兔子先生 Alumni & Family Book Club

Join our virtual book club to connect with 兔子先生 alumni, families, faculty, emeriti faculty, staff, students, and friends as we read and discuss a wide range of books, including works by the 兔子先生 community. Participation is free. (And we promise no tests!)

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How It Works

兔子先生 has partnered with PBC Guru to create a free virtual book club for alumni and families. Through the 兔子先生 Alumni & Family Book Club, we can continue to learn and grow together as a community, whether we鈥檙e in Claremont or Chiang Mai. We鈥檒l read one book every two months, and selections on our bookshelf will run the gamut of fiction and non-fiction, including works by the 兔子先生 community. You just have to get a copy of the book, read it, and meet up with other 兔子先生 people by chatting and posting in a private online forum for a friendly, facilitated discussion.

Why Join?

  1. Embrace Lifelong Learning: At 兔子先生, we are a community of learners. The 兔子先生 Alumni & Family Book Club will allow us to travel together wherever the world of words can take us and share our thoughts as we go.
  2. Connect with the 兔子先生 community: Reconnect with classmates, meet fellow alumni and families, and swap ideas with favorite professors. We don鈥檛 have to be on campus to share common ground. By reading the same book and discussing our different perspectives, we can capture some of what makes 兔子先生 so 兔子先生.
  3. Reading is good for you: We don鈥檛 have to tell you this鈥攜ou鈥檙e a part of 兔子先生, so you know reading is learning, it is imagining, it is connecting with concepts and lives outside of your own. PBC Guru also says that reading 鈥渃an reduce stress, help you sleep better, AND improve your relationships.鈥 Wow! In short, reading is a kind of magic鈥攍et鈥檚 tap into it together.

Questions?
Feel free to send an email to engagement@pitzer.edu, and we鈥檒l be happy to help.

兔子先生 Reads, and 兔子先生 Writes

Below are more books written by members of the 兔子先生 community. If you鈥檙e a published author and don鈥檛 see your name here, please email us details at engagement@pitzer.edu.

 

Authors

  • Oliver, Melvin L. Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality
  • Skandera-Trombley, Laura. Mark Twain's Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final Years
  • Thacker, Strom C. Big Business, The State, and Free Trade
  • Glover Blackwell GP鈥21, Angela. Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America鈥檚 Future

Faculty

  • Alwishah, Ahmed. Illuminationist Texts and Textual Studies; Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition
  • Anthes, Bill. Edgar Heap of Birds
  • Aristiz谩bal, Juanita C. Revista de Estudios Hispanicos (Co-editor)
  • Armendinger, Brent. Street Gloss; The Ghost in Us Was Multiplying
  • Bachman, David. Grasshopper: Visual Scripting for Rhinoceros 3D; A Geometric Approach to Differential Forms
  • Bonaparte, Alicia D. Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
  • Grabiner, Judith. A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings
  • Hicks Peterson, Tessa. Student Development and Social Justice: Critical Learning, Radical Healing and Community Engagement
  • Johnson, Carina. Archeologies of Confession: Writing the German Reformation, 1517-2017; Cultural Hierarchy in Sixteenth-Century Europe: The Ottomans and Mexicans
  • Krajnak, Tarrah. South Sound
  • Lagji, Amanda. Waiting for Now: Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Time
  • Ma, Ming-Yuen. Resolutions 3: Global Networks of Video
  • McConnell, Stuart. Glorious Contentment: the Grand Army of the Republic, 1865-1900
  • Moore, David. The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics
  • O鈥橰ourke, Harmony. Hadija鈥檚 Story: Diaspora, Gender, and Belonging in the Cameroon Grassfields
  • Phillips, Susan. I and I: Transnational Art Practice in Ghana; Operation Fly Trap: LA Gangs, Drugs, and Law
  • Purvis-Roberts, Kathleen. Chemistry of the Environment
  • Sabol Spezio, Teresa. Slick Policy: Environmental and Science Policy in the Aftermath of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
  • Sarathy, Brinda. Pineros: Latino Labor and the Changing Face of Forestry in the Pacific Northwest
  • Strauss, Claudia. Advances in Culture Theory from Psychological Anthropology and Political Sentiments; Social Movements: The Person in Politics and Culture (co-editor); Making Sense of Public Opinion: American Discourses about Immigration and Social Programs
  • VanSickle-Ward, Rachel. The Hillary Effect: Perspectives on Clinton鈥檚 Legacy (co-editor); The Devil is in the Details: Understanding the Causes of Policy Specificity and Ambiguity
  • Wachtel, Albert. Critical Insights: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • Wiley, Emily. Current Protocols: Essential Laboratory Techniques
  • Yep, Kathleen. Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground and The Dragon鈥檚 Child: A Story of Angel Island
  • Zuckerman, Phil. What It Means to Be Moral; Handbook of Secularism; The Nonreligious: Understanding Secular People & Societies; Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions; Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion; Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment

Faculty Emeriti

  • Benton, Jill. Avenging Muse: Naomi Royde-Smith
  • Calderon, Jose Z. Lessons from an Activist Intellectual: Reaching, Research, and Organizing for Social Change
  • Fairchild, Halford H. Social Psychology and World Peace: A Primer; Black Lives Matter: Lifespan Perspectives; (Re)Solving Violence in America
  • Levering Sullivan, Jaqueline. Tell the Rain Goodbye; Lovesick; A Less Than Perfect Peace
  • Nardi, Peter. Doing Survey Research: A Guide to Quantitative Methods, Critical Thinking: Tools for Evaluating Research
  • Parker, Joe. Democracy Beyond Nation State: Practicing Equality
  • Seymour, Susan C. Cora Du Bois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent
  • Volti, Rudi. Society and Technological Change; An Introduction to the Sociology of Work and Occupations
  • Alsobrooks 鈥94, Juliette. Your Premature Baby Comes Home
  • Ausubel 鈥01, Ramona. No One is Here Except All of Us; Awayland; Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty; A Guide to Being Born; The Last Animal
  • Baker 鈥99, Eliot. The Last Ancient
  • Bornstein 鈥78, Amy. Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease: Life Course Perspectives on Risk Reduction
  • Brooks 鈥94, Max. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War; Devolution; Minecraft: The Island; The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead; The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
  • Brown Braun 鈥70, Betsy. Just Tell Me What to Say; You鈥檙e Not the Boss of Me
  • Brown 鈥82, Donnaldson. Because I Loved You.
  • Bussbaum 鈥82, Michael. Nonparametric Data Analysis: Choosing the Best Statistical Technique
  • Carlin 鈥86, Yvonne. Fizzy Invents Zoom!: Mad Science in the Beehive
  • Childs-Johnson 鈥70, Elizabeth. The Oxford Handbook of Early China
  • Chu 鈥04, Christopher. Camilo Pessanha鈥檚 Macau Stories 
  • Chu 鈥04, Christopher. Macau鈥檚 Historical Witnesses
  • Corwin 鈥19, Joshua. Becoming Vulnerable
  • Darnielle 鈥95, John. Universal Harvester; Wolf in White Van
  • Dooney 鈥96, Phyllis. Gravity is Stronger Here
  • Dowd 鈥90, Michelle. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult
  • Feniger 鈥76, Susan. City Cuisine; Regional Italian, Mexican and Asian Cooking; Cantina: The Best of Casual Mexican Cooking; Mexican Cooking for Dummies; Street Food
  • Fenton 鈥92, Steven. Where a Man Stands
  • Goldfarb Plante 鈥82, Lori. Graduating with Honor: Best Practices to Promote Ethics Development in College Students
  • Hall Patron 鈥69, Susan. Dear America
  • Harper 鈥95, Joel. All the Way to the Ocean; Frankie Finds the Blues
  • Hastings 鈥00, Eli. Clearly Now, the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Other Trips
  • Herman 鈥83, Daniel. Rim Country Exodus: A Story of Conquest, Renewal, and Race in the Making
  • Hutchins Sinor 鈥80, Barbara. The Pact: Messages from the Other Side
  • Jackson 鈥90, Alan. The Lemonade Cookbook
  • Kreuter Foster 鈥84, Lesley. Thoughts of a Working Mother: A Tribute to Mothers Everywhere
  • Louis 鈥93, Jenn. Pasta By Hand; The Book of Greens; Chicken Soup Manifesto
  • Lovins 鈥72, Hunter. A Finer Future
  • Miller 鈥75, Char. Where There鈥檚 Smoke; The Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Politics of Marijuana; The Nature of Hope: Grass Roots Organizing, Environmental Justice, and Political Change; Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream
  • Moscowitz 鈥75, John. Evolution of an Unorthodox Rabbi
  • Mountford 鈥99, Peter. A Young Man鈥檚 Guide to Late Capitalism; The Dismal Science
  • Muftic 鈥85, Tanya. Two Souls Collided: A Poetic Journey
  • Nyssens 鈥86, Allison. Skating by Grace; The Haunting of Evelyn Hall
  • O鈥橞rien 鈥71, Sheilah 鈥淧addy鈥. Lean for the Nonprofit: What You Don鈥檛 know Can Cost You; Facilitating Rapid Process Improvement Workshops-the Self-Study Guide for Lean Leaders
  • Pandian 鈥97, Gigi. Artifact: A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery; The Accidental Alchemist; Masquerading Magician
  • Pravica 鈥07, Sean. Stumbling Out the Stable
  • Saavedra 鈥01, Yvette. Pasadena Before the Roses: Race, Identity, and Land Use in Southern California, 1771-1890; Living la Mala Vida: Transgressive Femininities, Morality, and Nationalism in Mexican Los Angeles, 1810-1850
  • Sampson 鈥91, Jennifer. Skaters: Tintype Portraits of West Coast Skateboarders
  • Scieszka 鈥06, Casey. To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story
  • Simon 鈥82, Maurya. The Wilderness, New and selected Poems, 1980-2016; Speaking in Tongues; Ghost Orchid
  • Simon 鈥89, Todd. A Little Infinity
  • Smith (Goldsmith) 鈥70, Marianne. Bert Meyers (1928-1979): An Archival Memory
  • Sprague 鈥91, Zander. EPIC Begins With 1 Step Forward: How To Plan, Achieve, and Enjoy The Journey; Making Lemonade: Choosing a Positive Pathway after Losing Your Sibling
  • Stokes 鈥98, Jonathan. Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas
  • Tucker 鈥12, Acadia. Tiny Victory Gardens: Growing Good Food Without A Yard; Growing Perennial Foods: A Field Guide to Raising Resilient Herbs, Fruits, & Vegetables; Growing Good Food: A Citizen鈥檚 Guide to Climate Victory Gardening
  • Watkins 鈥13, Caitlin. Addressing Environmental and Food Justice toward Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline
  • Watkins 鈥76, Debra. Thoughts Held Hostage: A Black Teacher鈥檚 Journey of Unlocking Young Minds
  • Weinersmith 鈥03, Zachary. Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That鈥檒l Improve and/or Ruin Everything
  • Girad P鈥22, Danielle. One Clean Shot; Dark Passage; Interference; Everything to Lose; Exhume; Excise; Expose; Expire; White Out; Far Gone; Savage Art; Ruthless Game; Chasing Darkness; Cold Silence
  • O鈥橞rien P鈥23, Michael. Shift Creating Better Tomorrows: Winning at Work and In Life