Sunday News from Lancaster, Pennsylvania • 103

FEBRUARY3, 2002 SUNDAYNEWS, LANCASTER, PA. P5 Contact the Editors Jo-Ann Giccuc, 291-2300 jgtmiflnpnnm.mm BESTSELLERS MU Archives These students shared a dorm room in Millersville University's original building, Old Main, around the turn of the century. MU to celebrate birthday with updated biography Poetry and nonfiction workshops in E-town Elizabethtown Public Library and Elizabethtown College are cosponsoring two writing workshops. Debra Gingerich, a published poet and editor of Womens Concern Report, will lead a six-week Poetry Writing Workshop p.m. Tuesdays, Feb.

19-March 26, in the Nicarry Building at the college. Fee is $50. Maria Snyder, a writer for Senior News, will lead a four-week Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop, helping students turn life experiences into stories, essays and memoirs and market them. It will be held 1-3 p.m. Thursdays, March 7-28, in the icarry Building.

Fee is $35. For more information about the workshops, call Snyder at 361-7741. To register, call the college at 361-1411. A portion of the fee goes to the public library. Love for sale Friends of the Adamstown Area Library will hold a Valentine Book Sale Feb.

7-14 at the library, 3000 N. Reading Road, Adamstown. Decorated bags filled with romance novels are $2. Hours are 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; p.m.

Friday; and Saturday. Art between covers Local artist E.M. Saniga and author Dr. Abraham A. Davidson will read from and sign copies of the book The Paintings of E.M.

Saniga at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at Barnes Noble Booksellers, 1700-H Fruitville Pike. The book features 40 of Sanigas paintings figures, still lifes, depicting life in rural southern Lancaster County. In addition, the book includes critiques and an interview with the artist by Davidson, a Temple University art history professor and author of five other books on American art.

Writer of record Chuck Miller, Goldmine magazine writer and record collector for 30 years, will sign his Warmans American Records 1950-2000: Identification and Price Guide during the Keystone Record Collectors Pennsylvania Music Expo being held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. next Sunday, Feb. 10, at Lancaster Catholic High School, 650 Juliette Ave. For more information call the KRC 24-hour voice line, 898-1246. ulty since 1981, always wanted to be a writer.

I sort of stumbled into teaching. But Ive found it makes a great combination-teaching, research and writing. Downeys previous books include No Crooked Death, the story of a Coates-ville lynching, and A Season of Renewal, a study of his native Chicago in the 1890s, released last December by Praeg-er Publishers. He also co-edited and helped write A Guide to the History and Historical Literatureof Pennsylvania. ONE OF THE things that surprised me in researching this story is the role of Lancaster County educators and politicians in the vanguard of educational reform in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Downey said.

Several Lancastrians were very active at the state level. Im thinking particularly of Thomas Burrowes (friend of Thaddeus- Stevens) and J.P. Wicker-sham (one of MUs first presidents or principals, as they were called in the early years). In the 1850s, as the state became concerned about the preparation of teachers for public schools, Lancaster County movers and shakers, including some Manor Township businessman and land-owners, offered a building intended to house a private academy at the comer of George and Frederick streets in Millersville. (Later dubbed Old Main, it was demolished in the 1960s to make way for Ganser Library).

By Marty Crisp Sunday News Staff Writer mcrisplnpnews.com Did you know that E.O. Lyte, the alumnus and school president for whom Millersville Universitys Lyte Auditorium was named, wrote the popular tune Row, Row, Row Your Boat? Im discovering lots of interesting little facts like that, said Dr. Dennis Downey, the Millersville University history professor whos writing a history to mark the schools 150th anniversary in 2005. Downeys coffee table book about MU is tentatively titled The Ville, and will include about 250 pages of popular narrative and photographs, tracing the school from its April 1855 opening as the first normal school (a 19th-century term for a teachers college) in Pennsylvania to its present position as one of 14 universities in the states post-secondary education system. Due out in the fall of 2004, the book will tell of an institution continuously outgrowing itself.

It started with one building on three, four acres with 150 students, Downey said, and grew to 100 buildings on 250 acres, with 7,500 students. Downey, who has been on the MU fac "The whole concept of normal schools came up because people believed the normal thing was to have good, well-trained teachers, in order to produce intelligent citizens, Downey said. Its a story thats much larger than just one place or one school, but Ive gained a lot of respect for the significance of Millersville since I started working on this project. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. JOURNEY THROUGH HEARTSONGS, written and Illustrated by Mattie J.T.

Stepanek. (VSP Books, $14.95.) Poems by an 11-year-old-boy with muscular dystrophy. 2. UNDER FIRE, by W.E.B. Griffin.

(Putnam, $26.95.) Ma-rines encounter new battlefields when the Korean War begins; ninth intheseries''TheCorps. 3. THE MILLIONAIRES, by Brad Meltzer. (Warner. $25.95.) Things go awiy when two brotherswho work at a bank try to pull off a crime.

4. ONE DOOR AWAY FROM HEAVEN, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam, tier stepfather, who bel leves her desti ny uivolves UFOs and aliens. 5. BASKET CASE, by Carl Hiaasen.

(Knopf. $25.95.) An obituary writer in Florida exammescircumstancessurrounding the death of a rock star. 6. THE CAT WHO WENT UPTHECREEK, by Lilian Jackson Braun. (Putman.

$23 .95.) Whi le on vacation, JimQwille-ran and his two cats investigate a murder. 7. THE CORRECTIONS, by Jonathan Franzen. (Farrar, Straus Giroux, $26.) A mothertries to brmgher dysfunctional family togetherfora final Christmas. 8.

SKIPPING CHRISTMAS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, consequences. 9. SMOKE IN MIRRORS, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Putnam, scam hauntsa friend.

10. THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER, edited by Joyce Reardon. (Hyperion, $22.95.) Fictional jou rna I a Seattle indus-trialist'swife; companion to miniseries "Stephen King's Rose Red. HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. BIAS, by Bernard Goldberg.

(Regnery, $27.95.) Former CBS-TVjournalist reports "how the media distort the 2. JOHN ADAMS, by David McCullough. (Simon $35.) Biography of first vice president, second president 3. THE FINAL DAYS, by Barbara Olson. (Regnery, $27.95.) Conservative commentator, whodied on hijacked jetliner September 1 1 on the Clinton White House.

4. ONE NATION, by theeditorsof Life magazine. (Little, Brown, $29.95.) Photos, essays on events of September 11. 5. THE DEATH OFTHE WEST, by Patrick J.

Buchanan. (Thomas DunneSt Martin's. argues immigrant invasions" threaten Western culture. 6. JACK: Straight From the Gut, by Jack Welch with John A.

Byrne. (Warner Business, $29.95.) Retired chairman of General Electric tel Is his story GE's. (b) 7. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE, by Ann Rule. (Free Press, $25.) Thelifeanddeath of Sheila Bellush.whoseformer husband, millionaire Allen Blackthorne, paid to have her killed.

8. THEODORE REX, by Edmund Morris. (Random House, $35.) DescribesTheodoreRooseveltsyears in the White House(1901-09). 9. BROTHERHOOD, text by Tony Hendra.

(American Express, $29.95.) Photosof New York Fire Department afterSep-temberll. 10. GOOD TO GREAT, by Jim Collins. (HarperBusiness, $27.50.) Why some companies thnve and others do not. PAPERBACK FICTION 1.

A PAINTED HOUSE, by John Grisham. (Dell. expenences of a 7 -year-old boy whose parents work the cotton fields of Arkansas. 2. PLAIN JANE, by Fern Michaels.

(Zebra, $7.99.) Haunted by her past, a psychotherapist discovers clues to killmgof ahomecommgqueen. 3. HEARTSONGS, written and illustrated by Mattie J.T. Stepanek. (VSP Books Hyperion, $1 1.95.) Poems by an 11-year-old disabled boy.

4. PENDRAGON, by Catherine Coulter. (Jove. $7.99.) In 1824. Meggie Sherbrooke marries an ead and moves to a castlein Ireland.

5. A WALK TO REMEMBER, by Nicholas Sparks. (Warner, $6.99.) In 1958, a North Carolina teen fin ds love with the daughter of a Baptist minister. PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. BLACK HAWK DOWN, by Mark Bowden.

(Penguin, 13.95; Signet, $7.99. The bloody battle between U.S. forces and Somali street fighters in Mogadishu in 1993. 2. A BEAUTIFUL MIND, by Sylvia Nasar.

(TouchstoneSimon Schuster. $16.) Biography of John Nash, a mathematical gemu and schizophrenic who won a Nobel Prize. 3. THE LORD OFTHE RINGS OFFICIAL MOVIE GUIDE, by Brian Sibley. (Houghton Mifflin.

$1 4.95.) Companion to film. 4. FAST FOOD NATION, by Eric Schlosser. (Perennial 5. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, by the Poynter Institute.

(Andrews McMeel, $14.95.) Collection of newspaper front pages deal i ngwith September 1 1 attacks. CHILDREN'S CHAPTER BOOKS 1. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, by J.K. Rowling. (LevmeScholastic, $25.95.) A boy competes against other aspinngwizards.

(Ages lOand up) 2. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN. by J.K. Rowling. (LevmeScholastic.

19 95.) A boy's life is threatened at witchcraft school. (Ages 10 and up) 3. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, by J.K. Rowling. (LevmeScholastic, $19.95 A boy finds trouble on return to witchcraft school.

(Ages 10 and up) 4. THE BAD BEGINNING, by Lemony Snicket (HarpeiCollins, $8.95 (Three Baudelaire sibl mgs find misfortune everywhere. (AgeslOand up) 5. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, by J.K. Rowling.

(LevmeScholastic. $19.95.) Atxiy attends witchcraft a school. (Ages 10 and up) 6. THE REPTILE ROOM, by Lemony Snicket (HafjjerColltns, (Ages 10 and up) 7. JUNIE FIRST GRADER (AT LAST! by Barbara Park.

IF lustrated by Denise Brunkus. (SteppmgStone; Random House $11.95 8. THE HOSTILE HOSPITAL, by lemony Snicket. Baudelaire children havea miserable stay at Heimlich Hospital. (Ages 10 and up) 9.

THE WIDE WINDOW, by lemony Snicket (HarperCollms, S8 Baudelaire siblings continue to hnd misfortune (Ages 12 and up) 10. THE SISTERHOOD OFTHETRAVEUNG PANTS, by Ann Braslures. (Delacorte. $14 95.) Thanks to a magical pair of pants, four fnends have the best summer of their lives. (Ages 12 and up) Novel approach to E-town College history Uniting Work and Spirit ChetWilliamson Elizabethtown College Press liamson explained.

"They also wanted a very readable book, rather than something academic. Paperback and hardcover editions, both of which came out last fall, may be ordered through the college store, 361-1 131. need, said the author of 16 published works of fiction, from a childrens book to horror novels. In addition, they wanted me to cover the whole 100 years, Williamson said, "which is why the book didnt come out until two years after the centennial of 1999. But Williamson, an Elizabethtown native who graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and still lives in Elizabethtown, is happy with his one foray into nonfiction.

The college wanted somebody with no preconceived ideas about the institution to write this history, but they needed someone familiar with the area, Wil- Millersville University isnt the only local college to mark an anniversary with a historical tome. Elizabethtown College enlisted Chet Williamson to write the 350-page Uniting Work and Spirit: A Centennial History of Elizabethtown College. The Church of the Brethren institution began its pursuit of academic excellence in a nonworldly setting with six young male students. Yet not one of The Faithful Six, as they are known today, actually graduated, the author noted. Williamson took 2'j years writing the history.

I really underestimated the time Id Send news of books and authors to Jo-Ann Greene at the Sunday News. PO Box 1328. Lancaster, Pa. 1 76 08-1328; or fax 291-3950. Historian probes Islams response to the West Houston Chronicle For hundreds of years Islamic civilization was among the most advanced in the world.

Its economic activity, military might and cultural achievement dwarfed Christian Europe. but unfortunately did not Westernize by accepting the latters values. Lewis cites the emancipation of women as the touchstone of difference between modernization and Westernization. Better than Who did this to me? Lewis says, are What did we do wrong? and How do we put it right? He notes two answers command most allegiance today in the Middle East: Islamic fundamentalism and secular democracy. His obvious preference is for the second.

sance, the Reformation and the scientific revolution and expanding militarily and economically. They simply didn't think much useful could be learned from the infidels. After all, Islam represented the final and true faith, Christianity and Judaism flawed precursors, and one does not go forward by going backward." When the rulers of the Ottoman Empire finally perceived the threat posed by Europeans, they modernized by importing the latters guns and factories Then everything changed. Beginning about the 16th century, the West grew in wealth, power, and scientific and technological accomplishment. The Islamic world struggled to meet this challenge and failed, large What Went Wreng? parts of it falling Bemaid Lewis under European Oxford University Press.

$23 COntroL the terrorist attacks of September 1 1. Its core comprises lectures Lewis delivered in 1999, and it revisits themes explored in his 1990 Atlantic Monthly article The Roots of Muslim Rage. THE 85-YEAR-OLD British-born Lewis is a controversial figure. Often referred to as the doyen of Western Orientalists, he taught for many years at Princeton University. Lewis rites frequently for the public press and since September 11 has been a much-sought-after pundit.

White House and Defense Department officials have reportedly sought his counsel. Politically right-leaning, Lewis is something of a bete noire for left-leaning types such as Palestinian-American professor Edward Said, who may see the book as yet another effort to demonize Muslims and absolve the United States (and Israel) of responsibility for problems in the Middle East That would be unfair. What Went Wrong? is a provocative review of Islamic response to ideas and practices of the Christian West. As Lewis notes, when things go badly, the "blame game is common in the Middle East, with villains ranging from the Mongols to Anglo-French imperialists to the Jews to Islam itself. Lewis will have none of it He tasks Muslim societies with a fatal incuriosity about Europe during the period when the latter was undergoing the Renais What went wrong? Middle Easterners have been asking for centuries and are asking today.

Moreover, historian Bernard Lewis notes, there is no mistaking the growing anguish, the mounting urgency, and of late the seething anger with which both questions and answers are expressed. The timing of Lewis What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response is a publishers dream, but in fact it was written before Compiled by The New York Times, rankings reflect sales for the week ending Jan. 19. 7.