Pushing ice

Author: Reynolds, Alastair, 1966-

Title: Pushing ice

Published: New York: Ace Books, 2007

Description: 580 p. ; 18 cm.

Call Number: PR6068 E95 P87 2007

Note(s): Originally published: Great Britain: Gollancz, 2005

Subject(s):

• Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
• Science fiction

Review(s):

• Hopper, Jimm. "It's a marvelous night for a moon dance -- but only if you can catch up with the orb." San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) 12 Nov. 2006, R,CO,C, BOOKS: BOOKS-7
• Cleaver, Fred. "SCIENCE FICTION - Thrill ride takes crew out of solar system." Denver Post, The (CO) 25 Jun. 2006, SUN SCENE, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: F-14
• FOLSOM, ROBERT. "Welcome to life aboard the Rockhopper - Alastair Reynolds' futuristic novel about first contact asks universal questions.." Kansas City Star, The (MO) 18 Jun. 2006, Photo: 10

Read: January 15, 2011

UFOs: generals, pilots, and government officials go on the record

Author: Kean, Leslie

Title: UFOs: generals, pilots, and government officials go on the record

Published: New York: Harmony Books, 2010

Description: xii, 335 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: TL789 K357 2010

Summary: An in-depth investigation into UFO phenomena documents the author’s survey of official extraterrestrial encounters as experienced by scientists, military heads, and aviators throughout the world, and evaluates government reactions

Subject(s):

• Unidentified flying objects -- Research
• Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters
• Public records

Review(s):

• Eberhart, George M. "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record." College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 10 (November 2010): 566
• "5 Questions for Leslie Kean." USA Today, n.d.

Read: January 5, 2011

You’ll never know

Author: Tyler, Carol

Title: You’ll never know

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2009-

Description: v. :col. ill. ; 27 x 32 cm.

Call Number(s):

• PN6727 T95 Y68 2009 (Bk 1. A good and decent man )
• PN6727.T95 Y68 2010 (Bk 2. Collateral damage)

Note(s):

• Bk 1. A good and decent man
• Bk 2. Collateral damage

Summary: A good and decent man is the first of a 3-part graphic memoir chronicling the author’s relationship with her World War II veteran father, and how his war experience shaped her childhood and affected her relationships in adulthood

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Comic books, strips, etc
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Family relationships -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "You'll Never Know: A Graphic Memoir--Book Two: Collateral Damage." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 39 (October 4, 2010): 34
• "You'll Never Know: A Graphic Memoir, Book I: "A Good and Decent Man." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 23 (June 8, 2009): 33

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• December 23, 2010 (Bk 1. A good and decent man )
• December 24, 2010 (Bk 2. Collateral damage)

How to understand Israel in 60 days or less

Author: Glidden, Sarah

Title: How to understand Israel in 60 days or less

Published: New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 2010

Description: 206 p. :col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 G55 H6 2010

Bibliography: p. 206

Note(s): Letterer, Clem Robins

Subject(s):

• Americans -- Israel -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Israel -- Description and travel -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Israel -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Tucker, Ken. "9. How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less." Entertainment Weekly no. 1134/1135 (December 24, 2010): 119
• Moon, Barbara M. "How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less." School Library Journal 56, no. 11 (November 2010): 147
• "HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL IN 60 DAYS OR LESS." Kirkus Reviews 78, no. 19 (October 2010): 975-976

Read: December 22, 2010

Panic in level 4: cannibals, killer viruses, and other journeys to the edge of science

Author: Preston, Richard, 1954-

Title: Panic in level 4: cannibals, killer viruses, and other journeys to the edge of science

Published: New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009

Description: xxxix, 194 p. :ill., ports., facs. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: RC81 P856 2009

Note(s): "Portions of this book appeared in different form in The New Yorker."

Subject(s):

• Medicine, Popular
• Science
• Science writers

Review(s):

• Marston, Will. "Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science." School Library Journal 54, no. 10 (October 2008): 179
• Castelvecchi, David. "Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science." Science News 174, no. 3 (August 2, 2008): 30
• Taylor, Gilbert. "Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science." Booklist 104, no. 18 (May 15, 2008): 13

Read: December 4, 2010

Casanova was a book lover: and other naked truths and provocative curiosities about the writing, selling, and reading of books

Author: Hamilton, John Maxwell

Title: Casanova was a book lover: and other naked truths and provocative curiosities about the writing, selling, and reading of books

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2001

Description: xiv, 351 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: Z1003 H194 2001

Bibliography: p. 283-319

Note(s): Originally published: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000

Subject(s):

• Books and reading
• Books and reading -- United States
• Authorship
• Authorship -- United States
• Publishers and publishing -- United States

Review(s):

• "Casanova Was a Book Lover (Book Review)." Virginia Quarterly Review 77, no. 1 (Winter 2001): 31
• Alexander, Jean M. "Casanova Was a Book Lover and Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities About...(Book Review)." College & Research Libraries 62, no. 1 (January 2001): 93
• Lempert, , Karen E. "Casanova Was a Book Lover and Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities About the Writing, Selling and Reading of Books." Library Journal 125, no. 7 (April 15, 2000): 90

Read: December 3, 2010

Visions of infamy: the untold story of how journalist Hector C. Bywater devised the plans that led to Pearl Harbor

Author: Honan, William H. (William Holmes)

Title: Visions of infamy: the untold story of how journalist Hector C. Bywater devised the plans that led to Pearl Harbor

Published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991

Description: xvi, 346 p. [16] p. of plates :ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number: D767.9 H66 1991

Bibliography: p. 311-329

Subject(s):

• Bywater, Hector C. (Hector Charles), 1884-1940
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Forecasting
• Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Journalists -- United States -- Biography

Review(s):

• Buruma, I. "Ghosts of Pearl Harbor." New York Review of Books 38, no. 21 (December 19, 1991): 9 
• Puffer, Raymond L. "Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor." Library Journal 116, no. 13 (August 1991): 110
• Smith, Gaddis. "Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor." Foreign Affairs 70, no. 5 (92 1991): 190
• Read: November 28, 2010

Kissing the witch

Author: Donoghue, Emma,1969-

Title: Kissing the witch

Published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1997

Description: 210 p. :ill. ; 19 cm.

Call Number: PZ8 D733 K47 1997

Summary: A collection of thirteen interconnected stories that give old fairy tales a new twist

Subject(s):

• Fairy tales -- England

Review(s):

• Orme, Jennifer. "Mouth to Mouth: Queer Desires in Emma Donoghue's Kissing the Witch." Marvels & Tales 24, no. 1 (May 2010): 116-130
• Schimel, Lawrence. "Bewitching kisses." Lambda Book Report 6, no. 6 (January 1998): 9
• Philip, Neil. "Sex and Cinderella." Times Educational Supplement no. 4220 (May 16, 1997): 9 

Read: November 21, 2010

A perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire

Author: Greenfield, Amy Butler, 1968-

Title: A perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire

Published: New York: Harper Perennial, 2006

Description: viii, 338 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: TP925 C63 G74 2006

Bibliography: p. 293-318

Note(s): "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers." -- T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Cochineal -- History
• Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers -- Europe -- History
• Dyes and dyeing -- Mexico -- History
• Cochineal insect

Review(s):

• Marschall, Laurence A. "A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire." Natural History 114, no. 7 (September 2005): 48-50
• Dapson, Dick. "Book review." Biotechnic & Histochemistry 80, no. 3/4 (May 2005): 173
• Haggas, Carol. "A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (Book)." Booklist 101, no. 15 (April 2005): 1332

Read: November 10, 2010

Sex, bombs and burgers: how war, porn and fast food created technology as we know it

Author: Nowak, Peter

Title: Sex, bombs and burgers: how war, porn and fast food created technology as we know it

Published: Toronto: Viking Canada, 2010

Description: 364 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: T15 N69 2010

Subject(s):

• Technological innovations -- Social aspects
• Technology -- Social aspects
• Technology -- History
• Innovations -- Aspect social

Review(s):

• Timm, Jordan. "SEX, BOMBS AND BURGERS: How War, Porn and Fast Food Created Technology As We Know It." Canadian Business 83, no. 6 (April 26, 2010): 71

Read: November 5, 2010

Nineteen seventy-four

Author: Peace, David

Title: Nineteen seventy-four

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2009

Description: 295 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PR6066 E116 N56 2009

Note(s): Originally published: London: Serpent's Tail, 1999

Subject(s):

• Journalists -- England -- Fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
• Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
• Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• DARGIS, MANOHLA. "A Bleak Trilogy From Britain, in Which Men and Terror Run Wild." New York Times, February 05, 2010., 8

Read: October 30, 2010