Reference & Research Book News back issues from November 2007:
Virtual learning environments; using, choosing and developing your VLE.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780415414319 Virtual learning environments; using, choosing and developing your VLE. Weller, Martin. Routledge 2007 176 pages $44.95 Paperback LB1028 Cost-effective, efficient and, for ...
Managing student employees in college libraries, 3d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 0838983731 Managing student employees in college libraries, 3d ed. Kathman, Michael D. and Jane M. Kathman. Am. Library Association 2006 198 pages $28.00 Paperback CLIP note; #36 Z682 ...
Gender, schooling and global social justice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780415359221 Gender, schooling and global social justice. Unterhalter, Elaine. Routledge 2007 206 pages $41.95 Paperback Foundations and futures of education LC212 Of the ...
All roads lead to Baghdad; Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781581606003 All roads lead to Baghdad; Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq. Ed. by Charles H. Briscoe et al. Paladin Press 2007 517 pages $45.00 Paperback DS79 This version of the ...
A nation of victims?; representations of German wartime suffering from 1945 to the present.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9789042022096 A nation of victims?; representations of German wartime suffering from 1945 to the present. Ed. by Helmut Schmitz. Editions Rodopi 2007 265 pages $73.00 Hardcover German monitor; ...
The golden age of yachting.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781574092516 The golden age of yachting. Herreshoff, L. Francis. Sheridan House 2007 189 pages $35.00 Paperback GV815 This volume traces the history of yachting in America and Britain ...
The Janissaries. (reprint, 1994).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780863567407 The Janissaries. (reprint, 1994) Goodwin, Godfrey. Saqi Books 2006 288 pages $19.95 Paperback DR555 This is a paperbound reprint of a 1994 book. Goodwin (d.2005) was the ...
Modern human relations at work, 10th ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780324421491 Modern human relations at work, 10th ed. Hodgetts, Richard M. and Kathryn W. Hegar. South-Western College Pub. 2008 621 pages $119.95 Hardcover HF5549 Aimed at students and ...
Understanding the workplace; a research framework for industrial archaeology in Britain.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 1905981368 Understanding the workplace; a research framework for industrial archaeology in Britain. Ed. by David Gwyn and Marilyn Palmer. Maney Publishing 2007 183 pages $54.00 Paperback Industrial ...
Western Marxism and the Soviet Union; a survey of critical theories and debates since 1917.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9789004158757 Western Marxism and the Soviet Union; a survey of critical theories and debates since 1917. Linden, Marcel van der. Trans. by Jurriaan Bendien. BRILL 2007 380 pages $125.00 Hardcover ...
Managing your library construction project; a step-by-step guide.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780838909317 Managing your library construction project; a step-by-step guide. McCarthy, Richard C. Am. Library Association 2007 172 pages $58.00 Paperback Z679 As an architect who has ...
Revolution in Mexico's heartland; politics, war, and state building in Puebla, 1913-1920.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 074255600X Revolution in Mexico's heartland; politics, war, and state building in Puebla, 1913-1920. LaFrance, David G. Scholarly Resources 2007 305 pages $34.95 Paperback Latin American ...
Litigating with electronically stored information.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781596932203 Litigating with electronically stored information. Riedy, Marian K. et al. Artech House 2007 279 pages $99.00 Hardcover Artech House telecommunications library KF8961 ...
Leisure program planning and delivery. (CD-ROM included).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780736057332 Leisure program planning and delivery. (CD-ROM included) Russell, Ruth V. and Lynn M. Jamieson. Human Kinetics Pub. 2008 252 pages $59.00 Hardcover GV181 Russell and ...
Emotions, advertising and consumer choice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9788763001984 Emotions, advertising and consumer choice. Hansen, Flemming and Sverre Riis Christensen. Copenhagen Business School Pr. 2007 462 pages $80.00 Paperback HF5415 Are you ...
Power and pork; a Japanese political life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 0731537572 Power and pork; a Japanese political life. Mulgan, Aurelia George. Asia Pacific Press 2006 273 pages $30.00 Paperback JQ1624 This is a political biography of Japanese ...
Auld campaigner; a life of Alexander Scott.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781903765388 Auld campaigner; a life of Alexander Scott. Robb, David. Dunedin Academic Press 2007 220 pages $69.00 Hardcover PR6037 Scott (1920-89) was one of Scotland's most popular ...
American Catholics today; new realities of their faith and their church.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780742552159 American Catholics today; new realities of their faith and their church. Ed. by William V. D'Antonio et al. Sheed & Ward 2007 204 pages $24.95 Paperback BX1390 ...
Queers in court; gay rights law and public policy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780742549326 Queers in court; gay rights law and public policy. Mezey, Susan Gluck. Rowman & Littlefield 2007 269 pages $24.95 Paperback KF4754 In the context of the rights-based ...
History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe; junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries; v.3: The making and remaking of literary institutions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9789027234551 History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe; junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries; v.3: The making and remaking of literary institutions. Ed. by Marcel Cornis-Pope and John Neubauer. John Benjamins Publishing ...
Human resource management; a contemporary approach, 5th ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780273707639 Human resource management; a contemporary approach, 5th ed. Ed. by Julie Beardwell and Tim Claydon. Financial Times Prentice Hall 2007 694 pages $117.50 Paperback HF5549 ...
The almanac of the unelected; 2007, 20th ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781598880847 The almanac of the unelected; 2007, 20th ed. Ed. by Suzanne Struglinski. Bernan Press 2007 730 pages $275.00 Hardcover JK1012 This almanac features profiles of about 550 ...
Inventing Los Alamos; the growth of an atomic community.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780806138916 Inventing Los Alamos; the growth of an atomic community. Hunner, Jon. U. of Oklahoma Pr. 2007 288 pages $19.95 Paperback F804 People who lived in Los Alamos in the 1940s ...
Dublin, 1660-1860; the shaping of a city. (reprint, 1952).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781905483112 Dublin, 1660-1860; the shaping of a city. (reprint, 1952) Craig, Maurice. Liberties Press 2006 384 pages $25.95 Paperback DA995 Architectural historian Craig makes sure ...
Peter Hubner; building as a social process.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 3932565021 Peter Hubner; building as a social process. Jones, Peter Blundell. Edition Axel Menges 2007 358 pages $89.00 Hardcover NA1088 With a philosophy devoted to the people that ...
Ancestral spirits embodied in Ekpu figurines of the Oron people; a study in Nigerian traditional art.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780773453340 Ancestral spirits embodied in Ekpu figurines of the Oron people; a study in Nigerian traditional art. Onyile, Onyile Bassey. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 201 pages $109.95 Paperback N7399 ...
Danish cookbooks; domesticity & national identity, 1616-1901.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780295986821 Danish cookbooks; domesticity & national identity, 1616-1901. Gold, Carol. U. of Washington Press 2007 220 pages $24.95 Paperback New directions in Scandinavian studies ...
Marty Robbins; fast cars and country music. (reprint, 1990).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780810860360 Marty Robbins; fast cars and country music. (reprint, 1990) Pruett, Barbara J. Scarecrow Pr. 2007 601 pages $29.95 Paperback ML134 This reprint from 1990 is a bibliography ...
Managing your classroom, 2d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 0826486657 Managing your classroom, 2d ed. Dixie, Gererd. Continuum Publishing Group 2007 121 pages $17.95 Paperback Classmates LB3013 When you lecture, do you tend to spit ...
Reshaping the contextual vision in Caribbean theology; theoretical foundations for theology which is contextual, pluralistic, and dialectical.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 076183785X Reshaping the contextual vision in Caribbean theology; theoretical foundations for theology which is contextual, pluralistic, and dialectical. Miller, Michael St. A. Univ. Press of America 2007 412 pages ...
University of the Sikh religion.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 0977790703 University of the Sikh religion. Mayell, Jaspal Singh. Mayell Publishers 2006 390 pages $38.50 Hardcover BL2018 Dr. Mayell, a Sikh community activist living in New York state, ...
Financial reporting & analysis; using financial accounting information, 10th ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780324304459 Financial reporting & analysis; using financial accounting information, 10th ed. Gibson, Charles H. South-Western College Pub. 2007 643 pages $158.95 Hardcover HF5681 ...
How to protect your children on the Internet; a roadmap for parents and teachers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780275994723 How to protect your children on the Internet; a roadmap for parents and teachers. Smith, Gregory S. Praeger 2007 193 pages $44.95 Hardcover HQ784 Smith outlines methods ...
Dubrovnik; a history. (reprint, 2003).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780863569593 Dubrovnik; a history. (reprint, 2003) Harris, Robin. Saqi Books 2006 503 pages $24.95 Paperback DR1645 The ancient and vibrant city of Dubrovnik, its history, people, ...
Bug; deaf identity and internal revolution.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781563683572 Bug; deaf identity and internal revolution. Heuer, Christopher Jon. Gallaudet University Pr. 2007 227 pages $21.95 Paperback PS3608 Heuer (applied literacy, Gallaudet U.) ...
International handbook of research on indigenous entrepreneurship.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781843768340 International handbook of research on indigenous entrepreneurship. Ed. by Leo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 620 pages $315.00 Hardcover HB615 ...
Sudan; post-conflict environmental assessment.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9789280727029 Sudan; post-conflict environmental assessment. UN Environment Programme 2007 354 pages $40.00 Paperback HC835 In the wake of the January 2005 peace treaty, the Sudanese Government of ...
Letters lifted into poetry; selected correspondence between David Campbell and Douglas Stewart, 1946-1979.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780642276384 Letters lifted into poetry; selected correspondence between David Campbell and Douglas Stewart, 1946-1979. Campbell, David and Douglas Stewart. Ed. by Jonathan Persse. National Library of Australia 2006 256 pages ...
On the philosophy of logic.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780495008880 On the philosophy of logic. Fisher, Jennifer. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 2008 225 pages $15.95 Paperback Wadsworth philosophical topics BC71 Fisher (U. of North ...
Shy boy, she devil, and Isis; the art of conceptual craft.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780878467204 Shy boy, she devil, and Isis; the art of conceptual craft. Ward, Gerald W.R. and Julie M. Muniz, MFA Publications 2007 183 pages $35.00 Paperback N6494 This book ...
Domestic violence in Asian American communities; a cultural overview of the phenomenon.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780739123584 Domestic violence in Asian American communities; a cultural overview of the phenomenon. Ed. by Tuyen D. Nguyen. Lexington Books 2007 148 pages $24.95 Paperback HV6626 ...
Leonardo; on flight.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780801887666 Leonardo; on flight. Laurenza, Domenico. Johns Hopkins U. Press 2007 119 pages $29.95 Paperback TL540 This beautifully-illustrated English translation of the 2004 Italian ...
The black worker; race, labor, and Civil Rights since emancipation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780252073809 The black worker; race, labor, and Civil Rights since emancipation. Ed. by Eric Arnesen. U. of Illinois Press 2007 319 pages $25.00 Paperback HD8081 Arnesen (history and ...
Listening to the voices of long-term care.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780761838166 Listening to the voices of long-term care. Buelow, Janet R. Univ. Press of America 2007 191 pages $29.95 Paperback HV1461 The demographics are daunting, and the long-term ...
The European Constitution; cases and materials in EU and member states' law.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781847201294 The European Constitution; cases and materials in EU and member states' law. Amato, Giuliano and Jacques Ziller. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 318 pages $135.00 Hardcover KJE4445 ...
The family and medical leave act.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 1570182906 The family and medical leave act. Ed. by Michael J. Ossip et al. BNA Books 2006 929 pages $315.00 Hardcover KF3531 Forty American legal experts contribute 11 chapters to a ...
Sociology of globalization.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780393927269 Sociology of globalization. Sassen, Saskia. W.W. Norton 2007 308 pages $17.19 Paperback Contemporary societies JZ1318 In constructing a sociology of ...
The happy dust gang; how sex, scandal and deceit founded a drugs empire.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781845961824 The happy dust gang; how sex, scandal and deceit founded a drugs empire. Leslie, David. Mainstream Publishing 2006 335 pages $22.95 Paperback HD9019 This work by Leslie ...
Ireland beyond boundaries; mapping Irish studies in the twenty-first century.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780745321851 Ireland beyond boundaries; mapping Irish studies in the twenty-first century. Ed. by Liam Harte and Yvonne Whelan. Pluto Press 2007 274 pages $28.95 Paperback Contemporary Irish ...
Classic home video games, 1972-1984; a complete reference guide.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780786432264 Classic home video games, 1972-1984; a complete reference guide. Weiss, Brett. McFarland & Co. 2007 306 pages $55.00 Hardcover GV1469 This reference for researchers and ...
Pages from the Goncourt journals.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 159017190X Pages from the Goncourt journals. Goncourt, Edmond de and Jules de Goncourt. Ed. and trans. by Robert Baldick. New York Review Books 2007 434 pages $16.95 Paperback New York Review Books ...
Making teaching work; 'teaching smarter' in the post-compulsory education.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781412936064 Making teaching work; 'teaching smarter' in the post-compulsory education. Race, Phil and Ruth Pickford. Sage Publications 2007 182 pages $115.00 Hardcover LB2331 Books on ...
Investigating audiences.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781412922692 Investigating audiences. Ruddock, Andy. Sage Publications 2007 185 pages $115.00 Hardcover P96 Ruddock calls upon the studies of a number of leading researchers along with ...
Market citizenship; experiments in democracy and globalization.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780761974437 Market citizenship; experiments in democracy and globalization. Root, Amanda. Sage Publications 2007 188 pages $99.95 Hardcover JF801 Root (Center for Environmental ...
TheStreet.com ratings' ultimate guided tour of stock investing, Spring 2007.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781592372683 TheStreet.com ratings' ultimate guided tour of stock investing, Spring 2007. Grey House Pub., Inc. 2007 362 pages $249.00 Paperback HG4921 This introduction to stock investing ...
Chasing wildflowers; a mad search for wild gardens.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781887896986 Chasing wildflowers; a mad search for wild gardens. Calhoun, Scott. Rio Nuevo Publishers 2007 127 pages $16.95 Paperback SB439 Inspired by his wildflower quests in the US ...
Cinematic translation of Ionel Teodoreanu's Lorelie; creating a film script from a classic Romanian novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 0773456082 Cinematic translation of Ionel Teodoreanu's Lorelie; creating a film script from a classic Romanian novel. Plantus-Runey, Doris. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 275 pages $109.95 Hardcover PC839 ...
Digital desktop publishing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780538444514 Digital desktop publishing. Lake, Susan E. L. and Karen Bean. South-Western College Pub. 2008 406 pages $57.95 Hardcover Z253 Using a non-software-specific approach, this ...
Alaska Eskimo footwear.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781889963808 Alaska Eskimo footwear. Oakes, Jill and Rick Riewe. U. of Alaska Press 2007 162 pages $54.95 Hardcover E99 The first chapter of this rich study provides a short history of ...
Everyday leadership; getting results in business, politics, and life.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780472069729 Everyday leadership; getting results in business, politics, and life. Mulhern, Daniel Granholm. U. of Michigan Press 2007 203 pages $22.95 Paperback HD57 Writing for the ...
Assessing reference and user services in a digital age.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780789033499 Assessing reference and user services in a digital age. Ed. by Eric Novotny. Haworth Pr. 2006 236 pages $39.95 Hardcover Z711 Novotny, a humanities librarian at ...
Issues in contemporary athletics.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781594545955 Issues in contemporary athletics. Ed. by James H. Humphrey. Nova Science Publishers 2007 161 pages $69.00 Hardcover GV583 Researchers in the US address some of the leading ...
Avoiding legal liability; for adult educators, human resource developers, and instructional designers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781575242736 Avoiding legal liability; for adult educators, human resource developers, and instructional designers. Sample, John. Krieger Publishing Co. 2007 301 pages $49.50 Hardcover KF4256 ...
Crimes and mathdemeanors.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9781568812601 Crimes and mathdemeanors. Hathout, Leith. AK Peters Ltd. 2007 196 pages $14.95 Paperback QA95 Ravi, the protagonist of this collection of 14 malicious and delicious ...
Problems and challenges for lawyers in Africa; lessons in Nigeria.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2007 ... 9780773454606 Problems and challenges for lawyers in Africa; lessons in Nigeria. Oko, Okechukwu. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 487 pages $139.95 Hardcover KTA3455 Oko (law, Southern U. law ...