EDITOR’S PICKS

WILLIAM MORGAN ’66

A Simpler Way of Life

NORTH COUNTRY BOOKS

<<< Morgan, who writes on historic and contemporary American architecture, collaborates with architectural photographer Trevor Tondro in a stunning look at the vernacular farmhouse. He charts the evolution of design across two centuries with a close examination of 19 rustic farmhouses in New England and New York.

PETER STARK ’76

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire

ECCO/HARPERCOLLINS

<<< Adventure writer Stark offers a thrilling tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic three-year journey to establish the first American settlement in the Pacific Northwest and open up what would become the Oregon trail. “A breathtaking account of an expedition that changed the geography of a young nation,” according to Booklist.

JEAN H. KORELITZ ’83 You Should Have Known

GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING

<<< The author of Admission fol- lows a therapist who cautions her female patients to stop deluding themselves—until her perfect life is undone with a series of terrible revelations. “This excellent literary mystery [unfolds] with authentic de- tail in a rarified contemporary Man- hattan,” notes Publishers Weekly in a starred review. “Intriguing and beautiful.”

BRIGID PASULKA ’94

The Sun and Other Stars

SIMON & SCHUSTER

<<< Pasulka follows her PEN/ Hemingway Award-winning debut novel with a celebratory tale about loss, families and community set in a resort town on the Italian Riviera. According to Kirkus Reviews, she “scores a refreshing success with her affectionate portrait of a small-town community and her fresh angle on an aching heart.”

TOM ZOELLNER, ADV’14

Train

VIKING ADULT

<<< Chapman University English professor and former reporter Zoellner chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of railway technology that changed the world.

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