California is an enormous state, as large as France or Japan, with a bewildering array of natural and anthropogenic ecosystems, many of which are under threat. Attempting to summarize all of the history, patterns, processes, and future impacts in a si . . .

Many hundreds of books have been written about the fascinating subject of mining in the American Southwest. Sarah E. M. Grossman's Mining the Borderlands takes a distinctive approach by focusing on the history of mining engineers in Arizona in the Uni . . .

Beth Middleton's historical and comprehensive analysis of California's State Water Project (SWP) as told from the Maidu allottee perspective in northeast California, is an enlightening yet disturbing account of governmental paternalism and systemic ra . . .

Book review - City of Rhetoric: Revitalizing the Public Sphere in Metropolitan America by David Flemming

The question "What is a digital library?" is certain to elicit a multitude of answers. In current information science circles, the definition of a working digital library (DL) includes a vast array of projects ranging from small digital photo collecti . . .

This is a collection of book reviews published in CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, from 2000 to present.

This is a book review of The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

Originally published in Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association vol. 66, no. 3 (March 2010): 604-605.

In A History of Applied Linguistics: From 1980 to the Present, Kees de Bot presents more than a historical review of, or sociological perspective on, Applied Linguistics (AL). He explains that he began this project with the intention of writing a book . . .

The originating list for this review is H-German (April, 2010).