Books & Recordings
Books
Germany and the Ottoman Railways: Art, Empire, and Infrastructure
By Peter Christensen
Yale University Press, 2017
Christensen explores the political, cultural, and architectural significance of the Ottoman Railway Network, a massive infrastructure project built on a paradox: it was 鈥渢he pride of the empire and its ultimate emblem of modernization鈥攜et it was largely designed and bankrolled by German corporations.鈥� Christensen is an assistant professor of art history at Rochester.
Careers for Women
By Joanna Scott
Little, Brown and Company, 2017
The career of the real-life Lee Jaffe, the spokeswoman and head of public relations at the New York Port Authority in the late 1950s, is the jumping off point for Scott鈥檚 10th work of fiction. Scott, the Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English at Rochester, draws together a reimagined Jaffe, a young clerical assistant, and a mysterious mother-in-need in a tale of urban intrigue touching on the themes of public relations, women鈥檚 careers and friendships, and life in mid-century America.
The Conductor鈥檚 Companion: 100 Rehearsal Techniques, Imaginative Ideas, Quotes and Facts
Edited by Gary Stith 鈥�79E (MM)
Meredith Music Publications, 2017
Stith shares some of the most innovative rehearsal techniques drawn from a 2016鈥�17 nationwide survey of distinguished middle school, high school, and university band and orchestra directors. Stith is an adjunct professor of music education at Ithaca College and a professor and conductor emeritus at the Greatbatch School of Music at Houghton College in Houghton, New York.
Earthling: Poems
By James Longenbach
W. W. Norton & Company, 2017
Longenbach鈥檚 poetry collection serves as 鈥渁 meditation on the ways in which human beings inhabit their knowledge of impending mortality, ranging from bemusement to panic.鈥� Longenbach is the Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English at Rochester.
Bertrand Russell鈥檚 Life and Legacy
Edited by Peter Stone 鈥�00 (PhD)
Vernon Press, 2017
Stone presents a collection of essays exploring the life and legacy of Russell as an educator, activist, and as founder of analytic philosophy. Stone is a lecturer in political science at Trinity College Dublin.
Exhibit Makeovers: A Do-It-Yourself Workbook for Small Museums, Second Edition
By Alice Parman 鈥�64 et al
Rowman & Littlefield, 2017
Parman and the exhibit team at the University of Oregon鈥檚 Museum of Natural and Cultural History present a revised and expanded edition of the do-it-yourself exhibit handbook for small museum staff and volunteers. Parman is a museum consultant based in Eugene, Oregon.
The Little Book of Menopause: Essays on the Biology and Management of Menopause
By James Woods and Elizabeth Warner 鈥�79M (MD), 鈥�83M (Res)
PeriFACTS OB/GYN Academy, 2016
Woods and Warner offer a guide to menopause focused on the role of inflammation, a byproduct of declining estrogen, in triggering menopausal symptoms. Woods is a professor, and Warner, a clinical professor emeritus, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical Center.
Distracted Doctoring: Returning to Patient-Centered Care in the Digital Age
Coedited by Peter Papadakos
Springer, 2017
Papadakos, a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical Center, coedits a collection of essays by distinguished practitioners addressing a 鈥渃ritical problem鈥� in modern health care: that 鈥渨hile electronic technology has revolutionized the practice of medicine, it also poses a unique challenge to health care. Smartphones in the hands of doctors and nurses have become dangerously seductive devices that can endanger their patients.鈥�
Osler for White Coat Pockets: A Vade Mecum for Medical Students and Residents
By Joe VanderVeer 鈥�64M (MD) with Charles Bryan
American Osler Society, 2017
VanderVeer, a surgeon and president of the American Osler Society, introduces medical students and newly minted physicians to the life and ideals of Sir William Osler, a pioneering Canadian-born physician and educator who was among the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital and of the modern medical residency.
George Sotter: Light and Shadow
By Valerie Ann Leeds 鈥�79
James A. Michener Art Museum, 2017
Independent curator Leeds provides an overview of the art and life of Pennsylvania artist George Sotter, who settled in Bucks County in 1919 and is known for his winter nocturnes. The book accompanies the first museum exhibition of Sotter鈥檚 work since 1950.
The Psychopathology of American Capitalism
By Thomas Bonfiglio 鈥�72
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Bonfiglio, the Gaines Professor of Literature and Linguistics at the University of Richmond, draws on psychoanalytic and Marxist theory to explore why, as he argues, 鈥渢he working class [in the United States] tends to vote against its own interests.鈥� The book is part of the publisher鈥檚 Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice series.
Epiduralized Birth and Nurse-Midwifery: Childbirth in the United States, A Medical Ethnography
By Maureen May 鈥�91N (MS)
Sampson Book Publishing, 2017
May presents an ethnography exploring the cultural and social aspects of maternity care through the lens of nurse- midwifery in a single community hospital. May, who died in June, was a certified nurse-midwife and nurse practitioner specializing in women鈥檚 health. This was her first book.
Chicken Poop for the Soil: Wit and Wisdom from the Humble Farmer
By Robert Karl Skoglund 鈥�70 (MA)
CreateSpace, 2017
Skoglund, a longtime columnist for Maine鈥檚 Portland Press Herald and host of the Maine Public Radio program The Humble Farmer, presents a compilation of four decades of his writings.
Burdens of War: Creating the United States Veterans Health System
By Jessica Adler 鈥�00
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017
Adler explores how and why the veterans鈥� health system emerged from its halting origins during the First World War, 鈥渁mid skepticism about the burden of long-term obligations,鈥� to a point, on the eve of the Second World War, when it was poised to become the country鈥檚 largest integrated health care system. Adler is an assistant professor in the Departments of History and Health Policy and Management at Florida International University.
Nightingale Tales: Stories from My Life as a Nurse
By Lynn Dow 鈥�59N
She Writes Press, 2017
Dow, a retired registered nurse, presents a memoir of her 50-year career as a staff nurse, head nurse, teacher, and mentor at large medical centers on both the East and West Coasts. She lives in San Francisco.
Pomona鈥檚 Lost Children: A Book of Uncommon Antique Fruits
By Jay Stratton 鈥�74 (MA)
Chautauqua Gorge Press, 2017
Stratton presents a cookbook and farm memoir telling 鈥渢he stories of a dozen and more old-fashioned fruits, delving into ethnobotany, mythology, and linguistics as well as the cuisine of our ancestors.鈥� A retired teacher, Stratton writes frequently on food and ecology.
Petty鈥檚 Branding Law: A Guide to the Legal Issues in Brand Management
By Ross Petty 鈥�74, 鈥�74S (MBA)
West Academic, 2016
Petty, a professor of marketing law and faculty scholar at Babson College, examines the legal issues associated with developing a new brand.
Barry Baskerville鈥檚 Marvelous Memory
By Richard Kellogg 鈥�70W (EdD)
Airship 27, 2017
Kellogg, a professor emeritus of psychology at Alfred State College, presents the fifth volume in his mystery series featuring youth detective Barry Baskerville.
Natural Leadership: What the Birds and the Bees and the Beasts Can Teach Us
By Marlene Caroselli 鈥�80W (EdD)
HRD Press, 2017
Caroselli, an author and corporate trainer, mines the animal kingdom for examples of leadership traits and behaviors to offer a fresh take on the elements of good leadership.
Recordings
Claude Debussy: 12 脡tudes
By Paulina Zamora 鈥�89E (MM)
Delos, 2017
Pianist Zamora offers one of the few recordings of Debussy鈥檚 rarely performed 12 茅tudes from 1915. Zamora, who teaches at the University of Chile in Santiago, has also released Brahms: The Three Piano Trios (Delos).
New Angle
By the All Angles Orchestra
Outside In Music, 2016
The 15-piece ensemble founded and led by composer and trombonist Mike Conrad 鈥�13E (MM) performs original works fusing classical and jazz elements. Conrad is a doctoral student in jazz studies at the University of Northern Colorado.
Back to Classics: Bach
By Hongsup Lee 鈥�12E
The Classic Art, 2017
On his debut solo recording, pianist Lee offers 21st-century interpretations of nine selections by the 18th-century composer.
Books & Recordings is a compilation of recent work by University alumni, faculty, and staff. For inclusion in an upcoming issue, send the work鈥檚 title, publisher, author or performer, a brief description, and a high-resolution cover image, to Books & Recordings, Rochester Review, 22 Wallis Hall, Box 270044, 人妻少妇专区, Rochester, NY 14627-0044; or by email to rochrev@rochester.edu.
Rochester Review
November鈥揇ecember 2017
Vol. 80, No. 2
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