The giant's house

Author: McCracken, Elizabeth

Title: The giant's house

Published: Thorndike: Thorndike Press, 1996

Description: 465 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• Women librarians -- Fiction
• Giants -- Fiction
• Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• O'Rear, Joseph Allen. "The Giant's House." The Review of Contemporary Fiction 17.n1 (Spring 1997): 207
• Tvrdy, Terri. "The Giant's House." Prairie Schooner 73 (Summer 1999): 206

Read: August 2001

Somalia on five dollars a day: a soldier's story

Author: Stanton, Martin

Title: Somalia on five dollars a day: a soldier's story

Published: Novato: Presidio Press, 2001

Description: xv, 299 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993 -- Personal narratives
• United Nations -- Armed Forces -- Somalia
• Somalia -- History -- 1991-
• United States -- Military policy
• United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th
• Stanton, Martin

Review(s):

• Lane, Mel D. "Somalia on Five Dollars a Day: A Soldier's Story." Library Journal 126.13 (August 2001): 134

Read: August 2001

Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the US city

Author: Davis, Mike

Title: Magical urbanism: Latinos reinvent the US city

Published: London: Verso, 2000

Description: xviii, 172 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Bibliography: p. 151-168

Subject(s):

• Hispanic Americans
• Cities and towns -- United States
• Inner cities -- United States

Review(s):

• Hupp, Stephen L. "Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City." Library Journal 125.10 (June 1, 2000): 172
• ARREOLA, DANIEL D. "MAGICAL URBANISM." The Geographical Review 90.3 (July 2000): 456

Read: August 2001

The bürgermeister's daughter: scandal in a sixteenth-century German town

Author: Ozment, Steven E.

Title: The Bürgermeister’s daughter: scandal in a sixteenth-century German

Published: New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996

Description: 227 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 195-220

Subject(s):

• Women -- Germany -- Schwäbisch Hall -- Biography
• Fathers -- Germany -- Schwäbisch Hall -- History
• Courts -- Germany -- Schwäbisch Hall -- History
• Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
• Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500
• Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) -- Social conditions
• Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) -- Social life and customs
• Büschler, Anna

Review(s):

• Taylor, Larissa Juliet. "The Burgermeister's Daughter. Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town." Journal of Family History 22.n1 (Jan 1997): 125
• Casey, Paul F. "The Burgermeister's Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town." The Sixteenth Century Journal 27.n4 (Winter 1996): 1195

Read: August 2001

Flight to Arras

Author: Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Title: Flight to Arras

Published: London: Penguin, 2000

Description: 130 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

• "Flight to Arras." TLS. Times Literary Supplement 5090 (Oct 20, 2000): 8

Read: August 2001

My war gone by, I miss it so

Author: Loyd, Anthony

Title: My war gone by, I miss it so

Published: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999

Description: 321 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Hercegovina
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Personal narratives, British
• Bosnia and Hercegovina -- History, Military
• Loyd, Anthony

Review(s):

• Holmes, James. "My War Gone By, I Miss It So." Library Journal 124.16 (Oct 1, 1999): 114

Read: August 2001

Kabbalah: three thousand years of mystic tradition

Author: Hanson, Kenneth

Title: Kabbalah: three thousand years of mystic tradition

Published: Tulsa: Council Oak Books, 1998

Description: 270 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 254-257

Subject(s):

• Mysticism -- Judaism -- History
• Cabala -- History

Review(s):

• Kaplan, Paul M. "Kabbalah: Three Thousand Years of Mystic Tradition." Library Journal 123.n17 (Oct 15, 1998): 75

Read: July 2001

The return of Martin Guerre

Author: Davis, Natalie Zemon

Title: The return of Martin Guerre

Published: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983

Description: x, 162 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 127-131

Subject(s):

• Trials (Impostors and imposture) -- France
• Impostors and imposture -- France
• Guerre, Martin, fl. 1539-1560
• Du Tilh, Arnault, d. 1560

Review(s):

• Hufton, Olwen. "The return of Martin Guerre." History Today 34 (April 1984): 55
• Moote, A. Lloyd. "The return of Martin Guerre." American Historical Review 90 (Oct 1985): 943
• Bienen, Leigh Buchanan. "The return of Martin Guerre." Harvard Law Review 98.n2 (Dec 1984): 494-502

Read: July 2001

The betrothed of death: the Spanish Foreign Legion during the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927

Author: Alvarez, José E.

Title: The betrothed of death: the Spanish Foreign Legion during the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927

Published: Westport: Greenwood Press, 2001

Description: 282 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 257-265

Subject(s):

• Rif Revolt, 1921-1926
• Spain. Ejército. Legión -- History
• Spain -- History, Military -- 20th century
• Spain -- Foreign relations -- Morocco
• Morocco -- Foreign relations -- Spain

Review(s):

• Fleming, Shannon. "The Betrothed of Death: The Spanish Foreign Legion During the Rif Rebellion, 1920-1927." The Journal of Military History 65.4 (Oct 2001): 1127

Read: July 2001

Perdido: a novel

Author: Collignon, Rick

Title: Perdido: a novel

Published: Denver: MacMurray & Beck, 1997

Description: 221 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
• Villages -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Chadwell, Faye A. "Perdido." Library Journal 122.n11 (June 15, 1997): 94

Read: July 2001

Publish and perish: three tales of tenure and terror

Author: Hynes, James

Title: Publish and perish: three tales of tenure and terror

Published: New York: Picador, 1997

Description: 338 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• College teachers -- United States -- Fiction
• College stories, American
• Horror tales, American
• Satire, American

Review(s):

• Schine, Cathleen. "Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror." The New York Times Book Review 102 (August 3, 1997): 5

Read: July 2001

Duty: a father, his son, and the man who won the war

Author: Greene, Bob

Title: Duty: a father, his son, and the man who won the war

Published: New York: Perennial, 2001

Description: 295 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Soldiers -- Ohio -- Columbus -- Biography
• Fathers and sons -- Biography
• Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
• Greene, Bob -- Family
• Greene, Robert B.
• Tibbets, Paul W.

Review(s):

• Bushnell, William D. "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War." Library Journal 125.7 (April 15, 2000): 106
• Record, Jeffrey. "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War." Parameters 30.4 (Winter 2000): 150

Read: June 2001

Shadow flights: America's secret air war against the Soviet Union

Author: Peebles, Curtis

Title: Shadow flights: America's secret air war against the Soviet Union

Published: Novato: Presidio Press, 2000

Description: vi, 322 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 290-303

Subject(s):

• United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
• United States -- Military relations -- Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- Military relations -- United States
• Air warfare -- History
• Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History
• Cold War

Review(s):

• Blewett, Daniel K. "Shadow Flights: America's Secret Air War Against the Soviet Union." Library Journal 125.20 (Dec 2000): 159

Read: June 2001

The heart of a man: a naval pilot’s Vietnam diary

Author: Elkins, Frank Callihan

Title: The heart of a man: a naval pilot's Vietnam diary

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991

Description: xvi, 132 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
• Elkins, Frank Callihan

Review(s):

• Rogers, Michael. "The Heart of a Man." Library Journal 116.n7 (April 15, 1991): 130

Read: June 2001

Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan revolution

Author: Zimmermann, Matilde

Title: Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan revolution

Published: Durham: Duke University Press, 2000

Description: x, 277 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 259-269

Subject(s):

• Revolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- Biography
• Nicaragua -- History -- 1937-1979
• Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional -- History
• Fonseca Amador, Carlos

Review(s):

• Gould, J.L. "Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution." Hispanic American Historical Review 82.2 (May 1, 2002): 383
• Gambone, Michael D. "Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution." American Historical Review 107.4 (Oct 2002): 1262
• Carey, David, Jr. "Shades of peace and democracy: social discontent and reconciliation in Central America*." Latin American Research Review 40.1 (Wntr 2005): 251

Read: June 2001

The real Contra War: highlander peasant resistance in Nicaragua

Author: Brown, Timothy C.

Title: The real Contra War: highlander peasant resistance in Nicaragua

Published: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001

Description: xxvii, 321 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 275-299

Subject(s):

• Counterrevolutions -- Nicaragua
• Counterrevolutionaries -- Nicaragua
• Peasant uprisings -- Nicaragua
• Insurgency -- Nicaragua
• Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990
• Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas
• Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense

Review(s):

• Stoll, David. "The Nicaraguan Contras: were they indios?(When the AK-47s Fall Silent: Revolutionaries, Guerrillas, and the Dangers of Peace)(The Real Contra War: Highlander Peasant Resistance in Nicaragua)(Peasants in Arms: War and Peace in the Mountains of Nicaragua, 1979-1994)." Latin American Politics and Society 47.3 (Fall 2005): 145
• Carey, David, Jr. "Shades of peace and democracy: social discontent and reconciliation in Central America*." Latin American Research Review 40.1 (Wntr 2005): 251
• Gambone, Michael D. "The Real Contra War: Highlander Peasant Resistance in Nicaragua." Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History 61.1 (July 2004): 145

Read: June 2001

Fire in the sky: the air war in the South Pacific

Author: Bergerud, Eric M.

Title: Fire in the sky: the air war in the South Pacific

Published: Boulder: Westview Press, 2000

Description: xxviii, 723 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 695-702

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania
• Oceania -- History, Military

Review(s):

• Lane, Mel D. "Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific." Library Journal 125.1 (Jan 2000): 131

Read: June 2001

Double fold: libraries and the assault on paper

Author: Baker, Nicholson

Title: Double fold: libraries and the assault on paper

Published: New York: Random House, 2001

Description: xii, 370 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 335-353

Subject(s):

• Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Newspapers
• Newspaper and periodical libraries -- United States
• Newspapers -- Conservation and restoration
• Paper -- Preservation -- United States

Review(s):

• Chad, Barry. "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper." Library Journal 126.6 (April 1, 2001): 119
• BOYLAN, JAMES. "DOUBLE FOLD: LIBRARIES AND THE ASSAULT ON PAPER." Columbia Journalism Review 40.2 (July 2001): 67
• "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper." Contemporary Review 281.1639 (August 2002): 125

Read: May 2001

The peculiar institution: slavery in the ante-bellum South

Author: Stampp, Kenneth M.

Title: The peculiar institution: slavery in the ante-bellum South

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 1989

Description: xi, 435, xiii p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States

Read: April 2001

Black Hawk down: a story of modern war

Author: Bowden, Mark

Title: Black Hawk down: a story of modern war

Published: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999

Description: 386 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: Portions of this book were originally published as a series in The Philadelphia inquirer

Subject(s):

• United States. Army. Task Force Ranger -- History
• Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993
• Somalia -- History -- 1991-
• Aidid, Mohammed Farah

Review(s):

• Hildebrandt, Gregory G. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War." Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 27.1 (Fall 2000): 160
• Campbell, Jon. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War." Air & Space Power Journal 16.3 (Fall 2002): 118
• Hadsel, Fred. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War." The Journal of Military History 64.2 (April 2000): 610

Read: March 2001