Shelf " I jfe. _ _________ _ L ilLI I I OI OYII. Till l'AIOIIAITAJf 'l0JtCT'I IIIDII,II <fA ILIIII.I.N ......... B. D. love :Biographical A JUDGE IN THE SENATE: Howell Heflin's Career of Politics and Principle By John H ayman G '57 with Cl ara Ru th Hayman The fo lksy Heflin was known as one of the last Roosevelt-style Southern progressive Demo- crats to serve in the U.S. Senate. This author- ized biography covers the life of the former senator and chief justice of the Alabama Su- preme Court as well as key events in which he was involved. (480 pp. NewSouth Bo oks. $28.95) EVERY GIRL TELLS A STORY: A Celebration of Girls Speaking Their Minds By Ca r olyn Jones '78 This book, written in collaboration with the Girl Scouts of the USA, fea tures a series of essays and photographs of 8S girls and young women fro m throughout the United States, including SU students Maria Disla ' OS, Maribelis Olivares 'OS, and Esterlina Rodriguez ' OS. Each one shares a unique life story relat- ing what it means to be a young woman in Ameri ca today. (86 pp. Simon & Sc huster. $1 9.95) BROADWAY, THE GOLDEN YEARS: Jerome Robbins and the Great Choreographer-Directors, 1940 to the Present By Robe rt Em met L ong '64 Long takes a look at Broadway choreographer- directors Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Gower Champion, Michael Bennett, and Tommy Tune. (3 12 pp. Continuum. $35) AN ETHNIC AT LARGE: A Memoir of America in the Thirties and Forties By J erre Ma n gione '3 1 In this reissued memoir, the award-winning author recreates a changing America. Man- gione recalls his early years and Sicilian up- bringing in Rochester, New York, his days at SU and development as a writer, and the Great Depression. (388 pp. Syracuse Un i versity Press. $24.95) MISSY HYATT: First Lady of Wrestling By Mi ssy Hyatt with Ch arl es Sa lzberg '67 and Ma rk Goldb latt In this tell -all memoir, professional wrestling's original sexy socialite sidekick shows why she's the most controversial woman ever to roam ringside. (180 pp. ECW Press. $17. 95) RACING FOR THE BOMB: General Leslie R. Groves, the Manhattan Project's Indi s pensable Man By Rob ert S. N orri s '65 In this detailed biography, Norris, a nuclear weapons analyst for the Natural Resources De- fense Council, explores Groves's role in the building of the atomic bomb. Drawing from family letters and documents, the story addres- 62 S YRA C US E UNIV ERS I Y MA GA Z IN E ses the creation of the bomb, the attack on Japan, and the new "atomic age." (722 pp. Steer Fo rth Press. $40) Fiction & Poetry HOW NANCY JACKSON MARRIED KATE WILSON & OTHER TALES OF REBELLIOUS GIRLS AND DARING YOUNG WOMEN By M ark Twain Edited by John R. Coo l ey '5 9, G '60 Cooley, a Twain schol ar, presents a collection of the legendary author's little-known tales of "un- conventional" women who went against so- ciety's norms. (272 p p. U niversi ty of Nebraska Pr ess. $16. 95) THE SISTERS MALLONE: Una Stor ia di Famiglia By Loui sa Ermelino '68 Ermelino spins a tale of three sisters seeking the American dream. The often humorous story tells of two sisters who do everything they can to protect their youngest sister and ensure that she lives a good life. (304 pp. Simon & Sch uster. $2 3) THE FOURTH PERIMETER By Tim Green '86 , G '94 A former Secret Service agent turned wealthy entrepreneur investigates the suicide of his son, also a Secret Service agent. The probe leads to information about other agents' deaths and ul- timately to the president. (352 pp. Wa rner. $2 4.95) IN MY SISTER'S COUNTRY By Lise H ai n es G ' 73 In My Sister's Country focuses on the relation- ship between 17-year-old Molly and her older sister Amanda, with whom Molly is forced to live after their parents die. As Molly grapples with her losses, she also shares comic insights and a strong sense of rebellion. (336 pp. BlueHen B ooks. $2395) ST. LEGER'S GOLD By Jam es K. H amblin ' 70 Jim "Sumac" Jackson works for America's fa- vorite televangelist and becomes the most wanted- and celebrated- fugitive from jus- tice, when he gets involved in a search for a mythical treasure in Central New York. (373 pp. Publis hamerica Inc. $24.9 5) RED WINE FOR BREAKFAST By R aven West (R ob in C. W estmiller '77) Native New Yorker Jenny Reed is running a top-rated morning radio show in Lo s Angeles, when the station manager hires his brother-in- law to co-host the program. The plot takes an unexpected twist when one of the characters is mixed up in a drug-related death. ( 285 pp . Li ghth ouse Press Inc. $14. 95) 1 et al.: Shelf Life Published by SURFACE, 2002