Shelf life

Ken Wlaschin ’56, director of creative affairs at the American Film Institute, documents the almost-forgotten history of silent film scores in The Silent Cinema in Song 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings (McFarland & Co.). Jean Hanff Korelitz ’83 explores the frightening parallels between work and life faced by a Princeton admissions officer in her fourth novel, Admission (Grand Central Publishing). John T. Scott ’85, a professor of political science at the University of California, Davis, coauthors a chronicle of the friendship, exchange of ideas and eventual dis- enchantment of two influential thinkers in The Philosophers’ Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Demise of a Famous Friendship (yale university Press). Peter Golenbock ’67 works from 25 years of extensive interviews to collect a detailed biography of former yankees owner George Steinbrenner in George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire (Wiley). George W. Liebmann ’60 chronicles the work of practical diplomats with detailed knowledge of local conditions, culture and history of the countries in which they served in Diplomacy Between the Wars: Five Diplomats and the Shaping of the Modern World (Palgrave macmillan). Richard Gordon ’62, who has spent more than 20 years evaluating and teaching in public inner-city schools, presents a frank assessment of violence, race and low pupil achievement in The Emperor Has No Clothes! The Crisis in American Inner City Schools (OutskirtsPress). Steve Brosnihan ’83 and Richard Goldman ’83 offer instruction on drawing 26 cartoon figures based on the letters of the alphabet in Anyone Can Draw Cartoonagrams (Fly by Knight Designs).