A WALK IN THE WOODS - University at Buffalo

What’s UB reading this semester?Each fall, students, faculty and staff explore a single book, and this year’s selectionis “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by MalcolmGladwell, who appears in the Distinguished Speakers Series Nov. 13.Merrill (Images of America)ROBIN L. COMEAU, MLS ’03 & BA ’00“Merrill” recounts the story of thisWisconsin city whose origins lie with1840s speculators, lumbermen andbusinessmen, and today is the site ofnumerous historic buildings and places.Robin Comeau, curator of the George W.Ferry Dental Museum in the UB dentalschool, grew up in Lincoln County, whereMerrill is located. ARCADIA PUBLISHING, 2013How to Age in Place: Planningfor a Happy, Independent andFinancially Secure RetirementMARY A. LANGUIRAND, PHD ’87, ANDROBERT F. BORNSTEIN, PHD ’86This book offers a comprehensive guideto “aging in place,” a growing movementfor older Americans who don’t want torely on assisted living or nursing homecare. The book’s practical roadmap formaking proactive decisions about one’ssenior years covers such issues as homemodifications for safety, transportation,and strategies for dealing with illnessand injury. Mary A. Languirand andRobert F. Bornstein have appeared inthe national media addressing the needsof senior adults. TEN SPEED PRESS, 2013Statins: Miraculous or Misguided?MARK J. ESTREN, PHD ’78 & MA ’73“Statins: Miraculous or Misguided”discusses the pros and cons of thesecholesterol-lowering medications.With a notable absence of jargon, thebook offers commentary from peopleon all sides of the statin issue, includingresearchers and prescribers. Italso suggests questions patients canask practitioners about statins. RONINPUBLISHING, 2013Translation: The BassAccompaniment—SelectedPoemsDEBORAH MEADOWS, BA ’77The experimental poetry in this work ispresented in dialogue with such authorsas logician Willard Van Orman Quine,novelist Herman Melville, and philosophersLuce Irigaray and Gilles Deleuze.The poet, an emerita faculty member atCalifornia State Polytechnic University,Pomona, engages the syntax of exploratorythought from her earlier books andends with a poem hinting at a version oftomorrow. SHEARSMAN BOOKS, UK, 2013The Music of World War II:War Songs and Their StoriesSHELDON WINKLER, PMCRT ’70Some of the most memorable popularmusic of the 20th century came aboutduring World War II, and many of thesetunes remain popular today. SheldonWinkler, emeritus professor at TempleUniversity and former faculty member inthe UB dental school, says songwritersof this period gradually became moreinnovative in their attempts to weavewartime sentiments into popular lyrics.The former band leader writes that“war songs were sentimental, poignant,patriotic, morale-building and somber.”MERRIAM PRESS, 2013A Jewish Professor’s PoliticalPunditry: Fifty-Plus Years ofPublished Commentary byRon RubinPERI DEVANEY, BA ’72This anthology of commentary by politicalscientist Ron Rubin, edited by PeriDevaney, focuses on Israel, Judaism,the American Jewish community, worldpolitics and the personalities whohave influenced world Jewry. SYRACUSEUNIVERSITY PRESS, 2013MusicFive of HeartsLAURA KLEIN, BA ’74This is one of threerecordings jazz pianistand composer Laura Klein has releasedwith FivePlay Jazz Quintet. Four of thesetracks were recorded in 2008, the otherseven in 2010. During the interveningyears, Klein was diagnosed with breastcancer and lost her mother. “Throughoutall the turbulence and struggles, playingand composing music kept me going,”she writes, “and aided my return to joyand health.” Klein is associate professorat the Jazz Institute in Berkeley, Calif.AURALINE RECORDS, 2011For more books and submission guidelinesgo to www.buffalo.edu/ubt.www.alumni.buffalo.edu UBTODAY Fall 2013 13