Desperate passage: the Donner Party’s perilous journey West

Author: Rarick, Ethan

Title: Desperate passage: the Donner Party’s perilous journey West

Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2008

Description: 288 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 273-279

Subject(s):

• Donner Party
• Overland journeys to the Pacific

Review(s):

• The Archaeology of Hunger. By: Goodyear, Dana. New York Times Book Review, 2/3/2008, Vol. 157 Issue 54209, p12-12
• The Ghoulish Tale of the Donner Party: Q&A with Ethan Rarick, author of "Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West" By Justin Ewers Posted February 19, 2008 (http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/02/19/the-ghoulish-tale-of-the-donner-party.html)

Read: April 16, 2008

Flight of the Intruder

Author: Coonts, Stephen

Title: Flight of the Intruder

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986

Description: 329 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Flight Of The Intruder Magill Book Reviews, 01/01/1990
• Stephen Coonts. By: Schultz, Fred L.. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Jul2001, Vol. 127 Issue 7, p68
• War Stories: How Coonts's Career Took Off. By: Miller, John J.. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, 10/24/2006, Vol. 248 Issue 97, pD6

Read: April 13, 2008

Black glasses like Clark Kent: a GI’s secret from postwar Japan

Author: Svoboda, Terese

Title: Black glasses like Clark Kent: a GI’s secret from postwar Japan

Published: Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 2008

Description: 225 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Note: Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize selected by Robert Polito

Subject(s):

• Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
• Military police -- Biography
• United States. Army -- Military life

Review(s):

• Nonfiction Chronicle. By: TARA McKELVEY. New York Times Book Review (1/1/1985 to present), 03/30/2008, p22
• Black Glasses like Clark Kent: A GI's Secret from Postwar Japan. By: Haggas, Carol. Booklist, 2/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 11, p16
• BLACK GLASSES LIKE CLARK KENT: A GI's Secret From Postwar Japan. Kirkus Reviews, 1/1/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p33-34

Read: April 6, 2008

Justinian’s flea: plague, empire, and the birth of Europe

Author: Rosen, William

Title: Justinian’s flea: plague, empire, and the birth of Europe

Published: New York: Viking, 2007

Description: 367 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 329-349

Subject(s):

• Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527
• Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565
• Plague -- History -- To 1500

Review(s):

• Justinian's flea: plague, empire and the birth of Europe. By: Burki, Talha. Lancet Infectious Diseases, Dec2007, Vol. 7 Issue 12, p774-774
• Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe.By: Dattwyler, Raymond J.. New England Journal of Medicine, 9/27/2007, Vol. 357 Issue 13, p1354-1355
• A plague-cursed journey. Economist, 6/16/2007, Vol. 383 Issue 8533, p96-96

Read: April 4, 2008

Strange piece of paradise

Author: Jentz, Terri

Title: Strange piece of paradise

Published: New York: Picador, 2007

Description: 729 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Note: First published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006

Subject(s):

• Violent crimes -- Oregon -- Case studies
• Criminal investigation -- Oregon -- Case studies

Review(s):

• Living to Tell. By: Roach, Mary. New York Times Book Review, 5/14/2006, Vol. 155 Issue 53579, p1-7
• Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West To Investigate My Attempted Murder and Solve the Riddle of Myself. By: Nussbaum, Lisa. Library Journal, 5/15/2006, Vol. 131 Issue 9, p113-114
• True confessions. By: Marler, Regina. Advocate, 6/6/2006 Issue 964, p44-45

Read: March 25, 2008

On beauty: a novel

Author: Smith, Zadie

Title: On beauty: a novel

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006

Description: 445 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• College teachers -- Fiction
• Massachusetts -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Heim, David. "Language games." The Christian Century 123.9 (May 2, 2006): 38
• Fisher, Susan Alice. "The shelter of each other." The Women's Review of Books 23.2 (March-April 2006): 30
• Pepper, Tara. "The Beauty Within; Zadie Smith's triumphant new novel updates the exploration of class relations found in 'Howards End.'." Newsweek International (Sept 19, 2005): 61

Read: March 20, 2008

Neighbors: the destruction of the Jewish community in Jedwabne, Poland

Author: Gross, Jan Tomasz

Uniform title: Sąsiedzi. English

Title: Neighbors: the destruction of the Jewish community in Jedwabne, Poland

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2002

Description: xxii, 214 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Bibliography: p. 155-200

Note(s): Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. With new afterword. Translation of: Sąsiedzi: historia zlałady żydowskiego miasteczka

Subject(s):

• Jews -- Poland -- Jedwabne -- History
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Jedwabne
• Jedwabne (Poland) -- Ethnic relations

Review(s):

• Charns, Alexander. "MY POLISH GRANDFATHER: A dark history, with flashes of light." Commonweal 129.1 (Jan 11, 2002): 16
• Wert, Hal Elliott. "Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland." The Journal of Military History 66.2 (April 2002): 603
• Hoffert, Barbara, Heather McCormack, Rebecca Miller, Mirela Roncevic, Nathan Ward, and Wilda Williams. "Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland. (Best Books of 2001)." Library Journal 127.1 (Jan 2002): 49

Read: March 9, 2008

I was a child of Holocaust survivors

Author: Eisenstein, Bernice

Title: I was a child of Holocaust survivors

Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2006

Description: 187 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Jews -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Children of Holocaust survivors -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust survivors -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Toronto (Ont.) -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Eisenstein, Bernice, 1949- -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Waldman, Debby. "PW talks with Bernice Eisenstein: 'Holocaust Anonymous'." Publishers Weekly 253.20 (May 15, 2006): 56
• "I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors." Kirkus Reviews 74.12 (June 15, 2006): 613
  Read: February 25, 2008
• Cohen, George. "Eisenstein, Bernice. I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors." Booklist 102.19-20 (June 1, 2006): 20

Read: February 25, 2008

Spent

Author: Matt, Joe

Title: Spent

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2007

Description: 124 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Cartoonists -- United States -- Fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Matt, Joe, 1963- -- Diaries -- Fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "Spent." Publishers Weekly 254.10 (March 5, 2007): 46
• Flagg, Gordon. "Matt, Joe. Spent." Booklist 103.12 (Feb 15, 2007): 46
• "Matt, Joe: Spent." Kirkus Reviews 75.3 (Feb 1, 2007): 99

Read: February 14, 2008

Cinema panopticum

Author: Ott, Thomas

Title: Cinema panopticum

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2005

Description: 102 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Carnivals -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Carnivals -- Fiction
• Graphic novels
• Horror comic books, strips, etc

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: February 12, 2008

Mendel’s daughter

Author(s): Lemelman, Gusta and Martin Lemelman

Title: Mendel’s daughter

Published: New York: Free Press, 2006

Description: 217 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject(s):

• Jews -- Ukraine -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Jews -- Ukraine -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Personal narratives
• Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Ukraine -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Ukraine -- Biography
• Lemelman, Gusta, d. 1996 -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "Lemelman, Martin. Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir." Booklist 103.2 (Sept 15, 2006): 36
• "Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir." Publishers Weekly 253.31 (August 7, 2006): 39

Read: January 31, 2008

Exit wounds

Author: Modan, Rutu

Title: Exit wounds

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2007

Description: 172 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Suicide bombings -- Israel -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Fathers and sons -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Celayo, Armando. "Rutu Modan. Exit Wounds." World Literature Today 82.1 (Jan-Feb 2008): 65
• Moffett, Matthew L. "Modan, Rutu. Exit Wounds." School Library Journal 53.5 (May 2007): 171
• "Exit Wounds." Publishers Weekly 254.7 (Feb 12, 2007): 69

Read: January 29, 2008

Golden palms

Author: Panar, Ed

Title: Golden palms

Published: Atlanta: J&L Books, 2007

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.

Note(s): Interview with photographer by Charlotte Cotton with title: Monkey wrench symbolism, and index of prints tipped in

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Landscape photography -- California -- Los Angeles
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
• Panar, Ed

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: Janaury 28, 2008

Swimming sweet arrow: a novel

Author: Gibbon, Maureen

Title: Swimming sweet arrow: a novel

Published: Boston: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown & Co., 2001

Description: 205, [12] p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Includes : "A reading group guide." [12] p., 2001

Subject(s):

• Female friendship -- Fiction
• Young women -- Fiction
• Young women -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Meloy, Maile. "Careless love: a debut novel examines the friendship of two high school girls through their sexual exploits." The New York Times Book Review 105.23 (June 4, 2000): 28

Read: January 26, 2008

Cause for alarm

Author: Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998

Title: Cause for alarm

Published: New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2002

Description: 284 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York, Knopf, 1939

Subject(s):

• Murder -- Fiction
• Spy stories

Review(s):

• Caterson, Simon. "ERIC AMBLER'S DARK FRONTIERS." Quadrant (Jan 2000): 87
• Evans, Julian. "Why British thriller writers of the 1930S, such as Eric Ambler and Graham Greene, offer a far better exploration of the nature of freedom than any other novelists. (Platform)." New Statesman (1996) 132.4628 (March 10, 2003): 55
• Rothstein, Edward. "The man who wrote the book on spies." The New York Times (August 17, 2002 col 1 (15 col): B9

Read: January 16, 2008

After the quake: stories

Author: Murakami, Haruki

Uniform Title: Kami no kodomotachi wa mina odoru. English

Title: After the quake: stories

Published: New York: Vintage, 2003

Description: 147 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin

Subject(s):

• Japan -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Short stories

Review(s):

• Lofgren, Erik R. "Haruki Murakami. After the Quake: Stories." World Literature Today 77.1 (April-June 2003): 99
• Picone, Jason. "Haruki Murakami. After the Quake." The Review of Contemporary Fiction 22.3 (Fall 2002): 157
• "After the Quake: Stories." Kirkus Reviews 70.11 (June 1, 2002): 763

Read: January 14, 2008

The myth of the Eastern Front: the Nazi-Soviet war in American popular culture

Author(s): Smelser, Ronald M. and Edward J. Davies II

Title: The myth of the Eastern Front: the Nazi-Soviet war in American popular culture

Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Description: xii, 327 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 261-317

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Public opinion
• Propaganda, German -- United States
• Germany -- Foreign public opinion, American
• Public opinion -- United States
• Myth

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: January 8, 2008

The Mamur Zapt

Author: Pearce, Michael

Title: The Mamur Zapt

Published: Scottsdale: Poison Pen Press, 2001-

Description: v. <1-15> ; 22 cm.

Contents:

• vol. 1 The Mamur Zapt & the return of the carpet

Subject(s):

• Owen, Gareth Cadwallader (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Police -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Fiction
• British -- Egypt -- Fiction
• Cairo (Egypt) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Steinberg, Sybil. "The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet." Publishers Weekly 237.n38 (Sept 21, 1990): 66

Read:

• vol. 1 (January 6, 2008)

Driftless: photographs from Iowa

Author: Frazier, Danny Wilcox

Title: Driftless: photographs from Iowa

Published: Durham: Duke University Press, 2007

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 33 cm.

Note(s): "Winner of the Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book prize in photography"--P. facing t.p. Foreword by Robert Frank

Subject(s):

• Documentary photography -- Iowa
• Country life -- Iowa -- Pictorial works
• Frazier, Danny Wilcox, 1970-

Review(s):

• Olson, Ray. "Driftless: Photographs from Iowa." Booklist 104.7 (Dec 1, 2007): 12

Read: January 5, 2008

The foreign correspondent: a novel

Author: Furst, Alan

Title: The foreign correspondent: a novel

Published: New York: Random House Trade Pbks., 2006

Description: 273 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Journalists -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
• Underground newspapers -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
• Europe -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
• Spies -- Fiction
• Germany. Geheime Staatspolizei -- Fiction
• Ovra (Organization : Italy) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Carlson, Michael. "Grace under pressure." Spectator (Dec 30, 2006): NA
• "Furst, Alan: The Foreign Correspondent." Kirkus Reviews 74.9 (May 1, 2006): 426
• Gross, Ken. "Paris Noir." The New York Times Magazine (May 21, 2006): 148

Read: December 30, 2007

Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550

Author: Harari, Yuval N.

Title: Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550

Published: Rochester: Boydell Press, 2007

Description: xi, 224 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 186-211

Subject(s):

• Military history, Medieval
• Espionage -- History -- To 1500
• Middle Ages

Review(s):

• Murray, Alan. "The ancient art of fighting dirty.(Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550)." Times Higher Education Supplement 1810 (Sept 7, 2007): 22

Read: December 28, 2007

The daughters of Juárez: a true story of serial murder south of the border

Author(s): Rodríguez, Teresa, Diana Montané, and Lisa Pulitzer

Title: The daughters of Juárez: a true story of serial murder south of the border

Published: New York: Atria Books, 2007

Description: xvii, 316 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Serial murders -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Murder -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Women -- Crimes against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Women -- Violence against -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Missing persons -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Murder victims -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Political corruption -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Transnational crime -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez
• Criminal justice, Administration of -- Mexico
• Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Review(s):

• "The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border." Florida Bar Journal 81.10 (Nov 2007): 47
• Cruz-Lugo, Victor. "When truth is more horrific than fiction.(The Daughters of Juarez)." Hispanic 20.3 (March 2007): 76

Read: December 27, 2007

Classics for pleasure

Author: Dirda, Michael

Title: Classics for pleasure

Published: Orlando: Harcourt, 2007

Description: x, 341 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Literature -- History and criticism
• Canon (Literature)

Review(s):

• Hooper, Brad. "Classics for Pleasure." Booklist 104.1 (Sept 1, 2007): 37
• "Dirda, Michael: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE." Kirkus Reviews (Sept 1, 2007)
• "Classics for Pleasure." Publishers Weekly 254.33 (August 20, 2007): 57

Read: December 25, 2007

Gut symmetries

Author: Winterson, Jeanette

Title: Gut symmetries

Published: New York: Vintage, 1998

Description: 223 p. ; 21 cm.

Note: First published 1997

Subject(s):

• Women physicists -- Fiction
• Bisexual women -- Fiction
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
• Alchemy -- Fiction

Review(s):

• McClellan, Ann. "Science fictions: British women scientists and Jeanette Winterson's Gut Symmetries." Women's Studies 33.8 (Dec 2004): 1057-1081
• Litovitz, Malca. "Passion and comfort (Jeanette Winterson)." Queen's Quarterly 104.2 (Summer 1997): 333-41
• Holcomb, Shannon. "Gut Symmetries." Lambda Book Report 6.n3 (Oct 1997): 32

Read: December 24, 2007

Roy Arden: against the day

Author: Arden, Roy

Title: Roy Arden: against the day

Published: Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007

Description: 159 p. :ill. ; 29 cm.

Note(s): Essays by Dieter Roelstraete and Russell Ferguson; texts by Roy Arden...[et al.]

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
• Vancouver (B.C) -- In art -- Exhibitions
• Arden, Roy, 1957- -- Exhibitions
• Arden, Roy, 1957- -- Expositions

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: December 23, 2007

The android’s dream

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The android’s dream

Published: New York: Tor, 2006

Description: 396 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Life on other planets -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Android's Dream." Library Journal 131.19 (Nov 15, 2006): 63
• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. The Android's Dream." Booklist 103.5 (Nov 1, 2006): 36
• "The Android's Dream." Publishers Weekly 253.38 (Sept 25, 2006): 50

Read: December 19, 2007

The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission: American raids on 17 August 1943

Author: Middlebrook, Martin

Title: The Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission: American raids on 17 August 1943

Published: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985, 1983

Description: 363 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Bibliography: p. 353

Note: Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 1983

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• United States. Army Air Forces. Bomber Command -- History
• Regensburg (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1943
• Schweinfurt (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1943

Review(s):

• "The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission." Booklist (Feb 15, 1984): 843

Read: November 30, 2007

Tokyo year zero

Author: Peace, David

Title: Tokyo year zero

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007

Description: 355 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 352-355

Subject(s):

• Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction
• Serial murders -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction
• Police -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Lichtig, Toby. "Murder he wrote.(Fiction)(Tokyo Year Zero by David Peace)." New Statesman (1996) 136.4858 (August 20, 2007): 49
• Peace, David: TOKYO YEAR ZERO." Kirkus Reviews (July 15, 2007): NA
• Taylor, Andrew. "Recent crime novels." Spectator 305.9345 (Sept 22, 2007): 68

Read: November 22, 2007

The sea, the sea

Author: Murdoch, Iris

Title: The sea, the sea

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2001, 1978

Description: xxvii, 495 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Introduction by Mary Kinzie

Subject(s):

• Middle-aged men -- Fiction
• Actors -- Fiction
• Psychological fiction
• London (England) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Capitani, Diane N. "Ideas of the Good: Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea." Christianity and Literature 53.1 (Autumn 2003): 99
• Denham, A.E. "Envisioning the good: Iris Murdoch's moral psychology." Modern Fiction Studies 47.3 (Fall 2001): 602
• Weese, Katherine. "Feminist uses of the fantastic in Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, the Sea'." Modern Fiction Studies 47.3 (Fall 2001): 630

Read: November 17, 2007

Blonde faith

Author: Mosley, Walter

Title: Blonde faith

Published: New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2007

Description: 308 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Rawlins, Easy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction
• African American men -- Fiction
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Holloway, Lynette R. "Could this be his last? Easy Rawlins is back on the streets of L.A. to sore a crime that threatens the lives of his closest friends.(BOOKSHELF)." Ebony 62.12 (Oct 2007): 42
• "Blonde Faith." Publishers Weekly 254.31 (August 6, 2007): 165
• "Mosley, Walter: BLONDE FAITH." Kirkus Reviews (August 15, 2007): NA

Read: November 10, 2007

Red gold: a novel

Author: Furst, Alan

Title: Red gold: a novel

Published: New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002

Description: 266 p. ; 21 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: 1998. Sequel to The world at night

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction
• Paris (France) -- Fiction
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Walker, Martin. "Night and fog: Alan Furst and the literature of espionage." The National Interest 78 (Winter 2004): 136
• Fraser, Nicholas. "Darkness visible: the intrigues of Alan Furst." Harper's Magazine 307.1838 (July 2003): 83
• Ott, Bill. "Red Gold." Booklist 95.11 (Feb 1, 1999): 964

Read: October 23, 2007

Tarawa: the story of a battle

Author: Sherrod, Robert Lee

Title: Tarawa: the story of a battle

Published: New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944

Description: vi, 183 p. :ill. 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

Review(s):

• Venzon, Anne Cipriano. "Tarawa: The Story of a Battle." The Journal of Military History 58.n3 (July 1994): 546

Read: October 21, 2007

After dark

Author: Murakami, Haruki

Title: After dark

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007

Description: 191 p. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "Originally published in Japan as Afutādāku by Kodansha, Tokyo, in 2004"--T.p. verso. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin

Subject(s):

• Sisters -- Fiction
• Models (Persons) -- Fiction
• Students -- Fiction
• Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Brett, William. "Children of the night. (After Dark)." Spectator (June 16, 2007): NA
• Trilling, Daniel. "Culture industry.(After Dark)." New Statesman (1996) 136.4847 (June 4, 2007): 58
• "Murakami, Haruki: AFTER DARK." Kirkus Reviews (March 15, 2007): NA

Read: October 1, 2007

Monsters

Author: White, Charlie

Title: Monsters

Published: Brooklyn: powerhouse Books, 2007

Description: 95 p. :ill. ; 28 x 33 cm.

Note(s): Introduction by Sally O’Reilly. Interview by Benjamin Weissman

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Monsters in art

Review(s):

• Frischkorn, Shauna. "White, Charlie. Monsters." Library Journal 132.15 (Sept 15, 2007): 61

Read: September 10, 2007

Serenade to the big bird

Author: Stiles, Bert

Title: Serenade to the big bird

Published: New York: Bantam Books, 1984, 1952

Description: 206 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: Norton, 1952

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American

Review(s):

A tribute to Bert Stiles--

• http://acmedepot.com/stiles/index.shtml

Bert Stiles Papers, 1920-1960, Ms 0095

• http://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/SpecialCollections/Manuscript/Stiles.html

Read: September 2, 2007

Thunderstruck

Author: Larson, Erik

Title: Thunderstruck

Published: New York: Crown Publishers, 2006

Description: ix, 463 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 437-443

Subject(s):

• Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910
• Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937
• Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography
• Murder -- England -- London -- Case studies
• Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
• Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system -- History

Review(s):

• Swanson, James L. "Thunderstruck." Publishers Weekly 253.32 (August 14, 2006): 191
• "Larson, Erik: Thunderstruck." Kirkus Reviews 74.13 (July 1, 2006): 666
• Huntley, Kristine. "Larson, Erik. Thunderstruck." Booklist 102.21 (July 1, 2006): 5

Read: August 28, 2007

The nature of photographs

Author: Shore, Stephen

Title: The nature of photographs

Published: London: Phaidon Press, 2007

Description: 133 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: First edition published by The Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject(s):

• Photography
• Photography -- Philosophy
• Photography -- Themes, motives

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 22, 2007

Andean tragedy: fighting the war of the Pacific, 1879-1884

Author: Sater, William F.

Title: Andean tragedy: fighting the war of the Pacific, 1879-1884

Published: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Description: 442 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 423-435

Subject(s):

• War of the Pacific, 1879-1884
• Chile -- History, Military -- 19th century
• Bolivia -- History, Military -- 19th century
• Peru -- History, Military -- 19th century

Review(s):

• Guttman, Robert. "Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884." Military History 24.7 (Oct 2007): 70

Read: August 19, 2007

A place in the sun: photographs of Los Angeles

Author: Humble, John Kenneth

Title: A place in the sun: photographs of Los Angeles

Published: Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007

Description: 95 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note(s): Essays by Gordon Baldwin. "This publication is issued in connection with the exhibition A Place in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles by John Humble, held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, March 27-July 8, 2007"--T.p. verso. Col. map on endpapers

Subject(s):

• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
• Humble, John (John Kenneth), 1944- -- Exhibitions

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 16, 2007

The one from the other: a Bernie Gunther novel

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: The one from the other: a Bernie Gunther novel

Published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006

Description: 372 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction
• International relations -- Fiction
• Munich (Germany) -- Fiction
• Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• "Kerr, Philip: The One from the Other." Kirkus Reviews 74.15 (August 1, 2006): 745
• Terpening, Ron. "Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other." Library Journal 131.15 (Sept 15, 2006): 48
• Wright, David. "Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other." Booklist 103.1 (Sept 1, 2006): 62

Read: August 5, 2007

Dana Lixenberg: homeless in Jeffersonville, Indiana: portraits and landscapes between 1997 and 2004

Author: Lixenberg, Dana

Title: Dana Lixenberg: homeless in Jeffersonville, Indiana: portraits and landscapes between 1997 and 2004

Published: Amsterdam: Artimo, 2005

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 41 cm.

Note(s): Includes booklet (iv p. : ill.) sewn into binding. Text by Karel Schampers and Hilton Als

Subject(s):

• Homeless persons -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville -- Portraits
• Jeffersonville (Ind.) -- Pictorial works
• Portrait photography
• Landscape photography

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 26, 2007

The cheating culture: why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead

Author: Callahan, David

Title: The cheating culture: why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead

Published: Orlando: Harcourt, 2004

Description: ix, 353 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Business ethics
• Professional ethics
• Social ethics
• United States -- Moral conditions

Review(s):

• Landry, John T. "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead." Harvard Business Review 82.5 (May 2004): 30
• Portman, John C., Jr. "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are doing Wrong to Get Ahead." The Virginia Quarterly Review 80.3 (Summer 2004): 266
• Hedges, Chris. "A Liberal With New Emphasis on Old Values." The New York Times (June 15, 2004 pB2 col 03 (22 col): B2

Read: July 22, 2007

The last colony

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The last colony

Published: New York: Tor, 2007

Description: 320 p. ; 22 cm.

Note(s): Jacket illustration by John Harris. Sequel to: The ghost brigades

Subject(s):

• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Life on other planets -- Fiction
• Space colonies -- Fiction
• Science fiction

Review(s):

• "The Last Colony." Publishers Weekly 254.12 (March 19, 2007): 48
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Last Colony." Library Journal 132.9 (May 15, 2007): 83

Read: July 14, 2007

The ghost bridages

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The ghost brigades

Published: New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2006

Description: 317 p. ; 22 cm.

Note(s): Jacket illustration by John Harris. Sequel to: Old Man's war

Subject(s):

• Cloning -- Fiction
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Genetic engineering -- Fiction
• Special forces (Military science) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. The Ghost Brigades." Booklist 102.13 (March 1, 2006): 77
• "The Ghost Brigades." Publishers Weekly 253.4 (Jan 23, 2006): 191
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Ghost Brigades." Library Journal 131.3 (Feb 15, 2006): 111

Read: July 10, 2007

Kings in disguise

Author(s): Vance, James and Dan Burr

Title: Kings in disguise

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2006

Description: xiii, 184 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: Princeton: Kitchen Sink Press, 1990. Introduction by Alan Moore

Subject(s):

• Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Fiction
• Poverty -- Fiction
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Kaganoff, Penny. "Kings in Disguise." Publishers Weekly 237.n30 (July 27, 1990): 227
• "Kings in Disguise." American Heritage 45.n2 (April 1994): 115

Read: June 30, 2007

Old man's war

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: Old man's war

Published: New York: Tor, 2005

Description: 320 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Life on other planets -- Fiction
• Space colonies -- Fiction
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Older men -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction
• War stories

Review(s):

• "Old Man's War." Publishers Weekly 251.49 (Dec 6, 2004): 47
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. Old Man's War." Library Journal 130.1 (Jan 1, 2005): 103
• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. Old Man's War." Booklist 101.9-10 (Jan 1, 2005): 835

Read: June 17, 2007

Approaching nowhere

Author: Brouws, Jeffrey T.

Title: Approaching nowhere

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2006

Description: 159 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note: With an essay by William L. Fox

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Roadside architecture -- United States -- Pictorial works
• Brouws, Jeffrey T.

Review(s):

• A Conversation with Jeff Brouws--http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/archives/002558.html

Read: June 15, 2007

The toughest Indian in the world

Author: Alexie, Sherman

Title: The toughest Indian in the world

Published: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000

Description: 238 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Indians of North America -- Fiction
• United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Review(s):

• "The Toughest Indian in the World.(book by Sherman Alexie)." Radical Teacher 72 (Spring 2005): 43
• McFarland, Ron. "The Toughest Indian in the World." Wicazo Sa Review 16.2 (Fall 2001): 154
• Seaman, Donna. "The Toughest Indian in the World.(Review)." Booklist 96.15 (April 1, 2000): 1412

Read: June 9, 2007

The devil's playground

Author: Goldin, Nan

Title: The devil’s playground

Published: London: Phaidon, 2003

Description: 503 p. :ill. ; 31 cm.

Bibliography: p. 500

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Portrait photography
• Photography of the nude
• Photography, Erotic

Review(s):

• Prosser, Jay. "Testimonies in light: Nan Goldin: Devil's Playground." Women: A Cultural Review 13.3 (Winter 2002): 339-355

Read: June 3, 2007

A German requiem

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: A German requiem

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006, 1991

Description: 306 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Originally published: London: Penguin Books, 1991

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction
• Vienna (Austria) -- History -- 1918- -- Fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• Craig, Patricia. "A German Requiem." TLS. Times Literary Supplement n4604 (June 28, 1991 n4604): 18

Read: June 3, 2007