Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
An adventure in multidimensional space
Amidst requests for newspapers and for directions to the bathroom, a good, solid question appears every so often, and today I got a good one: books on topology manifold. HW owns one that fits the patron's needs perfectly:
An adventure in multidimensional space : the art and geometry of polygons, polyhedra, and polytopes / Koji Miyazaki ; translated by the author ; edited and revised by Henry Crapo.
An adventure in multidimensional space : the art and geometry of polygons, polyhedra, and polytopes / Koji Miyazaki ; translated by the author ; edited and revised by Henry Crapo.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Bridge on the move
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Reference question on WW II
A patron came into Peninsula Library looking for information on two topics:
1. Jewish soldiers in the Finnish Army who participated in the siege of Leningrad
2. Ukranian soldiers who served in the German Army.
He knew about both, yet wanted printed information so that he could prove the points to someone. He said he served in the US Army and was at D-Day; when US soldiers captured Nazi soldiers at Normandy, it turned out that they were not speaking German, and that they were Ukranian. He also knew about Jewish Finnish soldiers, and related to me a story of Finnish Army Marshal Mannerheim: requested by a German officer to not have Jews serving alongside Germans, he told the German that said soldiers were Finnish, and that he would not be told who could serve in his Army.
I did find material on the web, including a link to an article in the Jewish Quarterly, and information at Yad Vashem.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was a soldier and a politician, became president of Finland.
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian)
1. Jewish soldiers in the Finnish Army who participated in the siege of Leningrad
2. Ukranian soldiers who served in the German Army.
He knew about both, yet wanted printed information so that he could prove the points to someone. He said he served in the US Army and was at D-Day; when US soldiers captured Nazi soldiers at Normandy, it turned out that they were not speaking German, and that they were Ukranian. He also knew about Jewish Finnish soldiers, and related to me a story of Finnish Army Marshal Mannerheim: requested by a German officer to not have Jews serving alongside Germans, he told the German that said soldiers were Finnish, and that he would not be told who could serve in his Army.
I did find material on the web, including a link to an article in the Jewish Quarterly, and information at Yad Vashem.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was a soldier and a politician, became president of Finland.
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian)
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A list of books
This quiet, gray afternoon, a patron came in with quite a list of books; most were out, but she did find a handful to take with her; the others I put on hold. Quite an interesting selection:
Zeitoun, Dave Eggers (2009).
A ticket to the circus: a memoir. Norris Church Mailer (2010).
The house at Riverton, Kate Morton (2009).
Hannah's list, Debbie Macomber (2010).
Bombay time, Thrity Umrigar (2001).
Day after night, Anita Diamant (2009).
Welcome to Utopia: notes from a small town, Karen Valby (2010).
The cleanest race: how North Koreans see themselves and why it matters, B.R. Myers.
Somewhere inside: one sister's captivity in North Korea and the other's fight to bring her home, Laura Ling and Lisa Ling (2010).
Zeitoun, Dave Eggers (2009).
A ticket to the circus: a memoir. Norris Church Mailer (2010).
The house at Riverton, Kate Morton (2009).
Hannah's list, Debbie Macomber (2010).
Bombay time, Thrity Umrigar (2001).
Day after night, Anita Diamant (2009).
Welcome to Utopia: notes from a small town, Karen Valby (2010).
The cleanest race: how North Koreans see themselves and why it matters, B.R. Myers.
Somewhere inside: one sister's captivity in North Korea and the other's fight to bring her home, Laura Ling and Lisa Ling (2010).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
