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Summer 2009

Frederickson, Barbara (2009), Positivity (New York:Crown Publishers).

Grossman, Richard(2007), The Tao of Emerson (New York:Random House).

Langer, Ellen(2005), On Becoming an Artist (New York: Ballantine Books). See an interview with Dr. Langer about her book, "Re-inventing Yourself through Mindful Creativity."

York, Maurice and Spaulding Rick (2008), Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Infinitude of the Private Man(Chicago: Wrightwood Press).

Richardson, Robert D. (2009), First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press).

Lehrer, Jonah (2008), Proust Was a Neuroscientist (New York: First Mariner Books).

Parks, Sharon Daloz (2005), Leadership Can Be Taught (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing).

Heifetz, Ronald (2009), The Practice of Adaptive Leadership (Boston: Harvard Business Press). See an interview with Dr. Heifetz on Adaptive Leadership.

Baker, Nicholson (1992), U and I, (New York: Vintage Books).

Pearce, W. Barnett (2007), Making Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective (Malden, MA.: Blackwell Publishing).

Pawelski, James O.(2007), The Dynamic Individualism of William James (Albany: State University of New York Press).

Taylor, Charles (2007), A Secular Age (Cambridge, MA.: The Belknap Press).

Schmidt, Leigh (2005), Reatless Souls:The Making of American Spirituality from Emerson to Oprah(San Francisco: Harper).

Rawlins, William K.(2009), The Compass of Friendship (Thousand Oaks,CA.:Sage).

Summer 2010

Kleiner, Art (2008). The Age of Heretics (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass).

Janzen, Rhoda (2009). Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (New York: Holt).

Robinson, Marilynne (2008). Home (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).

Robinson, Marilyn (2010). Absence of Mind (New Haven: Yale University).

Rouse, Wade (2009). At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream (New York: Three Rivers Press).

Capps, Donald (1993). The Depleted Self (Minneapolis: Fortress Press).

Kirchoff, Bruce K.(2008). Emerson’s Science of the Spirit (Melbane, NC: Tellus Books)

Burton, Tara Isabella (2007). Emerson in Europe (New York: The Ralph Emerson Institute).

Zaltman, Gerald and Lindsay Zaltman (2008). Marketing Metaphoria (Boston: Harvard Business Press).

Hunter, James Davidson (2010). To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Dorrein, Gary (1998). The Remaking of Evangelical Theology (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press),

Dorrein, Gary (2009). Social Ethics in the Making (Oxford:Wiley-Blackwell).

Pettipiece. Deirdre  (2002). Sex Theories and the Shaping of Two Moderns: Hemingway and H.D. (New York: Routledge).

Wallis, Jim (2010). Rediscovering Values (New York: Howard Books).

Summer 2011

Armstrong, Karen (2004). The Spiral Staircase (New York: Anchor Books)

Arsic, Brenda and Wolfee, Cary, Eds.(2010 ). The Other Emerson (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press)

Barbour, JoAnn Danelo and Hickman, Gill. Eds. (2011). Leadership for Transformation (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass)

Cox, Harvey (2009). The Future of Faith (New York: Harper Collins)

Franzen, Jonathan(2001).  Corrections (New York: Picador)

Franzen, Jonathan (2010). Freedom: A Novel (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Holman, Peggy (2010). Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler)

Levitin, Daniel J. (2006). This is Your Brain on Music (New York: Penquin)

Levitan, Daniel J. (2008). The World in Six Songs: How the Musical brain Created Human Nature (New York: Penquin)

Newberg, Andrew and Waldman, Mark Robert (2009). How God Changes Your Brain (New York: Ballantine Books)

Pink, Dan (2009). Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead Books)

Russo, Richard (2009). That Old Cape Magic (New York: Alfred Knopf)

Schaeffer, Frank (2011). Sex, Mom and God: How the Bible’s Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics (New York: Perseus)

Sternberg, Robert (2003). Wisdom, Intelligence and Creativity Synthesized (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)

Swartz, Barry and Sharpe, Kenneth (2010). Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to do the Right Thing (New York: Riverhead Books)