Harvard Authors' Bookshelf
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The Leadership PIN Code
Dr. Nashater Deu Solheim, HNI ’16
A unique and proven framework for negotiating and influencing in daily work. With 3 keys, you get what you need while also maintaining positive relationships.
The Upside of Inequality:
How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class
Edward Conard, M.B.A. ’82
Top Ten NY Times best-selling author Larry Summers: "A valuable contribution." www.EdwardConard.com. Available on Amazon, at local bookstores.
World View from Elenora Giddings Ivory Tower: The Life and Times
of a Religious Advocate
Elenora Giddings Ivory, M.Div. ’76
Justice can be done through direct service; education about the issues; or systemic advocacy. E-book on Amazon. Capitol Hill, World Council Churches.
Reading Whispers:
Book of Triple Haiku
J. Chester Johnson ’66 Stacking three haiku as stanzas for each poem, 83 triple haiku move the haiku form from imagistic sensory to full experience. Available at www.blazevox.org.
The Student's Guide to Financial Freedom
Dr. Paris Woods ’06, Ed.M. ’08
Step-by-step guidance on earning, saving, budgeting, and investing. Empowers students to avoid financial stress and build long-term independence and opportunity. Available on Amazon.
Prologos
Jonathan Bayliss ’47
Reviewers compare this groundbreaking novel to works of Sterne, Melville, Joyce, Broch, and Musil. Experimental, playful, richly detailed, serious fiction. Available in paper and electronic editions. www.drawbridgepress.com.
Fighting for Love:
Journal of a Training Analysis
Marianne L. Goldsmith, M.D. ’77
A unique account of an eight-year psychoanalysis, journaled and annotated from the patient’s perspective, in two parts. The analysis is placed in its historical perspective in part one.
My Nakba:
A Palestinian’s Odyssey of Love and Hope
Samir Toubassy, A.L.I. ’09
This book focuses on loss of identity and family fabric of a Palestinian refugee. It tells how “refugee” is an imposed status that covers a person’s true identity, potential, and dignity. On Amazon.
Breaking New Ground
Mark Rutzick, J.D. ’73
Revealing the unknown story of 1,900 Jewish Americans who won 5,000 elections to federal and state offices from 1788 to 1920. Includes 300 biographical sketches of leaders nationwide. Available only on Amazon.
Grow Healthier as You Grow Older
Kenneth H. Cooper, MPH '62, MD
Part memoir, part inspirational health and wellness guide. You have the power to extend your life expectancy with 8 lifestyle recommendations. www.growhealthierwithcooper.com.
Rotten Apple
Walter Bottger ’61
Based on a true-life investigation of corruption led by then-Special Prosecutor Maurice H. Nadjari, that took place in the early 1970s under the authority of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. The author was a member of the prosecution team.
Accessible Arts Education:
Principles, Habits, and Strategies to Unleash
Every Student’s Creativity and Learning
Rhoda Bernard, Ed.D. ’04
Create inclusive arts classrooms with strategies to remove barriers, support diverse learners, and foster creativity.
A Revolution of One:
Poetry & Prose
James Munro Leaf ’10
This raw collection, found on paper scraps, napkins, laptop, and cell, explores everything. It invites us to consider the origins of art, the uses of conversation, and the meaning of solidarity.
An Edward R. Levenson Reader
Edward R. Levenson ’63, Ph.D.
Building on the author´s Personae of Ed, An Edward R. Levenson Reader, with over 130 writings in 20 different categories, has something for everyone. The author has published 15 books since 2017. Available on Amazon.com.
Quantifying Democracy:
Chaos Theory and the Science of Election Forecasting
Robert Carp, A.L.M. ’10
2025 Pulitzer Prize Submission. Explore how chaos theory transforms election forecasting and deepens our understanding of democratic processes.
Measuring Soft Power In International Relations
Irene S. Wu ’91
A new method for calculating country soft power, modeled on GDP. Global rankings, 1960 onward. Based on public data on immigration, study abroad, tourism, and communications.
The Gideon Case:
Inside the Supreme Court's
Historic Right to Counsel Decision
Bruce R. Jacob, S.J.D. ’80
An insider’s account of the 1963 Gideon v. Wainwright case, by the Assistant AG of Florida who represented Wainwright before the Supreme Court.
Lives Reimagined:
Changing the Course of Psychotic Illness
Lisa Mann ’75, Ph.D.
An essential guidebook for sustained stabilization and transformation. Practical information and personal stories from patients, parents, and treatment teams, inspiring readers not to give up.
The Flag Was Still There
David McKean ’79 and M. Todd Bennett
“Brilliantly written and illuminating."—Douglas Brinkley, NYT bestselling author. “A richly detailed, thought-provoking celebration of American independence.”—Kirkus Reviews.
Decoding Despair:
How AI Is Reshaping Psychiatry
Mariam Khayretdinova, A.L.M. ’22
How AI and Big Data are transforming psychiatry, offering new solutions for mental health industry while examining the field’s complex history and ethical challenges. Amazon/online booksellers.
Strether’s Boy
J. S. Berkman ’77, J.D. ’82
The final piece in Berkman’s trilogy based on The Ambassadors by Henry James. Praised by Gregory Maguire of Wicked and Booker Prize Winner John Banville (who both read this in draft form!). On Amazon and Kindle.
Austrian Again:
Reclaiming a Lost Legacy
Anne Hand, Ed.M ’11
What does it mean to reclaim a lost Holocaust heritage and gain a new place in today’s world? Offers a fresh perspective on reparations and our quest for identity. On Amazon.
Crazy for College
Beth Heller Gelles ’90
Humor and insights from the admissions trenches. Helps parents navigate the college process with less stress. A child is not an application, and relationships matter most. Wherever books are sold. crazyforcollege.com.
Wildwood
Ashley Woo, Ed.M. ’12
A chilling debut gothic mystery in the vein of Jason Rekulak and Stacy Willingham about a house with dark secrets beneath its floorboards. Pre-order now to support the book’s launch! Available wherever books are sold.
From Shiftless to Shifty
John Wood ’62, LL.B. ’67
Walk with attorney Wood in this fascinating and irreverent account of how he managed to turn the inequities of the criminal justice system to the benefit of his clients. Available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Italy's Renaissance in Buildings and Gardens:
A Personal Journey
Frederick Kiefer, Ph.D. ’72
Part travel guide, part historical tour, and part memoir, this book is designed to enhance your enjoyment of Italy's riches.
Black Writers of the Founding Era
James G. Basker ’74
Over 200 poems, letters, sermons, slave narratives, newspaper editorials, criminal confessions, court transcripts, travel accounts, journals, wills, and petitions reveal the richness and diversity of Black experience in the new nation.
George Washington's Remarkable Solutions:
A World of Science and Technology at Mount Vernon
Ilona E. Holland, Ed.D. ’91
Perfect for our nation’s 250th. For kids and history buffs, an illustrated treasury of little-known facts about Washington as scientific thinker, innovator, and early adopter of technology.
In This Burning World:
Poems of Love and Apocalypse
Mary Mackey ’66
“Mackey’s poems are powerful, beautiful, and have extraordinary range. May her concern for the planet help save it.”—Maxine Hong Kingston. Available on Amazon.com.
Boys in the Joint
Editor: Donald Godfrey, Ph.D. ’72
Author: Matthew Godfrey
A young man’s writings during the final 6 months of his 3.5 years in prison, including daily activities plus observations on 160 other prisoners and 8 corrections officers. On Amazon.
Jesus and the Reign
of God in John
Mark C. Kiley, M.T.S. ’77, Ph.D. ’83
Where in the Fourth Gospel is God's reign manifest other than in 3:3, 5 ? This study points to transformed traditions of sayings, servant, Sophia, stories, and seeing. Buy at: bit.ly/kileymark
Football Cookie Goes to the Championship
Tom Raffio ’78 with Ellen Raffio
Football Cookie escapes to play in games nationwide. But his frosting tracker alerts his teammates he's at the biggest sporting event of the year. It's a race against the clock to catch him.
Massively Better Healthcare
Halle Tecco, M.B.A. ’11
As featured in the Wall Street Journal, entrepreneur, investor, and professor Halle Tecco delivers the insider playbook that healthcare innovators have been waiting for. #1 New Release on Amazon.
Warmer Than Yesterday:
New and Selected Poems
Patricia Cleary Miller ’61
The author locates her various characters in Kansas, Vancouver, Moscow, Iraq, Congo, Nepal, and beyond. “Generous, witty, engaged, cosmopolitan, female, compassionate.” —Desmond Egan.
Social Thought From the Ruins
David A. Westbrook, J.D. ’92
Conversations among international group of social scientists about the University, the seduction of the critical social sciences, relationships between education and power, and curiosity as way forward. E-book is free from Routledge.
Come Up Big
Charles W.B. Wardell III ’73
Over and over, the author was excluded and underestimated. This humorous and instructive memoir, which Kirkus calls “full of life,” tells how he succeeded anyway—through war, Washington, and the corporate boardroom.