Bookshelf

I, Radiologist, and The Evolution of Medicine in ‘West’ West Broward Country, Florida by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg ’58. Sternberg details how he established a medical practice in what was formerly a deserted part of South Florida (AuthorHouse, $18.99).

Belief or Unbelief: The Mystery of God in the Light of Reason by Joseph Ramos ’59. Ramos, an economist and professor emeritus at the University of Chile, considers arguments for and against the existence of God (Wipf and Stock, $29).

Making Room for the Disavowed: Reclaiming the Self in Psychotherapy by Paul Wachtel ’61. In this text for practicing clinicians and students, Wachtel illuminates how a therapeutic approach anchored in the present can help heal the wounds of the past (The Guilford Press, $49).

The Eleventh Grieve by Garth Hallberg ’64. Bestselling author James Patterson calls Hallberg’s latest novel “a clever, compelling fable that puts a new spin on global warming and the fate of our small planet” (Reason for Everything, $12.95).

Shaped By Shadows: A Psychiatrist and Poet Explores His Holocaust Heritage by Dr. Joseph Henry Albeck ’66. In poetry and prose, Albeck, a child of Holocaust survivors, sheds light on the struggles and shadows that shaped his life (independently published, $29.99).

To Save the Earth, Work Less!: The Crucial Environmental Issue No One Is Talking About by Charles Siegel ’67. Siegel demonstrates how countries like The Netherlands have created a sustainable economy by letting employees work fewer hours (Omo Press, $12.95).

Memoirs of Thirty Years in the Classroom: Public, Private and Parochial by Michael Gilbride ’76. In this blend of professional autobiography and personal memoir, Gilbride reflects on three decades as a New York City teacher and school psychologist (BookBaby, $25).

Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable by Rob Drew ’83. By telling the cassette’s long and winding history, Drew establishes how sharing them became an acceptable and meaningful mode of communication (Duke University Press, $26.95).

The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial System by Paul Tice ’83. Tice, a longtime Wall Street analyst, argues against the practice of “sustainable investing” that is based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors (Encounter Books, $32.99).

All the Scattered Pages by Dr. Jared Gollob ’85. In Gollob’s first play, a found travel diary dramatizes what might have happened on a London couple’s visit with Mozart’s widow, Constanze, in 19th-century Salzburg (BookBaby, $10.99).

Griffinology: The Griffin’s Place in Myth, History and Art by A.L. (Anne) McClanan ’89. Drawing on historical and literary sources, McClanan, a professor of art history at Portland State University, shows how the griffin — half lion, half eagle — has represented power, transcendence and divinity for more than 5,000 years (Reaktion Books, $40).

Born in Blood: Violence and the Making of America by Scott Gac ’95. Gac illustrates a political culture of violence from the American Revolution to the Gilded Age, showing how physical force has sustained central tenets of government (Cambridge University Press, $29.95).

Anxiety Aesthetics: Maoist Legacies in China, 1978–1985 by Jennifer Dorothy Lee ’00. Lee, a professor of East Asian art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, examines emergent creative practices in the aftermath of the Mao era (University of California Press, $34.94).

Peanut in a Poncho by Debra Chow ’01. A whimsical illustrated tale of a hoarding peanut who enlists friends to help declutter his life (Double Scoops Press, $24.99).

Swing By!: Entertaining Recipes & the New Art of Gathering by Stephanie Nass ’13. In her first book, Nass, a chef, caterer and founder of the lifestyle brand Chefanie, shares everything she knows about giving parties (Rizzoli, $45).

The World After Alice: A Novel by Lauren Aliza Green ’17. Green’s debut novel tells the story of two families who come together to celebrate a wedding 12 years after a tragedy upended all of their lives (Penguin, $23.94).

— Jill C. Shomer