Shelf Life
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).