Lebanon Valley College Book Reviews

Cornwall Manor

Lebanon Valley College Book Reviews Series Summer 2013 at Cornwall Manor, Freeman Auditorium, Cornwall, Pa.; Mondays, 1:45 p.m., coffee and cookies; book reviews begin at 2 p.m.

June 10: Beth Underwood, lecturer in Italian

Leonard S. Marcus, "Listening for Madeleine: A Portrait of Madeleine L’Engle in Many Voices"

June 17: John Kearney, professor emeritus of English

Stephen Greenblatt, "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern," and Elaine Pagels, "Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation"

June 24: Carolyn Hanes, professor of sociology

David Janssen, "The Real Fugitive" (a special presentation on the actor who starred in the hit TV series The Fugitive)

July 1: Betsy Gonzalez, lecturer in English

Chang-rae Lee, "A Gesture Life"

July 8: Ann Damiano, associate dean of the faculty

Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout, eds., "The Selected Letters of Willa Cather"

July 15: Michael Schroeder, assistant professor of history

Robert Kagan, "The World America Made"

July 22: Courtney Lappas, assistant professor of biology

Laura Hillenbrand, "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption"

July 29: Mary Pettice, associate professor of English

James Gleick, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

August 5: Arthur Ford, professor emeritus of English

David Skinner, "The Story of Ain’t: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published"

August 12: Philip Benesch, associate professor of political science

Steven Pinker, "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined"

Price: free