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BOOKSHELF

Enchanted Night: A Novella by Steven Millhauser '65. "This is the night of the dreamer in the attic" - a series of vignettes (and the occasional morsel of verse) transform children's bedtime stories into an adult blending of the mundane and the fantastic; from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer (Crown, $17).

Sailor (the father poems) by John Elsberg '67. A slim volume of related poems that circle around a triad of father, mother and son, who is also the narrator (New Hope International, £5).

The Fifty-Year War: Conflict and Strategy in the Cold War by Norman Friedman '67. This comprehensive synthesis utilizes data from both sides of the Iron Curtain to argue that the Cold War was in reality a third world war in which American strategists integrated geopolitics and international economics with technological and military developments (Naval Institute Press, $38.95).

Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction by James E. McClellan III '68 and Harold Dorn. This historical chronicle of the transition from the pre-modern world, where invention resulted from trial and error, to the science-driven technology of modernity acknowledges the great achievements from non-Western cultures as well as contributions from the giants of Western science (Johns Hopkins University Press, $55 cloth, $18.95 paper).

The Daily Mirror: A Journal in Poetry by David Lehman '70. A collection of poems from the editor of The Best American Poetry series, who decided as an exercise in his craft to write a poem each day in 1996 (Scribner, $16 paper).

Have a Nice Nap, Humphrey by Steven Krasner '75, illustrated by Sandy Griffis. A warmly illustrated children's story of an insomniac bear, a lost penguin and a monkey allergic to bananas, by a former sports editor for Spectator (Gorilla Productions, $12.95 paper).

Rheumatic Diseases and the Environment, edited by Lee D. Kaufman and John Varga '75. The contributors to this volume assess the pathogenic mechanisms underlying environmental exposures - ranging from drugs to physical stress - that can trigger autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (Arnold, $59.50).

O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors, edited by Luc Sante '76 and Melissa Holbrook Pierson. An anthology of original writings on actors past and present, including Sante's "Rogues' Gallery," a tribute to a series of unforgettable, though often unheralded, non-leading men, and a poetic tribute to Tom and Jerry by Ron Padgett '64 (Pantheon Books, $24).

The Selling of "Free Trade" by John R. MacArthur '78. The president and publisher of Harper's Magazine and a former member of CCT's alumni advisory board exposes a "bipartisan oligarchy" of Republican and Democratic business interests that supported the North American Free Trade Agreement, and delves into the backroom dealings that overcame widespread opposition from working people and led to the agreement's ratification in Congress (Hill and Wang, $25).

Heal Your Hips: How to Prevent Hip Surgery - and What to Do If You Need It by Robert Klapper M.D. '79 and Lynda Huey. Innovative water and land-based exercise regimes, stretching, and other preventive options can eliminate hip disorders once thought to be the inevitable results of aging (John Wiley & Sons, $16.95 paper).

To Lead the Free World: American Nationalism and the Cultural Roots of the Cold War by John Fousek '81. This cultural history identifies traditional ideas of American notions of a providential mission, Manifest Destiny and national greatness as shaping post-World War II culture and holding together the wide foreign policy consensus during the Cold War (University of North Carolina Press, $49.95 cloth, $18.95 paper).

Skill-Biased Technological Change: Evidence from a Firm-Level Survey by Donald S. Siegel '81. As new technologies change a modern workforce that has become "biased" in favor of highly skilled, educated workers, employers and schools must form alliances to train workers capable of embracing technological change (W.E. Upjohn Institute, $31 cloth, $11 paper).

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