Watching the watchmen: the definitive companion to the ultimate graphic novel

Author: Gibbons, Dave, Chip Kidd and Mike Essl

Title: Watching the watchmen: the definitive companion to the ultimate graphic novel

Published: London: Titan, 2008

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 31 cm.

Subject(s):

• Moore, Alan, 1953- Watchmen
• Science fiction comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "The Graphic Novel Comes of Age." Booklist 105, no. 13 (March 2009): 34
• Jensen, Jeff. "Watching the Watchmen." Entertainment Weekly (November 21, 2008): 123

Read: March 27, 2009

An unquiet mind

Author: Jamison, Kay R.

Title: An unquiet mind

Published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1995

Description: 223 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Bipolar Disorder -- Personal Narratives
• Jamison, Kay R.

Review(s):

• White, Leah. "Narratives of Mental Illness: The "Autobiographical Manifestos" of Kate Millett, Susanna Kaysen, and Kay Redfield Jamison." Women & Language 31, no. 1 (Spring2008 2008): 4-12
• "A Trilogy of Pain." Booklist 103, no. 7 (December 2006): 7
• Hughes, Mary Ann. "An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Book)." Library Journal 129, no. 8 (May 2004): 51

Read: March 25, 2009

Skyscrapers of the midwest

Author: Cotter, Joshua W.

Title: Skyscrapers of the midwest

Published: Richmond: Adhouse Books, 2008

Description: 282 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Silos -- Middle West -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Cats -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Farm life -- Middle West -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Middle West -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• "Skyscrapers of the Midwest." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 19 (May 12, 2008): 42

Read: March 8, 2009

Berlin: city of smoke: book two

Author: Lutes, Jason

Title: Berlin: city of smoke: book two

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2008

Description: 210 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Note: "Berlin; City of Smoke originally serialized in the comic book Berlin, in issues 9 through 16"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels
• Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Flagg, Gordon. "Berlin, v.2: City of Smoke." Booklist 105, no. 9/10 (January 2009): 57
• Brophy-Warren, Jamin. "Fatherland." Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition 252, no. 45 (August 22, 2008): W2

Read: March 6, 2009

Fakers: hoaxers, con artists, counterfeiters, and other great pretenders

Author: Maliszewski, Paul

Title: Fakers: hoaxers, con artists, counterfeiters, and other great pretenders

Published: New York: New Press, 2009

Description: 245 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Impostors and imposture -- Biography

Review(s):

• Keymer, David. "Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders." Library Journal 133, no. 19 (November 15, 2008): 88
• "Fakers: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 44 (November 03, 2008): 50-51
• "FAKERS: Hoaxers, Con Artists, Counterfeiters, and Other Great Pretenders." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 21 (November 2008): 1150

Read: March 1, 2009

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

73304-23-4153-6-96-8

Author: Ott, Thomas

Title: 73304-23-4153-6-96-8

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2008

Description: 142 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Symbolism of numbers -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Olson, Ray. "The Number: 73304-23-4153-6-96-8." Booklist 104, no. 18 (May 15, 2008): 28

Read: January 13, 2009

Rogue male

Author: Household, Geoffrey

Title: Rogue male

Published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939

Description: 280 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Hunters -- Fiction
• England -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction

Review(s):

• KING, F.L.O.R.E.N.C.E. "The Rogue Vogue." National Review 59, no. 15 (August 27, 2007): 33
• "Cut to the Chase." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 22
• Jennings, Matthew. "Rogue Male (Book)." New Statesman 131, no. 4602 (August 26, 2002): 38

Read: January 9, 2009

Mr. Phillips

Author: Lanchester, John

Title: Mr. Phillips

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2001

Description: 291 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Unemployed Fiction
• Middle aged men--England--London Fiction
• London (England) Fiction

Review(s):

• Landon, Philip. "Mr. Phillips (Book Review)." Review of Contemporary Fiction 21, no. 1 (Spring2001 2001): 202
• Levinson, Martin H. "Mr. Phillips." ETC: A Review of General Semantics 57, no. 3 (Fall2000 2000): 380
• St. John, Edward B. "Mr Phillips (Book Review)." Library Journal 125, no. 5 (March 15, 2000): 127

Read: December 30, 2008

Local

Author(s): Wood, Brian and Ryan Kelly

Title: Local

Published: Portland: Oni, 2008

Description: 376 p. :ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject(s):

• Women travelers --Comic books, strips, etc
• Voyages and travels -- United States --Comic books, strips, etc
• Teenage girls --Comic books, strips, etc
• Cities and towns --North America --Comic books, strips, etc
• North America --Description and travel --Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Goldsmith, Francisca. "Local." Booklist 105, no. 6 (November 15, 2008): 26

Read: December 25, 2008

The alcoholic

Author: Ames, Jonathan

Title: The alcoholic

Published: New York: Vertigo, 2008

Description: 136 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: Illustrated by Dean Haspiel

Subject(s):

• Alcoholics -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Duralde, Alonso. "A COMIC OF ERRORS." Advocate (September 09, 2008): 55
• Ames, Jonathan. "THE ALCOHOLIC." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 10 (May 15, 2008): 1

Read: December 23, 2008

Napoleon & St Helena: on the island of exile

Author: Willms, Johannes

Title: Napoleon & St Helena: on the island of exile

Published: London: Armchair Traveller/Haus Pub., 2008

Description: 231 p. ; 17 cm.

Note(s): "First published in German by marebuchverlag, Hamburg/Germany in 2007 under the title St Helena." -- T.p. verso. Translated by John Brownjohn

Subject(s):

• Saint Helena -- Description and travel
• Saint Helena -- History
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Captivity, 1815-1821

Review(s):

• "Napoleon & St. Helena: On the Island of Exile." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 28 (July 14, 2008): 58-59

Read: December 22, 2008

Skim

Author: Tamaki, Mariko

Title Skim

Published: Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2008

Description: 141 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Note: Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

Subject(s):

• Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Friendship in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Depression in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Love in adolescence -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "Skim." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 23 (December 2008): 18
• WHITTAL, Z.O.E. "Graphic Scenes IN CONVERSATION WITH MARIKO TAMAKI." Herizons 22, no. 2 (Fall2008 2008): 37-39
• "Skim." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 5 (February 04, 2008): 44

Read: December 19, 2008

The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Author: Díaz, Junot

Title: The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2007

Description: 339 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Dominican Americans -- Fiction

Review(s):

• L. C. S. "JUNOT DÍAZ." Rolling Stone (October 18, 2007): 106
• Desai, Anuj. "THE BARRIO BARD." FADER (October 2007): 44
• Glock, Allison. "We're All Fukú'd." Esquire 148, no. 3 (September 2007): 86

Read: December 17, 2008

Alan's war: the memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Author: Guibert, Emmanuel

Uniform Title: Guerre d'Alan. English

Title: Alan's war: the memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Published: New York: First Second, 2008

Description: 304 p. 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Cope, Alan Ingram, 1925-1999 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• United States. Army -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Goldsmith, Francisca. "Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope." School Library Journal 54, no. 11 (November 2008): 154
• "Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope." Publishers Weekly 255, no. 31 (August 04, 2008): 50
• "ALAN'S WAR." Kirkus Reviews 76, no. 15 (August 2008): 61

Read: December 16, 2008

Hitler’s private library: the books that shaped his life

Author: Ryback, Timothy W.

Title: Hitler’s private library: the books that shaped his life

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008

Description: xx, 278 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
• Library of Congress -- Catalogs
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Knowledge and learning
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Books and reading

Review(s):

• JACOB HEILBRUNN. "The Reader." New York Times Book Review (January 04, 2009): 14
• Grafton, Anthony. "MEIN BUCH." New Republic 239, no. 11 (December 24, 2008): 32-35
• Wilson, John. "HITLER'S PRIVATE LIBRARY: The Books That Shaped His Life." Christianity Today 52, no. 11 (November 2008): 74

Read: December 6, 2008

Out stealing horses

Author: Petterson, Per

Uniform Title: Ut og stjœle hester. English

Title: Out stealing horses

Published: London: Harvill Secker, 2005

Description: 264 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Translated by Anne Born

Subject(s):

• Social isolation -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Sjåvik, Jan. "Out Stealing Horses." World Literature Today 82, no. 1 (January 2008): 65-66
• THE EDITORS. "Up Front." New York Times Book Review (December 09, 2007): 4
• "Out Stealing Horses." New Yorker 83, no. 19 (July 09, 2007): 91

Read: November 23, 2008

Alice in Sunderland: an entertainment

Author: Talbot, Bryan

Title: Alice in Sunderland: an entertainment

Published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2007

Description: 319 p. :ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject(s):

• Sunderland (Tyne and Wear, England)--History--Fiction--Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "Top 10 Graphic Novels." Booklist 104, no. 14 (March 15, 2008): 41
• "Alice In Sunderland: An Entertainment." Kirkus Reviews 75, no. 12 (June 15, 2007): 8-12
• Hays, Carl. "Alice in Sunderland." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 80

Read: November 12, 2008

The spy who came in from the cold

Author: Le Carré, John

Title: The spy who came in from the cold

Published: New York: Walker, 2005

Description: xiv, 223 p. ; 23 cm.

Note: Foreword by Joseph Kanon

Subject(s):

• Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Intelligence officers -- Fiction
• Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction
• Cold War -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Bernard, André. "THE CASUAL READER." Kenyon Review 28, no. 3 (Summer2006 2006): 1
• Davis, J. Madison. "The 10 Greatest Crime Novels of All Time?." World Literature Today 80, no. 1 (January 2006): 6-8
• Rogers, Michael. "classic returns." Library Journal 130, no. 14 (September 2005): 194

Read: November 11, 2008

Fight scenes

Author: Bottoms, Greg

Title: Fight scenes

Published: Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2008

Description: 136 p. :ill. ; 19 cm.

Note: Illustrated by David Powell

Subject(s):

• Problem families -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Autobiographical fiction

Review(s):

• Fight Scenes. Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 7/28/2008, Vol. 255, Issue 30
• Poets & Writers; Nov/Dec2008, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p12-13

Read: November 6, 2008

Orange County: a personal history

Author: Arellano, Gustavo

Title: Orange County: a personal history

Published: New York: Scribner, 2008

Description: 269 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• Mexican Americans -- California -- Orange County -- Biography
• Mexican American families -- California -- Orange County
• Immigrants -- California -- Orange County -- Biography
• Orange County (Calif.) -- Biography
• Orange County (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations
• Orange County (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
• Arellano, Gustavo, 1979- -- Family
• Arellano, Gustavo, 1979-

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: October 30, 2008

The drillmaster of Valley Forge: the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army

Author: Lockhart, Paul Douglas

Title: The drillmaster of Valley Forge: the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army

Published: Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2008

Description: viii, 337 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 303-319

Subject(s):

• Military art and science -- United States -- History -- 18th century
• Valley Forge (Pa.) -- History, Military -- 18th century
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
• Generals -- United States -- Biography
• Prussians -- United States -- Biography
• United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Prussian
• United States. Continental Army -- Biography
• United States. Continental Army -- Drill and tactics
• Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 -- Military leadership

Review(s):

• The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army. Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 6/9/2008, Vol. 255, Issue 23
• The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army. By: Wayman, Matthew J., Library Journal, 03630277, 7/1/2008, Vol. 133, Issue 12
• The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army. Preview By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 8/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 22, p28

Read: October 23, 2008

Paradise lost: Smyrna 1922: the destruction of a Christian city in the Islamic world

Author: Milton, Giles

Title: Paradise lost: Smyrna 1922: the destruction of a Christian city in the Islamic world

Published: New York: Basic Books, 2008

Description: 426 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 387-413

Subject(s):

• Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922
• Massacres -- Turkey -- İzmir
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace
• Islam -- Relations -- Christianity
• Greeks -- Turkey -- 20th century
• İzmir (Turkey) -- History
• Turkey -- History -- 1918-1960
• Turkey -- Civilization -- 20th century
• Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
• Atatürk, Kemal, 1881-1938

Review(s):

• Paradise Lost: Smyrna 1922. Preview Atlantic Monthly (10727825), Oct2008, Vol. 302 Issue 3, p117-117
• Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922; The Destruction of Islam's City of Tolerance. Preview By: Arellano, Veronica. Library Journal, 7/1/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 12, p95-95
• End of an era. Preview Economist, 5/3/2008, Vol. 387 Issue 8578, p90-90

Read: October 12, 2008

Unpacking the boxes: a memoir of a life in poetry

Author: Hall, Donald

Title: Unpacking the boxes: a memoir of a life in poetry

Published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Description: 195 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography
• Poets laureate -- United States
• Authorship
• Hall, Donald, 1928-

Review(s):

• Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry. Preview By: Sparrow, Joyce. Library Journal, 8/15/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 13, p84-84
• UNPACKING THE BOXES: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry. Preview Kirkus Reviews, 7/1/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 13, p688-688
• Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life In Poetry. Preview Publishers Weekly, 6/30/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 26, p169-169

Read: October 1, 2008

Geek love

Author: Dunn, Katherine

Title: Geek love

Published: New York: Warner Books, 1990

Description: 355 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Carnival owners -- Fiction
• Monsters -- Fiction
• Family -- Fiction

Review(s):

• American Tall Tale/Tail: Katherine Dunn's Geek Love and the Paradox of American Individualism. Preview By: Warren, Victoria. Critique, Summer2004, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p332-336
• Fundamentally Freaky: Collapsing the Freak/Norm Binary in Geek Love. Preview By: Hardin, Michael. Critique, Summer2004, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p337-346
• Normalizing Freakery: Katherine Dunn's 'Geek Love' and the Female Grotesque. Preview By: Weese, Katherine. Critique, Summer2000, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p349

Read: September 8, 2008

The road to rescue: the untold story of Schindler’s list

Author: Pemper, Mieczysław

Uniform Title: Rettende Weg. English

Title: The road to rescue: the untold story of Schindler’s list

Published: New York: Other Press, 2008

Description: xi, 233 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 225-233

Note(s): In collaboration with Viktoria Hertling, assisted by Marie Elisabeth Müller; translated by David Dollenmayer

Subject(s):

• Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue
• Jews -- Poland -- Kraków -- Biography
• Concentration camp inmates -- Poland -- Płaszów -- Biography
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives
• Płaszów (Concentration camp)
• Pemper, Mieczysław, 1920-
• Schindler, Oskar, 1908-1974

Review(s):

• The Road to Rescue: The Untold Story of Schindler's List. Preview By: Cohen, George. Booklist, 9/15/2008, Vol. 105 Issue 2, p16-17
• The Road to Rescue--The Untold Story of Schindler's List. Preview Publishers Weekly, 8/18/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 33, p54-54

Read: September 7, 2008

Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs

Author: Levy, Buddy

Title: Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs

Published: New York: Bantam Books, 2008

Description: x, 429 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 393-411

Subject(s):

• Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
• Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547

Review(s):

• Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. By: Peters, Stephen H., Library Journal, 03630277, 5/15/2008, Vol. 133, Issue 9
• CONQUISTADOR: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. Kirkus Reviews, 00426598, 4/15/2008, Vol. 76, Issue 8
• Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. Preview By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 6/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 19/20

Read: August 24, 2008

War nerd

Author: Brecher, Gary

Title: War nerd

Published: Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, 2008

Description: vii, 317 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• War and society
• World politics -- 1989-

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 19, 2008

The arrival

Author: Tan, Shaun

Title: The arrival

Published: New York: A.A. Levine Books, 2007

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 31 cm.

Subject(s):

• Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
• Immigrants -- Fiction
• Stories without words
• Cartoons and comics

Review(s):

• School Library Journal, Apr2008 Curriculum Connection, Vol. 54, p54-54
• Lempke, Susan Dove. Reading Today, Dec2007/Jan2008, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p34-34
• Kirkus Reviews, 12/1/2007, Vol. 75 Issue 23, Special Section p21-21

Read: August 11, 2008

The bridge of sighs

Author: Steinhauer, Olen

Title: The bridge of sighs

Published: New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003

Description: 278 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Police -- Europe, Eastern -- Fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Europe, Eastern -- Fiction

Review(s):

• THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS (Book). By: Cannon, Peter, Zaleski, Jeff, Publishers Weekly, 00000019, 1/20/2003, Vol. 250, Issue 3
• The Bridge of Sighs (Book). By: Terpening, Ronnie H., Library Journal, 03630277, 12/1/2002, Vol. 127, Issue 20

Read: July 19, 2008

March: a novel

Author: Brooks, Geraldine

Title: March: a novel

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006

Description: 280, 9 p. ; 20 cm.

Note(s): "First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2005" -- T.p. verso. Includes A Penguin readers guide to March

Subject(s):

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
• March family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction
• Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction

Review(s):

• March (Book). Preview By: Segal, Marta. Booklist, 2/1/2005, Vol. 101 Issue 11, p938-938
• Book Reviews. Preview By: Albert, Judith Strong. Women's Studies, Jun2006, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p413-418
• Our father. Preview Economist, 3/26/2005, Vol. 374 Issue 8419, p84-84

Read: July 18, 2008

Sea of thunder: four commanders and the last great naval campaign, 1941-1945

Author: Thomas, Evan

Title: Sea of thunder: four commanders and the last great naval campaign, 1941-1945

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006

Description: 414 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 391-402

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese
• Japan. Kaigun -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• United States. Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

Review(s):

• Leyte Gulf: Japan's Last Chance. By: Wilkinson, Stephan. Military History, Apr2007, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p67-68
• Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945. By: Green, Roland. Booklist, 11/15/2006, Vol. 103 Issue 6, p22
• Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945. By: Stavridis, Jim. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Nov2006, Vol. 132 Issue 11, p81-82

Read: July 14, 2008

Serial no. 3817131

Author: Papo, Rachel

Title: Serial no. 3817131

Published: Brooklyn: PowerHouse Books, 2008

Description: 127 p. :ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.

Note: Foreword by Charles H. Traub

Subject(s):

• Women soldiers -- Israel -- Pictorial works
• Israel -- Armed Forces -- Women -- Pictorial works
• Young women -- Israel -- Pictorial works
• Israel -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- Pictorial works

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 6, 2008

Polio: an American story

Author: Oshinsky, David M.

Title: Polio: an American story

Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2006

Description: viii, 342 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Poliomyelitis -- history -- United States
• History, 20th Century -- United States

Review(s):

• Polio: An American Story/The Death of a Disease: A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis/Polio and Its Aftermath: The Paralysis of Culture. By: Umansky, Lauri. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Winter2006, Vol. 80 Issue 4, p792-794
• Polio, an American Story: The Crusade That Mobilized the Nation Against the Twentieth-Century's Most Feared Disease. By: Markowitz, Gerald. Reviews in American History, Dec2005, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p566-573
• Polio: An American Story. By: Modlin, John F.. New England Journal of Medicine, 11/24/2005, Vol. 353 Issue 21, p2308-2310

Read: July 5, 2008

The spies of Warsaw: a novel

Author: Furst, Alan

Title: The spies of Warsaw: a novel

Published: New York: Random House, 2008

Description: 266 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe -- Fiction
• French -- Poland -- Fiction
• Warsaw (Poland) -- Fiction
• Europe -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
• Spy stories
• War stories
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• The Spies of Warsaw. Publishers Weekly, 4/14/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 15, p35-35
• The Spies of Warsaw. By: Pearce, Jonathan. Library Journal, 4/1/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 6, p75-75
• The Spies of Warsaw. By: Ott, Bill. Booklist, 3/15/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 14, p6

Read: June 24, 2008

The Columbian exchange: biological and cultural consequences of 1492

Author: Crosby, Alfred W.

Title: The Columbian exchange: biological and cultural consequences of 1492

Published: Westport: Greenwood, 1973

Description: xv, 268 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 222-260

Note: Foreword by Otto von Mering

Subject(s):

• Indians -- Diseases
• Indians -- Agriculture
• Medical geography -- History
• Biogeography

Review(s):

• The Colonial Era. By: Demos, John. American Heritage, Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p24-26
• The Colombian Exchange (Book Review). By: Barry Jr., Edward E.. American Historical Review, Feb75, Vol. 80 Issue 1, p67
• Conceptualizing the Real: Environmental History and American Studies. By: Rothman, Hal. American Quarterly, Sep2002, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p485

Read: June 23, 2008

The eve of destruction: the untold story of the Yom Kippur War

Author: Blum, Howard

Title: The eve of destruction: the untold story of the Yom Kippur War

Published: New York: Harper Perennial, 2004

Description: xv, 350 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 333-348

Subject(s):

• Israel-Arab War, 1973

Review(s):

• The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter that Transformed the MiddleEast/The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War(Book). By: Terrill, W. Andrew. Naval History, Dec2004, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p69-70
• THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War (Book). Kirkus Reviews, 8/15/2003, Vol. 71 Issue 16, p1053
• The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War (Book). By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 9/15/2003, Vol. 100 Issue 2, p196

Read: June 21, 2008

Casualty figures: how five men survived the First World War

Author: Barrett, Michèle

Title: Casualty figures: how five men survived the First World War

Published: New York: Verso, 2007

Description: xiii, 174 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects

Review(s):

• Casualty Figures: How Five Men Survived World War One. By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 2/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 11, p16
• CASUALTY FIGURES: How Five Men Survived World War One. Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2007, Vol. 75 Issue 24, p1271-1272

Read: June 15, 2008

Death in the Sahara: the lords of the desert and the Timbuktu railway expedition massacre

Author: Asher, Michael

Title: Death in the Sahara: the lords of the desert and the Timbuktu railway expedition massacre

Published: New York: Skyhorse Pub., 2008

Description: xviii, 286 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 277-278

Subject(s):

• Railroads -- Algeria -- History
• Railroads -- Sahara -- History

Review(s):

• Death in the Sahara: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre. By: Thorsen, James. Library Journal, 5/15/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 9, p111-111
• Death in the Sahara: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre. Publishers Weekly, 3/31/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 13, p50-50
• DEATH IN THE SAHARA: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre. Kirkus Reviews, 3/15/2008, Vol. 76 Issue 6, p277-277

Read: June 11, 2008

If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home

Author: O’Brien, Tim

Title: If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home

Published: New York: Broadway Books, 1999

Description: 209 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --Personal narratives, American
• O’Brien, Tim, 1946-

Review(s):

• 'Which way home?' Tim O'Brien and the question of reference. By: Lustig, T.J.. Textual Practice, Autumn2004, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p395-414
• Truth and Fiction in Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried. By: Wesley, Marilyn. College Literature, Spring 2002, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p1

Read: June 5, 2008

The odyssey: a dramatic retelling of Homer’s epic

Author: Armitage, Simon

Uniform Title: Homer’s Odyssey

Title: The odyssey: a dramatic retelling of Homer’s epic

Published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2008

Description: vi, 266 p. ; 21 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: London: Faber and Faber, 2006. Previously published as: Homer’s Odyssey

Subject(s):

• Odysseus (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
• Penelope (Greek mythology) -- Fiction
• Poseidon (Greek deity) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Taking Liberties. By: Brett, Mike. New Statesman, 6/19/2006, Vol. 135 Issue 4797, p67-67
• In loose-limbed English. Economist, 5/13/2006, Vol. 379 Issue 8477, p95-95

Read: May 18, 2008

The killer angels: a novel of the Civil War

Author: Shaara, Michael

Title: The killer angels: a novel of the Civil War

Published: New York: Modern Library, 2004

Description: xx, 337 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
• Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• War stories

Review(s):

• Vietnam, Survivalism, and the Civil War: The use of History in Michael Shaara's The killer Angels and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain. By: Grauke, Kevin. War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, 2002, Vol. 14 Issue 1/2, p45
• The Killer Angels: A case study of historical fiction in the social studies curriculum. By: Bilof, Edwin G., Social Studies, Jan/Feb96, Vol. 87, Issue 1
• THE KILLER ANGELS/GODS AND GENERALS/THE LAST FULL MEASURE. By: Pearl, Nancy, Library Journal, 9/1/2001, Vol. 126, Issue 14

Read: May 12, 2008

One soldier’s war

Author: Babchenko, Arkadiĭ

Title: One soldier’s war

Published: New York: Grove Press, 2007

Description: xii, 395 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Portobello Books, Ltd., with the title, One soldier’s war in Chechnya. Individual chapters were first published in Russian literary journals during 2003-2006 and then in book form by Exmo in 2006." -- T.p. verso. Translated from the Russian by Nick Allen

Subject(s):

• Soldiers -- Russia (Federation) -- Chechnia -- Biography
• Chechnia (Russia) -- History -- Civil War, 1994- -- Personal narratives, Russian
• Russia (Federation). Russkaia Armiia -- Military life
  Babchenko, Arkadiĭ

Review(s):

• A soldier's tale. Economist, 11/17/2007, Vol. 385, Issue 8555
  ONE SOLDIER'S WAR. Kirkus Reviews, 11/1/2007, Vol. 75, Issue 21
• The war the west forgot By: Barnes, Hugh. New Statesman, 10/29/2007, Vol. 137 Issue 4868, p54-54
• One Soldier's War. By: Freeman, Jay. Booklist, 1/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 9/10, p37

Read: May 1, 2008

Dark side of the moon: the magnificent madness of the American lunar quest

Author: De Groot, Gerard J.

Title: Dark side of the moon: the magnificent madness of the American lunar quest

Published: New York: New York University Press, 2006

Description: xiv, 321 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 289-292

Subject(s):

• Space flight to the moon -- History -- 20th century
• Moon -- Exploration -- 20th century
• United States -- History -- 1953-1961
• United States -- History -- 1961-1969
• Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History

Review(s):

• Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest By: Kercher, Stephen E.. Journal of American History, Sep2007, Vol. 94 Issue 2, p636-637
• Misbegotten Moon Shot? By: Logsdon, John M., American Scientist, Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 95, Issue 2
• DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest. Kirkus Reviews, 9/1/2006, Vol. 74, Issue 17

Read: April 29, 2008

Bonk: the curious coupling of science and sex

Author: Roach, Mary

Title: Bonk: the curious coupling of science and sex

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2008

Description: 319 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 307-319

Subject(s):

• Sex (Biology) -- Popular works

Review(s):

• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. By: Cramer, Michael D., Library Journal, 3/1/2008, Vol. 133, Issue 4
• The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Publishers Weekly, 2/25/2008, Vol. 255, Issue 8
• BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Kirkus Reviews, 2/1/2008, Vol. 76, Issue 3

Read: April 20, 2008