Published on Show Me Mizzou Dec. 19, 2024
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Marvel Super Graphic, by Tim Leong BJ ’03. Leong presents a visual guide to the Marvel Comics Universe, using data points, scatter plots, charts and timelines. (Chronicle Books 2024).
Geo Kids, by Emily Schmidt Massey BJ ’96. Massey and her family provide a fact-filled travel companion for families exploring the United States (Sutton Hart Press 2023).
Leaping Forward: Finding Your Purpose and Journey as an Entrepreneur, by Patrick J. Phelan BSBA ’94. The Leap Companies founder offers advice on pursuing dreams and building a business (Advantage Media Group 2023).
The Deer Hunter: BFI Film Classics, by Brad Prager, professor of German and film studies. Prager offers a study of the Oscar-winning 1978 war drama and its critical reception (British Film Institute 2023).
Safe and Sound, by Laura McHugh BA ’07. Five years after their cousin vanishes from home in the Ozarks, two sisters search for answers despite risking their own safety (Penguin Random House 2024).
Cardinal Dreams: The Legacy of Charlie Peete and a Life Cut Short, by Danny Spewak BJ ’13. Spewak tells story of Charlie Peete, a top St. Louis Cardinals prospect who tragically died in a 1956 plane crash (Rowman & Littlefield 2024).
21 Ways to Go Plant-Based in 30 Days or Less, by Kaaren Douglas MD MSPH ’86. Douglas offers a guide for transitioning from the standard American diet to whole food, plant-based eating (Medicus Publishing 2024).
The Flower Sisters, by Michelle Collins Anderson BJ ’87. Inspired by the Missouri Bond Dance Hall explosion in 1928, this story spans decades through multiple points of view (Kensington 2024).
Billy from Affton, by William S. Thompson, BS CIE ’68, LHD ’05. Retired CEO Thompson of PIMCO, one of the world’s largest investment management firms, tells his life story, one that includes his founding of the Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment at Mizzou.
Miss ‘Nilla’s Library, by Joe Dillsaver MA ’69, PhD ’74. A retired narrator shares stories from the town of Hogshoots, centered around Prunilla “Miss Nilla” Jacobs and the local library (The Paper House 2024).
FIERCE: My Fight for Nothing Less, by Vicki L. Friedman MA ’90 and Marian Washington. This memoir comes from Marian Washington, KU’s first female Black head coach in 1973 (Ascend Books 2024).
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