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