by Eric Perramond, associate professor of Southwest studies and environmental science Perramond evaluates management techniques, labor expenditures, gender roles, and decision-making on private ranches of varying size in northern Mexico. By examining the economic and ecological dimensions of daily decisions made on and off the ranch, he shows that, contrary to prevailing notions, ranchers rarely collude [...]

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by John Ike ’77, Thomas Kligerman, and Joel Barkley Ike is a partner in the architectural firm Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects (IKBA), based in New York and San Francisco. The 21 houses and apartments in this lavishly illustrated volume, the first published on the award-winning architectural firm, feature their signature residential works and depict the remarkable [...]

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by John Kantner ’89, Kevin Vaughn, and Jelmer Eerkens Leaders exist in all societies, ranging from smaller-scale heads of households to larger-scale elected governing bodies to dictators with vast coercive powers at their disposal. This book, the product of an advanced seminar at the School for Advanced Research (SAR), brings together the perspectives of cultural anthropologists and archaeologists to explore [...]

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edited by Doug Lansky ’92 The perfect trip, where nothing goes wrong, is surely not the memorable trip, which is where everything goes wrong and one lives to tell the tale — and laugh about it. This collection captures the wackiest and most bizarre experiences of well-known writers whose travels have taken a detour. Stories include escorting a [...]

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by Kate Fuller Niles ’84 John Thompson thinks he’s going to have an easy summer. Instead he runs into an archeological discovery that will shake the field to its core. Fifty years old, overweight, married to someone who has aided his career while never forcing him to deal with his own insecurities, John flees to the [...]

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by Paul Maruyama, CC lecturer in Japanese Maruyama’s book details the story of his father, Kunio Maruyama, then a 37-year-old Japanese citizen, and his two friends who in 1946 devised a plan to escape to Japan from Soviet-occupied Manchuria. The three men personally appealed to General Douglas MacArthur, who was then the Supreme Commander for Allied Power occupying the defeated [...]

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by David Mason ’78, CC professor of English During his 20s, Mason found himself living with his wife in a village in southern Greece. Their first encounter with the country would prove an unrecoverable dream of magic, but through decades of steadfast affection, Mason comes to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a [...]

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by Daniel Leffler ’96 and Melinda Dennis This book helps readers determine if they may have undiagnosed celiac disease. For those already diagnosed, the authors, joined by more than 50 experts, share their knowledge of problems related to celiac disease and gluten-related disorders. This is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the medical, dietary, nutritional, emotional, [...]

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by Scott Samuels ’83 and Justin D. Radolf The genus Borrelia, in the spirochete phylum, is not closely related to any other bacteria and has a highly unusual genome composed of a linear chromosome and multiple circular and linear plasmids. The book is a comprehensive guide to the pathogenic Borrelia, providing researchers, advanced students, clinicians, and [...]

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by Spencer Walker ’01 Walker puts his culinary talents to use in this cookbook aimed at the young male demographic. Miss Manners the cookbook is not, with recipe titles that we won’t repeat here. One reviewer said, “I would suggest this book to anyone who likes to read, cook, laugh, or wants to get closer to a [...]

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