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