eReviews: Medieval Family Life from Adam Matthew Digital

Medieval Family Life: The Paston, Celys, Stonor, Plumpton and Armburgh PapersAdam Matthew Digital;http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections Content Medieval Family Life (MFL) is a collection of manuscripts dating from approximately 1400 to the 20th century. The collection, created from More...

Reference Reviews: September 1, 2010

Careers Hill, Kathleen T. Career Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Industry. Ferguson: Facts On File. 2010. c.298p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780816076123. $49.50; Online: Infobase eBooks REF With more than 80 profiles of jobs in More...

Short Takes Reviews: Personal Finance, September 1, 2010

Arnell, Peter. Shift: How To Reinvent Your Business, Your Career, and Your Personal Brand. Broadway. 2010. c.208p. index. ISBN 9780385526272. $23. BUS Arnell trades on his reputation as a branding and marketing guru to Samsung, More...

Social Sciences Reviews, September 1, 2010

Biography Eire, Carlos. Learning To Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy. Free Pr: S. & S. Nov. 2010. c.256p. ISBN 9781439181904. $26. AUTOBIOG Eire (T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History & Religious Studies, More...

Fiction Reviews, September 1, 2010

Connelly, Michael. The Reversal. Little, Brown. Oct. 2010. c.416p. ISBN 9780316069489. $27.99. F Defense attorney Mickey Haller (The Lincoln Lawyer) teams up with Harry Bosch (Nine Dragons) to tackle an almost 25-year-old case in Connelly's More...

Every Reader a Reviewer: The Online Book Conversation

Book talk burgeons online, but finding review sources to trust isn't easy.

Science & Technology Reviews, September 1, 2010

Health & Medicine Cooper, David K.C., M.D. Open Heart: The Radical Surgeons Who Revolutionized Medicine. Kaplan. Sept. 2010. c.368p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781607144908. $26.99. MED Present at the first heart transplant in the UK and More...

Do-It-Yourself Reviews, September 1, 2010

Benson, Jonathan & Sherry Benson. Transforming Your Kitchen with Stock Cabinetry: Design, Select, and Install for a Custom Look at the Right Price. Fox Chapel. Oct. 2010. 160p. illus. index. ISBN 9781565233959. pap. $24.95. DIY More...

Tough Questions, Hard Choices: 16 Titles for October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In 2010, people are still being asked to lobby Congress for money for breast cancer research and to walk/run/advocate for the cure. And research is being made, for example, with regard to cognitive-behavioral therapy and More...

Social Sciences

Biography Borman, Tracy. Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen. Bantam. Sept. 2010. c.512p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-553-80698-4. $28. BIOG Another biography of Elizabeth Tudor! Historian Borman (Henrietta Howard: King's More...

SF/Fantasy

Beagle, Peter S. Return: An Innkeeper's World Story. Subterranean. Sept. 2010. c.104p. ISBN 978-1-59606-309-9. $35. FANTASY Soukyan, a warrior for hire, fends off a trio of assassins, the latest of many who have been sent More...

Mystery

Serving as a dramatic backdrop to many historical mysteries, war often plays a major role in sleuths' development. For example, Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs, Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge, and Rennie Airth's John Madden all served More...

Fiber Crafts

Avery, Véronik (text) & Thayer Allyson Gowdy (photogs.). Knitting 24/7: 30 Projects To Knit, Wear, and Enjoy, on the Go and Around the Clock. STC Craft: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. 2010. 128p. illus. ISBN 978-1-58479-844-6. More...

Fiction

Black, Lisa. Trail of Blood. Morrow. Sept. 2010. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-06-198933-9. $24.99. F When forensic pathologist Theresa ­MacLean (Evidence of Murder) is called in to examine a slightly mummified corpse, she realizes it's a likely More...

Romance

Is This for Real Unreal? A look in any bookstore will tell you that "unreality" is still in and isn't about to be out anytime soon. The most recent Romance Writers of America (RWA) statistics More...

Professional Media

Holt, Leslie Edmonds & Glen E. Holt. Public Library Services for the Poor: Doing All We Can. ALA. 2010. 168p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-8389-1050-4. pap. $48. PRO MEDIA At a time when the news is More...

Prepub Mystery

Carrington, Tori. Love Bites. Severn House. Jan. 2011. 192p. ISBN 978-0-7278-6913-5. $28.95. A RITA Award nominee and winner of a Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Carrington-actually, Lori and Tony Karayianni-here brings back Sofie Metropolis. Even More...

Christian Fiction

As summer winds down, Christian fiction publishers seek to continue the success they enjoyed with their summer blockbusters & The start of the fall publishing season will not disappoint fans of the genre. Whether they More...

2010 Football Roundup

As pro and college football players report to training camp for the upcoming gridiron season, it's time for fans to get ready, too, by seeking out this crop of "rookies": new football books for fall More...

Short Takes: Language

Clark, Roy Peter. The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English. Little, Brown. Aug. 2010. c.304p. index. ISBN 978-0-316-02791-5. $19.99. LANG Journalist and teacher Clark (vice president & senior More...

Science & Technology

Agriculture Bloom, Adrian. Bloom's Best Perennials and Grasses: Expert Plant Choices and Dramatic Combinations for Year-Round Gardens. Timber. 2010. 208p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-88192-931-7. $34.95. GARDENING A lifelong gardener, Bloom (president, Blooms of Bressingham More...

Cooking

Summer is winding down, but there's still time for some last-minute preserving or a trip to the farmer's market. Williams-Sonoma's The Art of Preserving and Cooking from the Farmers' Market provide some necessary guidance for More...

Short Takes: By the Glass

As the recent crop of guides shows, the wine world has untucked its shirt and made it OK to like what you like, with whatever food, in any manner you choose?drop in an ice cube More...

Short Takes: For the Dogs

Gorant, Jim. The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption. Gotham: Penguin Group (USA). Sept. 2010. 304p. ISBN 978-1-592-40550-3. $26. pets When Gorant's cover story on Michael Vick's dogs appeared More...

Arts & Humanities

Cowling, Elizabeth & Richard Kendall. Picasso Looks at Degas. Yale Univ. 2010. 352p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-3001-3412-4. $65. FINE ARTS Although the two artists never met, Picasso lived near Degas in Montmartre and had a More...

Arts & Humanities

Arts Bott, Danièle. Thierry Mugler: Galaxy Glamour. Thames & Hudson, dist. by Norton. 2010. 280p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 978-0-500-51520-4. $50. FINE ARTS This is a picturesque biography of an iconic fashion, fragrance, and jewelry designer More...

Fiction

Ashworth, Jenn. A Kind of Intimacy. Europa, dist. by Penguin. 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-1-933372-86-0. pap. $15. F British writer Ashworth conjures the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe in this tale of murder and delusion. Like More...

Reference

Atlases Stephens, A. Ray. Texas: A Historical Atlas. Univ. of Oklahoma. 2010. c.417p. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-8061-3873-2. $39.95. REF This updated and rechristened edition of the 20-year-old Historical Atlas of Texas bears little More...

Science and Technology

Agriculture Cohen, Stephanie & Jennifer Benner. The Nonstop Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs. Timber. 2010. 248p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-88192-951-5. pap. $19.95. GARDENING Cohen and Benner, a columnist and More...

Mystery

By Jo Ann Vicarel MURDER IN MAYBERRY Small towns or villages continue to serve as popular settings for mysteries, especially cozies. Chris Cavender?s Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder is set in Timber Ridge, NC, where More...

Social Sciences

Biography Hilton, Lisa. Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York. Pegasus. Aug. 2010. c.512p. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-60598-105-5. pap. $18.95. BIOG Hilton (Athenais: The Life of Louis XIV's Mistress?The More...

Graphic Novels

I was honored to be nominated, Alex Simmons said, nearly jumping up and down, but now I'm really damn happy! Simmons was accepting a Glyph Award for The Cartoon Life of Chuck Clayton miniseries from More...

Spiritual Living

By Graham Christian Bumper crops on the way! Look for titles in Buddhism and Eastern traditions, along with help in using the power of faith for new directions, including harnessing humor to a Christian outlook More...

ART INSTRUCTION

Alesina, Inna & Ellen Lupton. Exploring Materials: Creative Design for Everyday Objects. Princeton Architectural, dist. by Chronicle. 2010. 208p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-1-56898-768-2. pap. $35. ART INSTRUCTION Bridging the gap between the design of More...

Religion Short Takes: Belief in a Complex World

Benne, Robert. Good and Bad Ways To Think About Religion and Politics. Eerdmans. Jul. 2010. c.119p. ISBN 978-0-8028-6364-5. pap. $14. REL Influential Lutheran theologian and social ethicist Benne (director, Roanoke Coll. Ctr. for Religion and More...

History & Royalty: Historical Fiction

Campion, Emma. The King?s Mistress. Crown. Jul. 2010. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-307-58925-5. $26. F When had I a choice to be other than I was? This is the unifying theme of the life of royal mistress More...

Fiction

Belfer, Lauren. A Fierce Radiance. Harper: HarperCollins. Jun. 2010. c.544p. ISBN 978-0-06-125251-8. $24.99. FThirty-six-year-old Claire Shipley is a most modern woman in 1941. A gifted, focused photographer for LIFEmagazine, a divorced single mother, and fearless More...

Love and Healing in the Stacks

Author Suzanne Rivecca (Death Is Not an Option, LJ 4/15/10) on libraries

Submission Guidelines for Spanish-language Materials

Spanish-language titles ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL Since we are constantly assigning books, videos, and audio books for review, it is best for you to send books regularly, preferably as soon as they become available. Requirements: Only More...