Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey
of Heart and Spirit, Daniel G. Groody, CSC, '86
(Rowman & Littlefield). Notre Dame's associate director of
the Institute of Latino Studies offers a spiritual narrative of
Mexicanimmigrants who cross the border, their faith strong, their
desperation deep. More
Crafting Customer Value: The Art and Science,
Peter Duchessi '75 (Purdue University Press). Guidelines
for developing the business systems that can lead to product and
service benefits which offer fair value in the minds of customers.
Unexpected Chicagoland, Camilo Jose Vergara
'68, Timothy Samuelson (New Press). Photographer Vergara
and architectural historian Samuelson search for what they call
"the debris of history" with 200 photos and a historical narrative
of Chicago's architectural past. More
Goodbye Father: The Celibate Male Priesthood and the
Future of the Catholic Church, Richard A. Schoenherr,
edited by David Yamane (Oxford University Press). ND sociologist
Yamane edited this book by the late Schoenherr, who argued that
the church should ordain married men. The book offers a chance
to reflect on the role of the priesthood and how a change in the
celibacy requirement could affect the church. More
Absentee Indians & Others Poems, Kimberly
Blaeser '82M.A., '90Ph.D. (Michigan State University Press).
The award-winning Native American artist, who grew up on the White
Earth Reservation in Minnesota, uses both humor and lyrical images
to evoke the places that Native Americans call home and the identities
they have forged.
A Gift of Light: Photographs in the Janos Scholz Collection,
edited by Stephen Roger Moriarty '69, '80M.A., with Morna
O'Neill '98 (University of Notre Dame Press). Featuring the
work of 19th century European photographers, this book takes readers
on a visit to the early ages of paper photography. Essays and
a bibliography round out the oversized volume. More
Between Montmarte and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and
the Avant-Garde, Bernard Gendron '67Ph.D. (University
of Chicago Press). How did jazz and rock come to be valued as
art forms? From the cabarets of Paris in the 1880s to the nightclubs
of New York in the 1970s, Gendron traces the development.
The IT Payoff: Measuring the Business Value of Information
Technology Investments, Sarvanan Devaraj, Rajily
Kohli (Prentice Hall). The two Notre Dame management professors offer their systematic approach to making rational decisions
about spending money on information technology.
The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S.-Soviet
Relations, Donald E. Davis and Eugene P. Trani '61
(University of Missouri Press). When Lenin came to power in 1917
Russia, Wilson gave his regime the cold shoulder. The authors
argue that a direct line can be drawn from Wilson's handling of
Russia to Reagan's view of the "evil empire."
Professions of Faith: Living and Working as a Catholic,
edited by James Martin, S.J., and Jeremy Langford '92
(Sheed and Ward). Contributions from a New York police officer,
a teacher, an architect and others highlight the interplay between
faith and work.
World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites,
J. Douglas Smith and Richard Jensen '62 (SR Books). The
authors evaluate thousands of websites, and a bonus CD offers
links to the recommended sites. More
Doing Survey Research: A Guide to Quantitative Research
Methods, Peter Nardi '69 (Allyn & Bacon).
A practical book that prepares students to conduct their own survey
research and write up the results, as well as read and interpret
other people's research.
Slow Down: A Journey in Words and Photographs,
August Jennewein'80 (Sleeping Elephant Publishing). The
author and photographer shot only one exposure a day over a year
to illustrate his theme that "we only have one chance to live
any given moment."
