Featuring books published by, or featuring Cooper Union alumni, from 2014 and years prior
Architecture Alumni
| THE REINCARNATION OF VINCENT VAN GOGH |
| Where does artistic talent come from? Is it something we are born with or something we develop? Don Forst AR’58 answers these questions and more in this “compelling tale of talent, art, love, and danger” that “is sure to captivate readers from start to clever finish.” CreateSpace 2014 |
| BEYOND ZUCCOTTI PARK: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND THE OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE |
| Lance Jay Brown AR’65 is a co-editor of the book, which uses the Occupy movement as a springboard for original, multidisciplinary essays that address several exigent questions. New Village Press 2012 |
| CLOUDLINE |
| Toshiko Mori AR’76 is the feature of this book detailing Cloudline, a New York City project. Also featured are over a dozen contributing artists to the site. Hatje Cantz 2013 |
| DILLER, SCOFIDIO + RENFRO: LINCOLN CENTER INSIDE OUT |
| Over the past eight years, Elizabeth Diller A’79, Ricardo Scofidio AR’55, and Charles Renfro, in close collaboration with FXFOWLE, Beyer Blinder Belle and Lincoln Center’s leadership, has transformed the 50-year-old modernist Lincoln Center citadel into a porous and democratic campus. This visually rich document is the first comprehensive book to feature the extensive redevelopment in its entirety. Artbook 2013 |
| REPRESENTING LANDSCAPES |
| Jeffrey Hou AR’90 is included in this book edited by Nadia Amoroso that is meant to demonstrate drawing styles and techniques for students of landscape architecture and urban design. Routledge 2012 |
| SOVIET MODERNISM: 1955-1985, AN ANTHOLOGY |
| Vladimir Belogolovsky AR’96 and Felix Novikov explore three decades of modernist architecture in the Soviet Union, telling the story through black and white images of buildings from the time period. Tatlin 2011 |
| KABBALAH IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE |
| Beautifully illustrated and insightfully written, Alexander Gorlin AR’78 bridges the Kabbalistic tradition with contemporary art and architecture in his authoritative tour de force, Kabbalah in Art and Architecture. Pointed Leaf 2013 |
| O-14 PROJECTION AND RECEPTION |
| This monograph will not only provide exhaustive documentation of O-14’s design and construction but delves further into the complex interrelationships this architectural model weaves between technology, expression and politics in the context of the ‘nowhere place’ of the global city. By Jesse Reiser AR’81 and Nanako Umemoto AR’83. AA Publications 2013 |
Art Alumni
| HOW TO REBUILD A CITY | |
| With contributions and collaborations from over 100 residents, writers, photographers, artists, and community organizations from New Orleans (and beyond) who kickstarted the recovery process, How to Rebuild a City: Field Guide from a Work in Progress, Artistic Directed and Designed by Catherine Burke A’04 presents the post- disaster landscape from the perspectives of those who are navigating their way through it. Press Street 2010 | |
| THE ROSE AND THE SWORD | |
| Nanette Huckanll A’56 and Dr. Judith Bach, have written an innovative guide to improving both inner and outer relationships. Lively compelling tales and commentaries guide readers to understand their relationship to inner masculine and feminine energies and how they can work together to create a treasure of wholeness. With self-help exercises. MSI Press 2013 | |
| HIGHER SELF YOGA BOOK 1 | |
| Nanette Hucknall A’56 introduces Higher Self Yoga, in the first of two planned volumes. With stories and experiential exercises, this book helps people heal psychological wounds and open their hearts to the ultimate Source. Inner Journey 2013 | |
| VARIOUS | |
| Spanning three decades, Robert Florczak A’72 has done book art for titles ranging from The Rainbow Bridge, A Christmas Cowboy, The Persian Cinderella and Horses of Myth. Various | |
| INVISIBLE CITY -Trailer Video | |
| A penetrating and intimate portrayal of a world few had entrance to – or means of egress from -, Ken Schles’ A’82 is one of the 20th century’s great depictions of nocturnal bohemian experience. Documenting his life in New York City’s East Village during its heyday in the tumultuous 1980s, Schles captured its look and attitude in delirious and dark verité. Steidl 2013 | |
| INVISIBLE CITY | |
| For a decade Ken Schles A’82 watched the passing of time from his Lower East Side Manhattan neighborhood. His camera has fixed the instances of his observations, and these moments become the foundation of his invisible city. Twelvetrees 1988 | |
| I HAVE ONLY WHAT I REMEMBER | |
| A comprehensive look at Augusta Wood A’00‘s eponymous photographic series, which deals with the influence of architectural space, photographic images and the elusiveness of memory. Magic Bird 2014 | |
| SWARM INTELLIGENCE | |
| James Haywood Rolling A’88 explores the social origins of individual creativity, rethinking some of the prevailing mythologies about who is creative and who supposedly is not, while offering strategies on how to better foster creative leadership in schools, workplaces, and everyday walks of life. Palgrave MacMillan 2013 | |
| DRAWING MCCARTHY | |
| Arline Simon A’48 and her drawings of the McCarthy hearings are featured in this book of 33 drawings, entitled Pentagon Papers 43: Drawing McCarthy. It is designed by her daughter and Cooper Alumna Emily Oberman A’85. Pentagram 2013 | |
| WINDOWS | |
| Marilyn Henrion A’52 and her WINDOWS series are now available in print. Ninety-eight pages, richly illustrated with over forty images. CreativeSpace 2014 | |
| DANIEL ARSHAM | |
| Featuring three interviews with Daniel Arsham A’03 the book focuses on his works, sculptures, and commentaries. Galerie Perrotin 2013 | |
| INVENTED SYMBOLS – An Art Autobiography | |
| A memoir of Alex Katz A’49 and his life in the world of art. The book is a transcription of the artist recounting his memories to his son, Vincent Katz. Charta/Colby 2012 | |
| ALEX KATZ: MAINE/NEW YORK | |
| Three decades of paintings by Alex Katz A’49 are surveyed in this book. Katz is a part-time resident of rural Maine, and the subject matter of his paintings shifts from landscape to cityscape, from rural vignette to Manhattan interior. Charta/Colby 2012 | |
| ON BECOMING A JUNGIAN SAND PLAY THEREAPIST | |
| Lenore Steinhardt A’58 discusses the deep inner process of becoming a sand play therapist and addresses important creative aspects of understanding and practicing sand play. Jessica Kingsley 2012 | |
| 1-800-MICE | |
| This comic book by Matthew Thurber A’00 is an anthropological study of the imaginary city of Volcano Park. Picturebox 2011 | |
| IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS or ONE THINGS LEADS TO ANOTHER | |
| Milton Glaser A’51 has chosen examples of his work over the last five years to demonstrate how one concept can lead to another. The Overlook Press 2012 | |
| NOT EVEN MY NAME | |
| Theo Halo A’71 shares a rare eyewitness account of the horrors of a little-known, often denied genocide, in which hundreds of thousands of Armenian and Pontic Greek minorities in Turkey were killed during and after World War I. Picador 2001 (1st edition) | |
| RAZZLE-DAZZLE RUBY | |
| Masha D’vans A’98 wrote this children’s book about Ruby who can make the ordinary extraordinary, illustrated with watercolors by D’vans. Scholastic Press 2011 | |
| TIME AND SPACE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE | |
| Brian Rose A’79 collaborated on a photography project with Ed Fausty A’79 in 1980 focusing on the Lower East Side, and in 2010 Rose returned to rediscover these places with fresh eyes. Golden Section 2012 | |
| VIEWFINDERS: BLACK WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS | |
| Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe A’75 put together a collection of diverse photographs from black female photographers from the mid-1800s to the present captures important aspects of African American history and reveals the talent and courage of a small band of pioneering artists. Writers and Readers 1993 | |
| DADDY AND ME: A PHOTO STORY OF ARTHUR ASHE AND HIS DAUGHTER CAMERA | |
| Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe A’75 widow of tennis star Arthur Ashe, who recently died of AIDS, offers a photographic portrait of Ashe’s relationship with his six-year-old daughter during his illness, accompanied by the child’s reflections on living with and helping her father. Alfred A. Knopf 1993 | |
| THE MEDICINE IS SACRED | |
| Henry Niese A’49 describes first hand, his personal participation in numerous Sundance ceremonies over many years. He describes Lakota rituals in great detail, displaying his great love and devotion to Lakota religious tradition and the Lakota people, especially on the Rosebud reservation. Logosophia 2014 | |
| THE CANTERBURY TALES | |
| Seymour Chwast A’51 adapts Geoffrey Chaucer’s tales from traveling medieval pilgrims into a graphic novel, which places the 24 tales in settings ranging from ancient Greece to contemporary England. Bloomsbury 2011 | |
| THE HOMOEROTIC PHOTOGRAPH: MALE IMAGES FROM DURIEU/DELACROIX TO MAPPLETHORPE | |
| Allen Ellenzweig A’73 traces the male gaze upon men as captured by the camera throughout the history of photography. Accompanying these images is a detailed account of the multiple, complex meanings of the homoerotic that have taken shape from the 1850s to today. Columbia University Press 2012 (Reissue) | |
| COUNTDOWN TO PERFECTION MEDITATIONS ON THE SEFIROT | |
| The paintings and collages in this book combine symbolic images with purely abstract forms and color. They are part of an on-going conversation the author, Judith Margolis A’66 has with herself on focusing visual meditation. Bright Idea Books 2012 | |
| RHODA’S OCEAN | |
| Betty Abbott Sheinis A’73 celebrates creativity, friendship, and the rewards of being yourself in this 19-page illustrated book about two best friends who are very different. The language and illustrations speak to children on their level, encouraging the positive pursuit of ideas and the value of imagination. Gallery 55 2012 | |
| KARAKURI: HOW TO MAKE MECHANICAL PAPER MODELS THAT MOVE | |
| Originally published in Japan, Karakuri is an introduction to the simple mechanisms, such as gears, cranks, cams, and levers, used to bring to life these amazing moving paper models or automata. Translated by Eri Hamaji A’05. St. Martin’s 2010 | |
| MARILYN HENRION: THE EVOLUTION OF A FIBER ARTIST | |
| This 24-minute video offers a fascinating documentary account of Marilyn Henrion’s A’52 life as a fine artist, from her beginnings as a child in Brooklyn, through college and early motherhood, her connections with the New York art and literary world of the 1950’s and ’60s, to her eventual recognition as a fiber artist of international acclaim. Amazon 2013 | |
| PRIMATE PEOPLE: SAVING NONHUMAN PRIMATES THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND SANCTUARY | |
| Earth was once rich with primates, but every Earth was once rich with primates, but every species—except one—is now extinct or endangered because of one primate—Homo sapiens. Sometimes shocking and disturbing, sometimes poignant and encouraging, Primate People, containing an article by Sangamithra Iyer CE’99always draws the reader into the lives of nonhuman primates. University of Utah 2012 | |
| BUILDING BETTER BRANDS | |
| Building Better Brands is the essential guide to creating and evolving brands. Leveraging three decades of brand consulting for legendary companies Scott Lerman A’81 shares the processes and frameworks needed to build great brands. HOW 2013 | |
| EVA HESSE – ONE MORE THAN ONE | |
| Eva Hesse A’57 is one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century. In the mid sixties she began experimenting with new materials that had never before been used to produce art objects. This lavishly illustrated book concentrates on sculptures and drawings from the years 1966 to 1970, the last phase of the American artist’s work. Hatje Cantz 2013 | |
| LIFE IN NORTHWEST NOWHERE | |
| A 176-page collection of Mervin Gilbert’s A’61 Life in Northwest Nowhere comic strips that originally appeared in the Mendocino Grapevine, Mendocino Funnies #1, Big River News and A&E Magazine. Mendocino 1990 | |
| DESIGNING WITH TYPE, 5TH EDITION | |
| This book, by James Craig A’63 and Irene Scala A’97, New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. The fifth edition has been integrated with a convenient website where students and teachers can examine hundreds of design solutions and explore a world of typographic information. Watson-Guptil 2006 | |
| ELSTIR EDITIONS: ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND GAMES | |
| For many years, Susan Litsios A’57 wanted to publish some of her books in small, sturdy, hardbound editions accessible to every budget. In 2005, she published L’ALPHAbêtière, the beginning of Elstir Editions. This kind of book design has allowed her a lot of freedom, opening up the possibility of computer manipuated images as well as the old techniques that she already knew. Elstir Various | |
| ELLIOT AND THE LAST UNDERWORLD WAR: THE UNDERWORLD CHRONICLES | |
| The third in the Underworld Chronicles Series, this children’s book by Jennifer Nielsen and Gideon Kendall A’89 (Illustrator) details the final chapter of Elliot’s journey battling Goblins, Pixies, and Demons. Sourcebooks 2012 | |
Engineering Alumni
| ADuC841 MICROCONTROLLER DESIGN MANUAL A comprehensive guide by Shlomo Engelberg BEE’88/MEE’90 to designing and programming with the Analog Devices, Inc. ADuC841 microcontroller and other microcontrollers in the 8051 family. Circuit Cellar 2011 | |
| PRIMATE PEOPLE: SAVING NONHUMAN PRIMATES THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND SANCTUARY | |
| Earth was once rich with primates, but every Earth was once rich with primates, but every species—except one—is now extinct or endangered because of one primate—Homo sapiens. Sometimes shocking and disturbing, sometimes poignant and encouraging, Primate People, containing an article by Sangamithra Iyer CE’99always draws the reader into the lives of nonhuman primates. University of Utah 2012 | |
| THE LINES WE DRAW | |
| A story about boundaries — physical, biological, and ethical — The Lines We Draw, by Sangamithra Iyer CE’99 evolved out of a conversation with the late Dr. Alfred Prince, a hepatitis researcher, about the use of chimpanzees in medical research, and expanded into a larger discussion about ethics. Hen Press 2014 | |
| SECRETS OF A CREATIVE WARRIOR | |
| It’s not necessary to be an artist to reach your creative potential. In fact, you don’t need to be artistic at all. This book shows you how to achieve inspired thinking anytime you choose. A variety of simple yet powerful techniques will guide you on your creative journey. Book by Seth Greenwald ME’85. CreateSpace 2013 | |
| SISTER SPECIES: WOMEN, ANIMALS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | |
| Sister Species, containing a story by Sangamithra Iyer CE’99 addresses interconnections between speciesism, sexism, racism, and homophobia, clarifying why social justice activists in the twenty-first century must identify and challenge these various intersecting forms of oppression simultaneously. University of Illinois 2011 | |
| LIVING OVER THE STORE | |
| Howard Davis PHY’68 combines architectural history, cross-cultural understandings and accounts of contemporary policy and building practice to provide a comprehensive account of the shop/house — a common but often overlooked building. Routledge 2012 | |
| CELEBRATE AROUND THE CALENDAR | |
| Lester Macklin ME’68 has created “A calendar that teaches world history and culture by providing a nice bite size lesson for every day of the year … The addition of recipes from each country means that you’ll not only get smarter, you’ll also get hungry. iUniverse 2007 | |
| THE SCIENCE OF STRING INSTRUMENTS | |
| In this book, Chapter 7, “Psalteries and Zithers” was written by Andres Peekna ME’59 together with Thomas D. Rossing. It was based largely on measurements made in Tom Rossing’s laboratory (then at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL) during the years 1999-2004. Springer 2010 | |
| LIBRARY DESIGN, SEARCH METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF FRAGMENT-BASED DRUG DESIGN | |
| Rachelle J. Bienstock ChE’80 edited this book on the computational methods for fragment-based ligand design, a promising technique for identifying novel lead compounds for drug discovery. American Chemical Society 2012 | |
| THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EDGE | |
| Joe Marasco ChE’66 has over his career earned a reputation as the “go to” software manager, and in this book he reflects on his experiences through personal essays. Addison-Wesley 2005 | |
| PROGRAMMING THE TI-83 PLUS/TI-84 PLUS | |
| Christopher Mitchell BE’09, ME’10 introduces students and teachers to the field of programming via graphing calculators. Manning 2012 | |
| STUFF YOU DON’T LEARN IN ENGINEERING SCHOOL | |
| Carl Selinger CE’67 authors the book based on his popular leadership seminars. It’s designed to give engineers entering the corporate world the “soft” skills they’ll need to succeed–in business, and in life. Wiley-IEEE 2012 | |
| THE LEADERSHIP TRIAD: KNOWLEDGE, TRUST, AND POWER | |
| People once stood in awe of electricity, writes Dale Zand EE’45 until scientists identified and harnessed its three basic variables: voltage, current, and resistance. Likewise, people marvel at the achievements of successful leaders, such as Lee Iacocca at Chrysler or Jack Welch at GE, and wonder how they do it. Oxford 1996 | |
| MATRIX STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS | |
| The field of structural analysis has experienced profound change in the past three decades. This book, co-authored by Lewis P. Felton CE’59 presents a rigorous, concise development of the concepts of modern matrix structural analysis with emphasis on techniques and methods which are the basis for the Finite Element Method. Wiley 1997 | |
| MANAGEMENT SCIENCE WITH SPREADSHEETS | |
| A Practical Approach For Today’s Business Management Student: With Project Management, Forecasting, Inventory Management and Spreadsheets. By George L. De Feis CE’82. Thompson 2007 | |
| PACKET SWITCHING: TOMORROW’S COMMUNICATIONS TODAY | |
| Roy Rosner EE’64 Springer 1982 | |
| DISTRIBUTED TELECOMMUNICATI- ONS NETWORKS VIA SATELLITES AND PACKET SWITCHING | |
| Roy Rosner EE’64 Lifetime Learning 1982 | |
| ROLEMASTER COMPANION IV AND VII | |
| Contributing Designer: Andrew Durston EE’86, MEE’88 Iron Crown 1991 | 1993 | |
| JOURNEYS TO THE WEST | |
| Compatible with the Pathfinder RPG, Journeys to the West, contributing designer Andrew Durston EE’84, MEE’86 expands the Midgard Campaign Setting across the sea, where new wonders and dangers lurk. This 139-page adventure anthology is also easily adapted to any Pathfinder campaign of seagoing exploration and skullduggery. Kobold Press 2012 | |
| WATER TREATMENT PLANT PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND OPERATIONS | |
| Water treatment is a growing field in North America, with seventy US states and localities and ten Canadian provinces requiring certification for water treatment plant operators. This book, by John T. O’Connor CE’55 provides a step-by-step look at the most current water treatment technologies, balancing academic theory and professional practice. Wiley 2009 | |
