Troll: a love story

 

Author: Sinisalo, Johanna, 1958-

Title: Troll: a love story

Published: New York: Grove Press, 2003

Description: 278 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PH355 S5445 S46 2003

Note(s): Translated from the Finnish by Herbert Lomas; previously published: Not before sundown. London: Peter Owen, 2003

Subject(s):

• Trolls -- Finland -- Fiction
• Gay men -- Finland -- Fiction
• Aphrodisiacs -- Finland -- Fiction
• Fantasy fiction

Review(s):

• Sallis, James. "Life/Troll: A Love Story/Camouflage." Fantasy & Science Fiction 109, no. 6 (December 2005): 38-43
• "TROLL: A Love Story (Book)." Publishers Weekly 251, no. 15 (April 12, 2004): 37
• "TROLL: A Love Story (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 72, no. 7 (April 2004): 295-296

Read: March 5, 2011

Negotiating with the dead: a writer on writing

 

Author: Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

Title: Negotiating with the dead: a writer on writing

Published: New York: Anchor Books, 2003

Description: xxvii, 219 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PR9199.3 A8 N44 2003

Bibliography: p. 197-207

Subject(s):

• Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
• Fiction -- Authorship
• Authorship

Review(s):

• Ingersoll, Earl G. "Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (Book)." Studies in the Novel 36, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 126-128
• St. Andrews, B. A. "Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (Book)." World Literature Today 77, no. 3/4 (October 2003): 99-100
• Irvine, Larna. "Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (Book)." American Review of Canadian Studies 33, no. 3 (September 2003): 433-435

Read: March 2, 2011

Atlas of remote islands: fifty islands I have never set foot on and never will

Author: Schalansky, Judith,1980-

Uniform Title: Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln. English

Title: Atlas of remote islands: fifty islands I have never set foot on and never will

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2010

Description: 143 p. :maps, ill. ; 27 cm.

Call Number: G500 S3313 2010

Note(s): Originally published in German as: Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln--T.p. verso. Translated from the German by Christine Lo

Summary: For each island, this book provides information on its distance from the mainland, whether its inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore

Subject(s):

• Islands -- Description and travel
• Islands -- Maps
• Islands -- Maps

Review(s):

• Creech, Anna L. "Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will." Library Journal 135, no. 20 (December 2010): 130
• Flanagan, Margaret. "Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will." Booklist 107, no. 7 (December 2010): 12
• Belli, Brita. "ATLAS FREAK." E - The Environmental Magazine 21, no. 6 (November 2010): 51

Read: February 23, 2011

The Hilliker curse: my pursuit of women

Author: Ellroy, James, 1948-

Title: The Hilliker curse: my pursuit of women

Published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010

Description: 203 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number:  PS3555 L6274 Z46 2010

Summary: The legendary crime writer unsparingly describes his shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages, his nervous breakdown, and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought "Her."

Subject(s):

• Ellroy, James, 1948- -- Relations with women
• Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships
• Mothers -- Death -- Psychological aspects

Review(s):

• Haywood, Thomas. "If you're an atheist when you're my age, you don't know shit." New Statesman 139, no. 5027 (November 15, 2010): 34-35
• "Killer instinct." Economist 397, no. 8703 (October 9, 2010): 121
• "THE HILLIKER CURSE: My Pursuit of Women." Kirkus Reviews 78, no. 14 (July 15, 2010): 652

Read: February 17, 2011

Ashes of honour

 

Author: La Mazière, Christian de

Uniform Title: Rêveur casque. English

Title: Ashes of honour

Published: London: Wingate, 1975

Description: 319 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number: D757.85 L3513 1975

Note(s): Translated from the French by Francis Stuart

Subject(s):

• La Mazière, Christian de
• Waffen-SS. Waffen-Grenadier-Division "Charlemagne," 33
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, French

Review(s):

• Carrard, Philippe. "From the Outcasts' Point of View: The Memoirs of the French Who Fought for Hitler." French Historical Studies 31, no. 3 (Summer 2008): 477-503

Read: February 12, 2011

Pushing ice

Author: Reynolds, Alastair, 1966-

Title: Pushing ice

Published: New York: Ace Books, 2007

Description: 580 p. ; 18 cm.

Call Number: PR6068 E95 P87 2007

Note(s): Originally published: Great Britain: Gollancz, 2005

Subject(s):

• Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
• Science fiction

Review(s):

• Hopper, Jimm. "It's a marvelous night for a moon dance -- but only if you can catch up with the orb." San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) 12 Nov. 2006, R,CO,C, BOOKS: BOOKS-7
• Cleaver, Fred. "SCIENCE FICTION - Thrill ride takes crew out of solar system." Denver Post, The (CO) 25 Jun. 2006, SUN SCENE, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: F-14
• FOLSOM, ROBERT. "Welcome to life aboard the Rockhopper - Alastair Reynolds' futuristic novel about first contact asks universal questions.." Kansas City Star, The (MO) 18 Jun. 2006, Photo: 10

Read: January 15, 2011

UFOs: generals, pilots, and government officials go on the record

Author: Kean, Leslie

Title: UFOs: generals, pilots, and government officials go on the record

Published: New York: Harmony Books, 2010

Description: xii, 335 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: TL789 K357 2010

Summary: An in-depth investigation into UFO phenomena documents the author’s survey of official extraterrestrial encounters as experienced by scientists, military heads, and aviators throughout the world, and evaluates government reactions

Subject(s):

• Unidentified flying objects -- Research
• Unidentified flying objects -- Sightings and encounters
• Public records

Review(s):

• Eberhart, George M. "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record." College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 10 (November 2010): 566
• "5 Questions for Leslie Kean." USA Today, n.d.

Read: January 5, 2011

You’ll never know

Author: Tyler, Carol

Title: You’ll never know

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2009-

Description: v. :col. ill. ; 27 x 32 cm.

Call Number(s):

• PN6727 T95 Y68 2009 (Bk 1. A good and decent man )
• PN6727.T95 Y68 2010 (Bk 2. Collateral damage)

Note(s):

• Bk 1. A good and decent man
• Bk 2. Collateral damage

Summary: A good and decent man is the first of a 3-part graphic memoir chronicling the author’s relationship with her World War II veteran father, and how his war experience shaped her childhood and affected her relationships in adulthood

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Comic books, strips, etc
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Family relationships -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "You'll Never Know: A Graphic Memoir--Book Two: Collateral Damage." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 39 (October 4, 2010): 34
• "You'll Never Know: A Graphic Memoir, Book I: "A Good and Decent Man." Publishers Weekly 256, no. 23 (June 8, 2009): 33

Read:

• December 23, 2010 (Bk 1. A good and decent man )
• December 24, 2010 (Bk 2. Collateral damage)

How to understand Israel in 60 days or less

Author: Glidden, Sarah

Title: How to understand Israel in 60 days or less

Published: New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 2010

Description: 206 p. :col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 G55 H6 2010

Bibliography: p. 206

Note(s): Letterer, Clem Robins

Subject(s):

• Americans -- Israel -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Israel -- Description and travel -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Israel -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Tucker, Ken. "9. How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less." Entertainment Weekly no. 1134/1135 (December 24, 2010): 119
• Moon, Barbara M. "How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less." School Library Journal 56, no. 11 (November 2010): 147
• "HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL IN 60 DAYS OR LESS." Kirkus Reviews 78, no. 19 (October 2010): 975-976

Read: December 22, 2010

Panic in level 4: cannibals, killer viruses, and other journeys to the edge of science

Author: Preston, Richard, 1954-

Title: Panic in level 4: cannibals, killer viruses, and other journeys to the edge of science

Published: New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009

Description: xxxix, 194 p. :ill., ports., facs. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: RC81 P856 2009

Note(s): "Portions of this book appeared in different form in The New Yorker."

Subject(s):

• Medicine, Popular
• Science
• Science writers

Review(s):

• Marston, Will. "Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science." School Library Journal 54, no. 10 (October 2008): 179
• Castelvecchi, David. "Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science." Science News 174, no. 3 (August 2, 2008): 30
• Taylor, Gilbert. "Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science." Booklist 104, no. 18 (May 15, 2008): 13

Read: December 4, 2010

Casanova was a book lover: and other naked truths and provocative curiosities about the writing, selling, and reading of books

Author: Hamilton, John Maxwell

Title: Casanova was a book lover: and other naked truths and provocative curiosities about the writing, selling, and reading of books

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2001

Description: xiv, 351 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: Z1003 H194 2001

Bibliography: p. 283-319

Note(s): Originally published: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000

Subject(s):

• Books and reading
• Books and reading -- United States
• Authorship
• Authorship -- United States
• Publishers and publishing -- United States

Review(s):

• "Casanova Was a Book Lover (Book Review)." Virginia Quarterly Review 77, no. 1 (Winter 2001): 31
• Alexander, Jean M. "Casanova Was a Book Lover and Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities About...(Book Review)." College & Research Libraries 62, no. 1 (January 2001): 93
• Lempert, , Karen E. "Casanova Was a Book Lover and Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities About the Writing, Selling and Reading of Books." Library Journal 125, no. 7 (April 15, 2000): 90

Read: December 3, 2010

Visions of infamy: the untold story of how journalist Hector C. Bywater devised the plans that led to Pearl Harbor

Author: Honan, William H. (William Holmes)

Title: Visions of infamy: the untold story of how journalist Hector C. Bywater devised the plans that led to Pearl Harbor

Published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991

Description: xvi, 346 p. [16] p. of plates :ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number: D767.9 H66 1991

Bibliography: p. 311-329

Subject(s):

• Bywater, Hector C. (Hector Charles), 1884-1940
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area -- Forecasting
• Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Journalists -- United States -- Biography

Review(s):

• Buruma, I. "Ghosts of Pearl Harbor." New York Review of Books 38, no. 21 (December 19, 1991): 9 
• Puffer, Raymond L. "Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor." Library Journal 116, no. 13 (August 1991): 110
• Smith, Gaddis. "Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans That Led to Pearl Harbor." Foreign Affairs 70, no. 5 (92 1991): 190
• Read: November 28, 2010

Kissing the witch

Author: Donoghue, Emma,1969-

Title: Kissing the witch

Published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1997

Description: 210 p. :ill. ; 19 cm.

Call Number: PZ8 D733 K47 1997

Summary: A collection of thirteen interconnected stories that give old fairy tales a new twist

Subject(s):

• Fairy tales -- England

Review(s):

• Orme, Jennifer. "Mouth to Mouth: Queer Desires in Emma Donoghue's Kissing the Witch." Marvels & Tales 24, no. 1 (May 2010): 116-130
• Schimel, Lawrence. "Bewitching kisses." Lambda Book Report 6, no. 6 (January 1998): 9
• Philip, Neil. "Sex and Cinderella." Times Educational Supplement no. 4220 (May 16, 1997): 9 

Read: November 21, 2010

A perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire

Author: Greenfield, Amy Butler, 1968-

Title: A perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire

Published: New York: Harper Perennial, 2006

Description: viii, 338 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: TP925 C63 G74 2006

Bibliography: p. 293-318

Note(s): "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers." -- T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Cochineal -- History
• Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers -- Europe -- History
• Dyes and dyeing -- Mexico -- History
• Cochineal insect

Review(s):

• Marschall, Laurence A. "A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire." Natural History 114, no. 7 (September 2005): 48-50
• Dapson, Dick. "Book review." Biotechnic & Histochemistry 80, no. 3/4 (May 2005): 173
• Haggas, Carol. "A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (Book)." Booklist 101, no. 15 (April 2005): 1332

Read: November 10, 2010

Sex, bombs and burgers: how war, porn and fast food created technology as we know it

Author: Nowak, Peter

Title: Sex, bombs and burgers: how war, porn and fast food created technology as we know it

Published: Toronto: Viking Canada, 2010

Description: 364 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: T15 N69 2010

Subject(s):

• Technological innovations -- Social aspects
• Technology -- Social aspects
• Technology -- History
• Innovations -- Aspect social

Review(s):

• Timm, Jordan. "SEX, BOMBS AND BURGERS: How War, Porn and Fast Food Created Technology As We Know It." Canadian Business 83, no. 6 (April 26, 2010): 71

Read: November 5, 2010

Nineteen seventy-four

Author: Peace, David

Title: Nineteen seventy-four

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2009

Description: 295 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PR6066 E116 N56 2009

Note(s): Originally published: London: Serpent's Tail, 1999

Subject(s):

• Journalists -- England -- Fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
• Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
• Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• DARGIS, MANOHLA. "A Bleak Trilogy From Britain, in Which Men and Terror Run Wild." New York Times, February 05, 2010., 8

Read: October 30, 2010

The forever war

Author: Haldeman, Joe W.

Title: The forever war

Published: New York: EOS, 2003

Description: 277 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PS3558 A353 F67 2003

Note(s): "The author's preferred ed. of the groundbreaking SF classic"--Cover

Subject(s):

• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Space and time -- Fiction
• Aging -- Fiction
• Science fiction

Review(s):

• "Readers of Joe Haldeman's 1975 novel The Forever War, which described military life and manners in an imagined future, will recall that enlisted soldiers were expected to respond to the commands of their drill instructors with a loud and clear "F*** YOU, SIR!".(The Week ...)." National Review 57.17 (Sept 26, 2005): 12
• Hantke, Steffen. "Surgical strikes and prosthetic warriors: the soldier's body in contemporary science fiction." Science Fiction Studies 26.3 (Nov 1998): 495
• Blackmore, Tim. "Warring stories: fighting for truth in the science fiction of Joe Haldeman." Extrapolation 34.n2 (Summer 1993): 131

Read: October 24, 2010

Forget sorrow: an ancestral tale

Author: Yang, Belle

Title: Forget sorrow: an ancestral tale

Published: New York: W. W. Norton, 2010

Description: 250 p. :chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.

Call Number: PS3575 A53 Z46 2010

Summary: "When Belle Yang was forced to take refuge in her parents' home after an abusive boyfriend began stalking her, her father entertained her with stories of old China. The history she'd ignored while growing up became a source of comfort and inspiration, and narrowed the gap separating her--an independent, Chinese-American woman--from her Old World Chinese parents. In Forget Sorrow, Yang makes her debut into the graphic form with the story of her father's family, reunited under the House of Yang in Manchuria during the Second World War and struggling--both together and individually--to weather poverty, famine, and, later, Communist oppression. The parallels between Belle Yang's journey of self-discovery and the lives and choices of her grandfather, his brothers, and their father (the Patriarch) speak powerfully of the conflicts between generations--and of possibilities for reconciliation" -- from publisher's web site

Subject(s):

• Yang, Belle -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Yang, Belle -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Chinese American authors -- Biography

Review(s):

• "Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale." Kirkus Reviews 78, no. 14 (July 15, 2010): 13
• Goldsmith, Francisca. "Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale." Booklist 106, no. 18 (May 15, 2010): 25
• Chai, May-Lee. "A Review of “Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale”." Asian Affairs: An American Review 37, no. 2 (May 2010): 103-104

Read: October 21, 2010

Body of work: meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab

Author: Montross, Christine

Title: Body of work: meditations on mortality from the human anatomy lab

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2008

Description: 295 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: QM 28 M66 2008

Bibliography: p. 293-295

Content(s): Preface: mystery -- Bone box -- First cut -- Breath and blood -- Anatomical precedence -- Origins of a corpse -- In pursuit of wonder -- The bodies of strangers -- Toll -- The discomfort of doctoring -- An unsteady balance -- Pelvis -- Dismantled -- Epilogue: good-bye

Note(s): "A revelatory memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cut her open"--P. [4] of cover

Subject(s):

• Montross, Christine
• Medical students -- Anecdotes
• Women medical students -- Anecdotes
• Dead -- Anecdotes
• Mortality -- Anecdotes
• Human anatomy -- Anecdotes
• Human dissection -- Anecdotes

Review(s):

• Ross, Callum F. "BODY OF WORK: MEDITATIONS ON MORTALITY FROM THE HUMAN ANATOMY LAB." Quarterly Review of Biology 83, no. 3 (September 2008): 326
• Raizman, Noah. "Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab." Lancet 370, no. 9600 (November 17, 2007): 1682
• "BODY OF WORK: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab." Science News 172, no. 4 (July 28, 2007): 63

Read: October 13, 2010

The house on Mango Street

Author: Cisneros, Sandra

Title: The house on Mango Street

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 1991

Description: x, 110 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PS3553 I78 H6 1991

Content(s): The house on Mango Street -- Hairs -- Boys & girls -- My name -- Cathy queen of cats -- Our good day -- Laughter -- Gil’s furniture bought & sold -- Meme Ortiz -- Louie, his cousin & his other cousin -- Marin -- Those who don’t -- There was an old woman she had so many children she didn’t know what to do -- Alicia who sees mice -- Darius & the clouds -- And some more -- The family of little feet -- A rice sandwich -- Chanclas -- Hips -- The first job -- Papa who wakes up tired in the dark -- Born bad -- Elenita, cards, palm, water -- Geraldo no last name -- Edna’s Ruthie -- The Earl of Tennessee -- Sire -- Four skinny trees -- No speak English -- Rafaela who drinks coconut & papaya juice on Tuesdays -- Sally -- Minerva writes poems -- Bums in the attic -- Beautiful & cruel -- A smart cookie -- What Sally said -- The monkey garden -- Red clowns -- Linoleum roses -- The three sisters -- Alicia & I talking on Edna’s steps -- A house of my own -- Mango says goodbye sometimes

Subject(s):

• Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Mexican Americans -- Fiction
• Girls -- Fiction
• Literature, Modern -- United States
• Mexican Americans -- Chicago
• Adolescent -- Chicago

Review(s):

• Dubb, Christina Rose. "Adolescent Journeys: Finding Female Authority in The Rain Catchers and The House on Mango Street." Children's Literature in Education 38, no. 3 (September 2007): 219-232
• Wissman, Kelly. "“Writing Will Keep You Free”: Allusions to and Recreations of the Fairy Tale Heroine in The House on Mango Street." Children's Literature in Education 38, no. 1 (March 2007): 17-34
• Doyle, Jacqueline. "More room of her own: Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street." MELUS 19, no. 4 (Winter 1994): 6

Read: October 11, 2010