tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65560413982258301872009-07-18T16:54:56.113-05:00"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox FordMarshal Zeringuenoreply@blogger.comBlogger578125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556041398225830187.post-58963430909040944292009-07-17T12:47:00.000-05:002009-07-17T12:47:05.124-05:00

Steven Luper is Chair of the Philosophy Department at Trinity University in San Antonia, Texas.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, The Philosophy of Death, and reported the following:The Philosophy of Death is about what it is to live and to die, what it is about death that makes it a bad thing for some of those it takes, and what it is about some killings that makes them objectionable

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Peter Stromberg is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tulsa. His books include Symbols of Community (University of Arizona Press, 1986) and Language and Self Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 1993).He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Caught in Play: How Entertainment Works on You, and reported the following:I wrote Caught in Play to address an intriguing disparity

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Kathleen Collins is an experienced author and researcher who has studied and written about television, media history, popular culture and food. Her work has appeared in the magazines Working Woman and Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture and in the anthology Secrets & Confidences: The Complicated Truth About Women’s Friendships.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her new book, Watching What We

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Frances Osborne worked as a barrister and investment research analyst before becoming a full-time writer. Her first book, Lilla’s Feast: A True Story of Love, War and a Passion for Food, was listed as a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her latest book, The Bolter, and reported the following:The Bolter is the true story of Idina Sackville, an extremely adventurous

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Vincent J. Cannato teaches history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York and has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, and reported the following:Opening American

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Matthew Amster-Burton writes frequently for Gourmet.com, Culinate, Seattle Magazine, and the Seattle Times. He has been featured in the Best Food Writing anthology repeatedly. His food blog is Roots and Grubs.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater, and reported the following:Hungry Monkey is about the joys and

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Noralee Frankel is the Assistant Director, Women, Minorities, and Teaching at the American Historical Association. Her books include Freedom's Women: Black Women and Families in Civil War Era Mississippi and Break Those Chains at Last: African Americans, 1860-1880.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her latest book, Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee, and reported the following:For those

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Kevin Mattson is Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University and serves as a faculty associate of the Contemporary History Institute. He is author of Upton Sinclair and the Other American Century (2006); When America Was Great: The Fighting Faith of Postwar Liberalism (2004, 1st edition, 2006, 2nd edition); Engaging Youth: Combating the Apathy of Young Americans Towards

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Susan A. Brewer is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Her publications include To Win the Peace: British Propaganda in the United States during World War II.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her new book, Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq, and reported the following:“Many of the deeply antifascist men and women already

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Jay Wexler teaches at the Boston University School of Law. He studied religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School and law at Stanford, and worked as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He has published numerous academic articles, and reviews, as well as nearly three dozen short stories and humor pieces in outlets such as Spy and McSweeney's Internet Tendency.He

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Chris Grabenstein won the Anthony Award for "Best First Mystery" (given at Bouchercon 2006) for his debut novel Tilt A Whirl—the first in a series of John Ceepak stories to be set "Down The Shore" in a New Jersey tourist town called Sea Haven. It was followed by Mad Mouse, Whack A Mole, and Hell Hole.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to Mind Scrambler, the 5th John Ceepak mystery, and reported the

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Patrick Manning is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History and Director of the World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh and president of the World History Network, a nonprofit corporation fostering research in world history. His books include Slavery and African Life, Migration in World History, and Navigating World History: Historians Create a Global Past.He applied the “Page 99

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T. Lynn Ocean has explored various careers including commercial tread rubber sales and retail management. These days she pretends to be a photographer, enjoys cooking, and will jump at any chance to take a road trip in the name of doing research. Ocean is the author of the novels Fool Me Once, Sweet Home Carolina, Southern Fatality, and Southern Poison.Already a veteran of the the Page 69 Test,

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Chris Knopf is the author of the Sam Acquillo Hamptons mysteries: The Last Refuge, Two Time, Head Wounds, and the newly released Hard Stop.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to the new novel and reported the following:As it turns out, page 99 of Hard Stop, the fourth in the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series, is one of the most important pages in the whole book. How did this happen?A good mystery

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Anne C. Rose is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her new book, Psychology and Selfhood in the Segregated South, and reported the following: In modern times, the psychological sciences have struggled to explain mental illness and promote mental health. My book asks how psychology, psychiatry, and

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Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Professor of Philosophy and Hardy Professor of Legal Studies at Dartmouth College. He is co-author of God? A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist as well as Understanding Arguments, author of Moral Skepticisms, and editor of Pyrrhonian Skepticism, Moral Psychology, and the OUP series, Philosophy in Action.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Morality

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Marc Bekoff has published numerous books, including The Emotional Lives of Animals, and has provided expert commentary for many media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, and the BBC. Jessica Pierce has taught and written about philosophy for many years. She is the author of a number of books, including Morality Play: Case Studies in Ethics. Their new book is Wild Justice: The Moral Lives

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Julie Metz is a graphic designer, artist, and freelance writer whose essays have appeared in publications including Glamour and Hemispheres magazines, and the online story site mrbellersneighborhood.com.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her new book, Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal, and reported the following:I will be worn down.I will lose my mind.I will have to live a completely

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Kyria Abrahams was a regular columnist for Jest Magazine for several years, where she was featured alongside performers and writers from The Daily Show and Chappelle’s Show. As a standup comic, Comedy Central twice selected her as one of ten semi-finalists for the Boston Laugh Riots Competition.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her memoir I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness

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Wednesday Martin has worked as writer and social researcher in New York City for almost two decades. She was a regular contributor to New York Post’s parenting and lifestyle pages for several years, and her work has appeared in a number of national magazines including Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Fitness. Martin was also a features editor at Woman’s World. She earned her doctorate in comparative

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Michèle Lamont is Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies, and Senior Adviser on Faculty Development and Diversity, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to her latest book, How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment, and reported the following: How

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Lawrence S. Wittner is Professor of History at the State University of New York, Albany, and former President of the Peace History Society.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Confronting the Bomb: A Short History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, and reported the following:On p. 99 of Confronting the Bomb, the reader will discover a relatively obscure, but important, battle in

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Thomas Maier is the author of The Kennedys: America’s Emerald Kings, which was adapted for Warner Home Video DVD, and the critically acclaimed Dr. Spock, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1999. He is a special writer at Newsday.He applied the “Page 99 Test” to his new book, Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught

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Susie Boyt's novels include The Normal Man, The Characters of Love, The Last Hope of Girls, and Only Human.She applied the “Page 99 Test” to My Judy Garland Life, her first work of non-fiction, and reported the following:Page 99 of My Judy Garland Life - A Memoir might not, at first, seem representative of the book at all.

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David O. Stewart is the author of the highly acclaimed The Summer of 1787, the bestselling account of the writing of the Constitution. He has practiced law in Washington, D.C., for more than a quarter of a century, defending accused criminals and challenging government actions as unconstitutional. Stewart has argued appeals all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and was law clerk to Justice Lewis

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