Books by Alums
Nasty, Brutish, and Short is a collection of irreverent essays about life overseas.
In the spring of 2004, army reservist and public affairs officer Steven J. Alvarez waited to be called up as the U.S. military stormed Baghdad and deposed Saddam Hussein.
Kenneth Kaunda, the United States and Southern Africa carefully examines US policy towards the southern African region between 1974, when Portugal granted independence to its colonies of Angola and Mozambique, and 1984, the last full year of the Reagan administration's Constructive Engagement approach.
In 1959 when her mother dies, twelve-year-old Ayumi leaves her home in Japan to find her American father. Biracial, she is confronted with a resentful half-sister and a racist stepmother. She wants to be accepted by her new family, but how much of her true self must she give up? Ayumi’s only solace is her music. When she is deprived of her violin, she shocks even herself by doing the unthinkable.
Idols and Underdogs: An anthology of Latin American football fiction is a collection of 11 stories from each country in the South American World Cup qualifying group, plus Mexico. It includes some of the most prestigious names in Latin American literature.
Caregiving is the “new normal” for nearly forty-three million Americans who will relate to An Elder Care Journey: A View From the Front Lines with tears, laughter, sighs, outrage and nods of acknowledgement. Laura Katz Olson, a researcher of elder care, finds her studies inconveniently interrupted by a real person with ever-increasing demands—her own mother.
Modern Poisons introduces the uninitiated reader to some of the subtleties and nuances of toxicology, as well as some of the most pressing challenges created by chemicals today.
Enhanced with family photographs and skillfully edited, Will's diaries, short story, and candid 1910 memoir describe the travails of taking an uncommon route to the Yukon over the White Pass and Tutshi Trails. This narrative highlights the camaraderie and cooperation among working-class men.
Short and Sweet is a collection of provocative poems, twenty years in the making.
Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth’s land surface and are home to about 12 percent of the global population.