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