Books and Music Noted
FICTION
Mister Posterior and the Genius Child
By Emily Jenkins ’89
Berkley Books, 2002
The Quality of Life Report
By Meghan Daum ’92
Viking Press, 2003
Ecstacy: An Alex Bernier Mystery
By Beth Saulnier ’90
Warner Books/Mysterious Press, 2003
Miracle Girl
By Keith Scribner ’84
Riverhead Books, 2003
12 Bliss Street
By Martha Conway ’86
St. Martins Press, 2003
Swell: An Anthology of Comics
Edited by Peter S. Conrad ’91
Infospect Press, 2002
The True Meaning of Cleavage
By Mariah Fredericks ’88
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
By Carolyn Mackler ’95
Candlewick Press, 2003
Tomie’s Chair
By Josey [Siew-Phaik] Foo ’85
Kaya Press, 2002
NONFICTION
Zen for Christians: A Beginner’s Guide
By Kimberly Boykin ’87
Jossey-Bass, 2003
Marketing Training & Development
By Sophie Liebman Oberstein ’87
ASTD Press, 2003
Wisdom’s Blossoms: Tales of the Saints of India
By Doug Glener ’86 and Sarat Komaragiri
Shambhala, 2002
Fiscal Policy in Urban Education
By Chris Roellke, assistant professor of education
Information Age Publishing, 2002
Hidden Meanings:
A Study of the Founding Symbols of Civilization
By Laird Scranton ’75
Xlibris, 2003
Watermarks in Rembrandt’s Prints
By Nancy Ash ’72 and Shelley Fletcher
National Gallery of Art, 1998
Top Ten Boston
By Jonathan Schultz ’00
Dorling Kindersley, 2003
77 Habits of Highly Creative Designers
by Sarah Lynch ’97, including an interview with Robert Cole ’74
Rockport Publishers, 2003
Dog Days and Dandelions:
A Lively Guide to the Animal Meanings Behind Everyday Words
By Martha Barnette ’81
St. Martin’s Press, 2003
The Victorian Artist:
Artists’ Lifewritings in Britain, ca. 1870-1910
By Julie F. Codell ’67
Cambridge University Press, 2003
Imperial Co-Histories: National Identities and the British and Colonial Press
Edited by Julie F. Codell ’67
Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 2003
Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Engravings, Etchings, and Woodcuts
By Susan Dackerman ’86
Penn State University Press, 2002
Race and Nation in Modern Latin America
Edited by Nancy P. Appelbaum ’88, Anne S. MacPherson, and Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt
University of North Carolina Press, 2003
At the Crossroads: Indians & Empires on a Mid-Atlantic Frontier, 1700-1763
By Jane T. Merritt ’81
University of North Carolina Press, 2003
The Herndons: An Atlanta Family
By Carole Merritt ’62
The University of Georgia Press, 2002
Muddied Waters: Race, Religion, and Local History in Columbia, 1846-1948
By Nancy P. Appelbaum ’88
Duke University Press, 2003
MUSIC
The newly released CD, QUARTETS 3 and 4, plus CANZONA for Horn and Quartet (Albany Records), features the Chicago String Quartet with Gail Williams on horn performing Professor of Music Richard Wilson’s original works. For more information, visit www.albanyrecords.com.