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Real Stories of Nursing Research: The Quest for Magnet Recognition M. Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin (PhD Nursing ’04), Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, and Sally A. Bulla (PhD Nursing ’03) Real Stories of Nursing Research: The Quest for Magnet Recognition (Jones and Bartlett, 2010) demonstrates how direct care nurses in clinical settings can conduct nursing research…

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On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper: Fear and the Media Jack Censer, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences In On the Trail of the D.C. Sniper: Fear and the Media (University of Virginia Press, April 2010), Jack Censer uses the October 2002 Washington, D.C., sniper attacks to explore the shifting character of…

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Peter’s War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution Joyce Lee Malcolm, Professor of Law Peter’s War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution (Yale University Press, December 2008) tells the story of a slave born in Massachusetts in 1763. Malcolm describes Peter’s life in rural New England, which became increasingly…

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Cinema and Classical Texts: Apollo’s New Light Martin Winkler, University Professor of Classics, Modern and Classical Languages Cinema and Classical Texts: Apollo’s New Light (Cambridge University Press, February 2009) interprets films as visual texts and demonstrates the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema. The book examines major themes from classical mythology and history, such…

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The Invisible Moon Robert DiFlugo, DA Community College Education ’05 Athena Press, August 2009 In this novel, Bryan thought he knew who he was and what he believed in. Joining the navy and fighting in Vietnam would shatter his beliefs, yet make him a stronger person than he thought possible. But it is not until…

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Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark: A Life of Service Mimi Clark Gronlund, MA English ’84 University of Texas Press, November 2009 An associate justice on the Warren Court whose landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned racial segregation in schools and other public facilities, Tom C. Clark was a crusader for justice…

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Special Dream: Personal Accounts after the Death of a Loved One Luellen Hoffman Maskeny, BIS ’87 Crossroad, 2009 Special Dream is a collection of inspiring stories about the rare dreams people experience after the death of a friend or loved one. The stories interplay between scientific and religious inquiry into after-death communication, featuring Americans from…

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Seminole Views: A Postcard Panorama of America’s Only Unconquered Tribe Emmett H. L. Snellings Jr., MA English ’93 Rainbow Books Inc., 2008 Seminole Views is a full-color coffee table book that features Seminole postcards (some more than 100 years old), as well as modern photographs and interviews of members of the Seminole tribe in Florida….

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By forming cross-college collaborations, Mason is able to address the ever-changing needs of the workforce. The result? Students groomed for 21st-century careers.

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Have you taken a look at the Mason course catalog recently? What you find might make you want to come back for more.

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