Below is a list of titles to be reviewed in the August 2017 issue of Library Journal. These lists include pertinent publisher and bibliographic information for your convenience. Also included are titles recently reviewed as online-only Xpress Reviews.
Starred reviews are indicated with **.
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ARTS & HUMANITIES
CRAFTS/DIY
ART INSTRUCTION
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Leamy, Selwyn. Read This If You Want To Be Great at Drawing. Laurence King. Oct. 2017.
128p. illus. ISBN 9781786270542. pap. $17.99. ART INSTRUCTION
Schweiger, Rebecca. Release Your Creativity: Discover Your Inner Artist with 15 Simple Painting
Projects. Sixth&Spring. May 2017. 144p. illus. index. ISBN 9781942021483. pap. $19.95. ART INSTRUCTION
CRAFTS
Lam, Isabella. Beautiful Beadweaving: Simply Gorgeous Jewelry. Kalmbach. Mar. 2017. 112p. illus. ISBN 9781627003018. pap. $22.99; ebk. ISBN 9781627004725. CRAFTS
Moad, Elizabeth. Paper Quilling: All the Skills You Need To Make 20 Beautiful Projects. Search.
Jun. 2017. 96p. illus. index. ISBN 9781782214250. pap. $15.95. CRAFTS
DIY
Kyler, Silas J. & David Hildreth. The Art and Craft of Wood: A Practical Guide to Harvesting, Choosing, Reclaiming, Preparing, Crafting, and Building with Raw Wood. Quarry: Quarto. Jun.
2017. 160p. illus. index. ISBN 9781631592973. $24.99. DIY
Turner, Tiffanie. The Fine Art of Paper Flowers: A Guide to Making Beautiful and Lifelike
Botanicals. Watson-Guptill: Crown. Aug. 2017. 264p. illus. photos by Tiffanie Turner & Aya Brackett. index. ISBN 9780399578373. $25; ebk. ISBN 9780399578380. DIY
FIBER CRAFTS
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Boggon, Sharon. The Visual Guide to Crazy Quilting Design: Simple Stitches, Stunning Results.
C&T. Jul. 2017. 144p. illus. ISBN 9781617453618. pap. $29.95; ebk. ISBN 9781617453625. FIBER CRAFTS
Fallon, Jules. Dressmaking: The Indispensable Guide. Firefly. Sept. 2017. 256p. illus. index. ISBN 9781770859388. $35. FIBER CRAFTS
Ramirez, Nichole & Elisabeth Woo. The Fussy Cut Sampler: 48 Quilt Blocks from Your Favorite
Fabrics. Lucky Spool. May 2017. 144p. illus. ISBN 9781940655222. pap. $27.95. FIBER CRAFTS
Sæther, Nina Granlund. Mittens from Around Norway: Over 40 Traditional Knitting Patterns Inspired by Norwegian Folk-Art Collections. Trafalgar Square. May 2017. 192p. tr. from
Norwegian. illus. ISBN 9781570768224. $27.95. FIBER CRAFTS
Varnam, Emma. How To Crochet: Techniques and Projects for the Complete Beginner. rev. ed.
Guild of Master Craftsman. Jul. 2017. 108p. illus. ISBN 9781784942922. pap. $12.95. FIBER CRAFTS
INTERIOR DESIGN
Bush, Sophie. Warehouse Home: Industrial Inspiration for Twenty-First-Century Living. Thames
& Hudson. Jun. 2017. 320p. photos. index. ISBN 9780500519462. $40. INTERIOR DESIGN
FINE ARTS
Harrison, Stephen & others. The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Yale Univ. May 2017. 360p. photos. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9780300224054. $60. DEC ARTS
Sabatini, Adélia & Alexander Fury. Dior: The Collections, 1947–2017. Yale Univ. Aug. 2017. 632p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9780300225846. $75. DEC ARTS
Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry. Yale Univ. Apr. 2017. 320p.
ed. by Adriaan Waiboer. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780300222937. $60. FINE ARTS
COBRA COLLECTIVE
Gingeras, Alison M. & others. The Avant-garde Won’t Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy. DelMonico: Prestel. May 2017. 224p. illus. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9783791355092. $49.95.
Stokvis, Wilemijn. Cobra: A History of a European Avant-Garde Movement: 1948–1951. NAI010.
Apr. 2017. 400p. illus. notes. bibliog. index. ISBN 9789462082663. $80. FINE ARTS
IMPRESSIVE ART
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Alfred Sisley: Impressionist Master. Yale Univ. Mar. 2017. 192p. ed. by MaryAnne Stevens &
Kathleen Adler. illus. maps. notes. index. ISBN 9780300215571. $65. FINE ARTS
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Impressionism: The Art of Landscape. Prestel. Mar. 2017. 240p. ed. by Ortrud Westheider & Michael Philipp. illus. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9783791356280. $49.95. FINE ARTS
LITERATURE
Bloom, Harold. Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air. Scribner. (Shakespeare’s Personalities). Oct. 2017. 160p. ISBN 9781501164163. $24; ebk. ISBN 9781501164187. LIT
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Jackson, Lawrence P. Chester B. Himes: A Biography. Norton. Jul. 2017. 640p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9780393063899. $35; ebk. ISBN 9780393634136. LIT
Jones, Paul Anthony. The Accidental Dictionary: The Remarkable Twists and Turns of English
Words. Pegasus. Oct. 2017. 256p. bibliog. ISBN 9781681775692. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9781681775852. LANG
McDowell, Marta. The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes That Inspired the
Little House Books. Timber. Sept. 2017. 390p. illus. notes. index. ISBN 9781604697278. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9781604698336. LIT
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Maupin, Armistead. Logical Family. Harper. Oct. 2017. 304p. photos. ISBN 9780062391223.
$27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062391230. LIT
Mavor, Carol. Aurelia: Art and Literature Through the Mouth of the Fairy Tale. Reaktion. Aug.
2017. 256p. illus. bibliog. ISBN 9781780237176. $39.95. LIT Robbins, Michael. Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music. S. & S. Jul. 2017. 224p. notes. ISBN 9781476747095. $24; ebk. ISBN 9781476747118. LIT
Tammet, Daniel. Every Word Is a Bird We Teach To Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and
Meanings of Language. Little, Brown. Sept. 2017. 288p. ISBN 9780316353052. $27; ebk. ISBN 9780316353069. LANG
PERFORMING ARTS
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DeCurtis, Anthony. Lou Reed: A Life. Little, Brown. Oct. 2017. 528p. photos. notes. index. ISBN
9780316376556. $32; ebk. ISBN 9780316376549. BIOG
Gross, Edward & Mark A. Altman. Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized
Oral History of Buffy & Angel. Tor. Sept. 2017. 528p. ISBN 9781250128928. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250128935. TV
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Hersch, Fred. Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz. Crown. Sept. 2017. 320p. photos. discog. ISBN 9781101904343. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781101904350. AUTOBIOG
Jones, Dylan. David Bowie: A Life. Crown. Oct. 2017. 544p. ISBN 9780451497833. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780451497857. BIOG
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Pollack, Howard. The Ballad of John Latouche: An American Lyricist’s Life and Work. Oxford
Univ. Nov. 2017. 648p. notes. ISBN 9780190458294. $39.95. MUSIC
Schoenberger, Nancy. Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an
American Hero. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Oct. 2017. 320p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9780385534857. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9780385534864. FILM
PHILOSOPHY
Kazez, Jean. The Philosophical Parent: Asking the Hard Questions About Having and Raising
Children. Oxford Univ. Jul. 2017. 336p. bibliog. ISBN 9780190652609. $34.95; ebk. ISBN 9780190652623. PHIL
SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION
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Baum, Devorah. Feeling Jewish: A Book for Just About Anyone. Yale Univ. Aug. 2017. 296p. notes. index. ISBN 9780300212440. $26. REL
SPORTS & RECREATION
Cook, Kevin. Electric October: Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That
Lasted Forever. Holt. Aug. 2017. 304p. notes. index. ISBN 9781250116567. $30; ebk. ISBN 9781250116574. SPORTS
FIRST AND TEN: TOP FOOTBALL TITLES FOR SUMMER AND FALL
Abrams, Brett L. Terry Bradshaw: From Super Bowl Champion to Television Personality.
Rowman & Littlefield. (Sports Icons & Issues in Pop Culture). Sept. 2017. 304p. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9781442277632. $40. SPORTS
Arians, Bruce with Lars Anderson. The Quarterback Whisperer: How To Build an Elite NFL
Quarterback. Hachette. Jul. 2017. 256p. ISBN 9780316432269. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780316432252. SPORTS
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Bell, Upton & Ron Borges. Present at the Creation: My Life in the NFL and the Rise of
America’s Game. Univ. of Nebraska. Nov. 2017. 400p. illus. ISBN 9781496200396. $24.95. SPORTS
Carlson, Chuck. Ice Bowl ’67: The Packers, the Cowboys, and the Game That Changed the NFL.
Sports Pub. Oct. 2017. 224p. illus. ISBN 9781683580973. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9781683581017. SPORTS
George, Thomas. Blitzed: Why NFL Teams Gamble on Starting Rookie Quarterbacks. Sports Pub.
Sept. 2017. 208p. notes. ISBN 9781683581079. $24.99. SPORTS
Myers, Gary. My First Coach: Inspiring Stories of NFL Quarterbacks and Their Dads. Grand
Central. Aug. 2017. 288p. index. ISBN 9781455598465. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781455598472. SPORTS
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Oriard, Michael. The Art of Football: The Early Game in the Golden Age of Illustration. Univ. of
Nebraska. Aug. 2017. 280p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780803290693. $39.95. SPORTS
Savage, Phil with Ray Glier. 4th and Goal Every Day: Alabama’s Relentless Pursuit of Perfection.
St. Martin’s. Aug. 2017. 336p. index. ISBN 9781250130808. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250130815. SPORTS
Stewart, Wayne. Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years: An Inside Look at the Golden
Age of Football. Rowman & Littlefield. Jul. 2017. 238p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781442274235. $38; ebk. ISBN 9781442274242. SPORTS
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Zimmerman, Paul. Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer. Triumph. Sept.
2017. 304p. ed. by Peter King. ISBN 9781629374642. $25.95; ebk. ISBN 9781633198487. SPORTS
POETRY BEYOND THE BASICS: TWELVE NEW COLLECTIONS GIVE FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Calvocoressi, Gabrielle. Rocket Fantastic. Persea. Sept. 2017. 96p. ISBN 9780892554850. $25.95. POETRY
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Derr-Smith, Heather. Thrust. Persea. Oct. 2017. 72p. ISBN 9780892554867. pap. $15.95.
POETRY
Leung, Henry Wei. Goddess of Democracy: an Occupy lyric. Omnidawn. Oct. 2017. 128p. ISBN 9781632430403. $17.95. POETRY
Martin, Dawn Lundy. Good Stock Strange Blood. Coffee House. Aug. 2017. 144p. ISBN 9781566894715. pap. $16.95. POETRY
Mohabir, Rajiv. The Cowherd’s Son. Tupelo. May 2017. 84p. ISBN 9781936797967. pap. $16.95. POETRY
O’Rourke, Meghan. Sun in Days. Norton. Sept. 2017. 96p. ISBN 9780393608755. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393608762. POETRY
Phi, Bao. Thousand Star Hotel. Coffee House. Jul. 2017. 112p. ISBN 9781566894708. pap. $16.95; ebk. ISBN 9781566894708. POETRY
Rafferty, Charles. The Smoke of Horses. BOA. (American Poets Continuum). Oct. 2017. 104p. ISBN 9781942683476. pap. $16; ebk. ISBN 9781942683483. POETRY
Sealey, Nicole. Ordinary Beast. Ecco: HarperCollins. Sept. 2017. 80p. ISBN 9780062688804. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062688828. POETRY
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Smith, Danez. Don’t Call Us Dead. Graywolf. Sept. 2017. 104p. ISBN 9781555979775. $16; ebk.
ISBN 9781555979775. POETRY
Vértiz, Vickie. Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut. Univ. of Arizona. Sept. 2017. 72p. ISBN 9780816535118. pap. $16.95. POETRY
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Wicker, Marcus. Silencer. Houghton Harcourt. Sept. 2017. 96p. ISBN 9781328715548. pap.
$15.99; ebk. ISBN 9781328715586. POETRY
AUDIO
FICTION
Batuman, Elif. The Idiot. digital download. 13:44 hrs. Recorded Bks. Mar. 2017. ISBN 9781524734954. $95. F
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Blauner, Peter. Proving Ground. 10 CDs. 12:30 hrs. Macmillan Audio. May 2017. ISBN
9781427285928. $39.99. F
Dawson, Juno. Margot and Me. 9 CDs. 11:26 hrs. Brilliance. Jan. 2017. ISBN 9781489382528. $14.95. F
Delaney, JP. The Girl Before. 8 CDs. 10 hrs. Books on Tape. Jan. 2017. ISBN 9780735286559. $40. digital download. F
Fridlund, Emily. History of Wolves. 8 CDs. 9:12 hrs. Recorded Bks. Jan. 2017. ISBN 9781501941580. $92.75. digital download. F
Hobb, Robin. Assassin’s Fate. (Fitz & Fool, Bk. 3). digital download. 39:25 hrs. Recorded Bks. May 2017. ISBN 9781101912829. $95. F
Jewell, Lisa. I Found You. 8 CDs. 10:02 hrs. Dreamscape. Apr. 2017. ISBN 9781520068336. $59.99. 2 MP3-CDs. F
Nesbø, Jo. The Thirst. (Harry Hole, Bk. 11). 14 CDs. 17:08 hrs. tr. from Norwegian by Neil Smith. Recorded Bks. May 2017. ISBN 9781524735128. $45. digital download. F
Robbins, Emily. A Word for Love. digital download. 7:10 hrs. Books on Tape. Jan. 2017. ISBN 9781524708023. $66.50. F
Tóibin, Colm. House of Names. 7 CDs. 9 hrs. S. & S. Audio. May 2017. ISBN 9781508227908. $29.99. F
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NONFICTION
Bahrami, Beebe. Café Neandertal: Excavating Our Past in One of Europe’s Most Ancient Places. 9
CDs. 11:19 hrs. HighBridge. Mar. 2017. ISBN 9781681685595. $34.99. digital download. HIST
Cauffiel, Lowell. Eye of the Beholder: The Almost Perfect Murder of Anchorwoman Diane
Newton King. 15 CDs. 19:02 hrs. Dreamscape. 2016. ISBN 9781520051901. $49.99. 2 MP3-CDs, digital download. CRIME
Chernow, Ron. The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties
and the Triumph of the Small Investor. 4 CDs. 4:30 hrs. HighBridge. Apr. 2017. ISBN 9781681686332. $24.99. digital download. HIST
Dickinson, Amy. Strangers Tend To Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Coming Home. 7
CDs. 8:47 hrs. Hachette Audio. ISBN 9781478912514. $30. digital download. MEMOIR
English, Charlie. The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission To Save Its
Past. 11 CDs. 13:56 hrs. Books on Tape. May 2017. ISBN 9781524754952. $50. digital download. HIST
Haass, Richard. A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order. 7
CDs. 8:53 hrs. Books on Tape. Jan. 2017. ISBN 9780735208407. $40. digital download. POL SCI
Moscow, Alvin. Collision Course: The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the
Stockholm. 10 CDs. 11:33 hrs. Dreamscape. Feb. 2017. ISBN 9781520051604. $49.99. 2 MP3-CDs, digital download. HIST
Parker, Holly. If We’re Together, Why Do I Feel So Alone? How To Build Intimacy with an
Emotionally Unavailable Partner. 7 CDs. 8:21 hrs. Dreamscape. Jan. 2017. ISBN 9781520046754. $29.99. I MP3-CD. SELF-HELP
Reiss, Tom. The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life. digital
download. 15:50 hrs. Recorded Bks. Apr. 2017. ISBN 9780525496731. $95. BIOG Sasaki, Fumio. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism. 5 CDs. 4:31 hrs. tr. from Japanese by Eriko Sugita. Blackstone. Apr. 2017. ISBN 9781470862862. $29.95. 1 MP3-CD. SELF- HELP
FICTION
Abarbanell, Stephan. Displaced. Harper. Nov. 2017. 336p. tr. from German by Lucy Renner Jones. ISBN 9780062484475. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062484505. F DEBUT
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Babst, C. Morgan. The Floating World. Algonquin. Oct. 2017. 384p. ISBN 9781616205287.
$26.95; ebk. ISBN 9781616207632. F DEBUT
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Benjamin, Chloe. The Immortalists. Putnam. Jan. 2018. 352p. ISBN 9780735213180. $26; ebk.
ISBN 9780735213197. F
Bolton, Guy. The Pictures. Point Blank. Sept. 2017. 400p. ISBN 9781786070395. $24; ebk. ISBN 9781786070401. F DEBUT
Bolton, Sharon. Dead Woman Walking. Minotaur: St. Martin’s. Sept. 2017. 368p. ISBN 9781250103444. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250103451. F
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Bonini, Carlo & Giancarlo de Cataldo. Suburra. Europa. Aug. 2017. 528p. tr. from Italian by
Antony Shugaar. ISBN 9781609454074. pap. $18; ebk. ISBN 9781609454081. F
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Brady, A.F. The Blind. Park Row: Harlequin. Sept. 2017. 400p. ISBN 9780778330875. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781488023651. F DEBUT
Cash, Wiley. The Last Ballad. Morrow. Oct. 2017. 304p. ISBN 9780062313119. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062313133. F
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Cassara, Joseph. The House of Impossible Beauties. Ecco: HarperCollins. Feb. 2018. 416p. ISBN
9780062676979. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062676979. F DEBUT
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DeMille, Nelson. The Cuban Affair. S. & S. Sept. 2017. 464p. ISBN 9781501101724. $28; ebk.
ISBN 9781501101748. F
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Doyle, Roddy. Smile. Viking. Oct. 2017. 224p. ISBN 9780735224445. $25; ebk. ISBN
9780735224452. F
Englander, Nathan. Dinner at the Center of the Earth. Knopf. Sept. 2017. 352p. ISBN 9781524732738. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9781524732745. F
Ford, Jamie. Love and Other Consolation Prizes. Ballantine. Sept. 2017. 320p. ISBN 9780804176750. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780804176767. F