January 24, 2001: Books

The Princeton Class of 1942 During World War II -- edited by Charles B. Blackmar ’42 et al. Send $42 to 9 Baynard Peninsula, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29928-4131. A collection of individual stories of class members’ experiences in the armed forces during World War II. PAW ran excerpts in the December 6 issue.

The Student Pilot and Other Stories -- Robert Steiner ’47. iUniverse.com $12.95. A collection of short stories, including several drawing on the author’s experiences as a pilot. Steiner lives in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Flip Back -- William A. Kelly ’49. Xlibris $16. A science fiction novel about two scientists in their 70s, one of whom discovers a drug that makes them young again. Kelly lives in Haworth, New Jersey.

Gateway: Dr. Thomas Walker and the Opening of Kentucky -- David M. Burns ’53. Bell County Historical Society (877-257-4844) $20. A history of the explorer who discovered Cumberland Gap and built the first cabin in Kentucky. Burns, a journalist, scientist, and former foreign service officer, lives in Washington, D.C.

Mother Nature’s Two Laws: Ringmasters for Circus Earth -- A. D. Kirwan, Jr. ’56. World Scientific $28. This book is designed to introduce nonscientists to the first and second laws of thermodynamics, the practice of science, and critical thinking. Kirwan is a professor of marine studies at the University of Delaware.

Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health, and Technology -- edited by Jay H. Lehr ’57. McGraw-Hill $150. A resource for biologists, hydrologists, geologists, engineers, chemists, and toxicologists. Lehr is a consultant with Bennett and Williams and a senior scientist with Environmen-tal Education Enterprises in Ostrander, Ohio.

Rebels and Mafiosi -- James Fentress ’67. Cornell University $29.95. A history of the Mafia in Sicily. Fentress, a historian, lives in Rome.

Stimulant Drugs and ADHD: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience -- edited by Mary V. Solanto ’73 et al. Oxford $79.95. Contributors to this volume address the questions of why and how stimulants exert their therapeutic effects on individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Solanto is an associate professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

The Garden: A Parable -- Geshe Michael Roach ’75. Doubleday $9.95. A young man enters a mystical garden where he meets the pantheon of great Tibetan teachers. The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Strategies for Managing Your Business and Your Life. Doubleday $21.95. This book relates Roach’s experiences as one of the founders of the Andin International Diamond Corporation, where his business decisions were guided by Buddhist principles. The author, a Buddhist monk, lives in New York City.

The Race to the Bottom: Why a Worldwide Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade are Sinking American Living Standards -- Alan Tonelson ’75. Westview $25. Argues that the erosion of labor standards in the global market has been the driving force behind a declining standard of living in the U.S. Tonelson is a research fellow at the United States Business and Industry Council in Washington, D.C.

Uniting Europe: European Integration and the Post-Cold War World -- John Van Oudenaren ’75. Rowman & Littlefield $69 cloth/ $21.95 paper. In this overview of the European Union, the author argues that new challenges will force governments and political leaders to reinvent the Union for the 21st century. Van Oudenaren is chief of the European Division of the Library of Congress.

Joyful Living: Build Yourself a Great Life! -- Ned Pelger ’80. ATA Publishing (888-627-7744) $9.95. This book is part autobiography and part workbook (software included) designed to help the reader understand and improve his or her relationships. Pelger owns a construction and engineering firm in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Tradeoffs or Synergies? Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment in Developing Countries -- edited by Christopher B. Barrett ’84 and David R. Lee. CAB International $99.50. Addresses the interlinked imperatives of increasing food production, reducing poverty, and ensuring the environmental sustainability of natural resource use patterns. Barrett is an associate professor of applied economics and management at Cornell.

The Art of Revitalization: Improving Conditions in Distressed Inner-City Neighborhoods -- Sean Zielenbach ’90. Garland $55 cloth/$22.95 paper. Explores the role of social capital in stabilizing and turning around distressed communities, and highlights the roles of local actors in the revitalization process. Zielenbach is a financial and program analyst for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund in the U.S. Treasury Department.

wallSpeak / como hablarle a las paredes -- Andres A. Richner ’99. Editorial Talleres $14.95. This eclectic group of poems, half of which are written in English and half in Spanish, concerns encountering obstacles and overcoming them and finding one’s place in the world. Richner is an assistant manager of Computer Gallery, a computer store in Puerto Rico.

The Campus Guide: Princeton University -- Raymond P. Rhinehart *69. Princeton Architectural Press $21.95. An architectural tour of the campus as well as the Princeton Theological Seminary, the Institute for Advanced Study, and Princeton Borough. Illustrated with photographs and painted three-dimensional maps. Rhinehart is an administrator and speechwriter for the American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C.

The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society -- edited by Ann M. Florini *83. Brookings Institution Press $40 cloth/ $19.95 paper. Six case studies explore the ways in which transnational networks of civil society groups are influencing how governments run countries and how corporations do business. Florini is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.

In Quiet Light: Poems on Vermeer’s Women -- Marilyn Chandler McEntyre *84. Wm. B. Eerdmans $20. A collection of poetry that imagines the personal lives of the women made famous by the Dutch painter. Illustrated with color reproductions of the paintings that inspired the poems. McEntyre is a professor of literature at Westmont College, in Santa Barbara, California.

Sparks of Life: Darwinism and the Victorian Debates over Spontaneous Generation -- James E. Strick *91. Harvard $45. The author explores the theories that underlay the Victorian debates on spontaneous generation as well as the social aspects and personal interests that influenced those arguments. Strick is an assistant professor of biology at Arizona State University.

Before Jim Crow: The Politics of Race in Post-Emancipation Virginia -- Jane Dailey *95. University of North Carolina $39.95 cloth/ $17.95 paper. Chronicles the efforts of the Virginia Readjuster Party, the most successful interracial political alliance in the post-Civil War South. Dailey is an associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins.

Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent -- Alfreda Murck *95. Harvard $60. Explores the coding of political messages in paintings of the Song dynasty as an important factor in the growing respect for artists among the educated elite. Murck lives in Beijing.