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Associate Professor of Hispanic and Women's Studies Susan Sanchez-Casal is co-author of Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul, with Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Health Communications, Inc., August, 2005). Sanchez-Casal says, "While respecting the inspirational formula, Latino Soul tells stories about Latino histories and experiences in the U.S., stories that very much need to be told and listened to. It speaks to the difficult and miraculous experiences of our daily lives, in a way that also brings visibility to and celebrates the diversity of Latino life in the United States today." In addition to editing the volume, Sánchez-Casal wrote two of the stories "Don't Do It Willy!" and "Vengo del mar."

Blackwell Publishing has issued the Companion to Narrative Theory, co-edited by James Phelan (Ohio State University) and Hamilton Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz. The massive anthology includes 35 original essays by leading narrative theorists from the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and offers a comprehensive and global view of the state of the discipline at the beginning of the 21st century, covering not only literary narrative, but also narrative in other mediums and other fields.

Evers, town historian of Woodstock, New York, died in 2004, a few months after finishing this history of Kingston. Inhabited by Indians since pre-history, colonized by Dutch traders in the seventeenth century, oppressed by British Colonial rule, and an important locus of action during the American Revolution, Kingston was also the home of progressive thinkers in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Hamilton College Charter Trustee Barrett Seaman, wrote the recently published book, BINGE: What Your College Student Won't Tell You, after spending more than two years living in college dorms on 12 campuses across the country. In observing student life at colleges that included Hamilton as well as Harvard, Berkeley, Duke and Stanford, Seaman discovered that much had changed since he graduated from Hamilton in 1967.

Written by Hamilton College Professor of Government Carol Ann Drogus and Lehigh University Professor of Political Science Hannah W. Stewart-Gambino, the book examines the impact of religiously inspired activism in Latin America, including the fates of the activists and social movements that rose to prominence there during the 1980s.

Father Woggon’s book is an explanation of the stages of the Contemplative Process, illustrated with a selection of his poems from 1949-2005. The poems are drawn from his experience as a pastor as well as personal faith, and provide the steps for a spiritual pilgrimage. The volume is designed for personal or group use, with questions to guide reflections at the end of each chapter. The poems themselves are “finely wrought and from the soul and heart [and] touchstones along the way.”

Collection of five short stories and four poems written with “satiric wit and Jewish humor” about working-class New York characters that the author observed during his “growing-up” years in Brooklyn.

Nature is full of fascinating stories, stories that attract our attention at a young age and keep us amazed throughout our entire lives. The need to understand nature draws us back to its simple beauty again and again, yet underneath this simplicity lies a complex web of associations and patterns. The Nature Handbook does what no other field guide does: explores and explains nature through these connecting patterns, revealing them to the many different types of nature lovers.

Bridging Minds Across the Pacific a new book edited by Asian Studies Chair Cheng Li, offers an examination of those Chinese students who have studied in the U.S. since the late 1970s and have returned to China. This volume of essays focuses on how these students have contributed to shaping their home country, especially in social science curricular development, program-building, research, and public policy formation. And, it explores whether sweeping educational exchanges between these two profoundly different countries have promoted productive mutual understanding. Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, edited the book and is also one of the book's essayists. He is also the author of China's Leaders: The New Generation (2001) and Rediscovering China: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Reform (1997).

From the expeditions of the ancient world to the future of space exploration in the 21st century, Discovery and Exploration conveys the wonders, anxieties and satisfactions that explorers have felt since the beginning of time. Starting with a vivid scene-setting first chapter focusing attention on a key event, each book’s gripping narrative explores the topic, while firsthand accounts of incidents, climate and terrain offer a fresh perspective on discovery and exploration. Each volume also includes black-and-white photographs and illustrations; specially done, detailed maps; box features; an introduction or preface; a glossary; a further information list; and an index.