Books I've Read Post: To be updated as long as I continue reading
January 2011
A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age by Richard Rayner
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries by Molly Caldwell Crosby
Birdology by Sy Montgomery
Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society’s Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil by Neil Miller
HDEV by some dude (for Lifespan Development class)
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology by Martini and Nath
February
Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara by Eve Golden
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
March
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg
April
The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness by John Waller
May
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Disappearing Spoon : and Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
June
Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks
November 2010
Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life by Sam Staggs
Peony in Love by Lisa See
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare by Joanna Bourke
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
October 2010
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Farewell, Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein
Close to Jedenew by Kevin Vennemann
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City by John Bnntin
September 2010
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram by Thomas Blass
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography by David S. Reynolds
August 2010
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland by Gerald Clarke
Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent by Mark Derr
July 2010
Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney
Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right by Jennifer Burns
June 2010
Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville : Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure by David Freeland
Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters by Louis Begley
May 2010
The Children of Chinatown: Growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 by Wendy Rouse Jorae
April 2010
Louise Brooks by Barry Paris
Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media by Susan J. Douglas
Mathilde by Mary Shelley
For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement by Kathryn Shevelow
March 2010
Charles Boyer: The Reluctant Lover by Larry Swindell
Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild by David Stenn [Fuckin' awesome. I can't put it down.]
February 2010
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges Simenon
Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
The Triangle Fire: A Brief History with Documents by Jo Ann Argersinger
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John
Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents, Volume 2 (since 1865) by Ellen Carol DuBois & Lynn Dumenil
Women, Men, and Society by Claire M. Renzetti and Daniel J. Curran
Transforming a Rape Culture by Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher, and Martha Roth
January 2010
Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier
Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
December 2009
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl
Mephisto by Klaus Mann
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
November 2009
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis [Puke.]
October 2009
For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women by Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English
August 2009
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz
July 2009
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Virgins of Venice: Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent by Mary Laven
June 2009
Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood by Mick LaSalle
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940 by David E. Kyvig
May 2009
Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man by Mick LaSalle
April 2009
Conrad Veidt: From Caligari to Casablanca by J.C. Allen
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
March 2009
1919 by John Dos Passos
Leigh Bowery Looks by Fergus Greer [Mostly pictures!]
February 2009
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim by Richard Koszarski
January 2009
The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945 by Klaus Kreimeier
Stroheim by Arthur Lennig
December 2008
The Barbary Coast by Herbert Asbury
The Star Machine by Jeanine Basinger
October 2008
The Folies Bergère by Charles Castle
Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider by Peter Gay
A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film by Richard Barrios
September 2008
Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling by Barbara Holland
Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall by Richard Barrios
Note: So great! Barrios loves his topic and it shows.
August 2008
Jolson: The Legend Comes to Life by Herbert G. Goldman
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Luc Sante
July 2008
Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s by Otto Friedrich
The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber, Weimar Berlin's Priestess of Depravity by Mel Gordon (Note: This book is shitty and not very scholarly; don't read it.)
A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age by Richard Rayner
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic That Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries by Molly Caldwell Crosby
Birdology by Sy Montgomery
Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society’s Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil by Neil Miller
HDEV by some dude (for Lifespan Development class)
Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology by Martini and Nath
February
Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara by Eve Golden
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
March
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg
April
The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness by John Waller
May
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Disappearing Spoon : and Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
June
Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age by Fiona Maddocks
November 2010
Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life by Sam Staggs
Peony in Love by Lisa See
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare by Joanna Bourke
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
October 2010
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Farewell, Shanghai by Angel Wagenstein
Close to Jedenew by Kevin Vennemann
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City by John Bnntin
September 2010
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram by Thomas Blass
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography by David S. Reynolds
August 2010
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland by Gerald Clarke
Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent by Mark Derr
July 2010
Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show by Frank Delaney
Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right by Jennifer Burns
June 2010
Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville : Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure by David Freeland
Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters by Louis Begley
May 2010
The Children of Chinatown: Growing up Chinese American in San Francisco, 1850-1920 by Wendy Rouse Jorae
April 2010
Louise Brooks by Barry Paris
Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media by Susan J. Douglas
Mathilde by Mary Shelley
For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement by Kathryn Shevelow
March 2010
Charles Boyer: The Reluctant Lover by Larry Swindell
Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild by David Stenn [Fuckin' awesome. I can't put it down.]
February 2010
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges Simenon
Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
The Triangle Fire: A Brief History with Documents by Jo Ann Argersinger
Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John
Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents, Volume 2 (since 1865) by Ellen Carol DuBois & Lynn Dumenil
Women, Men, and Society by Claire M. Renzetti and Daniel J. Curran
Transforming a Rape Culture by Emilie Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher, and Martha Roth
January 2010
Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier
Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
December 2009
The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl
Mephisto by Klaus Mann
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
November 2009
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis [Puke.]
October 2009
For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women by Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English
August 2009
Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz
July 2009
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Virgins of Venice: Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent by Mary Laven
June 2009
Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood by Mick LaSalle
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940 by David E. Kyvig
May 2009
Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man by Mick LaSalle
April 2009
Conrad Veidt: From Caligari to Casablanca by J.C. Allen
The Big Money by John Dos Passos
March 2009
1919 by John Dos Passos
Leigh Bowery Looks by Fergus Greer [Mostly pictures!]
February 2009
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim by Richard Koszarski
January 2009
The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945 by Klaus Kreimeier
Stroheim by Arthur Lennig
December 2008
The Barbary Coast by Herbert Asbury
The Star Machine by Jeanine Basinger
October 2008
The Folies Bergère by Charles Castle
Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider by Peter Gay
A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film by Richard Barrios
September 2008
Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling by Barbara Holland
Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood from Edison to Stonewall by Richard Barrios
Note: So great! Barrios loves his topic and it shows.
August 2008
Jolson: The Legend Comes to Life by Herbert G. Goldman
Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Luc Sante
July 2008
Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s by Otto Friedrich
The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber, Weimar Berlin's Priestess of Depravity by Mel Gordon (Note: This book is shitty and not very scholarly; don't read it.)