On the Shelf

L O N G I S L A N D U N I V E R S I T Y ON THE SHELF

Let's Create Writers: Writing Lessons for Grades Seven and Eight

By Timothy Horan

Dr. Timothy Horan ’06, ’13 presents an original and highly effective writing program whose major goal is to transform middle school students into competent and confident writers. The book includes 20 writing assignments that are innovative, rigorous, engaging, and designed with the students in mind. Dr. Horan is the school library media specialist for the Hauppauge School District and has published two previous books about creating school library writing centers along with more than 25 scholarly articles.

Douglaston-Little Neck (Images of America)

By Jason Antos

Jason Antos ’03 explores the illustrious history of Douglaston and Little Neck as the gateway to the North Shore of Long Island. While Douglaston emerged as a destination for artists and yachting enthusiasts, Little Neck evolved from farmland and quaint yet rustic country stores to a newly developed area of communities and hamlets that exemplified the American dream. Antos serves as the executive director of the Queens Historical Society and has previously published local history books on Shea Stadium and several neighborhoods in the borough.

A Century of Repression: The Espionage Act and Freedom of the Press

By Ralph Engelman and Carey Shenkman

Senior Professor Emeritus Ralph Engelman and co-author Carey Shenkman offer an unprecedented and panoramic history of the use of the Espionage Act of 1917 as the most important yet least understood law threatening freedom of the press in modern American history. Engelman is the LIU faculty coordinator for the George Polk Awards in Journalism, professor of journalism and communication studies, and author of three books on journalism history.

Ferne: A Detroit Story

By Barbara Henning

Professor Emerita Barbara Henning provides an intimate portrait of her mother, Ferne, whose tragic young life in the city of Detroit she describes in loving detail. The memoir deftly analyzes the social contours of the mid-century culture through a series of vignettes, news clippings, photographs, and biographical details. Henning is a poet and novelist who served as chair of the English department and has written five novels, seven collections of poetry, four chapbooks and a series of photo-poem pamphlets.

The President and the Freedom Fighter

By Brian Kilmeade

Brian Kilmeade ’86 tells the little-known story of how President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass moved from strong disagreement to friendship, and in the process changed the entire course of history. Sharing little more than the conviction that slavery was wrong, the two men’s paths converged as they endured the Civil War and a growing firestorm of unrest. Kilmeade is the New York Times bestselling author of George Washington’s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, and is a host on FOX News.

Clinical Resource Manual for Graduate Speech Language Pathology Students: Transition from Theory to Practice

By George Pagano and Mayya Teytel Cocozza

Professors George Pagano and Mayya Teytel Cocozza offer a guide for speech language pathology graduate students as they enter their off-site pediatric and adult externship placements. The resource manual enhances the development of clinical decision-making and problem solving, goal writing and implementation, and clinical writing skills for aspiring speech language pathologists. Pagano and Cocozza are both professors in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at LIU.

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