Beating Lyme: Understanding and Treating This Complex and Often Misdiagnosed Disease By Constance A. Bean ’49 with Lesley Ann Fein, MD, MPH (AMACOM) Lyme is the fastest-growing infectious disease in America, and—if misdiagnosed—can result in chronic, debilitating symptoms. Beating Lyme helps explain the prevention, diagnosis, and antibiotic treatments available to beat the disease that afflicts 1.7 million people worldwide. Constance Austin Bean is the author of six previous books, including Methods of Childbirth, a classic of the natural-childbirth movement.
Eat Smart in Sicily: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods, & Embark on a Tasting Adventure By Joan Peterson and Marcela Croce CG’72 (Gingko Press) This guidebook provides a historical overview of the peoples who have contributed to Sicilian cuisine, and the distinct fare of the villages and cities of Sicily’s four regions. It includes a guide to Sicilian menus, how to shop for traditional ingredients, and a glossary of foods. Marcela Croce was born in Sicily and organizes Elderhostel programs there for Trinity College. For a schedule of Croce’s book tour, go to alumnae. mtholyoke.edu/go/crocetour.
What This Cruel War Was Over: Slavery and the Civil War By Chandra Manning ’93 (Alfred A. Knopf ) Using wartime correspondence, this book traces the evolution of Union and Confederate soldiers’ attitudes about slavery and patriotism. It shows both the increasing centrality of slavery to the Union’s crusade as well as the centrality of slavery and racial ideology to the Confederate national identity. Chandra Miller Manning is assistant professor of history at Georgetown University.
Size Matters: The Hard Facts About Male Sexuality That Every Woman Should Know By Harry Fisch, MD, and Kara Baskin ’00 (Random House) Just what goes on inside a guy’s underpants? Size Matters is a humorous, engaging, and candid conversation between a doctor, the director of Columbia University’s Male Reproductive Center, and a patient, with writer Kara Baskin acting as “Everywoman.” The conversation revolves around questions that every woman has about men’s private parts—but rarely has a chance to address. Kara Baskin is the editor of The Boston Globe’s “Lola” magazine, and has written for The New Republic, Slate, the Washington Post, The Boston Phoenix, and NPR.org. She lives in Boston. Quarterly Blogazine Exclusive! Size Matters author Kara Baskin ’00 reveals more of what she learned researching her book in a Quarterly blog beginning November 1. She’ll write about what women understand about men, what we don’t, and why we need not worry so much about pleasing men. Read on at alumnae.mtholyoke. edu/go/karablog.
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