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Bookshelf bookshelf H orace Mann School celebrates our many alumni authors in this column, and by showcasing alumni-written books in the olshan lobby of the School’s Mullady Hall. please share news of a new book you or another alum has written. The alumni House and Development office makes every effort to keep up to date on recent publications by alumni. Keep us posted at (718) 4323453 or alumni@horacemann.org. Brothers at war by Jerold auerbach ’53 Quid Pro books, June, 2011 Brothers at War is Jerold auerbach’s ’53 probing and poignant exploration of the tragedy of the Altalena, the doomed ship whose arrival in israel ignited Jewish fratricidal conflict only weeks after the 1948 declaration of statehood. This is the first history of the Altalena by a historian and the first to explore it within the context of ancient Jewish and contemporary israeli history. The Altalena remains embedded in memory, prof. auerbach suggests, still framing unresolved issues of political legitimacy in israel. The first full book in english on this event, and the ninth book by auerbach, professor emeritus of History at Wellesley college, the book tells the story, and the profound implications for the present, of a moment in the birth of modern israel. The wu-Tang clan and RZa: a Trip through Hip Hop’s 36 chambers by alvin blanco ’95 abc-clio, april, 2011 The Wu-Tang Clan and RZA: A Trip through Hip Hop’s 36 Chambers by alvin blanco ’95 is an insightful biography that looks at the turbulent lives, groundbreaking music and lyrics, and powerful brand of hip hop’s infamous Wu-Tang clan. The Wu-Tang clan is one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time, with six platinum albums, more than 40 million records Lost worlds, Ruins of the americas sold, and extensive influence on both Photographs by arthur drooker ’72 Verve editions, October 16, 2011 the music business and fellow artists. notwithstanding the Wu-Tang clan’s success, their language and the Lost Worlds is a mythology that guides it have been powerful visual difficult to understand—until now. The meditation on the Wu-Tang Clan and RZA chronicles the cultures, conflicts rise of the Wu-Tang clan from an and conquests that underground supergroup to a globally forged the new recognized musical conglomerate. The World. This beautitelling is enhanced by blanco’s one-onful book of stunning one interviews with group members. photographs represents the culmination of an intensive three-year project by photogDemocracy is not a Spectator Sport: rapher and writer arthur Drooker ’72 the ultimate volunteer Handbook who traveled to 33 sites in 16 countries. by arthur blaustein ’50 an emmy-winning writer and director skyhorse Publishing, January 2011 of television documentaries, in this book Drooker turns his eye to signifiSenator John Kerry cant ruins in Mexico, the caribbean, called prof. arthur central america and South america. blaustein’s ’50 Lost Worlds offers a unique pictorial latest book survey of the geographical, architecDemocracy is not a tural and historical diversity that Spectator Sport: the defines the americas, and moves from Ultimate Volunteer little known gems to monumental Handbook “a temples of Mexico’s Maya civilization, blueprint and a to inca citadels in peru’s Sacred valley. guidebook to help Drooker’s luminous images, shot with a us all get involved.” a professor at the specially adapted digital infrared University of california, berkeley, where camera, expose crumbled walls, he teaches community development, weathered facades and overgrown flora public policy, and politics, prof. in new ways. brief, informative text blaustein has also served on the board describes the rise, fall and lasting of the national endowment for the significance of each site. Lost Worlds Humanities and was chair of the follows on the success of Drooker’s president’s national advisory council 2007 award-winning American Ruins. on economic opportunity. The advice an accompanying exhibit of Drooker’s he offers comes from experience. photographs will travel the country over readers can learn how to get in the the next five years. http://www. game with this comprehensive colleclostworldsbook.com/travelexhibit.html Horace mann magazine Winter 2012 tion of more than 200 community service opportunities and experiences. Wrote one reviewer: “arthur blaustein has been leading the charge for social justice and economic sanity since the carter administration, and his new book serves as an opus for all he has learned and all he has seen. This book is insightful, emotionally engaging and potentially world transforming. 45 http://www.lostworldsbook.com/travelexhibit.html http://www.lostworldsbook.com/travelexhibit.html

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Horace Mann - Winter 2012

Horace Mann - Winter 2012
Contents
Letters
Greetings from Dr. Tom Kelly
Greetings from Melissa Parento ’90
Horace Mann School’s 125th Anniversary Observances Begin
Strategic Thinking
New Initiatives in Institutional Research and Admissions
HM's New Director of College Counseling
Timothy HO and Monica Merlo are 2011 Tina and Dave Bellet Teaching Excellence Award Winners
Langfan Oratorical Contest, 2011
Horace Mann School Graduates 178 in June, 2011
Alumni Council Corner
Bookshelf
Class Notes
Memorials
Philanthropy and You

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