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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Alumni Author: Susan Acuff Adams, '69
Books: The Family Compatibility Test; The Marital
Compatibility Test
PS: Latter book asks hundreds of questions to help predict a
couple's chance of living together in harmony. Chapters include "Rude Food:
Twinkies or Tofu?" "Bathroom Etiquette: The Toilet Seat Dilemma"; "Should Auld
Acquaintance Be Forgot?" and "Housecleaning: Fetish or Foolish?" Author has
given more than 500 radio and television interviews in support of her titles.
She also has been national spokesperson for Mattel game, Compatibility.
A. Author: Philip J. Adelman, '71
Book: Entrepreneurial Finances: Finances for Small Business
A. Author: Susan Aizenberg, '89
Books: Of and on poetry
PS: Aizenberg's most recent effort, MUSE, was a winner in the national Crab Orchard Review poetry contest (more
than 800 entries), Southern Illinois University Press, in spring 2002. The
full-length collection of poetry also was chosen by Foreword Magazine as one
of the top 10 poetry collections for 2002 and was awarded both the Virginia
Commonwealth University Larry Levis Prize for the best first or second book of
poetry published in 2002 and The Nebraska Book Award for Poetry for 2002.
Aizenberg also has co-edited (along with fellow alumna Erin Belieu), The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by
American Women, and has published Peru,
a chapbook-length collection of poems included in Take Three 2: AGNI New Poets
Series (Graywolf Press, 1997) .
A. Author: Michael Arkfeld, '73
Books: Electronic Discovery and Evidence; The Digital
Practice of Law
PS: Former book pertains to discovery
and admittance of electronic evidence, addressing every aspect of this process
including electronic information storage, outside expert assistance, the
inherent benefits of electronic formats, as well as the laws and procedures for
admitting evidence in your case. Latter book discusses case management,
billing, interrogatories, documents, transcripts, graphics, Internet
applications, in-court presentation, etc.
A. Author: R. J. Baken, '65
Book: Measurement of Speech and Voice
PS: Standard reference work on
acoustic and physiologic methods for characterizing and evaluating speech and
voice production.
A. Author: Steven F. Barrett, '79
Book: 68HC12 Microcontroller: Theory and Applications
PS: Written with Daniel Pack. Textbook
used by approximately 35 schools in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Second
textbook on microprocessors due out this spring from Prentice-Hall. Third
technical textbook begun on real time operating systems.
A. Author: Kathy Lee DiMauro Barth, '70
Book: Traveling Bolivia through the Wonders of Weaving
PS: About the wonderful textiles of
Bolivia. From the author: "I am a weaver and I wanted to tell about the lives
of the native weavers, their beliefs and importance of weaving in their everyday
lives. I lived in Bolivia for four years, traveled to weavers homes, talked to
weavers, vendors, spiritual leaders and collectors in order to share
information with fellow weavers and people traveling to Bolivia. It is written
in English and Spanish, 100 pages long with over 180 color photos of textiles,
weavers, equipment and communities."
A. Author: Erin Belieu, '89
Books: Poetry.
PS: Works include The Extraordinary Tide and Infanta
and One Above, One Below.
A. Author: Mary E. Benecke, '56
Book: Jake's Ladder
A. Author: Evelyn Hamilton Boatright, '75
Book: For Love: Poems and Drawings
A. Author: Philip Boatright, '61
Book: Black Tents: Poems 1960-2000
A. Author: Larry Allan Boersma, '53; '55
Books: Numerous works of photography
PS: Has written and/or illustrated 18
books about animals, mostly for children. Most recent, Creative Canine Photography (by Larry Allan, his author name) is a
"How-to" book about photographing dogs. Author says, "I actually found a way to
combine my two majors, general science and writing, in a meaningful way."
A. Author: Richard E. Boyer, co-author, '69
Book: Practical Bankruptcy Law for Paralegals
PS: Presents
complete, current overview of bankruptcy law. Numerous sample forms and
pleadings show students exactly what they'll see and do as paralegals. Sample
projects within the book ask students to apply the text material.
A. Author: Marlin Briscoe. '69
Book: The First Black Quarterback
A. Author: Margueritte Harmon Bro 'x13
Books: Urban Scene; Thursday at Ten; When Children Ask; Every Day
a Prayer; Let's Talk About You; Why Church; More Than We Are; Sarah.
A. Author: Frank Bundy, '64, '66
Book: The Administration of the Illyrian Provinces, 1809-1813
PS: The applications of Napoleon's
bureaucratic structure to the Balkan Peninsula, supposed reforms applied to
Eastern European peoples and Slovenes, Croatians.
A. Author: David R. Butler, '74; '76
Book: Zoogeomorphology: Animals as Geomorphic Agents
PS: First and only book of its kind to
examine the role animals play in sculpting the Earth's surface, thus
integrating the ideas and literature from the fields of geomorphology and
wildlife ecology. Butler describes how animals of all kinds—from small insects
to large mammals such as elephants—can act as agents of erosion,
transportation, and deposition of sediment. Book received Association of
American Geographers' G.K. Gilbert Award for Excellence in Geomorphological
Research in 1998.
A. Author: Bill Byrne, '67
Book: Habits of Wealth
A. Author: Robert H. Cain, '50; '59
Book: Luke's Gospel as Poetry
A. Author: Joel Christiansen, '77
Book: Out of the Ashes the Resurrection of an Addict
PS: The former public school teacher,
principal and superintendent and current professor at Nebraska's Doane College
pens an autobiography (according to press release) "about his miserable plunge
into the pit of his 20-year addiction, the destructive ripple effect it
created, and his remarkable resurrection from the ashes of an addiction death.
It is a gripping true story about the first person to go through the Valley
Hope Treatment Center in O'Neill, Nebraska, for addiction to prescription
barbiturates and narcotics. Joel's book takes the reader through the moment his
family intervened after finding him homeless and near death, to how to go
through losses and death cycles without dying from them. This book is a simple
guide that will inspire addicts and alcoholics, as well as their families, to
be hopeful and to gain an understanding and appreciation of the positive ripple
effect staying straight and sober can have. For more information about Joel and
his book, log on to his web site at www.noblesoulenterprises.com
A. Author: Melanie Morrissey Clark '89
Book: The Fertility Handbook
A. Author: Korrie A. Conners, '02
Book: Dolores the Horse and Her Parents' Divorce
PS: From the author: "What began as a
self-created tool for family recovery turned into my first children's book. It
is a piece that will open communication and provide a path for healing."
A. Author: Rita J. Corbett, '71
Book: Toothpicks To Treetops: The
Quantity And Space Of Mathematics
PS: Resource for K-8 teachers to
understand the mathematics that they are to be presenting. Not a text but an
explanation, including visual modeling of the mathematics topics presented in
elementary and middle school mathematics.
A. Author: Herbert C. Covey, '74
Books: Several sociological works
PS: Social Perceptions of People with Disabilities in History: Author uses art, literature, and
historical documents to uncover the history of disability in Western
civilizations; Images of Older People in
Western Art and Society: Art from several museums and social historical
documents used to reveal how older people lived and were perceived in their respective
historical contexts; Juvenile Gangs:
Reviews most of the social scientific research on youth street gangs, covering
street gang violence, measurement, female gangs, ethnicity and gangs, gangs in
history, gangs throughout the world, theories of gangs, and gang intervention
strategies. Dr. Scott Menard and fellow UNO graduate Robert Franzese ('71; '74)
co-authored this book.
A. Author: Mort Crim, '61
Book: Second Thoughts: One Hundred Upbeat Message for Beat-Up Americans; The Joy of Good
News
A. Author: Connie S. Crow, '84
Book: Daughter of the Dragon; Moonlight Fire
(eBook)
PS: Former is historical romance in
which a kidnapped baby, a secret society and a trade more precious than gold
bring a couple together for passion and adventure in the Idaho gold rush of
1867.
A. Author: Rudolph G. Decker-Boznak aka
Rudolph G Boznak, '71
Book: Delaware Genealogical Research Guide
PS: Ideas and suggestions for the
survival of the manufacturing industry.
A. Author: Thomas P. Doherty, '62
Book: Competitive Product Development
PS: Addresses how to do genealogical
research in Delaware.
A. Author: Julie Edell, '75
Book: Emotion in Advertising
PS: Explores complex relationship
between emotion and advertising.
Includes both theoretical and empirical chapters, including the effects
of mood on advertising effectiveness and the interaction of the message and the
emotional makeup of the recipient
A. Author: Robert L. Erickson, '55
Book: Introduction to Speech Pathology and Audiology
A. Author: Kenneth C. Flint, '70; '72
Books: Several on Celtic history and
legend.
PS: Storm Upon Ulster, Riders of the Sidhe, Masters of the Sidhe, Champions of the Sidhe, Challenge of the Clans, Isle of Destiny, Cromm, Legends Reborn, The Dark Druid, The Enchanted Isle, Otherworld,
Darkening Flood, others. Several are
based on Celtic history and legend.
Some are suspense or horror.
A. Author: Jack R. Fraenkel, '53
Books: How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education
PS: Textbook used in more than 150
graduate programs in education throughout the United States.
A. Author: Robert Franzese
Books: Juvenile Gangs
PS: See previous entry for Herbert C.
Covey.
A. Author: Micaela Gilchrist '84
Book: The Good Journey
A. Author: Walter B. Graham, '47
Book: Complete Guide to Pasteup
PS: Introduced in 1975 and now in its
third edition, Graham's book instructs on art and copy preparation for
printing. Notes the author: "It was the
text for all schools teaching copy prep, including Rochester Institute of
Technology. Translated into Japanese!"
A. Author: Lowell Greunke, '72
Book: Football Rankings: College Teams of the Associated Press Poll,
1936-1984; Husker Trivia
PS: Former is a compilation; latter
book a collection of trivia questions and answers about the University of
Nebraska Cornhusker football team.
A. Author: Teri Grimm, '97
Book: Dirt Eaters
A. Author: Julianne Crotty Guile, '92
Book: Love From the Inside Out, Not From the Outside In
A. Author: Wendi Hahn '78/Shari Hofschire
'65; '93
Book: What's in This Place?
A. Author: Mary Hartman, '73
Book: Bald Knobbers: Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier; Texas Granite: The Story of a World War II Hero; Cooking with Herbs Dictionary
PS: Written with Elmo Ingenthron. A
historical account of the 900-member clan of vigilantes that roared through the
Ozarks in the 1880s, one of the largest and longest-acting vigilante groups of
that period. Until the publication of this book, the people who lived in the
Ozarks Mountains of southwestern Missouri deified the Bald Knobbers and their
dynamic leader, Nathaniel Kinney, for decades as "saviors". This book . . .
defuses that reputation..
A. Author: Bruce H. Heimark, '90
Book: The O.S.S. Norwegian Special Operations Group in World War II
A. Author: Robert W. Hemenway, '63
Book: Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography
A. Author: Michael R. Hill, '67
Book: Archival Strategies and Techniques
A. Author: Michael Homan, '93
Books: The Bible for Dummies; To Your Tents, O
Israel
PS: Former explores the Bible,
Biblical Studies, and Bible's influence on civilization as part of popularly
titled series. Latter examines function, form of symbolism of ancient tents,
specifically in the Hebrew Bible, but also in the greater context of ancient
Near East.
A. Author: Gunnar Horn '34
Book(s): Gunnar Horn Slept Here; Murder on Maple Street; Murder in the Museum; Murder in the Churchyard; Murder in the Old Mill
Author: Lisa Harrison Jackson, '91
Book: At Last!
PS: A contemporary romance novel that
features Darius and Alexa, a couple who was deeply in love as college
sweethearts but separated because of powerful influences. When the
pair comes face-to-face again after nine years, they are determined to
keep the past in the past. Despite this, their attraction to one another causes
them to set aside all reservations and pursue a relationship for a second
time without addressing the hurts of their past. Soon the lack of trust
and honesty that has yet to be reestablished later reveals itself at a critical
moment of their relationship, painfully dividing them once again. Both are then
forced to take a hard look within and make some life changes before
sharing their lives with each other completely.
A. Author: Dr. Martin M. Jacobsen, '94
Book: Transformations of Literacy in Computer-Mediated Communication:
Orality, Literacy, Cyberdiscursivity
A. Author: (Earle) Ione Jenson, '64
Book: Women Alone: Creating a Joyous and Fulfilling Life
A. Author: Joel Jorgensen, '97 and Roger
Sharpe, Ph.D., '63
Book: The Birds of Nebraska: Their Distribution and Temporal Occurrence
A. Author: Edward L. King '60
Book: The Death of the Army: A Pre-Mortem
PS: Published by Saturday Review Press, King's book was selected by the New York Times Review of Books as one of
the 12-best current event books of 1972 and was on the Times' nonfiction best seller list for three weeks.
A. Author: David Krajicek, '79
Book: Scooped!
A. Author: Robert Kreitner, Ph.D., '70; '71
Books: Several college textbooks
PS: Has authored or co-authored
college textbooks that collectively have sold more than 500,000 copies
worldwide. Includes Organizational
Behavior Modification and Beyond: An Operant and Social Learning Approach
(with Fred Luthans), which won the 1975 Book of the Year Award from the
American Society for Personnel Administration and which was translated into
Spanish. Other works: Management; Foundations of Management; Business (with Barry L. Reece, James P.
O'Grady); Organizational Behavior
(with Angelo Kinicki); Organizational
Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills, & Best Practices (with Kinicki).
A. Author: Ward
Kischer, '53
Book: The Human Development Hoax: Time to tell the truth
PS: Written with Dianne N. Irving;
Book is an anthology and compendium of misrepresentations of Human Embryology
within the socio-legal issues of abortion, human embryo research, fetal tissue
research, partial birth abortion, cloning and stem cell research.
A. Author: Linda M. Lewis, '71
Books: The Promethean Politics of Milton, Blake, and Shelley; Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Spiritual Progress; Germaine de Stael, George Sand, and the
Victorian Woman Artist
PS: Author was to be in Europe in
March presenting lectures on influence of French women authors upon British
counterparts.
A. Author: Galen Lillethorup, '56
Book: Can Your Cat Do That?; A Whimsical Aid
to Expanding a Child's Imagination
A. Author: George R. Lindquist, '77
Book: Car Buying Secrets
A. Author: Max Malikow, '71
Book: Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide
A. Author: Manuel Martinez-Pons, '73; '75
Books: Several on Education
PS: The Continuum Guide To Successful Teaching In Higher Education; The Psychology Of Teaching And Learning: A Three-Step Approach; Statistics In Modern Research: Applications
In The Social Sciences And Education; Research
In The Social Sciences And Education: Principles And Process.
A. Author: Orville Menard, '55
Books: Rulo to Lynch with Lewis and Clark; The Army of
the Fifth Republic; Political
Bossissm in Mid-America
PS: First book a guide and narrative
regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition in Nebraska and Iowa.
A. Author: Curtis L. Messex, '64
Book: Combat Pay
(audio book); Combat Support
A. Author: Robert L. Miller, '81
Book: A Selected History of the Council Bluffs Police, 1853-2003: From
Frontier Justice to a Modern Municipal Police Department
A. Author: George Mills, '86
Books: Go Big Red!: The Story of a Nebraska Player
PS: The former Husker has had his 1991
book reissued in paperback under the title, A
View from the Bench. He also received a screenplay credit for the WB
Network's movie, "Full Ride" in 2002. He currently is seeking a publisher for
his completed novel Hypocrisy in
Plainview.
A. Author: Daniel A. Morris, '76
Book: Federal Tort Claims; Nebraska Trials
PS: First book on lawsuits against
federal government for personal injuries and property damage caused by federal
employees. More than 1,000 pages, it is supplemented annually by the author.
A. Author: Ruth Herman Nielsen '42
Book: Leaves and Acorns from Oaks
A. Author: Marjorie O'Reilly '80
Book: Never Eighteen (with Rob O'Reilly)
A. Author: Gail A. Olson, Ph.D., '90
Book: Scars and Stripes: Healing the
Wounds of War
PS: Ending the silence surrounding the
effects of war on veterans and their families. Deals with healing from the
aftereffects of trauma.
A. Author: John Palinski, '81
Books: Several on Oracle.
PS: Includes Oracle9i Developer: Developing Web Applications with Forms Builder,
book geared for educational market, describing how to use Oracle's Forms
Developer. Also has written Oracle SQL
and PL/SQL HandBook: A Guide for
Data Administrators, Developers, and Business Analysts; and Oracle Database Construction Kit.
A. Author: Robert L Pelshaw, '91
Book: Raising Up the Champion Within You
PS: Examination and interpretation of
the early life of King David with solid, creative and inspiring modern
principles of conflict strategy, leadership, and personal character
development. First in a three-part series about David's life.
A. Author: Irene
Pence, '57
Book: Several true-crime books
PS: Triangle;
No Daddy Don't, A Father's Murderous Act
of Revenge; A Clue from the Grave;
Buried Memories. From the author:
"They are true crime based 100 percent on reality. I do massive research,
including attending trials, visiting prisons and interviewing murderers. One
was optioned for a movie and all have been reprinted multiple times."
A. Author: Gary Penisten '53
Book: Pentagon Appointment
A. Author: Debra Wesselmann Perseus, '79; '89
Book(s): The Whole Parent: How to Become a Terrific
Parent Even if You Didn't Have One
A. Author: Carol Jean Miles Petersen, '52;
'82
Books: Bess Streeter Aldrich, The Dreams Are All Real
PS: Biography of Nebraska and Iowa
author.
A. Author: Paul
Raisig Jr., '61
Book: Letters From a Distant War:
Vietnam from a Soldier's Perspective
PS: Describing
his two tours of duty during the Vietnam War in articulate detail, Raisig
brings the Vietnam War to life in his historical memoir, allowing readers to
walk in the proverbial combat boots of a man who trained South Vietnamese
soldiers and commanded 600 paratroopers against the North Vietnamese. "Yet
within these dark tales of war," notes a press release, "Raisig has
incorporated the love story between himself ad the ones he left behind in
America, exploring the foundations of love amidst gunfire and death."
A. Author: Steven J. Ramold, '92
Book: Slaves, Sailors, Citizens: African Americans in the Union Navy
PS: Detailed study of the political,
social, and military ramifications of recruiting African Americans for the
Union Navy during Civil War.
A. Author: Elizabeth
J. Ridlon '84
Book: Creation or Evolution? Does It Matter?
PS: Alum wrote book with husband
Robert W. Ridlon Jr.
A. Author: Gary Sallquist '60
Book: A Seminary Journey: Reflections of a Second Career Student; The Counsel of Many; Classroom
Classics
A Author:
Wayne G. Sayles, '72
Book: Classical Deception
PS: Collecting ancient coins is a
fascinating pastime, but while you traverse thousands of years of numismatic
history you also encounter hundreds of years of fakes, frauds and reproductions
that the average collector could easily mistake for the real thing. In this
volume, Wayne Sayles, author of the acclaimed Ancient Coin Collecting series,
draws on more than three decades of collecting experience and extensive
research on fakes and reproductions to present an easy to follow introduction
to the forger's world. He discusses how these spurious coins were manufactured,
profiles the careers of some of history's greatest coin copiers and reviews the
tools and techniques available for ferreting out fake coins.
A. Author: Frederick and Edward Schapsmeier,
'52
Books: Political biographies
PS: Henry A. Wallace of Iowa: the Agrarian Years; Prophet in Politics: Henry A. Wallace and the War Years. Two-volume
biography was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and chosen by Library of Congress
to be placed in the permanent library collection in the official vice
president's house. Twin brothers, the Schapsmeiers have co-authored 10 books,
including Dirksen of Illinois, Senatorial
Statesman; Encyclopedia of American
Agricultural History; Political
Parties and Civic Action Groups.
A. Author: Catherine Schuett, '96
Book: The Ultimate Test
PS: "Kyle Irons refused to rest
knowing that, by his own hands, the lives of three innocent people lay in the
vengeful grip of an underworld leader, Antonio Cartillone, Jr. Fueled by guilt and
anger, Kyle set out to rescue the three he betrayed to Cartillone."
A. Author: Janet
A. Seaman, '64
Book: Making Connections: From theory to practice in adapted physical
education
PS: Textbook for students majoring in
physical education; creates an inclusive developmental physical education model
for working with individuals with disabilities.
A. Author: Jeanette Braxton Secret, '73
Books: Guide To Tracing Your African Ameripean Civil War Ancestor; Iverson Granderson First Class "Colored" Boy, Union Navy (1863-1865)
PS: Guide, by an experienced African Ameripean Family Historian and
Military Researcher who traced her great-grandfather, Iverson Granderson, in
the Union Navy (1863-1865).
A. Author: Joseph F. Seng, '55
Books: Several historical works.
PS: Includes Our Family History, covering author's ancestors and Land of Promise, a brief History of
Monrovia, Md. Author now working on a history of New Market, Md., a small town
founded in 1793 and known as "The Antiques Capital of Maryland."
A. Author: Phillip M. Seuberling, '68
Book: Treasurers of the Spanish Main
PS: Adventure story set in the year
1622 against a background of Spanish conquest in the New World.
A. Author: H.
Kenneth Seymour, '72
Book: A Young American Hero
PS: Biography of Hammett Lee Bowen
Jr., a sergeant in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division who was posthumously
awarded the Medal Of Honor after being killed in action.
A. Author: James Shebl, '69
Books: WEBER! The American Adventure of Charles M. Weber; In This Wild Water (the story of some
unpublished poems by Robinson Jeffers); King,
Of the Mountains
A. Author: Travis Sing, '98
Book: Omaha's Easter Tornado of 1913
PS: Details the events of the worst
tornado disaster in Nebraska history through nearly 200 photographs.
A. Author: Beverly Bush Smith, '49
Books: Several spiritual works
PS: Includes: Wings of a Dove; Evidence of
Things Unseen; Caught in the Middle
(Living a fulfilled life with an unbelieving husband); Change for the Better (dispels negative feelings and fallacies
surrounding "The change," or menopause); Uniquely
You.
A. Author: Marcia Ann Speth, '57
Book: One Drop: History of an American Family
PS: From book cover: ". . . More than
just a populist history, the book traces the history of our country through the
eyes of one family, a family composed of some people who think they are black
and others who are sure they are white.."
A. Author: Janet (Voelte) Staiger, '68
Books: On film and television
PS: The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to
1960; Interpreting Films: Studies in the
Historical Reception of American Cinema;
Bad Women: Regulating Sexuality in
Early American Cinema; Blockbuster TV:
Must-See Sitcoms in the Network Era; Perverse Spectators: The Practices of Film
Reception.
A. Author: Shelly Steig, '94
Books: Finding the Right Church, a Guide to Denomination Beliefs; Newspaper Markets for Travel Writers
PS: Former renamed, updated and
reprinted. Now called, The 60 Second
Guide to Denominations and will be updated every few years.
A. Author: Terry Stickels, '76
Books: 17 on puzzles
PS: Works include Are You as Smart as You Think? and Cunning Mind-Bending Puzzles.
A. Author: Ed
Sullivan, '72
Book: Shadow
on the Sand
PS: What happens when an unholy alliance
of mid-eastern terrorists and U.S. drug lords combine their resources to
develop and deploy a small lightweight nuclear device that threatens the
security of the entire world? Shadow on
the Sand explores the implications of such a horrifying scenario.
A. Author: Robert R. Trumbauer, '58; '69
Book: Irma: The Legend Who Touched So Many Lives
PS: Life story of Irma Trumbauer, who
spent 40 years working at Creighton University and who was an ardent sports fan
at Omaha University when her son (author Bob Trumbauer) played sports from 1954
to 1958. Offers insights into those events in her life that helped shape her
character and perspective.
A. Author: Florence
"Peg" Tuomisto, '60
Books: How Did We Get Here From There?;
Recliner Logic; DeeDee The Greyhound
(a series of four books).
PS: Former
tells about how life was in the early '20s on a farm in Nebraska, before
electricity and other conveniences. Continues to author's time in Tallahassee.
Latter book is a lighthearted look at "those reclining years."
Added in February
2005: "I am now 83 years old, still
working, and still learning, loving and laughing. I am happy to report that I
have four children's books on the Internet now. They are books about DeeDee,
The Grehound." For more, see www.booksbypeg.com
A. Author: Carl E. Ulrich, '72
Book: Years of Wandering, Years of Wondering
A. Author: Thomas C. Utts, '63
Book: Korea Blue
PS: Military thriller set in 1969. Air
Force fighter pilot recovering from wounds after being shot down on a combat
mission in Vietnam learns that the friend who saved his life has died in an
unexplained accident in Korea. His search for reasons leads to corruption and
murder "at the highest levels."
A. Author: David A. Van Veldhuizen, '89
Book: Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Multi-Objective Problems
PS: Written with Carolos A. Coello
Coello and Gary B. Lamont
A Author: William A. Verkest, '73
Book: A Family Matter—A Guide to
Organizing Your Personal Estate
PS: Published for family
members, as well as for financial and legal professionals to assist clients, "A
Family Matter" includes suggestions on gathering wills and powers of attorney,
investment records, financial and retirement statements, income tax returns and
other important estate information. See more at www.AfamilyMatter.net.
A. Author: Sally J. Walker, '85
Book: Letting Go of Sacred Things
PS: A literary novel of life stages in
the 20th century and one of Walker's 12 completed novels and 19 scripts. She
notes she's currently working on a novel script "for a well-known actress."
A. Author: Samuel Walker, '70
Books: Various works on policing,
criminal justice history, etc.
PS: Has authored 11 books. Most recent
works include: Police Accountability: The
Role of Citizen Oversight; Sense and
Nonsense About Crime; The Police in
America: An Introduction (co-authored with Charles M. Katz); The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and
Crime in America (co-authored with Cassia Spohn and Miriam DeLone).
A. Author: Andrea Warren, '71
Books: Several nonfiction works
PS: Include: Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story; We Rode the Orphan Trains; Pioneer
Girl: Growing Up on the Prairie; Surviving
Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps; and, due this fall, Escape From Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan
Became an American Boy.
A. Author: Lt. Col. James C. Warren, '64
Book: The Tuskegee Airmen Mutiny at Freeman Field
PS: Story of 104 Tuskegee Airmen Fight
against discrimination and segregation.
A. Author: Robert F. Wayman, '67
Book: Please Remind Me I am the Presence of Love; Real Feelings; Pregnant
Angels Can't Fly
A. Author: William Benton Whisenhunt, Ph.D.,
'92
Book: In Search of Legality: Mikhail
M. Speranskii and the Codification of Russian Law
PS: Study of noted Russian bureaucrat
Mikhail M. Speranskii's organization and codification of Russian law during
reign of Nicholas I.
A. Author: Kim Louise Whiteside, '97
Books: Several romance novels
PS: True Devotion; Season of Love; Falling for You; Destiny's
Song. BET promoting Whiteside's most recent release in their "At Your
Service" series of romance stories set on military bases.
A. Author: Lionel Youst, '71
Books:
Several historical works
PS: Above the Falls, She's Tricky Like Coyote and Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness. Author notes regarding Above the Falls: "Above the
375-foot-high Golden Falls of Coos County, Ore., is a lovely valley that once
was home to subsistence homesteaders. The land is now a part of the
Weyerheauser Timber Company properties and is closed to public access. Book
contains scores of verbatim interviews from among the survivors and descendants
of the original homesteaders, including 160 photographs and exhaustive research
into original documents.
