Serenade to the big bird

Author: Stiles, Bert

Title: Serenade to the big bird

Published: New York: Bantam Books, 1984, 1952

Description: 206 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.

Note: Originally published: New York: Norton, 1952

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American

Review(s):

A tribute to Bert Stiles--

• http://acmedepot.com/stiles/index.shtml

Bert Stiles Papers, 1920-1960, Ms 0095

• http://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/SpecialCollections/Manuscript/Stiles.html

Read: September 2, 2007

Thunderstruck

Author: Larson, Erik

Title: Thunderstruck

Published: New York: Crown Publishers, 2006

Description: ix, 463 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 437-443

Subject(s):

• Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910
• Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937
• Murderers -- England -- London -- Biography
• Murder -- England -- London -- Case studies
• Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies
• Telegraph, Wireless -- Marconi system -- History

Review(s):

• Swanson, James L. "Thunderstruck." Publishers Weekly 253.32 (August 14, 2006): 191
• "Larson, Erik: Thunderstruck." Kirkus Reviews 74.13 (July 1, 2006): 666
• Huntley, Kristine. "Larson, Erik. Thunderstruck." Booklist 102.21 (July 1, 2006): 5

Read: August 28, 2007

The nature of photographs

Author: Shore, Stephen

Title: The nature of photographs

Published: London: Phaidon Press, 2007

Description: 133 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: First edition published by The Johns Hopkins University Press

Subject(s):

• Photography
• Photography -- Philosophy
• Photography -- Themes, motives

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 22, 2007

Andean tragedy: fighting the war of the Pacific, 1879-1884

Author: Sater, William F.

Title: Andean tragedy: fighting the war of the Pacific, 1879-1884

Published: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Description: 442 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 423-435

Subject(s):

• War of the Pacific, 1879-1884
• Chile -- History, Military -- 19th century
• Bolivia -- History, Military -- 19th century
• Peru -- History, Military -- 19th century

Review(s):

• Guttman, Robert. "Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884." Military History 24.7 (Oct 2007): 70

Read: August 19, 2007

A place in the sun: photographs of Los Angeles

Author: Humble, John Kenneth

Title: A place in the sun: photographs of Los Angeles

Published: Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007

Description: 95 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note(s): Essays by Gordon Baldwin. "This publication is issued in connection with the exhibition A Place in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles by John Humble, held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, March 27-July 8, 2007"--T.p. verso. Col. map on endpapers

Subject(s):

• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
• Humble, John (John Kenneth), 1944- -- Exhibitions

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: August 16, 2007

The one from the other: a Bernie Gunther novel

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: The one from the other: a Bernie Gunther novel

Published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006

Description: 372 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction
• International relations -- Fiction
• Munich (Germany) -- Fiction
• Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• "Kerr, Philip: The One from the Other." Kirkus Reviews 74.15 (August 1, 2006): 745
• Terpening, Ron. "Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other." Library Journal 131.15 (Sept 15, 2006): 48
• Wright, David. "Kerr, Philip. The One from the Other." Booklist 103.1 (Sept 1, 2006): 62

Read: August 5, 2007

Dana Lixenberg: homeless in Jeffersonville, Indiana: portraits and landscapes between 1997 and 2004

Author: Lixenberg, Dana

Title: Dana Lixenberg: homeless in Jeffersonville, Indiana: portraits and landscapes between 1997 and 2004

Published: Amsterdam: Artimo, 2005

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 41 cm.

Note(s): Includes booklet (iv p. : ill.) sewn into binding. Text by Karel Schampers and Hilton Als

Subject(s):

• Homeless persons -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville -- Portraits
• Jeffersonville (Ind.) -- Pictorial works
• Portrait photography
• Landscape photography

Review(s): Forthcoming

Read: July 26, 2007

The cheating culture: why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead

Author: Callahan, David

Title: The cheating culture: why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead

Published: Orlando: Harcourt, 2004

Description: ix, 353 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Business ethics
• Professional ethics
• Social ethics
• United States -- Moral conditions

Review(s):

• Landry, John T. "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead." Harvard Business Review 82.5 (May 2004): 30
• Portman, John C., Jr. "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are doing Wrong to Get Ahead." The Virginia Quarterly Review 80.3 (Summer 2004): 266
• Hedges, Chris. "A Liberal With New Emphasis on Old Values." The New York Times (June 15, 2004 pB2 col 03 (22 col): B2

Read: July 22, 2007

The last colony

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The last colony

Published: New York: Tor, 2007

Description: 320 p. ; 22 cm.

Note(s): Jacket illustration by John Harris. Sequel to: The ghost brigades

Subject(s):

• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Life on other planets -- Fiction
• Space colonies -- Fiction
• Science fiction

Review(s):

• "The Last Colony." Publishers Weekly 254.12 (March 19, 2007): 48
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Last Colony." Library Journal 132.9 (May 15, 2007): 83

Read: July 14, 2007

The ghost bridages

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: The ghost brigades

Published: New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2006

Description: 317 p. ; 22 cm.

Note(s): Jacket illustration by John Harris. Sequel to: Old Man's war

Subject(s):

• Cloning -- Fiction
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Genetic engineering -- Fiction
• Special forces (Military science) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. The Ghost Brigades." Booklist 102.13 (March 1, 2006): 77
• "The Ghost Brigades." Publishers Weekly 253.4 (Jan 23, 2006): 191
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. The Ghost Brigades." Library Journal 131.3 (Feb 15, 2006): 111

Read: July 10, 2007

Kings in disguise

Author(s): Vance, James and Dan Burr

Title: Kings in disguise

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2006

Description: xiii, 184 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Note(s): Originally published: Princeton: Kitchen Sink Press, 1990. Introduction by Alan Moore

Subject(s):

• Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Fiction
• Poverty -- Fiction
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Kaganoff, Penny. "Kings in Disguise." Publishers Weekly 237.n30 (July 27, 1990): 227
• "Kings in Disguise." American Heritage 45.n2 (April 1994): 115

Read: June 30, 2007

Old man's war

Author: Scalzi, John

Title: Old man's war

Published: New York: Tor, 2005

Description: 320 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Life on other planets -- Fiction
• Space colonies -- Fiction
• Space warfare -- Fiction
• Older men -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction
• War stories

Review(s):

• "Old Man's War." Publishers Weekly 251.49 (Dec 6, 2004): 47
• Cassada, Jackie. "Scalzi, John. Old Man's War." Library Journal 130.1 (Jan 1, 2005): 103
• Hays, Carl. "Scalzi, John. Old Man's War." Booklist 101.9-10 (Jan 1, 2005): 835

Read: June 17, 2007

Approaching nowhere

Author: Brouws, Jeffrey T.

Title: Approaching nowhere

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2006

Description: 159 p. :ill. ; 32 cm.

Note: With an essay by William L. Fox

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Roadside architecture -- United States -- Pictorial works
• Brouws, Jeffrey T.

Review(s):

• A Conversation with Jeff Brouws--http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/archives/002558.html

Read: June 15, 2007

The toughest Indian in the world

Author: Alexie, Sherman

Title: The toughest Indian in the world

Published: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000

Description: 238 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Indians of North America -- Fiction
• United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
• West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Review(s):

• "The Toughest Indian in the World.(book by Sherman Alexie)." Radical Teacher 72 (Spring 2005): 43
• McFarland, Ron. "The Toughest Indian in the World." Wicazo Sa Review 16.2 (Fall 2001): 154
• Seaman, Donna. "The Toughest Indian in the World.(Review)." Booklist 96.15 (April 1, 2000): 1412

Read: June 9, 2007

The devil's playground

Author: Goldin, Nan

Title: The devil’s playground

Published: London: Phaidon, 2003

Description: 503 p. :ill. ; 31 cm.

Bibliography: p. 500

Subject(s):

• Photography, Artistic
• Portrait photography
• Photography of the nude
• Photography, Erotic

Review(s):

• Prosser, Jay. "Testimonies in light: Nan Goldin: Devil's Playground." Women: A Cultural Review 13.3 (Winter 2002): 339-355

Read: June 3, 2007

A German requiem

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: A German requiem

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2006, 1991

Description: 306 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Originally published: London: Penguin Books, 1991

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Austria -- Vienna -- Fiction
• Vienna (Austria) -- History -- 1918- -- Fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Historical fiction

Review(s):

• Craig, Patricia. "A German Requiem." TLS. Times Literary Supplement n4604 (June 28, 1991 n4604): 18

Read: June 3, 2007

Chess bitch: women in the ultimate intellectual sport

Author: Shahade, Jennifer

Title: Chess bitch: women in the ultimate intellectual sport

Published: Los Angeles: Siles Press, 2005

Description: x, 320 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 314-316

Subject(s):

• Women chess players -- Biography

Review(s):

• Hoffman, Paul. "Chess queen: at 22, Jennifer Shahade is the strongest American-born woman chess player ever." Smithsonian 34.5 (August 2003): 72

Read: May 25, 2007

Out of danger

Author: Fenton, James

Title: Out of danger

Published: New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1994

Description: 104 p. ; 22 cm.

Review(s):

• Stark, Ellen Kreger. "An American's confession: on reading James Fenton's 'Out of Danger.'." Critical Quarterly 36.n2 (Summer 1994): 106
• Bogen, Don. "Out of Danger." The Nation 259.n13 (Oct 24, 1994): 464
• "Out of Danger." Publishers Weekly 241.n26 (June 27, 1994): 67

Read: May 22, 2007

The pale criminal

Author: Kerr, Philip

Title: The pale criminal

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 2005, 1990

Description: 272 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):

• Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Private investigators -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction
• Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Altinel, Savkar. "The Pale Criminal." Times Literary Supplement n4552 (June 29, 1990 n4552): 704

Read: May 14, 2007

Murder city: the bloody history of Chicago in the twenties

Author: Lesy, Michael

Title: Murder city: the bloody history of Chicago in the twenties

Published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2007

Description: 344 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 311-321

Subject(s):

• Homicide -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
• Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
• Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions

Review(s):

• "Murder City: The Bloody History of Chicago in the Twenties." Kirkus Reviews 74.22 (Nov 15, 2006): 1163

Read: May 12, 2007