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NOTABLE NEW BOOKS BY ALUMNI
Edward K. Muller '65, history professor and director of Urban Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, introduces a collection of Bernard DeVoto's essays on environmental conservation in DeVoto's West: History,Conservation, and the Public Good (Swallow Press).
Dave Mangelsdorff '67, a professor of health care administration at U.S. Army-Baylor University Medical Center, traces how the behavioral and social sciences helped address national security challenges in Psychologyin the Service of National Security (American Psychological Association).
Caroline Preston '75, the manuscript librarian at Houghton Library at Harvard & Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, imagines the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald's first love, Ginerva King, in Gatsby'sGirl (Houghton Mifflin).
Rick Spier 78, tells the story of ayoung introspective boy and his relationship with his father in a work of historical fiction set in 19th-century Ireland with O'Sullivan'sOdyssey (Moon Donkey Press).
John Fanestil '83, a pastor at the United Methodist Church in La Mesa, California, and a graduate of Claremont School of Theology, shares his experiences as a pastor to introduce an historic Christian way of approaching the end of life in Mrs.Hunter's Happy Death (Doubleday).
Ted Demopoulos '83, an independent consultant in high technology, offers a guide to how businesses can tap into the power of blogs in Blogging for Business (Kaplan Publishing).
Matthew Dickerson '85, a computer science professor at Middlebury College and director of the New England Young Writers Conference at Breadloaf, explores the fantasy genre from a Christian viewpoint in From Homer to Harry Potter:A Handbook onMyth and Fantasy (Brazos Press).
Allison Moir-Smith '89, a psychotherapist and founder of Emotionally Engaged Counseling for Brides, offers a guide to the unexpected emotions that can come with an engagement in Emotionally Engaged:ABride's Guide to Surviving the "Happiest" Timeof Her Life (Hudson Street Press).
Lisa D. McGill '95, who received her doctorate in American studies at Yale University and is the principal of LM Strategies Consulting, a diversity and equity firm in Chicago, Illinois, explores the formation of Caribbean-American identity in the United States after World War II in ConstructingBlack Selves (New York University Press).
Kathy Grayson '02, gallery director with Deitch Projects in N.Y.C., profiles more than 30 of the most exciting art, music and fashion personalities who are changing artmaking in New York as co-editor of LiveThrough This: New York in the Year 2005 (Deitch Projects).
