1000 Comic Books You Must Read by Tony Isabella; 2009;271 pages; Krause Publications, Iola, WI; 978-0-89689-921-6; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Belmont Library; 12/15-12/18 Tony Isabella, comics critic, writer and reviewer picks 1000 comic books that he thinks everyone should read. Unlike other books of this genre, the books are picked by one person [...]
Lost Dog by Bill Cameron; 2007; 373 pages; Midnight Ink, Woodbury, Minnesota; 978-0-7387-0966-6; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Hillsdale Library; 12/12-12/15 On a rainy winter night in Portland, Oregon (is there any other kind) Peter McKrall and his niece go to play in a nearby park. Lost at the playground is Patch, the nieces’ [...]
Buffalo Soldiers in the West, A Black Soldiers Anthology Edited by Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles; 2007; 319 pages; Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX; 978-1-58544-620-9; checked out from Multnomah County Library, Central Library; 12/2-12/11 At the time of service many service people and what they accomplished are disregarded due to many [...]
The Five Ways We Grieve, Finding Your Personal Path to Healing after the Loss of The Loved One by Susan A. Berger; 2009; 223 pages; Trumpeter Books, Boston, MA; 978-1-59030-697-0; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Central; 11/30-12/2 Elizabeth Kubler-Ross instructed us in the five stages of grief, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Susan [...]
Where Valor Rests, Arlington National Cemetery, Essay by Rick Atkinson; 192 pages; 2007; National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.; 978-1-4262-0089-2; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Saint Johns’; 11/29-11/30 I remember visiting Arlington when I was 10 or 11 and we lived in Norfolk, Virginia. That would have been around 1967 or 1968 I remember being [...]
