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

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Alumni Books
New titles from Dartmouth writers (March/April 2025)
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New Bishop
Diocese elevates its first female leader, Julia E. Whitworth ’93.
Reconstruction Radical

Amid the turmoil of Post-Civil War America, Amos Akerman, Class of 1842, went toe to toe with the Ku Klux Klan.

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Kirsten Gillibrand ’88
A U.S. senator on 18 years in Washington, D.C.

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