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BOOKSHELF
Compiled by Timothy P. Cross and Laura Butchy

History and Utopia by E.M. Cioran, translated by Richard Howard '51. A recent New Yorker review described Howard's translations of the Romanian-born French intellectual - here represented by six elegant essays on the boundaries of society, politics, and history - as "so perfect it is hard to believe one is reading a translation" (University of Chicago Press, $11 paper).

Trappings: New Poems by Richard Howard '51. The 11th volume of poetry from the American Book Award-winning translator and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, who is a professor at the School of the Arts (Turtle Point Press, $14.95 paper).

As Though You Were in Prison with Them: A Resource for Prison Ministry by Richard A. Symes '52. A comprehensive guide for chaplains and others engaged in the ministry of the incarcerated as well as crime victims and their families, by a retired Presbyterian minister (Presbyterian Criminal Justice Program, Free).

To Live Again by Robert Silverberg '56. Originally published in 1969, this tale of a future society where a person's memories can be transplanted after death into others is available in either paper or as an online download (Pulpless.com, $19.95 paper, $3.95 digital).

The Road to Castle Mount: The Science Fiction of Robert Silverberg ['56] by Edgar L. Chapman. A critical appreciation of the prolific author of the Majipoor series, whose work first appeared in pulp magazines in the late 1950s and who has won more Hugo and Nebula Awards than any other author (Greenwood Press, $59.95).

Take Five by D. Keith Mano '63. This modern morality play on excess, which originally appeared to critical acclaim in 1982, follows con man Simon Lynxx on his backward quest through life (Dalkey Archive Press, $14.95 paper).

The Art of the Essay 1999, selected and introduced by Phillip Lopate '64. In his introduction to this third annual collection of essays, the editor of Writing New York notes: "All essays are both arguments and collections, which exhibit conflicting impulses" (Anchor Books, $11.95 paper).

Vote.com by Dick Morris '65. The former strategist for President Bill Clinton and Senator Trent Lott argues that the rise of the Internet, a new "Fifth Estate" made up of citizens online, is supplanting traditional media, undermining big-money lobbyists, and moving government to Thomas Jefferson's radical vision of direct democracy (Renaissance Books, $22.95 cloth, $15.95 paper).

Understanding and Preventing Sexual Harassment: The Complete Guide by Peter Rutter '65. A concise yet thorough guide through the minefield of workplace sexual psychology and behavior, appropriate and otherwise; originally published as Sex, Power, and Boundaries (Bantam, $13.95 paper).

The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing by Thomas Hauser '67. This exposé, originally published in 1976, was one of the first insider accounts of the sport - and the business - of professional boxing (University of Arkansas Press, $20 paper).

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan González '68. An examination of how American economic policy has drawn Latinos to the United States and how Latino culture has become entwined within American society, from the award-winning New York Daily News columnist (Viking, $27.95). For an excerpt, see Columbia Forum.

The Sixties in America, edited by Carl Singleton. This three-volume compilation of the century's most turbulent decade includes entries about Beat legend Allen Ginsberg '48, The Strawberry Statement by James Simon Kunen '70, and the SDS, featuring a picture of Columbia protestors perched atop Alma Mater in 1968 (Salem Press, $315).

Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style by Peter Schubert '70. This college textbook on sixteenth-century counterpoint text reproduces materials used by Renaissance counterpoint teachers, adapted for today's classroom, by a past conductor of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus (Oxford University Press, $39.95 paper).

Forced Displacement and Human Security in the Former Soviet Union: Law and Policy by Arthur C. Helton '71 and Natalia Voronina. The civil wars and ethnic conflicts that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union have made migration and displacement troubling issues within the Coalition of Independent States and for neighboring countries (Transnational Publishers, $95).

Second Opinions: Stories of Intuition and Choice in the Changing World of Medicine by Jerome Groopman '72. Eight real-life medical stories demonstrate the challenges facing today's patients, who must balance professional advice and their own intuition in choosing medical treatments; from the Harvard Medical School physician and New Yorker writer (Viking, $24.95).

Politics and Performance in Contemporary Northern Ireland, edited by John P. Harrington '74 and Elizabeth J. Mitchell. An interdisciplinary volume of essays exploring the interaction of identity politics and live performance, dramatic television, and the usually unscripted street dramas in the bifurcated society of Northern Ireland (University of Massachusetts Press, $50 cloth, $15.95 paper).

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