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message 1: by Dorothy (new)

Dorothy | 41 comments Cleaning up books by Alison Gordon
She wrote 5 mystery books, all in the Kate Henry series.

- There are two Combines (see below).

- I would suggest to be consistent with other books that are in a series that the format of the title be made consistent across the series : bold title (grey series name and its order in the series). The entry for the fourth book in the series is this way.

- on the Author page, under the Series by... section, the second book in her series is missing.

The Dead Pull Hitter (Kate Henry Mystery #1)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Safe at Home (Kate Henry Mystery #2)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Night Game (Kate Henr yMystery #3)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Striking Out (Kate Henry Mystery #4)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Prairie Hardball (Kate Henry Mystery #5)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Thanks very much for your time!


message 2: by Philip (last edited Mar 16, 2015 08:27AM) (new)

Philip (burnnerman) | 5912 comments Working on Done

Also, added the 2 book bundles to the series as non-primary works.

The Series section could take up to 48h to update due to caching, but if you click on the series name that page should be up-to-date.


message 3: by Dorothy (new)

Dorothy | 41 comments Awesome. Thank v. much!


message 4: by Jerome (new)

Jerome Otte | 36 comments There is a series from the University of Oklahoma Press called "Campaigns and Commanders," (https://www.goodreads.com/series/73571), but in Goodreads not all of the books are listed under it. Could the following be added to the series, and in the correct order? Thanks in advance.

Napoleon's Enfant Terrible: General Dominique Vandamme

Three Days in the Shenandoah: Stonewall Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester

George Thomas: Virginian For The Union

Volunteers on the Veld: Britain�s Citizen-Soldiers and the South African War, 1899-1902

Civil War Arkansas, 1863: The Battle for a State

The Royal American Regiment: An Atlantic Microcosm, 1755-1772

The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon

A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598

With Zeal and with Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783

Once Upon a Time in War: The 99th Division in World War II

Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918

The Far Reaches of Empire: War in Nova Scotia, 1710�1760

No Turning Point: The Saratoga Campaign in Perspective

Into the Breach at Pusan: The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in the Korean War

Victory at Peleliu: The 81st Infantry Division's Pacific Campaign

Wellington's Two-Front War: The Peninsular Campaigns, at Home and Abroad, 1808-1814

Carrying the War to the Enemy: American Operational Art to 1945

The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758

A Perfect Gibraltar: The Battle for Monterrey, Mexico, 1846

Going for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers in the War against Nazi Germany

From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902-1914

A Military History of the Cold War, 1944�1962

Climax at Gallipoli: The Failure of the August Offensive

All Canada in the Hands of the British: General Jeffery Amherst and the 1760 Campaign to Conquer New France

Napoleon in Italy: The Sieges of Mantua, 1796-1799

Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675�1676

The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861

Soldiers in the Army of Freedom: The 1st Kansas Colored, the Civil War's First African American Combat Unit

The Battle of Lake Champlain: A "Brilliant and Extraordinary Victory"

The Last Cavalryman: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.

A Generous and Merciful Enemy: Life for German Prisoners of War during the American Revolution


message 5: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments Is this an actual series in GR eyes? Seems more like it should be in the edition field.


message 6: by Jerome (new)

Jerome Otte | 36 comments Yes, this is an actual series, and all of the above books belong in it.


message 7: by Jerome (new)

Jerome Otte | 36 comments Not to be overbearing, but can the following two series also be added, with the relevant books under each?

"Modern War Studies":
http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/bipseri...

"Contributions in Military Studies"
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/?seri...


message 8: by lethe (last edited Mar 18, 2015 12:13PM) (new)

lethe | 16359 comments #4-7 I asked for a second opinion in this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
and I am sorry, but it is as I had thought. These are not series according to GR standards:
1) they do not have a uniform look
2) the series title is not mentioned on the cover
3) they are collected together under a very broad heading

A fiction series like f.e. Oxford World's Classics is also not considered a series for this reason, although it does conform to 1) and 2).

Publisher series like these may be noted in the edition field. If they are also mentioned in the original title field (as a lot of them are when the books are imported), it will still be possible to search for them. I could have a look and change the titles accordingly, if necessary. Sorry, this turns out not to be true.


message 9: by Philip (new)

Philip (burnnerman) | 5912 comments Also a listopia could be created to collect all the books together. This would act as close to a series as possible.


message 10: by lethe (new)

lethe | 16359 comments Can anyone do that, or only librarians? I haven't really looked into listopia yet.


message 11: by Philip (new)

Philip (burnnerman) | 5912 comments never played with them but I think anyone can.


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