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Scandalmonger by William Safire. In this fact-based novel, scurrilous newspaper editor James Thomas Callender's first victim is Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (Class of 1778), whose dalliance with a married woman rocked the fledgling republic (Simon & Schuster, $27). Pilgrim Souls: A Collection of Spiritual Autobiographies, edited by Amy Mandelker and Elizabeth Powers, introduction by Madeleine L'Engle. A selection from The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton '38 is included in this anthology of spiritual seekers and seers that runs from the Psalmist to Flannery O'Connor (Touchstone Books, $17 paper). Haiti: Best Nightmare on Earth by Herbert Gold '46, with a new afterword. This first-hand account, originally published in 1991, of the author's experiences in the Caribbean island nation begins in the 1950s and has been updated to include recent developments (Transaction Publishers, $21.95 paper). Longevity and Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Robert N. Butler '49 and Claude Jasmin. Proceedings from an international congress devoted to the health concerns of older people, organized by the Paris-based International Council for Global Health Progress and the New York-based International Longevity Center, of which Butler is CEO (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, $149). American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. Volume One: Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker. John Hollander '50, Sterling Professor of English at Yale, served on the advisory board for this anthology of modern American verse, which includes "Trees" by Alfred Joyce Kilmer '08 (Library of America, $35). The Politics of Pure Science, new edition, by Daniel S. Greenberg '53, with introductory essays by John Maddox and Steven Shapin, and a new afterword by the author. An updated edition of the pioneering exploration of the interrelationship between politics and science, which dispelled myths of scientific purity and detachment, demonstrating how government funding underpinned fundamental scientific research from the 1940s to the 1970s (University of Chicago Press, $49 cloth, $15 paper). Mandate Days: British Lives in Palestine, 1918-1948 by A.J. Sherman '54. Diaries, letters and official documents illuminate this account of the daily lives of the colonial administrators, soldiers and ordinary citizens who lived in Palestine when it was part of the British Empire (Johns Hopkins University Press, $17.95 paper). John Huston: Interviews, edited by Robert Emmet Long '56. A collection of interviews on directing, cinematography and Hollywood personalities, conducted between 1956 and 1985, with the actor/director whose directorial career ranged from The Maltese Falcon to Prizzi's Honor (University of Mississippi Press, $46 cloth, $18 paper). The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust, compiled and translated by Joachim Neugroschel '58, foreword by Roger Shattuck. This compendium contains a new translation of Pleasures and Days, a 1896 collection of stories that was the only work Proust published other than Remembrance of Things Past, plus six early short stories rendered into English for the first time (Cooper Square Press, $25.95). The U.S. Nursing Home Industry by Joseph A. Giacalone '60. This economic and business analysis suggests mechanisms to balance the need for fiscal reality in long-term care with the overriding need to maintain high quality facilities and treatment for the nation's disabled and elderly (M.E. Sharpe, $60.95 cloth, $23.95 paper). The Printer's Error by Aaron Fogel '67. This second collection of poems includes "De Bary Misquoted," an affectionate remembrance of Professor Wm. Theodore de Bary '41; from a Boston University English professor (Miami University Press, $19.95 cloth, $11.95 paper). Negotiating Environmental Agreements: How to Avoid Escalating Confrontation, Needless Costs and Unnecessary Litigation by Lawrence Susskind '68, Paul F. Levy, and Jennifer Thomas-Larmer. Adopting a "mutual gains" approach to environmental negotiations for citizens, corporations and government can lead to fairer, more stable and wiser results rather than costly and time-consuming litigation (Island Press, $35 paper). The Sonnets: A Novel by Lennard J. Davis '70. The fictional exploits of Will Marlowe, a Columbia English professor, whose life begins to parallel the Bard's, satirize modern academia, notions of contemporary romance and urban mores (State University of New York Press, $19.50). Bibliography of the Italian American Books by Fred Gardaphé and James J. Periconi '70. A wide-ranging checklist of Italian American literature, with an emphasis on fiction and poetry, that addresses "the experience of the Italian diaspora in the North American continent" (Italian American Writers Association, $20 paper). Stalin's Secret Pogrom: The Postwar Inquisition of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, edited with an introduction by Joshua Rubenstein'71 and Vladimir P. Naumov. Proceedings of a 1952 Soviet kangaroo court, where Stalin arranged for 15 Jews — including five prominent Yiddish writers — to be tried and convicted of treason and espionage for participating in a committee that Stalin had formed during World War II (Yale University Press, $35). The Holocaust on Trial by D.D. Guttenplan '78. The 1996 British libel trial of American academic Deborah Lipstadt, who had branded English author David Irving a Holocaust denier, turned from a simple defense of her work into a case to prove that the Holocaust really occurred (W.W. Norton & Company, $24.95). Welfare in the Kantian State by Alexander Kaufman '78. This new study of the Enlightenment philosopher's political views suggests a new theory of social welfare, including the state's responsibility to assist the least advantaged, rather than just limiting the Kantian state to the role of "night watchman" (Oxford University Press, $45). Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times by Steve Fuller '79. This controversial analysis argues that the groundbreaking author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, far from being a revolutionary, embodied an essentially conservative view of science shaped by Western values during the Cold War (University of Chicago Press, $35). Versos sencillos por José Martí, facing English translation by Paul Hofmann '82. A slender volume of verse from the Havana-born political activist, who spent most of his adult life in exile before being killed in an unsuccessful 1895 Cuban uprising against Spanish rule (Hofmann Press, $5 paper). At Home in the Street: Street Children in Northeast Brazil by Tobias Hecht '86. A compassionate study of Brazilian street children, who often prefer the dangerous uncertainties of living rough on city streets to the Dickensian environment prevalent in state-run orphanages and shelters (Cambridge University Press, $59.95 cloth, $19.95 paper). Fraud by David Rakoff '86. In this debut collection of humorous essays, many of which are elaborations of pieces originally written for Public Radio International's This American Life, the Canadian-born essayist tackles issues ranging from holistic therapies to soap operas (Doubleday, $21.95). See Story. Bringing Home the Laundry: Effective Parenting for College and Beyond by Janis Brody '87. Essential advice on avoiding resistance to change, managing separation anxiety and strengthening family bonds for the 12 million families who send children away to college each year; from a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescent development and the family (Taylor Publishing, $14.95 paper). American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History by Arnold Aronson, Professor of Arts. Examining works by the Wooster Group, the Living Theatre, Open Theatre and Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, Aronson traces the rise and decline of avant-garde theater through the end of the 20th century (Routledge, $24.95 paper). America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s by Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin. This broad-ranging history of the 20th century's most turbulent decade places the 1968 disturbances at Columbia in the context of growing student radicalism and other mass movements across the nation (Oxford University Press, $30 cloth, $24.95 paper). American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. Volume Two: E.E. Cummings to Mary Swenson. Columbia contributions to this second volume of modern American verse include lyrics from Oscar Hammerstein II '16 and Lorenz Hart '18, as well as poetry from Langston Hughes '25 and famed professor Mark Van Doren (Library of America, $35). Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society by Lila Abu-Lughold, Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies. Described by University Professor Edward Said as "truly extraordinary," this account of Abu-Lughold's two years among the Bedouins in Egypt's Western Desert provides a thoughtful analysis of Bedouin gender relations and emotional oral-lyric poetry (University of California Press, $18.95 paper). Religious Experience, Justification, and History by Matthew C. Bagger, Assistant Professor of Religion. The examples of William James and Teresa of Avila respectively support and attack the author's controversial assertion that the commitment to supernatural explanations employed to support religious belief contradicts the modern ideal of human flourishing (Cambridge University Press, $59.95). The Wind of the Hundred Days: How Washington Mismanaged Globalization by Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor. This collection of public policy essays argues that the true scandal of the Clinton administration lay in its mishandling of fiscal liberalization, especially in East Asia, and its maladroit management of the growing free trade movement (MIT Press, $32.95). Cto Pokib I-Ohocti/A Hundred Years of Youth: A Bilingual Anthology of 20th Century Ukranian Poetry, compiled and edited by Olha Luchuk and Michael M. Naydan. Among the translators contributing to this one-of-a-kind collection is Vitaly Chernetsky, assistant professor of Slavic Languages and Literature (Litopys, $40). The Politics of Retribution in Europe: World War II and Its Aftermath, edited by István Deák, Professor of History, Jan T. Gross and Tony Judt. In addition to Professor Deak, contributors to this collection of essays — which studies Europe's failure in the post-war period to confront the real scope of collaboration with Nazis — include Bradley Abrams, assistant professor of history (Princeton University Press, $65 cloth, $19.95 paper). Mathematics for Econometrics by Phoebus Dhrymes, Professor of Economics. A founding member of the Journal of Economics offers the third edition of this seminal mathematics text, which utilizes matrix algebra and pseudo-inverses to grapple with mathematical topics important to classical econometrics. (Springer Verlag, $44.95). Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions by Jon Elster, R.K. Merton Professor of the Social Sciences. Drawing on the disciplines of history, literary theory, philosophy and psychology, as well as methodological and theoretical arguments, the author of Deliberative Democracy presents a thorough assessment of the emotions' place in human behavior (Cambridge University Press, $59.95 cloth, $19.95 paper). Rudyard Kipling, edited by Eileen Gillooly, Director of the Core Curriculum, illustrated by Jim Sharpe. The ninth title in the Poetry for Young People Series introduces the verse of the most popular English poet of the late 19th century, the author of Jungle Book and Kim (Sterling Publishing, $14.95). The Atlantic Slave Trade by Herbert S. Klein, Professor of History. Assembled with an analysis of the demography, economy, and history of both continents, this textbook on the shipment of African slaves to the Americas illuminates the stark realities and harsh conditions of "one of the great crimes of Western imperialism" (Cambridge University Press, $49.95 cloth, $16.95 paper). Richard Serra, edited by Hal Foster with Gordon Hughes. This collection assessing the eponymous artist, considered by many to be the most important sculptor of the post-war era, includes a 1986 essay by Rosalind Krauss, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and Theory (MIT Press, $19.95 paper). The Discovery of Things: Aristotle's Categories & Their Context by Wolfgang-Rainer Mann, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Often viewed as a naïve, pre-philosophical ontology, Aristotle's conception of things — now completely engrained in Western thought — was really a hard-won philosophical achievement constructed through an implicit critique of his mentor, Plato (Princeton University Press, $39.50). When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism and the Genocide in Rwanda by Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government. The director of Columbia's Institute of African Studies attempts to understand the central paradox of the 1994 Rwanda massacres — how thousands of ordinary Hutus could willingly slaughter as many as one million of their Tutsi neighbors (Princeton University Press, $29.95). For an excerpt, please see Columbia Forum. Music in the Age of the Renaissance by Leeman L. Perkins, Professor of Music. An introduction that places music, organized chiefly by genre, firmly within the political, religious and cultural context of one of Europe's most dynamic eras (W.W. Norton & Company, $49.95). Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950 by Gregory M. Pflugfelder, Assistant Professor of Japanese History. Literature, laws, newspaper articles, and medical tracts are among the sources used to uncover four centuries of Japanese attitudes toward homosexuality (University of California Press, $45). Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness by Duncan J. Watts, Assistant Professor of Sociology. An analysis of the small-world phenomenon, captured in the notion of "six degrees of separation," has implications for the study of all networks, whether biochemical, social or electronic (Princeton University Press, $39.95).
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