EDITOR’S PICKS

ROBERT L. GRENIER ’76

88 Days to Kandahar

Simon & Schuster

Double dealing, spies, bureaucratic infighting, Osama bin Laden and Tora Bora all play a part in the former Is- lamabad CIA station chief’s account of the U.S. effort to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban and install Hamid Karzai as president in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It’s a compelling in- sider’s memoir of what it was like to be a top spy at war in the uncertain world after the towers fell.

CHRISTINE CARTER ’94

The Sweet Spot

Ballantine Books

Sociologist and “happiness expert” Carter follows her 2011 bestseller Raising Happiness with a new guide to finding peace and energy in the mayhem of everyday life. Incorpo- rating tips on technology use, pri- oritizing and knowing when to say “yes,” she offers a guide to living with strength and ease.

JONATHAN WALDMAN ’00

Rust

Simon & Schuster

Journalist Waldman traveled from Florida to Alaska to detail the fierce, ongoing fight against what the Pentagon refers to as a pervasive menace. It’s a “detailed, fun read with a valuable reminder that every seemingly irrelevant item we take for granted each day is front and center for someone else,” according to Publishers Weekly.

JONATHAN MINGLE ’01

Fire and Ice

St. Martin’s Press

Environmental journalist Mingle tackles the history of black carbon to explain what its devastating ef- fects on Himalayan glaciers and their surrounding villages could mean for the world at large. Called “top-notch on-the-ground-reporting” by envi- ronmentalist Bill McKibben, Fire and Ice looks at both the fires that sus- tain and those that destroy.

KABIR SEHGAL ’05

Coined

Grand Central Publishing

J.P. Morgan associate Sehgal surveys the origins and significance of cur- rency in his examination of money’s crucial role in global discourse. He offers a history of coinage and a reflection on the human psyche in this “lively account with an uncon- ventional viewpoint,” according to Kirkus Reviews.

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