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Issue: November 2010

Blessing’s Bead

Blessing’s Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson ’74 Set in a little-known part of Arctic Alaska, this young-adult book tells the multigenerational tale of an Iñupiaq family torn apart by tragedy and reunited by the power of story and tradition. The book was selected by the Junior Library Guild as a book of the month and by the ALAN Online (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents). Edwardson, who has lived in Barrow, Alaska’s northernmost community, for more than 30 years, currently works for Ilisagvik College, Alaska’s only tribal college. ISBN-13: 978-0374308056. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2009.

Issue: November 2010

Hitler’s Panzers: The Lightning Attacks that Revolutionized Warfare

Hitler’s Panzers: The Lightning Attacks that Revolutionized Warfare by Dennis Showalter, CC professor of history Showalter, a World War II scholar, presents a comprehensive study of Nazi Germany’s armored forces and their influence on the role of the army in the Third Reich. Panzers, self-contained armored units able to operate independently, became the nucleus of the German army’s fighting power as well as its moral focus and the core of its identity, establishing an entirely new military doctrine. Showalter is a guest lecturer at West Point and former president of the Society for Military History; his book has been accepted by the History Book Club. ISBN-10: 042523004X. Published by Berkley…

Issue: November 2010

Olio Aglio

Olio Aglio by Annie Whetzel ’09 Olio Aglio, translated, means literally “oil, garlic.“ This gluten-free cookbook is the result of a venture grant Whetzel received while at Colorado College. She spent the summer of 2008 traveling through Italy and collecting recipes while working on organic farms. The final product is a gluten-free recipe collection that she spent a year turning into a published cookbook. ISBN-13: 978-1438961026. Published by AuthorHouse; 2009.

Issue: November 2010

What’s so Great About Granite?

What’s so Great About Granite? by Jennifer H. Carey; photographs by Marli Bryant Miller ’82 Miller started photographing rocks as a geology major at CC, and her passion for geological photography grew as she spent additional time in the field while attending graduate school at the University of Washington. Her photos help illustrate this geologic story about granite, magmas, and the hidden processes at work inside the earth. ISBN: 978-0-87842-563-1. Published by Mountain Press Publishing Company; 2009.

Issue: November 2010

This Awkward Art

This Awkward Art by Conrad Hilberry and Jane Hilberry, CC professor of English This volume of poetry features works by both father and daughter. The poems are each an individual response to a shared subject, seen from different points of view. Perhaps the most poignant poems are those that focus on the shared loss of a family member, Conrad’s daughter and Jane’s sister, who died at nine years of age. ISBN: 978-0-932412-829. Published by Mayapple Press; 2009.