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Title Author Class Year Publication Genre Publication Year Role(s)
The Oracle Ari Juels Ph.D. '91 1991 Fiction 2024 Alumni
Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA Mr. Benjamin A. Kaplan (Ben) '09 2009 Non-Fiction 2024 Alumni
White Elephant Technology: 50 Crazy Inventions That Should Never Have Been Built and What We Can Learn From Them Mr. John J. Geoghegan III '79 1979 Non-Fiction 2024 Alumni
Education Lead(her)ship: Advancing Women in K–12 Ms. Jennie M. Weiner '00 2000 Non-Fiction 2023 Alumni
Traveling On Michael Robbins M.D. '55 1955 Poetry 2023 Alumni
The Silver Women: How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal Joan V. Flores Ph.D. '10 2010 2023 Alumni
Sharing Yerba Mate: How South America's Most Popular Drink Defined a Region Dr. Rebekah E. Pite (Beka) '95 1995 Non-Fiction 2023 Alumni
The Human Difference Michael Robbins M.D. '55 1955 Non-Fiction 2023 Alumni
What Makes Humans Unique Michael Robbins M.D. '55 1955 Non-Fiction 2023 Alumni
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
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