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Emotive Communication in Japanese
edited by Satoko Suzuki (John Benjamins Publishing Co., 2006)
This collection of scholarly articles discusses emotive expressions in Japanese. The contributors include linguists from top universities in Japan as well as prominent universities in the U.S. Suzuki, chair and associate professor in Macalester's Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, does research in the field of pragmatics, a sub-field within the field of linguistics.
Tim O'Brien '68:
'You can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil.'
The Things They Carried, the acclaimed 1990 collection of stories by Tim O'Brien '68 based on his experiences as a soldier during the Vietnam War, has been selected as the common reading for the Macalester Reunion June 1-3. Alumni planning to attend Reunion are encouraged to read his book, which the New York Times named one of the most important works of fiction published in the last 25 years. O'Brien, whose book was also chosen for the citywide reading program St. Paul Reads, will receive a Distinguished Citizen Citation from Macalester at Reunion. He will talk about his work at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2. Here is an excerpt from a chapter in The Things They Carrie entitled "How to Tell a True War Story":
A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done. If a story seems moral, do not believe it. If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie. There is no rectitude whatsoever. There is no virtue. As a first rule of thumb, therefore, you can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil....
You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you. If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth; if you don't care for the truth, watch how you vote. Send guys to war, they come home talking dirty.
(c)1990 by Tim O'Brien
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The Scooter Bible: From Cushman to Vespa
by Michael Dregni '83 and Eric Dregni '90 (Whitehorse Press, 2005)
Intended as a comprehensive history of the little motorbikes that could, this book chronicles the American scooter boom, the golden age of scooters and the rise of the Mods in England. Michael Dregni is the author of several books on a variety of esoteric subjects, from Ferraris to hot rods, electric guitars to motor-scooters. Eric Dregni is the author ofMinnesota Marvels: Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes,Scooter Mania! and Ads that Put America on Wheels.
A Radical Approach to Real Analysis
by David Bressoud (Mathematical Association of America, 2006)
This is the second edition of an introduction to real analysis, rooted in and informed by the historical issues that shaped its development. More than 60 new exercises have been added. It can be used as a textbook, as a resource for the instructor who prefers to teach a traditional course, or as a resource for the student who has been through a traditional course yet still does not understand what real analysis is about or why it was created. Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Math and Computer Science at Macalester.
Doorways to the World, Doorways to Ourselves: Cross-Cultural, Multilingual Folktales for Children and The Tale of Why the Moon is Free
created by Brittany Lynk '06 and others (BLynk Creations, 2006)
In 2003, Lynk and other students in Professor Jack Weatherford's cultural anthropology course translated and illustrated the American folk tale of Pecos Bill, producing a book for children in Mongolia. Now, Lynk, assisted by other alumni and students, has turned the cross-cultural, multilingual project into a series.Doorways to the World includes stories from Mongolia, Lesotho and Jamaica with translations into Mongolian, Sesotho and Patois. The Tale of Why the Moon is Free, a Mexico folktale, is translated into Spanish and Maya and was produced with the assistance of fifth- and sixth-graders at Friends School of Minnesota in St. Paul.
An Action Fund grant, supported by alumni through the Civic Engagement Center, helped fund the project. Most of the books are going to communities in the places from which the stories come. For more information, write Brittany.lynk@gmail.com.
Other Macalester students and alumni who worked on the book include Batnairamdal Otgonshar (Nagi) '08, Nyalleng Moorosi '06, Demoya Gordon '06, Alexis Goffe '07, Courtney Dicmas '06, Joseph Patton '07, Sayoko Nakamura '06, Ben Tiede '07, Ninya Loeppky '06, Allan Lynk '68, Mary Phillips '66 and Jan Shaw-Flamm '76.
The Robertsons, the Sutherlands and the Making of Texas
by Anne H. Sutherland (Texas A&M University Press, 2006)
Sutherland explores how the experiences of two of the early Anglo land-grant families shaped Texas events and how the families handed down those experiences from one generation to another, transforming two Scots-Irish families into what have been branded Anglo-Texans. A blend of family and Texas history, her book uses personal stories as insights into Texan identity. Sutherland, a former anthropology professor at Macalester, is currently a professor at the University of California-Riverside.
Morbid Cravings
by Gladys Furphy and Jessica James (iUniverse, Inc., 2006)
This novel gives a feminist twist to the horror genre. Hilda Brooks is fading away from anorexia/ bulimia when an attack by a werewolf transforms her into a viable, assertive, 21st century woman. Jessica James is the pen name of Jessica Lavine '83, who lives in New Haven County, Conn., and has previously published poetry and a short story. This is her first novel.
Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics
by Anthony Weston '76 (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Offering a set of tools for engaging complex and controversial ethical problems, this book is intended as a supplement for any general ethics course. It can also be used in more specific applied courses like bioethics, business ethics and social ethics. Oxford has also recently published Weston'sCreativity for Critical Thinkers, a supplement for any general course in thinking skills. Weston is a professor of philosophy and environmental studies and chair of the Philosophy Department at Elon University in North Carolina.
Greater Trouble in the Lesser Antilles
by Charles Locks '68 (Scarletta Press, 2006)
Set on the fictional island of St. Judas, this novel tells the story of a depressed Captain Brian Clancy, who reluctantly becomes a sleuth after several close friends die and another, Leif the Thief, is murdered. Locks, who served 15 months as a combat Marine in Vietnam, owned and operated restaurants in the Caribbean where he also learned to sail.
The World Bank and Governance: A Decade of Reform and Reaction
edited by Diane L. Stone and Christopher Wright '99 (Routledge, 2006)
The 11 contributors to this book analyze the influence of World Bank policy and engagement during the past decade on a variety of issues, including human rights, domestic reform and the environment. Wright is a Ph.D. student in the International Relations Department at the London School of Economics, specializing in development finance, environmental risk management and global environmental politics.
1001 Ways to Market Your Books
by John Kremer '71 (Open Horizons, 2006)
The sixth edition of this book describes more than 1,000 ideas, tips and suggestions for marketing books, illustrated with real-life examples. Kremer has been writing and publishing books since 1984. His Web site, BookMarket.com, is ranked No. 1 in Google and Yahoo for "book marketing."
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