The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Author: Díaz, Junot

Title: The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

Published: New York: Riverhead Books, 2007

Description: 339 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Dominican Americans -- Fiction

Review(s):

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

Read: December 17, 2008

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

Author: Guibert, Emmanuel

Uniform Title: Guerre d'Alan. English

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

Published: New York: First Second, 2008

Description: 304 p. 25 cm.

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: December 16, 2008

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

Author: Ryback, Timothy W.

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

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: December 6, 2008

Out stealing horses

Author: Petterson, Per

Uniform Title: Ut og stjœle hester. English

Title: Out stealing horses

Published: London: Harvill Secker, 2005

Description: 264 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Translated by Anne Born

Subject(s):

• Social isolation -- Fiction

Review(s):

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

Read: November 23, 2008

Alice in Sunderland: an entertainment

Author: Talbot, Bryan

Title: Alice in Sunderland: an entertainment

Published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2007

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: November 12, 2008

The spy who came in from the cold

Author: Le Carré, John

Title: The spy who came in from the cold

Published: New York: Walker, 2005

Description: xiv, 223 p. ; 23 cm.

Note: Foreword by Joseph Kanon

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: November 11, 2008

Fight scenes

Author: Bottoms, Greg

Title: Fight scenes

Published: Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2008

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

Note: Illustrated by David Powell

Subject(s):

• Problem families -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Autobiographical fiction

Review(s):

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

Read: November 6, 2008

Orange County: a personal history

Author: Arellano, Gustavo

Title: Orange County: a personal history

Published: New York: Scribner, 2008

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: October 30, 2008

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

Author: Lockhart, Paul Douglas

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

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

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

Bibliography: p. 303-319

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: October 23, 2008

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

Author: Milton, Giles

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

Published: New York: Basic Books, 2008

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

Bibliography: p. 387-413

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: October 12, 2008

Unpacking the boxes: a memoir of a life in poetry

Author: Hall, Donald

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

Published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Description: 195 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: October 1, 2008

Geek love

Author: Dunn, Katherine

Title: Geek love

Published: New York: Warner Books, 1990

Description: 355 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: September 8, 2008

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

Author: Pemper, Mieczysław

Uniform Title: Rettende Weg. English

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

Published: New York: Other Press, 2008

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

Bibliography: p. 225-233

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: September 7, 2008

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

Author: Levy, Buddy

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

Published: New York: Bantam Books, 2008

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

Bibliography: p. 393-411

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: August 24, 2008

War nerd

Author: Brecher, Gary

Title: War nerd

Published: Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, 2008

Description: vii, 317 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• War and society
• World politics -- 1989-

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 19, 2008

The arrival

Author: Tan, Shaun

Title: The arrival

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

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: August 11, 2008

The bridge of sighs

Author: Steinhauer, Olen

Title: The bridge of sighs

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

Description: 278 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: July 19, 2008

March: a novel

Author: Brooks, Geraldine

Title: March: a novel

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006

Description: 280, 9 p. ; 20 cm.

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

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: July 18, 2008

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

Author: Thomas, Evan

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

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006

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

Bibliography: p. 391-402

Subject(s):

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

Review(s):

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

Read: July 14, 2008

Serial no. 3817131

Author: Papo, Rachel

Title: Serial no. 3817131

Published: Brooklyn: PowerHouse Books, 2008

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

Note: Foreword by Charles H. Traub

Subject(s):

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

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 6, 2008