Roseanna: a Martin Beck mystery

Author(s): Sjöwall, Maj and Per Wahlöö

Uniform Title: Roseanna. English

Title: Roseanna: a Martin Beck mystery

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2008

Description: x, 212 p. : 21 cm.

Note(s): "With a new introduction by Henning Mankell"--P. [1] of cover./ "The first Martin Beck mystery"--P. [1] of cover./ "Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Subject(s):

• Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Police -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
• Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Ott, Bill. "It Began with Beck." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 112
• Nelson, William. "Art Where You Least Expect It: Myth and Ritual in the Detective Series." Modern Fiction Studies, 29, no. 3 (1983): 463-474
• Williams, Thomas. "Martin Beck: The Swedish Version of Barney Miller without the Canned Laughter." Clues 1.1 (1980): 123-128

Read: December 14, 2009

Stitches: a memoir...

Author: Small, David

Title: Stitches : a memoir...

Published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009

Description: 329 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Small, David, 1945- -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Artists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Cancer -- Patients -- Biography

Review(s):

• Goldsmith, Francisca. "Stitches: A Memoir." School Library Journal 55, no. 9 (September 2009): 193
• "Stitches: A Memoir." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 32 (August 10, 2009): 42
• "Stitches: A Memoir." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 13 (July 2009): 13

Read: December 12, 2009

What's the matter with Kansas?: how conservatives won the heart of America

Author: Frank, Thomas

Title: What's the matter with Kansas?: how conservatives won the heart of America

Published: New York: Metropolitan/Owl Book, 2005

Description x, 322 p. : map, ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Conservatism -- Kansas
• Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1951-

Review(s):

• Frank, Thomas, and James E. Sherow. "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America." Kansas History 28, no. 3 (September 2005): 225
• Mead, Walter Russell. "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (Book)." Foreign Affairs 83, no. 6 (November 2004): 151
• Gessen, Keith. "Winning Hearts, Losing Souls." Dissent (00123846) 51, no. 4 (Fall2004 2004): 104-106

Read: December 4, 2009

Down these mean streets

Author: Thomas, Piri

Title: Down these mean streets

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 1997

Description: x, 340 p. ; 21 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. With new afterword

Subject(s):

• Thomas, Piri, 1928-
• Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
• New York (N.Y.) -- Biography

Review(s):

• Caminero-Santangelo, Marta. "Puerto Rican Negro": Defining Race in Piri Thomas's Down These Mean Streets." MELUS 29, no. 2 (Summer2004 2004): 206-226
• Greenberg, Dorothee von Huene. "Piri Thomas: An Interview." MELUS 26, no. 3 (Fall2001 2001): 71
• Stavans, Ilan. "Race and mercy: A conversation with Piri Thomas." Massachusetts Review 37, no. 3 (September 1996): 344

Read: November 11, 2009

Regeneration trilogy

Author: Barker, Pat

Title: The Regeneration trilogy

Published: London: Viking, 1991

Description: 592 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 591-592

Contents:

• Regeneration
• The eye in the door
• The ghost road

Subject(s):

• Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922 -- Fiction
• Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 -- Fiction
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Fiction
• Anthropologists -- Fiction
• Psychiatrists -- Fiction
• War neuroses -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction
• Poets -- Fiction
• England -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Brannigan, John. "an interview with Pat Barker." Contemporary Literature 46, no. 3 (Fall2005 2005): 367-392
• Johnson, Patricia E. "Embodying Losses in Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy." Critique 46, no. 4 (Summer2005 2005): 307-319
• Nickerson, Katherine G., and Steven Shea. "WHR Rivers: Portrait of a great physician in Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy." Lancet 350, no. 9072 (July 19, 1997): 205

Read:

• Regeneration (October 22, 2009)
• The eye in the door (November 3, 2009)
• The ghost road (November 17, 2009)

The book of Genesis

Uniform Title: Bible. O.T. Genesis. English. Alter-Crumb. 2009

Title: The book of Genesis

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2009

Description: 1 v. :ill ; 29 cm.

Note(s): From Genesis: translation and commentary, translated by Robert Alter, 1996; revised and illustrated by Robert Crumb

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Flagg, Gordon. "The Book of Genesis Illustrated." Booklist 106, no. 4 (October 15, 2009): 33
• "THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 18 (September 15, 2009): 84
• "The Book of Genesis Illustrated." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 37 (September 14, 2009): 33

Read: October 24, 2009

Payback: debt and the shadow side of wealth

Author: Atwood, Margaret

Title: Payback: debt and the shadow side of wealth

Published: Toronto: Anansi, 2008

Description: 230 p. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 215-219

Note: Collected here, the Massey Lectures from legendary novelist Margaret Atwood investigate the highly topical subject of debt, exploring debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies

Subject(s):

• Debt -- Social Aspects
• Debt in literature

Review(s):

• Pringle, Diana. "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth." Existential Analysis: Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis 20, no. 2 (July 2009): 370-372
• "LIFE AND DEBT." Canadian Business 81, no. 20 (November 24, 2008): 31-33
• "The creditor's tale." Economist 389, no. 8602 (October 18, 2008): 96

Read: October 17, 2009

The handmaid’s tale

Author: Atwood, Margaret

Title: The handmaid’s tale

Published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1986

Description: 324 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Misogyny -- Fiction
• Women -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Neuman, Shirley. "'Just a Backlash': Margaret Atwood, Feminism, and The Handmaid's Tale." University of Toronto Quarterly 75, no. 3 (Summer2006 2006): 857-868
• Sullivan, Rosemary. "What If? Writing The Handmaid's Tale." University of Toronto Quarterly 75, no. 3 (Summer2006 2006): 850-856
• Thomas, Deborah A. ""DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN": ECHOES OF HARD TIMES IN THE HANDMAID'S TALE." Dickens Quarterly 25, no. 2 (June 2008): 90-97

Read: September 26, 2009

The defense of Jisr al-Doreaa: with E.D. Swinton's the Defence of Duffer's Drift

Author(s): Burgoyne, Michael L. and Albert J. Marckwardt

Title: The defense of Jisr al-Doreaa: with E.D. Swinton’s the Defence of Duffer’s Drift

Published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009

Description: xvii, 156 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 155-156

Note(s): Foreword by John A. Nagl. Includes full text reprint of E.D. Swinton’s the Defence of Duffer’s Drift

Subject(s):

• Counterinsurgency
• Guerrilla warfare
• Tactics
• Iraq War, 2003-
• South African War, 1899-1902
• Didactic literature

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: September 9, 2009

The wind-up bird chronicle

Author: Murakami, Haruki

Uniform Title: Nejimaki-dori kuronikuru. English

Title: The wind-up bird chronicle

Published: New York: Vintage International, 1998

Description: 609 p. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 609

Note(s): "This translation originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1997"--T.p. verso. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin

Subject(s):

• Japan -- Fiction
• Japan -- Politics and government -- Fiction
• Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Fisher, Susan. "An Allegory of Return: Murakami Haruki's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle." Comparative Literature Studies 37, no. 2 (June 2000): 155
• Ty Lai, Amy. "Memory, Hybridity, and Creative Alliance in Haruki Murakami's Fiction." . 163-179
• Iyer, Pico. "Tales of the living dead." Time 150, no. 18 (November 03, 1997): 114 

Read: September 7, 2009

A quiet flame

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: A quiet flame

Published: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009

Description: 389 p. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "A Marian Wood book." Originally published: London: Quercus, 2008

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Fiction
• Undercover operations -- Fiction
• Nazis -- Fiction
• Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
• Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction
• Argentina -- History -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• Noir, Nazi, and Bill Ott. "ROUSING READS." American Libraries 40, no. 4 (April 2009): 65
• "A QUIET FLAME." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 5 (March 2009): 38
• Ott, Bill. "A Quiet Flame." Booklist 105, no. 11 (February 2009): 5

Read: August 15, 2009

The red tree

Author: Tan, Shaun

Title: The red tree

Published: Vancouver: Simply Read Books, 2003

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Subject(s):

• Depression, Mental -- Juvenile fiction
• Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction
• Hope -- Juvenile fiction

Review(s):

• Jones, Trevelyn E. et al. "The Red Tree (Book)." School Library Journal 49, no. 4 (April 2003): 140
• Roback, Diane et al. "THE RED TREE (Book)." Publishers Weekly 250, no. 4 (January 27, 2003): 259
• "THE RED TREE (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 71, no. 2 (January 15, 2003): 148

Read: August 7, 2009

American gods: the author's preferred text

Author: Gaiman, Neil

Title: American gods: the author's preferred text

Published: London: Headline Review, 2005

Description: 640 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Spiritual warfare -- Fiction
• Ex-convicts -- Fiction
• Widowers -- Fiction

Review(s):

• De Lint, Charles. "BOOKS TO LOOK FOR." Fantasy & Science Fiction 101, no. 3 (September 2001): 96
• Kim, Ann. "American Gods (Book Review)." Library Journal 126, no. 11 (June 15, 2001): 102
• Zaleski, Jeff. "AMERICAN GODS (Book review)." Publishers Weekly 248, no. 22 (May 28, 2001): 46

Read: July 27, 2009

Deutsche Bilder--eine Spurensuche 1992-2008

Author: Leitolf, Eva

Title: Deutsche Bilder--eine Spurensuche 1992-2008

Published: Köln: Snoeck, 2008

Description: 88 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note: "Dieses Buch erscheint parallel zur Ausstellung "Eva Leitolf. Deutsche Bilder - eine Spurensuche", Pinakothek der Moderne, München, 25.07.2008-19.10.2008."--Colophon

Subject(s):

• Documentary photography -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Aliens -- Violence against -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Foreign workers -- Violence against -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Crime scenes -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Leitolf, Eva -- Exhibitions

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 22, 2009

Better: a surgeon’s notes on performance

Author: Gawande, Atul

Title: Better: a surgeon’s notes on performance

Published: New York: Picador, 2007

Description: xii, 273 p. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 259-269

Subject(s):

• Internal medicine --Case studies
• Medicine --Miscellanea
• Gawande, Atul

Review(s):

• "BETTER: A SURGEON'S NOTES ON PERFORMANCE." Scientific American Special Edition 17, no. 4 (Dec2007 Special Edition-TBA 2007): 86
• Rothman, David J. "THE QUESTIONS CURE." New Republic 237, no. 10 (November 19, 2007): 52-55
• Williams, Emma. "On doing the right thing as a doctor." Lancet 369, no. 9579 (June 23, 2007): 2069-2070

Read: June 25, 2009

The photographer

Author(s): Guibert, Emmanuel and Didier Lefèvre

Uniform Title: Photographe. English

Title: The photographer

Published: New York: First Second, 2009
Description: xi, 267 p. :ill. ; 30 cm.

Note(s): "Into war-torn Afghanistan with Doctors without borders"--Cover. Translated by Alexis Siegel. Colorist: Frédéric Lemercier. Originally published in French in 3 volumes

Subject(s):

• Photojournalists -- Afghanistan
• Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 -- Medical care
• Médecins sans frontières (Association)
• Lefèvre, Didier, 1957-2007

Review(s):

• CHRIS HEDGES. "What War Looks Like." New York Times Book Review (May 24, 2009): 5
• Simon, Rosemary. "The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders." FADER (May 2009): 108
• "COURAGE UNDER FIRE." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 8 (April 15, 2009): 10

Read: June 14, 2009

A drifting life

Author: Tatsumi, Yoshihiro

Title: A drifting life

Published: Montréal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2009

Description: 855 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Note(s): First pub. under title: A drifting life in Gekiga. Edited, designed, and lettered by Adrian Tomine; translated by Taro Nettleton

Subject(s):

• Cartoonists -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Cartoonists -- Family relationships -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1945- -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "A Drifting Life." Booklist 105, no. 17 (May 2009): 70
• "A Drifting Life." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 14 (April 06, 2009): 36

Read: June 14, 2009

The lost city of Z: a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon

Author: Grann, David

Title: The lost city of Z: a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon

Published: New York: Doubleday, 2009

Description: xi, 339 p., :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 315-326

Subject(s):

• Amazon River Region -- Description and travel
• El Dorado
• Explorers -- Amazon River Region
• Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925? -- Travel -- Amazon River Region
• Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925? -- Death and burial
• Grann, David -- Travel -- Amazon River Region

Review(s):

• GRANDIN, G.R.E.G. "Green Acres." Nation 288, no. 14 (April 13, 2009): 32-36
• Croatto, Pete. "In Search of a Legendary Explorer." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 44 (November 03, 2008): 48
• "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 41 (October 13, 2008): 44-45

Read: May 31, 2009

The darling

Author: Banks, Russell

Title: The darling

Published: New York: Harper Perennial, 2005

Description: 391 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Americans -- Liberia -- Fiction
• Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
• Endangered species -- Fiction
• Women -- Liberia -- Fiction
• Animal welfare -- Fiction
• Chimpanzees -- Fiction
• Liberia -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Seaman, Donna. "The Darling (Book)." Booklist 100, no. 22 (August 2004): 1870
• "THE DARLING (Book)." Publishers Weekly 251, no. 31 (August 02, 2004): 49
• "THE DARLING (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 72, no. 14 (July 15, 2004): 643-644

Read: May 11, 2009

Sniper one: on scope and under siege with a sniper team in Iraq

Author: Mills, Dan

Title: Sniper one: on scope and under siege with a sniper team in Iraq

Published: New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008

Description: xxvi, 349 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, British
• Snipers -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Mills, Dan, 1968-

Review(s):

• Keiser, Gordon W. "Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq." U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 135, no. 1 (January 2009): 74
• Alperstein, David. "Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq." Library Journal 133, no. 19 (November 15, 2008): 86
• Green, Roland. "Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq." Booklist 105, no. 1 (September 2008): 30

Read: May 4, 2009

My word!: plagiarism and college culture

Author: Blum, Susan Debra

Title: My word!: plagiarism and college culture

Published: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009

Description: 229 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 193-215

Subject(s):

• Plagiarism
• Cheating (Education)
• College students -- Attitudes

Review(s):

• Rosen, Christine. "It's Not Theft, It's Pastiche." Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition 253, no. 88 (April 16, 2009): A13

Read: April 27, 2009

Laika

Author: Abadzis, Nick

Title: Laika

Published: New York: First Second, 2007

Description: 205 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 204-205

Note: Color by Hilary Sycamore

Subject(s):

• Laika (Dog) -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Dogs -- Soviet Union -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Sputnik satellites -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Space race -- Soviet Union -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Brown, Lisa. "A Graphic Novel Raises Ethical Issues: Laika." Society & Animals 16, no. 3 (September 2008): 293-296
• Glantz, Shelley. "Laika." Library Media Connection 26, no. 4 (January 2008): 77-78
• Karp, Jesse. "Laika." Booklist 104, no. 1 (September 2007): 107

Read: April 19, 2009

The general in his labyrinth: a novel

Author: García Márquez, Gabriel

Uniform Title: General en su laberinto. English

Title: The general in his labyrinth: a novel

Published: New York: Vintage International, 2003

Description: 285 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Note: Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman

Subject(s):

• Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830 -- Fiction
• Heads of state -- South America -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Mujica, B. "A generation in shadows." Americas 43, no. 3 (May 1991): 60
• Leonard, John. "Napoleon Complex." Nation 251, no. 19 (December 03, 1990): 672-682
• Rodman, Selden. "The Conqueror's Descent." National Review 42, no. 20 (October 15, 1990): 87-89

Read: April 12, 2009

Watching the watchmen: the definitive companion to the ultimate graphic novel

Author: Gibbons, Dave, Chip Kidd and Mike Essl

Title: Watching the watchmen: the definitive companion to the ultimate graphic novel

Published: London: Titan, 2008

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

Subject(s):

• Moore, Alan, 1953- Watchmen
• Science fiction comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "The Graphic Novel Comes of Age." Booklist 105, no. 13 (March 2009): 34
• Jensen, Jeff. "Watching the Watchmen." Entertainment Weekly (November 21, 2008): 123

Read: March 27, 2009

An unquiet mind

Author: Jamison, Kay R.

Title: An unquiet mind

Published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1995

Description: 223 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Bipolar Disorder -- Personal Narratives
• Jamison, Kay R.

Review(s):

• White, Leah. "Narratives of Mental Illness: The "Autobiographical Manifestos" of Kate Millett, Susanna Kaysen, and Kay Redfield Jamison." Women & Language 31, no. 1 (Spring2008 2008): 4-12
• "A Trilogy of Pain." Booklist 103, no. 7 (December 2006): 7
• Hughes, Mary Ann. "An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Book)." Library Journal 129, no. 8 (May 2004): 51

Read: March 25, 2009

Skyscrapers of the midwest

Author: Cotter, Joshua W.

Title: Skyscrapers of the midwest

Published: Richmond: Adhouse Books, 2008

Description: 282 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Silos -- Middle West -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Cats -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Farm life -- Middle West -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Middle West -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• "Skyscrapers of the Midwest." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 19 (May 12, 2008): 42

Read: March 8, 2009

Berlin: city of smoke: book two

Author: Lutes, Jason

Title: Berlin: city of smoke: book two

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2008

Description: 210 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Note: "Berlin; City of Smoke originally serialized in the comic book Berlin, in issues 9 through 16"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels
• Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Flagg, Gordon. "Berlin, v.2: City of Smoke." Booklist 105, no. 9/10 (January 2009): 57
• Brophy-Warren, Jamin. "Fatherland." Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition 252, no. 45 (August 22, 2008): W2

Read: March 6, 2009

Fakers: hoaxers, con artists, counterfeiters, and other great pretenders

Author: Maliszewski, Paul

Title: Fakers: hoaxers, con artists, counterfeiters, and other great pretenders

Published: New York: New Press, 2009

Description: 245 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Impostors and imposture -- Biography

Review(s):

• Keymer, David. "Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders." Library Journal 133, no. 19 (November 15, 2008): 88
• "Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 44 (November 03, 2008): 50-51
• "FAKERS: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 21 (November 2008): 1150

Read: March 1, 2009

Robot dreams

Author: Varon, Sara

Title: Robot dreams

Published: New York: First Second, 2007

Description: 205 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
• Robots -- Juvenile fiction

Review(s):

• "Robot Dreams." Kirkus Reviews 75, no. 22 (November 15, 2007): 22
• Lipinski, Andrea. "Robot Dreams." School Library Journal 53, no. 9 (September 2007): 225
• "Robot Dreams." Publishers Weekly 254, no. 32 (August 13, 2007): 67

Read: February 15, 2009

Without warning

Author: Birmingham, John

Title: Without warning

Published: New York: Del Rey, 2009

Description: 516 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• End of the world -- Fiction
• International relations -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Cassada, Jackie. "Without Warning." Library Journal 133, no. 20 (December 2008): 116
• "Without Warning." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 48 (December 2008): 34
• "WITHOUT WARNING." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 21 (November 2008): 1141-1142

Read: February 14, 2009

Complications: a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science

Author: Gawande, Atul

Title: Complications: a surgeon's notes on an imperfect science

Published: New York: Picador, 2003

Description: x, 269 p. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 253-264

Note: "Several of these pieces have appeared, in slightly different form, in the New Yorker and Slate"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Surgeons -- United States -- Biography
• Surgery -- Anecdotes

Review(s):

• Wright, A.J. "Complications (Book)." Library Journal 127, no. 6 (April 2002): 130
• Gold, Sarah F. et al. "COMPLICATIONS (Book)." Publishers Weekly 249, no. 8 (February 25, 2002): 50
• "Cut to life." Economist 362, no. 8261 (February 23, 2002): 85-86

Read: February 10, 2009

American widow

Author: Torres, Alissa

Title: American widow

Published: New York: Villard, 2008

Description: 209 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: Illustrated by Sungyoon Choi

Subject(s):

• Widows -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Torres, Alissa

Review(s):

• Shepherd, Julianne Escobedo. "American Widow." FADER (December 2008): 180
• Cornog, Martha. "American Widow." Library Journal 133, no. 19 (November 15, 2008): 58
• "American Widow." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 28 (July 14, 2008): 50

Read: February 7, 2009

Nat Turner

Author: Baker, Kyle

Title: Nat Turner

Published: New York: Abrams, 2008

Description: 207 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 203

Subject(s):

• Slaves -- Virginia -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Southampton Insurrection, 1831 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• African Americans -- Virginia -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Cornog, Martha. "Nat Turner/Nat Turner. Vol. 2: Revolution." Library Journal 132, no. 9 (May 15, 2007): 73
• 
  West, Abby. "NAT TURNER." Entertainment Weekly (September 23, 2005): 93

Read: February 7, 2009

The two thousand yard stare: Tom Lea’s World War II

Author: Lea, Tom,1907-2001

Title: The two thousand yard stare: Tom Lea’s World War II

Published: College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008

Description: xviii, 227 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Bibliography: p. 219-221

Note(s): Edited and with introduction by Brendan M. Greeley Jr.; foreword by Adair Margo

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war
• Artists -- United States -- Biography
• Lea, Tom, 1907-2001

Review(s):

• Waterhouse, Charles. "The Two Thousand Yard Stare: Tom Lea's World War II." U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 134, no. 12 (December 2008): 72-73

Read: February 7, 2009

73304-23-4153-6-96-8

Author: Ott, Thomas

Title: 73304-23-4153-6-96-8

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2008

Description: 142 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Symbolism of numbers -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Olson, Ray. "The Number: 73304-23-4153-6-96-8." Booklist 104, no. 18 (May 15, 2008): 28

Read: January 13, 2009

Rogue male

Author: Household, Geoffrey

Title: Rogue male

Published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939

Description: 280 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Hunters -- Fiction
• England -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction

Review(s):

• KING, F.L.O.R.E.N.C.E. "The Rogue Vogue." National Review 59, no. 15 (August 27, 2007): 33
• "Cut to the Chase." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 22
• Jennings, Matthew. "Rogue Male (Book)." New Statesman 131, no. 4602 (August 26, 2002): 38

Read: January 9, 2009

Mr. Phillips

Author: Lanchester, John

Title: Mr. Phillips

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2001

Description: 291 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Unemployed Fiction
• Middle aged men--England--London Fiction
• London (England) Fiction

Review(s):

• Landon, Philip. "Mr. Phillips (Book Review)." Review of Contemporary Fiction 21, no. 1 (Spring2001 2001): 202
• Levinson, Martin H. "Mr. Phillips." ETC: A Review of General Semantics 57, no. 3 (Fall2000 2000): 380
• St. John, Edward B. "Mr Phillips (Book Review)." Library Journal 125, no. 5 (March 15, 2000): 127

Read: December 30, 2008

Local

Author(s): Wood, Brian and Ryan Kelly

Title: Local

Published: Portland: Oni, 2008

Description: 376 p. :ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject(s):

• Women travelers --Comic books, strips, etc
• Voyages and travels -- United States --Comic books, strips, etc
• Teenage girls --Comic books, strips, etc
• Cities and towns --North America --Comic books, strips, etc
• North America --Description and travel --Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Goldsmith, Francisca. "Local." Booklist 105, no. 6 (November 15, 2008): 26

Read: December 25, 2008

The alcoholic

Author: Ames, Jonathan

Title: The alcoholic

Published: New York: Vertigo, 2008

Description: 136 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: Illustrated by Dean Haspiel

Subject(s):

• Alcoholics -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Duralde, Alonso. "A COMIC OF ERRORS." Advocate (September 09, 2008): 55
• Ames, Jonathan. "THE ALCOHOLIC." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 10 (May 15, 2008): 1

Read: December 23, 2008

Napoleon & St Helena: on the island of exile

Author: Willms, Johannes

Title: Napoleon & St Helena: on the island of exile

Published: London: Armchair Traveller/Haus Pub., 2008

Description: 231 p. ; 17 cm.

Note(s): "First published in German by marebuchverlag, Hamburg/Germany in 2007 under the title St Helena." -- T.p. verso. Translated by John Brownjohn

Subject(s):

• Saint Helena -- Description and travel
• Saint Helena -- History
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Captivity, 1815-1821

Review(s):

• "Napoleon & St. Helena: On the Island of Exile." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 28 (July 14, 2008): 58-59

Read: December 22, 2008

Skim

Author: Tamaki, Mariko

Title Skim

Published: Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2008

Description: 141 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Note: Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

Subject(s):

• Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Friendship in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Depression in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Love in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "Skim." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 23 (December 2008): 18
• WHITTAL, Z.O.E. "Graphic Scenes IN CONVERSATION WITH MARIKO TAMAKI." Herizons 22, no. 2 (Fall2008 2008): 37-39
• "Skim." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 5 (February 04, 2008): 44

Read: December 19, 2008

The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Author: Díaz, Junot

Title: The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2007

Description: 339 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Dominican Americans -- Fiction

Review(s):

• L. C. S. "JUNOT DÍAZ." Rolling Stone (October 18, 2007): 106
• Desai, Anuj. "THE BARRIO BARD." FADER (October 2007): 44
• Glock, Allison. "We're All Fukú'd." Esquire 148, no. 3 (September 2007): 86

Read: December 17, 2008

Alan's war: the memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Author: Guibert, Emmanuel

Uniform Title: Guerre d'Alan. English

Title: Alan's war: the memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Published: New York: First Second, 2008

Description: 304 p. 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Cope, Alan Ingram, 1925-1999 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• United States. Army -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Goldsmith, Francisca. "Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope." School Library Journal 54, no. 11 (November 2008): 154
• "Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 31 (August 04, 2008): 50
• "ALAN'S WAR." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 15 (August 2008): 61

Read: December 16, 2008

Hitler’s private library: the books that shaped his life

Author: Ryback, Timothy W.

Title: Hitler’s private library: the books that shaped his life

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008

Description: xx, 278 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
• Library of Congress -- Catalogs
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Knowledge and learning
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Books and reading

Review(s):

• JACOB HEILBRUNN. "The Reader." New York Times Book Review (January 04, 2009): 14
• Grafton, Anthony. "MEIN BUCH." New Republic 239, no. 11 (December 24, 2008): 32-35
• Wilson, John. "HITLER'S PRIVATE LIBRARY: The Books That Shaped His Life." Christianity Today 52, no. 11 (November 2008): 74

Read: December 6, 2008

Out stealing horses

Author: Petterson, Per

Uniform Title: Ut og stjœle hester. English

Title: Out stealing horses

Published: London: Harvill Secker, 2005

Description: 264 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Translated by Anne Born

Subject(s):

• Social isolation -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Sjåvik, Jan. "Out Stealing Horses." World Literature Today 82, no. 1 (January 2008): 65-66
• THE EDITORS. "Up Front." New York Times Book Review (December 09, 2007): 4
• "Out Stealing Horses." New Yorker 83, no. 19 (July 09, 2007): 91

Read: November 23, 2008

Alice in Sunderland: an entertainment

Author: Talbot, Bryan

Title: Alice in Sunderland: an entertainment

Published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2007

Description: 319 p. :ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject(s):

• Sunderland (Tyne and Wear, England)--History--Fiction--Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "Top 10 Graphic Novels." Booklist 104, no. 14 (March 15, 2008): 41
• "Alice In Sunderland: An Entertainment." Kirkus Reviews 75, no. 12 (June 15, 2007): 8-12
• Hays, Carl. "Alice in Sunderland." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 80

Read: November 12, 2008

The spy who came in from the cold

Author: Le Carré, John

Title: The spy who came in from the cold

Published: New York: Walker, 2005

Description: xiv, 223 p. ; 23 cm.

Note: Foreword by Joseph Kanon

Subject(s):

• Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Intelligence officers -- Fiction
• Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction
• Cold War -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Bernard, André. "THE CASUAL READER." Kenyon Review 28, no. 3 (Summer2006 2006): 1
• Davis, J. Madison. "The 10 Greatest Crime Novels of All Time?." World Literature Today 80, no. 1 (January 2006): 6-8
• Rogers, Michael. "classic returns." Library Journal 130, no. 14 (September 2005): 194

Read: November 11, 2008