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Title Author Class Year Publication Genre Publication Year Role(s)
Breaking Ranks: How the Rankings Industry Rules Higher Education and What to Do about It Non-Fiction 2022
SceneWriting: The Missing Manual for Screenwriters Mr. Christopher H. Perry (Chris) '92 1992 2022 Alumni, Parent/Guardian, Parent/Guardian
Imagine a City: A Pilot's Journey Across the Urban World Mr. Mark A. Vanhoenacker '96 1996 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Midflight Poetry 2022
Garden of Eloquence Dr. Eric P. Henry '72 1972 2022 Alumni
A Universe of Terms: Religion in Visual Metaphor Ms. Emilie G. Flamme '20 2020 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Pan Am Ferry Tales: A World War II Aviation Memoir Mr. Peter H. Schmitt '80 1980 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Orphans of Canland Mr. Daniel M. Vitale '15 2015 2022 Alumni
When Giants Ruled the Sky: The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship Mr. John J. Geoghegan III '79 1979 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Lost and Found Richard H. Rodman M.D. '77 1977 Fiction 2022 Alumni, Parent/Guardian, Parent/Guardian
Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms, and Party Lines The Reverend Mark M. Beckwith '73 1973 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Awakenings: American Jewish Transformations in Identity, Leadership, and Belonging Rabbi Joshua M. Stanton (Josh) '08 2008 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven Mr. Nathaniel I. Miller '01 2001 Fiction 2022 Alumni
The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make Mr. Ronald B. Lieber (Ron) '93 1993 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
Seeing Silicon Valley: Life inside a Fraying America Ms. Mary B. Meehan (Mary Beth) '89 1989 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
The First Christmas: A Novel: A Story of New Beginnings Mr. Stephen Mitchell '64 1964 Fiction 2021 Alumni
No Small Comfort Mr. Brian J. Simoneau '99 1999 Poetry 2021 Alumni
Endings & Beginnings: Family Essays Dr. DeWitt P. Henry '63 1963 2021 Alumni
Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe: The Deluge of 1919 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare) Dr. Eliza J. Ablovatski '93 1993 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
The Weekday Vegetarians: 100 Recipes and a Real-Life Plan for Eating Less Meat: A Cookbook Ms. Jenny Rosenstrach (Jenny) '93 1993 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
Can't Let Go Raphael T. Tshibangu M.D. '74 1974 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age Dr. Deborah M. Applegate (Debby) '89 1989 2021 Alumni
Female Husbands: A Trans History Jen Manion Non-Fiction 2021 Faculty
The Carpenter Fiction 2021
Hour of the Witch Mr. Chris Bohjalian '82 1982 Fiction 2021 Alumni, Others