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Books by Alum Year
David Waldon ’92 has published Snakes on a Plane: The Guide to the Internet Sssssssssensation (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2006). Called the “ultimate companion” to the movie, this book provides an overview of the action-horror flick and examines the pre-release excitement it generated on the Internet.
Chris Blazina ’88 has published The Cultural Myth of Masculinity (Praeger, 2003), that details how masculinity is a socially constructed entity with a definition that has evolved over time. The volume presents "two masculinities," representing the aristocracy and the warrior class notions of how to be a man, that have vied for dominance throughout most of Western culture.
Don Boes ’80 has published Railroad Crossing (Finishing Ling Press, 2005), a chapbook of poems.
Teresa Daniel ’79 has published The Management of People in Mergers and Acquisitions (Quorum Books, 2001) with her husband, Gary Metcalf. According to Personnel Psychology, it “provides an excellent guide for human resource practitioners who may be involved in, an organization merger or acquisition. Recommendations are backed up with clear rationale, and although ‘hard core practitioners’ may find the book too theoretical, the liberal use of examples and case studies makes the book a worthwhile guide for managing people in mergers and acquisitions.” She has also written Cash Balance Plans: A Practical Primer (Intl Foundation of Employee Benefit, 2000).
Craig Duerr ’74 has published The Landlord’s Nightmares (Professional Press, 2003), a book about the perils of owning rental property.
Steve Lyon ’72 has published The Gift Moves (Houghton Mifflin, 2004), a futuristic novel for young adults. Carol Warren ’71 was interviewer and editor for Like Walking Onto Another Planet, published by the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition in 2006, that details the experiences of West Virginia coalfield residents wit mountain-top removal mining. It can be accessed at http://www.ohvec.org/issues/mountaintop_removal/misc/ovec_mtrbooklet.pdf
Deanna Burleson Beineke ’69 is co-author of Dayton (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), a history of Dayton, Ky., for the publisher’s Images of America series.
Geoffrey Douglas ‘67 has written The Classmates: Privilege, Chaos, and the End of an Era (Hyperion, 2008). The book explores what happened to the Class of 1962 at St. Paul's School, a boarding school in New Hampshire. The class included not only Douglas but also John Kerry, whose 2000 presidential run prompted a flurry of e-mail correspondence amongst the classmates. The book is part memoir and includes mention of Douglas’ time at Centre. Kirkus Reviews says: “He discovered that St. Paul's alumni had endured a broad range of experiences since graduating, Jerry Morton ’64 has published Reluctant Lieutenant: From Basic to OCS in the Sixties (Texas A&M University Press, 2004), a humorous account of his training to become an infantry officer in 1966. It is part of the Texas A&M Military History Series. Jim Perkins ’63 has published David Madden: A Writer for All Genres with Randy J. Hendricks (University of Tennessee Press, 2006), the first full-length critical work devoted to the whole of Madden’s work as novelist, critic, poet, short-story writer, and dramatist. Perkins and Hendricks have also teamed up on For the Record: A Robert Drake Reader (Mercer University Press, 2001) and volume three of The Selected Letters of Robert Penn Warren (Louisiana State University Press, 2006). He also has a collection of stories, Snakes, Butterbeans, and the Discovery of Electricity (Mercer University Press, 2003), and collaborated with Suh Ji-Moon on a poetry anthology, Brother Enemy: Poems of the Korean War (White Pine Press, 2002).
Bill Silverman ’53’s book Crosscurrents (Dorrance, 2002) is a novel about Che Guevara, the Cold War, and the remarkable deep-diving Aluminaut submarine.
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Will Lavender ’99 has published his first novel, Obedience (Random House/Shayne Areheart Books, 2008), a thriller set on a college campus. Kirkus Reviews calls it “an inspired thriller about cognitive dissonance, conjectural misdirection and the conspicuous dichotomy between academia and the real world.”
Andre Bergeron ’98 has published The Devil’s Ridge (Mars Media Publishers, 2007), a novel about a hunt for the legendary ape Bigfoot.
Nicole Work ’95 has published The Witching Season (Lulu.com, 2005) under the pen name Stephanie Work. It tells the thrilling tale of children unwittingly releasing an evil witch from a mirror and their efforts to trap her again.
Bryan Prendergast ’95 has published his first novel, Detention Center in Red (iUniverse, 2007), a philosophical work about which Kirkus Reviews wrote, “Prendergast’s writing is parsimonious, incisive, and as stark as the landscape it paints. He skillfully deploys the eloquence of reticence: His characters are as bright and evocative as Persian miniatures . . .” 
Laura Boswell ’94 has published The Quotable Businesswoman (Andrews McKeel Publishing, 2002), in which successful female executives, from Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina to Avon head Andrea Jung, talk about reaching goals, taking risks, and winning in the world of business. She is also the author of The Christian Book of Questions (Three Rivers Press, 2003), a compilation of 350 ethical questions to help individuals explore their beliefs on everything from cloning to reality shows.
Alysia Fischer ‘93 has written Hot Pursuit: In Search of Ancient Glass-blowers (Lexington Books, 2008). The book examines ancient glass-workers at the site of Sepphoris, in northern Israel, which she first visited as a Centre student. By drawing upon the knowledge and experience of current Middle-Eastern glass-workers to interpret the artifacts excavated at the site, she creates a picture of the life and work of craftspeople living 1,500 years ago. The book incorporates methods drawn from the four fields of anthropology and calls for more integration among the sub-fields. She teaches in the anthropology department at Miami University. 
Wayne Williams ’92 has published Flags, Kittens and Mud Puddles (PublishAmerica.com, 2006), a collection of his e-mail correspondence during his tour of duty in Iraq in 2004. He was with the 307th Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard training the Iraqi Security Forces to defend their country. All proceeds will be donated to a scholarship fund for children of fire fighters and EMTs.
Karen Weyler ’88 has published Intricate Relations: Sexual and Economic Desire in American Fiction, 1789-1814 (University of Iowa Press, 2005). A description says, “Weyler’s passionate and persuasive study offers new insights into the civic role of fiction in the early republic.”
Lynnell Major Edwards ’86 has published two collections of poetry, The Farmer’s Daughter (Red Hen Press, 2003) and The Highwayman’s Wife (Red Hen Press, 2007). “What a wicked pleasure the poems of Lynnell Edwards are, with their saucy boldness, their wild feminine bravada, their sly rhymes and clattering consonants. In The Highwayman’s Wife, Edwards reinterprets old myths and legends, twists the old formal strategies, undomesticates domesticity, mixes drinks, plants dahlias with a pick-axe, and laments and resurrects laughing, bitter, bright the wench,” says Cecilia Woloch.
Corky Deaton ‘81 has written Grace Happens: A Recovering Alcoholic's Perspective on Holy Transcendence (Tate Publishing, 2008). Grace Happens is the true story of a man’s struggle with addiction and the subsequent journey through recovery to freedom spotted with events that some might consider coincidence, but recognized by the recovering and clean addict as God’s grace manifested through the men and women with whom we interact on a daily basis. 
Susan Franks Sieweke ’81 has published Annie Nell Meets the Sock Gnomes (Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2007), a children’s book whose heroine solves the mystery of why socks go missing in the dryer.
Mary C. Carruth ’77 is the author of Feminist Interventions in Early American Studies (University of Alabama Press, October 2006), a collection of essays about the intersections of gender, race, and class in the culture and literature of early America to 1830. From the publisher: “The essays synthesize feminist perspectives from a number of approaches, including cultural studies, gender studies, new historicism, and race theory. They treat a variety of literary genres, from sermons, travel narratives, letters, and diaries to poetry, drama, and early novels. Some of the essays recover little known texts, such as the travel records of women Quakers and colonial accounts of the Creek “Indian princess” Mary Musgrove.” 
Valarie Ziegler ’76 has most recently published Diva Julia: The Public Romance and Private Agony of Julia Ward Howe (Trinity Press, 2003). Publisher’s Weekly says, “No one has been so thorough or bold as Ziegler. She moves past the apparent implications within Howe's work and avoids painting a cheery picture where there is none. Instead, she presents an honest look at Howe's personal struggles to do great public works, and her biography is the better for it.” She has also published The Advocates of Peace in Antebellum America (Mercer University Press, 1992) and is editor of Eve & Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender with Linda S. Schearing and Kristen E. Kvam (Indiana University Press, 1999).
Michael Willi Lowe ’76 has published Wizardmont (iUniverse, 2006), the first in the Promise of the Stone epic fantasy series that he started writing while at Centre.
Keen Babbage ’76 has published four “extreme” guides for teachers. The latest is Extreme Economics: The Need for Personal Finance in the School Curriculum (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007), which identifies what children and teenagers need to know about personal finance and shows educators how to design instructional activities that enable students to learn about personal finance in real, fascinating, and meaningful ways. He has also written Extreme Students: Challenging All Students and Energizing Learning (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005), Extreme Learning (ScarecrowEducation, 2004), and Extreme Teaching (ScarecrowEducation, 2002).
Nelson Rhodus ’75 has published White Lick Creek (AuthorHouse, 2007), a collection of nonfiction poetry and prose that reflects on his Kentucky childhood.
Joanne Kellar Bouknight ’75 has written two volumes in Taunton Press’ Idea Book series. The Kitchen Idea Book (revised in 2004) explores all kitchen styles, from farmhouse to stainless steel, and helps homeowners create the kitchen of their dreams. The Storage Idea Book (2002) provides creative ideas and flexible solutions to clutter challenges in every room of the house. Lucy Hendrick calls it a “"MUST read for everyone who wants to put away their stuff!” and says, “Bouknight demystifies storage so we can all find our belongings and be more productive. Written with insight, intelligence and no small amount of common sense."
Will Glass ’74 has published Strangers in Zion: Fundamentals in the South, 1900-1950 (Mercer University Press, 2001). It is “a history that fills a significant gap in the historical literature on fundamentalism and on religion in the American South. As such, he lays the groundwork for understanding the South's contribution to the growth of the religious right in second half of the twentieth-century.”
Trudy Knowles ’73 has published What Every Middle School Teacher Should Know, Second Edition with Dave F. Brown (Heinemann, 2007) and The Kids Behind the Label: An Inside Look at ADHD for Classroom Teachers (Heinemann, 2006), based on interviews with fourteen ADHD students from elementary school to college.
Bill Cutrer ’73 has published several Christian medical thrillers with Sandra Glahn: False Positive (Random House, 2002), about abortion clinic intrigue, Deadly Cure (Kregel Publications 2001), about the dark side of biomedical research, and Lethal Harvest (Kregel Publications, 2000), about the murder of an embryologist. They also co-wrote The Contraception Guidebook: Options, Risks, and Answers for Christian Couples (Zondervan, 2005), The Infertility Companion: Hope and Help for Couples Facing Infertility (Zondervan, 2004), When Empty Arms Become a Heavy Burden: Encouragement for Couples Facing Infertility (Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996), and Sexual Intimacy in Marriage (Kregel Publications, 2007). He has also collaborated on two books in the BioBasics Series: Basic Questions on End of Life Decisions: How Do We Know What's Right? (Kregel Publications, 1998) and Basic Questions on Reproductive Technology: When Is It Right to Intervene? (Kregel Publications, 1998)
Phillip Sterling ’72 has published Significant Others (Main Street Rag, 2005), a book of poetry.
George Ella Hoskins Lyon ’71 has published a memoir, Don’t You Remember? (Motes Books, 2007), that explores a childhood experience that seems to reveal another lifetime. Bobbie Ann Mason calls it “an irresistible story filled with suspense and wonder” and Silas House says it is “haunting, thought-provoking, brave, amazing, and maybe even the best book yet from this beloved author." For a list of her other books in print, see 
Kent Masterson Brown ’71 has published Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign (The University of North Carolina Press, 2005), which details the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg in July 1863, focusing on the complex logistics of moving a 57-mile wagon and ambulance train and tens of thousands of livestock through hostile territory while scavenging for provisions and planning the army's next moves. According to D. Scott Hartwig, “Using an impressive array of untapped source material, Kent Brown has written the first detailed narrative on the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg.” He is also the author of Cushing of Gettysburg: The Story of a Union Artillery Commander (University Press of Kentucky, 1998) and editor of The Civil War in Kentucky (Savas Publishing Company, 2000).
Jerry A. Cunningham '69 has written No Coin for Charon (Big Muddy Press, 2008), the first in a planned trilogy. The story begins in Danville in 1824 and follows its protagonist, John Calvin Cabell, as he is forced to start a new life in Memphis.
Tom Hester ’63’s book John Donne’s Marriage Letters in the Folger Shakespeare Library (University of Washington Press, 2005) was recognized as one of the “50 Best Books of 2005 in the USA” by the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Robert Brandt ’63 has published several travel books on Tennessee. Touring the Middle Tennessee Backroads (John F. Blair Publisher, 1995) profiles 15 tours that take drivers through dense forests, swampy bottoms, and rolling bluegrass to sites like an Amish settlement and Milky Way Farm, the home of candy makers Frank and Ethel Mars. Middle Tennessee On Foot (John F. Blair Publishing, 1998), according to Roger Jenkins, “covers most of the trails in the State Parks, Natural Areas, a couple of battlefields, and even throws in some walks on country lanes, for those of us who don't want to stray too far from the pavement. . . . He interleaves wildflowers, geology, and forestry as he winds his way down the trail. And his descriptive narrative combines a sense of the terrain with the emotional impact as you traverse it.”
Rob Robertson ’63 has written The Wonder Team: The Story of the Centre College Praying Colonels and Their Rise to the Top of the Football World (Butler Books, 2008). Despite the acclaim the team received in the years after World War I, few now remember the talented and colorful young men who put Centre College on the map. The book takes us back to the beginning of the 20th century, when the creation of the Wonder Team was the dream of one man: Robert L. “Chief” Myers-1907. For more information, please e-mail 
Trecia Roberts Greene ’59 has published three books, The Laws of Eleanor (iUniverse, 2005), a tale of three women, Portrait of Peninsula Woman (iUniverse, 2006), a collection of short stories, and When Lois Lane Sings (iUniverse, 2006), the story of a coming of age that takes half a century.
Betty Boles Ellison ’56 has published A Man Seen But Once: Cassius Marcellus Clay (Authorhouse, 2005), a biography of the abolitionist from Madison County, Ky., Kentucky's Domain of Power, Greed and Corruption (Writers Club Press, 2001), an investigation into college athletics, and Illegal Odyssey: 200 Years of Kentucky Moonshine (1st Books Library, 2003).
Bob Dickey ’54 has published a memoir, Near Misses: Growing up in Bowling Green with World War 2, Fledgling Femme Fatales, and Fallible Football Fortunes (Cold Tree Press, 2006).
James L. Clark ’53 has published Lucifer’s Hope . . . The Guv (Writers Club Press, 2002), a political thriller in which Satan tries to redeem himself by turning a person he corrupted into a paragon of virtue. He chooses a corrupt Kentucky governor, and what follows has been called a “rollicking, metaphysical muckraking of Kentucky politics.”
Homer Rice ’51 has most recently published Leadership Fitness: Developing and Reinforcing Successful, Positive Leaders (Longstreet Press, 2005). His other books include Lessons for Leaders: Building a Winning Team From the Ground Up (Longstreet Press, 2000) and Winning Football With the Air Option Passing Game with Steve Moore (Prentice Hall, 1985).