BOOKMarks
Making a Killing:
HMOs and the Threat
to Your Health
Jamie Court '89 and co-author Francis Smith have compiled a fascinating exposé of HMO practices, complete with an intro by Ralph Nader and a "patient's self-defense kit." Common Courage Press, 1999 * 224 pages * $16.95
The Girls' Book
of Wisdom
Catherine Dee '86 has assembled a collection of empowering, inspirational quotes from over 400 remarkable women. Check her Website at www.deebest.com.
Little Brown & Co, 1999 * 200 pp. * $8.96
(This listing is being reprinted to correct inaccurate information.)
The History, Psychology,
and Pedagogy of
Geographic Literacy
Malcolm P. Douglass '45 takes on the challenge of America's low level of geographic literacy with an examination of the history and teaching of geographic thinking.
Praeger Publishers, 1998 * 208 pp. * $59.95 / $27.95
The Jewish Bishop and
the Chinese Bible: S.I.J.
Schereschewsky
Irene Eber '55 studies the life and times of Bishop S.I.J. Schereschewsky and his translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into northern vernacular (Mandarin) Chinese.
Koninklijke Brill, 1999 * 304 pp., 8 illus. * $113.00
Love on the Mountain:
The Chronicle Journal
of a Camaldolese Monk
Prior Robert Hale '59 of the New Camaldoli Hermitage introduces the reader to the rhythms, shared joys and troubles of the complex organism that is a monastic community.
Source Books, 1999 * 205 pp.
Developmental Perspectives
on Children With
High-Incidence Disabilities
The work of Barbara K. Keough '46 in this field is the central topic of this book, edited by Gallimore, Bernheimer, MacMillan, Speece and Vaughn and dedicated to Keough.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1999 * 321 pp
History of the Western
Society of Naturalists
Yost Amrein, emeritus professor of zoology, coauthored this brief history of one of the West's first important scientific societies with Michael Foster and Gayle Hansen as part of a series titled Contributions in Science. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 1999 * 42 pp
The Triumph of
Campaign-Centered
Politics
Associate Professor of Politics David Menefee-Libey discusses the transformation of American national campaigns and the dawn of a new era of campaign-centered politics.
Chatham House, 1999 * 224 pp * $24.95
