In Empirical Political Analysis, by Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science Craig Leonard Brians and Professor Richard C. Rich, director of the Center of Environment and Energy Studies, et al., the authors provide a comprehensive survey of designing experiments, conducting research, evaluating results, and presenting findings.

The publisher is Longman Publishing (1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036); www.pearsonlongman.com.

In An Illustrated Guide to Relativity, Tatsu Takeuchi, associate professor in the Department of Physics, explains Einstein's theory of relativity by using "spacetime diagrams," instead of equations, progressing from basic to advanced topics in a manner that is informative to scientists and accessible to non-scientists.

The publisher is Cambridge University Press (32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013); www.cambridge.org/us.

The Last Jew of Rotterdam by Ernest Cassutto—revised and edited by Benjamin Cassutto (D.V.M. '89)—is a true story of triumph during World War II. The author narrates his struggle to survive the Holocaust and find faith in the most trying of times. Benjamin revised his father's autobiography by way of conversations with his parents and other Holocaust survivors in his family.

The publisher is Purple Pomegranate Productions (60 Haight St., San Francisco, CA 94102); http://store.jewsforjesus.org.

High Tech Terror: Recognition, Management, and Prevention of Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Injuries Secondary to Acts of Terrorism, by Robert Samuel Cromartie III and Richard Joseph Duma (general science '55), educates health care professionals about the issues in the title.

The publisher is Charles C Thomas (2600 S. First St., Springfield, IL 62794); www.ccthomas.com.

The Cordial Cricket, by Elizabeth Howard (management science '98), is a children's book about a young cricket that learns, while planning his birthday party, what it means to be cordial. Howard's 7-year-old son illustrated the cover.

The book is self-published by The Cordial Cricket (3524 Festival Park Plaza, Chester, VA 23831); www.thecordialcricket.com.

Designing Online Learning with Flash, by David Richard Moore (agriculture and applied economics '91, curriculum and instruction M.A.Ed. '93, Ph.D. '95), is a step-by-step guide to developing Flash tutorials for instructional purposes.

The publisher is Pfeiffer (989 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103); www.pfeiffer.com.

Reluctant Rebels: The Confederates who Joined the Army after 1861, by Kenneth W. Noe (history M.A. '81), contextualizes the stories of individual soldiers who experience optimism and then defeat in the Confederate war effort.

The publisher is University of North Carolina Press (116 S. Boundary St., Chapel Hill, NC 27514); http://uncpress.unc.edu.

The Italian Stiletto, by Ralph Riffenburgh (biochemistry '43), is a novel about a brilliant, attractive serial killer, her background, and the police department's search for her.

The book is self-published through Publish America (Box 151, Frederick, MD 21705); www.PublishAmerica.com.