Occupied city

Author: Peace, David

Title: Occupied city

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010

Description: 275 p. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: PR6066 E116 O25 2010

Bibliography: p. 273-274

Note(s): On January 26, 1948, a man identifying himself as a public health official arrives at a bank in Tokyo. He explains that there has been an outbreak of dysentery in the neighborhood, and he has been assigned by Occupation authorities to treat everyone who might have been exposed to the disease. Soon after drinking the medicine he administers, twelve employees are dead, four are unconscious, and the "official" has fled. Twelve voices tell the story of the murder from different perspectives. Each voice enlarges and deepens the portrait of a city and a people making their way out of a war-induced hell. First published: London: Faber and Faber, 2009

Subject(s):

• Hirasawa, Sadamichi, 1892-1987 -- Fiction
• Criminals -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction
• Serial murders -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction
• Bank robberies -- Fiction
• Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• Morris, Gregory L. "Occupied City." Magill Book Reviews (May 2010)
• JUSTIN, CARTWRIGHT. "Tokyo Vice." New York Times Book Review (March 21, 2010): 18
• Walden, George. "Capital offences." New Statesman 138, no. 4962 (August 17, 2009): 44-45

Read: August 31, 2010

Operation Mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory

Author: Macintyre, Ben, 1963-

Title: Operation Mincemeat: how a dead man and a bizarre plan fooled the Nazis and assured an allied victory

Published: New York: Harmony Books, 2010

Description: x, 400 p., [16] p. of plates :ill., plans ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D810 S7 M246 2010

Bibliography: p. 385-387

Note(s): From the acclaimed author of "Agent Zigzag" comes an extraordinary account of the most successful deception--and certainly the strangest--ever carried out in World War II, one that changed the prospects for an Allied victory. The purpose of the plan--code named Operation Mincemeat--was to deceive the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece or Sardinia, rather than Sicily, as the Nazis had assumed, and the Allies ultimately chose

Subject(s):

• Operation Mincemeat
• Montagu, Ewen, 1901-1985
• Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
• Deception -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• Deception -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Spain -- Atlantic Coast
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily
• Sicily (Italy) -- History, Military -- 20th century
• Atlantic Coast (Spain) -- History, Military -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Scovil, Sheri Beth. "Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured Allied Victory." Library Journal 135, no. 13 (August 2010): 94
• Gladwell, Malcolm. "PANDORA'S BRIEFCASE." New Yorker 86, no. 12 (May 10, 2010): 72-78
• JENNET, CONANT. "The Man Who Never Was." New York Times Book Review (May 16, 2010): 12

Read: August 28, 2010

Have a nice doomsday: why millions of Americans are looking forward to the end of the world

Author: Guyatt, Nicholas, 1973-

Title: Have a nice doomsday: why millions of Americans are looking forward to the end of the world

Published: New York: Harper Perennial, 2007

Description: 276, 18 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: BT877 G89 2007

Bibliography: p. 271-274

Note(s): A study of apocalyptic Christianity assesses the beliefs of the fifty million Americans who believe that the apocalypse will occur during their lifetimes and their involvement in debates over gay rights, foreign policy, and abortion

• Subject(s):End of the world -- Political aspects
• Judgment Day -- Political aspects
• Prophecy -- Christianity -- Political aspects
• Public opinion -- United States
• Religion and state -- United States

Review(s):

• Burgeson, John W. "HAVE A NICE DOOMSDAY: Why Millions of Americans Are Looking Forward to the End of the World." Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith 60, no. 2 (June 2008): 139
• Adams, Nancy E. "Have a Nice Doomsday: Why Millions of Americans Are Looking Forward to the End of the World." Library Journal 132, no. 19 (November 15, 2007): 63
• Sharlet, Jeff. "Preachers of doom." New Statesman 136, no. 4854 (July 23, 2007): 56-57

Read: August 26, 2010

After America

Author: Birmingham, John, 1964-

Title: After America

Published: New York: Del Ray/Ballantine Books, 2010

Description: 465 p. :maps ; 25 cm.

Call Number: PR9619.3 B5136 A69 2010

Subject(s):

• Natural disasters -- Fiction
• Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
• United States -- Fiction
• Texas -- Fiction
• Political fiction
• Suspense fiction

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 23, 2010

Abandoned cars

Author: Lane, Tim

Title: Abandoned cars

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2010

Description: 163 p. :chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 L353 A22 2010

Note(s): "Abandoned cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories: noir-ish narratives united by their exploration of the vast American mythology by way of the desperate and haunted characters who populate its pages"--Cover p. [4]

Subject(s):

• Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "Abandoned Cars." Booklist 105, no. 2 (September 15, 2008): 33

Read: August 19, 2010

The march to the sea and beyond: Sherman's troops in the Savannah and Carolinas campaigns

Author: Glatthaar, Joseph T., 1956-

Title: The march to the sea and beyond: Sherman's troops in the Savannah and Carolinas campaigns

Published: Baton Rouge: Louisianna State University Press, 1995

Description: xvi, 318 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Call Number: E476.69 G53 1995

Bibliography: p. 261-310

Note(s): Originally published: New York: New York University Press, 1985

Subject(s):

• Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
• Sherman's March to the Sea
• Sherman's March through the Carolinas
• North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns

Review(s):

• Barrett, John G. "The March to the Sea and Beyond (Book Review)." American Historical Review 91, no. 2 (April 1986): 469
• Miller, Randall M. "The March to the Sea and Beyond (Book)." Library Journal 110, no. 11 (June 15, 1985): 61

Read: August 16, 2010

Whirlwind: the air war against Japan, 1942-1945

Author: Tillman, Barrett

Title: Whirlwind: the air war against Japan, 1942-1945

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010

Description: xvii, 316 p., [16] p. of plates :ill., map ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D790 T624 2010

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
• Bombing, Aerial -- Japan

Review(s):

• Muller, Richard R. "The Firestorm That Ended the War." World War II 25, no. 2 (July 2010): 68-69
• Hov, Sara. "Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-45." Army 60, no. 6 (June 2010): 82-84
• Murray, Williamson. "Flying into the Rising Sun." Military History 27, no. 1 (May 2010): 71-72 

Read: August 13, 2010

L.A. noir: the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city

Author: Buntin, John

Title: L.A. noir: the struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city

Published: New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009

Description: xii, 419 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: HV 6795 L6 B86 2009

Bibliography p. 391-406

Note(s): A journalist and case writer presents a social history of Los Angeles, from Prohibition to the Watts riots, focusing on the long-running war between notorious gangster Mickey Cohen, and the man who would become the city's most famous police chief, William H. Parker. Originally published in hardcover by Harmony Books, 2009

Subject(s):

• Organized crime -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
• Cohen, Mickey, 1914-1976
• Parker, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1966
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Spencer, Jeremy. "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City." Library Journal 134, no. 12 (July 2009): 106-109
• "L.A. NOIR: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City." Kirkus Reviews 77, no. 12 (June 15, 2009): 639

Read: August 8, 2010

War

Author: Junger, Sebastian

Title: War

Published: New York: Twelve, 2010

Description: xii, 287 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: DS371.4123 K67 J86 2010

Bibliography: p. 269-281

Note(s): Junger, author of "The Perfect Storm," turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat in this on-the-ground account that follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley

Subject(s):

• Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Korangal Valley
• United States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rd

Review(s):

• What is it good for?." Economist 395, no. 8683 (May 22, 2010): 89
• Nashawaty, Chris. "Sebastian Junger Goes to War." Entertainment Weekly no. 1103 (May 21, 2010): 76-77
• DEXTER, FILKINS. "'Nothing to Do but Kill and Wait'." New York Times Book Review (May 16, 2010): 13

Read: August 3, 2010

Stars in their courses: the Gettysburg campaign, June-July 1863

Author: Foote, Shelby

Title: Stars in their courses: the Gettysburg campaign, June-July 1863

Published: New York: Modern Library, 1994

Description: viii, 290 p. :maps ; 19 cm.

Call Number: E475.51 F66 1994

Note(s): "Originally published by Random House, Inc., as volume II of The Civil War, a narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

Review(s):

• Mitchell, Douglas. "The Conflict is Behind Me Now ": Shelby Foote Writes the Civil War." Southern Literary Journal 36, no. 1 (Fall2003 2003): 21-45
• Foote, Shelby. "THE NOVELIST'S VIEW OF HISTORY." Sewanee Review 99, no. 3 (Summer91 1991): 439
• White, Helen, and Redding Sugg. "A COLLOQUIUM WITH SHELBY FOOTE." Southern Humanities Review 15, no. 4 (September 1981): 281-299

Read: July 21, 2010

One more theory about happiness: a memoir

Author: Guest, Paul

Title: One more theory about happiness: a memoir

Published: New York: Ecco, 2010

Description: 202 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PS3607 U47 Z46 2010

Subject(s):

• Guest, Paul
• Poets, American -- 21st century -- Biography
• Quadriplegics -- United States -- Biography

Review(s):

• "ONE MORE THEORY ABOUT HAPPINESS: A Memoir." Kirkus Reviews 78, no. 5 (March 2010): 182

Read: July 9, 2010

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