Books by Bruins Library
Check in each month as we release a new category to our library. If would like to read more, see our articles where we feature select books in our articles below.
- Books by Bruins: Research
- Books by Bruins: Summer Reading
- Books by Bruins - LGBTQ Stories
- Books by Bruins - Health and Wellness
- Books by Bruins - Stories About Women
- Books by Bruins - L.A. Stories
LGBTQ
Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Evidence Review and New Analyses (2024)
Benjamin Karney, M.A. ʼ92, Ph.D. ʼ97
Los Angeles
Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics: Mental Illness and Homelessness in Los Angeles (2024);
Neil Gong, M.A. '13, Ph.D. '19
Conservation of California Walnut in the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains (2022)
Travis Longcore, M.A. '95, Ph.D. '99
Fruteros: Street Vending, Illegality, and Ethnic Community in Los Angeles (2020)
Rocío Rosales, M.A. '08, Ph.D. '12
Los Angeles Residential Architecture: Modernism Meets Eclecticism (2015)
Ruth Wallach '86, M.L.S. '88
Ethnopolitical Entrepreneurs: Outsiders Inside Armenian Los Angeles (2023)
Daniel Fittante ’05, Ph.D. ’18, M.A. '19
City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles (2017)
Kelly Lytle Hernández, Ph.D. '02
Goal Dust: The Warm and Candid Memoirs of a Pioneer Black Athlete and Actor (1993)
Woody Strode (1937-39)
Summer Reading
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox (2017)
Carol Burnett (1951-1954)
Wellness
Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life (2012)
Rakesh Sarin, M.S. '73, Ph.D. ’75
Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder (2022)
Joanna Poppink '77, M.A. '77, Cert. '15
Mastering Life's Energies: Simple Steps to a Luminous Life at Work and Play (2007)
Maria Nemeth '67, Ph.D. '74
Recipe For Survival: What You Can Do to Live a Healthier and More Environmentally Friendly Life (2022)
Dana Ellis Hunnes, M.P.H. '07, Ph.D. '13
The Big Happy Life: A Journey to Happiness Starring Posie the Penguin (2016)
David Pettit '72, J.D. '75
The Kindness Advantage: Cultivating Compassionate and Connected Children (2018)
Dale Atkins, Ph.D. ’82
The Success Messages: Inspiration to Recharge Your Passion, Potential & Purpose (2014)
Romeo Marquez Jr. '04
Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference (2024)
Guy Kawasaki, M.B.A. ’79
Unbreakable Mindset: The Four Habits That Will Help You Thrive In Your Career and Life (2020)
Edward Gorbis, M.S. ’13
Your Personal Renaissance: Twelve Steps to Finding Your Life's True Calling (2008)
Diane Dreher, M.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’73
Women
Pounders of Grain: A History of Women, Work, and Politics in Mozambique (2016)
Kathleen Sheldon, M.A. ’77, Ph.D. ’88
Entry Lessons: The Stories of Women Fighting for their Place, their Children and their Futures after Incarceration (2022)
Jorja Leap '78, M.S.W. '80, Ph.D. '88
She Damn Near Ran the Studio: The Extraordinary Lives of Ida R. Koverman (2020)
Jacqueline R. Braitman ’79, M.A. ’81, Ph.D. ’88
Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time (2013)
Carissa Phelps, M.B.A. ’07, J.D. ’07
War, Women, and Power: From Violence to Mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina (2018)
Marie Berry, M.A. '10, Ph.D. '15
The Women Who Made Early Disneyland: Artists, Entertainers, and Guest Relations (2024)
Kelsey Knox ’12 and Cindy Mediavilla MLS ’77, Ph.D. ’00
The Ziegfelds' Girl: Confessions of an Abnormally Happy Childhood (1964)
Patricia Burke Ziegfeld Stephenson
Humanizing the Sacred: Sisters in Islam and the Struggle for Gender Justice in Malaysia (2015)
Azza Basarudin, Ph.D. '09
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