Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
Tax season is over for most of us, but with extensions and delays and those few stragglers, we thought catching up on some economics-themed documentaries would be just the thing for the spring. Our chief economics reviewer, Lawrence R. Maxted, from Gannon University in Erie, PA, has his eye on the pulse of what’s been taxing all of us lately—plus with a lost interview with Steve Jobs.
More from Cole’s “Realm of Blood & Mist,” Oliver Twist, Muller’s Looking for Yesterday, Soli’s magical realism, Giunta’s multiple tours of duty, Jasanoff’s historical analysis and eyewitness testimonies, Manchester’s conclusion to The Last Lion, African Americans in Mississippi, and Wisel’s stirring memoir
Reviews of Sleep Tight, Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet, and Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria; A Story of One Man’s Search for Ancestry, Identity and Community, plus a full list of video reviews from the Apr. 15 issue.
Reviews of Terry Brooks’s The Annotated Sword of Shannara, Peter Høeg’s The Elephant Keepers’ Children, and Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone, plus a full list of audio reviews in the Apr. 1 issue.
Tantorious is a semi-monthly podcast series featuring interviews with well-known authors, hosted by Allan Hoving and presented by Tantor Audio. Geoff Williams is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in U.S. News & World Report, Entertainment Weekly and Life magazine, among other publications. His book C.C. Pyle’s Amazing Foot Race is a riveting account of [...]
Library music clubs: part 2.
Upcoming foreign and indie releases.
The scoop on upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Reviews of Universal Classic Monsters, Sholem Aleichem, and Give Me the Banjo, plus a full list of video reviews from the Apr. 1 issue.
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for the 2013 Audie Awards, which recognize excellence in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. A selection of categories are below; the complete list can be found on the Audies site. Audiobook of the Year AMERICAN GROWN Michelle Obama Read by Michelle Obama, Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, [...]
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