Leonisa Ardizzone ’90, Getting My Word Out: Voices of Urban Youth Activists (State University of New York Press, 2007)

In her first book, Ardizzone sets out to dispel the idea that young people are apathetic, using research she conducted with inner-city activists to demonstrate how youth are indeed active in the fight against violence and injustice. The author is the executive director of the Salvadori Center, an architecture education program for children in New York City, as well as a jazz singer. She was featured in “Aluminaries” in ICView 2007/1.
 

Steven E. Browne ’73, Getting that Job in Hollywood (Infinity Publishing.com, 2008)

Browne (formerly Steven E. Brown) shares some of his tips on making it in Tinseltown in this how-to guide. The Hollywood veteran uses case studies to illustrate common triumphs and missteps of job seekers, advising readers on how to master the former and avoid the latter. Browne is the author of 12 other books, including a forthcoming novel.
 

Steve Ference ’03, November Memories: Inside the Christopher Porco Case (Lulu, 2007)

In 2004 the murder of Peter Porco and near-murder of his wife, Joan, made national headlines and shook the New York capital region. In this book Ference leads the readers from the murder scene to the trial of the victims’ son for the crimes and the ultimate verdict, which came in December 2006. Ference provides a close look at the evidence and allegations that surrounded the trial. Ference is a local reporter with Capital News 9, Albany’s 24-hour television news station; he covered the trial extensively. This is his first book.
 

Bob Good ’71, Currently Dead (iUniverse, 2007)

This sci-fi novel propels readers into a future where the world is swarming with Cyclots, an alien species of humansized insects. The fate of humanity lies in the hands of physicist Ben Simon, who must travel back to the 21st century to retrieve a formula for a weapons system capable of defeating the Cyclots. Good owns Good Products Office Furniture in Verona, New Jersey; this is Good’s first book.
 

Nancy H. Ramage and Andrew Ramage, Roman Art, 5th Edition (Prentice Hall, 2008)

It has been a busy first year of “retirement” for Nancy Ramage, the Charles A. Dana Professor of the Humanities and Arts Emerita at the College, with three books coming out in four months. Two of the books concern ancient Rome: The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Rome (British Museum Press/University of Michigan Press, 2008), a 192-page book with 170 full-color and black-and-white illustrations covering society, politics, and culture, as well as the legacy of the era; and the updated fifth edition of the volume Roman Art, a widely used textbook she coauthored with her husband, Andrew Ramage, a Cornell University professor emeritus of art history.

The Cone Sisters of Baltimore, (Northwestern University Press, 2008), cowritten by Ramage and her late mother, who was also an art history professor, is a biographical sketch of Etta and Claribel Cone (grand-aunts of Hirschland), who amassed a world-renowned art collection in the early 20th century that included works by Cézanne, Dégas, Gauguin, Manet, and Seurat; these works can now be seen at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Nancy H. Ramage and Andrew Ramage, The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Rome (British Museum Press/University of Michigan Press, 2008)

It has been a busy first year of “retirement” for Nancy Ramage, the Charles A. Dana Professor of the Humanities and Arts Emerita at the College, with three books coming out in four months. Two of the books concern ancient Rome: the British Museum Concise Introduction, a 192-page book with 170 full-color and black-and-white illustrations covering society, politics, and culture, as well as the legacy of the era; and Roman Art, 5th Edition (Prentice Hall, 2008), a widely used textbook she coauthored with her husband, Andrew, a Cornell University professor emeritus of art history.

The Cone Sisters of Baltimore, (Northwestern University Press, 2008), cowritten by Ramage and her late mother, who was also an art history professor, is a biographical sketch of Etta and Claribel Cone (grand-aunts of Hirschland), who amassed a world-renowned art collection in the early 20th century that included works by Cézanne, Dégas, Gauguin, Manet, and Seurat; these works can now be seen at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Nancy Hirschland Ramage and Ellen B. Hirschland, The Cone Sisters of Baltimore (Northwestern University Press, 2008)

It has been a busy first year of “retirement” for Nancy Ramage, the Charles A. Dana Professor of the Humanities and Arts Emerita at the College, with three books coming out in four months. The Cone Sisters of Baltimore, cowritten by Ramage and her late mother, who was also an art history professor, is a biographical sketch of Etta and Claribel Cone (grand-aunts of Hirschland), who amassed a world-renowned art collection in the early 20th century that included works by Cézanne, Dégas, Gauguin, Manet, and Seurat; these works can now be seen at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Two of the books concern ancient Rome: The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Rome, a 192-page book with 170 full-color and black-and-white illustrations covering society, politics, and culture, as well as the legacy of the era; and the updated fifth edition of the volume Roman Art, 5th Edition, a widely used textbook she coauthored with her husband, Andrew, a Cornell University professor emeritus of art history.

Nina DeSimone Romano ’64 (as Nina Romano), Cooking Lessons (Rock Press, 2007)

In this collection of poems, Romano celebrates the relationship between love, life, family, and food. It is set in many landscapes, from her kitchen in Brooklyn where she learned to cook as a child to the streets of Rome, where the author lived for two decades. The book, which is Romano’s first, has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the publisher. (Also see “Alumni Notes” entry on page 32 of ICView 2008/1.)