Nonfiction

Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir by Geoffrey O’Brien ’66. When Geoffrey looks behind those paperback covers of seductive dames (or maybe they’re dishes) in various stages

Buy Now Pay Later by Hillel Black late 40’s? I grew up in the forties when it was customary to save up for something if you wanted to buy it. Not that our parents were so virtuous; there was just

Prison Transformations: The System, the Prisoners, and Me by Stephen Chinlund ’51. Here is the story of an Episcopalian priest who is attracted to monastic life but finds a higher calling in helpi

The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt. Wikipedia tells me he went to Friends Seminary, so he must have attended in the 19thcentury. Elsewhere I read that he was homeschooled. When I lived in NYC

The Big 50: Boston Red Sox: The Men and Moments that Made the Boston Red Sox by Evan Drellich circa ’04. This little hobby of mine, reading Friends works, often brings me to unfamiliar territory. I

Dr. Ruth’s Guide to Teens and Sex Today by Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Pierre Lehu ’67. Pierre has linked up with Dr. Ruth again, this time to help parents negotiate the tricky waters of sex and teens.

Obselete, An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By, by Anna Jane Grossman ’98. Well it was quite a thrill to see that Anna Jane had written a book. Obsolete is a very funny book about t

The Moon Juice Cookbook, Cosmic Alchemy for a Thriving Body, Beauty, and Consciousness by Amanda Chantal Bacon 00’s? The Moon Juice Cookbook makes healthy eating mouthwatering and stunningly beau

Girldrive: Criss-crossing America, Redefining Feminism by Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein early 2000's. Over Bloody Marys, two young women hatch the idea of a cross country road trip d

Edge of the Knife: Police Violence in the Americas by Paul Chevigny 50’s is the story of police abuse of power, whether unnecessary deadly force in the street or torture behind closed doors. Paul Ch

Moby-Duck, the True story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them , by Donovan Hohn ff.

Atlas of the North American Indian by Carl Waldman ’65. Anything that can be tracked down about the native Americans from time immemorial to the Twenty-First Century can be found in this thorough and

Split Image, The Life of Anthony Perkins by Charles Winecoff ’78. Split Image is a remarkably researched and compellingly written story of an actor we think we know – after all, he’s very famous a

On the Sea of Memory, A Journey from Forgetting to Remembering by Jonathan Cott ‘62 . This book begins as a critique of electroconvulsive therapy, which robbed the author of fifteen years of memory

Dependent States, The Child’s Part in Nineteenth Century Culture by Karen Sanchez-Eppler 70’s This work provides a close, scholarly look at the role of the child in the American culture in the 1800’

wd 50: The Cookbook by Wylie Dufresne circa '88 with Peter Meehan. Art and science combine in this wildly original cookbook to make dishes that amaze the eye as well as the palate (I'm sure, though

Running Time: Films of the Cold War by Nora Sayre 60’s. The Fifties were a time when movies reflected and interacted with politics and international rivalry dominated American culture. The house on

Aging Famously by Elizabeth Meade Howard, Middle school in the 50’s. Elizabeth introduces us to upwards of 30 old people who are not letting age cramp there zest for life and achievement. The cover

Gutsy, the Food-Mood Method to Revitalize Your Health Beyond Conventional Medicine by Nan Gaines Foster circa ’80. Propelled by her own health crisis, Nan has become an expert on healing through nut

The Philadelphia Chromosome, A Genetic Mystery, a Lethal Cancer, and a Life Saving Treatment by Jessica Wapner ’92. Here is an exciting story of the arduous path from the discovery of the Philadelph