The document is a list of book titles and authors for various academic subjects presented at the Berkshire Community College 2015 honors convocation. It includes a diverse range of topics across disciplines such as business, health science, liberal arts, and nursing, highlighting different perspectives and significant themes relevant to each field. Each entry provides the name of the author and the specific academic concentration related to the book.

1. 2015 HONORS CONVOCATION BOOK LIST
JONATHAN EDWARDS LIBRARY
BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
October 15, 2015
2 Billion Under 20:
How Millennials are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing the World
Business Administration
Jacqueline M. Aubuchon
Dealing with China:
An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
Business Administration
Gloria J. Escobar
Elon Musk:
Tesla, Spacex, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Business Administration/ Honors
Laura P. Forero
Under the Bus:
How Working Women are Being Run Over
Business Administration
Kimberly A. Gritman

2. Big Weed:
An Entrepreneur's High-Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business
Business Administration
David A. Jolin
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Business Administration
Lisa M. Laughnane
Ayannah Whaley-Wool
Humans are Underrated:
What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
Business Careers
Samantha C. Westwood
Collaboration Begins with You: Be a Silo Buster
Business Careers-Health Information Management
Barbara M. Faulkner
Alibaba's World:
How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business
CIS Programming-Business
Victoria L. Nichols

3. Creating a Website
CIS-Computer Science
Alexey Ershov
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld
CIS-Computer Science
Henry J. Fristik
Visual Basic 2015 in 24 Hours
CIS-Computer Science
Dudley R. Johnson
Countdown to Zero Day:
Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
CIS-Networking
Aaron R. Biros
Jeremy R. Patterson
Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him
Criminal Justice
Chad M. Ouimette
Heidi L. Zeitler

4. Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition
Culinary Arts
Jessica L. McCarron
Applied Minds: How Engineers Think
Engineering
Megan C. Charbonneau
Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Engineering
Shawn E. Paunchai-Green
The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World
Environmental Science
Kessa T. Battaini
Keith W. Budness
The Butterflies of North America: Titian Peale's Lost Manuscript
Environmental Science
Noel J. Goldberg
Paul T. Newton Irelan

5. Say No to the Devil: The Life and Musical Genius of Rev. Gary Davis
Fine Arts-Music
Peter M. Ross
Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record
Fine Arts-Music/ Honors
Miyah Taj
Selected Works: A Memoir in Plays
Fine Arts-Theatre Arts/Honors
Judith A. McNutt
The Brilliant History of Color in Art
Fine Arts- Visual Arts
Melanie A. Griffith
Destruction Was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the Twentieth Century
Fine Arts- Visual Arts
Erika Oliver
Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry
Fine Arts- Visual Arts
Eric S. Raymaakers
Kyle P. Strack

6. Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate New York's Bravest
Fire Science
Thomas A. Klaubert
Less Medicine, More Health: 7 Assumptions that Drive Too Much Medical Care
Health Science
Kathleen M. Adamczyk
Evelyn X. Colon
The New York Times Book of Medicine: More than 150 Years of Reporting on the
Evolution of Medicine
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Alexandria A. Aronoff
Magdelin C. Bennett
A Cancer Companion: An Oncologist's Advice on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Jenna L. Bodnar
The Brain's Way of Healing:
Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Amy L. Brassard

7. Pharmaphobia: How the Conflict of Interest Myth Undermines American Medical
Innovation
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Bryan P. Jones
Jonas Salk: A Life
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Brittany G. LaVigne
Why Can't I Get Better?: Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease: Pain, Fatigue,
Memory and Concentration Problems, and Much More
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Julia K. Lenney
David A. Litano
The Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Rhodalyn MacQuaye
The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of
Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get it Back
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)/ Honors
Brendan P. O'Soro

8. A New History of Life:
The Radical New Discoveries About the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Janell J. Sargent
Kayla L. Smith
Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing what Couldn't Be Done
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Jastine Y. Somostrada
Jennifer L. Kelly
Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World
Health Science (Pre-Nursing)
Kelly M. Phillips
Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying)
Health Science (Pre-LPN)
Jason T. Donnelly
Stephanie A. Fredsall
Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain -- For Life
Health Science (Pre-LPN)
Shauna A. Hoffman
Nicole M. Smith

9. Dental Assisting Notes: Dental Assistant's Chairside Pocket Guide
Health Science- Dental Assisting
Diana J. Cando
First Aid Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Everyone
Health Science- Medical Assisting
Colleen E. Reilly
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
Health Science- Surgical Technology
Deborah L. Remillard
Windows on the World: Complete Wine Course
Hospitality Administration-Career Option
Amie M. Birch
Working with Parents of Anxious Children: Therapeutic Strategies for Encouraging
Communication, Coping & Change
Human Services
Lucas J. Mancari
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Human Services-Social Work Transfer Concentration
Tatianna R. Ayala
Lauri J. Byrnes

10. Hearts of Darkness: Why Kids are Becoming Mass Murderers and How We Can Stop It
Human Services-Social Work Transfer Concentration
Christopher M. Hurlbut
Anxious: Using the Brain to Understand and Treat Fear and Anxiety
Human Services-Social Work Transfer Concentration
Jennifer J. Mercier
Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being
Human Services-Social Work Transfer Concentration
Richard T. Robillard
Dawn M. Schultz
The Healing Power of Writing: A Therapist's Guide to Using Journaling with Clients
Human Services-Social Work Transfer Concentration
Denise K. Sortino
Winnie S. Leung
The Heroic Heart: Greatness Ancient and Modern
Liberal Arts
Danielle E. Allison
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga
Liberal Arts
Fawn M. Buttlieri

11. Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News
Liberal Arts
James E. Eddy, Jr.
Katrina: After the Flood
Liberal Arts
Jackson P. Karpicz
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights: A Novel
Liberal Arts/ Honors
Cassidy A. Lewis
Being Nixon: A Man Divided
Liberal Arts/ Honors
Ashley R. Martsen
Between the World and Me
Liberal Arts
Almena M. Moore Boyd
Liberal Arts
Ryan J. Vandervoort

12. Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960-2010
Liberal Arts
Kristen T. Williams
The Marriage of Opposites: A Novel
Liberal Arts
Amy L. Wood
Life's Engines: How Microbes made Earth Habitable
Liberal Arts-Biological Science
Lionel A. Bierbower
How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
Liberal Arts-Biological Science
Jennifer L. Lee
Humankind: How Biology and Geography Shape Human Diversity
Liberal Arts-Biological Science
Uyen Ton
Genomic Messages:
How the Evolving Science of Genetics Affects Our Health, Families, and Future
Liberal Arts-Biotechnology
Gabriana N. Brooks

13. Max the Brave
Liberal Arts-Early Childhood
Crystal L. Haas
Liberal Arts-Early Childhood
Jessica A. Kratka
Tammy M. Lockenwitz Payer
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
Liberal Arts-Early Childhood
Ellen K. Orell
The End of the Rainbow:
How Educating for Happiness not Money Would Transform our Schools
Liberal Arts-Early Childhood
Emily A. Thurston
It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!
Liberal Arts- Elementary Education
Cassandra P. Chartier
In Defense of a Liberal Education

14. Liberal Arts- Elementary Education
Victoria S. Croshier
A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic
Liberal Arts-Elementary Education/ Honors
Emily M. Rudd
A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story
Liberal Arts-International Studies/ Honors
Katherine Cortes Ruiz
Amped: The Illustrated History of the World's Greatest Amplifiers
Music Production
George A. Williams
The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital
Nursing
William S. Cantwell
The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
Nursing
James V. DeMarsico
Becoming Nursey:
From Code Blues to Code Browns, How to Care for Your Patients and Yourself

15. Nursing
Michaela J. Farr
Nurse, Come You Here!: More True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle
Nursing
David M. Lagerbom
Arpita M. Patel
Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease
Nursing
Kalie R. Phillips
Jessica A. Rivera
Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management
Nursing
Krista J. Robinson
Mosby's Drug Guide for Nursing Students
Nursing
Tenzin Yangzom
Another Person's Poison: A History of Food Allergy
Nursing
Sharon J. Wong

16. Backache, Stress and Tension: Understanding Why You Have Back Pain and Simple
Exercises to Prevent and Treat It
Physical Therapist Assistant
Zachary S. Aichner
Carol B. Bennett
The Hidden Mechanics of Exercise: Molecules that Move Us
Physical Therapist Assistant
Stephanie E. Duda