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| MAY/JUNE 2004 VOLUME 106 NUMBER 6 | Authors |
AN ALCHEMY OF MIND by Diane Ackerman, MA '73, MFA '77, PhD '79 (Scribner). Drawing not only on both sides of the brain but on the latest research in neuroscience, poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman delves into the five-pound universe between our ears to examine such mysteries as consciousness, dreams, emotion, language acquisition, memory, the effects of trauma, the uniqueness of Shakespeare, the difference between male and female brains, and the nature of identity.
CLINTON & ME by Mark Katz '86 (Miramax).With irreverent
wit, political satirist Mark Katz chronicles his experiences as the
in-house joke writer for the Clinton White House. He maps the
bumpy road that took him from a job as a speechwriter for
Michael Dukakis through a disastrous turn in advertising and on
to his post in the West Wing.
STATE-BUILDING by
Francis Fukuyama '74 (Cornell University Press). Francis Fukuyama predicted "the end of history" with
the
ascendancy of liberal democracy and global capitalism in The End
of History and the Last Man. Now he addresses the building of
new nation-states. Fukuyama discusses how to transfer workable
public institutions to developing countries in ways that will benefit
their citizens, as well as the consequences of weak states for
international order.
WINDOW
ON CONGRESS: A CONGRESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
OF BARBER B. CON-ABLE JR. by James S. Fleming (University
of Rochester Press). A professor of political science at the
Rochester Institute of Technology examines the career of the late
Barber B. Conable Jr. '43, BA '42, LLB '48, who served
twenty years
as a representative from western New York, became the ranking
Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, played a critical
role in the Watergate investigation, and led the World Bank as president
before he retired.
SMALL
WORLD: A MICROCOSMIC JOURNEY by Brad Herzog
'90 (Pocket Books). In a follow-up to his travelogue States of
Mind, longtime CAM contributor Brad Herzog takes the reader
on a journey through the world of stories along America's highways,
where he encounters a cast of characters including devout
ranchers, devoted nudists, miners, migrants, artists, activists, hillbillies,
hippies, hermits, and Hare Krishnas.
PASSING
FOR THIN by Frances Kuffel, MFA '83 (Broadway
Books). Literary agent Frances Kuffel had struggled with her
weight all her life until, at age forty-two and 313 pounds,
she began the process of losing 188 pounds, a project that took
two years. Transformed at last into the "normal" woman she
always dreamed of becoming, Kuffel found herself unprepared for
life among the thin.
Recently Published | Non-fiction
RE-IMAGINE by Tom Peters '64, BS '65, ME '66 (DK Publishers). Management guru Peters sounds the call for innovation in business. He foresees small professional service firms as the wave of the future, discusses the untapped financial power of women, and stresses the need to restructure the American education system.
BEATING THE BLUES by Susan Lang '72, BS HE '71, and Michael E. Thase (Oxford University Press). Cornell science writer Lang and Dr. Thase, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, show how chronic mild depression can in most cases be readily and permanently cured through a combination of medication and therapy.
ART-SITES SAN FRANCISCO by Sidra Stich '65 (University of California Press). An in-depth guide to the best museums, galleries, and other San Francisco venues that show innovative work by local and international artists.
FOR THE BIRDS by Randolph Scott Little '62 (Little). A history of the genesis and development of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
VIRGINIA WOOLF AS FEMINIST by Naomi Black '55 (Cornell University Press). A professor emerita of political science and women's studies at York University (Toronto) argues that Virginia Woolf 's Three Guineas is not only a book about war but the clearest presentation of Woolf 's feminism.
POLLING TO GOVERN by Diane J. Heith '92 (Stanford Law & Politics). A professor of government and politics at St. John's University dissects the public-opinion polling practices of six presidential administrations, from Nixon through Clinton, and contends that polls do not affect presidential decisions to the extent that some observers claim.
HEALTHY TRANSITIONS by Neil Shulman and Edmund S. Kim '85 (Prometheus Books). A user-friendly guide to the experience of menopause.
Recently Published | Fiction
MISDEMEANOR MAN by Dylan Schaffer '86 (Bloomsbury). A comic legal thriller about a reluctant public defender--and lead singer for a Barry Manilow cover band--who uncovers corruption in his Northern California city.