Rice University
Rice Magazine| The Magazine of Rice University | No. 2 | 2009

On the Bookshelf:

'Danger and Opportunity'
An American Ambassador in the Middle East
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The socio-political landscape of the Middle East is arguably more convoluted than the geographic terrain, so it’s critical to get solid information from someone who knows the territory. That’s where Edward P. Djerejian’s book, “Danger and Opportunity: An American Ambassador’s Journey Through the Middle East,” comes in.
Translation and Word
Desert Light and Distance

Catharine Hill Savage Brosman’s new volume of full-bodied poems in “Range of Light” vividly and gracefully capture a physical landscape that is humanized by signs of present and past habitation.
Modern Patronage
Gifts of Art

It might seem odd to devote the lush opulence of a coffee table art book to a couple of art connoisseurs, but when the connoisseurs are John and Dominique de Menil, the format makes perfect sense.

Books
Other Publications

Six more publications including: “California Romantica: Spanish Colonial and Mission-Style Houses,” “Lord of the Loincloth,” “Financial Reporting and Global Capital Markets: A History of the International Accounting Standards Committee, 1973–2000,” “The Legend of Mar Qardagh: Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq,” and “Interfacial Phenomena: Equilibrium and Dynamic Effects."