By James A. Case ’41. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, October 2017. At the age of ninety seven, Honolulu attorney James H. Case has authored Hawaii Lawyer: Lessons in Law and Life from a Six Decade Career. Case was born on Kauai, Territory of Hawaii in 1920 and attended… Continue reading »
By Dale Schwie. Nodin Press, July 2017. Available on Amazon. The author tells the story of Williams alumnus Herbert W. Gleason (Class of 1877) who abandoned a career as a Congregational minister in midlife and went on to become one of the most distinguished landscape photographers… Continue reading »
By Christoph Irmscher. Yale University Press, June 2017. Available on Amazon. Class of 1905 alumnus Max Eastman (1883–1969) was a prolific writer, radical, and public intellectual who helped shape the twentieth century. While researching this masterful work, acclaimed biographer Christoph Irmscher was granted unprecedented access… Continue reading »
By David Coplan ’70 with photographs by Oscar Gutierrez. Jacana Media, May 2017. In 1994, Brad and Paige Holmes opened a small, live-music venue in the bohemian suburb of Melville in Johannesburg. They called it Bassline, which very soon became synonymous with cigarette smoke, great jazz and nights… Continue reading »
Edited by Suzanne Saunders Taylor. Xlibris. June 2014. After the passing of George Sole ’31, Edma May Saunders Sole wrote to her late husband’s Williams College roommate, Rev. Bonnell Spencer ’31, an Episcopalian Monk. This collection of letters follows their resulting 20-year relationship. Continue reading »
By Jim Hartley ’60. Infinity Publishing. April 2013. It All Began on Halloween is the autobiography of James R. (Jim) Hartley ’60, born on Oct. 31, 1938, in Muncie, Ind., and now living in Phoenix, Ariz. Continue reading »
Edited by Reena A. Jadhav. Shutterfly. January 2014. A celebration of the 50th anniversary of year women began attending Harvard Business School, this book profiles 50 women who have had amazing careers in business and beyond, including Anu Vuorikioski ’77. Continue reading »
By Ron Miner and Howard Miner ’41. Independently published. November 2012. In this memoir reconstructed through diary entries and sketches, a son tells his father’s story of bravery and survival in World War II. Continue reading »
By Meadow Linn ’00 and Denise Linn. Hay House, 2012. The Mystic Cookbook is not only a cookbook but also a recipe book for eating and living well by connecting with your meals on a soul level. The book explores the notion that eating is not… Continue reading »
By William Haylon ’81. iUniverse, 2012. A story of the journey through adolescence and into adulthood, this work of fiction is a visit into the mind of a young boy, Will, as he navigates four years of private school and the self-discovery that comes with growing… Continue reading »
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