Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives, by Frank J. Sulloway '69, Ph.D. '78 (Pantheon, $30). Sulloway, a research scholar at MIT, finds that eldest children identify with parents and authority, and support the status quo, whereas younger children rebel against it. His work was the subject of an article in the July-August 1995 issue of this magazine (page 10). Of Sulloway's new book, Professor Edward O. Wilson declares that he "has delivered one of the most authoritative and important treatises in the history of the social sciences."

Ironclaw: A Navy Carrier Pilot's War Experience, by Sherman Baldwin (Morrow, $24). A white-knuckle account of carrier warfare by a man who flew 45 combat missions over Iraq. He expects to earn an M.B.A. from Harvard in June.

Budapest Diary: In Search of the Motherbook, by Susan Rubin Suleiman, Ph.D. '69 (University of Nebraska Press, $25). The author, professor of Romance languages and comparative literatures at Harvard, has written a touching recollection of her youth and a lively take on today's Budapest.

A hitherto unpublished photograph of Dr. Winnicat himself.Photograph by Camille Smith

Listening to Catnip: Stories from a Catanalyst's Couch, by Dr. Sigmund F. Winnicat with Camille Smith (Carroll & Graf, $12). Dr. Winnicat, cat psychiatrist and prominent member of feline society, here offers his expertise on the controversial subject of feline psychopharmacology, through five intriguing case studies. Smith is a senior editor at Harvard University Press.

Dog Love, by Marjorie Garber, Kenan professor of English (Simon & Schuster, $24). A survey of the relations between humans and dogs in contemporary culture. "One could almost claim," writes Garber, "it is the dog who makes us human."

The People's Health: A Memoir of Public Health and Its Evolution at Harvard, by Robin Marantz Henig (Joseph Henry Press, $29.95). A readable institutional memoir documenting the "expansion of public health from a search for microbes to a global effort to secure a healthful environment."

Hockey Sur Glace, by Peter LaSalle '69 (Lyons & Burford, $20). A collection of short stories and four poems, each concerning more than hockey. In one story, "Wellesley College for Women, 1969," the narrator visits Wellesley on a Sunday, skates on the lake, makes love to both his girlfriends, leaves guilt behind on the turnpike coming home, and perfectly evokes the period.

Shadow over Shangri-la: A Woman's Quest for Freedom, by Durga Pokhrel, M.P.A. '84, Ed.D. '93, with Anthony Willett, M.P.A. '86 (Brassey's, $24.95). The true story of a woman who rebelled against her upper-caste Hindu upbringing by joining Nepal's underground democratic movement.

Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, by John Updike '54, Litt.D. '92 (Knopf, $23). "Golf," states the jacket blurb, "has been the subject of many books and the province of many experts, but few have written as sympathetically, as knowingly, about the peculiar charms of bad golf."

Calendar Year, by Julie Agoos '79 (Sheep Meadow Press, $19.95). Poems. "The sincerity, lightness, and composure of her voice," says poet James Merrill, make her work "remarkably engaging."