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Acey, Mark; A&S '79, Ed '79, MS(A&S) '82
Any Cat Can Cook: Garfield Learns about Cooking

Ambroziak, Brian and Michael Graves; DAAP '58, HonDoc '82
Michael Graves: Images of a Grand Tour

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Beckman, Wendy Hart; UC public information officer
National Parks in Crisis: Debating the Issues

Beckman, Wendy; UC public information officer
Communication Tools Made Easy

Beckman, Wendy; UC public information officer

Dating, Relationships and Sexuality: What Teens Should Know


Beischel, Cynthia Kuhn; DAAP '71
From Eulogy To Joy

Bolton, April; A&S '75
Seven Lonely Places, Seven Warm Places

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Caudill, Edward; A&S '75
The Mosby Myth

Coffman, Jay; edited by Thomas Fulks, A&S '58

Under Wraps: One Soldier's Hidden Diary of World War II

Cohn, Art; A&S '71
Lake Champlain’s Sailing Canal Boats

Cook, William; Univ '79, DAAP '81
The 1919 World Series -- What Really Happened

Crane, Cynthia; PhD (A&S) '87 and UC faculty member
Divided Lives

D

Danner, Jeff; MEd '75
The Mystery of Triangles

F

Felman, A.H.; A&S '51, MD '55
Legend of the Feather Pillow

Fern, Jules, MA (A&S) '39, edited by Juliana Fern Patten

Another Side of World War II: A Coast Guard Lieutenant in the South Pacific

Fryer, Elizabeth Evans; MA(A&S) '03
My Lost Summer, a Memoir

G

Gardner, Kirsten, MA (A&S) '95, PhD (A&S) ' 99

Early Detection: Women, Cancer and Awareness Campaigns in the Twentieth-Century United States

Grace, Kevin; UC archivist
Cincinnati Hoops

Grace, Kevin; A&S '76 and UC archivist, with Tom White
Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground

Grace, Kevin; A&S '76 and UC archivist,with Tom White
Cincinnati’s Over The Rhine

Grace, Kevin; A&S '76 and UC archivist, with Tom White
Cincinnati Revealed

Grace, Kevin; UC archivist and assistant professor
The Cincinnati Reds, 1900-1950

Grace, Kevin; A&S '76 and UC archivist,with Jack Klumpe
The Cincinnati Reds, 1950-1985

Graves, Michael; DAAP '58, HonDoc '82
Michael Graves: Images of a Grand Tour

Greiwe, Robert Leo; DAAP '55
Life on Thin Ice

Guswiler, Marilyn "Mert"; MEd '65
All There Is

H

Earl Hamner, CCM '48, and Tony Albarella
Twilight Zone Scripts of Earl Hamner

Hansen, Barbara; professor of English, Raymond Walters College
The Strength Within

Herrin, Lamar; PhD(A+S) '78
House of the Deaf

Herrin, Lamar; PhD(A+S) '78

Romancing Spain

J

Jacobs, Teri (Brashear); A&S '92
The Void

Jankowski, Frank; MS (Eng) '47 and PhD (Eng) '49
Back of the Envelope

K

Kaufman, Peter; A&S '72
Barometer's Shadow

Kanzlemar, Joseph; EdD '80
The Biblical Jesus, from Genesis through the Revelation

Klumpe, Jack; Edu ’42, with Kevin Grace
The Cincinnati Reds, 1950-1985

Knopf-Newman, Marcy; A&S '92
Beyond Slash, Burn and Poison

Kushner, Lawrence; A&S '65
Because Nothing Looks Like God

Kushner, Lawrence; A&S '65
In God's Hands

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Latham, Dennis; A&S '92

The Bad Season

LeClair, Tom; professor of comparative literature, A&S
Well-Founded Fear

Lehman, Mark; MA(A&S) '70, PhD(A&S) '77
Mocky's Revinge

Leo, Frank; DAAP '62
Shanghai Remembrance

Lueders, Jeffrey; Eve '77 and '81, MA (A&S) '98
Second Chances

Lueders, Jeffrey; Eve '77 and '81, MA (A&S) '98

Hamilton County's Green Township

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Marks, Jeffrey; Ed '05
The Scent of Murder

Martinelli, Joe; Eve '54
Little Italy: May, Burbank & Boone

McElwee, Jo; RWC '97, with Kat Shehata
San Francisco's Famous Sea Lions

Meacham, Alex; Univ '98
Walk of a Lifetime

Mersch, Christine; MA(A&S) '06

Cincinnati Bengals History


Mersch, Christine; MA(A&S) '06
Delhi: Cincinnati's Westside

Mersch, Christine; MA(A&S) '06

Norwood

Mettey, Wendell; A&S ‘68
Are Not My People Worthy?

Miller, C.M. (Cora Price); Eve '84
Accrual Way to Die

Miller, C.M. (Cora Price); Eve '84
Dead Broke

Miller, C.M. (Cora Price); Eve '84
What She Left Behind

Miller, Robert Earnest; A&S ’81, MA (A&S) ’86, PhD (A&S) ’91
Cincinnati: The World War II Years

Miller, Robert Earnest; A&S ’81, MA (A&S) ’86, PhD (A&S) ’91

Hamilton County Parks

Morgan, Jeffrey; Eng '88
Creating Lean Corporations

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Nichols, Judy; MA (CAHS) '85
Caviar Dreams

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Painter, Mark; A&S ’70, JD ’73
The Legal Writer

Painter, Mark; A&S '70, JD '73
William Howard Taft: President and Chief Justice

Painter, Sue Ann; MA (A&S) '73

Architecture in Cincinnati: An Illustrated History of Designing and Building an American City


Painter, Sue; DAAP '73
William Henry Harrison: Father of the West

Paule, David (D. M.); Eng '88
The Monarch of Key West

Pease, Pamela; DAAP '74

Derby Day: A Pop-Up Celebration of the Kentucky Derby

Pease, Pamela; DAAP '74

Macy's on Parade


Perry, Michael; A&S '84
Tales from Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball

Pieper, Charlotte; A&S ’35. Second edition of the 1951 novel ,
edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann
Wooden Shoe Hollow

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Rhodes, Ken; DAAP ’76, photography and graphics, with Priscilla Rhodes
Discover America Diaries: 50 States, 50 States of Mind
Volume One: East Coat to West Coast

Rule, Colter; A&S '38
Limping Through the Twentieth Century

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Shehata, Kat; A&S '00, with Jo McElwee
San Francisco's Famous Sea Lions

Simon, Annette; DAAP '84

Mocking Birdies

Simon, Jack, as told to his mom, Annette Simon, DAAP '84

This Book Is For All Kids, But Especially My Sister Libby. Libby Died.


Stelten, Gene; Eng '51
Thanks, Mom!

Stradling, David; assistant professor, history
Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis

Stux-Shore, Erica Houser; A&S '49, MS(A&S) '50

The Achievers: Great Women in the Biological Sciences

Szeman, Sherri; PhD (A&S) '86
Only with the Heart

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Tolzmann, Don Heinrich; director of German-American studies,
editor of the 1951 novel’s 2004 edition
Wooden Shoe Hollow

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Von Rosenstiel, Werner; att. A&S '36
Tales of an American Soldier

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Weil, Dorothy MA (A&S) '69, PhD (A&S) '74

Life, Sex and Fast Pitch Softball

Weil, Dorothy MA (A&S) '69, PhD (A&S) '74
River Rats

Weil, Dorothy MA (A&S) '69, PhD (A&S) '74
The River Home

Wetz, Juliann; Eve '00
Boot Camp

White, Tom; head of acquisitions, University Libraries, with Kevin Grace
Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground

White, Tom; head of acquisitions, University Libraries, with Kevin Grace
Cincinnati’s Over The Rhine

White, Tom; head of acquisitions, University Libraries, with Kevin Grace
Cincinnati Revealed