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This arrangement allows JULY 2020 librarians to literally walk their shelves with Fiction Core Collection in-hand. One Volume; 1,300 pages This makes easy work of noting titles that should be added to their collection, or ISBN: 978-1-64265-316-8 to pull titles that are candidates for weeding. List Price: $295IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO 8,500 RECOMMENDED TITLES19th Edition Each of the 8,500+ entries includes a full bibliographical description, with JULY 2018 detailed information about publisher, date of publication, paging, price, ISBN, One Volume; 1,300 pages and Library of Congress control number, plus notes regarding sequels and ISBN: 978-1-68217-083-0 publication history. Entries include a helpful and informative descriptive abstract, List Price: $295 and excerpts from review sources including Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. Simply stated, this STARRED ENTRIESnewest edition of the Most Highly Recommended titles within subject areas are easily identified with Fiction Core Collection a starred listing. This makes it easy to find the best of the best within a particular is an indispensable subject area.and invaluable additionIN-DEPTH INDEXING Title & Subject Index. Works are indexed by title, followed by the nameto all library reference of the author. Plus, this index also organizes titles by subject, genre, form, FICTION CORE COLLECTIONEighteenth Editionhaps her survivors will be luckier. N YTimes Book Rev collections. and literary technique. Whether youre looking for Adventure, Allegories, or cards, by F. Kellerman; Deborahs judgement, by M. Maron; Bennys space, by M. Muller; Where are you, Monica?, byAmbition, the thousands of subject and genre headings simplifies locating Wolitzer, Meg M. A. Oliver; Settled score, by S. Paretsky; The scar, by N. Midwest Book ReviewThe ten -year nap. 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This is theof titles have been added to this new editionany library owning the previous returning to the law, but is crippled by the insecurity born of being out of the workforce, away from the technologicalworld in which Zoey Ashe finds herself, navigating a futur- edition will want to update to get access to these new titles.innovations that have transformed her profession. Listless,istic city in which one can find elements of the fantastic, with a 10-year-old who is no longer dependent on her, Amynightmarish and ridiculous on any street corner. Her only becomes embroiled in the entanglements of another mothertrusted advisor is . . . [a] cat, but even in the future, cats can- Given the high demand for new fiction titles in libraries, this volume helps a working motherwhom she meets at her sons prepnot give advice. At least not any that youd want to follow. school. The Ten-Year Nap is an engrossing, juicy read(Publishers note) filter through the thousands of titles published each year, so that librariansabout girlfriends, marriages, jealousies and money. But itsWell-timed humor and explosive thrills, a smart back-also an occasionally brutal dissection of the habits and hang- bone, and witty wordsmithing make this new release bycan be assured that they are selecting the best for their patrons. The Fiction ups of a rarefied group of mega-mamas. Salon.com Cracked.comspseudonym-wieldingJasonPargin(JohnCore Collection is an essential resource for library and media specialists,Dies at the End, 2009) as fun as it gets. Steer this one toward Wolitzer, Meg readers of sf with a sense of humor, and fans of Max Barrysand an excellent, handy tool for collection development and readers advisory Theuncoupling.Riverhead Books2011271psatirical futuristic novels. Booklist services. No library should be without the helpful guidance that Core Collections $25.95ISBN 978-1-59448-788-0;1-59448-788-X Woo, Sung J. can provide.LC 2010039495 Everything Asian. Thomas Dunne Books2009 In this novel, a high school rehearses Lysistrata,and328p$23.95none of the women want to have sex anymore. (N YTimesISBN 978-0-312-53885-9;0-312-53885-5Book Rev) LC 2008-37673The spell isnt the best fit for a writer of WolitzersA charming tale of family, community and the struggle comic gifts, and at first it seems like a long4 to go tofor understanding. . .H.W. Wilson to844.630.6369 www.hwwilsoninprint.com H.W. Wilson844.630.6369www.hwwilsoninprint.comway. Woo eschews immigrant clichs get to the novels best scene, in which five female teachersfocus on complicated familial relationships and surprising, ruefully remember the thrill of youthful physical love andsympatheticcharacters. Alternatingbetweenhumorand its slow devolution into routine or obligation. The wincingmelancholy, Woos text strikes a true chord. Publ Wklyrecognition prompted by their comments is matched by the authors compassionate portraits of mostly decent, lovingWood, Barbaramen unnerved by a sea change they cant comprehend orThedreaming;a novel of Australia.Random cope with. . . . A risky strategy pays off for a smart authorHouse1991453pwhose work both amuses and hits home. Kirkus LC 90-52883After her parents tragic deaths in 1871, Joanna Drury Wolitzer, Meg leaves her native India for Australia, to unlock the secret Thewife;a novel.Scribner2003219p$23 past that haunted her mother, Lady Emily, and led to her ISBN 0-684-86940-3 mysterious, sudden death at age 40. In Melbourne, Joanna LC 2002-36660 meets dashing and sensitive frontiersman Hugh Westbrook, Wolitzers crisp pacing and dry wit carry us headlongand together they build Hughs sheep station into a thriving into a devastating message about the price of love andenterprise, all the while looking for the source of the cursefame. Publ Wkly on Joannas family that took hold in an ancient time the ab-origines call the dreaming . . Woods soft-edged prose, A Womans eye;edited by Sara Paretsky.Delacortelikable characters, and period details are always a big hit Press1991448p with her many fans. BooklistLC 90-28102Stories included are: Lucky dip, by L. Cody; MurderWood, Barbarawithout a text, by A. Cross; The puppet, by D. S. Davis;PerfectHarmony;a novel.Little, Brown1998 Death and diamonds, by S. Dunlap; Getting to know you, by429p$23.95A. Fraser; Full circle, by S. Grafton; Her good name, by C.ISBN 0-316-81653-1G. Hart; That summer at Quichiquois, by D. B. Hughes; Dis- LC 97-376231074'