Lebanon Valley College Announces Summer 2015 Book Review Series

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ANNVILLE, PA (05/01/2015)(readMedia)-- Twenty Lebanon Valley College faculty and staff will call on their expertise and special interests this summer as they discuss a wide-ranging collection books. This year's summer book review series will include two separate book review locations that are free and open to the public. A full schedule and reading list follows.

One series will be held Mondays at 1:45 p.m. from June 8 to Aug. 10 at Cornwall Manor in Cornwall, Pa. The second series will be held Tuesdays at 9:45 a.m. from June 9 to Aug. 11 at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Community Building in Mt. Gretna, Pa. Each session begins with coffee and cookies, followed by the book review.

Cornwall Manor

Lebanon Valley College Book Reviews Series Summer 2015 at Cornwall Manor, Freeman Auditorium, Cornwall, Pa., Mondays, 1:45 p.m., coffee and cookies; book reviews begin at 2 p.m.

June 8: Michael Schroeder, associate professor of history

Michelle Alexander, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"

June 15: Robert Vucic, lecturer in English

Amy Timberlake, "The Dirty Cowboy" (and other banned books)

June 22: Carolyn Hanes, professor of sociology and criminal justice

Alan Ladd, "Shadow Behind the Smoke and Mirrors"

June 29: Courtney Lappas, associate professor of biology

Robert Cialdini, "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion"

July 6: Karen Walker, associate professor of education

Christina Baker Kline, "Orphan Train: A Novel"

July 13: Mary Pettice, associate professor of digital communications

Hilary Mantel, "Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies"

July 20: Todd Snovel, associate director of student activities and engagement

Edith Pearlman, "Honeydew: Stories"

July 27: John Kearney, professor emeritus of English

Anthony Doerr, "All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel," and Zia Haider Rahman, "In the Light of What We Know: A Novel"

August 3: Sally Clark, associate professor of English

Erik Larson, "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania"

August 10: Michelle Niculescu, associate professor of psychology

David J. Morris, "The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"

Mount Gretna

Lebanon Valley College Book Review Series, Summer 2015, Pennsylvania Chautauqua Community Building, Mount Gretna, Tuesdays, 9:45 a.m., coffee and cookies, book reviews begin at 10 a.m.

June 9: Jeffrey Robbins, professor of religion and philosophy

Lesley Hazleton, "After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split"

June 16: Lewis Thayne, president of Lebanon Valley College

Malcolm Gladwell, "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and Battling Giants"

June 23: Grant Taylor, associate professor of art history

Scott Rothkopf, "Jeff Koons: A Retrospective"

June 30: Owen Moe, professor emeritus of chemistry

Doris Kearns Goodwin, "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism"

July 7: Kevin Pry, associate professor of English

Robert O'Connell, "Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman"

July 14: Jim Broussard, professor of History

Don Doyle, "The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War"

July 21: Stacy Goodman, professor of biology

Dr. Paul Offit, "Do You Believe in Magic? Vitamins, Supplements, and All Things Natural: A Look Behind the Curtain"

July 28: Paul Heise, professor emeritus of economics

Charles H. Ferguson, "Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption and the Hijacking of America"

August 4: Holly Wendt, assistant professor of English

J. R. R. Tolkien, "Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary"

August 11: Diane Johnson, associate professor of politics

Harold Holzer, "Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion"