 itself not only our best sports scribblers, but many writers who wouldn't have dreamed of writing about the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Final Four, or even the Super Bowl. For every fan whose heart yearns for a bleacher seat, a ballpark frank, and a slice of October Americana, Fall Classics is a treasure.
Bill Littlefield, Writer-in-Residence at Curry College, is the host of the radio show Only a Game. He has written articles, reviews, and essays for a number of publications, most recently The Boston Globe. Bill's commentaries, written and voiced, have won numerous Associated Press Awards. He is the author of several books, including the baseball novel Prospect.
Russell Pregeant
Matthew (Chalice Press)
In this commentary on Matthew, Russell Pregeant looks at Matthew as a story, full of rich characters and plot. He uses a literary approach to focus on the meaning of individual stories within the overall plot of the gospel, giving attention to the problems and potentials that arise out of com - peting strains of meaning within the text. With sensitivity to contemporary social concerns, such as peace, economic justice, the rights of women, and our relationship to the natural world, Pregeant makes the gospel of Matthew come alive for readers, speaking to their  needs and giving hope to people of today. He goes beyond biblical interpretation to offer theological reflection on issues raised for contemporary readers.
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Russell Pregeant is professor of religion and philosophy and chaplain, emeritus, at Curry College and visiting professor in New Testament at Andover Newton Theological School. He is the author of several books in New Testament studies, and is a member of the editorial board for Chalice Commentaries for Today.
William Russo
Great Sports Stories: The Legendary Films
(Xlibris Corporation)
Based on Dr. Russo's long-standing popular film and literature course at Curry College,  Great Sports Stories: The Legendary Films, is an overview of the stories, conflicts, plots, characters, and actions, that comprise the most significant sports films of the past 100 years. From famous literary ath - letics to the politically incorrect tales of sport, from distant past games to profes - sionals of the modern age and odd-ball amateur sports, this book provides a definitive guide to winners and losers among the best and worst movies about sports.
Author of works on Hollywood history, The Next James Dean and A Thinker's Damn: Audie Murphy, Vietnam, and the Making of the Quiet American, Dr. William Russo is a professor of literature at Curry College. For many years he ser ved as a film contributor for magazines like Big Reel. He has collaborated with Emmywinning writer and film star Jan Merlin on The Paid Companion of J.Wilkes Booth and has edited a variety of fiction and nonfiction works on topics as diverse as Multiple Sclerosis and the Vietnamese Boat People as the Editor of Lukeion Press. This is his fourteenth book. |
Jerold Touger
Introductory Physics, Building Understanding
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004)
The purpose of Introductory Physics is to meet the needs of faculty who are open to change and to support the changes that an ever-increasing number of faculty have already made in their teaching. It will acknowledge that students don't arrive as empty vessels, and will engage them in dialogue about their own prior conceptions and strategies. It will engage students in the process of physical sense-making that underlies good problem solving. Finally, it will recognize the need to meet students where they are, lowering perceived thresholds while maintaining appropriate goals for outcomes.
Dr. Jerold Touger has been actively involved in physics education research for twenty years and has twice chaired the American Association of Physics Teachers' Committee for this field. Additionally, Professor Touger is a contributing author to Physics that Works, by TERC, a high school textbook just published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. TERC is a science and math education research and development group based in Cambridge, MA.  |
