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Summer 2011
Boston College Magazine has received notice of the following new books by faculty, alumni, and staff:
FACULTY
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: A New Translation, translated Susan D. Collins and Robert C. Bartlett, Behrakis Professor of Hellenic Political Studies (University of Chicago Press, 2011)
»Robert C. Bartlett’s faculty page
Soundings in the Christian Mystical Tradition, by Harvey D. Egan, SJ, professor emeritus of theology (Liturgical Press, 2011)
»Faculty page of Harvey D. Egan, SJ
Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics, by Nelson W. Polsby, Aaron Wildavsky, Steven E. Schier, and David Hopkins, assistant professor of political science (Rowman and Littlefield, 2011)
»David Hopkins’s faculty page
On the Trail of Harry Potter, by Vera Lee, professor emerita of Romance languages and literatures (Pitapat Press, 2011)
»More on On the Trail of Harry Potter
The Empire Reformed: English America in the Age of the Glorious Revolution, by Owen Stanwood, assistant professor of history (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011)
»Owen Stanwood’s faculty page
Political Evil: What It Is and How to Combat It, by Alan Wolfe, professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life (Knopf, 2011)
»Alan Wolfe’s faculty page
ALUMNI
Historic Churches, Synagogues, and Spiritual Places of Eastern Maine, by James Harnedy ’53 and Jane Harnedy (The History Press, 2011)
»More on Historic Churches, Synagogues, and Spiritual Places of Eastern Maine
Deviant Shelter: Year Three of the New Social System, by Tom O’Connell ’54 (Sanctuary Unlimited, 2010)
»Tom O’Connell’s website
From Fear to Serenity with Anthony de Mello, by Thomas G. Casey, SJ, and Margaret Brennan Hassett, NC’62 (Paulist Press, 2011)
»Listen to an interview with the authors, from America magazine
Pick Up Your Own Brass: Leadership the FBI Way, by Kathleen McChesney and William Gavin ’63 (Potomac Books, 2011)
»More on Pick Up Your Own Brass
The Charlestown Connection, by Tom MacDonald, MBA’63 (Oceanview Publishing, 2011)
»Tom MacDonald’s website
Jesse’s Ghost, by Frank Bergon ’65 (Heyday Books, 2011)
»Frank Bergon’s website
Black Diamond, by John F. Dobbyn, JD’65 (Oceanview Publishing, 2011)
»John F. Dobbyn’s website
The Mindset Lists of American History: From Typewriters to Text Messages, What Ten Generations of Americans Think is Normal, by Tom McBridge and Ron Nief ’65 (John Wiley and Sons, 2011)
»More on The Mindset Lists of American History
The Day Job, by Tim O’Leary ’66, JD’69 (Troy Book Makers, 2010)
»More on The Day Job
Escape, by Barbara Delinsky, MA’69 (Doubleday, 2011)
»Barbara Delinsky’s website
The Schoolmaster’s Daughter, by John Smolens ’72 (Pegasus Books, 2011)
»John Smolens’s website
Nationalism in Europe and America: Politics, Cultures, and Identities Since 1775, by Lloyd Kramer, MA’73 (University of North Carolina Press, 2011)
»Lloyd Kramer’s faculty page, from the University of North Carolina
The American Mortgage System: Crisis and Reform, edited by Susan M. Wachter, Ph.D.’74, and Marvin M. Smith (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011)
»Susan M. Wachter’s faculty page, from the University of Pennsylvania
Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque, by Richard K. Sherwin, JD’81 (Routledge, 2011)
»Richard K. Sherwin’s faculty page, from New York Law School
In Leah’s Wake: A Novel, by Terri Giuliano Long ’95 (CreateSpace, 2010)
»Terri Giuliano Long’s website
Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan ’99 (Columbia University Press, 2011)
»Maria Stephan’s faculty page, from American University
STAFF
I’d Rather Eat Live Spiders: A Definitive Guide to Becoming a Successful Speaker, by John Feudo ’82, associate vice president for alumni relations (CASE, 2011)
»More on I’d Rather Eat Live Spiders
