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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
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
37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination Ms. Sharon E. Boschert (Sherry) '78 1978 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Breaking Ranks: How the Rankings Industry Rules Higher Education and What to Do about It Mr. Colin S. Diver '65 1965 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni, Others
That Is Not Your Mind!: Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra Dr. Robert L. Rosenbaum '73 1973 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Wildseed Witch Ms. Marti A. Dumas '98 1998 Fiction 2022 Alumni
Liberty's Chain: Slavery, Abolition, and the Jay Family of New York Dr. David N. Gellman (Dave) '88 1988 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Seven Sublimes Dr. David E. Nye '68 1968 Non-Fiction 2022 Alumni
Alzheimer's Canyon 2022
Kubrick's Men Dr. Richard Rambuss (Rick) '83 1983 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
Immersed: The California Houses of Feldman Architecture Mr. Jonathan H. Feldman (Jon) '89 1989 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
Killer Time Mr. William E. Glassman (Bill) '69 1969 Fiction 2021 Alumni
You've Reached Sam: A Novel Fiction 2021
Keep Smiling: An American Business in Post-embargo Vietnam Mr. Richard N. McCombs '69 1969 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni
Manhunter Mr. Walter M. Simonson '68 1968 Fiction 2021 Alumni
Rip Saw Mr. Walter Marks '55 1955 Fiction 2021 Alumni
And The Stars Kept Watch The Reverend Peter A. Friedrichs '79 1979 2021 Alumni
Fast-Starting a Career of Consequence: Practical Christ-Centered Advice for Entering or Re-entering the WorkforceFast-Starting a Career of Consequence: Practical Christ-Centered Advice for Entering or Re-entering the Workforce Mr. Frederick J. Sievert (Fred) '70 1970 2021 Alumni
Place of Privilege: Young, Black and in an Unexpected Place of Privilege Mr. Mark S. Robinson '78 1978 2021 Alumni
Spin: A Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story Mr. Peter A. Zheutlin '75 1975 2021 Alumni
We the Gamers: How Games Teach Ethics and Civics Dr. Karen L. Schrier (Kat) '99 1999 Non-Fiction 2021 Alumni