new books and media

The Admiral’s Daughter (Posted on June 9, 2009)

By Tom Milton ’62

(Nepperhan Press) This novel is about conflict between Kristy McKay, young woman from Mississippi living in New York who is active in the civil rights movement of the early 1960s, and her father, retired admiral and white supremacist that is fighting...

Crystal and Arabesque: Claude Bragdon, Ornament, and Modern Architecture (Posted on June 9, 2009)

By Jonathan Massey ’91 *01

(University of Pittsburgh Press) Based on the previously unpublished work of architect Claude Bragdon, this study reconsiders Bragdon’s geometric “projective ornament” style and its influence on modern architecture. A contemporary and rival of Frank Lloyd...

Walk the Trails In and Around Princeton (Posted on June 9, 2009)

By Sophie Schindler Glovier ’87

(Sign of the Fox LLC) This pocket-sized guide to 16 walks on trails in and around Princeton includes trail maps, 16 color postcards, and other photographs of local open space. With over 25 percent of Princeton preserved, the town has more than 1,000 acres and...

Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption, and One Woman’s Fight to Restore Justice to All (Posted on June 9, 2009)

By Sunny Schwartz with David Boodell ’93

(Scribner) This book tells the story of Sunny Schwartz’s work in the criminal justice system and how she is helping to transform the San Francisco jails and the criminals incarcerated. After attending law school and working in the criminal justice system,...

Living Beyond War: A Citizen’s Guide (Posted on June 9, 2009)

By Winslow Myers ’62

(Orbis Books) Myers dares to dream of a world without war. In the midst of the Iraq and Afghanistan War this may seem hopelessly unrealistic but Myers argues what is truly unrealistic is the idea that war is a solution to the conflicts of the world. This book...

River of No Return (Posted on June 9, 2009)

By Laura McPhee ’80

(Yale University Press) This collection of photographs depicts the landscape and life in one of the last remote places of the American West: central Idaho’s Sawtooth Valley. McPhee uses a large-format view camera, following a 19th-century artistic practice,...

One Tablet Daily: Based on a True Story (Posted on June 9, 2009)

By Tenley Eakin ’07

(AuthorHouse) This novel is based on the author’s experience at boarding school, Philips Academy in Andover, and her acceptance and transition into Princeton University. Eakin is a special education teacher in Flagstaff, Ariz.

first things first
(Posted on June 9, 2009)

(New Amsterdam Records) Graduate student Judd Greenstein composed two songs — “Escape” and “The Night Gatherers” — on this debut recording for violist Nadia Sirota, an “indie-classical” musician in New York. Greenstein is a New York-based composer,...

Fortress
(Posted on June 9, 2009)

(Levels and Lines and Blink Music) This 11-song debut album by singer-songwriter and pianist Aaron Jackson ’02 features all original compositions in a pop-rock style with hints of jazz and world music. The album will be released in stages. Currently it is...