Tuesday, July 22, 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

Friday, July 18, 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

Monday, July 14, 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

Tuesday, July 08, 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