In PRINT
The Squirbles and the Messy Room! FIFTH ROUND
Kate Harding Teves ’97
The Midnight Market ALADDIN/SIMON AND SCHUSTER
Beth Von Ancken McMullen ’87
The second book in the Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter series follows Lola Benko and her friends as they compete for a spot in top treasurehunting society. After saving her father and the world, 12-year-old Lola and her friends are looking to redeem themselves after botching a job. McMullen works and lives in Northern California with her husband and two children. Visit bethmcmullenbooks.com.
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The Squirbles and the Messy Room is a colorful picture book for early readers. Children will have fun reading about Percy and Pip’s struggles to spiff up their room. But when the pet cat and fish decide to help out, things might just get messier than ever before. Teves is a writer and illustrator. She lives in Florida with her husband and frequent collaborator, Christoph Teves ’97.
Dividing Paradise: Rural Inequality and the Diminishing American Dream UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Jennifer Sherman ’90 Based on interviews, Sherman tells the story of Paradise Valley, Washington, a rural community where amenity-driven economic growth—tourism, second-home ownership, retirement migration—has resulted in
a new social landscape of inequality and privilege, with fault lines between old-timers and newcomers. Traditionally, the community had relied upon logging, mining, and farming. Sherman is associate professor of sociology at Washington State University.
Numerical Methods for Seakeeping Problems SPRINGER
Thomas E. Schellin ’57, Bettar Ould el Moctar, and Heinrich Söding This book describes currently applied and newly developed advanced numerical methods for wave-induced ship motions and loads, which will be of interest to postgraduate students, Ph.D. candidates, as well as engineers in the fields of naval architecture, ocean, and marine engineering. Schellin has lectured at the Institute of Ship Technology, Ocean Engineering and Transport Systems of the University of Duisburg-Essen since 2016, and has published widely.
True Love Never Bleeds IUNIVERSE
Robert W. Barker ’63 True Love Never Bleeds is a fast-paced thriller, with a love story fraught with the potential for betrayal. Using old accusations of murder from when he served in Afghanistan, the CIA sends Peter Binder, a geological explorer and former SEAL, to the jungle in Peru to investigate Russian interests working with North Korea to fast-track development of Cerro Nublado, a controversial copper deposit. His lover, a former Russian spy, insists he stay away from Peru. Barker, an author, geologist, and gold explorer, has published several previous books.
