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