Boswell Book Company

David C. Maguire, author of ETHICS: A COMPLETE METHOD FOR MORAL CHOICE

Wednesday, February 10th - 7:00 PM

When Daniel Maguire’s volume The Moral Choice was published in 1978, it was widely hailed for its comprehensive, ambitious, ecumenical, and creative approach to Christian ethics. In a less formal style and with 80% new material, Maguire has now completely recast that award-winning volume in light of the remarkable intellectual and social changes since that time.

Daniel C. Maguire is Professor of Ethics at Marquette University, a past President of the Society of Christian Ethics, and President of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health, and Ethics. A frequent lecturer and media commentator, Maguire is author of many influential works in ethics.

Jack Rosenblum & David Luhrssen, authors of SEARCHING FOR ROCK & ROLL

Friday, February 12th - 7:00 PM

Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum is a lecturer in music history and literature at UWM, Peck School of the Arts/Music, a recording artist on Rounder Records, an artist endorsee for Gibson Guitars/Montana and a recipient of an Academy of American Poets award for one of the numerous books he has written since the early sixties. He serves as historian for the Les Paul House of Sound at Discovery World.

David Luhrssen is Arts & Entertainment Editor of the Shepherd Express newspaper, co-founder of the Milwaukee Int’l Film Festival and coauthor of A Time Of Paradox: America Since 1890. He has taught history and popular culture at MIAD, UWM and MATC.

UWM Creative Writing Department

Thursday, February 18th - 7:00 PM

Creative Writing students, along with Professor Kimberly M. Blaeser, will present their recent work during this event.

Dan Kois, author of 33 1/3: Facing Future: Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Sunday, February 21st - 7:00 PM

A delicate medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World," has driven sales of Facing Future to nearly two million copies. Mainlanders embrace it as a touch of the unfamiliar in their otherwise staid record collections. But in Hawai'i, a state struggling with the responsibility of its native heritage, Facing Future is much more. Gaining unprecedented access to Israel's family, friends, and colleagues, Dan Kois tells the remarkable story of Bruddah Iz and the album that changed his life—and his death.

Dan Kois is a contributing writer to New York magazine and a film critic for the Washington Post. He was the founding editor of New York's culture blog, Vulture, and has written for the New York Times, Slate, the Oxford American, and Honolulu Magazine.

Michael Bayer, Nancy Frank, and Jason Valerius, authors of BECOMING AN URBAN PLANNER

Monday, February 22nd - 7:00 PM 

Before this event, a reception will be held from 5 - 7 PM.

Here is a completely up-to-date guide to today's careers in urban planning—a clear and concise survey of the urban planning field and advice for navigating a successful career. Filled with interviews and guidance from leading urban planners, it covers everything from educational requirements to planning specialties and the many directions in which a career in urban planning can go.

Michael Bayer is a senior planner with Environmental Resources Management in Annapolis, MD.

Nancy Frank is an associate professor and the chair of the department of urban planning at UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Jason Valerius is a planner and urban designer for MSA Professional Services, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Chip Duncan, author of ENOUGH TO GO AROUND

Tuesday, February 23rd - 7:00 PM

Chip Duncan is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer whose work has taken him to more than thirty countries. He has received more than 100 national and international awards for his work. Since 2003 he has focused primarily on photography, exploring the world’s most troubling regions.

In his book, Enough to Go Around, Duncan tells the stories of those most affected by political unrest, warfare, religious or class differences, as well as Mother Nature, and documents the work of humanitarians striving to help. It is as much art as an impassioned plea, challenging readers to reach out in a spirit of compassion and collaboration as they explore Duncan’s journey of hope. 

Opera Insights: Elmer Gantry

Wednesday, February 24th - 7:00 PM

Join students from the Florentine Opera studio for a peek into their next production. Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis, this quintessentially American story of love and corruption follows a fraudulent womanizer through both his rise to power and fall from grace in early 20th century rural America.

Robert McChesney & John Nichols, authors of THE DEATH & LIFE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM

Thursday, February 25th - 7:00 PM

Journalism, the counterbalance to corporate and political power, the lifeblood of American democracy, is not just endangered, it is in meltdown. The Death and Life of American Journalism proposes a bold strategy for saving journalism and saving democracy, one that looks back to how the Founding Fathers ensured free press protection with the First Amendment and provided subsidies to the burgeoning print press of the young nation.

John Nichols is Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine. Robert W. McChesney is a professor at the University of Illinois. Together they founded the nation's leading media reform network, Free Press, and authored the book Tragedy & Farce.

Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams, authors of FREEFALL

Friday, February 26th - 7:00 PM

By the authors of Tunnels and Deeper, Freefall continues the story of Will and Chester as they are tumbling through the subterranean Pore with the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. Just when the drop seems infinite, the boys hit bottom, and find themselves in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant spongy fungus stuffed with artifacts from some lost golden age. But they are not alone. And above ground, black-clad Styx are sprouting like poison mushrooms, dead-set on spreading their plague!

Friends since college, Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams have cool British accents and write really clever and thrilling books for kids!