Friday, September 30, 2005

Fri. Sept. 30

Questions:
  1. Stapler?
  2. Spelling of the first name "Busch" atomic bomb inventor, testified before congress (Vannevar Bush)
  3. Spelling of "Tagaytay" in the Philippines
  4. Are there any dormant volcanoes in Tagaytay? (yes, the Tagaytay ridge is the rim of one)
  5. Lourdes, France?
  6. A White House diary / Johnson, Lady Bird (pick-up)
  7. Spain travel books

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Thurs. Sept. 29

Questions:
  1. What remains by Vaswel
  2. How to make love like a porn star (WOD)
  3. Confessions of a video vixen / Steffans, Karrine.
  4. The new complete works of Josephus / Josephus, Flavius
  5. Flavius Josephus: selections from his works / Josephus, Flavius.
    933 J83F (Missing, reorder?)
  6. Journal of Negro History?

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Wed. Sept. 28

Questions:

  1. Finding Celia's place / Morris, Celia
  2. Five great Italian states?
  3. DaimlerChrysler Fax Number?
  4. Muslim General who brought down Rome
  5. Which country in Europe
  6. The destructive war : William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans / Charles Royster. (pick-up)
  7. Mothers of invention : women of the slaveholding South in the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust. (pick-up)
  8. The Negro in the Civil War / Quarles, Benjamin. (pick-up)
  9. Chinese History?
  10. Mongol empire?
  11. Sensed Evil, Brian called
  12. Marco Polo?
  13. Holocaust information?
  14. Inside the vicious heart : Americans and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps / Robert H. Abzug (CPK, BB sending)
  15. Criss Cross directory?
  16. Aaliyah biography?
  17. Chinese religion

Events:

  • Pick-list
  • Obits
  • Excel chart for Holds
  • Searched for Book Club info

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Tues. Sept. 27

Questions:
  1. Music Scores?
  2. Return Books on Tape?
  3. Books on Cherokee Indians?
  4. Gandhi, a memoir / Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence) (pick-up)
  5. Periodicals?
  6. Is there a separate music catalog?
  7. "African Odyssey" mentioned in Richard Cohen's article? (Article: . . . And an Easy Life With Easy Answers, Book title:"The African-American Odyssey." Author: Hine, Darlene Clark?) 2 copies in Black Studies.
  8. Books on Antonin Dvorak?

Events:

  • Obits
  • Picklist
  • Map of Africa w/Dewey Numbers
  • Spanish

Mon. Sept 26

Questions:
  1. Voltaire? (PET- pick-up)
  2. People Magazine?
  3. Texas travel guide?
  4. Genealogy information
  5. What was the name of the little boy who's father wanted to take him back to Cuba? (Elian Gonzalez ca.2000)
  6. Madonna biography?
  7. DCLA Home Page with registration form?
  8. Back issues of People magazine?
  9. Changobotanica address?
  10. Pay Phone?

Friday, September 23, 2005

Fri. Sept. 23

Questions:

  1. Early bird / Rothman, Rodney (Missing?)
  2. Computer Sign in
  3. Can you take pictures of the art in the library? (Phoned Directors office. Marketing handles this)
  4. Magnifying Glass?
  5. Bus to Dulles airport? (5A from Rosslyn Organge line)
  6. Elizabeth and Mary : cousins, rivals, queens / Dunn, Jane.
  7. A million little pieces / Frey, James
  8. The incorporation of America : culture and society in the gilded age / Alan Trachtenberg
  9. 973 section?

September Reads

The Angel Craved Lobster by Shirley Jump
Fun, light, great plane read.

What Goes Around by Alexandra Carew
Karma in the UK and Hong Kong. Another good plane read.

A Traveler's Guide to Mars by William K. Hartman
Explore the Red Planet!

The Pirate Coast by Richard Zacks
Thomas Jefferson, the first marines, and the secret mission of 1805
Not my usual fare, but interesting

Skin tight by Carl Hiaasen
Oldie, but a goodie. Hiaasen - funny with a twisted sense of humor, this time with plastic surgeons!

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Thurs. Sept 22

Questions:

  1. People Magazine?
  2. AREA OF DARKNESS / NAIPAUL (Book check out missing)
  3. Verdiacee Washitaw-Turner Goston?
  4. Return of the Ancient Ones
  5. Del Jones books?
  6. Black American handbook for survival in the 21st century
  7. Mathematics section
  8. Tom Cruise Biography?
  9. The battle for history : refighting World War Two / Keegan, John
  10. Where is your Science Department?
  11. History of funeral services

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Wed. Sept. 21

Question:
  1. "prophecy magazine" had an article on "Dr. Eugene Moon"
  2. Changes in Washignton History
  3. A wilderness so immense : the Louisiana Purchase and the destiny of America / Jon Kukla.
  4. 92 W section
  5. Is there a limit to the number of books you can check out?
  6. Henry Hudson
  7. Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory 1830-2000 (Hardcover)

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Tue. Sept. 20

Questions:
  1. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  2. North Korea history
  3. What is the definition of Pre-Columbian?
  4. Recreation section?
  5. Bahamas travel?
  6. Another geek.com junk call
  7. In my brothers image (missing)
  8. Arnold Schwartzenegger's address

Mon. Sept. 19

Questions

  1. African American soldiers in the civil war (973.7415)
  2. Washroom?
  3. American History?
  4. Praxis?
  5. Black odyssey : the Afro-American ordeal in slavery / by Nathan Irvin Huggins.
  6. Dictionary?
  7. How long can you check books out for?
  8. Last night / Salter, James
  9. Children's room?
  10. Ella Fitzgerald birthday
  11. Junk voice auto call from geeks.com

Saturday, September 17, 2005

Sat. Sept. 17

Questions:
  1. Author Dunne title may have Irish Lace (Finley Peter Dunne ?)
  2. Cyber Cafe list?
  3. New York City travel guide
  4. Valley Forge Military academy pictures
  5. Urhobo tribe (In Nigeria)
  6. The diving bell and the butterfly / Jean-Dominique Bauby ; translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt.
  7. Library catalog?
  8. Britannica?
  9. Language CDs?
  10. Brick House by
  11. Sister girls
  12. Author Saye

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Thurs. Sept. 15

Questions:

  1. George Washington papers by WW Abbot
  2. Famous Amos Story 92 A525
  3. Bio of preacher John Sung

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Wed. Sept. 14

Question:

  1. Argentina and Buenos Aires travel guides?
  2. Is there a departure fee for Argentina?
  3. 808 section?
  4. Spanish Literature?
  5. Biography?

Tue. Sept. 13

Questions:

  1. Author named 'Farrah' who spoke at a convention. Young, wrote a book (Farrah Gray Spoke at National Association of Real Estate Brokers in Los Angeles wrote "Reallionaire : nine steps to becoming rich from the inside out" and "Rich from the inside out")
  2. "The Pact"
  3. Garlic and sapphires : the secret life of a critic in disguise / Ruth Reichl. (Called TPK)
  4. Do I check CD's out here?
  5. Deep like the rivers : education in the slave quarter community, 1831-1865 / Thomas L. Webber.
  6. Cleopatra : goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome / by Polly Schoyer Brooks
  7. Hiroshima / John Hersey.
  8. Tupac?
  9. Home safety (643)
  10. Bathroom?
  11. Where is room 220?
  12. Robert Gould Shaw(American military leader, 1837-1863, Movie: "Glory")
  13. Map of DC?
  14. Photocopy error

Monday, September 12, 2005

Mon. Sept. 12

Questions:
  1. Panama statistics
  2. 1776 by McCullough, David G.
  3. Rome?
  4. Adaptive Services?
  5. Beyond the sky and the earth : a journey into Bhutan / Jamie Zeppa. (checked out 2001)
  6. Queue computer?
  7. 973 section
  8. Four days of Naples / Aubrey Menen.
  9. Jane Stanton Hitchcock birth date, education, and marital status
  10. Map of New Orleans
  11. Venice travel guide?
  12. The last time I wore a dress / Scholinski, Daphne (called WEE)
  13. Where is Messina?
  14. Almanac of Famous People?
  15. Mikhail Gorbachev?
  16. The other Italy : Italian resistance in World War II / Maria de Blasio Wilhelm
  17. Incidents in the life of a slave girl / written by herself, Harriet Jacobs. With A true tale of slavery / by John S. Jacobs
  18. Mansa Musa

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Thurs. Sept 1

Questions:
  1. Ruler?
  2. Sign up computer station?
  3. Book call # 325
  4. Rising tide : the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America / John M.
    Barry.
  5. South Africa constitution
  6. Queen Latifah's autobiography. Ladies first : revelations of a strong woman / Latifah, Queen.