Here you will find information that may help you select books and other materials for your library. Included here will be the latest awards, best book lists and starred reviews in a number of journals. We will post this each Tuesday. You may find additional information about starred review titles by subscribing to the Core Collections at www.hwwilson.com. You may also request a trial subscription. If you have suggestions or comments please send them to me at rbarber@hwwilson.com
AWARDS
BEST LISTS
“Top 10 Sports Books.” Booklist Sept. 1, 2008: 32 Print.
“Top 10 Sports Books for Youth.” Booklist Sept. 1, 2001: 114 Print.
“Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers, 2008.”
Booklist Sept 1, 2001: 130-131 Print.
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
Entertainment Weekly. September 26, 2008
Kirkus Reviews. October 1, 2008
Library Journal. September 15, 2008
New York Times. September 21, 2008
People. September 29, 2008
Publishers Weekly. September 15, 2008
Publishers Weekly (web exclusive). September 15, 2008
Quill & Quire. September, 2008
Romantic Times. October, 2008
The Week. September 19, 2008
The Week. September 26, 2008
BOOKS
500 Barbecue Dishes: The Only
Barbecue Compendium You'll Ever Need
Kirk, Paul
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
A Great Idea at the Time
Beam, Alex
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
Drayson, Nicholas
People (September 29, 2008)
A Life in the Wild
Turner, Pamela S.
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
A Mystery for Thoreau
Rao, Sirish
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Acheron
Kenyon, Sherrilyn
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Afghan Dreams
O'Brien, Tony
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Antiques Flee Market
Allan, Barbara
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Bite the Bullet
Banks, L.A.
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Boy Were We Wrong About
The Solar System!
Kundlinski, Kathleen D.
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Boys Are Dogs
Margolis, Leslie
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a
Young %@&*!
Spiegelman, Art
Publishers Weekly (September 15, 2008)
Bumping into Geniuses
Goldberg, Danny
Entertainment Weekly (September 26, 2008)
Can We Have One?: A Parent's Guide to
Raising Kids with Cats and Dogs
Buzhardt, Lynn
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Cast in Fury
Sagara, Michelle
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Christmas Spirit
York, Rebecca
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Greenberg, Jan
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Come the Night
Kinard, Susan
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Creating Your Library Brand:
Communicating Your Relevance and
Value to Your Patrons
Doucett, Elizabeth
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Dinosaurs on the Roof
Rabe, David
New York Times (September 21, 2008)
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes
Everett, Daniel L.
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Dream in Color: How the Sanchez Sisters
are Making History in Congress
Sanchez, Loretta
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Driven: Teen Phenoms, Mad Parents,
Swing Science, and the Future of Golf: A
Year at the David Leadbetter Academy
Cook, Kevin
Publishers Weekly [web exclusive]
(September 15, 2008)
Eating the Sun: How Plants
Power the Planet
Morton, Oliver
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Ex-Kop
Hammond, Warren
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Finally a Bride
Childs, Lisa
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Finding Mr. Right
Bianchin, Helen
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Freezing Point
Dionne, Karen
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Half a Crown
Walton, Jo
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Friedman, Thomas L.
Week (September 19, 2008)
It Happened One Night
Laurens, Stephanie
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the
Good Life
Oliver, Jamie
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
King of Sword and Sky
Wilson, C.L.
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Kitchen Dance
Manning, Maurice J.
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Le Corbusier
Weber, Nicholas Fox
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken
DiCamillo, Kate
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
Madame Pamplemousse and Her
Incredible Edibles
Kingfisher, Rupert
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Managing Electronic Government
Information in Libraries:
Issues and Practices
Morrison, Andrea M.
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Mercury's War
Leigh, Lora
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Midnight's Daughter
Chance, Karen
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Ms. Match
Leigh, Jo
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Nemesis
Nesbo, Steven
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Night Fall
Adair, Cherry
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Nothing is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn
Mattison, Alice
New York Times (September 21, 2008)
Obsession: a History
Davis, Lennard J.
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Paper Towns
Green, John
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Piracy: The Complete History
Konstam, Angus
Publishers Weekly [web exclusive]
(September 15, 2008)
Quarrel with the King: The Story of an
English Family on the High
Road to Civil War
Nicholson, Adam
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
Revolver
Schiff, Robin
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Sashenka
Montefiore, Simon
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
Seduce Me at Sunrise
Kleypas, Lisa
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Selected Poems
Merrill, James
Publishers Weekly (September 15, 2008)
Snowbound in Dry Creek
Tronstad, Janet
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Something Wicked
Gratz, Alan
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie
Juster, Norton
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
State by State
Weiland, Matt
Entertainment Weekly (September 26, 2008)
Summer Morning, Summer Night
Bradbury, Ray
Publishers Weekly (September 15, 2008)
Sunset
Kingsbury, Karen
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Fox, Mem
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
Tender Secrets
Christopher, Ann
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
The Age of Enlightenment
Gilder, Louisa
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
The Arcgangel Project
Graham, C.S.
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
The Art & Soul of Baking
Mushet, Cindy
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
The Best American Magazine Writing 2008
American Society of Magazine Editors
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
The Best of All Possible Worlds
Nadler, Steven
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
The Big Splash
Feraiolo, Jack D.
Publishers Weekly (September 15, 2008)
The Bon Appetit Fast Easy Cookbook:
1,100 Quick Dishes for Everynight Cooking
Fairchild, Barbara
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
The Captive Heart
Small, Bertrice
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
The Crime of Reason: And the Closing of
the Scientific Mind
Laughlin, Robert B.
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
The Darker Side
McFayden, Cody
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
The Dirty South
Wheatle, Alex
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
The Flavor Bible
Page, Karen
Publishers Weekly [web exclusive]
(September 15, 2008)
The Forever War
Filkins, Dexter
New York Times (September 21, 2008)
The Hero of Ages
Sanderson, Brandon
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
The Paris Enigma
De Santis, Pablo
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
The Resurrection of the Body
Maia, Maggie Hamand
Publishers Weekly (September 15, 2008)
The Rights of the Reader
Pennac, Daniel
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
The Sweeter Side of Amy's Breads:
Cakes, Cookies, Bars, Pastries and More
from New York City's Favorite Bakery
Scherber, Amy
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age
of Great American Book Publishers
Silverman, Al
New York Times (September 21, 2008)
The War Within: A Secret White House
History 2006-2008
Woodward, Bob
The Week (September 26, 2008)
The Way of the World: A Story of Truth
and Hope in the Age of Extremism
Suskind, Ron
New York Times (September 21, 2008)
Twigs and Knucklebones
Lindsay, Sarah
Publishers Weekly (September 15, 2008)
Two Marriages: Novellas
Lopate, Philip
New York Times (September 21, 2008)
Undercover Wife
Lovelace, Merline
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Untamed
Cast, P.C.
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True
Stories from a Life in Food
Carmellini, Andrew
Publishers Weekly (September 15, 2008)
Veiled Passions
MacNish, Tracy
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Veiled Truth
Anna, Vivi
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
Washington at Valley Forge
Freedman, Russell
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Ways to Live Forever
Nicholls, Sally
Publishers Week (September 15, 2008)
Will You Be There?
Nadler, Steven
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2008)
Audio Books
Inspired By...The Bible Experience: The
Complete Bible (Zondervan Audio)
Publishers Weekly [web exclusive]
(September 15, 2008)
Martin Misunderstood
Slaughter, Karin
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Moscow Rules
Silva, Daniel
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Sins of the Fathers
Rendell, Ruth
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor,
Healing, and Hope in My Life as an
Animal Surgeon
Trout, Nick
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
The Plague of Doves
Erdrich, Louise
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
What Was Lost
O'Flynn Catherine
Library Journal (September 15, 2008)
OTHER
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
What's Up in Publishing: September 14, 2008
Here you will find information that may help you select books and other materials for your library. Included here will be the latest awards, best book lists and starred reviews in a number of journals. We will post this each Tuesday. You may find additional information about starred review titles by subscribing to the Core Collections at www.hwwilson.com. You may also request a trial subscription. If you have suggestions or comments please send them to me at rbarber@hwwilson.com
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
BBC Music Magazine. Proms [September], 2008
Booklist. September 1, 2008
Bookmarks. September/October, 2008
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. September, 2008
Entertainment Weekly. September 19, 2008
Gramaphone.
Horn Book. September/October, 2008
Library Journal. September, 2008
New York Times. September 14, 2008
People. September 15, 2008
People. September 22, 2008
Publishers Weekly. September 8, 2008
Publishers Weekly (web exclusive). September 8, 2008
School Library Journal. September, 2008
The Week. September 12, 2008
Books
A Bloody Canvas
Galliore, Andrew
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
A Country Called Home
Barnes,Kim
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
A Cure for Niight
Peacock, Justin
Entertainment Weekly (September 15, 2008)
A Map of Home
Jarrar, Randa
People (September 15, 2008)
A Mercy
Morrison, Toni
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
A Mind at Peace
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi
Publishers Weekly [web only]
(September 8, 2008)
A River of Words: The Story of William
Carlos Williams
Bryant, Jen
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art,
and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of
Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet
Beacher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade
Benfey, Christopher
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek:
A Tall Thin Tale
Hopkinson, Deborah
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Airelle: A Faerie Tale
Tomlinson, Heather
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
All Stations! Distress!
Brown, Don
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
All the Windwracked Stars
Bear, Elizabeth
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
America America
Canin, Ethan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
American Buffalo:
In Search of a Lost Icon
Rinella, Steven
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
American Nerd: The Story of My People
Nugent, Benjamin
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
American Savior
Mercullo, Roland
People (September 22, 2008)
American Widow
Torres, Alissa
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
People (September 15, 2008)
American Wife
Sittenfeld, Curtis
The Week (September 12, 2008)
People (September 15, 2008)
An Autumn War
Abraham, Daniel
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
Servan-Schreiber, David
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Antsy Does Time
Shusterman, Neal
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Apples & Oranges: My Brother and Me,
Lost and Found
Brenner, Marie
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Baby Jesus Pawn Shop
Orth, Lucia
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Badlands
Montanari, Richard
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Bees, Snails,, and Peacock Tails:
Patterns and Shapes...Naturally
Franco, Betsy
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Beijing Coma
Jian, Ma
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Beyond Fossil Fools: The Roadmap to
Energy Independence by 2040
Shuster, Joseph M.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Big Kicks
Kolar, Bob
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Black Box
Schumacher, Julie
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
(September, 2008)
Blackout
Morozzi, Gianiuca
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Blindspot by a Gentleman in Exile and a
Lady in Disguise
Kamensky, Jane
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Blue Genes
Lukas, Christopher
Entertainment Weekly (September 19, 2008)
Boost
Mackel, Kathy
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Box Out
Coy, John
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Breast Cancer: The Comlete Guide
Hirshaut, Yashar
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Breath
Winton, Tim
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Building the Kingdom: A History of
Mormons in America
Bushman, Claudia L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
By the Hand of Mormon: The American
Scripture That Launched
a New World Religion
Givens, Terry L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A
Biography of J.E.B. Stuart
Wert, Jeffrey D.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Champlain's Dream
Fischer, David Hackett
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Character Animation Crash Course!
Goldberg, Eric
Entertainment Weekly (September 19, 2008)
Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel
Crais, Robert
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
City of Thieves
Benioff, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Claude Debussy
Roberts, Paul
BBC Music (Proms [September], 2008)
Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day
Saints in Modern America
Bushman, Claudia L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Coraline (adapted by P. Craig Russell)
Gaiman, Neil
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
(September, 2008)
Cost
Robinson, Roxana
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Crossing to Paradise
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
School Library Journal(September, 2008)
Crusade
Walker, Taylor
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the
City of Masterpieces
Clark, Robert
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Data Driven: Profiting from Your Most
Important Business Asset
Redman, Thomas C.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
David O. McKay and the Rise
of Modern Mormonism
Prince, Gregory A.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Dear American Airlines
Miles, Jonathan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Dinosaur vs Bedtime
Shea, Bob
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Dr. Frankenstein's Human Body Book:
The Monstrous Truth About How Your
Body Works
Walker, Richard
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Driftless
Rhodes, David
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Escapement
Lake, Jay
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Espresso Shot: A Coffeehouse Mystery
Coyle, Cleo
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Fickle
Manus, Peter
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Finding Nouf
Ferrais, Zoe
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Fine Just the Way it Is:
Wyoming Stories 3
Proulx, Annie
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
People (September 15, 2008)
First Darling of the Morning: Selected
Memories of an Indian Childhood
Umriger, Thrifty
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Flight of the Hornbill: A Ray Sharp Novel
Stone, Eric
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns,
Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing
Kimball, George
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
George, Being George
Aldrich, Nelson W. , Jr.
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Ghost at Work: A Baily Ruth Mystery
Hart, Carolyn
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Ghosts in the House!
Kohara, Kazuno
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic
History of the Latter-day Saints
Arrington, Leonard
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Gully's Travels
Seidler, Tor
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Hard Driving: The Wendell Scott Story;
The American Odyssey of NASCAR First
Black Druver
Donsovan, Brian
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Helen's Eves: A Photobiography of Annie
Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher
Delano, Marfe Ferguson
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Home
Robinson, Marilyne
People (September 22, 2008)
Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time
Howe, James
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
How Many Ways Can You Carch a Fly?
Jenkins, Steve
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage
Squire, Susan
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Imposible
Werlin, Nancy
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
In Hovering Flight
Hinnefeld, Joyce
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Indignation
Roth, Philip
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Entertainment Weekly (September 19, 2008)
People (September 22, 2008)
Inside Drucker's Brain
Krames, Jeffrey A.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Into the Volcano
Wood, Don
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Joseph Smith
Remini, Robert V.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Bushman, Richard Lyman
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Killing Rommel
Pressfield, Steven
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Lincoln and His Admirals
Symonds, Craig L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Lincoln: The Biography
Kaplan, Fred
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Little Audrey
White, Ruth
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Living Dead
Scott, Elizabeth
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Marco Polo
Demi
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An
American Tragedy
Walker, Ronald W.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Me Hungry!
Tankyard, Jeremy
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
More Than It Hurts You
Strass, Darian
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Mormon America: The Power
and the Promise
Ostling, Richard N.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Mormonism for Dummies
Eiess, Jana
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
Bushman, Richard
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Moscow Rules
Silva, Daniel
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Mr. Lincoln's Boys: Being the Mostly True
Adventures of Abraham Lincoln's
Trouble-making Sons, Tod and Willie
Rabin, Staton
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Ms, Henpel Chronicles
Bynum, Sarah Shun-Lien
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Entertainment Weekly(September 19, 2008)
Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse of
the American West
Stilman, Deanne
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
My One Hundred Adventures
Horvath, Polly
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Nightshift NYC
Sharman, Russell Leigh
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and
Teenagers on Death Row
Kuklin, Susan
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Now the Drum of War: Walt Whitman and
his Brothers in the Civil War
Roper, Robert
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Nuclear Winter Wounderland
Cronin, Joshua
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Obamaanomics: How Bottom-Up
Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down
Economics
Talbott, John R.
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September 8, 2008)
Oil
Laxer, James
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Old Bear
Henkes, Kevin
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy,
Khruschev, and Castro on the Brink of
Nuclear War
Dobbs, Michael
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
One Secret Thing
Olds, Sharon
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
One Under
Hurley, Graham
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Our Farm: Four Seasons and Five Kids
on One Family's Farm
Rosen, Michael J.
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln
and His World
Foner, Eric
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Our White House: Looking In,
Looking Out
McCullough, David
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for
the Soul of a New China
Pan, Philip P.
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Panic in Level 4: Canibals, Killer Viruses,
and Other Journeys to the Edge of
Science
Preston, Richard
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Poe's Children: the New Horror
Staub, Peter
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Link, Kelly
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel
Sina, A. B.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Rapunzel's Revenge
Hale, Shannon
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Richard Burton: Prince of Players
Munn, Michael
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed
the World
Maraniss, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Rules of Deception
Reich, Christopher
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Rumors of Our Progress Have Been
Greatly Exagferated: Why Women's Lives
Aren't Gettomg Any Easier - And How We
Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves
and Our Daughters
Maloney, Carolyn, B.
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September
Sandy's Circus: A Story
About Alexander Calder
Stone, Tanya Lee
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Say You're Not One of Them
Akpan, Uwem
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Scattershot: My Bipolar Family
Lovelace David
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September 8, 2008)
Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and
Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart
Nguyen, Pauline
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September 8, 2008)
Serena
Rash, Ron
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Sing Them Home
Kallos, Stephanie
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Six Good Innings: How One Small Town
Became a Little League Giant
Kreidler, Mark
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Smogtown: The Long-Burning History of
Polution in Los Angeles
Jacobs, Chip
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Spirits in the Grass
Meissner, Bill
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Storyteller
Myers, Edward
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Supreme Courtship
Buckley, Christopher
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Swan Peak
Burke, James Lee
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Syncopations: Beats, New Yorkers, and
Writers in the Dark
Campbell, James
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes
Yellin, Tamar
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Tamara Drewe
Simmonds, Posy
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Telex from Cuba
Kushner, Rachel
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Tender Morsels
Lanagan, Margo
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Testimony
Shreve, Anita
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The 10 Best Questions for Surviving
Breast Cancer: The Script You Need to
Take Control of Your Health
Bonner, Dede
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Angel of Knowlton Park: A Joe
Burgess Mystery
Flora, Kate
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Anglo Files
Lyall, Sarah
People (September 22, 2008)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,
Trator to the Nation; v. 2. The Kingdom of
the Waves
Anderson, M. T.
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman,
Apostle of Abolition
Slaughter, Thomas P.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable
World of Human Waste and Why It
Matters
George, Rose
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of
the World's Most Expensive
Bottle of Wine
Wallace, Benjamin
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Black Book of Colors
Cottin, Menena
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
The Blue Cotton Gown:
A Midwife's Memoir
Harman, Patricia
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Brass Verdict
Connelly, Michael
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Cardboard Piano
Perkins, Lynne Rae
Kirkus Reviews(September 15, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
The Condition
Haigh, Jennifer
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Darker Side
McFadyen, Cody
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Draining Lake
Indridason, Analdur
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life
in Three Wars
Pham, Andrew X
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons &
Growing Up Strange
Barrowcliffe, Mark
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Face
Hunt, Angela
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Face of a Killer
Burcell, Robin
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Fire
Neville, Katherine
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Forger's Spell: A True Story of
Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art
Hoax of the Twentieth Century
Dolnick, Edward
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Fourth Victim
Spinoza, Tony
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Ghost in Love
Carroll, Jonathan
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Ghosts of Kerfol
Noyes, Deborah
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Gift of Rain
Eng, Tan Twan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Girl with No Shadow
Harris, Joanne
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Glass of Time: The Secret Life of
Miss Esperanza Gorst
Cox, Michael
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Good Thief's Guide to Paris
Ewan, Chris
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love,
Courtship, and Sexuality through History
Howell, James W.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Heretic's Daughter
Kent, Kathleen
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
People (September 22, 2008)
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of
a Lost African Childhood
Cooper, Helene
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
The Hunger Games
Collins, Suzanne
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
The King's Last Song
Ryman, Geoff
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Ness, Patrick
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Legal Limit
Clark, Martin
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Baker, Tiffany
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Man Who Loved China: The
Fantastic Story of the Scientist Who
Unlocked the Mysteries
of the Middle Kingdom
Winchester, Simon
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Memorist
Rose, M.J.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The New Elite: Inside the Minds of the
Truly Wealthy
Taylor, Jim
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Numerati
Baker, Stephen
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Pet Dragon: A Story About
Adventure, Friendship and Chinese
Characters
Niemann, Christoph
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
School Library Journal(September, 2008)
The Piano Teacher
Lee, Janice Y. K.
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Porcupine Year
Erdrich, Louise
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
The Spies of Warsaw
Furst, Alan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Wroblewski, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Transition Handbook: From Oil
Deemdemcu to Local Resilience
Hopkins, Rob
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Way We Work
Macaulay, David
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
The Whiskey Robels
Liss, David
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The World According to Bertie
Smith, Alexander McCall
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical
Brain Created Human Nature
Levitin, Daniel J.
The Week (September 12, 2008)
The World is Whatt It Is: The Authorized
Biography of V. S. Naipaul
French, Patrick
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
There's a Wolf at the Door
Alley, Zoe B.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Third Strike
Sharp, Zoe
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Thye Myth of Oil Crisis: Overcoming the
Challenges of Depletion, Geopolitics, and
Global Warming
Mills, Robin M.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Tigerheart
David, Peter
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Traction Man Meets Turbodog
Grey, Mini
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as
Commander -in Chief
McPherson, James M.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Wabi Sabi
Reubsteub, Mark
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The
Unravling of Life in Iraq
Fassihi, Farnaz
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Walk the Blue Fields
Keegan, Kathleen
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Warloard: A Life of Winston Churchill at
War, 1874-1945
D'Este, Carlo
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Way Up and Over Everything
McGill, Alice
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love
Story of an Owl and His Girl
O'Brien, Stacey
People (September 15, 2008)
What It Is
Barry, Lynda
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's
Quest to Change Harlem and America
Tough, Paul
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Sedaris, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Where Have All the Liberals Gone?
Flynn, James R.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Yesterday's Weather
Enright, Anne
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Ziegfield: The Man Who
Invented Show Business
Mordden, Ethan
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Zorgamazoo
Weston, Robert Paul
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Audio Books
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My
Father (Sound Library BBC)
Burroughs, Augusten
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Gook Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from
a Medieval Village (Recorded Books)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Hold Me Tight (Brilliance Audio)
Johnson, Sue
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Inovate Like Edison: the Success System
of America’s Greatest Inventor (Listen &
Live Audio)
Gelb, Michael J.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
John Adams (HBO)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Miss Spitfire
Miller, Sara
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Taste of Innocence
Laurens, Stephanie
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
When You Are Englufed in Flames
(Hachette Audio)
Sedaris, David
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Video
President Gordon B. Hinkley: Honoring
the Life and Legacy of a Prophet (Excel
Entertainment Group)
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Quantum Hoops: The Caltech Basketball
Story (Green Forest)
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Admission Zen: The Stress Free Path to
Getting into College (College Pathways)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
African American Lives 2 (PBS Home
Video)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Diary of a Fly (Weston Woods)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Do Onto Otters: A Bood About Manners
(Weston Woods)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Frontline: Bush's War (PBS Home Video)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
John Adams (HBO)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
OTHER
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
BBC Music Magazine. Proms [September], 2008
Booklist. September 1, 2008
Bookmarks. September/October, 2008
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. September, 2008
Entertainment Weekly. September 19, 2008
Gramaphone.
Horn Book. September/October, 2008
Library Journal. September, 2008
New York Times. September 14, 2008
People. September 15, 2008
People. September 22, 2008
Publishers Weekly. September 8, 2008
Publishers Weekly (web exclusive). September 8, 2008
School Library Journal. September, 2008
The Week. September 12, 2008
Books
A Bloody Canvas
Galliore, Andrew
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
A Country Called Home
Barnes,Kim
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
A Cure for Niight
Peacock, Justin
Entertainment Weekly (September 15, 2008)
A Map of Home
Jarrar, Randa
People (September 15, 2008)
A Mercy
Morrison, Toni
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
A Mind at Peace
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi
Publishers Weekly [web only]
(September 8, 2008)
A River of Words: The Story of William
Carlos Williams
Bryant, Jen
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art,
and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of
Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet
Beacher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade
Benfey, Christopher
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek:
A Tall Thin Tale
Hopkinson, Deborah
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Airelle: A Faerie Tale
Tomlinson, Heather
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
All Stations! Distress!
Brown, Don
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
All the Windwracked Stars
Bear, Elizabeth
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
America America
Canin, Ethan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
American Buffalo:
In Search of a Lost Icon
Rinella, Steven
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
American Nerd: The Story of My People
Nugent, Benjamin
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
American Savior
Mercullo, Roland
People (September 22, 2008)
American Widow
Torres, Alissa
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
People (September 15, 2008)
American Wife
Sittenfeld, Curtis
The Week (September 12, 2008)
People (September 15, 2008)
An Autumn War
Abraham, Daniel
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
Servan-Schreiber, David
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Antsy Does Time
Shusterman, Neal
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Apples & Oranges: My Brother and Me,
Lost and Found
Brenner, Marie
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Baby Jesus Pawn Shop
Orth, Lucia
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Badlands
Montanari, Richard
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Bees, Snails,, and Peacock Tails:
Patterns and Shapes...Naturally
Franco, Betsy
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Beijing Coma
Jian, Ma
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Beyond Fossil Fools: The Roadmap to
Energy Independence by 2040
Shuster, Joseph M.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Big Kicks
Kolar, Bob
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Black Box
Schumacher, Julie
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
(September, 2008)
Blackout
Morozzi, Gianiuca
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Blindspot by a Gentleman in Exile and a
Lady in Disguise
Kamensky, Jane
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Blue Genes
Lukas, Christopher
Entertainment Weekly (September 19, 2008)
Boost
Mackel, Kathy
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Box Out
Coy, John
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Breast Cancer: The Comlete Guide
Hirshaut, Yashar
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Breath
Winton, Tim
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Building the Kingdom: A History of
Mormons in America
Bushman, Claudia L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
By the Hand of Mormon: The American
Scripture That Launched
a New World Religion
Givens, Terry L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A
Biography of J.E.B. Stuart
Wert, Jeffrey D.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Champlain's Dream
Fischer, David Hackett
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Character Animation Crash Course!
Goldberg, Eric
Entertainment Weekly (September 19, 2008)
Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel
Crais, Robert
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
City of Thieves
Benioff, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Claude Debussy
Roberts, Paul
BBC Music (Proms [September], 2008)
Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day
Saints in Modern America
Bushman, Claudia L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Coraline (adapted by P. Craig Russell)
Gaiman, Neil
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
(September, 2008)
Cost
Robinson, Roxana
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Crossing to Paradise
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
School Library Journal(September, 2008)
Crusade
Walker, Taylor
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the
City of Masterpieces
Clark, Robert
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Data Driven: Profiting from Your Most
Important Business Asset
Redman, Thomas C.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
David O. McKay and the Rise
of Modern Mormonism
Prince, Gregory A.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Dear American Airlines
Miles, Jonathan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Dinosaur vs Bedtime
Shea, Bob
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Dr. Frankenstein's Human Body Book:
The Monstrous Truth About How Your
Body Works
Walker, Richard
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Driftless
Rhodes, David
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Escapement
Lake, Jay
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Espresso Shot: A Coffeehouse Mystery
Coyle, Cleo
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Fickle
Manus, Peter
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Finding Nouf
Ferrais, Zoe
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Fine Just the Way it Is:
Wyoming Stories 3
Proulx, Annie
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
People (September 15, 2008)
First Darling of the Morning: Selected
Memories of an Indian Childhood
Umriger, Thrifty
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Flight of the Hornbill: A Ray Sharp Novel
Stone, Eric
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns,
Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing
Kimball, George
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
George, Being George
Aldrich, Nelson W. , Jr.
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Ghost at Work: A Baily Ruth Mystery
Hart, Carolyn
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Ghosts in the House!
Kohara, Kazuno
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Great Basin Kingdom: An Economic
History of the Latter-day Saints
Arrington, Leonard
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Gully's Travels
Seidler, Tor
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Hard Driving: The Wendell Scott Story;
The American Odyssey of NASCAR First
Black Druver
Donsovan, Brian
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Helen's Eves: A Photobiography of Annie
Sullivan, Helen Keller's Teacher
Delano, Marfe Ferguson
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Home
Robinson, Marilyne
People (September 22, 2008)
Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time
Howe, James
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
How Many Ways Can You Carch a Fly?
Jenkins, Steve
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage
Squire, Susan
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Imposible
Werlin, Nancy
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
In Hovering Flight
Hinnefeld, Joyce
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Indignation
Roth, Philip
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Entertainment Weekly (September 19, 2008)
People (September 22, 2008)
Inside Drucker's Brain
Krames, Jeffrey A.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Into the Volcano
Wood, Don
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Joseph Smith
Remini, Robert V.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Bushman, Richard Lyman
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Killing Rommel
Pressfield, Steven
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Lincoln and His Admirals
Symonds, Craig L.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Lincoln: The Biography
Kaplan, Fred
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Little Audrey
White, Ruth
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Living Dead
Scott, Elizabeth
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Marco Polo
Demi
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An
American Tragedy
Walker, Ronald W.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Me Hungry!
Tankyard, Jeremy
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
More Than It Hurts You
Strass, Darian
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Mormon America: The Power
and the Promise
Ostling, Richard N.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Mormonism for Dummies
Eiess, Jana
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction
Bushman, Richard
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Moscow Rules
Silva, Daniel
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Mr. Lincoln's Boys: Being the Mostly True
Adventures of Abraham Lincoln's
Trouble-making Sons, Tod and Willie
Rabin, Staton
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Ms, Henpel Chronicles
Bynum, Sarah Shun-Lien
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Entertainment Weekly(September 19, 2008)
Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse of
the American West
Stilman, Deanne
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
My One Hundred Adventures
Horvath, Polly
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Nightshift NYC
Sharman, Russell Leigh
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and
Teenagers on Death Row
Kuklin, Susan
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Now the Drum of War: Walt Whitman and
his Brothers in the Civil War
Roper, Robert
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Nuclear Winter Wounderland
Cronin, Joshua
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Obamaanomics: How Bottom-Up
Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down
Economics
Talbott, John R.
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September 8, 2008)
Oil
Laxer, James
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Old Bear
Henkes, Kevin
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy,
Khruschev, and Castro on the Brink of
Nuclear War
Dobbs, Michael
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
One Secret Thing
Olds, Sharon
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
One Under
Hurley, Graham
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Our Farm: Four Seasons and Five Kids
on One Family's Farm
Rosen, Michael J.
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln
and His World
Foner, Eric
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Our White House: Looking In,
Looking Out
McCullough, David
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for
the Soul of a New China
Pan, Philip P.
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Panic in Level 4: Canibals, Killer Viruses,
and Other Journeys to the Edge of
Science
Preston, Richard
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Poe's Children: the New Horror
Staub, Peter
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Link, Kelly
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel
Sina, A. B.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Rapunzel's Revenge
Hale, Shannon
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Richard Burton: Prince of Players
Munn, Michael
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed
the World
Maraniss, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Rules of Deception
Reich, Christopher
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Rumors of Our Progress Have Been
Greatly Exagferated: Why Women's Lives
Aren't Gettomg Any Easier - And How We
Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves
and Our Daughters
Maloney, Carolyn, B.
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September
Sandy's Circus: A Story
About Alexander Calder
Stone, Tanya Lee
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Say You're Not One of Them
Akpan, Uwem
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Scattershot: My Bipolar Family
Lovelace David
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September 8, 2008)
Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and
Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart
Nguyen, Pauline
Publishers Weekly [web only] (September 8, 2008)
Serena
Rash, Ron
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Sing Them Home
Kallos, Stephanie
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Six Good Innings: How One Small Town
Became a Little League Giant
Kreidler, Mark
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Smogtown: The Long-Burning History of
Polution in Los Angeles
Jacobs, Chip
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Spirits in the Grass
Meissner, Bill
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Storyteller
Myers, Edward
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Supreme Courtship
Buckley, Christopher
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Swan Peak
Burke, James Lee
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Syncopations: Beats, New Yorkers, and
Writers in the Dark
Campbell, James
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes
Yellin, Tamar
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Tamara Drewe
Simmonds, Posy
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Telex from Cuba
Kushner, Rachel
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Tender Morsels
Lanagan, Margo
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Testimony
Shreve, Anita
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The 10 Best Questions for Surviving
Breast Cancer: The Script You Need to
Take Control of Your Health
Bonner, Dede
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Angel of Knowlton Park: A Joe
Burgess Mystery
Flora, Kate
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Anglo Files
Lyall, Sarah
People (September 22, 2008)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,
Trator to the Nation; v. 2. The Kingdom of
the Waves
Anderson, M. T.
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman,
Apostle of Abolition
Slaughter, Thomas P.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable
World of Human Waste and Why It
Matters
George, Rose
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of
the World's Most Expensive
Bottle of Wine
Wallace, Benjamin
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Black Book of Colors
Cottin, Menena
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
The Blue Cotton Gown:
A Midwife's Memoir
Harman, Patricia
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Brass Verdict
Connelly, Michael
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Cardboard Piano
Perkins, Lynne Rae
Kirkus Reviews(September 15, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
The Condition
Haigh, Jennifer
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Darker Side
McFadyen, Cody
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Draining Lake
Indridason, Analdur
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life
in Three Wars
Pham, Andrew X
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons &
Growing Up Strange
Barrowcliffe, Mark
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Face
Hunt, Angela
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Face of a Killer
Burcell, Robin
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Fire
Neville, Katherine
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Forger's Spell: A True Story of
Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art
Hoax of the Twentieth Century
Dolnick, Edward
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Fourth Victim
Spinoza, Tony
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Ghost in Love
Carroll, Jonathan
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Ghosts of Kerfol
Noyes, Deborah
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Gift of Rain
Eng, Tan Twan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Girl with No Shadow
Harris, Joanne
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Glass of Time: The Secret Life of
Miss Esperanza Gorst
Cox, Michael
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Good Thief's Guide to Paris
Ewan, Chris
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love,
Courtship, and Sexuality through History
Howell, James W.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Heretic's Daughter
Kent, Kathleen
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
People (September 22, 2008)
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of
a Lost African Childhood
Cooper, Helene
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
The Hunger Games
Collins, Suzanne
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Romantic Times (October, 2008)
The King's Last Song
Ryman, Geoff
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Ness, Patrick
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Legal Limit
Clark, Martin
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Baker, Tiffany
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Man Who Loved China: The
Fantastic Story of the Scientist Who
Unlocked the Mysteries
of the Middle Kingdom
Winchester, Simon
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Memorist
Rose, M.J.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The New Elite: Inside the Minds of the
Truly Wealthy
Taylor, Jim
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Numerati
Baker, Stephen
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Pet Dragon: A Story About
Adventure, Friendship and Chinese
Characters
Niemann, Christoph
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
School Library Journal(September, 2008)
The Piano Teacher
Lee, Janice Y. K.
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
The Porcupine Year
Erdrich, Louise
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
The Spies of Warsaw
Furst, Alan
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Wroblewski, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
The Transition Handbook: From Oil
Deemdemcu to Local Resilience
Hopkins, Rob
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
The Way We Work
Macaulay, David
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
The Whiskey Robels
Liss, David
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The World According to Bertie
Smith, Alexander McCall
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical
Brain Created Human Nature
Levitin, Daniel J.
The Week (September 12, 2008)
The World is Whatt It Is: The Authorized
Biography of V. S. Naipaul
French, Patrick
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
There's a Wolf at the Door
Alley, Zoe B.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Third Strike
Sharp, Zoe
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Thye Myth of Oil Crisis: Overcoming the
Challenges of Depletion, Geopolitics, and
Global Warming
Mills, Robin M.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Tigerheart
David, Peter
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Traction Man Meets Turbodog
Grey, Mini
Horn Book (September/October, 2008)
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as
Commander -in Chief
McPherson, James M.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Wabi Sabi
Reubsteub, Mark
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The
Unravling of Life in Iraq
Fassihi, Farnaz
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Walk the Blue Fields
Keegan, Kathleen
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Warloard: A Life of Winston Churchill at
War, 1874-1945
D'Este, Carlo
Publishers Weekly (September 8, 2008)
Way Up and Over Everything
McGill, Alice
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love
Story of an Owl and His Girl
O'Brien, Stacey
People (September 15, 2008)
What It Is
Barry, Lynda
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's
Quest to Change Harlem and America
Tough, Paul
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Sedaris, David
Bookmarks (September/October, 2008)
Where Have All the Liberals Gone?
Flynn, James R.
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Yesterday's Weather
Enright, Anne
New York Times (September 14, 2008)
Ziegfield: The Man Who
Invented Show Business
Mordden, Ethan
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Zorgamazoo
Weston, Robert Paul
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Audio Books
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My
Father (Sound Library BBC)
Burroughs, Augusten
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Gook Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from
a Medieval Village (Recorded Books)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Hold Me Tight (Brilliance Audio)
Johnson, Sue
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Inovate Like Edison: the Success System
of America’s Greatest Inventor (Listen &
Live Audio)
Gelb, Michael J.
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
John Adams (HBO)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Miss Spitfire
Miller, Sara
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
The Taste of Innocence
Laurens, Stephanie
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
When You Are Englufed in Flames
(Hachette Audio)
Sedaris, David
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Video
President Gordon B. Hinkley: Honoring
the Life and Legacy of a Prophet (Excel
Entertainment Group)
Library Journal (September 1, 2008)
Quantum Hoops: The Caltech Basketball
Story (Green Forest)
Booklist (September 1, 2008)
Admission Zen: The Stress Free Path to
Getting into College (College Pathways)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
African American Lives 2 (PBS Home
Video)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Diary of a Fly (Weston Woods)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Do Onto Otters: A Bood About Manners
(Weston Woods)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
Frontline: Bush's War (PBS Home Video)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
John Adams (HBO)
School Library Journal (September, 2008)
OTHER
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
Monday, September 8, 2008
What's Up in Publishing: Sept. 7, 2008
Here you will find information that may help you select books and other materials for your library. Included here will be the latest awards, best book lists and starred reviews in a number of journals. We will post this each Tuesday. You may find additional information about starred review titles by subscribing to the Core Collections at www.hwwilson.com. You may also request a trial subscription. If you have suggestions or comments please send them to me at rbarber@hwwilson.com
BEST LISTS
The October Indie Next List & Notables Preview
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
AARP: The Magazine. September/October, 2008
BBC Music Magazine. August, 2008
Entertainment Weekly. September 12, 2008
Kirkus Reviews. September 15, 2008
New York Times. September 7, 2008
The Week. September 5, 2008
Books
2666
Bolano, Roberto
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of
Somalia and Survival
Korn, Fadumo
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Brooklyn Bridge
Hesse, Karen
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Chains
Anerson, Laurie Halse
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Chicken Said “Cluck”
Grant, Judyann Ackerman
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Choices Under Fire: Moral Dimensions of
World War II
Bess, Michael
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Coraline
Gaiman, Neil
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Crossing to Paradise
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Dangerous Times
Britteny, L.
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Darwin's Origin of the Species,
A Biography
Brown, Janet
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Death from the Skies
Plait, Philip
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Disquiet
Leigh, Disquiet
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini
Feischman, Sid
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Forever Canges
Halpin, Brenday
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Freedom's Battle: The Origins of
Humanitarian Intervention
Bass,Gary J.
New York Times (September 7, 2008)
`
From Baghdad to America: Life Lessons
from a Dog Named Lava
Kopelman, Jay
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Getting the Girl
Juby, Susan
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Graham Greene
Greene, Graham
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Handel: The Man and His Music
Keates, Bodley
BBC Music (August, 2008)
I See You Everywhere
Glass, Julia
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Jars of Glass
Barkley, Brad
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Lincoln Shot
Dennenberg, Barry
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Lost Childhood
Layson, Annelex Hofstra
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Measure of the Heart
Geist, Mary Ellen
AARP (September/October, 2008)
One of the Wicked
Schulze, Harry
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Peter and the Wolf
Rashka, Chris
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Pretty Monsters
Link, Kelly
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Prophet's Daughter
Prophet, Erin
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Rock and Roll Cage Match
Manning, Sean
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip Through the
Land of the American West
Hogan, Erin
The Week (September 5, 2008)
Stitchin' and Pulllin'
McKissack, Partiriia C.
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Tender Morsels
Lanagan, Margo
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The 19th Wife
Ebershoff, David
The Week (September 5, 2008)
Booklist (July, 2008)
New York Times (September 7, 2008)
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on
Reclaiming the American Dream
Obama, Barack
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Cardboard Piano
Perkins, Lynne Rae
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Fourth Time is Murder
Havill, Steven F.
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Freedom Business
Nelson, Marilyn
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Georgian Star
Lemonick, Michael D.
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Graveyard Book
Gaiman, Neil
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Juvie Three
Korman, Gordon
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Niess, Patrick
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Same Man: George Orwell and
Evelyn Waugh in Love and War
Lebedoff, David
New York Times (September 7, 2008)
The Wishing Year: An Experiment
in Desire
Oxenhandler, Noelle
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Thin is the New Happy
Frankel, Valerie
Entertainment Weekly (September 12, 2008)
Too Cool to Be Forgotten
Robinson, Alex
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Versailles
Spawforyj. Tony
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Wabi, Sabi
Reibstein, Mark
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Wilie and the All-Stats
Cooper, Floyd
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
WriterCorps. Tell the World
Aguado, Bill
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Yes We Can: A Biography
of Barack Obama
Thomas, Garen
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Ziegfeld
Mordden, Ethan
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
CDs
Four American Quartets: R. Evans, Glass
Anthiel, Herrmann (Fine Arts Quartet --
Naxos 8559354)
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Contatas Vol.25 (John Eliot Gardiner,
conductor -- Soli Deo Gloria SDB 144)
Bach, J. S.
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Libor Novacek --
Landor LAN 285
Brahms
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Piano Sonata no. 2 (Nelson Freire, Decca
475 6617)
Chopin,
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Works for Violas (Phillippe Pierlot
-- Mirare MIR 040)
Couperin, F.
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Symphony in A minor
(Lionel Bringuier, conductor
-- Timpani 1C1125) d'Inde
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Etuees-Tableaux (Rustem Hayroudinoff,
piano -- Chandos CHAN 10391)
Rachmaninov
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Luisa Fernanda (DG 476 5825)
Torroba
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Loverly (Blue Notes Records ASIN:
B0016NCTH2)
Wilson, Cassandra
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Video
Piano Sonatas Op 109-111 (Andreas
Schiff --Masterclass Media
Foundation MMF003)
Beethoven
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Notes Interdites (Medici Arts/Ideale
Audience International 3073498)
BBC Music (August, 2008)
OTHER
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
BEST LISTS
The October Indie Next List & Notables Preview
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
AARP: The Magazine. September/October, 2008
BBC Music Magazine. August, 2008
Entertainment Weekly. September 12, 2008
Kirkus Reviews. September 15, 2008
New York Times. September 7, 2008
The Week. September 5, 2008
Books
2666
Bolano, Roberto
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of
Somalia and Survival
Korn, Fadumo
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Brooklyn Bridge
Hesse, Karen
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Chains
Anerson, Laurie Halse
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Chicken Said “Cluck”
Grant, Judyann Ackerman
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Choices Under Fire: Moral Dimensions of
World War II
Bess, Michael
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Coraline
Gaiman, Neil
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Crossing to Paradise
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Dangerous Times
Britteny, L.
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Darwin's Origin of the Species,
A Biography
Brown, Janet
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Death from the Skies
Plait, Philip
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Disquiet
Leigh, Disquiet
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini
Feischman, Sid
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Forever Canges
Halpin, Brenday
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Freedom's Battle: The Origins of
Humanitarian Intervention
Bass,Gary J.
New York Times (September 7, 2008)
`
From Baghdad to America: Life Lessons
from a Dog Named Lava
Kopelman, Jay
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Getting the Girl
Juby, Susan
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Graham Greene
Greene, Graham
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Handel: The Man and His Music
Keates, Bodley
BBC Music (August, 2008)
I See You Everywhere
Glass, Julia
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Jars of Glass
Barkley, Brad
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Lincoln Shot
Dennenberg, Barry
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Lost Childhood
Layson, Annelex Hofstra
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Measure of the Heart
Geist, Mary Ellen
AARP (September/October, 2008)
One of the Wicked
Schulze, Harry
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Peter and the Wolf
Rashka, Chris
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Pretty Monsters
Link, Kelly
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Prophet's Daughter
Prophet, Erin
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Rock and Roll Cage Match
Manning, Sean
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip Through the
Land of the American West
Hogan, Erin
The Week (September 5, 2008)
Stitchin' and Pulllin'
McKissack, Partiriia C.
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Tender Morsels
Lanagan, Margo
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The 19th Wife
Ebershoff, David
The Week (September 5, 2008)
Booklist (July, 2008)
New York Times (September 7, 2008)
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on
Reclaiming the American Dream
Obama, Barack
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Cardboard Piano
Perkins, Lynne Rae
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Fourth Time is Murder
Havill, Steven F.
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Freedom Business
Nelson, Marilyn
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Georgian Star
Lemonick, Michael D.
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
The Graveyard Book
Gaiman, Neil
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Juvie Three
Korman, Gordon
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Niess, Patrick
Kliatt (September, 2008)
The Same Man: George Orwell and
Evelyn Waugh in Love and War
Lebedoff, David
New York Times (September 7, 2008)
The Wishing Year: An Experiment
in Desire
Oxenhandler, Noelle
AARP (September/October, 2008)
Thin is the New Happy
Frankel, Valerie
Entertainment Weekly (September 12, 2008)
Too Cool to Be Forgotten
Robinson, Alex
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Versailles
Spawforyj. Tony
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Wabi, Sabi
Reibstein, Mark
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
Wilie and the All-Stats
Cooper, Floyd
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
WriterCorps. Tell the World
Aguado, Bill
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Yes We Can: A Biography
of Barack Obama
Thomas, Garen
Kliatt (September, 2008)
Ziegfeld
Mordden, Ethan
Kirkus Reviews (September 15, 2008)
CDs
Four American Quartets: R. Evans, Glass
Anthiel, Herrmann (Fine Arts Quartet --
Naxos 8559354)
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Contatas Vol.25 (John Eliot Gardiner,
conductor -- Soli Deo Gloria SDB 144)
Bach, J. S.
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Libor Novacek --
Landor LAN 285
Brahms
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Piano Sonata no. 2 (Nelson Freire, Decca
475 6617)
Chopin,
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Works for Violas (Phillippe Pierlot
-- Mirare MIR 040)
Couperin, F.
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Symphony in A minor
(Lionel Bringuier, conductor
-- Timpani 1C1125) d'Inde
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Etuees-Tableaux (Rustem Hayroudinoff,
piano -- Chandos CHAN 10391)
Rachmaninov
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Luisa Fernanda (DG 476 5825)
Torroba
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Loverly (Blue Notes Records ASIN:
B0016NCTH2)
Wilson, Cassandra
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Video
Piano Sonatas Op 109-111 (Andreas
Schiff --Masterclass Media
Foundation MMF003)
Beethoven
BBC Music (August, 2008)
Notes Interdites (Medici Arts/Ideale
Audience International 3073498)
BBC Music (August, 2008)
OTHER
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
What's Up in Publishing: September 2, 2008
Here you will find information that may help you select books and other materials for your library. Included here will be the latest awards, best book lists and starred reviews in a number of journals. We will post this each Tuesday. You may find additional information about starred review titles by subscribing to the Core Collections at www.hwwilson.com. You may also request a trial subscription. If you have suggestions or comments please send them to me at rbarber@hwwilson.com
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
Christianity Today. September, 2008
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. November, 2008
Entertainment Weekly. September 9. 2008
Library Media Connection. August/September, 2008
New York Times. August 31, 2008
People. September 8, 2008
Publishers Weekly.
Publishers Weekly (web exclusive).
Books
A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand
Strategy for America in the Middle East
Potlack, Kenneth M
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Alembical
Schoen, Lawrence M
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Amarcord: Marcella Remembers
Hazan, Marcella
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Amazing Fish
Head, Honor
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Amazing Insects and Spiders
McGavin, George C.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Amazing Mammals
Head, Honor
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Amazing Plants
Head, Honor
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
American Wife
Sittenfeld, Curtis
Entertainment Weekly
(September 9, 2008)
Astronaut Handbook
McCarthy, Megan
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Atlas of African-American History
(revised edition)
Ciment, James
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Au Pied du Cochon
Picard, Martin
Publishers Weekly [web only]
(August 22/29, 2008)
Biography for Beginners: African
American Leaders, Volume 1
Harris, Laurie Lanzen
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages:
Julius Caesar
Blood, Harold
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages:
The Merchant of Venice
Blood, Harold
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages:
The Taming of the Shrew
Blood, Harold
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Brooklyn Bridge
Hesse, Karen
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Building Manhattan
Villa, Laura
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Chains
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Current Controversies: Drug Trafficking
Bauder, Julia
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Current Controversies: Food
Grover, Jan
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Current Controversies: The Middle East
Miller, Deborah H.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Enigma: A Magical Mystery
Base, Graeme
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Epilogue: A Memoir
Roiphe, Anne
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Grace for President
Di Pucchio, Kelly
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Hallelujah Junction: Composing an
American Life
Adams, John
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Hank Finds Inspiration
Frazier, Craig
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Havanna Gold
Padura, Leonardo
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
Healing Water: A Hawaiian Story
Hostettler, Joyce Moyer
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Herbie Archives, Vol. One
Hughes, Richard E.
Entertainment Weekly (September 9,
2008)
How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple
Recipes for Great Food
Bittman, Mark
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Bullying
Rosenthal, Beth
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Christianity
Wilson, Mike
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Homosexuality
Bernay, Emma
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Religion in Schools
Moreno, Noel
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Television
Bernay, Emma
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: The U.S.Government
Wilson, Mike
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Is Consulting for You? A Primer for
Information Professionals
De Sticker, Ulla
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Jibberwillies at Night
Vail, Rachel
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Just After Sunset
King, Stephen
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Keeping Score
Park, Linda Sue
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Keeping the Night Watch
Smith, Hope Anita
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Last Night
Yum, Hyewon
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Mother on Fire
Loh, Sandra Tsing
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
My Life At First Try
Budman, Mark
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Night Work
Glavinic, Thomas
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
On Architecture: Collected Reflections on
a Century of Change
Huxtable, Ada Louise
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Podcasting at School
Fontichiaro, Kristin
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Princess Ben
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That
Changed America
Parini, Jay
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Read Perform! Learn! 2: 10 Readerʼs
Theater Programs for Literacy
Enhancement
Buzzeo, Toni
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
School Violence
Almond, Lucinda
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Self-Esteem
Kitain, Sandra
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Sing Them Home
Kallos, Stephanie
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Skin Lane
Bartlett, Neil
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Something to Tell You
Kureishi, Hanif
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Steel Town
Winter, Jonah
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Suicide Notes
Ford, Michael Thomas
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Myers, Walter Dean
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The Anglo Files A Field Guide
to the British
Lyall, Sarah
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Beagle Letters: Charles Darwin's
Letters 1831-1836
Darwin, Charles
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Black Hole War: My Battle with
Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe
for Quantum Mechanics
Susskind, Leonard
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Black Path
Larson, Asa
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
The Draining Lake
Indridason, Arnaldur
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
The Fire Kimono
Rowland, Laura
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Future of Christian Learning: An
Evangelical and Catholic Dialog
Noll, Mark A.
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
The Ghost's Child
Hartnett, Sonya
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Good Pirates of the
Forgotten Bayous
Wells, Ken
Publishers Weekly [web only]
August 22/29, 2008)
The Gypsy Crown
Forsyth, Kate
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of
a Lost African Childhood
Cooper, Helene
Entertainment Weekly
(September 9, 2008)
People (September 8, 2008)
The Longest Trip Home
Grogan, John
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Lucky Place
Vincent, Zu
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The Palace Council
Carter, Stephen L.
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
The Paper Moon
Camo;;ero, Andrea
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
The Power of the Media Specialist to
Improve Academic Achievement and
Strengthen At-Risk Students
Jones, Jami Biles
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History
of Homer's Odyssey
Hall, Edith
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Unfortunates
Johnson, B. S.
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Year We Disappeared:
A Father- Daughter Memoir
Busby, Cylin
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
This Night's Foul Work
Vargas, Fred
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
To Live Upon Hope: Mohicans and
Missionaries in the Eighteenth-Century
Northeast,
Wheeler, Rachel
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
Traces
Fox, Paula
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson
Mandela
Keller, Bill
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Trouble
Schmidt, Gary D.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Virtual Reference on a Budget: Case
StudiesN
Pullin, Michael
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Walking with God
Eldredge, John
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
What Every Librarian Should Know about
Electronic Privacy.
Wooeward, Jeanette
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
What the World Eats
DʼAluisio, Faith
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
When the Children Marched: The
Burningham Civil Rights Movement
Mayer, Robert H.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
White Heat: The Friendship of Emily
Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth
Higginson
Wineapple, Brenda
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Wired for Survival: The Rational (and
Irrational) Choices We Make, from the
Gas Pump to Terrorism
Polski, Margaret
Publishers Weekly [web only] (August
22/29, 2008)
X-Files: True Confessions of a Radical
Filmmaker
Cox, Alex
Publishers Weekly [web only]
August 22/29, 2008)
Yesterday's Weather
Enright, Anne
People (September 8, 2008)
You Know Where to Find Me
Cohen, Rachel
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Web SitesUSC shoah Foundation Institute
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008))
OTHER
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
Christianity Today. September, 2008
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. November, 2008
Entertainment Weekly. September 9. 2008
Library Media Connection. August/September, 2008
New York Times. August 31, 2008
People. September 8, 2008
Publishers Weekly.
Publishers Weekly (web exclusive).
Books
A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand
Strategy for America in the Middle East
Potlack, Kenneth M
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Alembical
Schoen, Lawrence M
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Amarcord: Marcella Remembers
Hazan, Marcella
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Amazing Fish
Head, Honor
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Amazing Insects and Spiders
McGavin, George C.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Amazing Mammals
Head, Honor
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Amazing Plants
Head, Honor
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
American Wife
Sittenfeld, Curtis
Entertainment Weekly
(September 9, 2008)
Astronaut Handbook
McCarthy, Megan
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Atlas of African-American History
(revised edition)
Ciment, James
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Au Pied du Cochon
Picard, Martin
Publishers Weekly [web only]
(August 22/29, 2008)
Biography for Beginners: African
American Leaders, Volume 1
Harris, Laurie Lanzen
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages:
Julius Caesar
Blood, Harold
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages:
The Merchant of Venice
Blood, Harold
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages:
The Taming of the Shrew
Blood, Harold
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Brooklyn Bridge
Hesse, Karen
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Building Manhattan
Villa, Laura
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Chains
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Current Controversies: Drug Trafficking
Bauder, Julia
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Current Controversies: Food
Grover, Jan
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Current Controversies: The Middle East
Miller, Deborah H.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Enigma: A Magical Mystery
Base, Graeme
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Epilogue: A Memoir
Roiphe, Anne
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Grace for President
Di Pucchio, Kelly
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Hallelujah Junction: Composing an
American Life
Adams, John
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Hank Finds Inspiration
Frazier, Craig
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Havanna Gold
Padura, Leonardo
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
Healing Water: A Hawaiian Story
Hostettler, Joyce Moyer
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Herbie Archives, Vol. One
Hughes, Richard E.
Entertainment Weekly (September 9,
2008)
How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple
Recipes for Great Food
Bittman, Mark
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Bullying
Rosenthal, Beth
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Christianity
Wilson, Mike
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Homosexuality
Bernay, Emma
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Religion in Schools
Moreno, Noel
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: Television
Bernay, Emma
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Introducing Issues with Opposing
Viewpoints: The U.S.Government
Wilson, Mike
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Is Consulting for You? A Primer for
Information Professionals
De Sticker, Ulla
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Jibberwillies at Night
Vail, Rachel
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Just After Sunset
King, Stephen
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Keeping Score
Park, Linda Sue
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Keeping the Night Watch
Smith, Hope Anita
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Last Night
Yum, Hyewon
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Mother on Fire
Loh, Sandra Tsing
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
My Life At First Try
Budman, Mark
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Night Work
Glavinic, Thomas
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
On Architecture: Collected Reflections on
a Century of Change
Huxtable, Ada Louise
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Podcasting at School
Fontichiaro, Kristin
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Princess Ben
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That
Changed America
Parini, Jay
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Read Perform! Learn! 2: 10 Readerʼs
Theater Programs for Literacy
Enhancement
Buzzeo, Toni
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
School Violence
Almond, Lucinda
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Self-Esteem
Kitain, Sandra
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Sing Them Home
Kallos, Stephanie
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Skin Lane
Bartlett, Neil
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Something to Tell You
Kureishi, Hanif
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Steel Town
Winter, Jonah
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Suicide Notes
Ford, Michael Thomas
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
Sunrise Over Fallujah
Myers, Walter Dean
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The Anglo Files A Field Guide
to the British
Lyall, Sarah
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Beagle Letters: Charles Darwin's
Letters 1831-1836
Darwin, Charles
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Black Hole War: My Battle with
Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe
for Quantum Mechanics
Susskind, Leonard
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Black Path
Larson, Asa
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
The Draining Lake
Indridason, Arnaldur
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
The Fire Kimono
Rowland, Laura
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Future of Christian Learning: An
Evangelical and Catholic Dialog
Noll, Mark A.
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
The Ghost's Child
Hartnett, Sonya
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Good Pirates of the
Forgotten Bayous
Wells, Ken
Publishers Weekly [web only]
August 22/29, 2008)
The Gypsy Crown
Forsyth, Kate
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of
a Lost African Childhood
Cooper, Helene
Entertainment Weekly
(September 9, 2008)
People (September 8, 2008)
The Longest Trip Home
Grogan, John
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
The Lucky Place
Vincent, Zu
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The Palace Council
Carter, Stephen L.
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
The Paper Moon
Camo;;ero, Andrea
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
The Power of the Media Specialist to
Improve Academic Achievement and
Strengthen At-Risk Students
Jones, Jami Biles
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History
of Homer's Odyssey
Hall, Edith
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Unfortunates
Johnson, B. S.
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
The Year We Disappeared:
A Father- Daughter Memoir
Busby, Cylin
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
This Night's Foul Work
Vargas, Fred
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
(November, 2008)
To Live Upon Hope: Mohicans and
Missionaries in the Eighteenth-Century
Northeast,
Wheeler, Rachel
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
Traces
Fox, Paula
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson
Mandela
Keller, Bill
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Trouble
Schmidt, Gary D.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Virtual Reference on a Budget: Case
StudiesN
Pullin, Michael
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Walking with God
Eldredge, John
Christianity Today (September, 2008)
What Every Librarian Should Know about
Electronic Privacy.
Wooeward, Jeanette
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
What the World Eats
DʼAluisio, Faith
Publishers Weekly (September 1, 2008)
When the Children Marched: The
Burningham Civil Rights Movement
Mayer, Robert H.
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
White Heat: The Friendship of Emily
Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth
Higginson
Wineapple, Brenda
New York Times (August 31, 2008)
Wired for Survival: The Rational (and
Irrational) Choices We Make, from the
Gas Pump to Terrorism
Polski, Margaret
Publishers Weekly [web only] (August
22/29, 2008)
X-Files: True Confessions of a Radical
Filmmaker
Cox, Alex
Publishers Weekly [web only]
August 22/29, 2008)
Yesterday's Weather
Enright, Anne
People (September 8, 2008)
You Know Where to Find Me
Cohen, Rachel
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008)
Web SitesUSC shoah Foundation Institute
Library Media Connection
(August/September, 2008))
OTHER
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
What's Up in Publishing: August 26, 2008
Here you will find information that may help you select books and other materials for your library. Included here will be the latest awards, best book lists and starred reviews in a number of journals. We will post this each Monday. You may find additional information about starred review titles by subscribing to the Core Collections at www.hwwilson.com. You may also request a trial subscription. If you have suggestions or comments please send them to me at: rbarber@hwwilson.com
AWARDS
Mann Booker Prize Short List
BEST LISTS
International Reading Association
Young Adult’s Choices (2008) Bookmark
International Reading Association
Children’s Choices (2008) Bookmark
Kirkus Reviews Reference (2008)
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
BBC Music. July, 2008
Gramaphone. August, 2008
Kirkus Reviews. September 1, 2008
Library Journal. August, 2008
New York Times. August 24, 2008
People. September 1, 2008
Publisher's Weekly August 25, 2008
Publishers Weekly (web exclusive). August 25, 2008
Sci Fi. October, 2008
Video Librarian. July/August, 2008
Books
1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic
Campaign That Forged Three
Presidencies
Pietrusza, David
Library Journal (August, 2008)
6 Steps to Design on a Dime
Tincher-Durik, Amy
Library Journal (August, 2008)
A Balanced Life: 9 Strategies for Coping
with the Mental Health Problems of a
Loved One
Smith, Tom
Library Journal (August, 2008)
A Blessed Child
Ullman, Linn
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
A Country Called Home
Barnes, Kim
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (June 23, 2008)
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
Drayson, Nicholas
Library Journal (August, 2008)
A Perfect Season for Dreaming / Un
Tiempo Perfecto Para Sonar
Saenz, Benjamin Alire
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (July 28, 2008)
After the Fire: A True Story of Friendship
and Survival
Fisher, Robin Gaby
People (September 1, 2008)
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
Orwell, George
Publishers Weekly (web only) (August 25,
2008)
American Rifle
Rose, Alexander
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction,
Cartoons, and True Stories
Brunetti, Ivan
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Anathem
Stephenson, Neal
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Autismʼs False Prophets: Bad Science,
Risky Medicine, and the Search for a
Cure
Offit, Paul A.
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Becoming Billie Holiday
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Bird
Elliott, Zetta
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Books: A memoir
McMurtry, Larry
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Breakdowns
Spiegelman, Art
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Budget Makeovers: Give Your Home a
New Look˜
Nayar, Jean
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Burn Out
Muller, Marcia
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Cashore, Kristin
Booream, Ellen,
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Chagall
Wullschlanger, Jackie
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Chains
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Crazy Like a Fox
Leedy, Loreen
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Crossing the Continent 1527-1540
Goodman, Matthew
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Dear Darkness
Young, Kevin
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Death from the Skies!: These Are the
Ways the World Will End
Plait, Philip
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Decorating JUNKMARKET Style:
Repurposed Junk to Suit Any Decor
Whitney, Sue
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Decorating on eBay: Fast and Stylish on
a Budget
Guggenheim, Barbara
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Delicious
Thomas, Sherry
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
Bodies, Behavior, and Brains - the
Science Behind Sex, Love and Attraction
Pinchott, Jena
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Essex County Vol. 3. The Country Nurse
Lemire, Jeff
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Estherʼs Inheritance
Marai, Sandor
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Exit Music
Rankin, Jan
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Exposed
Kava, Alex
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narative
Essays
Orwell, George
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Flea Market Furniture Makeovers
Baskett, Mickey
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Four-Letter Words: And Other Secrets of
a Crossword Insider
Arnot, Michelle
Publishers Weekly (web only) (August
25, 2008)
Harmony
Bentley, C. F.
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Home
Robinson, Marilynne
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Friedman, Thomas L.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
How Fiction Works
Wood, James
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
How to Work with an Interior Designer
Sheridan, Judi
Library Journal (August, 2008)
In the Dark
Billingham, Mark
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Junk Beautiful: Room by Room Makovers
with JUNKMARKET Style
Whitney, Sue
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Masterpiece
Broach, Elise
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
My One Hundred Adventures
Horvath, Polly
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Pandemonium
Gregory, Daryl
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the
Coal Mine
Nestle, Narion
Publishers Weekly (web only) (August
25, 2008)
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and
the Game That Made a Nation
Carlin, John
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
Sea of Poppies
Ghosh, Amitav
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Shadows at Dawn
Jacoby, Karl
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Singer Upholstery Basics Plus: Complete
Step-By Step Photo Guide
Cone, Steve
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in
China During the Cultural RevolutionN
Li, Moying
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
Spuds
Hesse, Karen
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Strange and Stranger: the World of Steve
Ditko
Bell, Blake
New York Times (August, 24, 2008)
Swedish Death Metal
Ekeroth, Daniel
Publishers Weekly (web only)
(August 25, 2008)
Sweeping Up Glass
Wall, Carolyn D.
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Testimony
Shreve, Anita
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The America's Test Kitchens Baking Book
America's Test Kitchens
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Army of the Republic
Cohne, Stuart Archer
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Art and Soul of Baking
Mushet, Cindy
Publishers Weekly (web only)
(August 25, 2008)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,
Traitor to the Nation: Volume II: The
Kingdom on the Waves
Anderson, M. T.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Best American Comics, 2008
Barry, Lynda
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
Pelecanos, George
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Best American Short Stories 2008
Rushdie, Salman
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Book of Lies
Meltzer, Brad
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Book of New Israel Food: A Culinary
Journey
Gur, Janna
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Career Chronicles: An Insider's
Guide to What Jobs are Really Like; The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Over
750 Professionals
Gregory, MichaeL
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number
Ten Ox
Hugart, Barry
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The City of Refuge
Piazza, Tom
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Complete Making of Indiana Jones
Rinzler, J. W.
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
The Complete Photo Guide to Window
Treatments: Do-It-Yourself Draperies,
Curtains, Valances, Swags, and Shades
Neubauer, Linda
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Decline and Fall of the British
Empire, 1787-1977
Brendon, Piers
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tatto
Larsson, Steig
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Given Day
Lehane, Dennis
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Gypsy Morph
Brooks, Terry
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Hemings of Monticello:
An American Family
Godon-Reed, Annette
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Heritic Queen
Moran, Michelle
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Lincolns
Fleming, Candace
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Little Book
Edwards, Selden
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Lover's Knot: A Someday Quilts
Mystery
O'Donohue, Clare
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The New Annotated Dracula
Stoker, Bram
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Night Villa
Goodman, Carol
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Runaway Dolls
Martin, Ann M.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident
and Compassionate Kids in an Age of
Self-Improvement
Young-Eisendrath, Polly
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The September Society
Finch, Charles
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Sweet In-Between
Reynolds, Sheri
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Terminal Spy: A True Story of
Espionage, Betrayal, and Murder
Cowell, Alan S.
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
The Toss of a Lemon
Viswanathan, Padma
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures:
Poems and Essays
Oliver, Mary
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Victoria Vanishes: A Pecular Crimes
Unit Mystery
Fowler, Christopher
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Wasted Vigil
Aslam, Nadeen
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Wild Sight
McGary, Loucinda
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The World is What it Is
French, Patrick
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Wrecking Crew:
How Conservatives Rule,
Frank, Thomas
New York Times (August, 24, 2008)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horor 2008:
21st Annual Collection
Datlow, Ellen
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
There's a Wolf At the Door
Alley, Soe B.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
This Must Be the Blace
Winger, Anna
New York Times (August, 24,2008)
Three Generations, No Imbeciles:
Eugenics, The Supreme Court,
and Buck v. Bell
Lombado, Paul A.
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Unpacking the Boxes:
A Memoir of a Life in Poetry
Hall, Donald
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Wanda Gag
Ray, Deborah Kogan
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Warhorses
ommunyakaa, Yusef
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters
Against Injury Epidemic
in Women's Sports
Sokolove, Michael
New York Times (August, 24, 2008)
When Will There Be Good News?
Atkinson, Kate
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Words in Air: The Complete
Correspondance Between Elizabeth
Bishop and Robert Lowell
Travisano, Thomas
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Audio Books
At First Sight
Cannell, Stephen J.
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Bonk: The Curious Couplong of Science
and Sex
Roach, Mary
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Fearless Fourteen
Evanovich, Janet
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
I, Claudius
Graves, Robert
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
McTeague
Norris, Frank
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
On the Origin of the Species
Darwin, Charles
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and
the West
Bhutto, Benazir
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the
Words of Former Slaves
Ward, Andrew
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
CDsSonata da Camera (Chandos - Lydia
Mordkovitch)
Bacewicz
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Cantatas Vol 6 [Accent]
Bach
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Complete Works for Cello and Piano
[Avie]
Beethoven
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Three Pieces for Orchestra
(Medici Arts - Jurowski)
Berg
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Benvento Cellini [LSO Live]
Berlioz
Gramophone (August, 2008)
History, Mystery (Nonesuch)
Brill Frisel (guitar)
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Symphony No. 8
(Medici Masters-Klemperer)
Bruckner
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Fiesta [DG]
Dudamel, Gustavo
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Smyphony No. 9
(Naxos -Marin Alsop) Dvorak,
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Porgy and Bess [Guild]
Gershwin
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Songs (Naxos - Roderick Williams)
Ireland
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Symphony No 1 [Tudor]
Mahler
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Symphony no. 4 [Profl Medien]
Mahler
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Complete Piano Music
(Hyperion - Martin Roscoe)
Neilsen
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Symphony No. 1
(Chandos - Robert Layton)
Rachmaninof
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Kantate [Hammonia Mundi]
School, Andreas
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Die schone mullerin [Challenge Classics]
Schubert
Gramophone (August, 2008)
The Rite of Spring (BMC - Junge
Deutsche Philharmonie)
Stravinsky
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Le Cour de Celimene [Opera Rara]
Thomas
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Symphony No. 6 (Chandos--Richard
Hickox)
Vaughan Williams
BBC Music (July, 2008)
The Collectorʼs Edition (EMI)
Vaughan Williams
BBC Music (July, 2008)
The Mastersinger of Nuremberg
Wagner
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Games
Space Invaders Extreme [Square/ENK]
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Lego Indiana Jones:
The Original Adventures
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Video
All You Need is Love (Music Video
Distributiors)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
American Bullfighter (1-59587-007-6)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
American Farm (Passion River)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Astrpspies ((Boston Video)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Autism: The Musical [Docudrama]
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Backyard Baseball Drills (Youth Sports
Club)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Bette Davis Collection, Volume 3
(Warner)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Blue Gender: The Complete Series
(Funimation)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Chuck: The Complete First Season
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Clsddivsl Baby - Iʼm Grown Up Now: The
Poetry Show (HBO)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Corazon Vaquero: The Heart of the
Cowboy (Lindeza)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Doomsday
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Father Knows Best: Season One)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Flying Down to Kabul (Media Targeting
Associates)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Follow the Money (Filmakers Library)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Found Sounds Bahia
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Front Wards: Back Wards (Fanlight
Productions)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Godannar Complete Collection (ADV
Films)
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Growing Up in the Universe (Learning
Zone Express)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Heroes of Freedom: Harriet Tubman &
Rosa Parks (Mazzarella Media)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Heroes: Season 2
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
HiYa, Kids!! A 50s Saturday Morning
(Shout! Factory)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
How the Earth was Made (The History
Chanel)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Khovanschchina (naxos)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
King Cord (Docudrama)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
La Rue (Flicker Alley)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Master of the Killing Ants (WGBH)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Maxʼs Words (Weston Woods)
Baks, Kate
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
May Justice Be Done (California
Newsreel)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Military Intelligence and You!
(Echo Bridge)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Missing in MiG Alley (WGBH)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
My Home - Your War
(Women Make Movies)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Nanking (THINK Film)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone
Gelel [ADV Films]
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Paddle to the Sea (Janus)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Pitching Drills & Techniques (Youth
Sports Club)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Pshing Daisies: The Complete First
Season
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Rev. Gary Davis: The Video Collection
(Stefan Grossmanʼs Guitar Workshop)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Saturday Night Live: The Complete Third
Season (Universal)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
See No Evil: The Story of the Moors
Murders (MPI)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Silk Road Adventure (GlobeRiders)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Solar Energy: Saved by the Sun [WGBH]
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Steve Miller Band: Live from Chicago
(Coming Home Media)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- The Complete First Season
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
The Atheism Tapes (www.alivemedia.
com)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Fall
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
The Films of Hamid Rahanian & Melissa
Hibbard: Shahrbanoo & Sir Alfred of
Charles de Gaulle Airport (Arab Film
Distribution)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Films of Morris Engel
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Medicated Child (PBS VIDEO)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Red Baloon (Janus)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Reichorchester: The Berlin
Philharmonic and the Third Reich (Naxos)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Sleepeasy Solution (AV Cafe)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The World According to Shorts (New
Yorker Video)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Torchwood
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Toward the Terra Part 1 [Bandal
Entertainment]
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Triviatown (Media Targeting Associates)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Turandot (Naxos)
Puccini
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Twelfth Night (Koch)
Shakespeare, William
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Understanding the Brain (Teaching
Company)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
What Makes a Fish a Fish? (Annie
Crawley)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Winning Baseball Strategies (Youth
Sports Club)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
AWARDS
Mann Booker Prize Short List
BEST LISTS
International Reading Association
Young Adult’s Choices (2008) Bookmark
International Reading Association
Children’s Choices (2008) Bookmark
Kirkus Reviews Reference (2008)
STARRED REVIEWS
This week reviews are from:
BBC Music. July, 2008
Gramaphone. August, 2008
Kirkus Reviews. September 1, 2008
Library Journal. August, 2008
New York Times. August 24, 2008
People. September 1, 2008
Publisher's Weekly August 25, 2008
Publishers Weekly (web exclusive). August 25, 2008
Sci Fi. October, 2008
Video Librarian. July/August, 2008
Books
1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic
Campaign That Forged Three
Presidencies
Pietrusza, David
Library Journal (August, 2008)
6 Steps to Design on a Dime
Tincher-Durik, Amy
Library Journal (August, 2008)
A Balanced Life: 9 Strategies for Coping
with the Mental Health Problems of a
Loved One
Smith, Tom
Library Journal (August, 2008)
A Blessed Child
Ullman, Linn
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
A Country Called Home
Barnes, Kim
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (June 23, 2008)
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
Drayson, Nicholas
Library Journal (August, 2008)
A Perfect Season for Dreaming / Un
Tiempo Perfecto Para Sonar
Saenz, Benjamin Alire
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (July 28, 2008)
After the Fire: A True Story of Friendship
and Survival
Fisher, Robin Gaby
People (September 1, 2008)
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
Orwell, George
Publishers Weekly (web only) (August 25,
2008)
American Rifle
Rose, Alexander
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction,
Cartoons, and True Stories
Brunetti, Ivan
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Anathem
Stephenson, Neal
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Autismʼs False Prophets: Bad Science,
Risky Medicine, and the Search for a
Cure
Offit, Paul A.
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Becoming Billie Holiday
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Bird
Elliott, Zetta
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Books: A memoir
McMurtry, Larry
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Breakdowns
Spiegelman, Art
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Budget Makeovers: Give Your Home a
New Look˜
Nayar, Jean
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Burn Out
Muller, Marcia
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Cashore, Kristin
Booream, Ellen,
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Chagall
Wullschlanger, Jackie
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Chains
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Crazy Like a Fox
Leedy, Loreen
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Crossing the Continent 1527-1540
Goodman, Matthew
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Dear Darkness
Young, Kevin
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Death from the Skies!: These Are the
Ways the World Will End
Plait, Philip
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Decorating JUNKMARKET Style:
Repurposed Junk to Suit Any Decor
Whitney, Sue
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Decorating on eBay: Fast and Stylish on
a Budget
Guggenheim, Barbara
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Delicious
Thomas, Sherry
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?
Bodies, Behavior, and Brains - the
Science Behind Sex, Love and Attraction
Pinchott, Jena
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Essex County Vol. 3. The Country Nurse
Lemire, Jeff
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Estherʼs Inheritance
Marai, Sandor
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Exit Music
Rankin, Jan
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Exposed
Kava, Alex
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narative
Essays
Orwell, George
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Flea Market Furniture Makeovers
Baskett, Mickey
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Four-Letter Words: And Other Secrets of
a Crossword Insider
Arnot, Michelle
Publishers Weekly (web only) (August
25, 2008)
Harmony
Bentley, C. F.
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Home
Robinson, Marilynne
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Friedman, Thomas L.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
How Fiction Works
Wood, James
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
How to Work with an Interior Designer
Sheridan, Judi
Library Journal (August, 2008)
In the Dark
Billingham, Mark
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Junk Beautiful: Room by Room Makovers
with JUNKMARKET Style
Whitney, Sue
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Masterpiece
Broach, Elise
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
My One Hundred Adventures
Horvath, Polly
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Pandemonium
Gregory, Daryl
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the
Coal Mine
Nestle, Narion
Publishers Weekly (web only) (August
25, 2008)
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and
the Game That Made a Nation
Carlin, John
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
Sea of Poppies
Ghosh, Amitav
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Shadows at Dawn
Jacoby, Karl
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Singer Upholstery Basics Plus: Complete
Step-By Step Photo Guide
Cone, Steve
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in
China During the Cultural RevolutionN
Li, Moying
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
Spuds
Hesse, Karen
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Strange and Stranger: the World of Steve
Ditko
Bell, Blake
New York Times (August, 24, 2008)
Swedish Death Metal
Ekeroth, Daniel
Publishers Weekly (web only)
(August 25, 2008)
Sweeping Up Glass
Wall, Carolyn D.
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Testimony
Shreve, Anita
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The America's Test Kitchens Baking Book
America's Test Kitchens
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Army of the Republic
Cohne, Stuart Archer
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Art and Soul of Baking
Mushet, Cindy
Publishers Weekly (web only)
(August 25, 2008)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,
Traitor to the Nation: Volume II: The
Kingdom on the Waves
Anderson, M. T.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Best American Comics, 2008
Barry, Lynda
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
Pelecanos, George
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Best American Short Stories 2008
Rushdie, Salman
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Book of Lies
Meltzer, Brad
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Book of New Israel Food: A Culinary
Journey
Gur, Janna
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Career Chronicles: An Insider's
Guide to What Jobs are Really Like; The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Over
750 Professionals
Gregory, MichaeL
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Chronicles of Master Li and Number
Ten Ox
Hugart, Barry
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The City of Refuge
Piazza, Tom
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Complete Making of Indiana Jones
Rinzler, J. W.
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
The Complete Photo Guide to Window
Treatments: Do-It-Yourself Draperies,
Curtains, Valances, Swags, and Shades
Neubauer, Linda
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Decline and Fall of the British
Empire, 1787-1977
Brendon, Piers
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tatto
Larsson, Steig
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Given Day
Lehane, Dennis
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Gypsy Morph
Brooks, Terry
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Hemings of Monticello:
An American Family
Godon-Reed, Annette
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Heritic Queen
Moran, Michelle
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Lincolns
Fleming, Candace
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Little Book
Edwards, Selden
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Lover's Knot: A Someday Quilts
Mystery
O'Donohue, Clare
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The New Annotated Dracula
Stoker, Bram
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Night Villa
Goodman, Carol
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Runaway Dolls
Martin, Ann M.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident
and Compassionate Kids in an Age of
Self-Improvement
Young-Eisendrath, Polly
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The September Society
Finch, Charles
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Sweet In-Between
Reynolds, Sheri
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Terminal Spy: A True Story of
Espionage, Betrayal, and Murder
Cowell, Alan S.
New York Times (August, 24.2008)
The Toss of a Lemon
Viswanathan, Padma
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures:
Poems and Essays
Oliver, Mary
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Victoria Vanishes: A Pecular Crimes
Unit Mystery
Fowler, Christopher
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The Wasted Vigil
Aslam, Nadeen
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Wild Sight
McGary, Loucinda
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
The World is What it Is
French, Patrick
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
The Wrecking Crew:
How Conservatives Rule,
Frank, Thomas
New York Times (August, 24, 2008)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horor 2008:
21st Annual Collection
Datlow, Ellen
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
There's a Wolf At the Door
Alley, Soe B.
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
This Must Be the Blace
Winger, Anna
New York Times (August, 24,2008)
Three Generations, No Imbeciles:
Eugenics, The Supreme Court,
and Buck v. Bell
Lombado, Paul A.
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Unpacking the Boxes:
A Memoir of a Life in Poetry
Hall, Donald
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Wanda Gag
Ray, Deborah Kogan
Kirkus Reviews (September 1, 2008)
Warhorses
ommunyakaa, Yusef
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters
Against Injury Epidemic
in Women's Sports
Sokolove, Michael
New York Times (August, 24, 2008)
When Will There Be Good News?
Atkinson, Kate
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Words in Air: The Complete
Correspondance Between Elizabeth
Bishop and Robert Lowell
Travisano, Thomas
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Audio Books
At First Sight
Cannell, Stephen J.
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Bonk: The Curious Couplong of Science
and Sex
Roach, Mary
Library Journal (August, 2008)
Fearless Fourteen
Evanovich, Janet
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
I, Claudius
Graves, Robert
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
McTeague
Norris, Frank
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
On the Origin of the Species
Darwin, Charles
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and
the West
Bhutto, Benazir
Library Journal (August, 2008)
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the
Words of Former Slaves
Ward, Andrew
Publishers Weekly (August 25, 2008)
CDsSonata da Camera (Chandos - Lydia
Mordkovitch)
Bacewicz
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Cantatas Vol 6 [Accent]
Bach
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Complete Works for Cello and Piano
[Avie]
Beethoven
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Three Pieces for Orchestra
(Medici Arts - Jurowski)
Berg
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Benvento Cellini [LSO Live]
Berlioz
Gramophone (August, 2008)
History, Mystery (Nonesuch)
Brill Frisel (guitar)
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Symphony No. 8
(Medici Masters-Klemperer)
Bruckner
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Fiesta [DG]
Dudamel, Gustavo
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Smyphony No. 9
(Naxos -Marin Alsop) Dvorak,
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Porgy and Bess [Guild]
Gershwin
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Songs (Naxos - Roderick Williams)
Ireland
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Symphony No 1 [Tudor]
Mahler
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Symphony no. 4 [Profl Medien]
Mahler
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Complete Piano Music
(Hyperion - Martin Roscoe)
Neilsen
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Symphony No. 1
(Chandos - Robert Layton)
Rachmaninof
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Kantate [Hammonia Mundi]
School, Andreas
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Die schone mullerin [Challenge Classics]
Schubert
Gramophone (August, 2008)
The Rite of Spring (BMC - Junge
Deutsche Philharmonie)
Stravinsky
BBC Music (July, 2008)
Le Cour de Celimene [Opera Rara]
Thomas
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Symphony No. 6 (Chandos--Richard
Hickox)
Vaughan Williams
BBC Music (July, 2008)
The Collectorʼs Edition (EMI)
Vaughan Williams
BBC Music (July, 2008)
The Mastersinger of Nuremberg
Wagner
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Games
Space Invaders Extreme [Square/ENK]
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Lego Indiana Jones:
The Original Adventures
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Video
All You Need is Love (Music Video
Distributiors)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
American Bullfighter (1-59587-007-6)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
American Farm (Passion River)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Astrpspies ((Boston Video)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Autism: The Musical [Docudrama]
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Backyard Baseball Drills (Youth Sports
Club)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Bette Davis Collection, Volume 3
(Warner)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Blue Gender: The Complete Series
(Funimation)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Chuck: The Complete First Season
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Clsddivsl Baby - Iʼm Grown Up Now: The
Poetry Show (HBO)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Corazon Vaquero: The Heart of the
Cowboy (Lindeza)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Doomsday
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Father Knows Best: Season One)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Flying Down to Kabul (Media Targeting
Associates)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Follow the Money (Filmakers Library)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Found Sounds Bahia
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Front Wards: Back Wards (Fanlight
Productions)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Godannar Complete Collection (ADV
Films)
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Growing Up in the Universe (Learning
Zone Express)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Heroes of Freedom: Harriet Tubman &
Rosa Parks (Mazzarella Media)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Heroes: Season 2
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
HiYa, Kids!! A 50s Saturday Morning
(Shout! Factory)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
How the Earth was Made (The History
Chanel)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Khovanschchina (naxos)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
King Cord (Docudrama)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
La Rue (Flicker Alley)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Le nozze di Figaro
Mozart
Gramophone (August, 2008)
Master of the Killing Ants (WGBH)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Maxʼs Words (Weston Woods)
Baks, Kate
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
May Justice Be Done (California
Newsreel)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Military Intelligence and You!
(Echo Bridge)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Missing in MiG Alley (WGBH)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
My Home - Your War
(Women Make Movies)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Nanking (THINK Film)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone
Gelel [ADV Films]
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Paddle to the Sea (Janus)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Pitching Drills & Techniques (Youth
Sports Club)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Pshing Daisies: The Complete First
Season
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Rev. Gary Davis: The Video Collection
(Stefan Grossmanʼs Guitar Workshop)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Saturday Night Live: The Complete Third
Season (Universal)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
See No Evil: The Story of the Moors
Murders (MPI)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Silk Road Adventure (GlobeRiders)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Solar Energy: Saved by the Sun [WGBH]
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Steve Miller Band: Live from Chicago
(Coming Home Media)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- The Complete First Season
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
The Atheism Tapes (www.alivemedia.
com)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Fall
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
The Films of Hamid Rahanian & Melissa
Hibbard: Shahrbanoo & Sir Alfred of
Charles de Gaulle Airport (Arab Film
Distribution)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Films of Morris Engel
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Medicated Child (PBS VIDEO)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Red Baloon (Janus)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Reichorchester: The Berlin
Philharmonic and the Third Reich (Naxos)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The Sleepeasy Solution (AV Cafe)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
The World According to Shorts (New
Yorker Video)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Torchwood
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Toward the Terra Part 1 [Bandal
Entertainment]
Sci Fi (October, 2008)
Triviatown (Media Targeting Associates)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Turandot (Naxos)
Puccini
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Twelfth Night (Koch)
Shakespeare, William
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Understanding the Brain (Teaching
Company)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
What Makes a Fish a Fish? (Annie
Crawley)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
Winning Baseball Strategies (Youth
Sports Club)
Video Librarian (July/August, 2008)
BOOKSELLING THIS WEEK
Each week Bookselling This Week produces a Media Guide which includes:
1. What books are being reviewed where.
2. Who are the book quests on TV.
3. What books are being talked about on National Public Radio and other syndicated book related radio shows.
4. Book related events by area.
5. Information about authors on tour.
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