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

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