Monday, June 18, 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

Friday, June 15, 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):
Read: June 15, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 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

Monday, June 04, 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