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

Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1846-1890

Author: McMurtry, Larry

Title: Oh what a slaughter: massacres in the American West, 1846-1890

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005

Description: 178 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 163-165

Subject(s):

• Indians of North America -- Wars -- West (U.S.)
• Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
• Massacres -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century

Review(s):

• Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West, 1846-1890. By: Peters, Stephen H.. Library Journal, 12/15/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 20, p146-146
• OH WHAT A SLAUGHTER: Massacres in the American West: 1846-1890. Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/2005, Vol. 73 Issue 20, p1125-1125
• OH WHAT A SLAUGHTER.By: Schilling, Mary Kaye. Entertainment Weekly, 12/2/2005 Issue 852, p86-87

Read: April 18, 2008

Desperate passage: the Donner Party’s perilous journey West

Author: Rarick, Ethan

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

Published: New York: Oxford University Press, 2008

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

Bibliography: p. 273-279

Subject(s):

• Donner Party
• Overland journeys to the Pacific

Review(s):

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

Read: April 16, 2008

Flight of the Intruder

Author: Coonts, Stephen

Title: Flight of the Intruder

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986

Description: 329 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction

Review(s):

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

Read: April 13, 2008

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

Author: Svoboda, Terese

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

Published: Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 2008

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

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: April 6, 2008

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

Author: Rosen, William

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

Published: New York: Viking, 2007

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

Bibliography: p. 329-349

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: April 4, 2008

Strange piece of paradise

Author: Jentz, Terri

Title: Strange piece of paradise

Published: New York: Picador, 2007

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

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: March 25, 2008

On beauty: a novel

Author: Smith, Zadie

Title: On beauty: a novel

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006

Description: 445 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• College teachers -- Fiction
• Massachusetts -- Fiction

Review(s):

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

Read: March 20, 2008

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

Author: Gross, Jan Tomasz

Uniform title: Sąsiedzi. English

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

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2002

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

Bibliography: p. 155-200

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: March 9, 2008

I was a child of Holocaust survivors

Author: Eisenstein, Bernice

Title: I was a child of Holocaust survivors

Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2006

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: February 25, 2008

Spent

Author: Matt, Joe

Title: Spent

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2007

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: February 14, 2008

Cinema panopticum

Author: Ott, Thomas

Title: Cinema panopticum

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2005

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: February 12, 2008

Mendel’s daughter

Author(s): Lemelman, Gusta and Martin Lemelman

Title: Mendel’s daughter

Published: New York: Free Press, 2006

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: January 31, 2008

Exit wounds

Author: Modan, Rutu

Title: Exit wounds

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2007

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: January 29, 2008

Golden palms

Author: Panar, Ed

Title: Golden palms

Published: Atlanta: J&L Books, 2007

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

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: Janaury 28, 2008

Swimming sweet arrow: a novel

Author: Gibbon, Maureen

Title: Swimming sweet arrow: a novel

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

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

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: January 26, 2008