Bulletin

Issue: April 2011

First Kids

by Kathryn Gibbs Davis ’76 Davis’s book was inadvertently featured with an incorrect cover photo in the November issue of the Bulletin; see correct photo here. Since then, the book was awarded an Oppenheim Gold Seal. Gibbs Davis has visited the National First Ladies Library and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library discussing this book and an earlier one, “Wackiest White House Pets.” ISBN-13: 978-0375822186. Published by Random House Books for Young Readers; 2009.  

Issue: April 2011

Cook to Bang: The Lay Cook’s Guide to Getting Laid

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 lady friend.” ISBN 0-312-60018-6. Published by St. Martin’s Press, 2010.  

Issue: April 2011

Borrelia: Molecular Biology, Host Interaction and Pathogenesis

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 other professionals with an encyclopedic overview of the molecular biology of this important genus. ISBN-13: 978-1904455585. Published by Caister Academic Press; 2010.  

Issue: April 2011

Real Life with Celiac Disease

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, psychological, and social aspects of celiac disease and its treatment, a gluten-free diet. ISBN-13: 978-1603560085. Published by AGA Press; 2010.  

Issue: April 2011

News from the Village: Aegean Friends

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 citizen of one’s own country and a citizen of the world. Ultimately, Mason’s memoir is about what we can hold and what slips away. ISBN-13: 978-1597094719. Published by Red Hen Press; 2010.  

Issue: April 2011

Escape From Manchuria

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 nation of Japan. The book tells of the courage and perseverance of the three men who eventually brought about the repatriation of 1.7 million Japanese held captive under Soviet occupation in Manchuria. ISBN-13: 978-1450205795. Published by iUniverse; 2010.  

Issue: April 2011

The Book of John

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 most extreme place he knows: the Makah Indian community at Neah Bay, Washington. Niles explores what it means to excavate a life out of the wreckage of the past, and the ramifications of keeping secrets for far too long. ISBN-13: 978-1846942914. Published by O Books; 2010.  

Issue: April 2011

There’s No Toilet Paper . . . on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure

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 monkey to the movies in Cameroon, attempting to use a high-tech Italian toilet, feasting on deep-fried potato bugs in Burma, and Dave Barry vainly trying to learn more Japanese than how to order a beer. ISBN-13: 978-1932361278. Published by Travelers’ Tales; 2010.