Bookshelf
Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.
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(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Drawing on extensive research and using high-profile leaders as examples, the author debunks the notion that “negotiation is a tool to use outside the organization to deal with customers, suppliers, and creditors. Inside, it’s strictly ‘my way or the highway.’” Salacuse explains negotiation’s role “in gaining, exercising, and retaining leadership within organizations, large and small, public and private.”Topic -
(AuthorHouse, 2017)
From leveraging technology to managing people, this easy-to-follow guide “opens the door to the most contemporary business start-up methods available to today’s entrepreneur.” Founder of the highly successful Junk-A-Haulics trash removal business, the author speaks for today’s “youthpreneurs” and the value they place on quality of life over focusing on profit alone.Topic -
(Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2017)
The celebrated verse of perhaps the most influential Francophone poet of the 20th century is collected in this bilingual edition. As one reviewer noted, the book “offers three inestimable gifts: Césaire’s poetry in its original, unrevised form; rich details on the contexts of publication; and new translations into English that account for both. A treasure!”Topic -
(Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
The author, a professor of law and political science at the University of Wyoming, traces the evolution of the constitutional order — from the framers’ vision of a system that balanced government power and individual rights, to one “in which corporations and billionaires wield herculean political power.”Topic -
(New York: Kensington, 2017)
This compelling page-turner tells the parallel stories of one woman’s lifelong quest to escape a family enmeshed in criminal activities and another woman’s attempt to find answers to some unsolved mysteries. Their paths combine and secrets are revealed. A former executive at Sun Microsystems, the author is now a high-tech consultant. This is her first novel.Topic -
(CreateSpace, 2016)
Studies show that gay youth in foster/adoptive care suffer especially high rates of substance abuse, depression and suicide. In this book, Balog describes how understanding their brain development is key to helping them heal and grow into healthy adults. Formerly an editor at the Dana Foundation, the author is chief information officer at A Thousand Moms.Topic -
(Fabius, N.Y.: Standing Stone Books, 2016)
Described as an “American photographer’s homage to the country of his ancestors,” this beautifully designed volume features more than 200 stunning photographs, with commentary, that capture the diverse villages and landscapes of Scotland’s mainland and western islands.Topic -
(Austin, Texas: Impetus, 2016)
Chock-full of analogies and helpful examples, this book offers tips for leading productive dialogues. Bolger founded Pride for All, an organization that promotes social justice conversations, and TheSafeZoneProject.com, where she helps create sustainable gender and sexuality education programs.Topic
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