Maus II: a survivor’s tale: and here my troubles began

Author: Spiegelman, Art

Title: Maus II: a survivor’s tale: and here my troubles began

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 1991

Description: 135 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: D804.3 S66 1991

Subject(s):

• Spiegelman, Vladek -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Spiegelman, Art -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• McGlothin, Erin. "No Time Like the Present: Narrative and Time in Art Spiegelman's Maus." Narrative 11, no. 2 (May 2003): 177
• Halkin, H. "Inhuman comedy." Commentary 93, no. 2 (February 1992): 55
• Stone, L. "Chasing History." Nation 254, no. 1 (January 6, 1992): 28-2

Read: July 8, 2010

Paths of glory

Author: Cobb, Humphrey, 1899-1944

Title: Paths of glory

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2010

Description: xxviii, 190 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number: PS3505 O1385 P37 2010

Note(s): Introduction by James H. Meredith; foreword by David Simon

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
• Trials (Treason) -- France -- Fiction
• Mutiny -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Military discipline -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940 -- Fiction
• War stories

Review(s):

• Smith, Julian. "A Source for Faulkner's A Fable." American Literature 40, no. 3 (November 1968): 394
• Codman, Florence. "The Other Kind of War Book." Nation 140, no. 3650 (June 19, 1935): 716

Read: July 7, 2010

Maus: a survivor’s tale

Author: Spiegelman, Art

Title: Maus: a survivor’s tale

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 1986

Description: 159 p. :chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.

Call Number: D810 J4 S643 1986

Subject(s):

• Spiegelman, Vladek -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Spiegelman, Art -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Rifkind, Candida. "Drawn from Memory: Comics Artists and Intergenerational Auto/biography." Canadian Review of American Studies 38, no. 3 (October 2008): 399-427
• Loman, Andrew. "Well Intended Liberal Slop": Allegories of Race in Spiegelman's Maus." Journal of American Studies 40, no.3 (December 2006): 551-571
• Chute, Hillary. "The Shadow of a Past Time": History and Graphic Representation in Maus." Twentieth Century Literature 52, no. 2 (Summer 2006): 199-230

Read: June 20, 2010

It was the war of the trenches

Author: Tardi, Jacques

Uniform Title: C’était la guerre des tranchées. English

Title: It was the war of the trenches

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Description: 118 p. :chiefly ill. ; 28 m.

Call Number: PN6747 T37 C4813 2010

Bibliography: p. 121

Filmography: p. 120

Note(s): Edited and translated by Kim Thompson

Subject(s):

• World War, 1914-1918 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Trench warfare -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- France -- Translations into English
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Cornog, Martha. "It Was the War of the Trenches." Library Journal 135, no. 9 (May 15, 2010): 66
• "It Was the War of the Trenches." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 17 (April 26, 2010): 95
• Flagg, Gordon. "It Was the War of the Trenches." Booklist 106, no. 15 (April 2010): 31

Read: June 9, 2010

Black passport

Author: Greene, Stanley

Title: Black passport

Published: New York: Aperture Foundation, 2009

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Call Number: TR820.6 G74 2009

Note(s): Compiled by Teun van der Heijden

Subject(s):

• Greene, Stanley
• War photography
• Photography, Artistic

Review(s):

• Murrmann, Mark. "Black Passport." Mother Jones 35, no. 3 (May 2010): 68

Read: May 28, 2010

Wilson

Author: Clowes, Daniel

Title: Wilson

Published: Montréal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2010

Description: 77 p. :chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 C56 W55 2010

Subject(s):

• Middle-aged men --Comic books, strips, etc. --Fiction
• American wit and humor, Pictorial
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Flagg, Gordon. "Wilson." Booklist 106, no. 19/20 (June 2010): 49
• Kois, Dan. "PANEL DISCUSSION DANIEL CLOWES COVERS CARTOON HISTORY IN ONE GRAPHIC NOVEL." New York 43, no. 15 (May 10, 2010): 108
• "Wilson." World Literature Today 84, no. 3 (May 2010): 8

Read: May 3, 2010

The 188th Crybaby Brigade: a skinny Jewish kid from Chicago fights Hezbollah: a memoir

 

 

Author: Chasnoff, Joel

Title: The 188th Crybaby Brigade: a skinny Jewish kid from Chicago fights Hezbollah: a memoir

Published: New York: Free Press, 2010

Description: ix, 269 p. :ill., 1 map ; c 24 cm.

Call Number: U55 C475 A3 2010

Subject(s):

• Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel -- Biography
• Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel -- Military life
• Soldiers -- Israel -- Biography
• Americans -- Israel -- Biography
• Arab-Israeli conflict --1993- -- Personal narratives, Jewish
• Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Personal narratives, American
• Hizballah (Lebanon)
• Jewish youth -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
• Chasnoff, Joel

Review(s):

• "THE 188TH CRYBABY BRIGADE: A Skinny Jewish Kid, from Chicago Fights Hezbollah." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 24 (December 15, 2009): 1266

Read: April 15, 2010

If the dead rise not: a Bernie Gunther novel

 

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: If the dead rise not: a Bernie Gunther novel

Published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010

Description: 437 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: PR6061 E784 I4 2010

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Germany -- Fiction
• Nazis -- Fiction
• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
• Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction
• Havana (Cuba) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• "IF THE DEAD RISE NOT." Kirkus Reviews 78, no. 4 (February 15, 2010): 105
• Terpening, Ron. "If the Dead Rise Not: A Bernie Gunther Novel." Library Journal 135, no. 2 (February 2010): 57
• "If the Dead Rise Not: A Bernie Gunther Novel." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 3 (January 18, 2010): 28-29

Read: April 4, 2010

The man who went up in smoke: a Martin Beck mystery

Author(s): Sjöwall, Maj and Per Wahlöö

Uniform Title: Mannen som gick upp i rök. English

Title: The man who went up in smoke: a Martin Beck mystery

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2008

Description: xiii, 183 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PT9876.29 J63 M313 2008

Note(s): Introduction by Val McDermid. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate

Subject(s):

• Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Police -- Fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
• Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Ott, Bill. "It Began with Beck." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 112
• Nelson, William. "Art Where You Least Expect It: Myth and Ritual in the Detective Series." Modern Fiction Studies, 29, no. 3 (1983): 463-474
• Williams, Thomas. "Martin Beck: The Swedish Version of Barney Miller without the Canned Laughter." Clues 1.1 (1980): 123-128

Read: February 23, 2010

Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: masters of war

Author: Brighton, Terry

Title: Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: masters of war

Published: New York: Crown, 2009

Description: xix, 426 p. , 12 p. of plates :ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number: D736 B73 2008

Bibliography: p. 407-411

Note(s): Originally published in Great Britain as Masters of battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel in 2008

Subject(s):

• Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976
• Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
• Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
• Generals -- Germany -- Biography
• Generals -- United States -- Biography
• Marshals -- Great Britain -- Biography

Review(s):

• Zabecki, David T. "Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War." Journal of Military History 74, no. 2 (April 2010): 626-627
• Taylor, Gilbert. "Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War." Booklist 106, no. 4 (October 15, 2009): 19
• "Patton, Montgomery, Rommel: Masters of War." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 36 (September 7, 2009): 38-39

Read: February 13, 2010

The ticking is the bomb: a memoir

Author: Flynn, Nick

Title: The ticking is the bomb: a memoir

Published: New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2010

Description: 283 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PS3556 L894 Z468 2010

Subject(s):

• Poets, American -- Biography
• Fatherhood
• Flynn, Nick, 1960-

Review(s):

• "The Ticking Is the Bomb." New Yorker 86, no. 1 (February 15, 2010): 141
• Shea, Mike. "THE TICKING IS THE BOMB." Texas Monthly 38, no. 1 (January 2010): 56
• "THE TICKING IS THE BOMB: A Memoir." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 21 (November 2009): 1147

Read: January 20, 2010

Footnotes in Gaza

Author: Sacco, Joe

Title: Footnotes in Gaza

Published: New York: Metropolitan Books, 2009

Description: xi, 418 p. :chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.

Call Number: DS119.7 S29 2009

Subject(s):

• Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1948-1967
• Violence -- Gaza Strip -- Rafah -- History -- 20th century
• Massacres -- Gaza Strip -- Khān Yūnus -- History -- 20th century
• Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1948-1967 -- Personal narratives, Palestinian
• Interviews -- Gaza Strip -- Rafah
• Interviews -- Gaza Strip -- Khān Yūnus
• Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956
• Rafah -- History -- 20th century
• Khān Yūnus -- History -- 20th century
• Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956 -- Personal narratives, Palestinian
• Graphic Novel

Review(s):

• Chamy, Adam. "Footnotes in Gaza." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 29, no. 2 (March 2010): 56
• PATRICK, COCKBURN. "'They Planted Hatred in Our Hearts'." New York Times Book Review (December 27, 2009): 13
• "A Return to Gaza." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 13 (July 2009): 9

Read: January 11, 2010

The impostor's daughter: a true memoir

Author: Sandell, Laurie

Title: The impostor's daughter: a true memoir

Published: New York: Little, Brown, 2009

Description: 247 p. :chiefly col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: PN4874 S2687 A3 2009

Subject(s):

• Sandell, Laurie -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Journalists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Goldsmith, Francisca. "The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir." Booklist 105, no. 21 (July 2009): 47
• "THE IMPOSTOR'S DAUGHTER." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 10 (May 15, 2009): 78

Read: January 9, 2010

San Martín: Argentine soldier, American hero

Author: Lynch, John

Title: San Martín: Argentine soldier, American hero

Published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009

Description: xiv, 265 p., [8] p. of plates :ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number: F2235.4 L95 2009

Bibliography: p. 250-255

Subject(s):

• South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830
• San Martín, José de, 1778-1850

Review(s):

• ANNA, TIMOTHY E. "San Martín: Argentine Soldier, American Hero." Americas (00031615) 66, no. 2 (October 2009): 268-269
• Feinberg, Richard. "San Martín: Argentine Soldier, American Hero." Foreign Affairs 88, no. 5 (September 2009): 157-158
• "Forgotten strongman." Economist 390, no. 8628 (April 25, 2009): 87

Read: January 5, 2010

Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history

Author: Larson, Erik

Title: Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2000

Description: 323 p. :ill ; 21 cm.

Note: Based on the diaries of Isaac Monroe Cline and on contemporary accounts

Bibliography: p. 307-313

Subject(s):

• Galveston (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century
• Hurricanes -- Texas -- Galveston -- History -- 20th century
• Floods -- Texas -- Galveston -- History -- 20th century
• Cline, Isaac Monroe, 1861-1955
• Galveston (Tex.) -- Biography

Review(s):

• Knox, John. "Isaac's Storm (Book Review)." National Forum 81, no. 1 (Winter2001 2001): 43
• Bluestein, Howard B. "A meteorologist's nightmare." Nature 404, no. 6776 (March 23, 2000): 332
• Foege, Alec, et al. "Bad Judgement Day." People 52, no. 17 (November 1999): 113

Read: December 29, 2009

Logicomix

Author(s): Doxiadis, Apostolos and Christos H. Papadimitriou

Title: Logicomix

Published: New York: Bloomsbury, 2009

Description: 347 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): Art, Alecos Papadatos; color, Annie Di Donna

Subject(s):

• Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Logicians -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Mathematicians -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "LOGICOMIX: AN EPIC SEARCH FOR TRUTH." Print 64, no. 1 (February 2010): 82
• Papadatos, Alecos, Annie Di Donna, and Mike Holderness. "Holiday books: Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H Papadimitriou, art." New Scientist 204, no. 2737 (December 5, 2009): 53
• JIM, HOLT. "Algorithm and Blues." New York Times Book Review (September 27, 2009): 14

Read: December 21, 2009

Roseanna: a Martin Beck mystery

Author(s): Sjöwall, Maj and Per Wahlöö

Uniform Title: Roseanna. English

Title: Roseanna: a Martin Beck mystery

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2008

Description: x, 212 p. : 21 cm.

Note(s): "With a new introduction by Henning Mankell"--P. [1] of cover./ "The first Martin Beck mystery"--P. [1] of cover./ "Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Subject(s):

• Beck, Martin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Police -- Sweden -- Stockholm -- Fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
• Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Ott, Bill. "It Began with Beck." Booklist 103, no. 17 (May 2007): 112
• Nelson, William. "Art Where You Least Expect It: Myth and Ritual in the Detective Series." Modern Fiction Studies, 29, no. 3 (1983): 463-474
• Williams, Thomas. "Martin Beck: The Swedish Version of Barney Miller without the Canned Laughter." Clues 1.1 (1980): 123-128

Read: December 14, 2009

Stitches: a memoir...

Author: Small, David

Title: Stitches : a memoir...

Published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2009

Description: 329 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Small, David, 1945- -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Artists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Cancer -- Patients -- Biography

Review(s):

• Goldsmith, Francisca. "Stitches: A Memoir." School Library Journal 55, no. 9 (September 2009): 193
• "Stitches: A Memoir." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 32 (August 10, 2009): 42
• "Stitches: A Memoir." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 13 (July 2009): 13

Read: December 12, 2009

What's the matter with Kansas?: how conservatives won the heart of America

Author: Frank, Thomas

Title: What's the matter with Kansas?: how conservatives won the heart of America

Published: New York: Metropolitan/Owl Book, 2005

Description x, 322 p. : map, ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Conservatism -- Kansas
• Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1951-

Review(s):

• Frank, Thomas, and James E. Sherow. "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America." Kansas History 28, no. 3 (September 2005): 225
• Mead, Walter Russell. "What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (Book)." Foreign Affairs 83, no. 6 (November 2004): 151
• Gessen, Keith. "Winning Hearts, Losing Souls." Dissent (00123846) 51, no. 4 (Fall2004 2004): 104-106

Read: December 4, 2009

Down these mean streets

Author: Thomas, Piri

Title: Down these mean streets

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 1997

Description: x, 340 p. ; 21 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. With new afterword

Subject(s):

• Thomas, Piri, 1928-
• Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
• New York (N.Y.) -- Biography

Review(s):

• Caminero-Santangelo, Marta. "Puerto Rican Negro": Defining Race in Piri Thomas's Down These Mean Streets." MELUS 29, no. 2 (Summer2004 2004): 206-226
• Greenberg, Dorothee von Huene. "Piri Thomas: An Interview." MELUS 26, no. 3 (Fall2001 2001): 71
• Stavans, Ilan. "Race and mercy: A conversation with Piri Thomas." Massachusetts Review 37, no. 3 (September 1996): 344

Read: November 11, 2009

Regeneration trilogy

Author: Barker, Pat

Title: The Regeneration trilogy

Published: London: Viking, 1991

Description: 592 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 591-592

Contents:

• Regeneration
• The eye in the door
• The ghost road

Subject(s):

• Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922 -- Fiction
• Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 -- Fiction
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Fiction
• Anthropologists -- Fiction
• Psychiatrists -- Fiction
• War neuroses -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction
• Poets -- Fiction
• England -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Brannigan, John. "an interview with Pat Barker." Contemporary Literature 46, no. 3 (Fall2005 2005): 367-392
• Johnson, Patricia E. "Embodying Losses in Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy." Critique 46, no. 4 (Summer2005 2005): 307-319
• Nickerson, Katherine G., and Steven Shea. "WHR Rivers: Portrait of a great physician in Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy." Lancet 350, no. 9072 (July 19, 1997): 205

Read:

• Regeneration (October 22, 2009)
• The eye in the door (November 3, 2009)
• The ghost road (November 17, 2009)

The book of Genesis

Uniform Title: Bible. O.T. Genesis. English. Alter-Crumb. 2009

Title: The book of Genesis

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2009

Description: 1 v. :ill ; 29 cm.

Note(s): From Genesis: translation and commentary, translated by Robert Alter, 1996; revised and illustrated by Robert Crumb

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Flagg, Gordon. "The Book of Genesis Illustrated." Booklist 106, no. 4 (October 15, 2009): 33
• "THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 18 (September 15, 2009): 84
• "The Book of Genesis Illustrated." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 37 (September 14, 2009): 33

Read: October 24, 2009

Payback: debt and the shadow side of wealth

Author: Atwood, Margaret

Title: Payback: debt and the shadow side of wealth

Published: Toronto: Anansi, 2008

Description: 230 p. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 215-219

Note: Collected here, the Massey Lectures from legendary novelist Margaret Atwood investigate the highly topical subject of debt, exploring debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies

Subject(s):

• Debt -- Social Aspects
• Debt in literature

Review(s):

• Pringle, Diana. "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth." Existential Analysis: Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis 20, no. 2 (July 2009): 370-372
• "LIFE AND DEBT." Canadian Business 81, no. 20 (November 24, 2008): 31-33
• "The creditor's tale." Economist 389, no. 8602 (October 18, 2008): 96

Read: October 17, 2009

The handmaid’s tale

Author: Atwood, Margaret

Title: The handmaid’s tale

Published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1986

Description: 324 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Misogyny -- Fiction
• Women -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Neuman, Shirley. "'Just a Backlash': Margaret Atwood, Feminism, and The Handmaid's Tale." University of Toronto Quarterly 75, no. 3 (Summer2006 2006): 857-868
• Sullivan, Rosemary. "What If? Writing The Handmaid's Tale." University of Toronto Quarterly 75, no. 3 (Summer2006 2006): 850-856
• Thomas, Deborah A. ""DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN": ECHOES OF HARD TIMES IN THE HANDMAID'S TALE." Dickens Quarterly 25, no. 2 (June 2008): 90-97

Read: September 26, 2009

The defense of Jisr al-Doreaa: with E.D. Swinton's the Defence of Duffer's Drift

Author(s): Burgoyne, Michael L. and Albert J. Marckwardt

Title: The defense of Jisr al-Doreaa: with E.D. Swinton’s the Defence of Duffer’s Drift

Published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009

Description: xvii, 156 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 155-156

Note(s): Foreword by John A. Nagl. Includes full text reprint of E.D. Swinton’s the Defence of Duffer’s Drift

Subject(s):

• Counterinsurgency
• Guerrilla warfare
• Tactics
• Iraq War, 2003-
• South African War, 1899-1902
• Didactic literature

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: September 9, 2009

The wind-up bird chronicle

Author: Murakami, Haruki

Uniform Title: Nejimaki-dori kuronikuru. English

Title: The wind-up bird chronicle

Published: New York: Vintage International, 1998

Description: 609 p. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 609

Note(s): "This translation originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1997"--T.p. verso. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin

Subject(s):

• Japan -- Fiction
• Japan -- Politics and government -- Fiction
• Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Fisher, Susan. "An Allegory of Return: Murakami Haruki's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle." Comparative Literature Studies 37, no. 2 (June 2000): 155
• Ty Lai, Amy. "Memory, Hybridity, and Creative Alliance in Haruki Murakami's Fiction." . 163-179
• Iyer, Pico. "Tales of the living dead." Time 150, no. 18 (November 03, 1997): 114 

Read: September 7, 2009

A quiet flame

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: A quiet flame

Published: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009

Description: 389 p. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "A Marian Wood book." Originally published: London: Quercus, 2008

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Fiction
• Undercover operations -- Fiction
• Nazis -- Fiction
• Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
• Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction
• Argentina -- History -- 1943-1955 -- Fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• Noir, Nazi, and Bill Ott. "ROUSING READS." American Libraries 40, no. 4 (April 2009): 65
• "A QUIET FLAME." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 5 (March 2009): 38
• Ott, Bill. "A Quiet Flame." Booklist 105, no. 11 (February 2009): 5

Read: August 15, 2009

The red tree

Author: Tan, Shaun

Title: The red tree

Published: Vancouver: Simply Read Books, 2003

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Subject(s):

• Depression, Mental -- Juvenile fiction
• Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction
• Hope -- Juvenile fiction

Review(s):

• Jones, Trevelyn E. et al. "The Red Tree (Book)." School Library Journal 49, no. 4 (April 2003): 140
• Roback, Diane et al. "THE RED TREE (Book)." Publishers Weekly 250, no. 4 (January 27, 2003): 259
• "THE RED TREE (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 71, no. 2 (January 15, 2003): 148

Read: August 7, 2009

American gods: the author's preferred text

Author: Gaiman, Neil

Title: American gods: the author's preferred text

Published: London: Headline Review, 2005

Description: 640 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Spiritual warfare -- Fiction
• Ex-convicts -- Fiction
• Widowers -- Fiction

Review(s):

• De Lint, Charles. "BOOKS TO LOOK FOR." Fantasy & Science Fiction 101, no. 3 (September 2001): 96
• Kim, Ann. "American Gods (Book Review)." Library Journal 126, no. 11 (June 15, 2001): 102
• Zaleski, Jeff. "AMERICAN GODS (Book review)." Publishers Weekly 248, no. 22 (May 28, 2001): 46

Read: July 27, 2009

Deutsche Bilder--eine Spurensuche 1992-2008

Author: Leitolf, Eva

Title: Deutsche Bilder--eine Spurensuche 1992-2008

Published: Köln: Snoeck, 2008

Description: 88 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note: "Dieses Buch erscheint parallel zur Ausstellung "Eva Leitolf. Deutsche Bilder - eine Spurensuche", Pinakothek der Moderne, München, 25.07.2008-19.10.2008."--Colophon

Subject(s):

• Documentary photography -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Aliens -- Violence against -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Foreign workers -- Violence against -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Crime scenes -- Germany -- Exhibitions
• Leitolf, Eva -- Exhibitions

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 22, 2009

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

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

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