November 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. The Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne Frank. ISBN 0-14-026473-6. (1997, Penguin Books). 2015.11.16
2. Literature From The "Axis Of Evil": Writing From Iran, Iraq, North Korea, And Other Enemy Nations, Words Without Borders. ISBN 978-1-59558-070-2. (2006, The New Press). 2015.11.16

BOOKS READ

1. The Plague, Albert Camus. ISBN 0-14-00-1472-1. (1985, Penguin Books Ltd.). 2015.11.01
2. Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction, Hannu Rajaniemi. ISBN 978-1-61696-192-3. (2015, Tachyon Publications). 2015.11.07
3. Spinning Starlight, R.C. Lewis. ISBN 978-142318515-4. (2015, Disney Hyperion). 2015.11.15
4. The Sleeper and the Spindle, Neil Gaiman, Ill. Chris Riddell. ISBN 978-0-06-239824-6. (2015, HarperCollins). 2015.11.17
5. A New Hope: The Princess, The Scoundrel, And The Farm Boy, Alexandra Bracken. ISBN 978-148470912-2. (2015, Disney Lucasfilm Press). 2015.11.23

October 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Atonement, Ian McEwan. ISBN 0-676-97456-2. (2002, Vintage Canada). 2015.10.21
2. Spanish Stories/Cuentos Españoles, Ed. Angel Flores. ISBN 0-486-25399-6. (1987, Dover Publications, Inc.). 2015.10.21

BOOKS READ

1. Bad Times for Ghosts, W.J.M. Wippersberg, Ill. Käthi Bhend-Zaugg. ISBN 0-15-200414-9. (1986, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.). 2015.10.01
2. La heroína Hua Mulan—Una leyenda de la antigua China / The Legend of Mu Lan: A Heroine of Ancient China, Wei Jiang. ISBN 1-878217-01-1. (1992, Victory Press). 2015.10.05
3. Crashing Heaven, Al Robertson. ISBN 978-1-473-20339-6. (2016, Gollancz). 2015.10.06
4. The Deep Beyond: Cuckoo's Egg / Serpent's Reach, C.J. Cherryh. ISBN 0-7564-0311-1. (2005, DAW). 2015.10.17
5. The City Beyond The Gates, N. Roy Clifton, Ill. Tibor Kovalik. ISBN N/A. (1977, Scholastic-TAB Publications Ltd.). 2015.10.21

September 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. The Art Of Eating, M.F.K. Fisher. ISBN 978-0-7645-4261-9. (2004, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). 2015.09.14
2. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury. ISBN 978-1-4516-7331-9. (2012, Simon & Schuster, Inc.). 2015.09.21
3. Hollywood Nocturnes, James Ellroy. ISBN 0-385-33328-5. (1994, Dell Publishing). 2015.09.21
4. From A Changeling Star, Jeffrey A. Carver. ISBN N/A. (1988, Bantam Books). 2015.09.30

BOOKS READ

1. Alphabetics: An Aesthetically Awesome Alliterated Alphabet Anthology, Patrick & Traci Concepcion, Ill. Dawid Ryski. ISBN 978-3-89955-728-2. (2015, Little Gestalten). 2015.09.01
2. Writers And Their Notebooks, Diana Raab. ISBN 978-1-57003-866-2. (2010, University of South Carolina Press). 2015.09.21
3. Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee. ISBN 978-0-06-240985-0. (2015, HarperCollins Publishers). 2015.09.27

August 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. The Ulysses Voyage: Sea Search For The Odyssey, Tim Severin. ISBN 0-09-168340-8. (1987, Century Hutchinson Ltd). 2015.08.11

BOOKS READ

1. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 9, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-2098-3. (2009, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.08.02
2. The Wheels Of If And Other Science-Fiction, L. Sprague de Camp. SBN 425-01893-075. (1970, Berkley Publishing Corporation). 2015.08.03
3. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 10, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-2102-7. (2010, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.08.06
4. A for Andromeda, Fred Hoyle & John Elliot. ISBN 978-0-285-63588-3. (2012, Souvenir Press). 2015.08.08
5. Tesoro, Natsume Ono. ISBN 978-1-4215-3223-3. (2008, Viz Media, LLC). 2015.08.11
6. Tales From The End Of Time, Michael Moorcock. ISBN N/A. (1989, Guild America). 2015.08.12
7. Copra: Round One (Copra #1-6), Michel Fiffe. ISBN 978-0-9895066-3-2. (2014, Bergen Street Press). 2015.08.14
8. Ciudad, Story by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Ill. Fernando Leon Gonzalez. ISBN 978-1-62010-146-9. (2014, Oni Press). 2015.08.17
9. A Commonplace Book, Alec Guinness. ISBN 0-241-14146-X. (2001, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books). 2015.08.21
10. An Illustrated Treasury of Fairy and Folk Tales, James Riordan. ISBN 0-600-31077-9. (1986, Hamlyn Publishing). 2015.08.27
11. Copra: Round Two, Michel Fiffe. ISBN 978-0-9895066-4-9. (2015, Bergen Street Press). 2015.08.27
12. Chasing the Light: The Cloud Cult Story, Mark Allister. ISBN 978-0-8166-9653-6. (2014, University Of Minnesota Press). 2015.08.29

July 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Jazz, Toni Morrison. ISBN 978-0-452-26965-2. (1993, Plume/Penguin Books). 2015.07.14
2. Saturday, Ian McEwan. ISBN 978-1-4000-7619-6. (2006, Anchor Books). 2015.07.14
3. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote. ISBN 978-0-1402-7418-9. (1998, Penguin Books). 2015.07.14
4. The Austere Academy (A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Book The Fifth), Lemony Snicket, Ill. Brett Helquist. ISBN 0-06-440863-9. (2000, HarperCollinsPublishers). 2015.07.24
5. Ice Crown, Andre Norton. ISBN N/A. (1970, The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited). 2015.07.24. Book Club edition
6. Hunter Of Worlds, C.J. Cherryh. ISBN N/A. (1977, Nelson Doubleday, Inc.). 2015.07.24. Book Club edition
7. Brothers Of Earth, C.J. Cherryh. ISBN N/A. (1976, Nelson Doubleday, Inc.). 2015.07.24. Book Club edition

BOOKS READ

1. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 5, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-2025-9. (2008, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.07.04
2. Inferno, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. ISBN 0-671-80490-1. (1976, Pocket Books). 2015.07.05
3. The Stars Around Us, Ed. Robert Hoskins; by Jack Williamson, James Edwin Gunn, Christopher Anvil, Alfred Bester, Frederik Pohl, John Jakes, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, James Blish, Roger Zelazny. ISBN N/A. (1970, Signet/New American Library Of Canada Limited). 2015.07.06
4. Once Upon An Alphabet, Oliver Jeffers. ISBN 978-0-00-751427-4. (2014, HarperCollins Children's Books). 2015.07.07
5. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 6, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-2031-0. (2008, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.07.08
6. An Alien Heat (Dancers at the End of Time #1), Michael Moorcock. ISBN 583-12106-3. (1977, Mayflower). 2015.07.09
7. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 7, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-2110-2. (2009, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.07.16
8. The Falling Astronauts, Barry N. Malzberg. ISBN 0-09-910950-6. (1975, Arrow Books Ltd). 2015.07.21
9. Hunter Of Worlds, C.J. Cherryh. ISBN N/A. (1977, Nelson Doubleday, Inc.). 2015.07.26. Book Club edition
10. The Valley of Creation, Edmond Hamilton. ISBN N/A. (1964, Lodestone Publishing, Inc.). 2015.07.28
11. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 8, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-2111-9. (2009, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.07.28
12. The End of All Songs (Dancers at the End of Time, #3), Michael Moorcock. ISBN N/A. (1979, Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.). 2015.07.29. Book Club edition

June 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Bulfinch's Mythology: "The Age of Fable", "The Age of Chivalry", Legends of Charlemagne" or "Stories of Gods and Heroes", Thomas Bulfinch. ISBN 978-0-3946-0714-6. (1973, Modern Library). 2015.06.10

BOOKS READ

1. The Tumbleweed DIY Book of Backyard Sheds and Tiny Houses: Build your own guest cottage, writing studio, home office, craft workshop, or personal retreat, Jay Shafer. ISBN 1-56523-704-8. (2012, Fox Chapel Publishing). 2015.06.02
2. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 1, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-1715-0. (2008, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.06.05
3. Act Of Treason, Vince Flynn. ISBN 978-1-4165-4226-1. (2007, Pocket Books). 2015.06.08
4. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 2, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-1716-7. (2008, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.06.09
5. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 3, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-1774-7. (2008, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.06.19
6. Crayon Shinchan: Volume 4, Yoshito Usui. ISBN 978-1-4012-1778-5. (2008, CMX (Wildstorm Productions/DC Comics)). 2015.06.19
7. The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu, Dan Jurafsky. ISBN 978-0-393-24083-2. (2014, W. W. Norton & Company). 2015.06.29

May 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. How To Draw And Sell Comic Strips For Newspapers And Comic Books, Alan McKenzie. ISBN 0-948872-91-8 (1987, New Burlington Books). 2015.05.02
2. Galactic Empires Volume I, Ed. Brian Aldiss. ISBN N/A. (1976, St. Martin's Press). 2015.05.02
3. On Blue's Waters, Gene Wolfe. ISBN 0-312-86614-3. (1999, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC). 2015.05.02
4. Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ISBN N/A. (1970, Bard/Avon). 2015.05.02
5. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ISBN 0-440-18029-5. (1991, Dell Publishing). 2015.05.02
6. A Disease Of Language, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell. ISBN 978-0-86166-171-8. (2010, Knockabout Limited). 2015.05.09
7. She Came To Stay, Simone De Beauvoir. ISBN 0-00-613891-8. (1975, Fontana Books). 2015.05.21
8. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne, Ill. Don Irwin. ISBN N/A. (1968, Classic Press,Incorporated). 2015.05.21

BOOKS READ

1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, Marie Kondo, Trans. Cathy Hirano. ISBN 978-1-60774-730-7 (2014, Ten Speed Press). 2015.05.08
2. Unknown Soldier, Vol. 2: Easy Kill, Joshua Dysart; Ill. Alberto Ponticelli. ISBN 978-1-4012-2600-8 (2010, DC Comics). 2015.05.14
3. Beauty and the Beast, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Ill. Hilary Knight, Trans. Richard Howard, Jean Cocteau (Afterword). ISBN 0-671-70720-5 (1990, Simon & Schuster). 2015.05.15.
4. Unknown Soldier, Garth Ennis, Ill. Kilian Plunkett. ISBN 1-56389-422-X (1998, DC Comics). 2015.05.15
5. Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen, Clotilde Dusoulier. ISBN 978-0-7679-2383-5 (2007, Broadway Books). 2015.05.17
6. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Joshua Foer. ISBN 978-1-59420-229-2 (2011, The Penguin Press). 2015.05.22

April 2015

BOOKS READ

1. Vivian Maier: Street Photographer, Ed. John Maloof, Intro. Geoff Dyer. ISBN 978-1-57687-577-3 (2011, powerHouse Books). 2015.04.02
2. Euripides V: Electra/The Phoenician Women/The Bacchae, Ed. David Grene & Richard Lattimore. ISBN 0-226-30784-0 (1959, The University Of Chicago Press). 2015.04.10
3. Unknown Soldier, Vol. 3: Dry Season, Joshua Dysart, Ill. Alberto Ponticelli. ISBN 978-1-4012-2855-2 (2010, DC Comics). 2015.04.17
4. A Woman's Shed: Spaces for Women to Create, Write, Make, Grow, Think and Escape, Gill Heriz, Photo. Nicolette Hallett. ISBN 978-1-78249-099-9 (2014, CICO Books). 2015.04.18
5. D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. ISBN 0-440-40694-3 (2003, Delacorte Press). 2015.04.22
6. Unknown Soldier, Vol. 4: Beautiful World, Joshua Dysart; Ill. Alberto Ponticelli, Rick Veitch. ISBN 978-1-4012-3176-7 (2011, DC Comics). 2015.04.22
7. Unknown Soldier, Vol. 1: Haunted House, Joshua Dysart; Ill. Alberto Ponticelli. ISBN 978-1-4012-2311-3 (2009, DC Comics). 2015.04.29

March 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Space Opera: An Anthology Of Way-back-when Futures, Ed. Brian W. Aldiss. ISBN N/A (1974, Doubleday & Company, Inc.). 2015.03.07
2. ノルウェイの森 (Norwegian Wood), Haruki Murakami. ISBN 4-06-203515-4 (1987). 2015.03.07
3. The Wolf, Marie-Claire Blais. ISBN 0-7710-1544-5 (1974, McClelland And Stewart Limited). 2015.03.20
4. Oscar Wilde: Selected Works, Ed. Richard Aldington. ISBN N/A (1946, William Heinemann Ltd.). 2015.03.20

BOOKS READ

1. Noah, Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Ill. Niko Henrichon. ISBN 978-1-60706-853-2 (2014, Image Comics, Inc.). 2015.03.05
2. My Cool Caravan: An Inspirational Guide to Retro-Style Caravans, Jane Field-Lewis & Chris Haddon. ISBN 978-1-862-05878-1 (2010, Pavilion Books). 2015.03.07
3. The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women, Ed. Alex Dally MacFarlane. ISBN 978-0-7624-5470-9 (2014, Running Press Book Publishers). 2015.03.07
4. Blood, Janice Galloway. ISBN 0-7493-9195-2 (1992, Minerva). 2015.03.09
5. My Cool Shed: An Inspirational Guide to Stylish Hideaways and Workspaces, Jane Field-Lewis. ISBN 978-1-862-05933-7 (2012, Pavilion Books). 2015.03.13
6. Eat Your Words: A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food, Charlotte Foltz Jones. ISBN 0-385-32575-4 (1999, Delacorte Press). 2015.03.13
7. Shed Chic: Outdoor Buildings for Work, Rest, and Play, Sally Coulthard. ISBN 978-0-7893-1860-2 (2009, Universe Publishing). 2015.03.23
8. Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of London, Sylvain Cordurié, Ill. Laci. ISBN 978-1-61655-266-4 (2014, Dark Horse Books). 2015.03.26
9. Sugar Skull, Charles Burns. ISBN 978-0-307-90790-5 (2014, Pantheon Books). 2015.03.27
10. D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths, Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Preface by Michael Chabon, Jacket by Louise Fili. ISBN 978-1-59017-125-7 (2005, New York Review Of Books). 2015.03.28
11. Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows, Richard Cahan, Michael Williams. ISBN 978-0-9785450-9-3 (2012, CityFiles Press). 2015.03.30
12. The Death-Ray, Daniel Clowes. ISBN 978-1-77046-051-5 (2011, Drawn And Quarterly). 2015.03.30

February 2015

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Father Brown Selected Stories, G.K. Chesterton. ISBN 1-85452-054-6 (1987, Chancellor Press). 2015.02.12
2. The Adventures Of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini). ISBN N/A (1965, Grosset & Dunlop). Companion Library edition. 2015.02.12
3. Stories From The Arabian Nights, Laurence Housman, Ill. Edmund Dulac. ISBN N/A (1911, Hodder And Stoughton). 2015.02.12
4. At The Back Of The North Wind, George MacDonald, Ill. E.H. Shepard. ISBN N/A (1964, E.P. Dutton And Co. Inc.). 2015.02.12
5. A New Library Of Poetry And Song, Volume II, Ed. William Cullen Bryant. ISBN N/A (1927, Doubleday, Page & Company). 2015.02.12

BOOKS READ

1. The Vampire Diaries, Volume 1, Colleen Doran, et al. ISBN 978-1-4012-4899-4 (2014, DC Comics). 2015.02.01
2. Any Questions?, Marie-Louise Gay. ISBN 978-1-55498-382-7 (2014, Groundwood Books). 2015.02.06
3. The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Peter Sís. ISBN 978-0-374-38069-4 (2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux). 2015.02.21
4. Michael Hague's Read-to-Me Book of Fairy Tales, Ill. Michael Hague; Text by Allison Grace MacDonald. ISBN 978-0-688-14010-6 (2013, HarperCollins). 2015.02.21
5. D'Aulaires' Trolls, Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. ISBN 0-385-01275-6 (1972, New York Review Of Books). 2015.02.21
6. Dollhouse: Epitaphs, Andrew Chambliss, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Cliff Richards. ISBN 978-1-59582-863-7 (2012, Dark Horse Books). 2015.02.24
7. The Fountain, Darren Aronofsky, Ill. Kent Williams. ISBN 978-1-4012-0058-9 (2005, DC Comics). 2015.02.28

January 2015

BOOKS READ

1. Punk 45: The Singles Cover Art Of Punk 1976–80, Ed. Jon Savage & Stuart Baker. ISBN 978-0-9572600-0-9 (2013, Soul Jazz Books). 2015.01.03
2. No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State, Glenn Greenwald. ISBN 978-0-7710-3678-1 (2014, Signal). 2015.01.16
3. Take Away the A, Michaël Escoffier, Ill. Kris Di Giacomo. ISBN 978-1-59270-156-8 (2014, Enchanted Lion Books). 2015.01.27
4. Hansel And Gretel, Neil Gaiman, Ill. Lorenzo Mattotti. ISBN 978-1-935179-62-7 (2014, TOON Graphics). 2015.01.30

December 2014

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. The Mission Song, John Le Carré. ISBN 978-0-670-06544-8 (2006, Viking Canada (Penguin)). 2014.12.12

BOOKS READ

1. The Gothic Imagination: Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media, John C. Tibbetts. ISBN 978-0-230-11817-1 (2011, Palgrave Macmillan). 2014.12.12
2. Vivian Maier: Self-Portraits, Photo. Vivian Maier, Ed. John Maloof. ISBN 978-1-57687-662-6 (2013, powerHouse Books). 2014.12.14
3. The Eternal Champion, Michael Moorcock. ISBN 9781783291618 (2014, Titan Books). 2014.12.18
4. Feral Cell, Richard Bowes. ISBN 0-445-20352-8 (1987, Warner Books, Inc.). 2014.12.28
5. Vivian Maier: A Photographer Found, Ph. Vivian Maier; John Maloof; Text by Marvin Heiferman; Ed. Howard Greenberg' Foreword by Laura Lippman. ISBN 978-0-06-230553-4 (2014, HarperCollins Publishers). 2014.12.30