Kliatt articles from July 2003

Kliatt archives from July 2003

American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood. (Across Cultures).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Arana, Marie. AMERICAN CHICA: TWO WORLDS, ONE CHILDHOOD. A coming-of-age and a coming-to-terms account of growing up in America and Peru and learning what its like to don the mantle of Latina culture.

Caramelo. (Across Cultures).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Cisneros, Sandra. CARAMELO. Kaleidoscopic memories and anecdotes weave through the stories of this colorful Mexican American family history.

Do They Hear You When You Cry? (Across Cultures).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Kassindja, Fauziya. DO THEY HEAR YOU WHEN YOU CRY? In an effort to avoid female genital mutilation, Fauziya flees her native Togo and seeks political asylum in America. Instead of finding refuge, she becomes entangled in immigration and legal...

A Fine Balance. (Across Cultures).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Mistry, Rohinton. A FINE BALANCE. Set in India in 1975, this is a story of the lives of four strangers who are brought together in one dwelling. They try to survive through the emergency decrees of the government. Heart-wrenching, but a...

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. (Adventure).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Chabon, Michael. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY Hitler's armies are gobbling up Europe, and Czechborn Josef Kavalier and his American cousin Sammy Clayman join forces to create a Superman-like comic book hero who can save the...

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd. (Adventure).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Fergus, Jim. ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN: THE JOURNALS OF MAY DODD. In 1854, 1,000 women are exchanged for 100 horses in an attempt to "civilize the savages" in this novel loosely based on an actual event.

The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Adventure).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Gulland, Sandra. THE MANY LIVES AND SECRET SORROWS OF JOSEPHINE B. This fictional diary of the woman who became the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte transports the reader from her Caribbean island childhood through an unhappy first marriage and the...

The Life of PI. (Adventure).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Martel, Yann. THE LIFE OF PI. Stranded on a lifeboat with a 450-pound Bengal tiger in the mid-Pacific, young Pi Patel must be both knowledgeable and clever to survive.

Ahab's Wife: Or, the Stargazer. (Adventure).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Naslund, Sena Jeter. AHAB'S WIFE: OR, THE STARGAZER. A gripping adventure and romance as told by Una Spenser. whose courage, passion, and indomitable spirit break the boundaries of Nantucket's 19th-century whaling culture.

Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems. (The Arts).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Collins, Billy. SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. A fine collection of Collins' graceful, melodic, often surprising and always clear poetry.

Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina. (The Arts).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Hajdu, David. POSITIVELY 4TH STREET: THE LIVES AND TIMES OF JOAN BAEZ, BOB DYLAN, MIMI BAEZ FARINA, AND RICHARD FARINA . Sit with these icons of the 60s in the cafes and coffee-houses of Greenwich Village. Their lives are complex, and their...

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture. (The Arts).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... King, Ross. BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME: HOW A RENAISSANCE GENIUS REINVENTED ARCHITECTURE. The dome of Santa Maria del Fiore is an architectural marvel today, and in 14th-century Florence its engineering was astonishing. This fascinating account of the...

Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece that Changed the World. (The Arts).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Martin, Russell. PICASSO'S WAR: THE DESTRUCTION OF GUERNICA AND THE MASTERPIECE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. This short book moves from the Spanish Civil War into the machinations of the Cold War, using Picasso's great painting as a window on both...

Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology. (The Arts).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Pinsky, Robert & Maggie Dietz, eds. POEMS TO READ: A NEW FAVORITE POEM PROJECT ANTHOLOGY A diverse group of Americans select their favorite poems, many of which may become your favorites too!

I Thought My Father was God: And Other True Tales From NPR's National Story Project. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Auster, Paul, ed. I THOUGHT MY FATHER WAS GOD: AND OTHER TRUE TALES FROM NPR'S NATIONAL STORY PROJECT. This gathering of 180 short, personal accounts that are by turns funny, painful. improbable, dreamlike, or a little crazy is a testament to...

Revenge: A Story of Hope. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Blumenfeld, Laura. REVENGE: A STORY OF HOPE. Blumenfeld's searches for the man who shot her father, and her meditations upon and mastery of revenge have a particular force in our post-9( 11 world.

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Ellis, Joseph. FOUNDING BROTHERS: THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION. Go beyond your history textbooks and learn more about the men who had the vision to create our nation. In this fresh, well-written work, Ellis brings a new lens with which to view...

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Fuller, Alexandra. DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT: AN AFRICAN CHILDHOOD. Both Fuller's white-settler family and the countries of Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi where she grew up were flawed. Fuller, however, writes of them with love, great...

John Adams. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... McCullough, David. JOHN ADAMS. A fascinating portrait of the second president of the United States, a man of great personal integrity, and a true hero in a tumultuous time.

The Book of Sarahs: A Family in Parts. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... McKinley, Catherine. THE BOOK OF SARAHS: A FAMILY IN PARTS. In this story of anger and heartbreak, a young bi-racial woman raised in Attleboro, MA in the 60s and 705 searches for her true identity.

Lord Minimus: The Extraordinary Life of Britain's Smallest Man. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Page, Nick. LORD MINIM US: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF BRITAIN'S SMALLEST MAN. Jeffrey Hudson, all eighteen inches of him, progresses from pauper to court favorite to slave during the reign of Charles I.

Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey. (Biography and Memoir).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Simon, Rachel. RIDING THE BUS WITH MY SISTER: A TRUE LIFE JOURNEY. Beth, Simon's mentally retarded sister, rides the city buses for the sheer joy of the experience. Joining Beth on her journeys, Simon, a successful writer and teacher, learns...

In the Time of Butterflies. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Alvarez, Julia. IN THE TIME OF BUTTERFLIES. Set in the Dominican Republic during the rise of Trujillo, this is the story of the Mirabel sisters who bravely opposed the cruel dictator. This is a work of imaginative fiction, inspired by a true...

The Prince of Tides. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Conroy Pat. THE PRINCE OF TIDES. An eloquently told story of a complicated family. Moving back and forth in time and from South Carolina and New York City, Tom Wingo confronts his turbulent past, and learns to deal with the present.

The Red Tent. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Diamant, Anita, THE RED TENT. Set in Biblical times and narrated by Dinah, this is an imaginative "take" on what life must have been like for women. Fascinating stories and gossip all take place in the red tent where women gathered for crucial...

Daniel Deronda. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Eliot, George. DANIEL DERONDA. The story of a high-minded young man raised in the aristocratic society of 19th-century England who discovers he is Jewish. The anti-Semitism of the time and the events in his life shape his life's path.

Catch-22. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Heller, Joseph. CATCH-22. The story of Yossarian, a bombardier who is too smart to die, but not smart enough to get himself discharged from the war he thinks is insane. Timely.

The Cider House Rules. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Irving, John. THE CIDER HOUSE RULES. Homer Wells, an orphan, is taken under the wing of his orphanage's doctor--an ethersniffing, kindly abortionist. Homer spreads his wings and experiences the world away from his childhood "home." This is a...

The City of Joy. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Lapierre, Dominique. THE CITY OF JOY. When the author travels to the poorest part of Calcutta, he finds hope, heroes, love, and, incredibly, joy.

Angela's Ashes. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... McCourt, Frank. ANGELA'S ASHES. A masterpiece of writing that recounts--with love, compassion, humor, but never self-pity--the horror of an Irish childhood of grinding poverty in Limerick's slums.

Twelve Angry Men: A Play in Three Acts. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Rose, Reginald & Sherman Sergel. TWELVE ANGRY MEN: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. A story of a murder trial and especially the deliberations of the jury. of twelve ordinary men (women were not permitted to serve on juries at this time), and the courage...

The Weight of Water. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Shreve, Anita. THE WEIGHT OF WATER. Jean, a photographer with a marriage in jeopardy, goes to a remote island to research an axe murder done in 1873. Suspense builds as the narrative snakes back and forth between past and present.

A Thousand Acres. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Smiley, Jane. A THOUSAND ACRES. A modern-day tale likened to King Lear. Aging farmer Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his farm to his three daughters. One complains, and is deprived of her inheritance and severs their...

The Secret History. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Tartt, Donna. THE SECRET HISTORY Richard narrates the story of himself, his friends, and their secret society in a small Vermont college which has become the setting for murder.

Age of Innocence. (Enduring Favorites).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Wharton, Edith. AGE OF INNOCENCE. A tale of love and loss, the story focuses on a triangle: Newland Archer and his love for the unconventional, passionate Countess Olenska vs. his more stable and steady love for his more conventional betrothed....

The Yokota Officers Club. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Bird, Sarah. THE YOKOTA OFFICERS CLUB. Bernie's view of her military family changes when she rejoins them in Okinawa after her first year in college. Then she recalls an earlier stay in Japan and begins to unravel an eight-year old mystery.

Peace Like a River. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Enger, Leif. PEACE LIKE A RIVER. How far would you go to protect a member of your family? In the 1960s, Rube's brother has escaped from jail, and his family searches for him from the Minnesota plains through the badlands of North Dakota. The...

Bee Season. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Goldberg, Myla. BEE SEASON. All is not as it seems in this coming-of-age story. Nine-year-old Eliza Naumann wins a spelling bee, and the result disrupts her entire family. The ending is both shocking and disturbing.

The Secret Life of Bees. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Kidd, Sue Monk. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES. The only mother 13-year-old Lily has ever known is her black housekeeper Rosaleen. When Rosaleen insults a white man, the two escape to Tiburon, South Carolina. and to the home of three...

Atonement. (Family Matters).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... McEwan, Ian. ATONEMENT. Early in her adolescence, Briony accuses a young friend of a horrible crime and thus affects the lives of her entire family. This novel explores the nature of truth.

The Nanny Diaries. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... McLaughlin, Emma & Nicola Kraus. THE NANNY DIARIES. Two former nannies sprinkle their story with delicious, voyeuristic details in this funny, caustic satire on life in the upper echelons of New York City.

The Art of Seeing. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... McGovern, Cammie. THE ART OF SEEING. When Rozzie reveals a terrible secret to her younger. adoring sister Jemma. it turns their competitive relationship upside down.

When the Emperor was Divine. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Otsuka, Julie. WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE. The experience of one family of Japanese Americans in World War II involves every reader in a bitter lesson for today's world.

Empire Falls. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Russo, Richard. EMPIRE FALLS. The tumbled lives of the residents of a dying Maine mill town fill this complex epic. Their stories are told with compassion. understanding, and terrific comedic timing.

Cane River. (Family Matters).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Tademy, Lalita. CANE RIVER. This is history as fiction: Tademy writes about her ancestors, strong black women who did what was necessary in a world that disenfranchised them.

Veiled Courage: Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance. (In Our Time).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Bernard, Cheryl. VEILED COURAGE: INSIDE THE AFGHAN WOMEN'S RESISTANCE. Vignettes of brave women who formed an underground movement to fight for their civic, family. and political rights.

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002. (In Our Time).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Eggers, Dave, ed. THE BEST AMERICAN NONREQUIRED READING 2002. Work in many genres, selected from sources as varied as Time and ZYZZYVA--some of it is hilarious, some is serious, sad, or frightening. You may not like every piece, but you'll find...

Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting by in America. (In Our Time).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Ehrenreich, Barbara. NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA. Ehrenreich takes jobs at minimum wage to find out if it is possible to live the way millions of Americans must. An intelligent expose.

September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond. (In Our Time).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Heyen, William, ed. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: AMERICAN WRITERS RESPOND. Over 120 poems, essays, letters, and short stories written in the three months following the September 11th attacks confront the hours after which "no day will ever be the same."...

Yell-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing up Asian-American. (In Our Time).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Nam, Vickie. ed. YELL-OH GIRLS! EMERGING VOICES EXPLORE CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND GROWING UP ASIAN-AMERICAN, A dynamic collection of sometimes poignant. sometimes angry writings by young women of Asian descent.

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. (In Our Time).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Schlosser, Eric. FAST FOOD NATION: THE DARK SIDE OF THE ALL-AMERICAN MEAL. What's in that burger? Schlosser tells us in no uncertain terms what we are eating and what it is doing to our bodies.

The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College. (In Our Time).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Steinberg, Jacques. THE GATEKEEPERS: INSIDE THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS OF A PREMIER COLLEGE. A must-read for all college-bound students and their parents. Steinberg offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at a year in the life of the admissions...

The Buffalo Soldier. (Love: Lost and Found).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Bohjalian, Chris. THE BUFFALO SOLDIER. After a flood in a small Vermont town takes the lives of their twins, Terry and Laura Sheldon become foster parents to Alfred, an African-American boy. Told from the perspective of different characters,...

In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden. (Love: Lost and Found).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Cambor, Kathleen. IN SUNLIGHT, IN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. A bittersweet romance set against the background of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood of 1889-a fine depiction of America's gilded age.

Crow Lake. (Love: Lost and Found).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Lawson, Mary. CROW LAKE. When a catastrophic event changes everything for Kate and her siblings, she has to renew her search for herself. Family, love, misunderstandings, and resentments influence the adult Kate, who learns about the power of...

An Equal Music. (Love: Lost and Found).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Seth, Vikram. AN EQUAL MUSIC. This novel of passionate love, beautiful music, and tangled lives and loyalties moves through the concert halls and brilliant worlds of Venice, Vienna, and London.

Imagining Argentina. (Love: Lost and Found).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Thornton, Lawrence. IMAGINING ARGENTINA. In the dark days of military rule, Carlos Rueda sees in waking dreams the fates of the disappeared, but he cannot find his own wife.

When we were Orphans. (Mystery And Intrigue).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Ishiguro, Kazuo. WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS. A beautifully written novel about a detective, Christopher Banks, who returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance twenty years earlier.

Walking Back the Cat. (Mystery and Intrigue).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Littell, Robert. WALKING BACK THE CAT. Reactivated KGB agents, Apaches, the Mafia, and ex-CIA operatives combine for an intricate plot. Littell is a master of characterization who creates some unlikely heroes.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. (Mystery and Intrigue).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... McCall Smith, Alexander. THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY The first of a series featuring "the Miss Marple of Botswana." The setting is simultaneously exotic and comfortable, and Mma Precious Ramotswe is loaded with charm, brains, and...

Bel Canto. (Mystery And Intrigue).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Patchett, Ann. EEL CANTO. Somewhere in South America, a birthday celebration for a Japanese businessman turns into a nightmare as terrorists take all of the guests hostage. The healing powers of music figure prominently in this story.

The Lovely Bones. (Mystery and Intrigue).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Sebold, Alice. THE LOVELY BONES. The victim of a brutal murder, Susie Salmon looks down from heaven and tells us the story of her family's life after her death. This is Sebold's first novel, and it's beautifully written.

Servants of the Map: Stories. (Other Times, Other Places).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Barrett, Andrea. SERVANTS OF THE MAP: STORIES. In these stories, spanning continents and two centuries, the lives and obsessions of individuals are delicately traced through their explorations, both personal and scientific.

Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague. (Other Times, Other Places).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Brooks, Geraldine. YEAR OF WONDERS: A NOVEL OF THE PLAGUE. When the plague arrives at a small English village on a bolt of cloth from London, the minister devises a plan to cope with the disease. Based on an actual event.

True History of the Kelly Gang. (Other Times, Other Places).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Carey. Peter. TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG. In Australia, Ned Kelley, brutalized by his family and the police, turns outlaw and is hunted by the law for two years. His story, told in journal form, reminds us of the sufferings of society's...

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. (Other Times, Other Places).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Dai, Sijie. BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEA MS TRESS. Two boys sent to the countryside for "re-education" during China's Cultural Revolution discover the beautiful daughter of a local tailor and a cache of Western literature. As a result, the...

The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance. (Other Times, Other Places).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Gonick, Larry. THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE HI: FROM THE RISE OF ARABIA TO THE RENAISSANCE. Serious and thorough research combines with hilarious graphic text to create a memorable account--this is history for those who love it and for...

Enemy Women. (Other Times, Other Places).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Jiles, Paulette. ENEMY WOMEN. In the Missouri Ozarks during the Civil War, eighteen-year-old Adair Colley becomes a fugitive and then a prisoner when she tries to rescue her father, an apolitical judge.

In My Brother's Image: Twin Brothers Separated by Faith After the Holocaust. (Other Times, Other Places).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Pogany, Eugene. IN MY BROTHER'S IMAGE: TWIN BROTHERS SEPARATED BY FAITHAFTER THE HOLOCAUST. Hungarian twins find their relationship tested. One is sent to a concentration camp where he converts to the Judaism of their ancestors; the other...

The Parrot Who Owns Me: The Story of a Relationship. (Science).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Burger, Joanna. THE PARROT WHO OWNS ME: THE STORY OF A RELATIONSHIP. An ornithologist's memoir of a parrot she rescued and their life together--a marvelous tale of human-animal interaction.

Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. (Science).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Drye, Willie. STORM OF THE CENTURY: THE LABOR DAY HURRICANE OF 1935. First-person accounts of what some ordinary people were doing when this fierce surprise of nature struck. Reads like a mystery.

Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril. (Science).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Ferriss, Timothy. SEEING IN THE DARK: HOW BACKYARD STARGAZERS ARE PROBING DEEP SPACE AND GUARDING EARTH FROM INTERPLANETARY PER IL. Ferriss captures some of the ecstasy of star-gazing and praises the amateurs who do the work professional...

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused it. (Science).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Kolata, Gina. FLU: THE STORY OF THE GREAT INFLUENZA PANDEMIC OF 1918 AND THE SEARCH FOR THE VIRUS THAT CAUSED IT. It came quickly, killed millions on several continents, was nearly forgotten, and might return. Kolata writes a novel-like tale of...

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood. (Science).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Sacks, Oliver. UNCLE TUNGSTEN: MEMORIES OFA CHEMICAL BOYHOOD. A child in wartime England, Sachs recalls the "stinks and bangs" of his chemistry experiments and the wonderful tutelage offered by various members of his family, including his...

The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine. (Science).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Standage, Tom. THE TURK: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE FAMOUS EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CHESS-PLAYING MACHINE. Was it a thinking machine or a hoax? The Turk's saga is a colorful sidebar in the history of technology.

The Alchemist. (Science Fiction).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Boyd. Donna. THE ALCHEMIST. Han, Nefar, and Akan of the House of Ra in Egypt "before time" learn magic and alchemy. One day they discover a power beyond all power. Will they be able to use this to create a perfect world?

Diplomatic Immunity: A Comedy of Terrors. (Science Fiction).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Bujold, Lois McMaster. DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY: A COMEDY OF TERRORS. In this book, part of the continuing Vorkosigan saga, Miles finds he must stop a war that may happen by mistake. The plot and the characters, the bioterrors, and the biomarvels...

Towing Jehovah. (Science Fiction).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Morrow, James. TOWING JEHOVAH. God is dead, and his two-mile-long body must be towed to the Arctic. Captain VanHorne faces this daunting challenge along with a militant-atheist girlfriend, ecological guilt, the demands of the Vatican, and a...

The Minority Quarterback and other Lives in Sports. (Sports).(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... Berkow, Ira. THE MINORITY QUARTERBACK AND OTHER LIVES IN SPORTS. Journalist-author Berkow provides a series of often quirky accounts of athletes' prowess and problems.

Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston. (Sports).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Bryant, Howard. SHUT OUT: A STORY OF RACE AND BASEBALL IN BOSTON. This book bursts with serious Boston baseball lore and chronicles the racism rampant in the city and its Red Sox team.

Baseball: A Literary Anthology. (Sports).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Dawidoff, Nicholas, ed. BASEBALL: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY Authors as various as Heywood Broun, Carl Sandburg, Ring Lardner, and Robert Frost ruminate about baseball. A book to open at random and just plain enjoy.

The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight that Changed Basketball Forever. (Sports).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Feinstein, John. THE PUNCH: ONE NIGHT, TWO LIVES, AND THE FIGHT THAT CHANGED BASKETBALL FOREVER. In December, 1977, L.A. Laker's player Kermit Washington decked the Houston Rockets' Rudy Tomjanovich, nearly ending his life. Feinstein, one of...

Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed. (Sports).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Hall, Sara. DRAWN TO THE RHYTHM: A PASSIONATE LIFE RECLAIMED. Mother of three, Hall fell in love with rowing and challenged herself to become a master of the sport. It saved her life, and her account is inspirational.

It's not Over 'Til it's Over: The Stories Behind the Most Magnificent, Heartstopping Sports Miracles of our Time. (Sports).(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Review)
July 1, 2003... Silverman, Al. IT'S NOT OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER: THE STORIES BEHIND THE MOST MAGNIFICENT, HEARTSTOPPING SPORTS MIRACLES OF OUR TIME. The title tells it all: Johnny Unitas's "sudden death" quarterback call, the U.S. Women's Soccer Team's World Cup...