Reference & Research Book News back issues from May 2008:
Classics of public administration.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780495565918 Classics of public administration. Ed. by Jay M. Shafritz and Albert C. Hyde. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 2007 606 pages $82.95 Paperback JF1351 The 57 selections in this ...
Driving women; fiction and automobile culture in twentieth-century America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780801886171 Driving women; fiction and automobile culture in twentieth-century America. Clarke, Deborah. Johns Hopkins U. Press 2007 225 pages $25.00 Paperback HE5623 Clarke (English ...
The new lawyer; how settlement is transforming the practice of law.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780774814355 The new lawyer; how settlement is transforming the practice of law. Macfarlane, Julie. U. of British Columbia Press 2008 280 pages $29.95 Paperback Law and society series ...
Introducing cultural studies; learning through practice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781412918947 Introducing cultural studies; learning through practice. Walton, David. Sage Publications 2008 323 pages $125.00 Hardcover HM623 Using Britain as the main focal point, ...
From Bakunin to Lacan; anti-authoritarianism and the dislocation of power. (reprint, 2001).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780739124550 From Bakunin to Lacan; anti-authoritarianism and the dislocation of power. (reprint, 2001) Newman, Saul. Lexington Books 2007 195 pages $29.95 Paperback JC330 While ...
Handbook of restorative justice; a global perspective.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 0415353564 Handbook of restorative justice; a global perspective. Ed. by Dennis Sullivan and Larry Tifft. Routledge 2008 574 pages $48.95 Paperback HV8688 Thirty-eight papers presented ...
Establishing justice in Middle America; a history of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780816648160 Establishing justice in Middle America; a history of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Morris, Jeffrey Brandon. U. of Minnesota Press 2007 441 pages $39.95 Hardcover ...
Competing claims to recognition in the Nigerian public sphere; a liberal argument about justice in plural societies. (reprint, 2001).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780739126837 Competing claims to recognition in the Nigerian public sphere; a liberal argument about justice in plural societies. (reprint, 2001) Ejobowah, John Boye. Lexington Books 2008 209 pages $24.95 ...
A companion to Victorian poetry. (reprint, 2002).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781405176125 A companion to Victorian poetry. (reprint, 2002) Ed. by Alison Chapman et al. Blackwell Publishers 2007 602 pages $44.95 Paperback Blackwell companions to literature and culture; 15 ...
Annual review of law and social science; v.3, 2007.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780824341039 Annual review of law and social science; v.3, 2007. Ed. by John Hagan et al. Annual Reviews 2007 457 pages $181.00 Hardcover Series: title K367 The 19 articles ...
Descartes's ballet; his doctrine of the will and his political philosophy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781587311758 Descartes's ballet; his doctrine of the will and his political philosophy. Watson, Richard A. Saint Augustine's Press 2007 133 pages $27.00 Hardcover B1878 Based on his ...
The impact of court procedure on the psychology of judicial decision making.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9783832929497 The impact of court procedure on the psychology of judicial decision making. Ed. by Christoph Engel and Fritz Strack. Nomos 2007 150 pages $43.00 Hardcover Common goods; law, politics ...
Assessing the use and impact of anti-social behaviour orders.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781847420572 Assessing the use and impact of anti-social behaviour orders. Matthews, Roger et al. Policy Press 2007 70 pages $28.95 Paperback HV6025 Anti-social behavior orders (ASBOs) ...
Implementation of competition law in development and transition countries; theoretical and empirical considerations.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9783832930967 Implementation of competition law in development and transition countries; theoretical and empirical considerations. Kronthaler, Franz. Nomos 2007 131 pages $38.00 Paperback Schriften ...
Reconstructing the Brazilian nation; public schooling in the Vargas era.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9783832930318 Reconstructing the Brazilian nation; public schooling in the Vargas era. Hentschke, Jens R. Nomos 2007 518 pages $79.00 Paperback LA556 The policies were based upon ...
Ethics and new public management; empirical research into the effects of businesslike government on ethics and integrity.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9789054549055 Ethics and new public management; empirical research into the effects of businesslike government on ethics and integrity. Kolthoff, E.W. BJu Legal Publishers 2007 163 pages $39.95 Paperback ...
Georgian & regency houses explained.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781846740510 Georgian & regency houses explained. Yorke, Trevor. Countryside Books 2007 128 pages $21.95 Paperback England's living history NA966 Part of the publisher's ...
The Edwardian house explained.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781853069826 The Edwardian house explained. Yorke, Trevor. Countryside Books 2007 127 pages $19.95 Paperback England's living history series NA7328 Artist and designer ...
Introducing the Lambeth Bible; a study of texts and imagery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9782503515113 Introducing the Lambeth Bible; a study of texts and imagery. Shepard, Dorothy M. Brepols Publishers 2007 320 pages $153.00 Hardcover ND2320 Richly illustrated with color ...
Terrorism and homeland security, 6th ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780534624484 Terrorism and homeland security, 6th ed. White, Jonathan R. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 2009 566 pages $70.95 Hardcover HV6432 White (Grand Valley State U.) intends this ...
The undiscovered country; the earlier prehistory of the West Midlands.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781842172827 The undiscovered country; the earlier prehistory of the West Midlands. Ed. by Paul Garwood. Oxbow Books 2007 222 pages $110.00 Hardcover Making of the West Midlands; v.1 ...
A population history of the Huron-Petun, A.D. 500-1650.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780521440301 A population history of the Huron-Petun, A.D. 500-1650. Warrick, Gary. Cambridge U. Pr. 2008 296 pages $80.00 Hardcover Studies in North American Indian history E99 ...
In praise of barbarians; essays against empire.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781931859424 In praise of barbarians; essays against empire. Davis, Mike. Haymarket Books 2007 340 pages $15.00 Paperback E169 Prominent socialist commentator and academic Davis ...
News values.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781412945998 News values. Brighton, Paul and Dennis Foy. Sage Publications 2007 205 pages $115.00 Hardcover PN4731 Written as a critique and updating of the concept of news values ...
Destruction and democracy; Derrida's Politics of friendship. (reprint, 2005).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 0826475779 Destruction and democracy; Derrida's Politics of friendship. (reprint, 2005) Thomson, A.J.P. Continuum Publishing Group 2007 226 pages $49.95 Paperback Continuum studies in Continental ...
This strange story; Jewish and Christian interpretation of the curse of Canaan from antiquity to 1865.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780761838791 This strange story; Jewish and Christian interpretation of the curse of Canaan from antiquity to 1865. Davis, Stacy. Univ. Press of America 2008 233 pages $34.00 Paperback E449 ...
Material choices; refashioning bast and leaf fibers in Asia and the Pacific.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780974872988 Material choices; refashioning bast and leaf fibers in Asia and the Pacific. Ed. by Roy W. Hamilton and Lynne B. Milgram. UCLA Fowler Museum 2007 187 pages $30.00 Paperback Fowler ...
A celebration of Limerick's silver.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781905172559 A celebration of Limerick's silver. Ed. by John R. Bowen and Conor O'Brien. The Collins Press 2007 220 pages $79.95 Paperback NK7146 As longtime students of Irish ...
Orphans of the living; growing up in 'care' in twentieth-century Australia.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781920731663 Orphans of the living; growing up in 'care' in twentieth-century Australia. Penglase, Joanna. Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2007 384 pages $22.50 Paperback HV875 Around ...
Generic composition in Greek and Roman poetry, rev.ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780979971310 Generic composition in Greek and Roman poetry, rev.ed. Cairns, Francis. Michigan Classical Press 2007 336 pages $65.00 Hardcover PA3622 First published in the 1970s, this ...
Race, ethnicity and nation; perspectives from kinship and genetics.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781845453558 Race, ethnicity and nation; perspectives from kinship and genetics. Ed. by Peter Wade. Berghahn Books 2007 200 pages $80.00 Hardcover Studies of the biosocial society; v.1 ...
Continuing discourse on language; a functional perspective; 2v. (reprint, 2005).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781845531140 Continuing discourse on language; a functional perspective; 2v. (reprint, 2005) Ed. by Ruqaiya Hasan et al. Equinox Publishing Limited 2007 1051 pages $120.00 Paperback P149 ...
Holy Scriptures as justifications for war; fundamentalist interpretations of the Torah, the New Testament, and the Qur'an.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780773452176 Holy Scriptures as justifications for war; fundamentalist interpretations of the Torah, the New Testament, and the Qur'an. Randall Albert B. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 262 pages $109.95 Hardcover ...
Revenge in Athenian culture.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 0715635697 Revenge in Athenian culture. McHardy, Fiona. Duckworth 2008 179 pages $70.00 Hardcover PA3009 The need for revenge is the driving force in much of Classical Greek literature ....
Between the picture and the word; manuscript studies from the Index of Christian art.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 0976820218 Between the picture and the word; manuscript studies from the Index of Christian art. Ed. by Colum Hourihane. Penn State U. Press 2005 216 pages $35.00 Paperback Occasional papers; 8 ...
Western civilization, 7th ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780495502852 Western civilization, 7th ed. Spielvogel, Jackson J. Wadsworth Publishing Co. 2009 1024 pages $144.95 Hardcover CB245 The goal of this undergraduate text is to present a ...
Biographical dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780765610270 Biographical dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century. Ed. by Wojciech Roszkowski and Jan Kofman. M.E. Sharpe, Inc. 2008 1195 pages $289.00 Hardcover CT765 ...
An idler; John Hay's social and aesthetic commentaries for the press during the Civil War, 1861-1865.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781933146119 An idler; John Hay's social and aesthetic commentaries for the press during the Civil War, 1861-1865. Hill, Douglas Warren. Academica Press, LLC 2006 489 pages $74.95 Hardcover E468 ...
Modanizumu; modernist fiction from Japan, 1913-1938.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780824832421 Modanizumu; modernist fiction from Japan, 1913-1938. Ed. by William J. Tyler. U. of Hawai'i Pr. 2008 605 pages $47.00 Hardcover PL782 Although scholars in the visual and ...
The cognitive linguistics reader.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781845531102 The cognitive linguistics reader. Ed. by Vyvyan Evans et al. Equinox Publishing Limited 2007 974 pages $85.00 Paperback Advances in cognitive linguistics P165 ...
The new Walford guide to reference resources; v.2: Social sciences.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781856044981 The new Walford guide to reference resources; v.2: Social sciences. Facet Publishing 2008 699 pages $425.00 Hardcover Z1035 From 1959 to 2000, various editions and volumes of Walford's ...
Understanding Islamic charities.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780892065134 Understanding Islamic charities. Ed. by Jon Alterman and Karin von Hippel. Ctr. for Strategic ...Studies 2007 186 pages $21.95 Paperback Significant issues series; v.29, no.7 ...
No man's land; dispatches from the Middle East.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781905483266 No man's land; dispatches from the Middle East. Crowley, Richard. Liberties Press 2007 250 pages $26.95 Paperback DS119 Noting that peace cannot come until the participants ...
Presidential secrecy and the law.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780801885839 Presidential secrecy and the law. Pallitto, Robert M. and William G. Weaver. Johns Hopkins U. Press 2007 261 pages $25.00 Paperback JK468 Although they note that the ...
Problem-based medical Spanish. (CD-ROM included).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781416036586 Problem-based medical Spanish. (CD-ROM included) Adamas-Rappaport, William Joaquin et al. Elsevier Saunders 2008 152 pages $29.95 Paperback PQ4120 Adamas-Rappaport (surgery ...
Statistics alive!(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781412956574 Statistics alive! Steinberg, Wendy J. Sage Publications 2008 491 pages $74.95 Paperback HA29 Divided into 28 short modules, this textbook introduces frequency ...
Method in unit delimitation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9789004165670 Method in unit delimitation. Pericope Meeting. Ed. by Marjo C.A. Korpel et al. BRILL 2007 231 pages $115.00 Hardcover Pericope; v.6 BS471 Eight papers from ...
The problems facing China today; politics, economics, health, and religion.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780773452251 The problems facing China today; politics, economics, health, and religion. Metraux, Daniel A. and James W. Yoxall. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 343 pages $119.95 Hardcover JQ1516 ...
Remittances and development; lessons from Latin America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780821368701 Remittances and development; lessons from Latin America. Ed. by Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto Lopez. The World Bank 2008 383 pages $30.00 Paperback Latin American development forum ...
Comparative and international education; an introduction to theory, method and practice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780826478542 Comparative and international education; an introduction to theory, method and practice. Phillips, David and Michele Schweisfurth. Continuum Publishing Group 2006 181 pages $120.00 Hardcover ...
Ivano Gianola; buildings and projects.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9783930698974 Ivano Gianola; buildings and projects. Ed. by Katia Accossato. Photographs by Siegfried and Gragnato and Alo Zanetta. Edition Axel Menges 2007 311 pages $78.00 Hardcover NA1121 ...
The use of masks in Igbo theatre in Nigeria; the aesthetic flexibility of performance traditions.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780773451759 The use of masks in Igbo theatre in Nigeria; the aesthetic flexibility of performance traditions. Ukaegbu, Victor. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 371 pages $129.95 Hardcover DT515 ...
The influence of Russian literature on Spanish authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; reception, translation, inspiration.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780773451933 The influence of Russian literature on Spanish authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; reception, translation, inspiration. Tejerizo, Margaret. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 352 pages $119.95 ...
Children's learner identity as key to quality primary education; eight case studies of schooling in India today.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780773452114 Children's learner identity as key to quality primary education; eight case studies of schooling in India today. Chawla-Duggan, Rita. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 375 pages $129.95 Hardcover ...
The politics of television policy; the introduction of digital television in Great Britain.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780773452237 The politics of television policy; the introduction of digital television in Great Britain. Smith, Paul. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2007 331 pages $119.95 Hardcover TK6678 It seemed ...
At the Grammys!; behind the scenes at music's biggest night.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781423430735 At the Grammys!; behind the scenes at music's biggest night. Ehrlich, Ken. Hal Leonard 2007 334 pages $29.95 Paperback ML76 Starting with 1980, the executive producer of ...
Bishop Thirlwall's History of Greece; a selection.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781904675297 Bishop Thirlwall's History of Greece; a selection. Ed. by Peter P. Liddel. Bristol Phoenix Press 2007 262 pages $45.00 Paperback DF214 In Connop Thirlwell's (1797-1875) ...
Demographics of the U.S.; trends and projections, 3d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781933588285 Demographics of the U.S.; trends and projections, 3d ed. Russell, Cheryl. New Strategist Pub., Inc. 2007 537 pages $89.95 Paperback HB3505 Russell (editorial director, New ...
Breaking and shaping beastly bodies; animals as material culture in the Middle Ages.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9781842172186 Breaking and shaping beastly bodies; animals as material culture in the Middle Ages. Ed. by Aleksander Pluskowski. Oxbow Books 2007 239 pages $60.00 Paperback QL85 ...
The Qur'an.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780906094631 The Qur'an. Trans. by Alan Jones. E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust 2007 605 pages $35.00 Paperback BP133 Retired after teaching Arabic at Oxford University for four decades, ...
Sutton common; the excavation of an Iron Age 'marsh-fort'.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 1902771702 Sutton common; the excavation of an Iron Age 'marsh-fort'. Van de Noort, Robert et al. Council /British Archaeology 2007 235 pages $50.00 Paperback CBA research report; 154 ...
The handbook of oral history. (reprint, 2006).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9780759111929 The handbook of oral history. (reprint, 2006) Ed. by Thomas L. Charlton et al. AltaMira Press 2008 625 pages $49.95 Paperback D16 This is a paperbound reprint of a 2006 ...
Producer organisations and market chains; facilitating trajectories of change in developing countries.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9789086860487 Producer organisations and market chains; facilitating trajectories of change in developing countries. Ed. by Giel Ton et al. Wageningen Academic Publishers 2007 317 pages $42.00 Paperback ...
Changing families and their lifestyles.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9789086860517 Changing families and their lifestyles. Ed. by Hester Moerbeek et al. Wageningen Academic Publishers 2007 336 pages $67.00 Paperback Mansholt publication series; v.5 HD4904 ...
Integration and self regulation of quality management in Dutch agri-food supply chains; a cross-chain analysis of the poultry meat, the fruit and vegetable and the flower and potted plant chains.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 01, 2008 ... 9789086860555 Integration and self regulation of quality management in Dutch agri-food supply chains; a cross-chain analysis of the poultry meat, the fruit and vegetable and the flower and potted plant chains. Plaggenhoef, Wijnand van. Wageningen Academic ...