Wednesday, January 14, 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