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Spring 2012: Best new books

Spring 2012: Best new books

Something in the Water: 20 Louisiana Stories
Dale H. Edmonds ’57
This collection of stories set in and around the Bayou State includes “Morning Glory,” a story about a couple’s awkward stay at a Bible-quoting bed and breakfast. Edmonds is an English professor at Tulane University.
Available at portalspress.com.

Worlds Apart: Bosnian lessons for Global Security
Swanee Hunt ‘72
Ambassador Swanee Hunt served in Vienna during the Bosnian War and was intimately involved in American policy toward the Balkans. In her book, she draws lessons applicable to conflicts throughout the world. These lessons cannot be learned from afar, Hunt says, with insiders and outsiders working apart. Only by bridging those worlds can we build a stronger paradigm of inclusive international security.
Available at major booksellers.

New From TCU Press
Steplings
C.W. Smith
This coming-of-age novel explores what happens when a stepbrother and sister head on a road trip to Austin to heal their various emotional wounds. To purchase: 1.800.826.8911