Shelf Life

New books by Dartmouth alumni

Robert H. Nutt ’49, DAM contributing editor and former Madison Avenue writer, recalls a baker’s dozen of his best dining experiences—and urges readers to do the same—in Great Meals: A Food Lover Remembers…And You Should, Too! (Shires Press/northshire.com).

Business researcher Robert Morison ’72 advises businesses how to use data analysis for impressive outcomes in Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results (Harvard Business Press).

Sally Harris ’80, a pediatric and adolescent sports medicine specialist at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, edited Care of the Young Athlete (American Academy of Pediatrics), a physician’s guide to diagnosing, treating and preventing sports injuries.

Father-son college consulting team Howard ’59 and Matthew Greene ’90 help new grads find their best career in College Grad Seeks Future: Turning Your Talents, Strengths, and Passions into the Perfect Career (St. Martin’s Griffin).

Andrew Field ’91, a scholar of Chinese history and culture, traces the origin, pinnacle and demise of a commercial dance industry in Shanghai between WW I and the early years of the People’s Republic of China in Shanghai’s Dancing World: Cabaret Culture and Urban Politics, 1919-1954 (Chinese University Press).

Journalist Peter Heller ’82 offers a memoir about finding the value of life while shooting a curl in Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave (Free Press).

Teacher-librarian Sara Leach ’93 follows 11-year-old Jake as he goes into the woods in search of adventure in Jake Reynolds: Chicken or Eagle? (Orca Young Readers).

Jeff Deck ’02 and Benjamin Herson ’02 chronicle their journey across America correcting punctuation and spelling in The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time (Harmony Books).

Portfolio

Norman Maclean ’24, the Undergraduate Years
An excerpt from “Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers”
One of a Kind
Author Lynn Lobban ’69 confronts painful past.
Trail Blazer

Lis Smith ’05 busts through campaign norms and glass ceilings as she goes all in to get her candidate in the White House. 

John Merrow ’63
An education journalist on the state of our schools

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