 |
| · · · · · · · · · |
|
Pomona College Magazine is published three times a year by Pomona College
550 N. College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711
Online Editor: Mark Kendall
For editorial matters:
Editor: Mark Wood
Phone: (909) 621-8158
Fax: (909) 621-8203
PCM Editorial Guidelines
Contact Alumni Records for changes of address, class notes, or notice
of births or deaths.
Phone: (909) 621-8635
Fax: (909) 621-8535
Email: alumni@pomona.edu
|
|
| · · · · · · · · · |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bookmarks
Echo Lake Reflections:
A Photographic and Historical Journey
Through stories and images from three generations, Peter Caldwell ’61
captures the beauty
and sentiment of Echo Lake in the High Sierras.
Taote Publishing, 2004 • 176 pages • $29.95
The Poisoned Weed: Plants Toxic to Skin
Donald G. Crosby ’50, founder of the Environmental Toxicology Department
at UC Davis,
provides the first comprehensive book about “dermatoxic” plants.
Oxford University Press, 2004 • 288 pages • $59.95
Travels with Turtle: From Oregon to Nova Scotia and Return
Whether tracking moose in Maine or birds in Bosque del Apache Wildlife
Refuge, Harriet
Denison ’65 lets whim guide her and her van, Turtle, on their two-month
road trip.
Xlibris, 2003 • 187 pages • $20.99
Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Homes
Through a partially autobiographical account of caring for her mother,
Charlotte
Digregorio ’75 offers a consumer’s guide to the various facilities and
services for
assisted living.
Civetta Press, 2005 • 488 pages • $19.95
The Boys’ Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe,
1944-1945
In his latest literary look at World War II, Paul Fussell ’45 shuns the
sentimental lens
and recounts a young American infantryman’s experiences in Europe.
Modern Library, 2003 • 184 pages • $21.95
Raising Consumers:
Children and the American Mass Market in the Early 20th Century
Lisa Jacobson ’84 argues that the American child consumer existed prior
to the postwar
television age and examines the forces that produced this consumer
culture.
Columbia University Press, 2004 • 320 pages • $35
The Jaguar of Paraguay
During the 18th century, the Jesuits attempted to establish
an “ideal society” among the Indians of Paraguay. Jon H. Kunkel ’54
tells the fictional
adventures of one of these Jesuits, Alfredo, whom the Guariní Indians
call Jaguar.
Xlibris, 2004 • 323 pages • $22.99
The Red Letters: My Father’s Enchanted Period
Ved Mehta ’56 tells the cross-cultural story of his discovery of his
father’s illicit affair in British India in the 11th and final
installment in the Continents of Exile series.
Nation Books, 2004 • 190 pages • $22.95
Matters of Opinion: Talking about Public Issues
In this sociolinguistic study, Greg Meyers ’76 examines where public
opinion on important
issues—as reported by the media—actually comes from.
Cambridge University Press, 2004 • 276 pages • $80
Hidden Impact
Charles B. Neff ’54 tells the story of Jim Nordberg’s return to
Nicaragua, where he finds
a diary that survived an old plane crash. The diary reveals secret
activities during the
Iran-Contra affair—secrets that people will kill to keep buried.
Book Surge Publishing, 2004 • 316 pages • $14.99
Poems in Transit, 1957-2004
Born in Depression-era New York City and raised in Hollywood, playwright
Bob Potter ’56
uses narrative, poetry and photographs to look back at public events,
travel, love, death,
riots, military life and childhood as a Hollywood brat.
Solstice Press, 2004 • 116 pages • $10
The Right Letter! How to Communicate Effectively in a Busy World
Noted writing authority Jan Venolia ’50 offers this guide to creating
powerful, attractive
letters and e-mails in the most recent edition from her popular “Right!”
series.
Ten Speed Press, 2004 • 176 pages • $12.95
Preventive Cardiology: A Practical Approach
Nathan Wong ’83, director of the Heart Disease Prevention Program at UC
Irvine, is
editor-in-chief of the prime source of clinical information on the
prevention of heart
disease.
McGraw-Hill, 2005 • 616 pages • $85
Albert Cohen: Dissonant Voices
Professor Jack I. Abecassis’s first English-language study of the
misunderstood
French-Jewish writer Albert Cohen argues for a re-reading of such works
as Belle du
Seigneur.
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004 • 272 pages • $45
Logic, Meaning, and Conversation: Semantical Underdeterminacy,
Implicature, and Their Interface
Professor Jay David Atlas examines the relationship between meaning and
language use.
Building on the works of Grice and Chomsky, he offers a theory of
conversational
inference.
Oxford University Press, 2005 • 304 pages • $65
Prospero’s “True Preservers”: Peter Brook, Yukio Ninagawa, and Giorgio
Strehler—
Twentieth-Century Directors Approach Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Assistant Professor Arthur Horowitz analyses productions of The Tempest
and the diverse
applications of them on stage.
University of Delaware Press, 2004 • 217 pages • $47.50
|
|
|
|
