French Revolutions for Beginners
By Michael J. LaMonica ’04
What’s funny about the (many) French revolutions? Quite a bit, it turns out. LaMonica’s humorously illustrated nonfiction book covers the major figures, events, and political issues of a century during which France underwent 15 transitions of government.
– Red Wheel/Weiser, November 2014
Brandywine
By Michael C. Harris ’01
Subtitled A Military History of the Battle That Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777, Harris’ book is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this Revolutionary War battle.
– Savas Beatie, June 2014
Heart Murmurs: What Patients Teach Their Doctors
By Sharon Dobie ’69
Dr. Dobie, a family physician at the University of Washington Medical Center, worked with 35 other physician-authors on this collection of essays exploring the interactions between doctors and their patients.
– University of California Medical Humanities Press, November 2014
Mary’s Wild Winter Feast
By Hannah Slotnick Lindoff ’04
This illustrated children’s book, based on Lindoff’s own family, is a celebration of food, family, and finding fun in unexpected places. As Mary and her father share foods from their pantry – blueberries, salmon, and more – they relive five Alaskan adventures.
– University of Alaska Press, September 2014