June 2012 to date as identified by YBP Library Services
Best Sellers: Asian History, May 2, 2013
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Reference eReviews | May 1, 2013
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Science & Technology Reviews | May 1, 2013
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Reviews of The White Planet, Letters to a Young Scientist, and Saving the Season, and other Science & Technology titles from the May 1 issue.
Beta Testers Weigh In On Hoopla
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Hoopla, Midwest Tape’s pay-per-circulation media streaming service for public libraries, has been in beta-testing mode for close to two months, and early reports of both the service overall and its mobile applications have been positive.
Barbara’s Picks, Oct. 2013, Pt. 5: Wrapping Up a Huge Month with Malcolm Gladwell, Malala Yousafzai, & More
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Chen Guangcheng. Untitled Memoir. Times: Holt. Oct. 2013. 304p. ISBN 9780805098051. $28. MEMOIR Chen has been named a 2012 Brave Thinker, 2012 Rebel of the Year, and 2012 Global Thinker by the Atlantic, GQ, and Foreign Policy, respectively. And no wonder. Blinded by illness in infancy and illiterate until his teens, Chen taught himself law [...]
Fiction Previews, Oct. 2013, Pt. 5: Lots of Action from Lisa Scottoline, Anne Hillerman, & More
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Abrams, JJ & Doug Dorst. The Secret JJ Abrams Project. Mulholland: Little, Brown. Oct. 2013. 352p. ISBN 9780316201643. $35. CD/downloadable: Hachette Audio. THRILLER Abrams has created, produced, written, and directed multiple Emmy– and Golden Globe Award–winning television series and films (yes, he’s helming the next Star Wars film), so it’s no surprise that he can [...]
Steve Jobs, Harry Houdini, and Beyoncé | What We’re Reading
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This week, Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are dipping into some classics (both new and old) of the horror genre, taking behind-the-scenes looks at today’s technology, and looking at historical figures with new eyes.
Fiction Previews, Oct. 2013, Pt. 5: Five Hot Debut Titles
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Bonert, Kenneth. The Lion Seeker. Houghton Harcourt. Oct. 2013. 576p. ISBN 9780547898049. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780547898414. LITERARY The grandson of Lithuanian immigrants, South African Bonert was inspired to write this work by the photo of an uncle with Nadine Gordimer. This portrait of South Africa’s small Jewish community doubles as the portrait of a mother-son [...]
Nonfiction Previews, Oct. 2013, Pt. 5: Memoirs, from Chelsea Handler to Elizabeth Smart
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Buffett, Howard. 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World. S. & S. Oct. 2013. 352p. ISBN 9781451687866. $26. MEMOIR Farmers can anticipate 40 growing seasons—that is, 40 chances to improve their land’s yield. Son of mega-investor Warren Buffett, who once challenged him to consider what he really wanted to accomplish in life, Howard Buffett [...]
What To Brew, Mix, & Serve | Wyatt’s World
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Classic cocktails, true brews, twists in tequila, slushes for a change? Every glass has a plot.
Baseball and Faith | May 1, 2013
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Reviews of sports titles that also address spirituality.
Nonfiction Previews, Pt. 5: On Johnny Carson, Charlie Parker, and Masterpiece Theatre
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Bushkin, Henry. Untitled on Johnny Carson. Houghton Harcourt. Oct. 2013. 304p. ISBN 9780544217621. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780544217737. MEMOIR/TELEVISION Johnny Carson’s attorney for nearly two decades, at a time when the Tonight Show was at its height and Carson went through two divorces, Bushkin ultimately served as his “counselor, partner, employee, business advisor, earpiece, mouthpiece, enforcer, [...]
Audio Reviews | April 15, 2013
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Cussler, Clive & Thomas Perry. The Tombs. 9 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 11 hrs. Penguin Audio. 2012. ISBN 9781611761375. $39.95; digital download. F Cussler’s globe-trotting archaeologists, husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, are off on another fantastic adventure, one that will both educate and entertain Cussler’s legion of readers. While working on their latest dig, the Fargos become [...]
Xpress Reviews: E-Originals | First Look at New Books, April 26, 2013
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Contemporary and historical romance to thrill, plus a thriller that might remind some of Ian Fleming’s Bond novels or Adam Hall’s Quiller series
Xpress Reviews: Audiobooks | First Look at New Books, April 26, 2013
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Erdrich is highly recommended, Jennings’s volume is hilarious, entertaining, and surprisingly informative, Maron’s Deborah Knott series continues, Errol Morris on Jeffrey MacDonald, James Patterson—what more is there to say, and the always entertaining Wodehouse
Don DeLillo Wins First Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
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The Library of Congress announced Thursday the creation of a new lifetime achievement award in literature as well as its first recipient—novelist Don DeLillo.
Xpress Reviews: Graphic Novels | First Look at New Books, April 26, 2013
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A fun romp for fans of urban action and fantasy stories, Gauld’s pieces are intellectual and wryly funny, Johnny Red is like a big bowl of sugary breakfast cereal but loaded with nostalgic energy
Xpress Reviews: Nonfiction | First Look at New Books, April 26, 2013
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The correspondence between Bly and Tranströmer, postpartum disorders, the life of an executioner, managing migraines, Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court, the impact of social class on college enrollment patterns
Xpress Reviews: Fiction | First Look at New Books, April 26, 2013
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Coonts’s latest Grafton and Carmellini adventure, a timely thriller captures the not-so-pretty side of New York’s financial elite, die-hard gaming fans will want Grossman’s latest, a complex multiple plot from Jio, Messud’s The Woman Upstairs is highly recommended
Best Sellers: Mathematics, April 25, 2013
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