This small book is a helpful reference guide to various aspects of higher education finance.

This book is full of practical advice and tips about how to promote collaboration on a college campus.

The author provides helpful advice and tips on understanding and managing teenage children, much of it based on his own research.

This little but very interesting book proposes the idea of making little bets that have the potential advance an organization with less risk. Even if the little bets result in failure, the organizations learns from it and continues to improve. He provides many real-world examples, including Chris Rock and Pixar.

The author provides an analysis of various strategies for selecting students to admit to colleges and universities. She proves to be well informed about the history and research of college admissions. I got lost at times in some of the statistical analyses. She confirms that high school grades are more accurate predictors of college success than test scores. She promotes a procedure that she calls "constrained optimization," but it was not clear to me how to implement it.

I would put this book right up there with James MacPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom as one of my favorite histories of the Civil War. This book focuses on the military aspects of the war rather than the political and social aspects. It is especially strong at analyzing the leadership abilities of various generals in the war.

This very interesting book draws from research in social psychology to offer practical guidance about how to manage anxiety and maintain self-confidence in stressful situations.

This resource provides helpful tips on various aspects of higher education administration, especially how to work with other non-academic departments.

This book provides concrete advice and guidance for those responsible for the development of new faculty members.

This is a book about assisting college students with the transition from high school and helping them to succeed. The book meandered and seemed to get away from the topic at times.

This book summarizes the results of a major study of religiously affiliated institutions to see how they develop students in a holistic way. It is full of practical ideas drawing from examples at different universities.

This is a useful handbook for those who are looking to improve their design of PowerPoint presentations. The author provides a wealth of tips, guidelines, and resources.

Hornfischer provides a detailed account of the naval action that took place around Guadalcanal. The book provides a somber reminder of the thousands of forgotten heroes who sacrificed everything to preserve freedom.

The author reflects on his career as a professional soccer player and manager in Europe. He offers many opinions and insights about different aspects of soccer. I especially enjoyed his analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of various soccer formations.

This is a gripping account of three submarines, their different commanders, and their attacks on Japanese ships. Its detailed descriptions of submarine strategy and the difficult decision-making involved in it are very interesting. The end of the story veers off into a lengthy account of Japanese internment camps, reminiscent of Unbroken.

This book describes recent efforts at Ole Miss to improve retention of students. It is full of practical ideas.

This book appeared on many lists of the best nonfiction books of 2016. It is an autobiographical account of the author's discovery of his calling to be a neurosurgeon and the tragic interruption of his career by terminal cancer. The author passed away before the book was finished, but his wife offers a moving postscript to his account.

This book provides a thorough overview of philosophical, psychological, and religious discussions of happiness through the centuries.

This book by the foremost expert on student retention and success distills his lifetime of work and research into clear and applicable lessons.

This is very thorough account of Sherman's campaign in Georgia resulting in the taking of Atlanta. The book is written more eloquently than the usual Civil War history book.

The author is an astrophysicist who tells the story of the discovery of gravitational waves. The narrative involves an abundance of insider detail about the brilliant but difficult personalities involved and their many quirks and conflicts.

This autobiography describes the author's lifelong battle with depression and suicidal thoughts. It is an interesting story of perseverance but provides little insight or wisdom for those who may struggle with life's difficulties.

This is a brief, interesting, and readable introduction to a complex field of thought.

This is the second biography of Sherman that have read, but this one is much more thorough and draws on more recent research by historians. The author provides a detailed examination of this complex figure's qualities, flaws, hopes, and failures. As always in a biography, some periods of Sherman's life receive more attention than others. For example, the author provides an interesting and detailed account of the events leading up to the taking of Atlanta but skims more briefly over the march through the Carolinas. I recommend this biography to anyone interested in Civil War history or biographies of American figures of history.

This book reviews the history, politics, art, and architecture of Rome from its founding to the present day. Although it is not the most readable book at times, it packs in some details about certain periods and events in the history of Rome that I have not seen elsewhere.

A strength of this book is its thorough review of previous research on near-death experiences, but it also adds data gleaned from reports submitted to the Religious Experience Research Centre. This book is not intended for a general audience, but for those who have done some reading on the subject, it provides an interesting analysis and critique of research in the area.

In this small book, this Columbia University professor provides a wide-ranging look at the development of higher education in America, beginning with its origins up to the present day.

This book provides a brief but helpful overview of Sherman's march to the sea. A nice feature of the book is biographical information of key figures provided in insets. The author also provides a helpful explanation of Sherman's motivations, and he tries to separate fact from later propaganda.

This collection of essays describes the experience of different institutions that implemented the Equity Scorecard, which analyzes the institutional barriers to success for students of color. I have read two books on this subject now, but neither one has described in detail what the Equity Scorecard actually is and how to implement it.

Chang, a professor at Stanford University, analyzes recent trends toward resegregation. The book provides details about recent events that one may not have gleaned from the news. Unfortunately, he offers few solutions.