Fight scenes

Author: Bottoms, Greg

Title: Fight scenes

Published: Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2008

Description: 136 p. :ill. ; 19 cm.

Note: Illustrated by David Powell

Subject(s):

• Problem families -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Autobiographical fiction

Review(s):

• Fight Scenes. Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 7/28/2008, Vol. 255, Issue 30
• Poets & Writers; Nov/Dec2008, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p12-13

Read: November 6, 2008

Orange County: a personal history

Author: Arellano, Gustavo

Title: Orange County: a personal history

Published: New York: Scribner, 2008

Description: 269 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• Mexican Americans -- California -- Orange County -- Biography
• Mexican American families -- California -- Orange County
• Immigrants -- California -- Orange County -- Biography
• Orange County (Calif.) -- Biography
• Orange County (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations
• Orange County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
• Arellano, Gustavo, 1979- -- Family
• Arellano, Gustavo, 1979-

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: October 30, 2008

The drillmaster of Valley Forge: the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army

Author: Lockhart, Paul Douglas

Title: The drillmaster of Valley Forge: the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army

Published: Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2008

Description: viii, 337 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 303-319

Subject(s):

• Military art and science -- United States -- History -- 18th century
• Valley Forge (Pa.) -- History, Military -- 18th century
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
• Generals -- United States -- Biography
• Prussians -- United States -- Biography
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Prussian
• United States. Continental Army -- Biography
• United States. Continental Army -- Drill and tactics
• Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 -- Military leadership

Review(s):

• The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army. Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 6/9/2008, Vol. 255, Issue 23
• The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army. By: Wayman, Matthew J., Library Journal, 03630277, 7/1/2008, Vol. 133, Issue 12
• The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army. Preview By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 8/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 22, p28

Read: October 23, 2008

Paradise lost: Smyrna 1922: the destruction of a Christian city in the Islamic world

Author: Milton, Giles

Title: Paradise lost: Smyrna 1922: the destruction of a Christian city in the Islamic world

Published: New York: Basic Books, 2008

Description: 426 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 387-413

Subject(s):

• Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922
• Massacres -- Turkey -- İzmir
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
• Islam -- Relations -- Christianity
• Greeks -- Turkey -- 20th century
• İzmir (Turkey) -- History
• Turkey -- History -- 1918-1960
• Turkey -- Civilization -- 20th century
• Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
• Atatürk, Kemal, 1881-1938

Review(s):

• Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922. Preview Atlantic Monthly (10727825), Oct2008, Vol. 302 Issue 3, p117-117
• Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922; The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance. Preview By: Arellano, Veronica. Library Journal, 7/1/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 12, p95-95
• End of an era. Preview Economist, 5/3/2008, Vol. 387 Issue 8578, p90-90

Read: October 12, 2008

Unpacking the boxes: a memoir of a life in poetry

Author: Hall, Donald

Title: Unpacking the boxes: a memoir of a life in poetry

Published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Description: 195 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
• Poets laureate -- United States
• Authorship
• Hall, Donald, 1928-

Review(s):

• Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry. Preview By: Sparrow, Joyce. Library Journal, 8/15/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 13, p84-84
• UNPACKING THE BOXES: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry. Preview Kirkus Reviews, 7/1/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 13, p688-688
• Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life In Poetry. Preview Publishers Weekly, 6/30/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 26, p169-169

Read: October 1, 2008

Geek love

Author: Dunn, Katherine

Title: Geek love

Published: New York: Warner Books, 1990

Description: 355 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Carnival owners -- Fiction
• Monsters -- Fiction
• Family -- Fiction

Review(s):

• American Tall Tale/Tail: Katherine Dunn's Geek Love and the Paradox of American Individualism. Preview By: Warren, Victoria. Critique, Summer2004, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p332-336
• Fundamentally Freaky: Collapsing the Freak/Norm Binary in Geek Love. Preview By: Hardin, Michael. Critique, Summer2004, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p337-346
• Normalizing Freakery: Katherine Dunn's 'Geek Love' and the Female Grotesque. Preview By: Weese, Katherine. Critique, Summer2000, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p349

Read: September 8, 2008

The road to rescue: the untold story of Schindler’s list

Author: Pemper, Mieczysław

Uniform Title: Rettende Weg. English

Title: The road to rescue: the untold story of Schindler’s list

Published: New York: Other Press, 2008

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

Bibliography: p. 225-233

Note(s): In collaboration with Viktoria Hertling, assisted by Marie Elisabeth Müller; translated by David Dollenmayer

Subject(s):

• Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
• Jews -- Poland -- Kraków -- Biography
• Concentration camp inmates -- Poland -- Płaszów -- Biography
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives
• Płaszów (Concentration camp)
• Pemper, Mieczysław, 1920-
• Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974

Review(s):

• The Road to Rescue: The Untold Story of Schindler's List. Preview By: Cohen, George. Booklist, 9/15/2008, Vol. 105 Issue 2, p16-17
• The Road to Rescue--The Untold Story of Schindler's List. Preview Publishers Weekly, 8/18/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 33, p54-54

Read: September 7, 2008

Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs

Author: Levy, Buddy

Title: Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs

Published: New York: Bantam Books, 2008

Description: x, 429 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 393-411

Subject(s):

• Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
• Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547

Review(s):

• Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. By: Peters, Stephen H., Library Journal, 03630277, 5/15/2008, Vol. 133, Issue 9
• CONQUISTADOR: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. Kirkus Reviews, 00426598, 4/15/2008, Vol. 76, Issue 8
• Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. Preview By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 6/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 19/20

Read: August 24, 2008

War nerd

Author: Brecher, Gary

Title: War nerd

Published: Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, 2008

Description: vii, 317 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• War and society
• World politics -- 1989-

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 19, 2008

The arrival

Author: Tan, Shaun

Title: The arrival

Published: New York: A.A. Levine Books, 2007

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 31 cm.

Subject(s):

• Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
• Immigrants -- Fiction
• Stories without words
• Cartoons and comics

Review(s):

• School Library Journal, Apr2008 Curriculum Connection, Vol. 54, p54-54
• Lempke, Susan Dove. Reading Today, Dec2007/Jan2008, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p34-34
• Kirkus Reviews, 12/1/2007, Vol. 75 Issue 23, Special Section p21-21

Read: August 11, 2008

The bridge of sighs

Author: Steinhauer, Olen

Title: The bridge of sighs

Published: New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003

Description: 278 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Police -- Europe, Eastern -- Fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Europe, Eastern -- Fiction

Review(s):

• THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS (Book). By: Cannon, Peter, Zaleski, Jeff, Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 1/20/2003, Vol. 250, Issue 3
• The Bridge of Sighs (Book). By: Terpening, Ronnie H., Library Journal, 03630277, 12/1/2002, Vol. 127, Issue 20

Read: July 19, 2008

March: a novel

Author: Brooks, Geraldine

Title: March: a novel

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006

Description: 280, 9 p. ; 20 cm.

Note(s): "First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2005" -- T.p. verso. Includes A Penguin readers guide to March

Subject(s):

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
• March family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction
• Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction

Review(s):

• March (Book). Preview By: Segal, Marta. Booklist, 2/1/2005, Vol. 101 Issue 11, p938-938
• Book Reviews. Preview By: Albert, Judith Strong. Women's Studies, Jun2006, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p413-418
• Our father. Preview Economist, 3/26/2005, Vol. 374 Issue 8419, p84-84

Read: July 18, 2008

Sea of thunder: four commanders and the last great naval campaign, 1941-1945

Author: Thomas, Evan

Title: Sea of thunder: four commanders and the last great naval campaign, 1941-1945

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006

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

Bibliography: p. 391-402

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese
• Japan. Kaigun -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• United States. Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

Review(s):

• Leyte Gulf: Japan's Last Chance. By: Wilkinson, Stephan. Military History, Apr2007, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p67-68
• Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945. By: Green, Roland. Booklist, 11/15/2006, Vol. 103 Issue 6, p22
• Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. By: Stavridis, Jim. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Nov2006, Vol. 132 Issue 11, p81-82

Read: July 14, 2008

Serial no. 3817131

Author: Papo, Rachel

Title: Serial no. 3817131

Published: Brooklyn: PowerHouse Books, 2008

Description: 127 p. :ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.

Note: Foreword by Charles H. Traub

Subject(s):

• Women soldiers -- Israel -- Pictorial works
• Israel -- Armed Forces -- Women -- Pictorial works
• Young women -- Israel -- Pictorial works
• Israel -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- Pictorial works

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 6, 2008

Polio: an American story

Author: Oshinsky, David M.

Title: Polio: an American story

Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2006

Description: viii, 342 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Poliomyelitis -- history -- United States
• History, 20th Century -- United States

Review(s):

• Polio: An American Story/The Death of a Disease: A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis/Polio and Its Aftermath: The Paralysis of Culture. By: Umansky, Lauri. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Winter2006, Vol. 80 Issue 4, p792-794
• Polio, an American Story: The Crusade That Mobilized the Nation Against the Twentieth-Century's Most Feared Disease. By: Markowitz, Gerald. Reviews in American History, Dec2005, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p566-573
• Polio: An American Story. By: Modlin, John F.. New England Journal of Medicine, 11/24/2005, Vol. 353 Issue 21, p2308-2310

Read: July 5, 2008

The spies of Warsaw: a novel

Author: Furst, Alan

Title: The spies of Warsaw: a novel

Published: New York: Random House, 2008

Description: 266 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe -- Fiction
• French -- Poland -- Fiction
• Warsaw (Poland) -- Fiction
• Europe -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
• Spy stories
• War stories
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• The Spies of Warsaw. Publishers Weekly, 4/14/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 15, p35-35
• The Spies of Warsaw. By: Pearce, Jonathan. Library Journal, 4/1/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 6, p75-75
• The Spies of Warsaw. By: Ott, Bill. Booklist, 3/15/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 14, p6

Read: June 24, 2008

The Columbian exchange: biological and cultural consequences of 1492

Author: Crosby, Alfred W.

Title: The Columbian exchange: biological and cultural consequences of 1492

Published: Westport: Greenwood, 1973

Description: xv, 268 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 222-260

Note: Foreword by Otto von Mering

Subject(s):

• Indians -- Diseases
• Indians -- Agriculture
• Medical geography -- History
• Biogeography

Review(s):

• The Colonial Era. By: Demos, John. American Heritage, Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p24-26
• The Colombian Exchange (Book Review). By: Barry Jr., Edward E.. American Historical Review, Feb75, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p67
• Conceptualizing the Real: Environmental History and American Studies. By: Rothman, Hal. American Quarterly, Sep2002, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p485

Read: June 23, 2008

The eve of destruction: the untold story of the Yom Kippur War

Author: Blum, Howard

Title: The eve of destruction: the untold story of the Yom Kippur War

Published: New York: Harper Perennial, 2004

Description: xv, 350 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 333-348

Subject(s):

• Israel-Arab War, 1973

Review(s):

• The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter that Transformed the MiddleEast/The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War(Book). By: Terrill, W. Andrew. Naval History, Dec2004, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p69-70
• THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War (Book). Kirkus Reviews, 8/15/2003, Vol. 71 Issue 16, p1053
• The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War (Book). By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 9/15/2003, Vol. 100 Issue 2, p196

Read: June 21, 2008

Casualty figures: how five men survived the First World War

Author: Barrett, Michèle

Title: Casualty figures: how five men survived the First World War

Published: New York: Verso, 2007

Description: xiii, 174 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects

Review(s):

• Casualty Figures: How Five Men Survived World War One. By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 2/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 11, p16
• CASUALTY FIGURES: How Five Men Survived World War One. Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2007, Vol. 75 Issue 24, p1271-1272

Read: June 15, 2008

Death in the Sahara: the lords of the desert and the Timbuktu railway expedition massacre

Author: Asher, Michael

Title: Death in the Sahara: the lords of the desert and the Timbuktu railway expedition massacre

Published: New York: Skyhorse Pub., 2008

Description: xviii, 286 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 277-278

Subject(s):

• Railroads -- Algeria -- History
• Railroads -- Sahara -- History

Review(s):

• Death in the Sahara: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre. By: Thorsen, James. Library Journal, 5/15/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 9, p111-111
• Death in the Sahara: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre. Publishers Weekly, 3/31/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 13, p50-50
• DEATH IN THE SAHARA: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre. Kirkus Reviews, 3/15/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 6, p277-277

Read: June 11, 2008

If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home

Author: O’Brien, Tim

Title: If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home

Published: New York: Broadway Books, 1999

Description: 209 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --Personal narratives, American
• O’Brien, Tim, 1946-

Review(s):

• 'Which way home?' Tim O'Brien and the question of reference. By: Lustig, T.J.. Textual Practice, Autumn2004, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p395-414
• Truth and Fiction in Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried. By: Wesley, Marilyn. College Literature, Spring 2002, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p1

Read: June 5, 2008

The odyssey: a dramatic retelling of Homer’s epic

Author: Armitage, Simon

Uniform Title: Homer’s Odyssey

Title: The odyssey: a dramatic retelling of Homer’s epic

Published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2008

Description: vi, 266 p. ; 21 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: London: Faber and Faber, 2006. Previously published as: Homer’s Odyssey

Subject(s):

• Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
• Penelope (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
• Poseidon (Greek deity) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Taking Liberties. By: Brett, Mike. New Statesman, 6/19/2006, Vol. 135 Issue 4797, p67-67
• In loose-limbed English. Economist, 5/13/2006, Vol. 379 Issue 8477, p95-95

Read: May 18, 2008

The killer angels: a novel of the Civil War

Author: Shaara, Michael

Title: The killer angels: a novel of the Civil War

Published: New York: Modern Library, 2004

Description: xx, 337 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
• Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• War stories

Review(s):

• Vietnam, Survivalism, and the Civil War: The use of History in Michael Shaara's The killer Angels and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain. By: Grauke, Kevin. War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, 2002, Vol. 14 Issue 1/2, p45
• The Killer Angels: A case study of historical fiction in the social studies curriculum. By: Bilof, Edwin G., Social Studies, Jan/Feb96, Vol. 87, Issue 1
• THE KILLER ANGELS/GODS AND GENERALS/THE LAST FULL MEASURE. By: Pearl, Nancy, Library Journal, 9/1/2001, Vol. 126, Issue 14

Read: May 12, 2008

One soldier’s war

Author: Babchenko, Arkadiĭ

Title: One soldier’s war

Published: New York: Grove Press, 2007

Description: xii, 395 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Portobello Books, Ltd., with the title, One soldier’s war in Chechnya. Individual chapters were first published in Russian literary journals during 2003-2006 and then in book form by Exmo in 2006." -- T.p. verso. Translated from the Russian by Nick Allen

Subject(s):

• Soldiers -- Russia (Federation) -- Chechnia -- Biography
• Chechnia (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- -- Personal narratives, Russian
• Russia (Federation). Russkaia Armiia -- Military life
  Babchenko, Arkadiĭ

Review(s):

• A soldier's tale. Economist, 11/17/2007, Vol. 385, Issue 8555
  ONE SOLDIER'S WAR. Kirkus Reviews, 11/1/2007, Vol. 75, Issue 21
• The war the west forgot By: Barnes, Hugh. New Statesman, 10/29/2007, Vol. 137 Issue 4868, p54-54
• One Soldier's War. By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 1/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 9/10, p37

Read: May 1, 2008

Dark side of the moon: the magnificent madness of the American lunar quest

Author: De Groot, Gerard J.

Title: Dark side of the moon: the magnificent madness of the American lunar quest

Published: New York: New York University Press, 2006

Description: xiv, 321 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 289-292

Subject(s):

• Space flight to the moon -- History -- 20th century
• Moon -- Exploration -- 20th century
• United States -- History -- 1953-1961
• United States -- History -- 1961-1969
• Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History

Review(s):

• Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest By: Kercher, Stephen E.. Journal of American History, Sep2007, Vol. 94 Issue 2, p636-637
• Misbegotten Moon Shot? By: Logsdon, John M., American Scientist, Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 95, Issue 2
• DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest. Kirkus Reviews, 9/1/2006, Vol. 74, Issue 17

Read: April 29, 2008

Bonk: the curious coupling of science and sex

Author: Roach, Mary

Title: Bonk: the curious coupling of science and sex

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2008

Description: 319 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 307-319

Subject(s):

• Sex (Biology) -- Popular works

Review(s):

• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. By: Cramer, Michael D., Library Journal, 3/1/2008, Vol. 133, Issue 4
• The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Publishers Weekly, 2/25/2008, Vol. 255, Issue 8
• BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Kirkus Reviews, 2/1/2008, Vol. 76, Issue 3

Read: April 20, 2008

Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1846-1890

Author: McMurtry, Larry

Title: Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1846-1890

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005

Description: 178 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 163-165

Subject(s):

• Indians of North America -- Wars -- West (U.S.)
• Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
• Massacres -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century

Review(s):

• Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890. By: Peters, Stephen H.. Library Journal, 12/15/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 20, p146-146
• OH WHAT A SLAUGHTER: Massacres in the American West: 1846-1890. Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/2005, Vol. 73 Issue 20, p1125-1125
• OH WHAT A SLAUGHTER.By: Schilling, Mary Kaye. Entertainment Weekly, 12/2/2005 Issue 852, p86-87

Read: April 18, 2008

Desperate passage: the Donner Party’s perilous journey West

Author: Rarick, Ethan

Title: Desperate passage: the Donner Party’s perilous journey West

Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2008

Description: 288 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 273-279

Subject(s):

• Donner Party
• Overland journeys to the Pacific

Review(s):

• The Archaeology of Hunger. By: Goodyear, Dana. New York Times Book Review, 2/3/2008, Vol. 157 Issue 54209, p12-12
• The Ghoulish Tale of the Donner Party: Q&A with Ethan Rarick, author of "Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West" By Justin Ewers Posted February 19, 2008 (http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/02/19/the-ghoulish-tale-of-the-donner-party.html)

Read: April 16, 2008

Flight of the Intruder

Author: Coonts, Stephen

Title: Flight of the Intruder

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986

Description: 329 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Flight Of The Intruder Magill Book Reviews, 01/01/1990
• Stephen Coonts. By: Schultz, Fred L.. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Jul2001, Vol. 127 Issue 7, p68
• War Stories: How Coonts's Career Took Off. By: Miller, John J.. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, 10/24/2006, Vol. 248 Issue 97, pD6

Read: April 13, 2008

Black glasses like Clark Kent: a GI’s secret from postwar Japan

Author: Svoboda, Terese

Title: Black glasses like Clark Kent: a GI’s secret from postwar Japan

Published: Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 2008

Description: 225 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Note: Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize selected by Robert Polito

Subject(s):

• Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
• Military police -- Biography
• United States. Army -- Military life

Review(s):

• Nonfiction Chronicle. By: TARA McKELVEY. New York Times Book Review (1/1/1985 to present), 03/30/2008, p22
• Black Glasses like Clark Kent: A GI's Secret from Postwar Japan. By: Haggas, Carol. Booklist, 2/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 11, p16
• BLACK GLASSES LIKE CLARK KENT: A GI's Secret From Postwar Japan. Kirkus Reviews, 1/1/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p33-34

Read: April 6, 2008

Justinian’s flea: plague, empire, and the birth of Europe

Author: Rosen, William

Title: Justinian’s flea: plague, empire, and the birth of Europe

Published: New York: Viking, 2007

Description: 367 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 329-349

Subject(s):

• Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527
• Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565
• Plague -- History -- To 1500

Review(s):

• Justinian's flea: plague, empire and the birth of Europe. By: Burki, Talha. Lancet Infectious Diseases, Dec2007, Vol. 7 Issue 12, p774-774
• Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe.By: Dattwyler, Raymond J.. New England Journal of Medicine, 9/27/2007, Vol. 357 Issue 13, p1354-1355
• A plague-cursed journey. Economist, 6/16/2007, Vol. 383 Issue 8533, p96-96

Read: April 4, 2008

Strange piece of paradise

Author: Jentz, Terri

Title: Strange piece of paradise

Published: New York: Picador, 2007

Description: 729 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Note: First published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006

Subject(s):

• Violent crimes -- Oregon -- Case studies
• Criminal investigation -- Oregon -- Case studies

Review(s):

• Living to Tell. By: Roach, Mary. New York Times Book Review, 5/14/2006, Vol. 155 Issue 53579, p1-7
• Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West To Investigate My Attempted Murder and Solve the Riddle of Myself. By: Nussbaum, Lisa. Library Journal, 5/15/2006, Vol. 131 Issue 9, p113-114
• True confessions. By: Marler, Regina. Advocate, 6/6/2006 Issue 964, p44-45

Read: March 25, 2008

On beauty: a novel

Author: Smith, Zadie

Title: On beauty: a novel

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006

Description: 445 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• College teachers -- Fiction
• Massachusetts -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Heim, David. "Language games." The Christian Century 123.9 (May 2, 2006): 38
• Fisher, Susan Alice. "The shelter of each other." The Women's Review of Books 23.2 (March-April 2006): 30
• Pepper, Tara. "The Beauty Within; Zadie Smith's triumphant new novel updates the exploration of class relations found in 'Howards End.'." Newsweek International (Sept 19, 2005): 61

Read: March 20, 2008

Neighbors: the destruction of the Jewish community in Jedwabne, Poland

Author: Gross, Jan Tomasz

Uniform title: Sąsiedzi. English

Title: Neighbors: the destruction of the Jewish community in Jedwabne, Poland

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2002

Description: xxii, 214 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Bibliography: p. 155-200

Note(s): Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. With new afterword. Translation of: Sąsiedzi: historia zlałady żydowskiego miasteczka

Subject(s):

• Jews -- Poland -- Jedwabne -- History
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Jedwabne
• Jedwabne (Poland) -- Ethnic relations

Review(s):

• Charns, Alexander. "MY POLISH GRANDFATHER: A dark history, with flashes of light." Commonweal 129.1 (Jan 11, 2002): 16
• Wert, Hal Elliott. "Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland." The Journal of Military History 66.2 (April 2002): 603
• Hoffert, Barbara, Heather McCormack, Rebecca Miller, Mirela Roncevic, Nathan Ward, and Wilda Williams. "Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland. (Best Books of 2001)." Library Journal 127.1 (Jan 2002): 49

Read: March 9, 2008

I was a child of Holocaust survivors

Author: Eisenstein, Bernice

Title: I was a child of Holocaust survivors

Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2006

Description: 187 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Jews -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Children of Holocaust survivors -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust survivors -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Toronto (Ont.) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Eisenstein, Bernice, 1949- -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Waldman, Debby. "PW talks with Bernice Eisenstein: 'Holocaust Anonymous'." Publishers Weekly 253.20 (May 15, 2006): 56
• "I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors." Kirkus Reviews 74.12 (June 15, 2006): 613
  Read: February 25, 2008
• Cohen, George. "Eisenstein, Bernice. I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors." Booklist 102.19-20 (June 1, 2006): 20

Read: February 25, 2008

Spent

Author: Matt, Joe

Title: Spent

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2007

Description: 124 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Cartoonists -- United States -- Fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Matt, Joe, 1963- -- Diaries -- Fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "Spent." Publishers Weekly 254.10 (March 5, 2007): 46
• Flagg, Gordon. "Matt, Joe. Spent." Booklist 103.12 (Feb 15, 2007): 46
• "Matt, Joe: Spent." Kirkus Reviews 75.3 (Feb 1, 2007): 99

Read: February 14, 2008

Cinema panopticum

Author: Ott, Thomas

Title: Cinema panopticum

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2005

Description: 102 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Carnivals -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Carnivals -- Fiction
• Graphic novels
• Horror comic books, strips, etc

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: February 12, 2008

Mendel’s daughter

Author(s): Lemelman, Gusta and Martin Lemelman

Title: Mendel’s daughter

Published: New York: Free Press, 2006

Description: 217 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject(s):

• Jews -- Ukraine -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Jews -- Ukraine -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Personal narratives
• Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Ukraine -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Ukraine -- Biography
• Lemelman, Gusta, d. 1996 -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "Lemelman, Martin. Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir." Booklist 103.2 (Sept 15, 2006): 36
• "Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir." Publishers Weekly 253.31 (August 7, 2006): 39

Read: January 31, 2008

Exit wounds

Author: Modan, Rutu

Title: Exit wounds

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2007

Description: 172 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Suicide bombings -- Israel -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Fathers and sons -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Celayo, Armando. "Rutu Modan. Exit Wounds." World Literature Today 82.1 (Jan-Feb 2008): 65
• Moffett, Matthew L. "Modan, Rutu. Exit Wounds." School Library Journal 53.5 (May 2007): 171
• "Exit Wounds." Publishers Weekly 254.7 (Feb 12, 2007): 69

Read: January 29, 2008

Golden palms

Author: Panar, Ed

Title: Golden palms

Published: Atlanta: J&L Books, 2007

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.

Note(s): Interview with photographer by Charlotte Cotton with title: Monkey wrench symbolism, and index of prints tipped in

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Landscape photography -- California -- Los Angeles
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
• Panar, Ed

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: Janaury 28, 2008

Swimming sweet arrow: a novel

Author: Gibbon, Maureen

Title: Swimming sweet arrow: a novel

Published: Boston: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown & Co., 2001

Description: 205, [12] p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Includes : "A reading group guide." [12] p., 2001

Subject(s):

• Female friendship -- Fiction
• Young women -- Fiction
• Young women -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Meloy, Maile. "Careless love: a debut novel examines the friendship of two high school girls through their sexual exploits." The New York Times Book Review 105.23 (June 4, 2000): 28

Read: January 26, 2008

Cause for alarm

Author: Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998

Title: Cause for alarm

Published: New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2002

Description: 284 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York, Knopf, 1939

Subject(s):

• Murder -- Fiction
• Spy stories

Review(s):

• Caterson, Simon. "ERIC AMBLER'S DARK FRONTIERS." Quadrant (Jan 2000): 87
• Evans, Julian. "Why British thriller writers of the 1930S, such as Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, offer a far better exploration of the nature of freedom than any other novelists. (Platform)." New Statesman (1996) 132.4628 (March 10, 2003): 55
• Rothstein, Edward. "The man who wrote the book on spies." The New York Times (August 17, 2002 col 1 (15 col): B9

Read: January 16, 2008

After the quake: stories

Author: Murakami, Haruki

Uniform Title: Kami no kodomotachi wa mina odoru. English

Title: After the quake: stories

Published: New York: Vintage, 2003

Description: 147 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin

Subject(s):

• Japan -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Short stories

Review(s):

• Lofgren, Erik R. "Haruki Murakami. After the Quake: Stories." World Literature Today 77.1 (April-June 2003): 99
• Picone, Jason. "Haruki Murakami. After the Quake." The Review of Contemporary Fiction 22.3 (Fall 2002): 157
• "After the Quake: Stories." Kirkus Reviews 70.11 (June 1, 2002): 763

Read: January 14, 2008

The myth of the Eastern Front: the Nazi-Soviet war in American popular culture

Author(s): Smelser, Ronald M. and Edward J. Davies II

Title: The myth of the Eastern Front: the Nazi-Soviet war in American popular culture

Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Description: xii, 327 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 261-317

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion
• Propaganda, German -- United States
• Germany -- Foreign public opinion, American
• Public opinion -- United States
• Myth

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: January 8, 2008

The Mamur Zapt

Author: Pearce, Michael

Title: The Mamur Zapt

Published: Scottsdale: Poison Pen Press, 2001-

Description: v. <1-15> ; 22 cm.

Contents:

• vol. 1 The Mamur Zapt & the return of the carpet

Subject(s):

• Owen, Gareth Cadwallader (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Police -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Fiction
• British -- Egypt -- Fiction
• Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Steinberg, Sybil. "The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet." Publishers Weekly 237.n38 (Sept 21, 1990): 66

Read:

• vol. 1 (January 6, 2008)

Driftless: photographs from Iowa

Author: Frazier, Danny Wilcox

Title: Driftless: photographs from Iowa

Published: Durham: Duke University Press, 2007

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 33 cm.

Note(s): "Winner of the Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book prize in photography"--P. facing t.p. Foreword by Robert Frank

Subject(s):

• Documentary photography -- Iowa
• Country life -- Iowa -- Pictorial works
• Frazier, Danny Wilcox, 1970-

Review(s):

• Olson, Ray. "Driftless: Photographs from Iowa." Booklist 104.7 (Dec 1, 2007): 12

Read: January 5, 2008

The foreign correspondent: a novel

Author: Furst, Alan

Title: The foreign correspondent: a novel

Published: New York: Random House Trade Pbks., 2006

Description: 273 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Journalists -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
• Underground newspapers -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
• Europe -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
• Spies -- Fiction
• Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei -- Fiction
• Ovra (Organization : Italy) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Carlson, Michael. "Grace under pressure." Spectator (Dec 30, 2006): NA
• "Furst, Alan: The Foreign Correspondent." Kirkus Reviews 74.9 (May 1, 2006): 426
• Gross, Ken. "Paris Noir." The New York Times Magazine (May 21, 2006): 148

Read: December 30, 2007