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