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Brides of the Multitude

Brides of the Multitude by Jeremy Agnew ’64 “Brides of the Multitude” is a historically accurate account of why prostitution ran rampant in the Old West during the prudish Victorian period of the United States. Weaving facts with anecdotes, the book presents a look at the women who conducted business in the infamous red light districts located throughout the frontier, touches on their reasons for becoming prostitutes, and debunks many of the myths associated with prostitution in the Old West. ISBN-10: 1932738495 and ISBN-13: 978-1932738490. Published by Western Reflections Publishing Company; 2008.

Issue: July 2009

Valles Caldera: Map and Geologic History and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument: Trail Map and Geology

Valles Caldera: Map and Geologic History and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument: Trail Map and Geology by Kirt Kempter ’81 These publications are non-technical field guides to the Valles Caldera, a 12-mile-wide collapsed volcanic crater, and the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, a landscape riddled with bizarre volcanic hoodoo formations, both located in northern New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains. The field guides feature descriptions and photos, complete textual explanation of geological history, and complete topographical maps. Published by High Desert Field Guides; Valles Caldera, 2008; and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, 2009. For information: www.highdesertfieldguides.com

Issue: July 2009

Winter Ridge

Winter Ridge by Bruce Kellner ’55 Kellner’s new novel is a departure for the noted scholar and author of a dozen books on 20th-century arts and letters, as well as a landmark study of the Harlem Renaissance during the Jazz Age. In this book, Silas Harmon, who is approaching old age, closes his San Francisco bookshop to retire to the summer cottage in Kentucky where he spent his youth. There he encounters, for the first time in 53 years, the lonely Polish refugee with whom he had a love affair years ago. ISBN-10: 1595690697 and ISBN-13: 978-1595690692. Published by Mondial; 2008.

Issue: July 2009

Chemosabee: A Triathlete's Journey Through the First Year of Breast Cancer

Chemosabee: A Triathlete’s Journey Through the First Year of Breast Cancer by Nancy Reinisch ’75 Triathlete and psychotherapist Reinisch became a statistic at 53 when a lump in her breast was diagnosed as invasive breast cancer. In “Chemosabee,” which was honored as a finalist in May 2009 in the National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Reinisch uses her psychotherapy skills and coaching tips to work through the physical and emotional roadblocks that surfaced during her year of treatment. ISBN-10: 0615229638 and ISBN-13: 978-0615229638 Published by Novel Road Press; 2008.

Issue: July 2009

Open Hearts Open Doors: Reflections on China’s Past and Present

Open Hearts Open Doors: Reflections on China’s Past and Present by Elizabeth Gill Lui ’73 A movement for historic preservation is taking hold in China as more people realize the extent to which the country’s historical character has been sacrificed to economic development. This stunning collection of photos, taken between 1995 and 2006 while Lui was a visiting artist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the department of architecture, provides a visual journey to traditional villages throughout rural areas of southeastern China. ISBN-10: 0979616506 and ISBN-13: 978-0979616501. Published by Cornell University Press; 2008.

Issue: July 2009

A Users' Guide to Measuring Corruption

A Users’ Guide to Measuring Corruption by Jonathan Eyler-Werve ’02 Commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme, this book is one of the first attempts to systematically explore the practical challenges and opportunities of measuring what is increasingly viewed as one of the major impediments to development: corruption. Based on a review of the literature and bolstered by more than 30 original interviews with experts in the field, the book provides examples of good practices in measuring corruption. Published by Global Integrity and the United Nations Development Programme; 2008. For information: http://commons.globalintegrity.org/2008/09/users-guide-to-measuring-corruption.html

Issue: July 2009

Ruined by Design: Shaping Novels and Gardens in the Culture of Sensibility

Ruined by Design: Shaping Novels and Gardens in the Culture of Sensibility by Inger Thomsen Brodey ’88 “Ruined by Design,” a book of literary criticism and cultural theory, provides an analysis of the philosophical shift from reason and order toward imagination and feeling in landscape innovations and literary experimentation during the 18th century. The author writes about the fascination with ruins across 18th-century Europe, incorporating several fields such as poetry, painting, and garden design. ISBN: 978-0-415-98950-3. Published by Routledge; 2008.

Issue: July 2009

Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics

Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics by George Simmons, professor emeritus of mathematics Simmons offers two books in one. The first 200 pages survey the lives of 33 mathematicians who made seminal contributions to calculus and its applications to analysis, physics, number theory, and geometry. The second 150 pages fulfill the promise of the title by offering 26 gems of calculus, such as the divergence of the sum of reciprocals of all primes, or the classic result of Euler on the sum of the reciprocals of squares. ISBN-10: 0883855615 and ISBN-13: 978-0883855614. Published by the Mathematical Association of America; 2007.

Issue: July 2009

Arthur Carhart: Wilderness Prophet

Arthur Carhart: Wilderness Prophet by Tom Wolf ’67 This is the first biography of landscape architect and recreation planner Arthur Carhart, co-father, along with Aldo Leopold, of the idea of wilderness. Carhart (1892–1978) never won the status or recognition Leopold achieved, in part because he was a political maverick who refused to side with any major advocacy group. The book highlights Carhart’s vision of conservation as “a job for all of us.” ISBN-10: 0870819135 and ISBN-13: 978-0870819131. Published by University Press of Colorado; 2008.

Issue: July 2009

The Chosen Few

The Chosen Few by Matthew Simon ’82 Private investigator Max Lovely finds himself entangled in an expanding web of men and women with big dreams and dark secrets. As the investigation takes him through the Boston neighborhoods of Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the South End, downtown, Chelsea, and Watertown, he draws closer to the truth. Suddenly, his own life becomes the target of the malevolent forces he has uncovered. ISBN-10: 1440420319 and ISBN-13: 978-1440420313. Published by CreateSpace; 2008.