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Texas Hikes and Brews: A Rambler’s Guide to a Perfect Day - Texas Hikes and Brews: A Rambler's Guide to a Perfect Day
Jay Maddock, '97 '99 and Debra Kellstedt
(2025)
Creatures - Creatures
K. R. Berard, '07
(2025)
Travels With Charlie: A Lifetime of Journeys: Vol 2 - Travels With Charlie: A Lifetime of Journeys: Vol 2
Charles A. Bookman, MMA '74
(2025)
Legacy Spirits: Beneath Hallowed Ground Lie Secrets And Treasure. A Puzzle Sealed By Riddles Awaits The Fourth Key To Break Its Silence - Legacy Spirits: Beneath Hallowed Ground Lie Secrets And Treasure. A Puzzle Sealed By Riddles Awaits The Fourth Key To Break Its Silence
Timothy O’Grady, M.A. ’72
(2025)
First Street: A Harbor View Cozy Fantasy - First Street: A Harbor View Cozy Fantasy
Nikoo McGoldrick, B.S.M.E '84, and James McGoldrick, M.A. '89, Ph.D. '91
(2025)
The Carousel of Beliefs - The Carousel of Beliefs
Bob Lorentson '74
(2025)
Captain Chris Adventures - Captain Chris Adventures
Brianna Sullivan ’10
(2025)
The Shadow Game - The Shadow Game
Kenneth Capuano ’77
(2025)
Colors In Our World - Colors In Our World
Alyson Drobnis ’12
(2024)
We Lived in the Woods: A Memoir From a Bygone Era - We Lived in the Woods: A Memoir From a Bygone Era
Alexander B. Blunt, M.A. ’11
(2025)
What If? An 85 Year Journey of the Confederate States of America - What If? An 85 Year Journey of the Confederate States of America
Arthur S. Bobrow ’64
(2025)
The Devil Lives in Haiti - The Devil Lives in Haiti: How the World's Richest Colony Became the Poorest Nation in the Americas
Alexander B. Blunt, M.A. ’11
(2025)
I Am Ingrid: The Adventures of the World’s Greatest Guide Dog - I Am Ingrid: The Adventures of the World’s Greatest Guide Dog
Aria Mia Loberti ’20
(2025)
The Four Levers: How to Prepare for Retirement - The Four Levers: How to Prepare for Retirement
Mike Kendra, M.B.A. ’08
(2024)
Divine Justice - Divine Justice
Stan Comforti ’68, M.S. ’72
(2025)
The Joy of Raising a Guide Dog - The Joy of Raising a Guide Dog
Claude Trottier ’60 and Cindy LaBon
(2025)
Steel Devotion - Steel Devotion
Dylan Hubbard ’23
(2024)
Sixty Years of Travel - Sixty Years of Travel
Jennifer Nestor ’12
(2024)
Zada: The Legend of the Falcons - Zada: The Legend of the Falcons
Christa Mandler ’07, M.S. ’09
(2024)
Jane Escapes to the Jungle of Individuality - Jane Escapes to the Jungle of Individuality
Jennifer Nestor ’12
(2024)
Surviving Your Timeline - Surviving Your Timeline: From Cambodian Refugee to Growing Up Italian
Chutekma Am ’91
(2024)
Eleanor Bittersweet - Eleanor Bittersweet
Anna Misurelli ’10
(2025)
Queens of Islam: The Muslim World’s Historic Women Rulers - Queens of Islam: The Muslim World’s Historic Women Rulers
Tom Verde ’81
(2025)
The Exceptional Life of an Ordinary Man - The Exceptional Life of an Ordinary Man: A Journey to Become the Master of Global Bond & Currency Markets with a Stop in Hollywood
Timothy O’Grady, M.A. ’72
(2024)
Climate to a Fish Sandwich: Why We Study the Ocean’s Circulation - Climate to a Fish Sandwich: Why We Study the Ocean’s Circulation
Robert Weisberg, M.S. ’72, Ph.D. ’75
(2025)
Science with Impact - Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy
Anne Helen Toomey ’02
(2024)
Big Sister - Big Sister
Deb Santilli ’80
(2024)
Second Lives: The Journey of Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Healers - Second Lives: The Journey of Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Healers
Joyce Stamp Lilly ’75 (with Ralph B. Lilly and Diane F. Kramer)
(2023)
Llamas Can Fly - Llamas Can Fly
Greg Fortin ’11
(2024)
Love is a Journey - Love is a Journey: The Inspiring Life and Legacy of Pope John Paul I
Mo Guernon ’74
(2025)
Calm Inspiration - Calm Inspiration: Real Life Lessons of Social-Emotional Learning for Educators, Parents, and Caregivers
Jenny (Elste) Gaynor ’99
(2025)
Redeem Your Roots - Redeem Your Roots: 7 Keys to Connect to Your Heritage, Create a Richer Life, and Continue Your Legacy
Dawn Mattera Corsi ’84
(2024)
Forensic Team Field Manual - Forensic Team Field Manual
Alan J. White ’99
(2025)
Off Izaak Walton Road: The Grace That Comes Through Loss - Off Izaak Walton Road: The Grace That Comes Through Loss
Laura Julier, M.A. ’79
(2025)
Staying on Track: Lessons from a Customer-Focused Travel Disruptor - Staying on Track: Lessons from a Customer-Focused Travel Disruptor
Frank Marini ’95
(2024)
Lone Lake Road: Witches on Whidbey Island - Lone Lake Road: Witches on Whidbey Island
Ted Mulcahey ’69
(2024)
Turtle Lovers’ Guidebook - Turtle Lovers' Guidebook
Tony Monahan ’82, M.S. ’90, Ph.D. ’10
(2024)
Gee, the Coach Writes Football Stories - Gee, the Coach Writes Football Stories
Bruce Mastracchio ’65
(2024)
And the Coach Writes Too - And the Coach Writes Too
Bruce Mastracchio ’65
(2023)
Missing in Molokai - Missing in Molokai: A Harry Esten Mystery
Julien Ayotte ’63, M.B.A. ’69
(2024)
Armada: The Invincible - Armada: The Invincible
Kevin Glynn ’85
(2024)
Stop! Shift the Energy at Work: A New Approach for Leaders & Teams - Stop! Shift the Energy at Work: A New Approach for Leaders & Teams
Awilda M. Borres (nee Ayala-Rivera), M.S. ’91
(2024)
The Selkie’s Daughter - The Selkie's Daughter
Linda Crotta Brennan ’73
(2024)
Hologram Heroes - Hologram Heroes
Richard Turilli, M.S. ’09, M.B.A. ’14
(2024)
I’ve Got This! A Backyard Adventure - I’ve Got This! A Backyard Adventure
Debby Glynn ’90
(2024)
Welcome to Hooperville! FreekiFunki: Changing Attitudes with Style - Welcome to Hooperville! FreekiFunki: Changing Attitudes with Style
Ero Valesio ’77
(2023)
The World Has Changed: Coming of Age Stories - The World Has Changed: Coming of Age Stories
Charles Bookman, M.M.A. ’74
(2024)
Secret of the Crimson Sun - Secret of the Crimson Sun
Thomas Belisle ’71
(2024)
Paw Learning Mazes - Paw Learning Mazes
Karen Petit ’85, M.A. ’87, Ph.D. ’94
(2022)
Corwin and Friends: You’re Better Than That - Corwin and Friends: You’re Better Than That
Christine Carr ’93
(2024)
Hell, Destruction, and Other Tales - Hell, Destruction, and Other Tales: The Heights and Depths of Scripture
Joseph B. Conti ’73
(2024)
My Own Eyes: Stories - My Own Eyes: Stories
Robert Israel, M.A. ’76
(2024)
Az and Me: A Partner’s Journey with Alzheimer’s - Az and Me: A Partner's Journey with Alzheimer's
Colleen Kelly Mellor '63
(2024)
Another Fifty Shades of Life, Love & Laughter - Another Fifty Shades of Life, Love & Laughter: Reflections on Gratitude, Joy, Life's Oddities... and a Few Complaints! Volume 2
Larry Grimaldi ’70
(2024)
The Stolen Child - The Stolen Child
Ann Hood ’78
(2024)
The Monkey Man - The Monkey ManMarc McGiveney ’91(2024)
Confessions: The Tangling and Untangling of Another Preacher’s Kid: A Memoir - Confessions: The Tangling and Untangling of Another Preacher’s Kid: A MemoirKristi Svendsen ’92(2024)
The Last Summer Before Whatever Happens Next - The Last Summer Before Whatever Happens Next
Barb Burke '89
(2024)
Rattled: How to Calm New Mom Anxiety with the Power of the Postpartum Brain - Rattled: How to Calm New Mom Anxiety with the Power of the Postpartum Brain
Nicole Pensak, Ph.D. ’14
(2024)
Reasonably Forseeable - Reasonably Forseeable
James Carroll, M.A. ’78
(2024)
Of Juvats, Sabres, and Tigers - Of Juvats, Sabres, and Tigers
John Krawiec ’72
(2023)
Know Wonder: Becoming Jesse, Book III - Know Wonder: Becoming Jesse, Book III
Patsie McCandless, M.A. ’76
(2023)
Erase Me - Erase Me
Nikoo K. McGoldrick ’84 and James McGoldrick, M.A. ’89, Ph.D. ’91
(2024)
Food for Thought: Nutrition and the Aging Brain - Food for Thought: Nutrition and the Aging Brain
Richard A. Dienstbier ’65, M.A. ’67
(2022)
Dawn: A Complete Account of the Most Important Day in Human History - Dawn: A Complete Account of the Most Important Day in Human History—Nisan 18 AD30
Mark Miller, M.S. ’94
(2023)
The Fever Hut - The Fever Hut
Edward McSweegan, Ph.D. ’85
(2024)
My Friend, Thomas Carl - My Friend, Thomas Carl
Nathaniel C. Nelson ’05
(2024)
A Novel History of Clay, Book 7: China’s Han Dynasty - A Novel History of Clay, Book 7: China’s Han Dynasty
Paul ‘Palul’ Rideout ’62
(2023)
Green Chemistry in Practice: Greener Material and Chemical Innovation through Collaboration - Green Chemistry in Practice: Greener Material and Chemical Innovation through Collaboration
Thomas McKeag ’77, M.C.P. ’82
(2023)
Lashon Aish-Tongue of Fire-Israel At War - Lashon Aish-Tongue of Fire-Israel at War
Barbara Goldscheider ’77
(2023)
Ciba-Geigy Toms River Plant - Ciba-Geigy Toms River Plant
Claude H. Trottier ’60
(2023)
Please, Just Leave the Glass - Please, Just Leave the Glass
Paul Evans ’77
(2023)
Rice Is Life - Rice Is Life
Ken Lee ’81
(2022)
Followed - Followed: The Content Creator's Guide to Being Seen, Facing Judgment, and Building an Authentic Personal Brand
Amanda Bucci ’15
(2023)
Life on an Old Country Farm - Life on an Old Country Farm
Stephen Robbins, M.L.I.S. ’84
(2023)
Bewept - Bewept
Colleen Coyne ’78
(2023)
The Unintended Heiress - The Unintended Heiress
Colleen Coyne ’78
(2023)
A Journey From Sunshine to Shadow - A Journey from Sunshine to Shadow
Paris L. Bump '53
(2022)
Vision-Quest: A Saga of the Sixties - Vision-Quest: A Saga of the Sixties
Paul Palul Rideout '62
(2023)
My Great Life with a Perfect Wife: A Memoir - My Great Life with a Perfect Wife: A Memoir
Clement Vaughn Smith III '76
(2022)
Strictly From Hunger - Strictly from Hunger
Jennifer Field Litt '78
(2022)
The Haunting of the Oxford Library - The Haunting of Oxford Library
Robert James Racicot, Ph.D. '97
(2023)
The Anvil of an Angry God - The Anvil of an Angry God
Bob Scappini, M.A. '95
(2023)
An Afternoon Tea Journal - An Afternoon Tea Journal
Tonia Marcaccio Matthews '76
(2021)
Small Steps…Big Changes: The Personal Stories of a Life Coach! - Small Steps…Big Changes: The Personal Stories of a Life Coach!
Dale (Nieforth) Brown '68
(2021)
John Dewey, Albert Barnes, and the Continuity of Art and Life: Revisioning the Arts and Education - John Dewey, Albert Barnes, and the Continuity of Art and Life: Revisioning the Arts and Education
David A. Granger '88
(2023)
Day of Small Things: The Minor Prophets of Israel - Day of Small Things: The Minor Prophets of Israel
Joseph B. Conti '73
(2023)
The Pillars of Immunity: How to Optimize Your Immune System Against Foreign Invaders - The Pillars of Immunity: How to Optimize Your Immune System Against Foreign Invaders
Aileene Palm '95, '00
(2022)
Honest Answers: Interview and Negotiation Skills to Get to the Truth - Honest Answers: Interview and Negotiation Skills to Get to the Truth
Lena Sisco ’93
(2022)
Analytic Combinatorics for Multiple Object Tracking - Analytic Combinations for Multiple Object Tracking
Roy Streit, Ph.D. ’78
(2021)
By Night and Lamp: The World of Meleager - By Night and Lamp: The World of Meleager
Brett Rutherford ’05, M.A. ’07
(2023)
It Has Found You: New Poems and Writings - It Has Found You: New Poems and Writings
Brett Rutherford ’05, M.A. ’07
(2023)
Pity the Dragon: Poems on Chinese Themes - Pity the Dragon: Poems on Chinese Themes
Brett Rutherford ’05, M.A. ’07
(2023)
Soul of a Professor: Memoir of an Un-engineered Life - Soul of a Professor: Memoir of an Un-engineered Life
Lisa A. Pruitt ’88
(2022)
Frog and Ball - Frog and Ball
Kathy Caple, M.L.I.S. ’94
(2021)
The Fisherman’s Kitchen - The Fisherman’s Kitchen
Leo N. Orsi Jr. ’79
(2022)
Shadow of the Moon - Shadow of the Moon
Edward McSweegan, Ph.D. ’85
(2023)
Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies - Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies
Michelle Meek, Ph.D. ’16
(2023)
Science Communication in a Crisis: An Insider’s View - Science Communication in a Crisis: An Insider's View
Christopher Reddy, Ph.D. '97
(2023)
Death in Galway - Death in Galway
Christopher Dacey '88, M.B.A. '11
(2021)
Faculty Books
Napatree Point: A Decade of Stewardship - Napatree Point: A Decade of Stewardship
Compiled by Peter August, Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources Science; Janice Sassi, Coastal Institute Senior Fellow; and Daniel Cole
(2024)
What Sex is Death? - What Sex is Death?
Selected and translated by Peter Covino, Associate Professor of English
(2025)
3 Women - 3 Women
Justin Wyatt, Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Film/Media
(2024)
Taoism and Contemporary Issues - Taoism and Contemporary Issues
Chong Sun Kim, Professor Emeritus of History
(2024)
Substance Over Style - Substance Over Style: A Field Guide to Leadership in Higher Education
Donald H. DeHayes, Provost Emeritus
(2024)
Nuclear Reactor Engineering: Volume 1: Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals - Nuclear Reactor Engineering: Volume 1: Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals
Bahram Nassersharif, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering
(2024)
Engineering Capstone Design, 1st Edition - Engineering Capstone Design, 1st Edition
Bahram Nassersharif, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering
(2022)
An Ordinary Landscape of Violence: Women Loving Women in Guyana - An Ordinary Landscape of Violence: Women Loving Women in Guyana
Preity R. Kumar, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies
(2024)
Rhetorical Ecologies - Rhetorical Ecologies
Madison Jones, Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric and Natural Resources Science
(2024)
The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Rhode Island - The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Rhode Island
Charles E. Clarkson (former URI research associate); Jason E. Osenkowski ’98, M.S. ’02, M.S. ’03; Valerie A. Steen (former URI post-doctoral fellow), Roland J. Duhaime ’90, M.S. ’94 (research associate, URI Department of Natural Resources Science), and Peter W.C. Paton URI professor of natural resource science)
(2023)
Programming Language Implementation: A Practical Introduction with Python - Programming Language Implementation: A Practical Introduction with Python
Lutz Hamel, Associate Professor of Computer Science
(2024)
A Research Agenda for Consumer Financial Behavior - A Research Agenda for Consumer Financial Behavior
Jing J. Xiao, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences
(2023)
Family and Community Health: A Developmental Approach - Family and Community Health: A Developmental Approach
Sue K. Adams, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences
(2023)
Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media - Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media
Justin Wyatt, Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Film/Media
(2024)
Screening American Independent Film - Screening American Independent Film
Justin Wyatt, editor; Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Film/Media
(2023)
Protestantismo y Formación del Estado en Oaxaca después de la Revolución - Protestantismo y Formación del Estado en Oaxaca después de la Revolución
Kathleen M. McIntyre, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies
(2023)
The Answers Take Time: Photography by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew - The Answers Take Time: Photography by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Professor of Art
(2023)
My Life With Words - My Life With Words
Barbara Luebke, Professor Emerita of Journalism
(2023)
The Fashion Reader, 3rd ed. - The Fashion Reader, 3rd ed.
Linda Welters, Professor, Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design
(2023)
ChatGPT for Higher Education and Professional Development: A Guide to Conversational AI - ChatGPT for Higher Education and Professional Development: A Guide to Conversational AI
Stephen Atlas, Associate Professor, Marketing
(2023)
The Design Process, 4th ed. - The Design Process, 4th ed.
Karl Aspelund, Associate Professor, Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design
(2022)
Digital Marketing Foundations and Strategy - Digital Marketing Foundations and Strategy
Lauren Labrecque, Associate Professor, Marketing
(2023)
Teacher Reflections on Transitioning from K-12 to Higher Education Classrooms - Teacher Reflections on Transitioning from K-12 to Higher Education Classrooms
Amy Broemmel, Professor and Associate Dean, Teacher Education
(2022)
Rehumanizing the Language Curriculum - Rehumanizing the Language Curriculum
Edited by Megan Echevarría, Professor, Spanish and Film/Media
(2023)
Children in Immigrant Families Becoming Literate: A Window into Identity Construction, Transnationality, and Schooling - Children in Immigrant Families Becoming Literate: A Window into Identity Construction, Transnationality, and Schooling
Laura Hamman-Ortiz, Assistant Professor, TESOL and Bilingual / Dual Language Education
(2022)
De la comedia a que vamos / este ha sido el entremés: Estudios sobre el metateatro y la comedia áuria - De la comedia a que vamos / este ha sido el entremés: Estudios sobre el metateatro y la comedia áuria
Edited by Iñaki Pérez-Ibáñez, Assistant Professor, Spanish and Teacher Education
(2023)
No Solo Fiesta: Estudios sobre el Teatro Hispánico de los Siglos de Oro - No Solo Fiesta: Estudios sobre el Teatro Hispánico de los Siglos de Oro
Edited by Iñaki Pérez-Ibáñez, Assistant Professor, Spanish and Teacher Education
(2022)
Co-constructing and Sustaining Service Learning in Graduate Programs: Reflections from the Field - Co-constructing and Sustaining Service Learning in Graduate Programs: Reflections from the Field
Rabia Hos, Associate Professor, TESOL/Bilingual-Dual Language Education (with doctoral candidate Brenda Santos)
(2023)
Teaching and Learning for Adult Skill Acquisition: Applying the Dreyfus Model in Different Fields - Teaching and Learning for Adult Skill Acquisition: Applying the Dreyfus Model in Different Fields
Kathy Peno, Professor, Adult Education (with alumna Elaine Silva Mangiante, M.A. ’76, Ph.D.)
(2022)
Latinas On the Line: Invisible Information Workers in Telecommunications - Latinas On the Line: Invisible Information Workers in Telecommunications
Melissa Villa-Nicholas, assistant professor, graduate school of library and information studies
(2022)
Introductory Physics: Summaries, Examples, and Practice Problems - Introductory Physics: Summaries, Examples, and Practice Problems
Michael Antosh, associate professor of physics
(2022)
Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea - Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea
M. Reza Hashemi, associate professor of ocean engineering (2018)
Arduino-Based Introductory Guided Exercises in Mechatronics - Arduino-Based Introductory Guided Exercises in Mechanatronics
Musa Jouaneh, professor of mechanical, industrial and systems engineering
(2022)
Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice - Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice
Hilda Lloréns, associate professor of anthropology (2021)
The Tragedy of Ukraine - The Tragedy of Ukraine
Nicolai Petro, Professor of Political Science
(2022)
Failing Sideways: Queer Possibilities for Writing Assessment - Failing Sideways: Queer Possibilities for Writing Assessment
Stephanie West-Puckett, Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric
(2023)
Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism - Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism
Michael Ortiz, Assistant Professor of History
(2023)
Data Borders: How Silicon Valley is Building an Industry Around Immigrants - Data Borders: How Silicon Valley is Building an Industry Around Immigrants
Melissa Villa-Nicholas, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
(2023)
ReFocus: The Later Films and Legacy of Robert Altman - ReFocus: The Later Films
and Legacy of Robert Altman
Justin Wyatt, co-editor, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Journalism, and Film/Media
(2022)