities determined by genes or by environment? Is it possible to love one's mother too much? Is there really such a thing as free will? Can curses...

Wabi: A Hero's Tale.(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's Review)
May 1, 2006... Wabi: A Hero's Tale JOSEPH BRUCHAC. Dial, $16.99 (192p) ISBN 0-8037-3098-5 Bruchac's (Skeleton Man) storytelling skills are on full display in this tale introducing an owlet narrator. Wabi's adventure begins almost immediately, when his...

Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet KASHMIRA SHETH. Hyperion, $15.99 (224p) ISBN 0-7868-3857-4 Sheth's (Blue Jasmine) novel set in Mumbai offers readers a fascinating glimpse of modern Indian culture. While her parents work hard to find a suitable...

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist RACHEL COHN & DAVID LEVITHAN. Knopf, $16.95 (192p) ISBN 0-37583531-8 This compulsively readable novel takes place in less than 24 hours. At a New York club one night, Nick convinces a stranger to pose as...

Endgame.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Endgame NANCY GARDEN. Harcourt, $17 (304p) ISBN 0-15-2054160-2 The Wilton family left Massachusetts for Connecticut after Gray, at 14, was twice suspended from middle school for carrying a knife to fend off bullies. Despite the fresh...

And then what happened?('Battle Drift', 'Behind the Curtain: An Echo Falls Mystery', 'Brunettes Strike Back', 'Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake', 'Isaac Newton', 'Listening at the Gate', 'Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox', 'Pride')(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Favorite series and characters for older readers continue this spring. Those who lapped up Down the Rabbit Hole will want to return to Echo Falls for a second mystery, Behind the Curtain by Peter Abrahams, where the spotlight shifts from the...

The Pea Blossom.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... The Pea Blossom AMY LOWRY POOLE. Holiday, $6.95 ISBN 0-8234-2018-3. In a starred review of this retelling set in Beijing, PW wrote, "Poole's verbal and visual eloquence brings Andersen's timeless tale to a new generation." Ages 4-8. (May)

Evie and Margie.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Evie and Margie BERNARD WABER. Houghton, $6.95 ISBN 0-618-69338-6. PW called this tale of two hippos "an entertaining and subtly edifying portrait of a robust friendship." Ages 4-8. (May)

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!(Brief article)(Book review)(Children's review)
May 1, 2006... Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! ALLAN SHERMAN AND LOU BUSCH, ILLUS. BY JACK E. DAVIS. Puffin, $6.99 ISBN 0-14240638-4. "The classic novelty song about a kid's (wildly exaggerated) disastrous first day at summer camp gets a refreshingly silly...

Blue Jasmine.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Blue Jasmine KASHMIRA SHETH. Hyperion, $5.99 ISBN 0-7868-5565-7. PW's starred review said, "In this delicate, introspective debut novel, narrator Seema describes her assimilation to America, capturing the distinct flavors of two different...

Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... Down the Rabbit Hole PETER ABRAHAMS. HarperTrophy, $6.99 ISBN 0-06073703-4. Teenaged Ingrid, cast as the lead in Alice in Wonderland, discovers a mystery surrounding her school's theater. "Readers who stick with this intelligent novel will be...

I Am the Messenger.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... I Am the Messenger MARKUS ZUSAK. Knopf, $8.95 ISBN 0-375-83667-5. In our Best Books citation, PW called this tale of a teenage Australian cabdriver who thwarts a bank robbery and sets off an intricate chain of events "compulsively readable."...

On bullshit jobs: think you have a "real job"? Not so fast.(Soapbox)
May 1, 2006... I recently completed an exhaustive study that, I believe, may add a crucial and profound dimension to the lushly flowering field of Bullshit Studies. This work, which took me far too long and cost way too much in terms of energy and attention...