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