’82. Thames & Hudson, 2012. La Farge’s book is the first illustrated guide to the High Line, New York City’s most innovative park, which snakes through the city on abandoned, elevated railroad tracks on the city’s west side. With this book’s guidance, High Line visitors can delve deeper into… Continue reading »
By Elise A. Friedland ’88. American Schools of Oriental Research, 2012. Friedland’s book constitutes the first publication of a deposit of broken, marble statues, discovered in 1992 during excavations of the Roman Sanctuary of Pan at Caesarea Philippi, in Banias, Israel. In this work, 29 statues ranging… Continue reading »
By Artichoke, featuring Timothy Sellers ’90. The band’s latest album features guitars, trumpets and more and draws inspiration from places as diverse as a local farmer’s market and Sellers’ commission to write songs about science in collaboration with Knoxville scientists. Continue reading »
’90 and Elizabeth Foy Larsen. A guide for kids that seeks to engage young people in activities beyond their computer screens through engaging how-to’s, lessons and activities. Unbored features plenty of classic child-entertaining games and explorations, as well as more academic and pop culture-savvy. Continue reading »
By Camille Preston ’93. AIM Leadership LLC, 2011. Drawing on conversations with people around the globe, Rewired offers tangible solutions to the problems of overwork, overstress and overconnectivity that plague many in this digital age. By offering suggestions and advice that seek to improve relationships and decrease… Continue reading »
By James Maas ’60. AuthorHouse, March 2013. Professional hockey player Mike Greenza was a first-round draft pick out of Cornell University, full of youth, talent, and unlimited potential. Midway through his second NHL season, that potential is still unrealized. He and his team struggle, scraping the bottom of… Continue reading »
By Jan Dembinski (J. Peter Dembinski) ’79. A recounting of the biblical story of Israel at Mount Sinai that includes new insights and reflections. Continue reading »
’92. Pearson, 2012. Houston, of the Maryland Institute College of Art, presents a thorough overview of art criticism as it has been practiced since the 1700s. The text is built around excerpts from the work of hundreds of historical and contemporary critics, including a substantial history of art criticism and… Continue reading »
By Charles R. Berry ’57. CreateSpace, 2013. This collection of a middle-aged man’s journal entries chronicles his day-to-day experience of climbing a 22,000-foot peak in Nepal. Continue reading »
By Tom Fels, MA ’83. University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. A follow-up to Farm Friends: From the Late Sixties to the West Seventies and Beyond (2008), Buying the Farm is the story of Montague Farm, an iconic ’60s commune first founded in 1968 near Amherst, Mass. Fels’ latest book continues to… Continue reading »
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