Alexis de Tocqueville, W.E.B. Dubois, Charles Dickens, Nikki Giovanni, John Krakauer, Willie Morris and Sheryl Sandberg are among 46 authors featured on the annual recommended reading list from new students at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service (UACS).
The Clinton School is the nation’s first to offer a Master of Public Service (MPS) degree. Since 2007, students have compiled a list of suggested books for others to read.
“This book list is one of the most popular and requested items we have,” said Clinton School Dean James L. “Skip” Rutherford III. “There is always interest from bookstores, book clubs, libraries, teachers, individuals who attend our public programs, and Clinton School alumni. As has been the case every year, the selections are both fiction and non-fiction and cover a wide range of subjects and issues.”
The books will be on display at the Clinton School’s Sturgis Hall, the renovated passenger train station adjacent to the Clinton Presidential Library. Printed lists will also be available at WordsWorth Books in Little Rock and at the Central Arkansas Library System’s main library.
The selections from each class are permanently housed in the school’s reading room.
Recommended Reading From The Class of 2016:
Joyce Ajayi: “Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Life and in Your Work” by Spencer Johnson
Joyce Akidi: “The Last King of Scotland” by Giles Foden
Nouroudine Alassane: “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies” by Erick Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
Berkeley Anderson: “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz
Kathryn Baxter: “Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary
Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work” by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Abigail Bi: “Justice: What’s the Right Thing To Do?” by Michael J. Sandel
Colin Brineman: “Revolutionary Suicide” by Huey P. Newton
Katherine Brown: “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals
Jordan Butler: “Tuesdays With Morrie” by Mitch Albom
Melvin Clayton: “The Souls of Black Folk” by W.E.B. Du Bois
Amy Crain: “Freedom Flight: The Origins of Mental Power” by Lanny Bassham
Amanda Cullen: “Death Without Weeping: Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil”
by Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Shadeed Dawkins: “Class Matters” by Correspondents of The New York Times
Andrew Forsman: “Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School”
by C.J. Pascoe
Sarah Fuchs: “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I Learned to Live a Better Story” by Donald Miller
Kerry Furr: “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras
Georgia Genoway: “Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer and Sex Changed a Nation At War” by Leymah Gbowee
Jennifer Guzman: “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking” by Malcolm Gladwell
Anne Haley: “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein
Austin Hall: “Holy The Firm” by Annie Dillard
Austin Harrison: “North Toward Home” by Willie Morris
Amber Jackson: “Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster” by Jon Krakauer
Akaylah Jones: “The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998” by Nikki Giovanni
Henry Karlin: “Hard Times” by Charles Dickens
Helen Grace King: “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
Alex Lanis: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon
Coby MacMaster: “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” by Barbara Enrenreich
Amanda Mathies: “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment” by Eckhart Tolle
Emma McAuley: “Anthill: A Novel” by E.O. Wilson
Molly Miller: “And The Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic” by Randy Shilts
Ashley-Brooke Moses: “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail” by Bill Bryson
Florence Mueni: “Juvenile Justice: Redeeming Our Children” by Barry Krisberg
Dariane Mull: “The Glass Castle: A Memoir” by Jeannette Walls
Michelle Perez: “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” by Sheryl Sandberg
Shanell Ransom: “The Skin I’m In” by Sharon G. Flake
Jessica DeLoach Sabin: “Democracy in America” by Alexis de Tocqueville
Maddy Salzman: “The Malthus Factor: Poverty, Politics and Population in Capitalist Development” by Eric B. Ross
Eddie Savala: “Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World” by Gary A. Haugen
Kat Short: “Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where We Are Going” by Marvin Harris
Dustin Smith: “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation” by Michael Pollan
Becky Twamley: “Zoli” by Colum McCann
Victoria Vander Schilden: “Soul of a Lion: One Woman’s Quest to Rescue Africa’s Wildlife Refugees” by Barbara Bennett
Michael Watson: “True Compass: A Memoir” by Edward M. Kennedy
Nathan Watson: “The River Why” by David James Duncan
Brandon Wayerski: The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance” by Joshua Waitzkin
Nic Williams: “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene
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WordsWorth Books & Company – 5920 R St., Little Rock, AR 72207. For more information, call (501) 663-9198 or visit www.wordsworthar.com
Central Arkansas Library System: Main Library – 100 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR 72201. For more information, call (501) 918-3000 or visit www.cals.lib.ar.us
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