John T. Lysaker '88, Emerson and Self-Culture (Indiana University Press). A philosophy professor at the University of Oregon, Lysaker examines Emerson in pursuit of "the organic, even divine mechanics of self-culture," the living of an "eloquent life."
Max Pensky '83, The Ends of Solidarity: Discourse Theory in Ethics and Politics (SUNY Press). Pensky, a philosophy professor at Binghamton University in New York, discusses the German thinker Jürgen Habermas and the impact of his ideas on issues ranging from immigration to the role of religion in the European Union.
E. Peter Schroeder '50 (photographs) and Edward Grimm, Riverside Park: The Splendid Sliver (Columbia University Press). An illustrated tribute to Frederick Law Olmsted's "other" New York City sanctuary.
George M. Callaghan '64, Herons Poynte (Cashel & Kells). Stolen Indian lands, a mysterious parchment, and a polluting steel mill all play a role in this novel of the Chesapeake.