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Caron, Maia. The Last Secret. Doubleday Canada. Sept. 2024. 416p. ISBN 9780385688826. pap. $18.95. F With the world at war in 1944, Savka Ivanets works as a medic for the [...]

Manning, Kirsty. The Hidden Book. Morrow. Aug. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9780063389182. $30. F Based on a true story of a secret World War II-era book, Manning's dual-timeline historical novel highlights [...]

Hughes, Lorena. The Queen of the Valley. Kensington. Aug. 2023. 352p. ISBN 9781496736284. pap. $16.95. F Told in the alternating viewpoints of three protagonists, this novel by Ecuador-born-and-raised Hughes paints [...]

Campbell, Michele. The Intern. St. Martin's. Oct. 2023.384p. ISBN 9781250274977. $29. SUSPENSE Harvard Law student Madison Rivera has long admired federal judge Kathryn Conroy. When offered an internship with Judge [...]

The article focuses on the importance of collaboration and community engagement in library fundraising efforts. Topics discussed include actions involved in advocacy, role of library foundations and Friends groups in showcasing the value of public libraries, and key strategies to consider for advocacy efforts.

Another year, another best books list. And such lists certainly can stir controversy. This year's National Book Award (NBA) nominees in fiction were decreed too precious by many publishing and [...]

WITH THE CHANGE in season come the big fall books. Here LJ's Book Review editors pick our favorites, the ones we find personally exciting; the ones we don't want you [...]

IF THERE WERE qualms about the American Library Association's (ALA) annual conference in Atlanta June 13-19, well, that was appropriate. It would be hard to garner more attendance than in [...]

There's COD on this year's best books list. Not to mention polar bears, mathematicians, one Photographer and two composers, battling politicians, an edgy pot farmer, a big flood, and plenty [...]

A year ago, the big villain in baseball was still Steve Bartman, the unfortunate Cubs fan whose interference with a foul ball supposedly tipped his team's fragile fortunes when it [...]

SCINTILLATING FICTION debuts by Mark Haddon and Jincy Willet. Graphic novels, never before featured on LJ's Best Books list, by Marjane Satrapi and Craig Thompson. Insightful commentary on Iran by [...]

ANOTHER YEAR, another best books list? Trust us, it's not as routine as it sounds. Each year brings a new set of books and hence a new sort of reading [...]

AS THE LISTINGS on the following pages demonstrate, trade publishing houses bring out a good number of reference books each year, especially those aimed at a general audience. However, reference [...]

The BookExpo America (BEA) annual conference drew legions of librarians, publishers, and booksellers who packed New York City's Jacob Javits Center, May 1-5. Approximately 2000 exhibitors--up 160 from last year--were [...]

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart--the companion volume to the [...]

The words and voices of three late Presidents are very much alive this fall: The Great Crises, three more volumes of Kennedy transcripts and CD, is due in October (see [...]

John Henry 'Doc' Holliday was born in Georgia 150 years ago this August, trained as a dentist, and went West to dry out his consumptive lungs. Out West he remade [...]

* Harpaz, Beth J. The Girls in the Van: Covering Hillary. St. Martin's. Oct. 2001. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-28126-9. $24.95. POLITICS The campaign travelog has ranged widely from portraits in courage [...]

Looking for library lifeline, publishers push midlist with galleys; Schroeder dubs libraries 'partners' not 'pirates' BookExpo America (BEA), in Chicago for the last year of a five-year contract (with one [...]

DeGrandpre, Richard. Digitopia: The Look of the New Digital You. AtRandom.com. 2001. 600p. ISBN 0-679-64707-4. Adobe. Gemstar. Glassbook. Microsoft. Peanut. Rocket. $9.95. www.randomhouse.com/atrandom. PSYCH [Microsoft E-book Reader] Psychologist De-Grandpre (Ritalin [...]

Kram, Mark. Ghosts of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. HarperCollins. May 2001. c.232p. ISBN 0-06-019557-6. $25. SPORTS Kram, a former Sports Illustrated writer whose [...]

McNulty, John & Memoir by Faith McNulty. This Place on Third Avenue: The New York Stories of John McNulty. Counterpoint: Perseus. Jun. 2001. c.192p. bibliog. ISBN 1-58243-117-5. $23. HIST One [...]

Alvarez, A. Poker: Bets, Bluffs, and Bad Beats. Chronicle. 2001. c.126p. illus. index. ISBN 0-8118-2751-8. $29.95. SPORTS In the lush tradition of its leisure books by Barnaby Conrad (Absinthe, The [...]

Bourdain, Anthony. Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical. ISBN 1-58234-133-8. ea. vol: Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Apr. 2001. c.160p. permanent paper. $19.95. HIST Bloomsbury launches its 'Urban Historicals' series with [...]

Rose, Joel. New York Sawed in Half: An Urban Historical. ISBN 1-58234-098-6. ea. vol: Bloomsbury, dist. by St. Martin's. Apr. 2001. c.160p. permanent paper. $19.95. HIST Bloomsbury launches its 'Urban [...]

WHY A BEST books list? Aren't there enough guideposts to good reading already, from the local paper's best sellers list to Amazon's rate-it-yourself opportunities? In fact, we think that LJ's [...]

Wolfe, Tom. Hooking Up. Farrar. 2000: c.293p. ISBN 0-374-10382-8. $25. LIT In his new collection, Wolfe veers between his new enthusiasms (the Silicon Valley revolution, the American Century, modern teenage [...]

Toole, F.X. Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner. Ecco: HarperCollins. Sept. 2000. c.272p. permanent paper. ISBN 0-06-019820-6. $23. F A boxing cut man uses swabs, pressure, ice, and home-mixed salve [...]

Kahn, Roger. The Head Game: Baseball Seen From the Pitcher's Mound. Harcourt. Sept. 2000. c.336p. permanent paper. illus. ISBN 0-15-100441-2. $25. SPORTS Bigger hitters, smaller parks, league expansion, and some [...]

Rollyson, Carl & Lisa Paddock. Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon. Norton. 2000. c.448p. permanent paper. photogs. ISBN 0-393-04928-0. $29.95. LIT The writer Susan Sontag has turned down very [...]

E-books, net technology, and the profession's collective rumination about its Information Age future made for one of the more vital and vigorous American Library Association conferences in years FOR THE [...]

Norton, Ken & Marshall Terril & Mike Fitzgerald. Going the Distance. Sports Pub. 2000. c.210p. ISBN 1-58261-225-0. $22.95. SPORTS Norton, the likeable former Marine whose crossed-arm, off-kilter style gave Muhammad [...]

Duane, Daniel. El Capitan: Historic Feats and Renegade Routes. Chronicle. Oct. 2000. c.144p. photogs. ISBN 0-8118-2484-5. $24.95. SPORTS Like a younger, funnier Peter Matthiessen, Duane brought an easily worn literary [...]

Toubiana, Serge & Arthur Miller. The Misfits. Phaidon. 2000. permanent paper. photogs. ISBN 0-7148-3936-1. $29.95. FILM John Huston's beautiful 1960 film about modern cowboys and alienation was also the last [...]

Day of Dialog attracts collection development heavy hitters; greater book selection for librarians CONFERENCE REPORT So what was the hot book at BookExpo America (BEA), held June 2-4, 2000, at [...]

Villard, Henry Serrano & Willis M. Allen Jr. Looping the Loop: Posters of Flight. Kales. 2000. c.160p, permanent paper. illus. LC 99-80208. ISBN 0-9670076-2-3.$40. GRAPHIC ARTS The romantic appeal of [...]

On the Ropes colon 90 min. Nanette Burstein & Brett Morgen, Highway Films, dist. by WinStar TV & Video, 419 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10016; 212-686-6777. 1999. ISBN [...]

West, Paul. O.K.: The Corral, the Earps, and Doc Holliday. Scribner. Apr. 2000. c.320p. ISBN 0-684-84865-1. $24. F As if to emphasize further his daring range, West is publishing two [...]

West, Paul. The Dry Danube: A Hitler Forgery. New Directions, dist. by Norton. Apr. 2000. c.160p. ISBN 0-8112-1432-X. $21.95. F As if to emphasize further his daring range, West is [...]