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If you're on the lookout for new titles to add to your home library, check out some of the latest offerings from members of the Georgia Tech community at an upcoming book signing.
In 1990, Dave Kaufman, ME 85, launched his 17-foot tandem canoe into the raw waters of Atlanta's Peachtree Creek and began what would become a 17-year journey to the publication of his book, "Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed."
In a 2003 interview with the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, Kaufman said, "I'd see this creek on Clairmont Road, then I'd see it on Northside Drive, at Market Square and Woodward Way and other places throughout Atlanta. I wondered how it tied together — where it came from and where it went to. I started doing a little research and, not knowing what I didn't know, I decided I would pull all this together and write a book."
The book has been published and may be purchased at www.ugapress.uga.edu/. A lecture and book signing will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Atlanta History Center. To make reservations, please contact the Atlanta History Center at (404) 814-4150.
Deborah Wagnon, IM 76, has published a historical fiction novel, "Great and Wide Sea." The book tells the story of Neva Majette, who as a young woman puts her child up for adoption but later becomes the first female attorney in 1930s Georgia. A member of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board, Wagnon earned her juris doctor degree from Stanford University in 1982 and began practicing entertainment law. She now is CEO of Portia Entertainment Group LLC, a legal and business firm for music, film and literary clients. Wagnon will be signing copies of the book at the Barnes & Noble@Georgia Tech bookstore at 5 p.m. Sept. 27. A portion of proceeds from all sales at that Barnes & Noble location will go to the Georgia Tech Women's Leadership Conference. For more information on the book, visit www.greatandwidesea.com or www.deborahwagnon.com.
Ian Bogost, an assistant professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture at Georgia Tech and a game designer, has released his latest book, "Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames." Bogost recently discussed his work on a Comedy Central television program, "The Colbert Report." To watch the interview, visit www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/videos/celebrity_interviews/index.jhtml. A book signing will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at Georgia Tech's Barnes & Noble bookstore. For more information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1930.
Adam N. Stulberg and Michael D. Salomone, both professors in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, have released the book "Managing Defense Transformation: Agency, Culture and Service Change," which contemplates why some militaries are more adept than others at reinventing themselves. The authors will speak and sign copies of the book at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at Barnes & Noble@Georgia Tech. More information may be found at www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1936.
Stulberg will return to the bookstore on Sept. 19 to sign copies of his book "Well-oiled Diplomacy: Strategic Manipulation and Russia's Energy Statecraft in Eurasia." A presentation and book signing will be held at 5:30 p.m., followed by an open discussion. For information, visit www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1952.
Dan Breznitz, assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Public Policy, will sign copies of his book, "Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan and Ireland," at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Barnes & Noble@Georgia Tech. For information visit http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=1951.
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