Lebanon Valley College Book Review Series
The summer 2010 series will be posted in February 2010. The information below from summer 2009 provides a sample of how the series is scheduled and the types of books that are reviewed.
At the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Community Building, Mt. Gretna.
Tuesdays: Coffee and cookies at 9:45 a.m., Book review at 10:00 a.m.
June 23: Grant Taylor, Assistant Professor of Art History and Digital Communications
Michel Pastoureau, Black: The History of a Color
June 30: Kerrie Smedley, Associate Professor of Psychology
Sarah Blaffer Hardy, Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding
July 7: Kevin Pry, Associate Professor of English
Peter Ackroyd, Thames: A Biography
July 14: Gabriel Scala, Assistant Professor of English
David Porter, On the Divide: The Many Lives of Willa Cather
July 21: Howard Applegate, Professor Emeritus of History and American Studies
Andrew Reese, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: The Untold Story
July 28: Jim Broussard, Professor of History
Allen Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglass: The Debates That Defined America
August 4: Jean-Paul Benowitz, Adjunct Instructor in History
Thurston Clarke, The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
August 11: Jeffrey Robbins, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy
Sheldon Wolin, Democracy Inc: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism
August 18: Diane Iglesias, Professor of Spanish
Donna Leon, The Girl of His Dreams
August 25: Paul Heise, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Andrew Bacevich, The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
At Cornwall Manor, Freeman Auditorium, Cornwall, Pa.
Mondays: Coffee and cookies at 1:45 p.m., book review at 2:00 p.m.
June 22: Mark Mecham, Clark and Edna Carmean Distinguished Professor of Music and Chair, Department of Music
Kathleen Norris, Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s Life
June 29: Kathryn Oriel, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Betty Perkins-Carpenter, How to Prevent Falls: A Comprehensive Guide to Better Balance
July 6: Mary Pettice, Associate Professor of English
Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth
July 13: David Rudd, Professor of Business Administration and Chair, Department of Business and Economics
Carl Meyer & Shareen Brysac, Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
July 20: Gary Grieve-Carlson, Professor of English
Brenda Wineapple, White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
July 27: Jane Yingling, Associate Professor of Education
Michael J. Fox, Lucky Man
August 3: Susan Verhoek, Professor Emerita of Biology
Cameron McNeil, Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao
August 10: Neil Perry, Assistant Professor of Economics
Jeffrey Sachs, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
August 17: Arthur Ford, Professor Emeritus of English
Tom Bailey, The Grace That Keeps the World
August 24: Diane Johnson, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Trita Parsi, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States