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