Blueberry girl

Author: Gaiman, Neil

Title: Blueberry girl

Published: New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Call Number: PZ8.3 G12138 B58 2009

Note(s): Illustrated by Charles Vess

Summary: Rhyming text expresses a prayer for a girl to be protected from such dangers as nightmares at age three or false friends at fifteen, and to be granted clearness of sight and other favors.

Subject(s):

• Girls -- Juvenile fiction
• Prayer -- Juvenile fiction
• Stories in rhyme

Read: February 10, 2012

T-minus: the race to the moon

Author: Ottaviani, Jim

Title: T-minus: the race to the moon

Published: New York: Aladdin, 2009

Description: 124 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: TL789.2 O88 2009

Bibliography: p. 122

Note(s): Illustrated by Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon

Summary: The whole world followed the countdown to sending the first men to the moon. This is the story of the people who made it happen, both in the rockets and behind the scenes.

Subject(s):

• Space race -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Astronautics -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Astronautics -- Soviet Union -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc

Read: February 9, 2012

Sharpshooters of the American Civil War 1861-65

Author: Katcher, Philip R. N.

Title: Sharpshooters of the American Civil War 1861-65

Published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2002

Description: 64 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: E470.2 K32 2002

Bibliography: p. 59

Note(s): Illustrated by Stephen Walsh

Summary: When the Civil War broke out in 1861, both Confederate and Union experts decided that specialized sharpshooter units should be formed, with focused training and superior weaponry. This title examines the recruitment, training, tactics and deployment of sharpshooters from both sides of the conflict and takes a close look at the specialized personal weaponry of the sharpshooter, the rifle and its accoutrements, as well as the sharpshooters’ unique insignia and identification patches

Subject(s):

• United States. Army. Infantry -- History -- 19th century
• Shooters of firearms -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Read: February 8, 2012

The G.N.B Double C: the Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists

Author: Seth,1962-

Title: The G.N.B Double C: the Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2011

Description: 133 p. :chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PN6733 S48 G74 2011

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- Canada -- History -- Fiction -- Pictorial works
• Cartoonists -- Canada -- History and criticism -- Fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Private clubs -- Fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc

Read: February 6, 2012

Amelia and Eleanor go for a ride: based on a true story

Author: Ryan, Pam Muñoz

Title: Amelia and Eleanor go for a ride: based on a true story

Published: New York: Scholastic, 2000

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.

Call Number: PZ7 R9553 A44 2000

Note(s): "This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--P. [4] of cover. Pictures by Brian Selznick

Subject(s):

• Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 -- Juvenile fiction
• Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Juvenile fiction

Read: February 6, 2012

I have heard of a land

Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol

Title: I have heard of a land

Published: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Call Numbr: PZ7 T36696 I2 1998

Note(s): Illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Summary: Describes the joys and hardships experienced by an African-American pioneer woman who staked a claim for free land in the Oklahoma territory

Subject(s):

• Oklahoma -- History -- Land Rush, 1889 -- Juvenile fiction

Read: February 6, 2012

101 funny things about global warming

Author: Harris, Sidney

Title: 101 funny things about global warming

Published: New York: Bloomsbury, 2008

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.

Call Number: QC981.8 G56 H37 2008

Summary: Gathers cartoons from such artists as "New Yorker" contributors Jack Ziegler and Sam Gross, presenting a humorous look at global climate change and other environmental issues, including hybrid cars, alternative energy, and recycling

Subject(s):

• Global warming -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Global warming -- Humor

Read: February 6, 2012

Go for broke: Japanese Americans in World War II

Author: McGowen, Tom

Title: Go for broke: Japanese Americans in World War II

Published: New York: F. Watts, 1995

Description: 63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Call Number: D753.8 M34 1995

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
• Japanese Americans -- History -- 20th century

Read: February 5, 2012

Imperial Japanese Navy aces, 1937-45

Author: Sakaida, Henry,1951-

Title: Imperial Japanese Navy aces, 1937-45

Published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1998

Description: 115 p. :ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D767.99 I58 S25 1998

Subject(s):

• Japan. Kaigun. Kōkūtai
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese
• Fighter pilots -- Japan -- Biography.

Read: February 5, 2012

Japanese Army Air Force aces, 1937-45

Author: Sakaida, Henry,1951-

Title: Japanese Army Air Force aces, 1937-45

Published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1997

Description: 96 p. :ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D792 J3 S332 1997

Subject(s):

• Japan. Rikugun. Kōkūtai -- History
• Fighter pilots -- Japan -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese

Read: February 5, 2012

Escape from "special"

Author: Lasko-Gross, Miss

Title: Escape from "special"

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2006

Description: 176 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 L3683 E83 2006

Subject(s):

• High school students -- Attitudes -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Read: February 5, 2012

The Luftwaffe at war, 1939-1945

Author(s): Galland, Adolf,1912-,  K. Ries and R. Ahnert

Uniform Title: Deutsche Luftwaffe, 1939-1945. English

Title The Luftwaffe at war, 1939-1945

Published: Chicago: Regnery, 1973

Description: 247 p. illus. 27 cm.

Call Number: D787 G2813 1973

Note(s): English translation by D. & I. Dunbar. English version edited by David Mondey

Subject(s):

• Germany. Luftwaffe
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German

Read: February 4, 2012

I know the river loves me

Author: Gonzalez, Maya Christina

Title: I know the river loves me = Yo sé que el río me ama

Published: San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2009

Description: 22 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Call Number: PZ73 G5888 2009

Note(s): Text in English and Spanish

Summary: A girl expresses her love of the river that she visits, plays in, and cares for throughout the year

Subject(s):

• Rivers -- Juvenile fiction
• Ríos -- Novela juvenil
• Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
• Picture books for children

Read: February 4, 2012

My colors, my world = Mis colores, mi mundo

Author: Gonzalez, Maya Christina

Uniform Title: My colors, my world. Spanish

Title: Mis colores, mi mundo = My colors, my world

Published: San Francisco: Children’s Book Press, 2007

Description: 23 p. :col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Call Number: PZ73 G589 2007

Summary: Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi’s black hair and Mami’s orange and purple flowers to Maya’s red swing set and the fiery pink sunset

Subject(s):

• Picture books for children
• Deserts -- Juvenile fiction
• Color -- Juvenile fiction
• Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile fiction
• Desiertos -- Novela juvenil
• Color -- Novela juvenil
• Hispanoestadounidenses -- Novela juvenil

Read: February 4, 2012

Desert birds : Werner Bartsch

Author: Bartsch, Werner

Title Desert birds: Werner Bartsch

Published: Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2010

Description: 108, [3] p. :chiefly col. ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.

Call Number: TR714 B37 2010

Subject(s):

• Photography of airplanes
• Aircraft hulks -- Pictorial works
• Storage facilities -- Pictorial works
• Photography, Artistic

Read: February 3, 2012

Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruisers, 1941-45

Author: Stille, Mark

Title: Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruisers, 1941-45

Published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2011

Description: 48 p. :ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Call Number: V820.5 J3 S75 2011

Bibliography: p. 47

Note(s): illustrated by Paul Wright

Subject(s):

• Cruisers (Warships) -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese

Read: February 3, 2012

British dreadnought vs German dreadnought: Jutland, 1916

Author: Stille, Mark

Title: British dreadnought vs German dreadnought: Jutland, 1916 

Published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2010.

Description: 80 p. :ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D582 J8 S75 2010

Bibliography: p. 78-79

Subject(s):

• Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
• Germany. Kriegsmarine -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
• Jutland, Battle of, 1916
• Battleships -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• Battleships -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, German

Read: February 1, 2012

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

Read: February 1, 2012

Kurt Busiek's Astro city: life in the big city

Author: Busiek, Kurt

Title: Kurt Busiek's Astro city: life in the big city

Published: New York: DC Comics, 2011

Description: 192 p. :chiefly col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 B89 A9287 2011

Note(s): "Originally published as Kurt Busiek's Astro city v. 1 #1-6." Brent E. Anderson, artist; Richard Starkings and Comicraft's John Gaushell, lettering & design; Steve Buccelato and Electric Crayon, color art; Alex Ross, covers; Busiek, Anderson & Ross, architects & city planners

Summary: Collects the first six volumes of the comic-book series "Astro City," which chronicles the hopes, dreams, and trials of ordinary people and superheroes in a city with a long history of protection from such powerful figures as Samaritan and Winged Victory.

Subject(s):

• Superheroes -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Science fiction comic books, strips, etc

Read: January 31, 2012

The book of human insects

Author: Tezuka, Osamu,1928-1989

Uniform Title: Ningen konchūki. English

Title: The book of human insects

Published: New York: Vertical, 2011

Description: 364 p. :chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PN6790 J34 N5513 2011

Note(s): Translation, Mari Morimoto. Originally serialized in Japanese as Ningen Konchuuki in Play Comic, Akita Shoten, 1970-71. Book reads from left to right

Subject(s):

• Young women -- Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Imitation -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Man-woman relationships -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- Translations into English

Read: January 31, 2012

Brazilian Expeditionary Force in World War II

Author: Maximiano, Cesar Campiani and Ricardo Bonalume Neto

Title: Brazilian Expeditionary Force in World War II

Published: Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2011

Description: 48 p. :ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Call Number: D768.3 M387 2011

Bibliography: p. 42

Note(s): Illustrated by R. Bujeiro

Subject(s):

• Brazil. Exército. Força Expedicionária Brasileira, 1944-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Brazil
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Brazilian
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy

Read: January 29, 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

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

Read: January 23, 2012

Suspended in language: Niels Bohr's life, discoveries, and the century he shaped

Author: Ottaviani, Jim

Title: Suspended in language: Niels Bohr’s life, discoveries, and the century he shaped

Published: Ann Arbor: G.T. Labs, 2004

Description: 318 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Call Number: QC16 B63 O77 2004

Bibliography: p. 307-310

Note(s): Illustrated and lettered by Leland Purvis. Additional art by Jay Hosler, Roger Langridge, Steve Leialoha, Linda Medley, and Jeff Parker. Accompanying comic book titled: Quantum entanglement, spooky action at a distance, teleportation, and you. A public service announcement offered separately and as a supplement to Suspended in Language, a book about Niels Bohr ...--P. [12] of accompanying comic book

Summary: A biography of twentieth-century Danish physicist Niels Bohr, the father of quantum mechanics, in comic-book format

Subject(s):

• Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962
• Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Physicists

Read: January 16, 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.

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.

Read: January 9, 2012

Book Statistics for 2011

Book Statistics for 2011

2011 Books Read: 186


2011 Books Read--Classified by Tags Used:

• Chess: 2
• Children's Literature: 2
• Fiction: 21
• Graphic Novel: 79
• Non-Fiction: 47
• Photography: 7
• Poetry: 9
• Science Fiction: 14
• Uchronia: 4
• Wit and Humor: 1

2011 Books Read--Classified by Supplemental Tags Used:

• California Gold: The Sacramento Valley Chapter of REFORMA Book Club (Selection): 2
• Margaret Atwood Book Club (Selection): 5
• Sniping (Military Science): 12
• The Cult: A Book Club (Selection): 5
• Thesis/Dissertation: 1
• William Francis McCoy Collection: 4
• William Martin Book Club (Selection): 5
• Young Adult Fiction: 5

Previous Annual Statistics of Books Read for Comparison:

2011: 186

2010: 145

2009: 221

2008: 260

2007: 380

2006: 285

2005: 301

2004: 240

2003: 284

2002: 206

2001: 124

2000: 70

1999: 116

1998: 98

1997: 120

1996: 76

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1996-2011 Books Read Total: 3,112

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

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

Read: December 22, 2011

Fugitivo

Author: Maffre, Laurent, 1976-

Title: Fugitivo

Published: Madrid: Sinsentido, 2008

Description: 126 p. :ill., ; 25 cm.

Call Number: PN6747 M34 H6618 2008

Note(s): Traducción, Lorenzo F. Díaz

Subject(s):

• Dieudonne, Eugène -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels -- France

Read: December 21, 2011

Ex libris: the art of bookplates

Author: Hopkinson, Martin J.

Title: Ex libris : the art of bookplates

Published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011

Description: 111 p. :ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Call Number: Z993 H67 2011

Bibliography:  p. 109

Note(s): Originally published: London: British Museum Press, 2011

Subject(s):

• Bookplates -- History

Read: December 19, 2011

The notebooks of Lazarus Long

Author: Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988

Title The notebooks of Lazarus Long

Published: New York: Putnam, 1978

Description: [62] p. :col. ill. ; 18 x 26 cm.

Call Number: PS3515 E38 T52 1978

Note(s): Aphorisms from Heinlein's Time enough for love. Hand-lettered by D. F. Vassallo

Subject(s):

• Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988 -- Quotations
• Science fiction -- Quotations, maxims, etc
• Aphorisms and apothegms

Read: December 18, 2011

The invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures

Author: Selznick, Brian

Title: The invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures

Published: New York: Scholastic Press, 2007

Description 533 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PZ7 S4654 I58 2007

Summary: When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized

Subject(s):

• Méliès, Georges, 1861-1938 -- Fiction
• Robots -- Fiction
• Orphans -- Fiction
• Railroad stations -- Fiction\
• Paris (France) -- History -- 1870-1940 -- Fiction
• France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940 -- Fiction

Read: December 18, 2011

An act of treason: a sniper novel

Author(s): Coughlin, Jack,1966- and Donald A. Davis

Title: An act of treason: a sniper novel

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

Description: 325 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: PS3603 O878 A65 2011

Summary: When their careers are thrown into turmoil by false charges of espionage, Marine sniper Kyle Swanson and CIA agent Lauren Carson turn to Kyle’s mentor Jim Hall for help only to discover that he has gone rogue and is selling American secrets to a Middle East warlord

Subject(s):

• Snipers -- Fiction
• Special operations (Military science) -- Fiction
• Intelligence officers -- United States -- Fiction
• Terrorism -- Prevention -- Fiction

Read: December 17, 2011

The Walking Dead [2]: Miles behind us

Author: Kirkman, Robert

Title: The Walking Dead [2]: Miles behind us

Published Berkley: Image Comics, 2010

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.

Call Number: PN6728 W255 K57 2010 v. 2

Note(s): "Originally published in single magazine format as The Walking Dead #7-12"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Zombies -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Cannibalism -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Interpersonal relations -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Families -- Comic books, strips, etc

Read: December 16, 2011

Nobody move

Author: Johnson, Denis,1949-

Title: Nobody move

Published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009

Description: 196 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number: PS3560 O3745 N63 2009

Subject(s):

• Noir fiction

Read: December 16, 2011