Harvard Authors' Bookshelf

Shylock: His Own Story
Bertram Fields, J.D. ’52
Now, Bertram Fields gives us Shakespeare's enigmatic Shylock's full story, his dangerous background, his loves and challenges, and his motivation for the demand of a pound of flesh. Get it at Amazon.
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Creativity: Where Poems Begin
Mary Mackey ’66
A book for anyone who wants to understand how bursts of insight come to us all. “A monumental achievement.”—D. Nurkse “Sensuous, compassionate, and utterly unflinching.”—Jane Hirshfield. Amazon & SPDBooks.com.
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Course Design Formula: How to Teach Anything to Anyone Online
Rebecca Frost Cuevas ’76
This award-winning book helps make the online course creation process fast, effective, and simple to apply to your specific content and target audience.
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The One-Hour Miracle: A 5-Step Process to Guide Your Self-Healing
Andrew Hahn ’79 andJoan Beckett, L.M.H.C., MBA
A revolutionary healing framework that is a blueprint for transforming most problems. HCI Books.
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The Orphans of Davenport
Marilyn Brookwood Ed.M. '08
How a band of young psychologists in 1930s Iowa shattered the nature-versus-nurture debate and overthrew long-accepted racist and classist views of childhood development. “This spirited history soars.” Publishers’ Weekly.
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Warp Speed: Inside the Operation That Beat COVID, the Critics, and the Odds
Paul Mango, M.B.A. ’88
The thrilling story of the most successful public-private partnership since WW II. How to lead in a crisis, structure and enable a transformative team.
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Successful Black Entrepreneurs
Steven S. Rogers, M.B.A. ’85
The history of Black entrepreneurship in America, from slavery to the present. Brilliant Black men and women who pursued entrepreneurship via start-ups, acquisitions, and franchising. Uses the author’s HBS case studies.
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Fin Tales: Saving Cadillac, America's Luxury Icon
John Smith, M.B.A. ’76
An “inside baseball” account of turningaround this storied brand in the late '90s, once the quintessential expression of success in America. Available from Amazon starting May 24.
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Preface to the Future: A History of Long Island University Through the Turbulent Sixties
David Joel Steinberg ’59, A.M. ’63, Ph.D. ’64
Chronicles the complex history of one of Long Island's most important Institutions, its first chartered university.
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Forever Young: How Six Great Individuals Have Drawn upon the Powers of Childhood and How We Can Follow Their Lead
William Crain ’65
Inspiring stories of Thoreau, Einstein, Charlotte Bronte, Howard Thurman, Jane Goodall, and Rachel Carson.
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Health Matters: A New View of Human History
George J. Hill, M.D. ’57
The primary goal of humans, from cave dwellers until now, has been the search for good health and long life—to avoid illness, treat disease and injuries, and delay death. Heritage Books (2021).
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Caesar Obsessed
An Historical Novel
Anthony R. Licata, J.D. ’79
Why did Caesar build a bridge over the Rhine River in only ten days? Could a woman have been involved? Offers an engrossing tale of what really happened. Get it on Amazon.
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Ten Interesting People
Gregory Curtis, J.D. ’74
Exceptional people the author has encountered, often in amusing circumstances. Famous or obscure, they led fascinating lives—lives that may hold lessons for all of us. Visit: amzn.to/3yPyVGb
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Boeing Metamorphosis
Launching the 737 and 747, 1965-1969
John Andrew, M.B.A. ’59 and John Fredrickson
Describes the transformation of Boeing from military contracting to commercial aviation giant. On Amazon.com.
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Dirty Science
Bob Gebelein ’56
WINNER OF 4 BOOK AWARDS. Self-knowledge for academia: How dirty politics overpowers critical thinking and blocks academic freedom. Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook on Amazon.com.
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Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow
Sharona Hoffman, J.D. ’88
A comprehensive, concise, and engaging resource addressing legal, medical, financial, social, and other challenges of aging and caregiving. Get it on Amazon.
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A Black Intellectual's Odyssey: From a Pennsylvania Mill Town to the Ivy League
Martin Kilson, A.M. ’58, Ph.D. ’59
In addition to Martin Kilson's text, there are contributions from three of his former students: Cornel West, Stefano Harney, and Fred Moten.
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Restart: 51
What's the Right Way to Turn on the High Beams of My Life?
Daniel Kim, A.L.M. ’20
A compelling story of how the author graduated from Harvard at fifty-one. This book will inspire you to design a better future. Available on Amazon.
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Loving An Addict
Alyssa Phillips (pen name of ’65 alum)
52 spiritual reflections on living with an addicted loved one, drawing hope and inspiration from 12 Step insights. Winner, 2015 USA Best Book Award Religion, Christianity. See Amazon
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The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez
Rudy Ruiz ’90, M.P.P. ’93
“With an atmospheric setting and beguiling prose…well-developed characters, and charming elements of magic realism, Ruiz conjures a magnetic story…”—ALA Booklist. RudyRuiz.com.
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How To Be a Quantum Mechanic
Charles Wohl ’58
Upper-division text. Wave-particle duality through the Dirac equation. All usual subjects, including EPR & Bell, Einstein A & B, 3D scattering. Examples lead. Author taught for 40 years at Berkeley. Available at CRC Press.
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Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands
John D. Leshy ’66, J.D. ’69
“A much-needed chronicle” (Dayton Duncan) of America’s decisions to hold and manage for the common good nearly a third of the nation’s lands.
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Find Your Mini Pumpkin
Victoria Short, Ed.M. ’99
Whether you're a graduate embarking on a new path or are simply looking for encouragement and direction, you'll love the wisdom in this creative and encouraging guide to living authentically. Available on Amazon.
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Haydn's and Mozart's Sonata Styles: A Comparison
John Harutunian, G ’70
A comparison of two musical giants. It shows how their styles, though superficially similar, are radically different on closer examination. Available on Amazon. Edwin Mellen Press.
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A Crispy Chicken Sandwich
R.D. Graddis, J.D. ’70
Reviews: “A well-crafted collection of beautifully written and...quite moving stories...” “the writing is exquisite...” “A witty, wry, no-holds-barred view of the human condition in the tradition of Raymond Carver.” Amazon Books.
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Skirting History: Holocaust Refugee to Dissenting Citizen
Eva S. Moseley, A.M. ’55
Three generations of absent fathers, public events affecting private lives, and changing views of Jewishness frame this memoir. The author was a curator at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.
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Family Caregivers: An Emotional Survival Guide
Connie Baher, M.B.A. ’80
Real-life tools, frank talk, and insights from family caregivers and seasoned experts. How to make it through the toughest, and possibly most meaningful, job you’ll ever have. On Amazon.
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The Quiltmakers: The Art of Hearing a Black Woman’s Cry
Byron “B.K.” Edmond, M.D. ’90 and Cassandra Edmond
This short fictional story weaves a tale that explores the problem of Black maternal death from a softer, yet effective, teaching angle. On Amazon.
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The Tragedy of Orenthal, Prince of Brentwood
Michael W. Monk ’71
Outstanding Book of the Year in 2014 by the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The O.J. Simpson trial and preceding events, told in the style of Shakespeare, in iambic pentameter.
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Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know
J.S. Nelson, J.D. ’01 & Lynn A. Stout
What should we do when ethical lines are crossed? Practical advice in an accessible question-and-answer format. jsnelson.net/book. Oxford U. Press. Available wherever books are sold.
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Conscious Accountability
Daryn David ’99, David Tate, and Marianne Pantalon
Elevate your leadership and the teams you manage—including in healthcare and academia—by adopting the 7-step CONNECT model for intentional, constructive engagement/collaboration.
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Healthcare in America: Looking Back to Move Forward
Mary A. Flowers, G ’74, M.D. ’78
Uses wisdom from the past to address current healthcare issues and proposes ways we can achieve quality universal healthcare. Coming soon. Visit: www.drmaryaflowers.com.
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InnovateHERs
Kathy Hurley, ALI ’14, and Dr. Barbara Kurshan
With Laura Smulian
A look at the entrepreneurial mindset of female leaders including Harvard ALI 2014 graduates Lezli Baskerville, Margaret Huber, and Mary Louise Cohen.
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The Illusion of DeterminismWhy Free Will Is Real and Causal
Edwin A. Locke ’60
The doctrine of determinism is self-refuting and free will is a form of causality involving the capacity to choose to focus one’s mind at the conceptual level or to evade the effort.
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Different Drummer:
A Cardiologist’s Memoir of Imperfect Heroes and
Care for the Heart
Douglass Andrew Morrison ’69
Highlights the importance of mental health care for providers and the role of the VA in clinical research and training.
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Madness & Glory
Albert Rothenberg ’52, M.D.,H.M.S. Professor
Philippe Pinel, the father of modern psychiatry, struck the chains from the mentally ill during the French Revolution. Available as La Folie et La Gloire. Being adapted for a movie or tv series.
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Misunderstanding Health
Rohit Khanna, M.P.H. ’19
Examines some of today's most revealing health care trends while imploring us to look at these issues with alacrity, humor, and vigilance. Each chapter covers a familiar aspect of health care in a clear and succinct way. Amazon.com
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