#DEATHtweet Book01: A Well Lived Life through 140 Perspectives on Death and its Teachings (Posted on Feb. 17, 2011)

By Tim Tosta ‘71

(THINKaha) In this book, Tosta, an attorney and cancer survivor, presents a series of tweets dealing with death. He uses his experiences confronting death to defuse the mysteries surrounding it. He also presents death’s teachings, and how understanding them...

Staten Island: Or, Life in the Boroughs (Posted on Feb. 17, 2011)

By John Byron Kuhner ’98

(Crumpled Press) Kuhner, a fifth-generation New Yorker born and raised in Queens, presents a portrait of Staten Island from its earliest days to today. Looming over his Staten Island includes the decay of our ideals and the ghosts of Whitman, Thoreau,...

Principles of the American Republic: An Essay on Government (Posted on Feb. 17, 2011)

By Dan Schwartz ‘72

(Sturdy Oak Press) In this essay, Schwartz explores the main principles of American government that the framers incorporated into the Constitution and traces the changes in those principles as well as the implications for our society. Schwartz posits that in...

Claiming Others: Transracial Adoption and National Belonging (Posted on Feb. 17, 2011)

By Mark Jerng ’98

(University of Minnesota Press) In this study, Jerng traces the history of adoption to the early 19th century, revealing its centrality to American literature, law, and social thought. He rethinks the parent-child bond as central to issues of race and...

Psychic Intuition: Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask but Were Afraid to Know (Posted on Feb. 17, 2011)

By Nancy du Tertre ’78

(CreateSpace) In this book, du Tertre looks to explain psychic ability using science, linguists, psychology, logic, and neuroscience, as well as her own experiences. Throughout the book, she addresses questions such as Why women are more intuitive than men?...

The Money Culture (Posted on Feb. 7, 2011)

By Michael Lewis ’82

(W.W. Norton & Co.) In this book, originally published in 1991, Lewis documents turbulent financial scene of 1980s. He recounts various stories from decade, detailing lives of primary players in era, as well as main events, like...

A Moveable Feast: Life-Changing Food Adventures Around the World (Posted on Feb. 7, 2011)

By Don George ’75 (editor)

(Lonely Planet Publications) In this anthology, George has collected 38 short essays by chefs, food critics, poets, and travel writers, who recount their travel experiences and how food played a role in the most memorable of them. All these stories illustrate...

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