Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550

Author: Harari, Yuval N.

Title: Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550

Published: Rochester: Boydell Press, 2007

Description: xi, 224 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 186-211

Subject(s):

• Military history, Medieval
• Espionage -- History -- To 1500
• Middle Ages

Review(s):

• Murray, Alan. "The ancient art of fighting dirty.(Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550)." Times Higher Education Supplement 1810 (Sept 7, 2007): 22

Read: December 28, 2007

The daughters of Juárez: a true story of serial murder south of the border

Author(s): Rodríguez, Teresa, Diana Montané, and Lisa Pulitzer

Title: The daughters of Juárez: a true story of serial murder south of the border

Published: New York: Atria Books, 2007

Description: xvii, 316 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Serial murders -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Murder -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Women -- Crimes against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Women -- Violence against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Missing persons -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Murder victims -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Political corruption -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Transnational crime -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Criminal justice, Administration of -- Mexico
• Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Review(s):

• "The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border." Florida Bar Journal 81.10 (Nov 2007): 47
• Cruz-Lugo, Victor. "When truth is more horrific than fiction.(The Daughters of Juarez)." Hispanic 20.3 (March 2007): 76

Read: December 27, 2007

Classics for pleasure

Author: Dirda, Michael

Title: Classics for pleasure

Published: Orlando: Harcourt, 2007

Description: x, 341 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Literature -- History and criticism
• Canon (Literature)

Review(s):

• Hooper, Brad. "Classics for Pleasure." Booklist 104.1 (Sept 1, 2007): 37
• "Dirda, Michael: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE." Kirkus Reviews (Sept 1, 2007)
• "Classics for Pleasure." Publishers Weekly 254.33 (August 20, 2007): 57

Read: December 25, 2007

Gut symmetries

Author: Winterson, Jeanette

Title: Gut symmetries

Published: New York: Vintage, 1998

Description: 223 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: First published 1997

Subject(s):

• Women physicists -- Fiction
• Bisexual women -- Fiction
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
• Alchemy -- Fiction

Review(s):

• McClellan, Ann. "Science fictions: British women scientists and Jeanette Winterson's Gut Symmetries." Women's Studies 33.8 (Dec 2004): 1057-1081
• Litovitz, Malca. "Passion and comfort (Jeanette Winterson)." Queen's Quarterly 104.2 (Summer 1997): 333-41
• Holcomb, Shannon. "Gut Symmetries." Lambda Book Report 6.n3 (Oct 1997): 32

Read: December 24, 2007

Roy Arden: against the day

Author: Arden, Roy

Title: Roy Arden: against the day

Published: Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007

Description: 159 p. :ill. ; 29 cm.

Note(s): Essays by Dieter Roelstraete and Russell Ferguson; texts by Roy Arden...[et al.]

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
• Vancouver (B.C) -- In art -- Exhibitions
• Arden, Roy, 1957- -- Exhibitions
• Arden, Roy, 1957- -- Expositions

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: December 23, 2007

The android’s dream

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The android’s dream

Published: New York: Tor, 2006

Description: 396 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Life on other planets -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Android's Dream." Library Journal 131.19 (Nov 15, 2006): 63
• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. The Android's Dream." Booklist 103.5 (Nov 1, 2006): 36
• "The Android's Dream." Publishers Weekly 253.38 (Sept 25, 2006): 50

Read: December 19, 2007

The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission: American raids on 17 August 1943

Author: Middlebrook, Martin

Title: The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission: American raids on 17 August 1943

Published: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985, 1983

Description: 363 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Bibliography: p. 353

Note: Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 1983

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• United States. Army Air Forces. Bomber Command -- History
• Regensburg (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1943
• Schweinfurt (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1943

Review(s):

• "The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission." Booklist (Feb 15, 1984): 843

Read: November 30, 2007

Tokyo year zero

Author: Peace, David

Title: Tokyo year zero

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007

Description: 355 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 352-355

Subject(s):

• Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction
• Serial murders -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction
• Police -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Lichtig, Toby. "Murder he wrote.(Fiction)(Tokyo Year Zero by David Peace)." New Statesman (1996) 136.4858 (August 20, 2007): 49
• Peace, David: TOKYO YEAR ZERO." Kirkus Reviews (July 15, 2007): NA
• Taylor, Andrew. "Recent crime novels." Spectator 305.9345 (Sept 22, 2007): 68

Read: November 22, 2007

The sea, the sea

Author: Murdoch, Iris

Title: The sea, the sea

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2001, 1978

Description: xxvii, 495 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Introduction by Mary Kinzie

Subject(s):

• Middle-aged men -- Fiction
• Actors -- Fiction
• Psychological fiction
• London (England) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Capitani, Diane N. "Ideas of the Good: Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea." Christianity and Literature 53.1 (Autumn 2003): 99
• Denham, A.E. "Envisioning the good: Iris Murdoch's moral psychology." Modern Fiction Studies 47.3 (Fall 2001): 602
• Weese, Katherine. "Feminist uses of the fantastic in Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, the Sea'." Modern Fiction Studies 47.3 (Fall 2001): 630

Read: November 17, 2007

Blonde faith

Author: Mosley, Walter

Title: Blonde faith

Published: New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2007

Description: 308 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Rawlins, Easy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction
• African American men -- Fiction
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Holloway, Lynette R. "Could this be his last? Easy Rawlins is back on the streets of L.A. to sore a crime that threatens the lives of his closest friends.(BOOKSHELF)." Ebony 62.12 (Oct 2007): 42
• "Blonde Faith." Publishers Weekly 254.31 (August 6, 2007): 165
• "Mosley, Walter: BLONDE FAITH." Kirkus Reviews (August 15, 2007): NA

Read: November 10, 2007

Red gold: a novel

Author: Furst, Alan

Title: Red gold: a novel

Published: New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

Description: 266 p. ; 21 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: 1998. Sequel to The world at night

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction
• Paris (France) -- Fiction
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Walker, Martin. "Night and fog: Alan Furst and the literature of espionage." The National Interest 78 (Winter 2004): 136
• Fraser, Nicholas. "Darkness visible: the intrigues of Alan Furst." Harper's Magazine 307.1838 (July 2003): 83
• Ott, Bill. "Red Gold." Booklist 95.11 (Feb 1, 1999): 964

Read: October 23, 2007

Tarawa: the story of a battle

Author: Sherrod, Robert Lee

Title: Tarawa: the story of a battle

Published: New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944

Description: vi, 183 p. :ill. 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

Review(s):

• Venzon, Anne Cipriano. "Tarawa: The Story of a Battle." The Journal of Military History 58.n3 (July 1994): 546

Read: October 21, 2007

After dark

Author: Murakami, Haruki

Title: After dark

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007

Description: 191 p. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "Originally published in Japan as Afutādāku by Kodansha, Tokyo, in 2004"--T.p. verso. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin

Subject(s):

• Sisters -- Fiction
• Models (Persons) -- Fiction
• Students -- Fiction
• Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Brett, William. "Children of the night. (After Dark)." Spectator (June 16, 2007): NA
• Trilling, Daniel. "Culture industry.(After Dark)." New Statesman (1996) 136.4847 (June 4, 2007): 58
• "Murakami, Haruki: AFTER DARK." Kirkus Reviews (March 15, 2007): NA

Read: October 1, 2007

Monsters

Author: White, Charlie

Title: Monsters

Published: Brooklyn: powerhouse Books, 2007

Description: 95 p. :ill. ; 28 x 33 cm.

Note(s): Introduction by Sally O’Reilly. Interview by Benjamin Weissman

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Monsters in art

Review(s):

• Frischkorn, Shauna. "White, Charlie. Monsters." Library Journal 132.15 (Sept 15, 2007): 61

Read: September 10, 2007

Serenade to the big bird

Author: Stiles, Bert

Title: Serenade to the big bird

Published: New York: Bantam Books, 1984, 1952

Description: 206 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: Norton, 1952

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

A tribute to Bert Stiles--

• http://acmedepot.com/stiles/index.shtml

Bert Stiles Papers, 1920-1960, Ms 0095

• http://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/SpecialCollections/Manuscript/Stiles.html

Read: September 2, 2007

Thunderstruck

Author: Larson, Erik

Title: Thunderstruck

Published: New York: Crown Publishers, 2006

Description: ix, 463 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 437-443

Subject(s):

• Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910
• Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937
• Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography
• Murder -- England -- London -- Case studies
• Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
• Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system -- History

Review(s):

• Swanson, James L. "Thunderstruck." Publishers Weekly 253.32 (August 14, 2006): 191
• "Larson, Erik: Thunderstruck." Kirkus Reviews 74.13 (July 1, 2006): 666
• Huntley, Kristine. "Larson, Erik. Thunderstruck." Booklist 102.21 (July 1, 2006): 5

Read: August 28, 2007

The nature of photographs

Author: Shore, Stephen

Title: The nature of photographs

Published: London: Phaidon Press, 2007

Description: 133 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: First edition published by The Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject(s):

• Photography
• Photography -- Philosophy
• Photography -- Themes, motives

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 22, 2007

Andean tragedy: fighting the war of the Pacific, 1879-1884

Author: Sater, William F.

Title: Andean tragedy: fighting the war of the Pacific, 1879-1884

Published: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Description: 442 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 423-435

Subject(s):

• War of the Pacific, 1879-1884
• Chile -- History, Military -- 19th century
• Bolivia -- History, Military -- 19th century
• Peru -- History, Military -- 19th century

Review(s):

• Guttman, Robert. "Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884." Military History 24.7 (Oct 2007): 70

Read: August 19, 2007

A place in the sun: photographs of Los Angeles

Author: Humble, John Kenneth

Title: A place in the sun: photographs of Los Angeles

Published: Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007

Description: 95 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note(s): Essays by Gordon Baldwin. "This publication is issued in connection with the exhibition A Place in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles by John Humble, held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, March 27-July 8, 2007"--T.p. verso. Col. map on endpapers

Subject(s):

• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
• Humble, John (John Kenneth), 1944- -- Exhibitions

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 16, 2007

The one from the other: a Bernie Gunther novel

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: The one from the other: a Bernie Gunther novel

Published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006

Description: 372 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction
• International relations -- Fiction
• Munich (Germany) -- Fiction
• Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• "Kerr, Philip: The One from the Other." Kirkus Reviews 74.15 (August 1, 2006): 745
• Terpening, Ron. "Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other." Library Journal 131.15 (Sept 15, 2006): 48
• Wright, David. "Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other." Booklist 103.1 (Sept 1, 2006): 62

Read: August 5, 2007

Dana Lixenberg: homeless in Jeffersonville, Indiana: portraits and landscapes between 1997 and 2004

Author: Lixenberg, Dana

Title: Dana Lixenberg: homeless in Jeffersonville, Indiana: portraits and landscapes between 1997 and 2004

Published: Amsterdam: Artimo, 2005

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 41 cm.

Note(s): Includes booklet (iv p. : ill.) sewn into binding. Text by Karel Schampers and Hilton Als

Subject(s):

• Homeless persons -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville -- Portraits
• Jeffersonville (Ind.) -- Pictorial works
• Portrait photography
• Landscape photography

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 26, 2007

The cheating culture: why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead

Author: Callahan, David

Title: The cheating culture: why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead

Published: Orlando: Harcourt, 2004

Description: ix, 353 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Business ethics
• Professional ethics
• Social ethics
• United States -- Moral conditions

Review(s):

• Landry, John T. "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead." Harvard Business Review 82.5 (May 2004): 30
• Portman, John C., Jr. "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are doing Wrong to Get Ahead." The Virginia Quarterly Review 80.3 (Summer 2004): 266
• Hedges, Chris. "A Liberal With New Emphasis on Old Values." The New York Times (June 15, 2004 pB2 col 03 (22 col): B2

Read: July 22, 2007

The last colony

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The last colony

Published: New York: Tor, 2007

Description: 320 p. ; 22 cm.

Note(s): Jacket illustration by John Harris. Sequel to: The ghost brigades

Subject(s):

• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Life on other planets -- Fiction
• Space colonies -- Fiction
• Science fiction

Review(s):

• "The Last Colony." Publishers Weekly 254.12 (March 19, 2007): 48
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Last Colony." Library Journal 132.9 (May 15, 2007): 83

Read: July 14, 2007

The ghost bridages

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The ghost brigades

Published: New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2006

Description: 317 p. ; 22 cm.

Note(s): Jacket illustration by John Harris. Sequel to: Old Man's war

Subject(s):

• Cloning -- Fiction
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Genetic engineering -- Fiction
• Special forces (Military science) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. The Ghost Brigades." Booklist 102.13 (March 1, 2006): 77
• "The Ghost Brigades." Publishers Weekly 253.4 (Jan 23, 2006): 191
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Ghost Brigades." Library Journal 131.3 (Feb 15, 2006): 111

Read: July 10, 2007

Kings in disguise

Author(s): Vance, James and Dan Burr

Title: Kings in disguise

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2006

Description: xiii, 184 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: Princeton: Kitchen Sink Press, 1990. Introduction by Alan Moore

Subject(s):

• Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Fiction
• Poverty -- Fiction
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Kaganoff, Penny. "Kings in Disguise." Publishers Weekly 237.n30 (July 27, 1990): 227
• "Kings in Disguise." American Heritage 45.n2 (April 1994): 115

Read: June 30, 2007

Old man's war

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: Old man's war

Published: New York: Tor, 2005

Description: 320 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Life on other planets -- Fiction
• Space colonies -- Fiction
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Older men -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction
• War stories

Review(s):

• "Old Man's War." Publishers Weekly 251.49 (Dec 6, 2004): 47
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. Old Man's War." Library Journal 130.1 (Jan 1, 2005): 103
• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. Old Man's War." Booklist 101.9-10 (Jan 1, 2005): 835

Read: June 17, 2007

Approaching nowhere

Author: Brouws, Jeffrey T.

Title: Approaching nowhere

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2006

Description: 159 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note: With an essay by William L. Fox

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Roadside architecture -- United States -- Pictorial works
• Brouws, Jeffrey T.

Review(s):

• A Conversation with Jeff Brouws--http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/archives/002558.html

Read: June 15, 2007

The toughest Indian in the world

Author: Alexie, Sherman

Title: The toughest Indian in the world

Published: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000

Description: 238 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Indians of North America -- Fiction
• United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Review(s):

• "The Toughest Indian in the World.(book by Sherman Alexie)." Radical Teacher 72 (Spring 2005): 43
• McFarland, Ron. "The Toughest Indian in the World." Wicazo Sa Review 16.2 (Fall 2001): 154
• Seaman, Donna. "The Toughest Indian in the World.(Review)." Booklist 96.15 (April 1, 2000): 1412

Read: June 9, 2007

The devil's playground

Author: Goldin, Nan

Title: The devil’s playground

Published: London: Phaidon, 2003

Description: 503 p. :ill. ; 31 cm.

Bibliography: p. 500

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Portrait photography
• Photography of the nude
• Photography, Erotic

Review(s):

• Prosser, Jay. "Testimonies in light: Nan Goldin: Devil's Playground." Women: A Cultural Review 13.3 (Winter 2002): 339-355

Read: June 3, 2007

A German requiem

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: A German requiem

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006, 1991

Description: 306 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Originally published: London: Penguin Books, 1991

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction
• Vienna (Austria) -- History -- 1918- -- Fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• Craig, Patricia. "A German Requiem." TLS. Times Literary Supplement n4604 (June 28, 1991 n4604): 18

Read: June 3, 2007

Chess bitch: women in the ultimate intellectual sport

Author: Shahade, Jennifer

Title: Chess bitch: women in the ultimate intellectual sport

Published: Los Angeles: Siles Press, 2005

Description: x, 320 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 314-316

Subject(s):

• Women chess players -- Biography

Review(s):

• Hoffman, Paul. "Chess queen: at 22, Jennifer Shahade is the strongest American-born woman chess player ever." Smithsonian 34.5 (August 2003): 72

Read: May 25, 2007

Out of danger

Author: Fenton, James

Title: Out of danger

Published: New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994

Description: 104 p. ; 22 cm.

Review(s):

• Stark, Ellen Kreger. "An American's confession: on reading James Fenton's 'Out of Danger.'." Critical Quarterly 36.n2 (Summer 1994): 106
• Bogen, Don. "Out of Danger." The Nation 259.n13 (Oct 24, 1994): 464
• "Out of Danger." Publishers Weekly 241.n26 (June 27, 1994): 67

Read: May 22, 2007

The pale criminal

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: The pale criminal

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2005, 1990

Description: 272 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction
• Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Altinel, Savkar. "The Pale Criminal." Times Literary Supplement n4552 (June 29, 1990 n4552): 704

Read: May 14, 2007

Murder city: the bloody history of Chicago in the twenties

Author: Lesy, Michael

Title: Murder city: the bloody history of Chicago in the twenties

Published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2007

Description: 344 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 311-321

Subject(s):

• Homicide -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
• Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
• Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions

Review(s):

• "Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties." Kirkus Reviews 74.22 (Nov 15, 2006): 1163

Read: May 12, 2007

Epileptic

Author: B., David

Title: Epileptic

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2005

Description: 361 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Note(s): "Originally published in France in six volumes as L’ascension du haut-mal, by L’Association, Paris, 1996-2004. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 were originally published in a single volume in English as Epileptic 1, by L’Association, Paris, in 2002"--T.p. verso. Translated by Kim Thompson

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Gould, Tony. "Fits and starts." Spectator 297.9210 (Feb 12, 2005): 38
• Flagg, Gordon. "B., David. Epileptic." Booklist 101.8 (Dec 15, 2004): 716
• "B., David: Epileptic." Kirkus Reviews 72.23 (Dec 1, 2004): 1117

Read: May 9, 2007

A coffin for Dimitrios

Author: Ambler, Eric

Title: A coffin for Dimitrios

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2001, 1937

Description: 304 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Novelists -- Fiction
• British -- Balkan Peninsula -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction
• Spy stories
• Balkan Peninsula -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Bernard, Andre. "A Coffin for Dimitrios." The Kenyon Review 29.1 (Wntr 2007): 6

Read: May 2, 2007

The golden road: notes on my gentrification

Author: Millner, Caille

Title: The golden road: notes on my gentrification

Published: New York: Penguin Press, 2007

Description: 248 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• African Americans -- Biography
• Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography
• African Americans -- Race identity -- Case studies
• California -- Race relations -- Case studies
• African Americans -- California -- San Jose -- Biography
• San Jose (Calif.) -- Biography
• African American women journalists -- Biography
• Millner, Caille -- Homes and haunts -- California
• Millner, Caille -- Family
• Millner, Caille -- Childhood and youth

Review(s):

• "Millner, Caille: The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification." Kirkus Reviews 74.23 (Dec 1, 2006): 1210
• Duhig, M.C. "Millner, Caille. The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification." Library Journal 132.1 (Jan 1, 2007): 120
• "The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification." Publishers Weekly 253.50 (Dec 18, 2006): 57

Read: April 18, 2007

Agincourt: Henry V and the battle that made England

Author: Barker, Juliet R. V.

Title: Agincourt: the King, the campaign, the battle

Published: London: Little, Brown, 2005

Description: xvii, 460 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 430-442

Subject(s):

• Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415
• Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1066-1485
• France -- History, Military -- 1328-1589
• Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422

Review(s):

• Harbison, Robert. "Barker, Juliet. Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England." Library Journal 131.10 (June 1, 2006): 135
• Taylor, Gilbert. "Barker, Juliet. Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England." Booklist 102.18 (May 15, 2006): 18

Read: April 16, 2007

Mad river

Author: Beatty, Jan

Title: Mad river

Published: Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995

Description: 63 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Review(s):

• "Mad River." Publishers Weekly 242.n35 (August 28, 1995): 108
• Millard, Elizabeth. "Mad River." Booklist 92.n1 (Sept 1, 1995): 32

Read: April 11, 2007

Hazmat: poems

Author: McClatchy, J. D.

Title: Hazmat: poems

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002

Description: 83 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Body, Human -- Poetry

Review(s):

• Kirsch, Adam. "Bodily extremes: this poet has daring things to say about sex and sickness.(Hazmat: Poems)." The New York Times Book Review 107.47 (Nov 24, 2002): 24"
• Hazmat: Poems." Lambda Book Report 11.3 (Oct 2002): 16

Read: April 6, 2007

Man and camel: poems

Author: Strand, Mark

Title: Man and camel: poems

Published: New York: Knopf, 2006

Description: ix, 51 p. ; 23 cm.

Review(s):

• "Good companions; Modern poetry.(The Oxford Book of American Poetry)(The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems)(Things Unsaid: New and Selected Poems)(Man and Camel)(Gethsemane Day)." The Economist (US) 380.8488 (July 29, 2006): 77

Read: April 5, 2007

Wild geese: selected poems

Author: Oliver, Mary

Title: Wild geese: selected poems

Published: Tarset: Bloodaxe, 2004

Description: 160 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Nature -- Poetry

Read: April 1, 2007

American born Chinese

Author: Yang, Gene Luen

Title: American born Chinese

Published: New York: First Second, 2006

Description: 233 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Chinese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Margolis, Rick. "American born Chinese: Gene Yang's remarkable graphic novel grapples with racial prejudice." School Library Journal 52.9 (Sept 2006): 41
• Galuschak, George. "Yang, Gene Luen. American born Chinese." Kliatt 40.6 (Nov 2006): 32
• "American Born Chinese." Publishers Weekly 253.24 (June 12, 2006): 36

Read: March 26, 2007

Wisconsin death trip

Author: Lesy, Michael

Title: Wisconsin death trip

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 1973

Description: 1 v. :ill. 22 x 28 cm.

Bibliography: [2] p. at end

Note(s): Originally presented as the author’s thesis at Rutgers University. Consists chiefly of excerpts from the Badger State banner, Black River Falls, WI., for the years 1885-1900 and of photos taken by Charles Van Schaick from 1890 to 1910. Preface by Warren Susman

Subject(s):

• Wisconsin -- History, Local
• Wisconsin -- Social conditions

Review(s):

• "Wisconsin Death Trip." The New York Times Book Review 105.9 (Feb 27, 2000): 36
• ROGERS, MICHAEL. "Wisconsin Death Trip." Library Journal 125.7 (April 15, 2000): 129

Read: March 25, 2007

Thermopylae: the battle that changed the world

Author: Cartledge, Paul

Title: Thermopylae: the battle that changed the world

Published: Woodstock: Overlook Press, 2006

Description: xxxvii, 313 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 265-295

Subject(s):

• Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C.
• Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C.
• Thermopylae (Greece) – History

Review(s):

• Freeman, Charles. "Thermopylae: The Battle that Changed the World." History Today 56.12 (Dec 2006): 65
• "Cartledge, Paul: Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World." Kirkus Reviews 74.17 (Sept 1, 2006): 883
• Freeman, Jay. "Cartledge, Paul. Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World." Booklist 103.6 (Nov 15, 2006): 19

Read: March 24, 2007

Fat city

Author: Gardner, Leonard

Title: Fat city

Published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996

Description: 183 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969

Subject(s):

• Boxing stories

Review(s):

• "Fat City." Library Journal 121.n18 (Nov 1, 1996): 112

Read: March 23, 2007

Dermaphoria: a novel

Author: Clevenger, Craig

Title: Dermaphoria: a novel

Published: San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage, 2005

Description: 214 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
• Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
• Criminals -- Fiction
• Memory -- Fiction

Review(s):

• "Dermaphoria." Publishers Weekly 252.33 (August 22, 2005): 35

Read: March 22, 2007

Spoon River anthology

Author: Masters, Edgar Lee

Title: Spoon River anthology

Published: New York: Collier Books

Description: 318 p. ; 18 cm.

Bibliography: p. 317-318

Note: Introduction by May Swenson

Subject(s):

• American poetry
• Poetry, Modern -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Timoneda, Emilio. "Meditations on 'Spoon River Anthology': the epitaph as life.(America and the Spanish-Speaking World, part 2)." ANQ 10.n3 (Summer 1997): 45
• Kauffman, Bill. "The John Wilkes Booth of Poetry.(Edgar Lee Masters)." The American Enterprise 10.5 (Sept 1999): 78

Read: March 21, 2007

Love poems

Author Sexton, Anne

Title Love poems

Published: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1969

Description 67 p. 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Love poetry, American

Review(s):

• Johnson, Greg. "The achievement of Anne Sexton." Hollins Critic 21.3 (June 1984): 1

Read: March 20, 2007

Álbum

Author: Casas Broda, Ana

Title: Álbum

Published: Murcia: Mestizo, 2000

Description: 120 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Photography of the nude
• Photography of women
• Photography of families
• Cases Broda, Ana -- Family -- Pictorial works

Read: March 11, 2007