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BOOKSHELF

CORRECTION: Jerome Charyn ’59’s book was incorrectly identified in the May/June Bookshelf. The title of the book is Inside the Hornet’s Head: An Anthology of Jewish American Writing. CCT regrets the error.

Jade Phoenix by Syd Goldsmith '60

Jade Phoenix by Syd Goldsmith ’60. Amidst Taiwan’s struggle for nationhood in the 1970s, a Taiwanese millionaire, an American reporter and Jade Phoenix try to convince the American Secretary of State of support Taiwan’s goal and find themselves in a love triangle (iUniverse, $19.95).

The Doctors’ Doctor: A Biography of Eugene A. Stead Jr., MD by Dr. John Laszlo ’52 and Dr. Francis A. Neelon. A remarkable doctor and medical educator, Stead taught doctors to focus more on individual patients’ needs and set a higher standard for patient care and education, leading to the creation of the physician assistant profession (Carolina Academic Press, $50).

A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation From the Cold War to the War on Terror by Alfred W. McCoy ’68. The author argues that the use of torture is not a new CIA and military method but dates to the 1950s, and that psychological torture tactics have been employed in all military missions and wars since (Metropolitan Books, $25).

My Office Is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide by Jeffrey C. May ’66

My Office Is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide by Jeffrey C. May ’66. Concerned that people spend most of their time breathing “indoor” air, the author provides methods and remedies to combat the microorganisms that are hiding in “sick buildings” and causing health problems (Johns Hopkins University Press, $18.95).

Christmas in Paris 2002 by Ronald K. Fried ’77. The author’s second novel follows Joseph Steiner, a New Yorker who lost his job in the post–9-11 economic downturn, as he travels to Paris with his wife to escape his troubles and instead finds a new perspective on his life (Permanent Press, $16).

Trust-Based Selling: Using Customer Focus and Collaboration To Build Long-Term Relationships by Charles H. Green ’72. Sincerity and caring are essential to buyer-seller relationships, the author contends, and trust makes buyers more open to the seller’s ideas and increases the chances of making the sale (McGraw-Hill, $27.95).

Gus Openshaw’s Whale-Killing Journal by Keith Thomson ’87. Gus Openshaw, a cat food cannery worker, sets out on a hilarious adventure to seek revenge on the whale that ate his wife, child and arm during a ferocious attack (MacAdam/Cage, $23).

Cold War Ecology: Forests, Farms, & People in the East German Landscape, 1945–1989 by Arvid Nelson ’74. The author argues that East Germany’s economic and political decline was predicted in its landscape and ecology and that political leaders’ indifference toward these factors affected the political system’s health (Yale University Press, $45).

The Fated Sky: Astrology in History by Benson Bobrick ’71

The Fated Sky: Astrology in History by Benson Bobrick ’71. The author explores the history of the oldest occult science, noting how its influence has affected prominent figures throughout history (Simon & Schuster, $26).

The Karasik Conspiracy by Julie Chrystyn and Kenin Spivak ’77. In this satiric thriller, a Bosnian billionaire plots a massive terrorist attack to avenge ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and the murder of his family, while a team of FBI agents tries to stop him (Phoenix Books, $25.95).

Strivers Row by Kevin Baker ’80. In this historical account, the author relates the chance encounter of Malcolm X and Reverend Jonah Dove in Harlem in 1943 and describes the long road filled with struggles that led them to become icons of the civil rights movement (HarperCollins, $26.95).

Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan by David R. Ambaras ’84. The author focuses on the years of major industrialization and imperialist growth to dismiss the myth that Japan does not have youth delinquency problems; he also discusses educational and social institutions created to solve the problem (University of California Press, $49.95).

Shaping Race Policy: The United States in Comparative Perspective by Robert C. Lieberman, associate professor of political science. This political examination of minority issues in the realm of welfare and employment compares the United States’ varying success with parallel cases in Britain and France (Princeton University Press, $35).

Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Wynton Marsalis, illustrated by Paul Rogers, with biographical sketches by Phil Schaap ’73

Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Wynton Marsalis, illustrated by Paul Rogers, with biographical sketches by Phil Schaap ’73. This innovative children’s book offers biographical sketches and poetry about great American jazz artists (Candlewick, $24.99).

National Cleansing: Retribution Against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia by Benjamin Frommer ’91. This comprehensive history and analysis of Czechoslovakia after WWII covers the prosecution of war crimes and political conditions that led to the country’s transition to communism (Cambridge University Press, $27.99).

Europe in the Era of Two World Wars: From Militarism and Genocide to Civil Society, 1900–1950 by Volker R. Berghahn, Seth Low Professor of History. An exploration into the causes of violence, war and civil war throughout Europe, this book discusses how a capitalist mode of society brought stability and peace (Princeton University Press, $24.95).

The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization by Richard W. Bulliet, professor of history. In this new perspective on the shared histories of Islam and Christianity, Bulliet describes the development of their global influences and evaluates the problematic relationship between the two (Columbia University Press, $18.95).

The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch by Kenneth Koch, late professor of poetry. This publication is an anthology of all the poems from Koch’s 10 collections, beginning with his early works in the 1950s through 2002, the year he died (Knopf, $40).

Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions by Annie Duke ’87 with David Diamond

Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions by Annie Duke ’87 with David Diamond. The only woman to win two major poker tournaments in one year, Duke describes her unexpected road to poker’s high life and offers playing tips (Hudson Street Press, $24.95).

Global Justice edited by Thomas W. Pogge, professor of philosophy. Pogge collects a variety of work from international writers that addresses contemporary moral issues of global justice, including political and moral responsibilities for countries in the emerging global order (Blackwell Publishing, $35.95).

The Bop Apocalypse: The Religious Visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs by John Lardas. This reprint of Lardas’ popular biography of Beat religiosity describes how the works of Jack Kerouac ’44, Allen Ginsberg ’48 and William Burroughs reflected their new religious outlooks (University of Illinois Press, $39.95).

Carmen Jo Ponce ’08  

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