Outposts: Kandahar Province

Author: Wylie, Donovan,1971-

Title: Outposts: Kandahar Province

Published: Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2011

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :col. photo. ; 24 x 30 cm.

Call Number: DS374 K25 W86 2011

Note(s): "...photographs of Forward Operating Bases constructed in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2011, Canada sent nearly 3,000 military personnel to Afghanistan in support of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. Serving alongside infantry and artillery, military engineers designed a network of outposts throughout the province"--Publisher’s website. "Canadian Forward Operating Bases and Combat Posts, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. FOB Maʹsum Ghar, FOB Sperwan Ghar, FOB Shojah, COP Folad, COP Fataullah, COP Gundy Ghar, COP Old School"--P. preceding afterword. "Looking down upon the cities of the plain--Donovan Wylie’s Outposts, by Gerry Badger"--Afterword

Subject(s):

• Kandahār (Afghanistan: Province) -- Pictorial works
• Afghan War, 2001- -- Pictorial works
• Kandahār (Afghanistan: Province) -- History, Military -- Pictorial works

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: February 1, 2012

Outlaw platoon: heroes, renegades, infidels, and the brotherhood of war in Afghanistan

Author(s): Parnell, Sean and John R. Bruning

Title: Outlaw platoon: heroes, renegades, infidels, and the brotherhood of war in Afghanistan

Published: New York: W. Morrow, 2012

Description: viii, 374 p. :ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number: DS371.413 P38 2012

Summary: A lieutenant's gripping, personal account of the legendary U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan--a vivid, action-packed, and highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery

Subject(s):

• United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th -- Officers -- Biography
• United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th
• Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
• Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan

Review(s):

• Bauder, Lt. Col. Martha. "Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan." Library Journal 137, no. 2 (February 2012): 79
• "Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan." Publishers Weekly 259, no. 2 (January 9, 2012): 45-46

Read: January 25, 2012

Ex libris: confessions of a common reader

Author: Fadiman, Anne, 1953-

Title: Ex libris: confessions of a common reader

Published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000

Description: xi, 162 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number: PN4874 F33 2000

Bibliography: p. 155-157

Subject(s):

• Fadiman, Anne, 1953- -- Books and reading

Review(s):

• Moore, John Noell. "Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Book)." English Journal 91, no. 4 (March 2002): 96
• McLellan, Faith. "A most uncommon reader." Lancet 353, no. 9151 (February 6, 1999): 508
• Williams, Wilda. "Book reviews: Arts & humanities." Library Journal 123, no. 15 (September 15, 1998): 78

Read: January 23, 2012

Feynman

Author: Ottaviani, Jim

Title: Feynman

Published: New York: First Second, 2011

Description: 262 p. :chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Call Number: QC16 F49 O88 2011

Note(s): Art by Leland Myrick; coloring by Hilary Sycamore

Summary: "In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and brilliantly illustrated by First Second author Leland Myrick, Feynman tells the story of the great man’s life from his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster. Ottaviani tackles the bad with the good, leaving the reader delighted by Feynman’s exuberant life and staggered at the loss humanity suffered with his death" -- from publisher’s web site

Subject(s):

• Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988
• Physicists -- United States -- Biography

Review(s):

• Gorman, Michele. "Getting Graphic." Library Media Connection 30, no. 2 (October 2011): 20
• V., R. "Feynman." Discover 32, no. 8 (October 2011): 20
• O'Luanaigh, Cian. "Drawing on Feynman's life." New Scientist 211, no. 2827 (August 27, 2011): 51

Read: January 12, 2012

Hedy's folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world

Author: Rhodes, Richard,1937-

Title: Hedy’s folly: the life and breakthrough inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in the world

Published: New York: Doubleday, 2011

Description: ix, 261 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PN2287 L24 R54 2011

Summary: Describes the lesser-known technological talents of actress Hedy Lamarr and the collaborative work with avant-garde composer George Antheil that eventually led to the development of spread-spectrum radio, cell phones, and GPS systems

Subject(s):

• Lamarr, Hedy, 1913-2000
• Actresses -- United States -- Biography
• Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
• Spread spectrum communications

Review(s):

• Adams, John. "Brainy Beauty." New York Times Book Review (December 18, 2011): 1
• Keats, Jonathon. "Transmission vamp." New Scientist 212, no. 2841 (December 3, 2011): 54
• "HEDY'S FOLLY The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World." Kirkus Reviews 79, no. 19 (October 2011): 1796-1797

Read: January 9, 2012

Goodbye, darkness: a memoir of the Pacific War

Author: Manchester, William,1922-2004

Title: Goodbye, darkness: a memoir of the Pacific war

Published: Boston: Little, Brown, 1980

Description: 401 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D767 M3 1980

Subject(s):

• Manchester, William, 1922-2004
• United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
• Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography

Review(s):

• Clabougb, Casey. "Confronting Traumatic Anxiety: William Manchester's Goodbye, Darkness." War, Literature & The Arts: An International Journal Of The Humanities 16, no. 1/2 (March 2004): 221-234
• Simon, James. "Goodbye Darkness (Book Review)." Library Journal 105, no. 15 (September 1980): 1727

Read: December 31, 2011

SEAL Team Six: memoirs of an elite Navy seal sniper

Author(s): Wasdin, Howard E. and Stephen Templin

Title: SEAL Team Six: memoirs of an elite Navy seal sniper

Published: New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2011

Description: xvi, 331 p. [16] p. of plates :ill., map ; 25 cm.

Call Number: VG87 W37 2011

Subject(s):

• Wasdin, Howard E.
• United States. Navy. SEALs -- Biography
• United States. Navy -- Commando troops -- Biography
• Homelessness -- United States -- Anecdotes
• Snipers -- United States -- Biography

Review(s):

• KAKUTANI, MICHIKO. "Muscle Memory: The Training of Navy Seals Commandos." New York Times (May 9, 2011): 1
• "SEAL TEAM SIX Memoirs of an Elite SEAL Sniper." Kirkus Reviews 79, no. 6 (March 15, 2011): 486

Read: December 22, 2011

Dumb but lucky!: confessions of a P-51 fighter pilot in World War II

Author: Curtis, Richard Kenneth, 1924-

Title: Dumb but lucky!: confessions of a P-51 fighter pilot in World War II

Published: New York: Ballantine Books, 2005

Description: xiv, 338 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. ; 18 cm.

Call Number: D790.252 52nd C87 2005

Bibliography: p. 327-328

Subject(s):

• Curtis, Richard Kenneth, 1924-
• United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 52nd
• World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
• Fighter pilots--United States--Biography

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: December 3, 2011

The Turk: the life and times of the famous eighteenth-century chess-playing machine

Author: Standage, Tom

Title: The Turk: the life and times of the famous eighteenth-century chess-playing machine

Published: New York: Walker & Co., 2001

Description: 272 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: GV1447 S74 2002

Bibliography: p. 255-260

Subject(s):

• Kempelen, Wolfgang von, 1734-1804
• Mälzel, Johann Nepomuk, 1772-1838
• Automaton chess players

Review(s):

• Peters, Justin. "Turkish Delight." Washington Monthly 34, no. 4 (April 2002): 57-59
• Burton, Hilary. "The Turk (Book)."
• "THE TURK (Book)." Kirkus Reviews 70, no. 4 (February 15, 2002): 241
Library Journal 127, no. 4 (March 2002): 134

Read: November 29, 2011

Habibi

Author: Thompson, Craig,1975-

Title: Habibi

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2011

Description: 655 p. :chiefly ill. ;  24 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 T48 H33 2011

Summary: "Sprawling across an epic landscape of deserts, harems, and modern industrial clutter, Habibi tells the tale of Dodola and Zam, refugee child slaves bound to each other by chance, by circumstance, and by the love that grows between them. We follow them as their lives unfold together and apart; as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world (not unlike our own) fueled by fear, lust, and greed; and as they discover the extraordinary depth-- and frailty-- of their connection. At once contemporary and timeless, Habibi gives us a love story of astounding resonance: a parable about our relationship to the natural world, the cultural divide between the first and third worlds, the common heritage of Christianity and Islam, and, most potently, the magic of storytelling" -- dust jacket wrap

Subject(s):

• Slaves -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Refugees -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Interpersonal relations -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Chipman, Ian. "Habibi." Booklist 108, no. 2 (September 15, 2011): 53
• "HABIBI." Kirkus Reviews 79, no. 15 (August 2011): 1296
• CHASE, STEPHANIE. "Habibi."
Library Journal 136, no. 12 (July 2011): 33

Read: November 20, 2011

Green River killer: a true detective story

Author: Jensen, Jeff

Title: Green River killer: a true detective story

Published: Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books, 2011

Description: 233 p. :chiefly ill., map ;  24 cm.

Call Number: HV6533 W2 J46 2011

Note(s): Artist, Jonathan Case; letters, Nake Piekos of Blambot

Summary: Presents the ultimate insider’s account of America’s most prolific serial killer--the Green River Killer, the man responsible for the murders of dozens of women

Subject(s):

• Ridgway, Gary Leon, 1949- -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Green River Valley (King County, Wash.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels -- United States
• Detectives -- Washington (State) -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Serial murders -- Washington (State) -- Green River Valley (King County)
• Serial murderers -- Washington (State) -- Green River Valley (King County)

Review(s):

• Jensen, Jeff. "A Father, a Son, and the Green River Killer." Entertainment Weekly no. 1173 (September 23, 2011): 82

Read: November 19, 2011

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-

Title: The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Published: New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2011

Description: xiv, 381 p., plates :ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Call Number: RC265.6 L24 S55 2011

Note(s): "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form ... by Crown Publishers ... in 2010"--T.p. verso. "Reading group guide"--P. [379]-381

Subject(s):

• Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951--Health
• Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography
• African American women--History
• Human experimentation in medicine--United States--History
• HeLa cells
• Cancer--Research
• Cell culture
• Medical ethics

 Review(s):

• Sands, Jon M. "THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS." Jurimetrics: The Journal Of Law, Science & Technology 51, no. 2 (Winter 2011): 131-139
• Littlefield, Melissa M., and Anne Pollock. "Review essay: Troubling with ‘the ethics of the thing’ in Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." Social Studies Of Science (Sage Publications, Ltd.) 41, no. 4 (August 2011): 609-618
• Scannell, Kate. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." Journal Of Legal Medicine 31, no. 4 (October 2010): 493-498

Read: November 18, 2011

Death traps: the survival of an American armored division in World War II

Author: Cooper, Belton Y.

Title: Death traps: the survival of an American armored division in World War II

Published: New York: Ballantine Books, 2003

Description: xxiv, 355 p. :ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Call Number: D793 C66 2003

Note(s): Originally published by Random House, 1998. Foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose

Summary: The survival of an American armored division in World War II is told from the point of view of an American junior officer, a member of the famous 3rd Armored Division assigned to keep the tanks in Nazi-occupied Europe on the front lines

Subject(s):

• Cooper, Belton Y.
• United States. Army--Ordnance and ordnance stores
• United States. Army--Biography
• World War, 1939-1945--Tank warfare
• World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
• Sherman tank
• Soldiers--United States--Biography

Review(s):

• Pounder, Gary. "Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II (Book Review)." Aerospace Power Journal 15, no. 2 (Summer2001 2001): 112
• Burnham, Robert. "Adult Books for Young Adults: Nonfiction." School Library Journal 45, no. 4 (April 1999): 162
• "Forecasts: Nonfiction." Publishers Weekly 245, no. 37 (September 14, 1998): 59

Read: November 10, 2011

The poisoner's handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York

Author: Blum, Deborah,1954-

Title: The poisoner’s handbook: murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York

Published: New York: Penguin Press, 2010

Description: 319 p. ;  24 cm.

Call Number: HV6555 U62 N373 2010

Bibliography: p. 286-287

Summary: The untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Chief medical examiner Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigate a family mysteriously stricken bald, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies, and many others. Each case presents a deadly new puzzle and Norris and Gettler create revolutionary experiments to tease out even the wiliest compounds from human tissue. From the vantage of their laboratory it also becomes clear that murderers aren’t the only toxic threat--modern life has created a kind of poison playground, and danger lurks around every corner

Subject(s):

• Poisoning -- New York (State) -- History
• Forensic toxicology -- New York (State) -- History
• Forensic sciences -- New York (State) -- History

Review(s):

• "The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine In Jazz Age New York." Publishers Weekly 257, no. 18 (May 3, 2010): 46-47
• Taylor, Gilbert. "The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York." Booklist 106, no. 11 (February 2010): 12
• Collins, Paul. "How Manhattan's nicest murderers met their match." New Scientist 205, no. 2746 (February 6, 2010): 47

Read: November 6, 2011

The last mission of the Wham Bam boys: courage, tragedy, and justice in World War II

Author: Freeman, Gregory A.

Title: The last mission of the Wham Bam boys: courage, tragedy, and justice in World War II

Published: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Call Number: D757.9 R87 F74 2011

Description: x, 236 p. :ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 230-233

Subject(s):

• United States. Army Air Forces -- Airmen
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany -- Rüsselsheim
• Lynching -- Germany -- Rüsselsheim
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany
• Bombing, Aerial -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Civilians in war -- Germany -- Rüsselsheim
• Rüsselsheim (Germany) -- History -- 20th century

Review(s):

• "THE LAST MISSION OF THE WHAM BAM BOYS Courage, Tragedy, and Justice in World War II." Kirkus Reviews 79, no. 3 (February 2011): 182

Read: October 29, 2011

Paying for it: a comic-strip memoir about being a john

Author: Brown, Chester, 1960-

Title: Paying for it: a comic-strip memoir about being a john

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2011

Description: viii, 280 p. :chiefly ill. ; 20 cm.

Call Number: PN6733 B76 P39 2011

Bibliography: p. 279-280

Summary: "Brown calmly lays out the facts of how he became not only a willing participant in but also a vocal proponent of one of the world's most hot-button topics--prostitution. Paying For It offers an entirely contemporary exploration of sex work--from the timid john who rides his bike to meet his escorts, wonders how to tip so as not to offend, and reads Dan Savage for advice, to the modern-day transactions complete with online reviews, seemingly willing participants, and clean apartments devoid of cliches street corners, drugs, or primps"--From publisher's web site

Subject(s):

• Brown, Chester, 1960- -- Sexual behavior -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Brown, Chester, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Prostitution -- Canada -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Prostitutes' customers -- Canada -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Sexual ethics -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- Canada
• Prostitution -- Canada
• Sexual ethics
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• ANNIE, SPRINKLE. "A John's Story." New York Times Book Review (July 3, 2011): 15
• Cornog, Martha. "Paying for It: A Comic-Strip Memoir About Being a John." Library Journal 136, no. 12 (July 2011): 63-64
• Flagg, Gordon. "Paying for It: A Comic-strip Memoir about Being a John." Booklist 107, no. 18 (May 15, 2011): 37

Read: October 29, 2011

The death-ray

Author: Clowes, Daniel

Title: The death-ray

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2011

Description:    40 p. :chiefly col. ill. ;  32 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 C65 D42 2011

Note(s):  Originally published in Eightball #23, 2004

Summary: Andy, a miserable high-schooler in 1970s Chicago, has only one friend, an angry fellow outcast named Louie. He’s desperately in love with a girl he met in California who won’t return his letters and he’s filled with shame at the constant taunts of his classmates. When he achieves super strength from smoking cigarettes he uses it for neither good nor evil but in a brutal playground showdown

Subject(s):

• Teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc
• High schools -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Nineteen seventies -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Köhler, Nicholas. "THE DEATH-RAY." Maclean's 124, no. 41 (October 24, 2011): 75
• Flagg, Gordon. "The Death-Ray." Booklist 108, no. 4 (October 15, 2011): 34
• MACDONALD, HEIDI. "Classics New and Old." Publishers Weekly 258, no. 26 (June 27, 2011): 32-36

Read: October 25, 2011

And then came the liberators

Author: Jaern, Albert

Uniform Title: Og så kom befrierne. English

Title: And then came the liberators

Published: Madison: Borderland Books, 2011

Description: 102,17 p. :ill. ;  23 cm.

Call Number: D811.5 J3413 2011

Note(s): Translation of: Og så kom befrierne. First published as: Og så kom befrierne : utdrag av min dagbok gjennom 5 år. Norway: Ekko, 1945. Illustrated by the author’s own woodcuts. Translated from the Norwegian by Solveig Schavland; with an afterword by Kathleen Stokker; edited by Richard Quinney

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Norwegian

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: October 15, 2011

Churchill

Author: Johnson, Paul, 1928-

Title: Churchill

Published: New York: Penguin, 2010

Description: 180 p. ; 20 cm.

Call Number: DA566.9 C5 J64 2010

Note(s): Originally published: New York: Viking, 2009

Subject(s):

• Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
• Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Review(s):

• Rector, Henry M. "PAUL JOHNSON'S BRIEF LIFE OF CHURCHILL." Naval War College Review 63, no. 4 (September 2010): 148-150
• Arnn, Larry P. "Young Thruster, Old Sage." Commentary 129, no. 4 (April 2010): 61-62
• Linklater, Andro. "Man of the Hour, Not the Century." American Conservative 8, no. 14 (November 2009): 48-50

Read: September 19, 2011

Extra lives: why video games matter

Author: Bissell, Tom, 1974-

Title: Extra lives: why video games matter

Published:  New York: Vintage Books, 2011

Description: xiv, 242 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: GV1469.3 B55 2011

Note(s): Originally published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2010. With new appendix

Subject(s):

• Video games -- History
• Video games -- Social aspects

Review(s):

• Fehrman, Craig. "Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter." Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 2010., N.PAG
• GARNER, DWIGHT. "In Defense of Video Games: A Player's Manifesto on the Sublime Buzz." New York Times (June 23, 2010): 7
• Philips, Jen. "Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter." Mother Jones 35, no. 3 (May 2010): 72

Read: September 11, 2011