Philadelphia flyer, genre on fire, budgets get higher
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January 15, 2008 |
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ALA Midwinter Large Draw in Chilly Philly
ALA's Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia proved a smash success, drawing roughly 13,000 as of Sunday, to best last year's Seattle gathering.
Gale Releasing Books & Authors Reader's Advisory Database
Gale Cengage's forthcoming Books and Authors is a super cool RA tool that draws from the company's top literary resources.
RUSA's Reading List Council Taps Best Genre Books
RUSA's new Reading List Council has selected 2007's best genre titles in eight categories.
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Wyatt's World: New Book Award—The Sophie Brody Medal
- The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander (Knopf) (winner)
- Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander (Riverhead) (honorable mention)
- The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman (Norton) (honorable mention)
- You Never Call! You Never Write: A History of the Jewish Mother by Joyce Antler (Oxford) (honorable mention)
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Religion/Magazine Reviewers Wanted
Readers interested in reviewing materials on all aspects of religion, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, are invited to email a résumé and two writing samples to Mirela Roncevic. Additionally, readers interested in reviewing magazines and journals for LJ should send a résumé and two writing samples to Anna Katterjohn.
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Hammond World Atlas.
5th ed. Hammond. 2007. 464p. illus. maps. index.
ISBN 978-0-8437-0967-4. $59.95.
Oxford Atlas of the World.
14th ed. Oxford Univ. 2007. 448p. illus. maps. index.
ISBN 978-0-19-533400-5. $80. REF
The Hammond World Atlas, which was last updated in 2003, includes a richly illustrated 64-page "Thematic Section," a 48-page "Satellite Section" with more than 40 color photos and a commentary, and 228 pages of current, full-color physical and political maps representing the world, continents, and regions with detailed, state-of-the-art, computer-generated terrain modeling. Major metropolitan areas appear as insets in regional maps. New to this edition are additional thematic maps and commentary preceding each continent, exploring such topics as the European Union, UNESCO Projects World Cultural Heritage Sites for every continent, and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The index has over 111,000 entries without geographical coordinates, and a newly revamped
"Statistics Section" features alphabetically arranged "Countries of the World," providing basic information and official flags for independent states.
Previously updated in 2006, the Oxford Atlas of the World contains 179 pages of full-color, computer-generated political and topographical maps by Philips of the world, continents, and regions, reflecting the most recent geopolitical changes. The terrain modeling is detailed and dramatic. More than 70 world and regional thematic maps with illustrations and text explore topics from demographics to the environment, while a special city-map section covers 69 major international metropolitan areas with 42 close-up maps of city centers.
—Ed Werner, St. Lucie Cty. Lib. Syst., Ft. Pierce, FL
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| FICTION |
- Playing for Pizza
John Grisham
- The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
- The Choice
Nicholas Sparks
• Full List
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| NONFICTION |
- Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About
Kevin Trudeau
- The Secret: Unlocking the Source of Joy and Fulfillment
Michael Berg
- The Lost Boy
Dave Pelzer
• Full List |
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• Best Audiobooks 2007
Last year's top ten fiction and nonfiction audio programs. Plus, get an earful of excerpts from each title (how cool is that!).
• Treading Carefully
LJ annual budget report reveals that library funding continues to rise modestly, but the increase isn't enough.
• BLATANT BERRY: I Remember That Future
Berry says that librarianship's old guard must share the power with the new generation of leaders already looking for their place.
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