2. 2
The Great Bridge:
The Epic Story of the
Building of the
Brooklyn Bridge
Recommended by: Lee Kamlet
DEAN, SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY IN HAMDEN,
CONNECTICUT
“I'm fascinated by New York in that period. The bridge is
basically as it was when it was built which makes it an
engineering wonder. And he is one of my favorite
writers.”
by David McCullough
3. 3
Recommended by: Marina Puzakova
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY IN BETHLEHEM,
PENNSYLVANIA
PROFESSOR, MARKETING
“Contagious provides answers to important questions,
such as how companies can develop and deliver
integrated content that engages consumers, resonates
with them, goes viral and increases conversion rates.”
by Jonah Berger
Contagious: Why
Things Catch On
4. 4
Recommended by: Benjamin Forest
MCGILL UNIVERSITY IN QUEBEC, CANADA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, GEOGRAPHY
“It is amazing how many of the issues and conflicts of
the post-Civil War period are still with us. Not exactly
beach reading, however.”
by Eric Foner
Reconstruction:
America's Unfinished
Revolution
5. 5
The Road to
Character
Recommended by: Nancy Bagranoff
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND IN RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA
DEAN, ROBINS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
“I am always interested in thinking about leadership
and values, so this book is very appealing to me.”
by David Brooks
6. 6
Why the Wild Things
Are: Animals in the
Lives of Children
Recommended by: Brian Ogle
BEACON COLLEGE IN LEESBURG, FLORIDA
INSTRUCTOR, SCIENCE AND ANTHROPOLOGY
“Great exploration of how youth imagine, engage, and
interpret the animals with which they share the world.
Relevant due to the increasing popularity of companion
animals as well as animals depicted in popular culture.”
by Gail F. Melson
7. 7
LaRose
Recommended by: Coleen Grissom
TRINITY UNIVERSITY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
PROFESSOR, ENGLISH/LITERATURE
“Erdrich informs, engages, educates, challenges and
inspires. She also never seems to get one word
wrong.”
by Louise Erdrich
8. 8
Originals: How Non-
Conformists Move the
World
Recommended by: Susan Cohen
ROBINS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND IN RICHMOND, VA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MANAGEMENT
“I’ve already read the first two chapters, and can’t wait
to read the rest. It’s about how to be creative and how
to nurture creativity in others.”
by Adam Grant
9. 9
Education and Equality
Recommended by: Corey D.B. Walker
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY IN
WINSTON-SALEM, NC
DEAN OF THE COLLEGE AND JOHN W. AND ANNA
HODGIN HANES PROFESSOR OF THE
HUMANITIES
“She consistently sheds new light on social and
political culture and provides us with a more critical and
flexible public language to engage our deepest shared
values and principles. This book offers her latest
considered thinking on the interrelationships between
our core principle of equality and the role and function
of education in helping us to realize a more just and
inclusive democracy… I look forward to spending my
summer thinking with her.”
by Danielle Allen
10. 10
My Name Is Lucy
Barton
Recommended by: Lili Wright
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY IN GREENCASTLE,
INDIANA
PROFESSOR, ENGLISH/JOURNALISM
“I want to see how Strout did what she did. The novel
is so spare. So much is left out and yet the story is full
and embracing. It creates this haunting mood. I want to
learn how to do more with less with my own writing.”
by Elizabeth Strout
11. 11
The Outsider
Recommended by: Dennis Doyle
ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY IN ST. LOUIS,
MISSOURI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY
“I'm researching this novel for the next history book I
plan to write. Plus I just admire and enjoy Richard
Wright's deep exploration of his protagonists'
psychological motivations.”
by Richard Wright
12. 12
Between You & Me:
Confessions of a
Comma Queen
Recommended by: James P. Elliott
CLARK UNIVERSITY IN WORCESTER,
MASSACHUSETTS
PROFESSOR AND DEPARTMENT CHAIR, ENGLISH
“Not only does she highlight many of the grammatical
oddities that I’ve found in student papers, but she does
so with wit, style and irreverence. Required reading for
all who teach literature—and for those who still use
pencils.”
by Mary Norris
13. 13
The Envoy: From Kabul
to the White House, My
Journey Through a
Turbulent World
Recommended by: Frank R. Gunter
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY IN BETHLEHEM, PA
PROFESSOR, ECONOMICS
“As the most senior Muslim-American in the Bush
administration, he met the president on a regular basis
and helped craft U.S. policy in the region. At the
President’s request, he left Afghanistan to become the
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and later our representative at
the United Nations. I first met Ambassador Khalilzad in
Baghdad at the end of 2005 when I was the Chief of
Economics for Multi-National Force – Iraq. I remember
being impressed at how easily he moved between two
very different cultures.”
by Zalmay Khalilzad
14. 14
The Psychology of
Harry Potter: An
Unauthorized
Examination of The
Boy Who Lived
Recommended by: A.J. Marsden
BEACON COLLEGE IN LEESBURG, FLORIDA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY
“I’m a psychologist, I like Harry Potter, so this one
seemed to be a no-brainer. It’s a wonderful journey
through the minds of muggles and wizards.”
by Neil Mulholland
15. The True Believer:
Thoughts on the
Nature of Mass
Movements
Recommended by: Jeffrey McCall
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY IN GREENCASTLE, INDIANA
PROFESSOR, MEDIA STUDIES
“It was written in 1951 … It looks at how mass
movements catch on and how followers engage the
causes. It discusses political and religious movements,
looking particularly at the nationalism of that time,
Communism, fascism, and so on. Given the mass
movements underway in our world today, I think this
book's insights give us much to consider. “
by Eric Hoffer
16. When Breath
Becomes Air
Recommended by: Elizabeth Rattine-Flaherty
ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY IN ST. LOUIS,
MISSOURI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, HEALTH
COMMUNICATIONS
“I'm fascinated by medical professionals who bridge their
personal and professional lives as they become patients.
I believe these ‘boundary spanners’ have a great deal to
teach us about how medicine should work.”
by Paul Kalanithi
17. The Food Lab: Better
Home Cooking Through
Science
Recommended by: Laura Tuhela-Reuning
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY IN DELAWARE, OHIO
PROFESSOR, BOTANY AND MICROBIOLOGY
“In the kitchen, recipes just say what ingredients to add
but not why you add them. In Lopez-Alt's book, he has
done experiments to figure out why things are done in
certain recipes and describes them in terms that even
non-scientists can understand. It's not just how to do
things in the kitchen, but why you do these things to
come out with excellent food. I've had success with the
two things I've already tried -- creamy macaroni and
cheese that doesn't curdle up or get oily, and hard boiled
eggs perfectly cooked and super easy to peel.”
by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
18. Enjoy the summer!
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