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Winter 2005
Boston College Magazine has received notice of the following books by BC faculty, alumni, and staff:
Faculty
Alphabetical by Author
The Transatlantic Constitution: Colonial Legal Culture and the Empire, by Mary Sarah Bilder, professor of law (Harvard, 2004)
» Mary Sarah Bilder’s faculty page
Denying and Disclosing God: The Ambiguous Progress of Modern Atheism, by Michael J. Buckley, SJ, professor of theology (Yale, 2004)
» Faculty page of Michael J. Buckley, SJ
Pondering the Passion: What’s at Stake for Christians and Jews?, edited by Philip A. Cunningham, executive director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning (Sheed & Ward, 2004)
» Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
Regime Change Begins At Home: Freeing America from Corporate Rule, by Charles Derber, professor of sociology (Berrett-Koehler, 2004)
» Charles Derber’s faculty page
Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism, by Jeanne Guillemin, professor of sociology (Columbia, 2004)
» Jeanne Guillemin’s faculty page
Negotiating Outside the Law: Why Camp David Failed, by Raymond G. Helmick, SJ, part-time faculty member of the theology department (Pluto Press, 2004)
» More on Raymond G. Helmick, SJ, from the Chronicle
Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, edited by Kenneth R. Himes, OFM, professor of theology (Georgetown, 2004)
» Faculty page of Kenneth R. Himes, OFM
Habits of Devotion: Catholic Religious Practice in Twentieth-Century America, edited by James O’Toole, professor of history (Cornell, 2004)
» James O’Toole’s faculty page
Common Calling: The Laity & Governance of the Catholic Church, edited by Stephen J. Pope, associate professor of theology (Georgetown, 2004)
» Stephen J. Pope’s faculty page
Ireland in the New Century, edited by Robert J. Savage, Jr., codirector of Irish Studies (Four Courts, 2004)
» Robert J. Savage, Jr.’s faculty page
Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture, by Juliet Schor, professor of sociology (Scribner, 2004)
» Juliet Schor’s faculty page
» “America’s Most Wanted,” BCM, Fall 2004
Alumni
Chronological by Year of Degree
Can God & Caesar Coexist? Balancing Religious Freedom & International Law, by Robert F. Drinan, SJ, ’42, MA’45 (Yale, 2004)
» An interview with Robert F. Drinan, SJ
A Collection of Friends, a memoir by Thomas Sheehan ’56 (Pocol, 2004)
» Review in Small Spiral Notebook
The Easiest Thing in the World: The Uncollected Fiction of George V. Higgins [’61, JD’67], edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli (Carroll & Graf, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Winter 2005
The Steps of Pittsburgh: Portrait of a City, by Bob Regan ’62, MS’67, with photographs by Tim Fabian (Local History Company, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Fall 2004
Sail Away Ladies: Stories of Cape Cod Women in the Age of Sail, by Jim Coogan ’66 (Harvest Home, 2003 and 2005)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Winter 2005
The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times: New Perspectives on the Transformative Wisdom of Ignatius of Loyola, by Dean Brackley, SJ, ’70 (Crossroad, 2004)
» More by Dean Brackley, SJ
Kansas Charley: The Boy Murderer, by Joan Jacobs Brumberg MA’71 (Penguin, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Winter 2005
» “A Boy’s End,” BCM, Winter 2005
Cliffs AP Physics B & C, by James R. Centorino ’71 (Wiley & Sons, 2004)
» Centorino Productions
Optimal Aging Manual: Your Guide From Experts in Medicine, Law, and Finance, edited by Dr. Kevin W. O’Neil ’72 and Renno L. Peterson (Optimal Aging, LLC, 2004)
» OptimalAging.com
Living to Tell About It: A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character Narration, by James Phelan ’72 (Cornell, 2005)
» James Phelan’s Ohio State faculty page
Five Uneasy Pieces: American Ethics in a Globalized World, by Mark Gibney ’74 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
» Mark Gibney’s UNC Asheville faculty page
Minding the Corporate Checkbook: A Manager’s Guide to Executing Successful Business Investments by Steven A. Kursh ’75 (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2004)
» Read the first chapter of Minding the Corporate Checkbook
Fisherman’s Son, a novel by Joseph M. Orlando ’75 (Xlibris, 2004)
» More on Joseph Orlando
Death by Renaissance, poems by Paola Corso ’79 (Bottom Dog, 2004)
Boomer’s Guide to Divorce (and a New Life), by Marlene M. Browne ’83 (Alpha, 2004)
» Marlene Browne writes about her book
Winning Clients in a Wired World: 7 Strategies for Growing Your Business Using Technology and the Web by Kip Gregory ’83 (Wiley & Sons, 2004)
» The Winning Clients website
Pellie Runs A Marathon, a children’s book by Michele Bredice Craemer ’85 (Power Pack Presentations, 2003)
» More from the Boston Globe
Under Oath, a novel by Margaret McLean ’88, JD’91 (Hot House Press, 2004)
» Under Oath website
Prince of Thieves, a novel by Chuck Hogan ’89 (Scribner, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Fall 2004
Double Endorsement, a novel by Andrew McAleer ’90 (Protea, 2003)
» More on Andrew McAleer
Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870–1900, by Julie Husband and Jim O’Loughlin MA’91 (Greenwood Press, 2004)
» Jim O’Loughlin’s University of Northern Iowa faculty page
Love in the Asylum, a novel by Lisa Carey ’92 (William Morrow, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Fall 2004
Solovki: The Story of Russia Told Through Its Most Remarkable Islands, by Roy R. Robson Ph.D.’92 (Yale, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Fall 2004
Raspberry Crush, a novel by Jill Winters ’98 (New American Library, 2004)
» Jill Winters’s website
Asian American X: An Intersection of 21st Century Asian American Voices, edited by Arar Han ’03 and John Hsu (Michigan, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Winter 2005
“Fear Was Not in Him”—The Civil War Letters of Major General Francis C. Barlow, U.S.A., edited by Christian G. Samito Ph.D.’07 (Fordham, 2004)
» “A Reader’s Notes,” Fall 2004
