The Association of American Rhodes Scholars

Archived Scholar Publications

Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson (LA & Pembroke '74)
February 26, 2008
A Letter to America
David L. Boren (OK & Balliol '63) presents a timely reminder of how fragile America's future is.
February 24, 2008
Fanon
A novel by John Edgar Wideman (PA & New '63)
February 17, 2008
Children of Jihad
Timely commentary on troubled relations between American and the Middle East by Jared Cohen (CA & St. Johns '04)
November 5, 2007
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Jonah R. Lehrer (NY & Wolfson '03)
November 4, 2007

A bold notion that's built on remembrance of things future.


A Time to Lead: Duty, Honor and Country
Wesley K. CLark (AR & Magdalen '66)
October 21, 2007

Clark reflects on life in the military


Lions at Lamb House
Novel by Edwin M. Yoder (NC & Jesus '56)
September 19, 2007

Mary Whipple writes a full length review and gives this new book a five star rating.


Supercapitalism--The Transformation of Business, Democracy and Everyday Life
Robert B. Reich (NH & University '68) writes about the triumph of capitalism and the decline of democracy
September 17, 2007

Former labor secretary Reich urges us to rebalance the roles of business and government. Power, he writes, has shifted away from us in our capacities as citizens and toward us as consumers and investors.


Elvis Is Titanic: Classroom Tales from the Other Iraq
Ian Klaus (MO & Jesus '01)
September 2, 2007

Ian chronicles his experience teaching English language and US history in Arbil, Iraqi Kurdistan during 2005.


A Time to Serve
10-Point Plan for Universal National Service
Richard Stengel (NY 7 Christ CHurch '77)
August 30, 2007

Today people see volunteering not as a form of public service but as an antidote for it. This is not a recipe for keeping a republic. What is needed is a universal national service.


Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Atul Gawande (OH & Balliol '87) authors Better
April 5, 2007

Dr. Gawande explores through a series of stories how success in medicine is assessed and achieved.


Anabranch
Andrew Zawacki
VA & University, ’94
2006
Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age
Christopher Leslie Brown
2006
Bowl and Pitcher Park
Ryan Sawyer
Idaho & Exeter, ’95
2006
Civil Procedure
Thomas Rowe
Michigan & Balliol, ’64
2006
Community College Baccalaureate: Emerging Trends and Policy Issues
Michael Skolnik
AZ & Magdalen, ’64
2006
Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism
Christopher Brown
(Maryland/ DC & Balliol, '90)
2006
Mrs. Hunter's Happy Death
John Fanestil
NH & Magdalen, '83
2006
Open Target: Where America Is Vulnerable to Attack
Clark Ervin
Texax & St. Catherine's, '80
2006
Playwriting book
co-authored by Robin Russin
2006
Screenplay: Writing the Picture
Robin Russin and William Missouri Downs
Wyoming & Corpus Christi, ’79
2006
The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Third Edition
Jahan Ramazani
Virginia; New College, '81
2006
The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success
Andrew Savitz
Maryland/ DC & New College, '75
2006
When States Fail: Causes and Consequences
Robert Rotberg
NJ & University, ’57
2006

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