Harvard Authors' Bookshelf
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Perversion of Faith
John J. Hartman
The author presents a psychological model for understanding the appeal of racist propaganda. Evidence for the model is provided by three Nazi feature films. Available at Ethics Press or Google Books.
The Leadership PIN Code
Dr. Nashater Deu Solheim,
HNI ’16
A unique and proven framework for negotiating and influencing in daily work. With 3 simple keys, you get what you need while also maintaining positive relationships.
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.
Tommy Dash: Was It Everything I Said?
Bill Scheft ’79
In Scheft's 5th novel (and 1st audiobook), an unapologetic 60-year-old comic tries to apologize his way back into show business. "Vintage Scheft! Loved it, but that's a given...."—Larry David
Timeline and Personification
in The Merchant of Venice
Peter D. Usher, Ph.D. ’66
Understanding the riddle of Lancelot’s nosebleed sheds new light on Shakespeare’s play. Reveals the roles of the Paschal Moon, the betrothal rings, Act 5, gullibility, and April Fools’ Day.
The Border Between Us
Rudy Ruiz ’90, M.P.P. ’93
“Ruiz has written a poignant tale about an endearing underdog’s pursuit of the American Dream.”—Booklist. “A moving story of one family’s toil amid a cultural struggle, told with precision and authenticity.”—Kirkus. RudyRuiz.com.
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.
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.
Freddie’s Last Ride
M.A. Whelan, Ph.D. ’72, M.D.
“...An unbelievably detailed and compelling chronology... that moves from one vivid scene to the next...The book is about justice and injustice...by a doctor who is both authoritative and dogged.”—Allan Ropper, M.D. Amazon.
Architecture as Art:
The Work of Stephen M. Sullivan
Stephen M. Sullivan, M.Arch. ’81
Illustrates the author’s residential architectural practice based in the Pacific Northwest and his design philosophy based on the classics of Western architecture and traditions of Japan.
Federal Taxation in America
W. Elliot Brownlee '63
Inviting, concise, and comprehensive history of American taxation from the American Revolution into the current fiscal paralysis. Explores dynamics among taxes, spending, deficits, and debt. 3rd edition, Cambridge U. Press (2016).
The Cardiff Giant
Larry Lockridge, Ph.D. ’69
Lord, what fools these mortals be! A metafarcical feast. “A pungent satire of human gullibility, this fierce, upbeat novel is a timely restorative in a dark season.”—Malachy McCourt. Artwork: Marcia Scanlon. LarryLockridge.com.
Breakthrough
William Pao ’90
By a physician/scientist at the forefront of drug discovery. How innovation happens in drug development. Real-life stories about transformative medicines from different companies that were brought to life from an idea to reality.
The Girl Who Baptized Herself
Meggan Watterson, M.T.S. ’01
A riveting exploration of the first century saint Thecla, why the scripture that contains her story was buried, and why she’s so important for our time. Coming July from Random House. Preorder available now.
Shining Art on Light:
Colorful Insights
James T. Dakin ’67
The broad story of light—science, natural phenomena, human inventions—is told through art from museums without any equations or graphs. The book is for the curious of all ages, 12 to 112.
Jesus Anointed Gospel of John
James M. Hardin ’57
Comparing the Gospel of John with the Shroud of Turin scientifically proves John is the first Gospel written in Jerusalem in the decade following the death of Jesus in 33CE. By an eye witness, John is the most historically accurate.
Building A Sustainable Family Office
Scott Saslow, M.B.A. ’97
Create and maintain a high performance family office and build a legacy. An insider’s view on what works, what doesn’t. Includes interviews from over two dozen prominent family offices.
ResilieNomics: Value in an Age of Distasters
Aris Papadopoulos, M.B.A. ’85
Economic forces that produced vulnerable development can be used to reverse it. Unchanged, markets awaken to systemic losses and correct for overvalued property assets.
Fit to Compete
Mike Beer, Cahners-Rabb Professor of
Business Administration, Emeritus, H.B.S.
Theory and practical method for enabling truth to speak to power about your organization's effectiveness.
Shakespeare's Greatest Love
David Medina, M.P.P. ’93
Kirkus Reviews calls the book "A skillful and succinct examination of Shakespeare’s relationship with Henry Wriothesley... Overflowing with well-observed anecdotes and deft descriptions."
Artistic Creativity:
A Scientific Journey Through Homospatial, Janusian, and Sep-Con Articulation Processes
Albert Rothenberg M.D. ’52,
Professor of Psychiatry, H.M.S.
The creative processes in art throughout history and cultures. Amazon.
The Cries
Joseph Adams ’62
A “rich and moving novel”—Colum McCann, National Book Award Winner. A therapist pours out his story to his former mentor. The cases are horrific. He has a breakdown. But, he comes back and takes on one last patient.
Love at a Girls' School and Other Stories
Diana Altman, M.A.T. ’64
A funny, touching collection of short stories previously published in the Notre Dame Review, The Sea Letter, North American Review, and other respected literary journals.
Hell Lost
Ann Bennett Spence (Bian An), A.M. ’69
For 500 years a Temple of Hell stood in Beijing; it was smashed during the Cultural Revolution. But, Joe Bennett had already captured images of its monsters. biananspence.com and Amazon.
The Illusion of Determinism:
Why 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.
Crossing Paths in America and India
Memories, Essays, Reviews
Leonard Gordon, A.M. ’61, Ph.D. ’69
Rupa, New Delhi. The author tracks his Indian connections over six decades as he became an outsider/insider in his memories, essays and reviews.
Emotion in Choral Singing
Reading Between the Notes
Jameson Marvin, Director of Choral Activities 1978-2010
Teaching emotional communication by developing excellent pitch and rhythm, ensemble duration, timbre, and intensity during choral rehearsals.
The Voices Are Real
Dan Dillenback, M.P.A. ’23
A psychological, body horror about the effects of trauma on the psyche... and telepathic monsters. Dive into a post-modern exploration of the boundaries between perception and reality. This will be difficult at times. Available on Amazon.
Spring-heeled Jack or
The Terror of Louisville Part 1
Keith Huff, A.L.M. ’23
Louisville Police Officer William Quillo is caught between an English Legend and a Secret Society in this thrilling story based on True Events. Learn more at https://www.nextpagepublishers.com.
Walking Four Directions
Robb Hirsch ’93
This book about a personal quest to solve the climate crisis, is dedicated to upholding the web of life all around us, to building a mass movement for a livable climate and to raising up the regenerative power of walking. On Amazon.
Put Down the Knife:
A Fresh Look at Adult Brain Surgery
Michael H. Brisman ’88
Emphasizes the importance of complication avoidance in adult brain surgery through the use of minimally invasive and non-surgical approaches. Available at Springer.com & Amazon.
Cityscapes
B.W. Williams ’83
An anthology of Urban short stories and poems that revolve around city life during four seasons. Available in hardcover or paperback via Amazon, BN.com, iUniverse.com, as well as major and independent book stores.
Hideo Sasaki: A Legacy of Collaborative Design
Richard F. Galehouse, M.C.P. ’61
Hideo Sasaki, chair of the GSD’s Department of Landscape Architecture from 1958-1968, was one of the most consequential educators of the 20th century. His career journey and legacy.
Commodity Models for
Forecasting and Policy Analysis
Walter C. Labys, A.M. ’65
and Peter K. Pollak
Selected by Routledge as one of the most outstanding books on the economics of commodity markets published over the last 120 years.
Surviving Your Doctor
Frank M. Torti, M.D. ’73, M.P.H. ’74
Suddenly serious illness strikes you or your family. This book tells you how to get the best care: how to get an effective second opinion, size up doctors and hospitals, and avoid mistakes even the smartest people make. On Amazon.
Empowering English Language Learners
Contributing Author: Julia C. Davis ’73
Edited by: Jeanne C. DeFazio
What makes this book unique is the way each teacher evaluates teaching strategy through personal experience.
Getting Over Ourselves
Christina Congleton, Ed.M., ’11
An urgently needed discussion of how people can break out of the tired cliches of the self-help genre, and move toward new levels of connection, engagement, and capacity in navigating an uncertain world.
Trouble Is At Hand
Douglas Beresford ’78
Set in Washington, D.C., soft-boiled detective and lawyer Mike Dimon tracks down a killer through an intertwined web of three powerful political families. By the author of Beyond the Pale and Savings and Loons. Amazon.
Holocaust: German History and Our Half-Jewish Family
Thomas Paul Bernstein ’59
This memoir “...presents a beautifully drawn portrait of a loving family forced to endure unforgivable trauma and loss.”—Kristen Renwick Monroe, Professor, UC Irvine.
The Back Bay Collection
Seaboard Poems
Howell Rogers ’11
Sailing & the Eastern Seaboard are inspiration for shared connections. Poems of romance and unrequited love, nostalgia and spirituality, patriots and kinships. 20th & 21st c. photos.
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.
Personae of Ed:
Literary, Psychological, Spiritual
Edward R. Levenson ’63, Ph.D.
Descriptions, with humor, of 120 + 1 of the identities of the MSSM (Multiple Self States Model) of Edward/Ed/Eddie. Available on Amazon Kindle at: https://amzn.to/3MXv0i6.
Ryan and Robbie’s Bike Ride Adventure
and Lao Lao’s Chinese Secrets
Roger Hackett, A.L.M. ’18
Join Ryan, Robbie, and dad on a wholesome neighborhood adventure where they meet new friends, help others, and uncover Lao Lao’s ancient wisdom.
"When I Started Teaching, I Wish I Had Known...":
Weekly Wisdom for Beginning Teachers
Carol Pelletier Radford, Ed.D. ’96
Weekly readings providing advice from a chorus of seasoned educators to help those new to the profession thrive. Contact Corwin for bulk order discounts.
A Distant Mirror Anthology
Michael W. Monk ’71
Essays published in Mr Monk’s High School Alumni Newsletter. The essays recall high school events, family adventures, stories of grandchildren, and musings on life and happiness. On Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The Tragedy of Orenthal,
Prince of Brentwood
Michael W. Monk ’71
A five act play in the blank verse style of Shakespeare, telling the story of OJ Simpson and the 1994 murders. Winner of the 2014 IPPY Book of the Year. On Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Climate Justice and the University
Jennie C. Stephens, ’97
A radical exploration of how higher education can advance transformative climate justice. Order hardcopies at any bookseller - also available open access at muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
Bloody Red to Navy Blue
George J. Hill, M.D. ’57
This book gets its name from the red blood that flowed into the Muddy Brook near Deerfield, MA in King Philip’s War. It continues with the history of the author’s 34 years in the Marines, the Public Health Service, and the Navy.
AI Mastery for Finance Professionals
Glenn Hopper, A.L.M. ’21
The fundamentals of AI, its practical applications in finance, and how financial institutions can implement AI strategies. Learn cutting-edge techniques and explore the future of AI in finance.
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
Happiness and Survival
Bob Gebelein ’56
For personal happiness and survival of the species, everybody needs to go to a psychotherapist. Severe criticism of the academic community for actually removing knowledge from our culture. Available at store.bookbaby.com.
Starting with Whitehead:
Raising Children to Thrive in Treacherous Times
Lynn Sargent De Jonghe ’64
This widely praised book invokes the philosophy of A.N. Whitehead, elaborating his helical learning, process involving romance, precision, and generalization.
Daily Reflections for Bar Exam Study
Marietta Geckos (Groepler), M.P.A. ’02
Ideal inspirational gift for law students taking the Bar Exam and students taking other standardized tests. Available on Amazon under M.G. Groepler. $9.95.
Reformers in International Development
David de Ferranti, former Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health
Five exceptional international development leaders: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Domingo Cavallo, Ela Bhatt, Dzingai Mutumbuka, and Adolfo Figueroa.
The Red Lie
Hua Foley, M.P.A. ’94
An author’s account of life in China during a time when Communist propaganda divided families and tested loyalties. And how the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre led to her perilous escape from China.