books

September 1, 2006

Spreading the word

When they start classes this month, more than 6,000 new UW students will already have something in common — they’ll all have read the same book about a remarkable doctor trying to bring 21st-century medicine to the poorest corners of the planet.


June 1, 2006

‘Common book’

“Mountains Beyond Mountains” was named the UW's first-ever "common book." Every member of the incoming freshman class will be reading the book this summer, and thinking, talking and writing about it this fall.


March 1, 2004

Lessons to share

“Why don’t you write a book?” UW Football Coach Don James asked former Husky football player Andre Hayes, ’87, a decade ago.


December 1, 2003

Author's inspiration

Michele Torrey, '88, was having trouble finding books for her three teen-age sons. She decided to fix that problem by writing one herself.


March 1, 2003

Final countdown

Only 7.5 billion years from now, a burned-out cinder of a planet called Earth will be engulfed by its sun, a bloated red giant that will melt away any evidence that the planet ever existed.


June 1, 2002

Reversal of fortune

For more and more workers, the American Dream is just a mirage, say the authors of a new book.


June 1, 2001

She has answers

Taking the “if you want something done, do it yourself” mentality her parents instilled in her, Carol Bolt, ’94, a Seattle artist, wrote The Book of Answers.


December 1, 1998

Martyrs and myths

The early Christians weren't all martyrs and they weren't all poor, says a UW sociologist whose book sheds new light on the rise of the Christianity.


June 1, 1993

Tales of ‘Solidarity’

UW alumnus and retired UW lecturer Richard (Dick) Carbray, '44, '51, has written a new book titled "Prophets of Human Solidarity."


March 1, 1993

Insights on race

"The challenge for America is how to live in peace with its different people. If that's not solved, the country is really in trouble."


March 1, 1992

Top Dawg speaks

Excerpts from "James," the new autobiography of UW football coach Don James.


June 1, 1991

Literary fame

UW English Professor Charles Johnson, is holding steady through the months of accolades that have followed winning the 1990 National Book Award in fiction.


March 1, 1991

Johnson wins award

Charles Johnson, UW professor of English, received the 1990 National Book Award for Middle Passage.


June 1, 1990

Book cover reading Self-Help

Self-help or hoax?

Self-help books should be subject to the same rigorous testing as a new drug, a UW expert says.