http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html Headlines, abstracts and links for the latest New York Times articles, for Radio UserLand. en-us Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company Sat, 26 Jun 2004 06:01:37 GMT rssUpdates http://backend.userland.com/rss UserLand Frontier v9.0 webmaster@userland.com http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27NANDN.html?ex=1403668800&en=5df91b67142db0cf&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Editors' choices of recent paperback books of particular interest. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:01 GMT Scott Veale http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27NANDN.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/books/review/20BEAR.html?ex=1403064000&en=0dd69a22207d2c3f&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Editors' choices of recent hardcover books of particular interest. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:01 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/books/review/20BEAR.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627books-briefs.html?ex=1403668800&en=5b9784da23be82d6&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND A new book examines John Singer Sargent's late portraits. Also reviewed: Virginia Nicholson, Annette Kobak, M. Jeffrey Hardwick, P. J. O'Rourke and Tim Russert. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:01 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627books-briefs.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27CRIMEL.html?ex=1403668800&en=48c075ac9de589b7&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND James Lee Burke's political passions threaten to overwhelm the plot of his new novel. Also reviewed: Janet Evanovich, Eric Dezenhall and Susan Kandel. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:01 GMT Marilyn Stasio http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27CRIMEL.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/books/review/0620books-letters.html?ex=1403323200&en=e72d055f8f554017&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Regarding the reviews of "Grant and Twain," Philip Larkin's "Collected Poems" and books about global warming. Also, a correction regarding the review of "The Fate of Family Farming." Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/books/review/0620books-letters.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627children-bookshelf.html?ex=1403668800&en=ad8bc700bb07568a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND <p>THE DADDY MOUNTAIN. Written and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Michael di Capua/Hyperion. $15.95. (Ages 2 and up) Like an athlete or an intrepid explorer, our brave heroine prepares herself for a daunting challenge. She considers the possibilities for falling. It's slippery going, but she grabs and pulls and triumphantly gets to the top of the Daddy Mountain. Her mom is scared to find her perched way up there. A splendid tale, economically told. IT'S TOO SOON! Written and illustrated by Nigel McMullen. Simon & Schuster. $14.95. (Ages 2 to 5) Gramps is taking care of Anna tonight and his watch says it is time for bed. But Anna knows her elaborate bedtime routine, which includes putting away her toys, having her milk and cookies, bath and brushing teeth and even a story. She leads Gramps through the whole routine politely, then, everything accomplished, they fall asleep. Inspiring. ACTUAL SIZE. Written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin. $16. (All ages) These collage illustrations, ranging from the atlas moth to the teeth of a great white shark, show the scale of species. POTATOES, POTATOES. Written and illustrated by Anita Lobel. Greenwillow. $15.99. (Ages 5 and up) First published in 1967, this story about a foolish war, brothers who join opposing armies, their wise mother, famine and a potato field, remains fresh and powerful. KINGDOM OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON. By Isabel Allende. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. HarperCollins. $19.99. (Ages 10 and up) In the sequel to ''City of the Beasts,'' Allende's first novel for young readers, Alexander Cold, the American boy, and his friend Nadia Santos join a journalistic team searching the Himalayas for the Golden Dragon. Simultaneously published in the original Spanish. SCUBA BUNNIES. By Christine Loomis. Illustrated by Ora Eitan. Putnam. $15.99. (Ages 2 and up) This time those charming bedtime bunnies, who roamed the plains as cowboys and the stars as astronauts, explore the deep before bedt</p> Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627children-bookshelf.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627books-children2.html?ex=1403668800&en=36a8aca2e3a22e80&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND <p>A cat requires options much more than it actually needs to exercise them by, say, moving from a sunny spot. That's why Magic, a big, soft, utterly at-ease tom, is lying on a threshold. He's half indoors, half outdoors on a lakeside porch, considering his options. That's all he's really going to do in this completely charming book, but that's not to say it isn't an adventure story.</p> Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627books-children2.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627books-children.html?ex=1403668800&en=2b0a766e11d7c408&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND In two new children's books, young protagonists learn how self-image can be defined by fashion choices. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Sara London http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/0627books-children.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27NEHRING.html?ex=1403668800&en=8ec9910930f7cd73&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND There's a new piety in the air: the self-congratulation of book lovers. But we all know people who have read everything and have nothing to say. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Cristina Nehring http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27NEHRING.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SECORL.html?ex=1403668800&en=fd4a33dfacc1d3d4&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Alice Mayhew is that rare editor whose name is known outside the industry; her books have made news through seven presidencies. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Laura Secor http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SECORL.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27FLYNN.html?ex=1403668800&en=8ed914bacdd821d3&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Linda Greenlaw takes time off from fishing to tell more stories of the sailing life. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Louise Jarvis Flynn http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27FLYNN.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27WALTONL.html?ex=1403668800&en=36fe742c59cf9bc4&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Michael D'Antonio documents the Dickensian abuse daily endured at a school for the "feebleminded" in the 1950's and its consequences. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Anthony Walton http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27WALTONL.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SCHILLINGER.html?ex=1403668800&en=d1252ab4fa31ef6b&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND In Paul Burston's novel, a 32-year-old Londoner ventures into the gay singles scene after being dumped by his boyfriend. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Liesl Schillinger http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SCHILLINGER.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27GODWINL.html?ex=1403668800&en=9a2e3a059ae1ea22&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND In 1976, a young Peace Corps volunteer was murdered in Tonga. Then the crime was swept under the rug, reports Philip Weiss in a new book. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Peter Godwin http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27GODWINL.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27KLINKEN.html?ex=1403668800&en=2feedd36eba774aa&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND The novelist Jane Smiley, an owner and breeder of horses, celebrates her passion for the sport of kings in a memoir. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Verlyn Klinkenborg http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27KLINKEN.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27WHEATCR.html?ex=1403668800&en=45f7c0425d68f694&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND The correspondence of a towering intellectual maps out much of 20th-century England's social and literary history. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Geoffrey Wheatcroft http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27WHEATCR.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27OROURKE.html?ex=1403668800&en=d90b7be9061a11e5&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND David Bezmozgis's collection of linked stories follows the fortunes of a family of immigrants in Canada. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Meghan O'rourke http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27OROURKE.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SIEGELL.html?ex=1403668800&en=3194512f96a63a79&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND E. L. Doctorow's stories depict criminality and hatefulness, but they are told in a spirit of sweet affirmation. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Lee Siegel http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27SIEGELL.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27MALLONL.html?ex=1403668800&en=bce6c279c13d3b8a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND Julian Barnes's collection concerns itself with old age and aging, territory upon which he imposes a fine variety of plots and moods. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Thomas Mallon http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27MALLONL.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27KIRNL.html?ex=1403668800&en=28a2ebfb6434ac3b&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND The narrator of David Foster Wallace's stories is aware of everything, all the time. Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:38:00 GMT Walter Kirn http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/books/review/27KIRNL.html