The Sandman

Author(s): Gaiman, Neil...[et al.]

Title: The Sandman

Published: New York: DC Comics, 1991-

Description: v. <1-10> :ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

• v. 1. Preludes & nocturnes
• v. 2. The Doll's House
• v. 3. Dream country
• v. 4. Season of mists
• v. 5. A game of you
• v. 6. Fables & reflections
• v. 7. Brief lives
• v. 8. World's end
• v. 9. The Kindly ones
• v. 10. The wake

Subject(s):

• Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
• Science fiction comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• McConnell, Frank. "Sandman." Commonweal 122.n18 (Oct 20, 1995): 21
• Sanders, Joe. "Of storytellers and stories in Gaiman and Vess's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Extrapolation 45.3 (Fall 2004): 237

Read:

• v. 1 (July 2002)
• v. 2-5 (August 2002)
• v. 6 (September 2002)
• v. 7 (October 2002)
• v. 8 (January 5, 2003)
• v. 9 (June 10, 2003)
• v. 10 (September 10, 2003)

Reinventing comics

Author: McCloud, Scott

Title: Reinventing comics

Published:New York: Perennial, 2000

Description: 237 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject(s):

• Comic books, strips, etc. -- Technological innovations
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism

Review(s):

• Ryan, Chris. "Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form." Library Journal 125.15 (Sept 15, 2000): 68
• "Reinventing Comics." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 46.3 (Nov 2002): 264

Read: July 2002

Stuck rubber baby

Author: Cruse, Howard

Title: Stuck rubber baby

Published: New York: Paradox Press, 1995

Description: iv, 210 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Gay men -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Race relations -- Fiction
• Civil rights -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Frankel, David. "Stuck Rubber Baby." Artforum International 34.n3 (Nov 1995): S21

Read: July 2002

Safe area Goražde

Author: Sacco, Joe

Title: Safe area Goražde

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2000

Description: 240 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject(s):

• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Comic books, strips, etc

Read: July 2002

The books of magic

Author(s): Gaiman, Neil...[et al.]

Title: The books of magic

Published: New York: DC Comics, 1993

Description: 196 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Note: Originally published in single magazine form as "The books of Magic" 1-4

Subject(s):

• Magic -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Occultism -- Comic books, strips, etc

Read: July 2002

Narcocorrido: a journey into the music of drugs, guns, and guerrillas

Author: Wald, Elijah

Title: Narcocorrido: a journey into the music of drugs, guns, and guerrillas

Published: New York: Rayo, 2001

Description: xiii, 333 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 303-305

Discography: p. 311-317

Subject(s):

• Corridos -- Mexico -- History and criticism
• Folk songs, Spanish -- Mexico -- History and criticism
• Popular music -- Mexico -- History and criticism
• Music -- Social aspects -- Mexico
• Drug traffic -- Mexico

Review(s):

• Szatmary, Dave. "Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns and Guerrillas." Library Journal 126.17 (Oct 15, 2001): 79

Read: June 2002

Taking Haiti: military occupation and the culture of U.S. imperialism, 1915-1940

Author: Renda, Mary A.

Title: Taking Haiti: military occupation and the culture of U.S. imperialism, 1915-1940

Published: Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001

Description: xvi, 414 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 365-390

Subject(s):

• Haiti -- History -- American occupation, 1915-1934Haiti -- History -- 1934-1986
• United States -- Armed Forces -- Haiti -- History
• Haiti -- Relations -- United States
• United States -- Relations -- Haiti

Review(s):

• Dalrymple, Theodore. "Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940." The Wilson Quarterly 26.2 (Spring 2002): 120
• Ulbrich, David J. "Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940." The Journal of Military History 66.2 (April 2002): 595
• Plummer, Brenda Gayle. "Taking Haiti: Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940." Journal of American History 89.2 (Sept 2002): 671

Read: June 2002

Always faithful: a memoir of the Marine dogs of WWII

Author: Putney, William W.

Title: Always faithful: a memoir of the Marine dogs of WWII

Published: New York: Free Press, 2001

Description: xi, 224 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Guam
• Dogs -- War use
• Veterinarians -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Marine Corps. -- History
• Putney, William W.

Review(s):

• Alperstein, David. "Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII." Library Journal 126.9 (May 15, 2001): 134

Read: June 2002

UFO crash at Roswell: the genesis of a modern myth

Author(s): Saler, Benson, Charles A. Ziegler, and Charles B. Moore

Title: UFO crash at Roswell: the genesis of a modern myth

Published: Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997

Description: xii, 198 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 185-192

Subject(s):

• Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters -- New Mexico -- Roswell
• Myth -- Miscellanea
• Folklore -- Miscellanea
• Unidentified flying objects -- Social aspects

Review(s):

• Bainbridge, William Sims. "UFO Crash at Roswell: The Genesis of a Modern Myth." Science 279.n5351 (Jan 30, 1998): 671
• Banks, Amanda Carson. "UFO Crash at Roswell: The Genesis of a Modern Myth." Journal of American Folklore 111.n442 (Fall 1998): 448
• Coleman, Simon. "UFO Crash at Roswell: The Genesis of a Modern Myth." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 4.n3 (Sept 1998): 603

Read: May 2002

The lessons of terror: a history of warfare against civilians: why it has always failed, and why it will fail again

Author: Carr, Caleb

Title: The lessons of terror: a history of warfare against civilians: why it has always failed, and why it will fail again

Published: New York: Random House, 2002

Description: xiv, 272 p. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 257-259

Subject(s):

• Terrorism
• Terrorism -- History

Review(s):

• Johnson, Dr. Douglas V., II. "The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again." Parameters 33.2 (Summer 2003): 138
• Scheffer, David J. "The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians, Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again." American Journal of International Law 97.1 (Jan 2003): 209-215
• Reuter, Timothy. "Lessons of Terror, A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again." SAIS Review 22.2 (Summer-Fall 2002): 371-373

Read: May 2002

The hunter, the hammer, and heaven

Author: Pelton, Robert Young

Title: The hunter, the hammer, and heaven

Published: Guilford: Lyons Press, 2002

Description: 316 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Travel -- Anecdotes
• Pelton, Robert Young -- Travel

Read: April 2002

The man who never was: World War II's boldest counterintelligence operation

Author: Montagu, Ewen

Title: The man who never was: World War II's boldest counterintelligence operation

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2001, 1953

Description: 160 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1953

Subject(s):

• Operation Mincemeat
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily
• Montagu, Ewen

Read: April 2002

The German army and genocide: crimes against war prisoners, Jews and other civilians in the East, 1939-1944

Title: The German army and genocide: crimes against war prisoners, Jews and other civilians in the East, 1939-1944

Published: New York: New Press, 1999

Description: 224 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Bibliography: p. 216

Note: Edited by the Hamburg Institute for Social Research

Subject(s):

• Genocide -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Exhibitions
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Exhibitions
• War crimes -- Exhibitions
• Germany. Heer -- History -- 20th century
• Germany. Wehrmacht -- History -- Exhibitions

Read: April 2002

Battleship Bismarck: a survivor's story

Author: Müllenheim-Rechberg, Burkard

Title: Battleship Bismarck: a survivor’s story

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1980

Description: xiii, 290 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Biliography: p. 281-283

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German
• Germany. Kriegsmarine -- Biography
• Bismarck (Battleship)
• Müllenheim-Rechberg, Burkard, Freiherr von

Review(s):

• Berkowitz, Bruce D. "Battleship Bismarck: A Survivor's Story." ORBIS 36.n2 (Spring 1992): 294

Read: April 2002

Battleship sailor

Author: Mason, Theodore C.

Title: Battleship sailor

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1982

Description: xiv, 271 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• United States. Navy -- Biography
• United States. Navy -- Sea life
• Mason, Theodore C.

Review(s):

• "Battleship sailor." Library Journal 107 (Sept 1, 1982): 1653

Read: March 2002

Helmet for my pillow

Author: Leckie, Robert

Title: Helmet for my pillow

Published: New York: Ibooks, 2001

Description: 324 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: Random House, 1957

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
• United States. Marine Corps
• Leckie, Robert

Read: March 2002

Before their time: a memoir

Author: Kotlowitz, Robert

Title: Before their time: a memoir

Published: New York: Anchor Books, 1999, 1997

Description: 195 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1997

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• United States. Army -- Biography
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
• Kotlowitz, Robert

Review(s):

• Bushnell, William D. "Before Their Time: A Memoir." Library Journal 122.n2 (Feb 1, 1997): 90

Read: March 2002

The motorcycle diaries: a journey around South America

Author: Guevara, Ernesto

Title: The motorcycle diaries: a journey around South America

Published: New York: Verso, 1996, 1995

Description: viii, 156 p. :ill. ; 19 cm.

Note: Translated by Ann Wright

Subject(s):

• South America -- Description and travel
• Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967 -- Travel -- South America
• Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967 -- Journeys -- South America
  

Review(s):

• Maxwell, Kenneth. "The Motorcycle Diaries: A Journey Around South America." Foreign Affairs 76.n6 (Nov-Dec 1997): 168

Read: March 2002

The souvenir: a daughter discovers her father's war

Author: Steinman, Louise

Title: The souvenir: a daughter discovers her father's war

Published: Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2001

Description: xii, 241 p. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 235-237

Subject(s):

• United States. Army -- Biography
• Pharmacists -- United States -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
• United States. Army. Infantry Division, 25th -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
• Steinman, Louise
• Steinman family
• Steinman, Norman

Review(s):

• Jones, Robert C. "The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War." Library Journal 126.14 (Sept 1, 2001): 197

Read: March 2002

Lady's men: the story of World War II's mystery bomber and her crew

Author: Martinez, Mario

Title: Lady's men: the story of World War II's mystery bomber and her crew

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1999

Description: ix, 196 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 186

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• Lady Be Good (Airplane)

Read: March 2002

The tattooed soldier

Author: Tobar, Héctor

Title: The tattooed soldier

Published: Harrison: Delphinium Books, 1998

Description: 307 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Guatemalan Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction
• Psychological fiction

Review(s):

• Franklin, H. Bruce. "The Tattooed Soldierprivate." Radical Teacher 71 (Winter 2004): 38

Read: March 2002

Double-edged secrets: U.S. naval intelligence operations in the Pacific during World War II

Author: Holmes, W. J.

Title: Double-edged secrets: U.S. naval intelligence operations in the Pacific during World War II

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1998, 1979

Description: x, 231 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area
• Sailors -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Navy -- Biography
• Holmes, W. J.

Read: March 2002

Education of a felon: a memoir

Author: Bunker, Edward

Title: Education of a felon: a memoir

Published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000

Description: xiii, 299 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Criminals -- California -- Biography
• Prisoners -- California -- Biography
• Bunker, Edward
  

Review(s):

• "Education of a Felon: A Memoir." Publishers Weekly 247.5 (Jan 31, 2000): 93

Read: March 2002

True tales from another Mexico: the Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx

Author: Quinones, Sam

Title: True tales from another Mexico: the Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx

Published: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2001

Description: 336 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1988-
• Mexico -- Social conditions -- 1970-
• Mexico -- Social life and customs

Review(s):

• MAYO, C. M. "The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx." The Wilson Quarterly 25.2 (Spring 2001): 122
• Perez-Lopez, Rene. "True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx." Library Journal 126.4 (March 1, 2001): 118

Read: March 2002

Mars learning: the Marine Corps development of small wars doctrine, 1915-1940

Author: Bickel, Keith B.

Title: Mars learning: the Marine Corps development of small wars doctrine, 1915-1940

Published: Boulder: Westview Press, 2001

Description: xiv, 274 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 255-270

Subject(s):

• Haiti -- History -- American occupation, 1915-1934
• Dominican Republic -- History -- American occupation, 1916-1924
• Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1926-1929
• Counterinsurgency
• Peacekeeping forces -- United States
• Peacekeeping forces -- Caribbean Area
• Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)

Review(s):

• Gates, John M. "Mars Learning: The Marine Corps' Development of Small Wars Doctrine, 1915-1940." The Journal of Military History 65.3 (July 2001): 818

Read: February 2002

Wittgenstein's poker: the story of a ten-minute argument between two great philosophers

Author(s): Edmonds, David and John Eidinow

Title: Wittgenstein’s poker: the story of a ten-minute argument between two great philosophers

Published: London: Faber and Faber, 2001

Description: 267 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 247-255

Subject(s):

• Philosophers, Modern
• Wittgenstein, Ludwig
• Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir

Review(s):

• "Wittgenstein's poker: The story of a ten-minute argument between two great philosophers." The Psychological Record 55.2 (Spring 2005): 331
• Levinson, Martin H. "David Edmonds and John Eidinow. Wittgenstein's Poker: the Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers." ETC.: A Review of General Semantics 60.3 (Fall 2003): 324
• Oakes, Edward T. "Problems or puzzles?(WITTGENSTEIN'S POKER: THE STORY OF A TEN-MINUTE ARGUMENT BETWEEN TWO GREAT PHILOSOPHERS)." First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (May 2002): 41

Read: January 2002

By any means necessary: America's secret air war in the Cold War

Author: Burrows, William E.

Title: By any means necessary: America’s secret air war in the Cold War

Published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001

Description: xiii, 398 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 373-381

Subject(s):

• Cold War
• Air warfare -- History
• Espionage, American -- Communist countries -- History
• Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
• Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
• Aerial reconnaissance, American -- History
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Communist countries

Review(s):

• Fredericksen, Grant A. "By Any Means Necessary: America's Secret Air War in the Cold War." Library Journal 126.13 (August 2001): 129

Read: December 2001

Wolfsangel: a German city on trial, 1945-48

Author: Nigro, August J.

Title: Wolfsangel: a German city on trial, 1945-48

Published: Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s, 2000

Description: xx, 186 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 167-171

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Rüsselsheim
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
• War crime trials -- Germany -- Rüsselsheim
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American

Review(s):

• "WOLFSANGEL: A German City on Trial 1945-48." Publishers Weekly 247.32 (August 7, 2000): 87

Read: December 2001

Doing battle: the making of a skeptic

Author: Fussell, Paul

Title: Doing battle: the making of a skeptic

Published: Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1996

Description: 310 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• English teachers -- United States -- Biography
• Critics -- United States -- Biography
• Fussell, Paul

Review(s):

• Stockfisch, Jack A. "Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic." Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 25.2 (Wntr 1999): 344
• Brereton, John C. "Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic." College English 61.n1 (Sept 1998): 71

Read: November 2001

The medic: life and death in the last days of WWII

Author: Litwak, Leo

Title: The medic: life and death in the last days of WWII

Published: Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2001

Description: 225 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front

Review(s):

• Gavin, Gaynell. "Leo Litwak, The Medic: Life and Death in the Last Days of WWII." Prairie Schooner 77.1 (Spring 2003): 189

Read: October 2001

I heard it through the grapevine: rumor in African-American culture

Author: Turner, Patricia A.

Title: I heard it through the grapevine: rumor in African-American culture

Published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993

Description: xvi, 260 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 245-253

Subject(s):

• African Americans -- Folklore
• Urban folklore -- United States
• Rumor -- United States

Review(s):

• Harris, Trudier. "I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture." African American Review 30.n1 (Spring 1996): 117
• Hickey, Dennis. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture." American Historical Review 99.n5 (Dec 1994): 1748
• Victor, Jeffrey S. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture." Contemporary Sociology 23.n6 (Nov 1994): 887

Read: October 2001

Whispers on the color line: rumor and race in America

Author(s): Fine, Gary Alan and and Patricia A. Turner

Title: Whispers on the color line: rumor and race in America

Published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001

Description: x, 260 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 231-250

Subject(s):

• African Americans -- Folklore
• Whites -- United States -- Folklore
• Urban folklore -- United States

Review(s):

• K'Meyer, Tracy E. "Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America." The Oral History Review 29.2 (Summer-Fall 2002): 181
• Bell-Russel, Danna. "Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America." Library Journal 126.16 (Oct 1, 2001): 131
• Wagner, B. "Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America by Gary Alan Fine and Patricia A. Turner." American Literature 75.1 (March 1, 2003): 214

Read: October 2001

Rigoberta Menchu and the story of all poor Guatemalans

Author: Stoll, David

Title: Rigoberta Menchú and the story of all poor Guatemalans

Published: Boulder: Westview Press, 1999

Description: xix, 336 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 311-321

Subject(s):

• Quiché women -- Biography
• Women human rights workers -- Guatemala -- Biography
• Mayas -- Civil rights
• Mayas -- Government relations
• Guatemala -- Politics and government
• Guatemala -- Ethnic relations
• Menchú, Rigoberta

Review(s):

• Sieder, Rachel. "Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans." Journal of Latin American Studies 31.3 (Oct 1999): 772
• MAXWELL, KENNETH. "Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans." Foreign Affairs 78.3 (May 1999): 143
• Jeffrey, Paul. "Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans." The Christian Century 116.13 (April 21, 1999): 465

Read: September 2001

"With his pistol in his hand": a border ballad and its hero

Author: Paredes, Américo

Title: "With his pistol in his hand": a border ballad and its hero

Published: Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990, 1958

Description: 262 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 251-258

Subject(s):

• Corrido de Gregorio Cortez (Ballad)
• Cortez, Gregorio

Read: September 2001

Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time

Author: Shermer, Michael

Title: Why people believe weird things: pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time

Published: New York: W.H. Freeman, 1997

Description: xii, 306 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 279-293

Subject(s):

• Science -- Miscellanea
• Belief and doubt
• Parapsychology and science
• Skepticism
• Creative ability in science

Review(s):

• DEUTCHMAN, IVA ELLEN. "Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time." Journal of Intercultural Studies 19.2 (Oct 1998): 234
• Marshall, John C. "Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of our Time." Nature 389.n6646 (Sept 4, 1997): 29

Read: September 2001

The giant's house

Author: McCracken, Elizabeth

Title: The giant's house

Published: Thorndike: Thorndike Press, 1996

Description: 465 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• Women librarians -- Fiction
• Giants -- Fiction
• Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• O'Rear, Joseph Allen. "The Giant's House." The Review of Contemporary Fiction 17.n1 (Spring 1997): 207
• Tvrdy, Terri. "The Giant's House." Prairie Schooner 73 (Summer 1999): 206

Read: August 2001

Somalia on five dollars a day: a soldier's story

Author: Stanton, Martin

Title: Somalia on five dollars a day: a soldier's story

Published: Novato: Presidio Press, 2001

Description: xv, 299 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993 -- Personal narratives
• United Nations -- Armed Forces -- Somalia
• Somalia -- History -- 1991-
• United States -- Military policy
• United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th
• Stanton, Martin

Review(s):

• Lane, Mel D. "Somalia on Five Dollars a Day: A Soldier's Story." Library Journal 126.13 (August 2001): 134

Read: August 2001

Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the US city

Author: Davis, Mike

Title: Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the US city

Published: London: Verso, 2000

Description: xviii, 172 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Bibliography: p. 151-168

Subject(s):

• Hispanic Americans
• Cities and towns -- United States
• Inner cities -- United States

Review(s):

• Hupp, Stephen L. "Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City." Library Journal 125.10 (June 1, 2000): 172
• ARREOLA, DANIEL D. "MAGICAL URBANISM." The Geographical Review 90.3 (July 2000): 456

Read: August 2001

The bürgermeister's daughter: scandal in a sixteenth-century German town

Author: Ozment, Steven E.

Title: The Bürgermeister’s daughter: scandal in a sixteenth-century German

Published: New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996

Description: 227 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 195-220

Subject(s):

• Women -- Germany -- Schwäbisch Hall -- Biography
• Fathers -- Germany -- Schwäbisch Hall -- History
• Courts -- Germany -- Schwäbisch Hall -- History
• Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
• Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500
• Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) -- Social conditions
• Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) -- Social life and customs
• Büschler, Anna

Review(s):

• Taylor, Larissa Juliet. "The Burgermeister's Daughter. Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town." Journal of Family History 22.n1 (Jan 1997): 125
• Casey, Paul F. "The Burgermeister's Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town." The Sixteenth Century Journal 27.n4 (Winter 1996): 1195

Read: August 2001

Flight to Arras

Author: Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Title: Flight to Arras

Published: London: Penguin, 2000

Description: 130 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations

Review(s):

• "Flight to Arras." TLS. Times Literary Supplement 5090 (Oct 20, 2000): 8

Read: August 2001

My war gone by, I miss it so

Author: Loyd, Anthony

Title: My war gone by, I miss it so

Published: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999

Description: 321 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Hercegovina
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Personal narratives, British
• Bosnia and Hercegovina -- History, Military
• Loyd, Anthony

Review(s):

• Holmes, James. "My War Gone By, I Miss It So." Library Journal 124.16 (Oct 1, 1999): 114

Read: August 2001

Kabbalah: three thousand years of mystic tradition

Author: Hanson, Kenneth

Title: Kabbalah: three thousand years of mystic tradition

Published: Tulsa: Council Oak Books, 1998

Description: 270 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 254-257

Subject(s):

• Mysticism -- Judaism -- History
• Cabala -- History

Review(s):

• Kaplan, Paul M. "Kabbalah: Three Thousand Years of Mystic Tradition." Library Journal 123.n17 (Oct 15, 1998): 75

Read: July 2001

The return of Martin Guerre

Author: Davis, Natalie Zemon

Title: The return of Martin Guerre

Published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983

Description: x, 162 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 127-131

Subject(s):

• Trials (Impostors and imposture) -- France
• Impostors and imposture -- France
• Guerre, Martin, fl. 1539-1560
• Du Tilh, Arnault, d. 1560

Review(s):

• Hufton, Olwen. "The return of Martin Guerre." History Today 34 (April 1984): 55
• Moote, A. Lloyd. "The return of Martin Guerre." American Historical Review 90 (Oct 1985): 943
• Bienen, Leigh Buchanan. "The return of Martin Guerre." Harvard Law Review 98.n2 (Dec 1984): 494-502

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The betrothed of death: the Spanish Foreign Legion during the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927

Author: Alvarez, José E.

Title: The betrothed of death: the Spanish Foreign Legion during the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927

Published: Westport: Greenwood Press, 2001

Description: 282 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 257-265

Subject(s):

• Rif Revolt, 1921-1926
• Spain. Ejército. Legión -- History
• Spain -- History, Military -- 20th century
• Spain -- Foreign relations -- Morocco
• Morocco -- Foreign relations -- Spain

Review(s):

• Fleming, Shannon. "The Betrothed of Death: The Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927." The Journal of Military History 65.4 (Oct 2001): 1127

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Perdido: a novel

Author: Collignon, Rick

Title: Perdido: a novel

Published: Denver: MacMurray & Beck, 1997

Description: 221 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
• Villages -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Chadwell, Faye A. "Perdido." Library Journal 122.n11 (June 15, 1997): 94

Read: July 2001