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James Roy MacBean (Malawi 1962–64)

  • Film and Revolution, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975.

David MacDougall (Malawi 1962–64)

  • Fields of Vision, contributor, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
  • Conversations with Anthropological Film-Makers: David MacDougall, with Anna Grimshaw, and Nikos Papastergiadis (editor), Prickly Pear Pamphlets, 1995.
  • Visual Anthropology at the Crossroads, contributon, Santa Fe: School of american Research, 1997.
  • Rethinking Visual Anthropology, contributor, London: Yale University Press, 1997.
  • Transcultural Cinema, Princeton University Press, 1999.

Dan MacGilvray (El Salvador 1973–74)

  • 14 Poems by Peace Corps Volunteers: Ecuador, Brazil, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Dahomey, Kenya, Ethiopia, India, Thailand, Korea, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Western Samoa, editor, illustrator, Richard Hricko, self-published, 1976.

Colin MacKinnon (Iran 1965-67)

  • Finding Hoseya, NY: Arbor House, 1986
  • Morning Spy, Evening Spy, St. Martin’s 2006 (Buy this book)

Eve MacMaster (Turkey 1963–65)

  • God’s Family, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, Inc., 1981
  • God Rescues His People, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, Inc., 1982
  • God Gives the Land, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983
  • God’s Chosen King, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983
  • God’s Wisdom and Power, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1984
  • God’s Justice, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1984
  • God Comforts His People, Herald Press, 1985
  • God Sends His Son, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1986
  • God’s Suffering Servant, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1987
  • God Builds His Church, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1987
  • A Way Was Opened: A Memoir, by Ruth Brunk Stoltzius with Eve MacMaster. (Buy this book)

Vern & Connie Madison (staff/Malaysia)

Paul J. Magnarella (Turkey 1963-65)

  • Tradition and Change in a Turkish Town, Cambridge: Schenkman/ N.Y.: John Wiley, 1974 (revised ed. Schenkman, 1981).
  • The Peasant Venture, Boston: G.K. Hall / Cambridge: Schenkman , 1979.
  • Human Materialism: A Model of Sociocultural Systems and a Strategy for Analysis, Gainesville:University Press of Florida, 1993. (Buy this book)
  • Bir Koyün Serüveni. Türkiye’deki Gürcüler arasinda Gelenek, Goç, ve Degisim. (A Village’s Adventure: Tradition, Migration and Change among Georgians in Turkey, (in Turkish). Istanbul: Sînatle Press, 1997.
  • Anatolia’s Loom: Studies in Turkish Culture, Society, Politics and Law, Istanbul: Isis Press, 1998.
  • The Middle East and North Africa: Governance, Democratization, and Human Rights, A volume in the Third World in Contemporary Perspectives Series. Paul J. Magnarella (ed.) Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 1999.
  • Justice in Africa: Rwanda’s Genocide, Its Courts, and the UN Criminal Tribunal (Contemporary Perspectives on Developing Societies) Aldershot:Ashgate Publishing Company, 2000.

Stew Magnuson (Mauritania 1987–88)
www.myspace.com/stewmagnuson

  • The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns, Texas Tech University Press, 2008 (Buy this book) Review

Robert P. Mai (Nigeria 1965–67)

  • Learning Partnerships: How Leading American Companies Implement Organizational Learning, with Jerry L. McAdams; McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; 1995. (Buy this book)

Victor Henry Mair (Nepal 1965–67)

  • Experimental Essays on Chuang-Tzu, editor, 1983
  • Four Introspective Poets : A Concordance to Selected Poems by Roan Jyi, Chern Tzyy-Arng, Jang Jeouling, and Lii Bor, Arizona State University Center for Asian Studies, 1987
  • Mei Cherng’s "Seven Stimuli" and Wang Bor’s "Pavilion of King Terng" : Chinese Poems for Princes by Mei Cherng, Wang Bor, translator, Edwin Mellen Press, 1988
  • T’Ang Transformation Texts : A Study of the Buddhist Contribution to the Rise of Vernacular Fiction and Drama in China, Harvard University Press, 1989
  • Painting and Performance : Chinese Picture Recitation and Its Indian Genesis, University of Hawaii Press,1989; 1997
  • Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way of Lao Tzu, translator Bantam reissue, 1990 (Buy this book)
  • Characters & Computers, editor, Ios Press Inc., 1991
  • Wandering on the Way : Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu, translator, Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 1994; 1998
  • The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature, editor, Columbia University Press, 1996
  • The Bronze Age & Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia : Chung Ya Tung Pu Ching Tung Ho Tsao Chi Tieh Chi Shih Tai TI Chu Min, editor et al, Institute for the Study of Man, 1998
  • ABC Chinese-English Dictionary: Alphabetically Based Computerized, editor et al, University of Hawaii Press, 1998
  • The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature, Columbia University Press, 2000
  • The Tarim Mummies : Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West, with J. P. Mallory, W.W. Norton & Co., 2000
  • ABC Dictionary of Sino-Japanese Readings, editor, RoutledgeCurzon, 2001
  • The Columbia History of Chinese Literature, editor, Columbia University Press, 2002
  • An Alphabetical Index to the Hanyu Da Cidian, University of Hawaii Press, 2004
  • Hawaii Reader in Traditional Chinese Cultureed with Nancy S. Steinhardt, Paul R. Goldin, Univ of Hawaii Press, 2004 (Buy this book)

Frank Mankiewicz (Staff Peru 1962-64, PC/Washington 1964-66)

  • Perfectly Clear: Nixon from Whittier to Watergate, NY: Quadrangle, 1973
  • US v. Richard M. Nixon: The Final Crisis, NY: Quadrangle/NY Times Book Co., 1975
  • With Fidel: A Portrait of Castro and Cuba, with Kirby Jones (Dominican Republic 1963-65, PC/Washington 1965-67), Chicago, IL: Playboy Press/Ballantine Books, 1975
  • Remote Control: Television and the Manipulation of American Life, with Joseph Swerdlow, NY: Times Books, 1978

John Manners (1968–72)

  • Time It Was: American Stories from the Sixties (contributor), Prentice Hall, 2007 (Buy this book)

Michael Maren (Kenya 1977-80)
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  • Land and People of Kenya, HarperCollins, 1989
  • The Best Intentions, Free Press, 1996
  • The Road to Hell: The Ravaging Effects of Foreign Aid and International Charity (Buy this book), Free Press, 1997

Phillip Margolin (Liberia 1965-67)
PhillipMargolin.com

Kevin Marousek (Kazakhstan 2002–03)

Terry Marshall (Philippines 1965-68; staff/Solomon Islands 1977-80)

  • Working Abroad: A Digest of Overseas Job Information, Denver, CO: Eliot House, 1985
  • The Whole World Guide to Language Learning, Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1989
  • 101 Ways to Find An Overseas Job, McLean, VA: Cantrell Corporation, no date (Co-author)
  • Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers, contributor, Curbstone Press, 1999 (Buy this book)

Bradley K. Martin (Thailand 1965-67)

  • Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader : North Korea and the Kim Dynasty, Thomas Dunne Books, 2004 (Buy this book)

Jerry Martin (Somalia 1966–68)
SalutingNewReaders.org

  • Active Video as A Teaching Tool in Any Classroom, Colorado Springs, CO: National Active Video Academy, 1995
  • Active Video: A Teaching Tool in Every Classroom, Good Year Books (Addison Wesley Educational Publishers), 1998
  • Active Video: The Other Technology, Good Year Books (Addison Wesley Educational Publishers) 1999
  • Active Video: A Teaching Tool for Every Classroom, Good Year Books 2004 (Buy this book)

John Angus Martin (Sierra Leone 1986–89)

Marlene Martin (Honduras 1967–68)

Tina Martin (Tonga 1969–71)

  • To Touch the World: The Peace Corps Experience, contributor, Peace Corps/USGPO, DC, 1994, 1995
  • Peace Corps: The Great Adventure, contributor, Peace Corps/USGPO, 1997, 1999
  • I Should Have Just Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of Great Writers, contributor, RDR Books, 2003 (Buy this book)

Gregory G. Maskarinec (Nepal 1979–81)

  • The Rulings of the Night: An Ethnography of Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts, University of Wisconsin Press, 1995 (Buy this book)

Leslie (Noyes) Mass (Pakistan 1962–64)

  • In Beauty May She Walk: Hiking the Appalachian Trail at 60, Rock Spring Press, 2005 (Buy this book)

Richard K. Mastain (staff: Nigeria 1965–67)

  • Nasdtec Manual: Manual on Certification and Preparation of Educational Personnel in the United States, Natl Assn of State Directors, 1988
  • The Old Lady of Vine Street: The Valiant Fight for the Cincinnati Enquirer, iUniverse, 2006; Rooftop Publishing, 2007 (Buy this book)

Michael Masterson (Chad )
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  • Confessions of a Self-Made Multimillionaire: 422 Personal Success Secrets, Tricks, and Unconventional Techniques You’ll Never Learn in Any Business School, Early To Rise, 2005 (Buy this book)
  • Power and Persuasion: How to Command Success in Business and Your Personal Life, Wiley, 2005 (Buy this book)
  • Automatic Wealth: The Six Steps to Financial Independence, Wiley, 2006 (Buy this book)
  • Automatic Wealth for Grads... and Anyone Else Just Starting Out, Wiley, 2006 (Buy this book)
  • Seven Years to Seven Figures: The Fast-Track Plan to Becoming a Millionaire, Wiley, 2006 (Buy this book)

Brad Matsen (Niue 1999 – 2000)

  • Reaching Home: Pacific Salmon, Pacific People, essays by Matsen and Tom Jay, photos by Natalie Fobes, Graphic Arts Center Publisheing Co., 1995 (Buy this book)
  • Planet Ocean: A Story of Life, the Sea, and Dancing to the Fossil Record, Ray Troll illustrator, Ten Speed Press, 1995 (Buy this book)
  • The Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Pantheon/Random House 2005 (Buy this book)
  • Go Wild in New York City, National Geographic Children’s Books 2005 (Buy this book)
  • Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, Hachette/Twelve, 2008 (Buy this book)

David B. Mattern (Mali 1976–78)

  • The Papers of James Madison: 31 March 1797– 3 March 1803 (with supplement 22 January 1778 – 9 August 1795) Vol. 17, editor, Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1991(Buy this book)
  • The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, Vol. 3, editor, Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1995.
  • Benjamin Lincoln and the American Revolution, Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1995;, 1998 (Buy this book); 1999
  • James Madison’s "Advice to My Country," editor, Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1997 (Buy this book)
  • The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, 16 May – 31 October 1803, vol. 5, editor et. al., Charlottesville, Va: University Press of Virginia, 2000 (Buy this book)
  • Dolley Madison: Her Life, Letters, and Legacy, co-authored with Holly Shulman, New York: Powerkids Press, September, 2002 (Buy this book)
  • The Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison, editor with Holly Shulman, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2003 (Buy this book)
  • Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 7, Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 2005
  • James Madison: Patriot, Politician, and President, N.Y: Rosen Publications, PowerPlus Books, 2005 (Buy this book)
  • The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series; 2 April - 31 August 1804, vol 7, University Press of Virginia, 2005 (Buy this book)

Christopher Matthews (Swaziland 1968-70)

  • Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America, Simon & Schuster, 1996
  • Hardball: How Politics is Played Told by One Who Knows the Game, NY: Summit Books, 1988; NY: Perennial Library, 1989; Touchstone Books, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • Now Let Me Tell You What I Really Think: Playing Hardball with Chris Matthews, Free Press, 2001 (Buy this book)
  • American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions, Free Press, 2002 (Buy this book)
  • Life’s A Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation, and Success, Random House 2007 (Buy this book) Review

A. A. Maytree (Thailand 1969–72)
NOTE: pseudonym of Michael Schmicker

John McCafferty (Russian Far East 1996–98)
Website

  • Dick McNabb, Private Dick; McSeas Books, 1532 Santa Rosa Aveune; Santa Barbara, CA 93109, 2001

William McCauley (Sierra Leone 1985-87)
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  • From the Center of the Earth: Stories Out of the Peace Corps, contributor, Santa Monica, CA: Clover Park Press, 1991 (Buy this book)
  • The Turning Over (Buy this book), The Permanent Press, October 1998 REVIEW

Rachel McClennen (Nicaragua 1996–98)

  • Tales From The Jungle: A Gringa in Nicaragua, Seattle Amigos de las Americas Volunteers, P.0. Box 30129,  Seattle, Washington 98103-0129, 2001 (To purchase, write wcollins3@mindspring.com) REVIEW

Fred McClusky (Colombia 61–63)

  • Letters from the Peace Corps (contributor), Washington: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1964

Michael McColly (Senegal 1981–83)

Michael J. McColly (Sierra Leone 1985–87)

  • From the Center of the Earth: Stories Out of the Peace Corps, 1991 (Contributor)
  • The World is Round: Narratives of ESL Writers, Ann Arbor, MI: Robbie Dean Press, year unknown

James P. McCormick (Cameroon 1980-82)

Nancie McDermott (Thailand 1975-78)
www.NancieMcDermott.com

  • Real Thai: The Best of Thailand’s Regional Cooking , San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992 (Buy this book)
  • The Five in Ten Pasta Cookbook: Five Ingredients in 10 Minutes or Less, NJ: Hearst Books, 1994
  • The Curry Book: A Celebration of Memorable Flavors and Irresistible Recipes (Buy this book) , Chapters Publishing, Ltd., 1997
  • Real Thai Vegetarian San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997 (Buy this book),
  • Quick & Easy Thai: 70 Everyday Recipes, Chronicle Books, 2004 (Buy this book)
  • Quick & Easy Vietnamese: 75 Everyday Recipes, Chronicle Books, 2005 (Buy this book)
  • 300 Best Stir-Fry Recipes, Robert Rose, Inc., 2007 (Buy this book)
  • Southern Cakes: Sweet and Irresistible Recipes for Everyday Celebrations, Chronicle Books, 2007 (Buy this book)

Peter McDonough (East Pakistan /Bangladesh 1961–63)
Interview

  • Power and Ideology in Brazil, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1981  (Buy this book)
  • The Politics of Population in Brazil: Elite Ambivilance and Public Demand, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1981 (Buy this book)
  • Men Astutely Trained: A History of the Jesuits in the American Century, The Free Press/Macmillan, 1991, (Buy this book)
  • The Cultural Dynamics of Democratization in Spain (Buy this book), Samuel H. Barnes, and Antonio Lopez Pina. NY: Cornell University Press, 1998.
  • Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits with Eugene C. Bianchi, University of California Press, 2002 (Buy this book) REVIEW

John McFarland (Bolivia 1966-67)

  • The Exploding Frog and Other Fables from Aesop, Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1981 (Illustrator)

Tim McLaurin (Tunisia 1982-83)

  • The Acorn Plan, NY: Norton, 1988
  • Woodrow’s Trumpet, NY: Norton, 1989
  • Keeper of the Moon: A Southern Boyhood (Buy this book), NY: W. W. Norton, 1991. Anchor Books, 1992, paper edition.
  • Cured by Fire, NY: Putnam, 1995; Down Home Press, 1997
  • The Last Great Snake Show (Buy this book), NY: Putnam, 1997.
  • Lola, Down Home Press, 1997 (Buy this book)
  • The River Less Run: A Memoir, Down Home Press, 2000 (Buy this book)

Kim McMahill (Solomon Islands 1994–95)

William McNally, see William McNally Evensen (Peru 1964–66)

Jeffrey A. McNeely (Thailand 1968-70)

  • Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature’s Answers in Exotic Southeast Asia, with Paul Spencer Wachtel, NY: Doubleday, 1988 (Co-author)

Steve McNutt (Gabon 2000-02)

  • Americans Do Their Business Abroad: Stories by People Who Should Have Known Better, But Are Glad They Didn’t, (editor with Jake Fawson), Lulu, 2007 (Buy at Lulu)

Karin McQuillan (Senegal 1971)

  • Deadly Safari, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1990, NY: Ballantine, 1991
  • Elephant’s Graveyard, NY: Ballantine, 1993
  • The Cheetah Chase, NY: Ballantine, 1994

Sandra Meek (Botswana 1989–91)
Interview 2001
Interview 2007

  • The Circumference of Arrival, Minneapolis, MN: Elixir Press, (P.O. Box 18010, Minneapolis, MN 55418), 2001 REVIEW
  • Nomadic Foundations, Minneapolis, MN: Elixir Press, (P.O. Box 18010, Minneapolis, MN 55418), 2001 (Buy this book) REVIEW
     • PEACE CORPS WRITERS Best Poetry Book Award winner, 2003
  • Burn, Elixir Press, 2005 (Buy this book) REVIEW
  • Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad (editor and contributor), Ninebark Press, 2007 (order this book)
  • Biogeography, Tupelo Press, 2008 (Buy this book)

Richard A. Meganck (Colombia, 1970–71)

  • The Bottoms Up of International Development, with Richard E. Saunier (Chile 1967–69), Infinity Publishing Company, 2002 (Buy this book)

Stanley Meisler (staff 1964–67)

  • United Nations: The First Fifty Years, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995; paperback 1997 (Buy this book)
  • Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War, John Wiley & Sons, 2007 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Virginia Mekkelson (Ethiopia 1968–70)
www.VirginiaMekkelson.com

  • The Christmas Contest, using the pseudonym Valentina Gilbert, Mekkelson Books, 2005 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Megan Mentrek (Kyrgyz Republic 2002–04)

  • A Life Inspired: Tales of Peace Corps Service, contributor, DC: Peace Corps/USGPO, 2006

Allen Hayes Merriam (Afghanistan, 1965–67)

  • Gandhi vs. Jinnah: The Debate over the Partition of India, Calcutta: Minerva; South Asia Books 1980 (Buy this book)
  • People of the Millennium: A Selection of Persons-of-the-Year from A.D. 1000 through 1999, New York: Vantage, 2000 (Buy this book)
  • America in Person: People of the Year, 1776-2000. self-published, 2001

Merry M. Merryfield (Sierra Leone 1977–79)

  • Teaching About International Conflict and Peace, editor with Richard Remy, SUNY Press, 1995 (Buy this book)
  • Making Connections Between Multicultural & Global Education Teacher Educators & Teacher Education, Washington, DC: American Assn for Colleges for Teachers, 1996 (Buy this book)
  • Preparing Teachers to Teach Global Perspectives: A Handbook for Teacher Educators, editor withElaine Jarchow and Sarah Pickert, Corwin Press, 1996 (Buy this book)
  • Multicultural & Global International Education: Guidelines for Programs in Teacher Education, with John McFadden, Keith R. Baron, Washington, DC: American Assn for Colleges for Teachers 1997
  • Social Studies and the World: Teaching Global Perspectives, with Angene Hopkins wilson (Liberia 1962–64), National Council for the Social Studies, 2005

Roland Merullo (Micronesia 1979-80)

Chris Messenger (Ethiopia 1966-68)

  • Long Time Coming: A Black Athlete’s Coming-of-Age, by Chet Walker (with Chris Messenger), Grove Press, 1995

Delfi Messinger (Zaire (DRC) 1984-87)

  • Grains of Golden Sand: Adventures in War-Torn Africa, The Fine Print Press, 2006 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Don Messerschmidt (Nepal 1963–65)

  • The Gurungs of Nepal: Conflict and Change in a Village Society, Warminster, Eng. : Aris & Phillips, 1976
  • Anthropologists at Home in North America, editor, Cambridge University Press, 1981 (Buy this book)
  • Readings in Social Forestry and Natural Resource Management for Nepal, editor with Navin K. Rai, Nepal: Min. of Ag, 1992
  • Tree and Land Tenure in the Eastern Terai, Nepal, with B. Subedi, C.L. Das Forests, Trees and People Program, Community Forestry Series No. 9, Rome: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, 1993
  • Common Forest Resource Management: Annotated Bibliography of Asia, Africa and Latin America, editor, with P.O. Moll, K.F. Wiersum, G. Shepherd, et al, Rome: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Community Forestry Program, 1993
  • Muktinath : Himalayan Pilgrimage, A Cultural & Historical Guide, Kathmandu, Nepal: Sahayogi Press, 1992
  • Rapid Appraisal for Community Forestry: The RA Process and Rapid Diagnostic Tools, Participatory Methodology Series, London: Sustainable Agriculture Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 1995
  • A Manager’s Guide to the Use of Rapid Rural Appraisal, with T.B. Grandstaff, Bangkok: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, 1995
  • Development Studies [an anthology], Bibliotheca Himalayica, Series IV, Volume 1, EMR Publishing House, Kathmandu, 1995
  • Social Forestry in Eastern Bhutan: A Study of the Third Forestry Development Project, 1994-2000, editor and co-author, Khangma, Bhutan: Project Facilitation Office, Agriculture Ministry/Forestry Division, Royal Government of Bhutan, 2000
  • Bamboo in the High Forest of Eastern Bhutan: A Study of Species Vulnerability, with K.J. Temphel, J. Davidson and W.D. Incoll, Kathmandu: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Develoment, 2001
  • Manual for Public Involvement in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Process of Hysropower Projects, with B.M. Sharma, Kathmandu: Department of Electricity Development, 2001.
  • Reference Manual for Environmental and Social Aspects of Integrated Road Development, with B. Timseena and V. Gupta, Kathmandu: Department of Roads, 2003.
  • Moran of Kathmandu: Priest, Educator & Ham Radio ’Voice of the Himalayas’: The Biography of Fr. Marshall D. Moran, SJ, 1906–92, Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1997 (Buy this book)
  • Against the Current: The Life of Lain Singh Bangdel - Writer, Painter and Art Historian of Nepal, Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2004 (Buy this book)

Laren Metzer (Korea 1976–78)

  • Land of Morning Calm: My Journey in Korea, Lulu 2006 (Purchase from Lulu)
  • Tears of the Magpie, Lulu 2006 (Purchase from Lulu)
  • Caldron of Fire, Lulu 2007 (Purchase from Lulu)

Carrie Meyer (Dominican Republic 1980–83)

  • Days on the Family Farm: From the Golden Age Trough the Great Depression, University of Minnesota Press, 2008 (Buy this book)

Melinda Meyer

  • Letters from the Peace Corps (contributor), Washington: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1964

Michael Meyer (China 1995–97)

  • The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed, Walker & Co., 2008 (Buy this book) Review

Charles Michener (Ethiopia 1962-64)

  • Ghost of a Chance: A Memoir (coauthor) with Peter Duchin, Random House, , 1996 (Buy this book)
  • The Kid Stays in the Picture (collaborator), by Robert Evans, New Millenium Press, 2002 (Buy this book)
  • The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera, (collaborator) by Joseph Volpe with Charles Michener, Knopf, 2006 (Buy this book)

Douglas J. Mickelson (Ethiopia 1962–64)

  • You Can Make It Happen: A Guide to Self-actualization and Organizational Change
    with Len Sperry and Phillip L. Hunsaker, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1977

Albert S. Miles (Nigeria 1963-65)

  • Winners, Losers, Hired Hands: Leadership Theories Applied for Chief Student Affairs Officers, with Peter Steiner, Washington, D.C.: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators : American Council on Education, 1981.
  • College Law, Albert S. Miles; Tuscaloosa, AL: Sevgo Press, 1987; 1997: 0943487498;
    (June 1997)
  • Law of Home Schooling, with Charles J. Russo; Education Law Assn, 1994

William F. S. Miles (Niger 1977-79)

  • Elections and Ethnicity in French Martinque: A Paradox in Paradise, New York: Praeger, 1986
  • Elections in Nigeria: A Grassroots Perspective, Boulder CO: L. Rienner Publishers, 1988
  • De La Politique á La Martinique: Paradoxe au Paradis, Paris: L’Harmattan, 1992
  • Hausaland Divided: Colonialism and Independence in Nigeria and Niger, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994
  • Imperial Burdens: Countercolonialism in Former French India, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995
  • Bridging Mental Boundaries in  a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu University of Hawai’i Press, 1998
  • Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel’s Reform Kibbutzim, State University of New York Press, 2007 (Buy this book)
  • My African Horse Problem, University of Massachusetts Press, 2008 (Buy this book)

Christopher L. Miller (Zaire 1975–77)

  • Blank Darkness: Africanist Discourse in French, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985 (Buy this book)
  • Theories of Africans: Anthropology and Literature in Francophone Africa, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990 (Buy this book)
  • Nationalists and Nomads: Essays on Francophone African Literature and Culture, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998 (Buy this book)
  • The French Atlantic Triangle: Literature and Culture of the Slave Trade, Duke University Press 2008 (Buy this book)

Daniel J. Miller (Nepal 1974-78)

  • Drokpa: Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal: Vajra Publications 2008 (Buy this book from the publisher.)

Margot Miller (Niger 1972–74)
nee Margaret H. Porter
miller.margot.googlepages.com/home

  • Paule Constant’s Trading Secrets, contributor, trans. Betsy Wing, University of Nebraska Press, 2001
  • In Search of Shelter: Subjectivity and Spaces of Loss in the Fiction of Paule Constant, Lanham MD: Lexington Books/Roman & Littlefield, 2003 (Buy this book)
  • Ouregano, translation by Margot Miller, by Paule Constant, Lexington Books, 2005 (Buy this book)

Nick B. Mills (Colombia 1965–66)
nickbmills@gmail.com

  • The Failing American Intervention and the Struggle for Afghanistan, Wiley 2007 (Buy this book)

Carolyn M. Minto (Chile 1962–64, Paraguay 1995–97)

  • Letters from the Peace Corps (contributor), Washington: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1964

Preston Minto (Chile 1962–64, Paraguay 1995–97)

  • Letters from the Peace Corps (contributor), Washington: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1964

Laura J. Mixon (Kenya 1981-83)

Cerylle Moffett (Staff: PC/W 2001– )

  • Voices From the Field: Reading and Writing About the World, Ourselves and Others, curriculum designer, Washington: Peace Corps, 2002 (to download a PDF copy)
    • PEACE CORPS WRITERS Best Children’s Writing Award winner, 2003

Jerry D. Mohrlang (Malaysia 1965–67)

Joseph Monninger (Burkina Faso 1975–77)
Interview

  • The Night Caller, Dell Publishing Co., 1981
  • The Family Man, New York: Atheneum, 1982
  • The Summer Hunt, New York: Atheneum, 1983.
  • New Jersey, New York, N.Y. : Atheneum, 1986.
  • Second Season, New York : Atheneum, 1987.
  • Incident at Potter’s Bridge, New York: D.I. Fine, 1991; [Razor’s Song] Avon, 1993
  • The Viper Tree, New York : Simon and Schuster, 1991.
  • Biology Write Now!, with T.L. Taigen, McGraw-Hill, 1992 (Buy this book)
  • Mather: A Novel, New York: D.I. Fine, 1995.
  • Home Waters: Fishing With an Old Friend, Chronicle Books, 1999; Broadway Books, 2000 (Buy this book)
  • A Barn in New England: Making a Home on Three Acres, Chronicle Books, 2001 (Buy this book)
  • Two Ton: One Fight, One Night — Tony Galento v. Joe Louis, Steerforth Press, 2006 (Buy this book) REVIEW
  • Baby, Front Street, 2007 (Buy this book)
  • Hippie Chick, Front Street Publisher, 2008 (Buy this book)

Kate Montgomery (Kenya 1996–97)

  • Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean with Hilary Liftin, Vintage Books, 1999 (Buy this book) REVIEW

James Moody (Nigeria 1962–65)

  • Working with English: Strategies for Communication in Southern Africa Book 1, Gaborone, Botswana: The Foundation for Education with Production. 1992
  • Working with English: Strategies for Communication in Southern Africa, Book 2, Gaborone, Botswana: The Foundation for Education with Production, 1993
  • Working with English: Strategies for Communication in Southern Africa Book 3, Gaborone, Botswana: The Foundation for Education with Production, 1994

    (These can be ordered from: Africa Book Collective, The Jam Factory, 27 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HU, England, U.K. email: abc@dial.pipex.com)

Kathleen Moore (Ethiopia 1965–67)

  • The Single Mother’s Companion: Essays and Stories by Women edited by Marsha R. Leslie, Contributor, Seal Press Feminist Pub 1994 (Buy this book)
  • Twenty Six Minnesota Writers, edited by Monico D. Degrazia, Contributor, Nodin Press 1995 (Buy this book)
  • An Inn Near Kyoto:Writing by American Women Abroad (Buy this book), edited by Kathleen Coskran and C. W. Truesdal, Contributor, New Rivers Press, 1998
  • Volunteer Tales: Experiences of Working Abroad, contributor, edited by Savita Bailur & Helen Rana, Cambridge, England: Lutterworth Press, 2003 (Buy this book at Amazon.co.uk)

Leslie Jarmon Moore (Costa Rica 1982–84 & Ecuador 1985–87)

Michael D. Moore (El Salvador 1962–64)

  • Michigan’s State Forests: A Century of Stewardship (with William B. Botti), Michigan State University Press, 2006 (Buy this book)

Michael Moran (Morocco 1981–83)

  • Nothing but Net! An Essay on the Culture of Pickup Basketball, San Antonio, TX: Full Court Press, 1991
  • Younger Than That Now: A Peace Corps Volunteer Remembers Morocco (Buy this book), San Antonio, TX: Full Court Press, 1994

Russell E. Morgan, Jr. (Kenya 1965-69)

  • Global Learning for Health, with Bill Rau, Washington, DC: NCIH Publications, 1993 (Co-author)

Kelly J. Morris (Togo 1968–72; staff: Togo APCD 1974–79, PC/W 1979–81, PC/RTRO 1982, Benin APCD 1983, Togo APCD 1983–84, PC/W 1995–2001)

  • Shelter, (contributor), Lloyd Kahn, editor; Bolinas, California: Shelter Publications, 1973, 1996
  • Credit Unions and the Poverty Challenge: Extending Outreach, Enhancing Sustainability, (contributor), Bernd Balkenhol, editor, Geneva: International Labour Office, 1999
  • The Bight of Benin: Short Fiction, Atacora Press, 2007 (Buy from Lulu)

Robert C. Morris (Pakistan 1961–63; staff/Pakistan 1963–64, PC/W 1966–68)

  • Overseas Volunteer Organizations, Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books, D.C. Heath & Co., 1973
  • Continuously Improving an Organization’s Performance Management-Communication Series, editor with Susanne Morris, by Don Cushman and Sarah King, Albany : State University of New York Press, 1997.
  • Global Leaders for the 21st Century, Management-Communication Series, editor with Susanne Morris, by Michael Marquardt and Nancy Berger,Albany : State University of New York Press, 2000.

R. Bruce Morrison (Nepal 1963–65)
Wheelwrighting.ca

  • Essays in Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach, editor with C. Roderick Wilson, F.E. Peacock and Company 2002
  • Wheelwrighting:A Modern Introduction with Joyce Morrison, Cottonwood Press, 2002; 2nd edition 2003
  • Native Peoples: The Canadian Experience, 2nd ed., editor, 1995; 3rd Edition, editor with C. Roderick Wilson, Oxford University Press, 2004 (Buy this book)
  • Wild Country: The Best of Andy Russell, (editor) by Andy Russell, McClelland and Stewart Ltd (Buy this book)

Sally Morrissey (Guatemala 1983–85) Email

  • Mud Stoves & Strawberry Jam: A Peace Corps Experience , Cortez, CO: The Roy Paul Press, 1994 (Buy this book)

Baker Morrow (Somalia 1968–69)

  • A Dictionary of Landscape Architecture, University of New Mexico Press, 1987 (Buy this book)
  • City of the Saints: And Across the Rocky Mountains to California, editor, by Francis Burton, University Press of Colorado, 1990 (Buy this book)
  • Best Plants for New Mexico Gardens and Landscapes, University of New Mexico Press, 1995 (Buy this book)
  • A Harvest of Reluctant Souls: The Memorial of Fray Alonso De Benavides, 1630, editor and translator, by Alonso De Benavides, University Press of Colorado, 1996 (Buy this book)
  • Anasazi Architecture and American Design, edited with V.B. Price, University of New Mexico Press, 1997 (Buy this book)
  • Horses Like the Wind and Other Stories of Africa, University Press of Colorado, 2001 (Buy this book) REVIEW The Booklocker recommendation
  • A Tropical Place Like That: Stories of Mexico, University of New Mexico Press, 2006 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Fred Morton (Nigeria 1964–65)

  • Historical Dictionary of Botswana (African Historical Dictionaries ; No. 44) with Andrew Murray, Jeff Ramsay, Scarecrow Press, 1989; (3rd Edition) 1996 (Buy this book)
  • The Birth of Botswana: A History of the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1910 to 1966, editor with J. Ramsay United Kingdom: Longman Group, 1990 (Buy this book)
  • Children of Ham: Freed Slaves and Fugitive Slaves on the Kenya Coast 1873 to 1907 (African Modernization and Development Series), Westview Press, 1990 (Buy this book)
  • Slavery in South Africa: Captive Labor on the Dutch Frontier, edited with Elizabeth A. Eldredge, Boulder: Westview Press ; Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1994 (Buy this book)

William G. Moseley (Mali 1987–89)

  • African Environment and Development: Rhetoric, Programs, Realities, editor with B.Ikubolajeh Logan, Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2003 (Buy this book)
  • Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial African Issues, editor, Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2003 ; 2nd edition, 2006; 3rd edition, 2008 (Buy this book)
  • The Introductory Reader in Human Geography Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings editor with David A. Lanegran and Kavita Pandit, Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2007 (Buy this book)
  • Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa, Ohio University Press 2008 (Buy this book)

Martin Hakubai Mosko (India 1965–67)
MarpaLand.com

  • Landscape as Spirit: Creating a Comtemplative Garden, with Alxe Noden, Wetherhill, 2003 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Ruth Moss (Kazakhstan 1996–98)

Bill Moyers (staff 1961-63)

  • The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets, NY: Doubleday, 1995
  • Genesis: A Living Conversation (Buy this book), NY: Doubleday, 1996
  • To Touch the World: The Peace Corps Experience, contributor, Peace Corps/USGPO, DC, 1994, 1995
  • At Home in the World: The Peace Corps Story, contributor, Peace Corps/USGPO, 1996
  • Voices From the Field: Reading and Writing About the World, Ourselves and Others, contributor, Washington: Peace Corps, 2002 (to download a PDF copy)

Marnie Mueller (Ecuador 1963–65)
Email
www.MarnieMueller.com

  • But Do They Have Field Experience!, compiled & edited by Elayne Clift, Potomac, MD: OGN Publications, 1993 (Contributor)
  • Green Fires: Assault on Eden, A Novel of the Ecuadorian Rain-Forest (Buy this book), CT: Curbstone Press, 1994
    (    *RPCV WRITERS & READERS’ Maria Thomas Fiction Award, 1995)
  • I Am Becoming the Woman I’ve Wanted, Watsonville, CA: Papier-Mache Press, 1994 (Contributor)
  • The Climate of the Country: A Novel CT: Curbstone Press, 1999 (Buy this book) REVIEW
  • Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers, contributor, Curbstone Press, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • My Mother’s Island, Curbstone Press, 2002 (Buy this book) REVIEW
    Book tour for My Mother’s Island

Carolyn Mulford (Ethiopia 1962-64)
www.FeedsackKids.typepad.com

Tom Mullen (Malawi 1989–92)
RiversofChange.com

  • Rivers of Change: Trailing the Waterways of Lewis and Clark, Roundwood Press, 2004 (to order) REVIEW

Karin Muller (Philippines 1987–89)
Interview
Karin@karinmuller.com

  • Hitchhiking Vietnam: A Woman’s Solo Journey in an Elusive Land Globe Pequit Press, 1998. (Buy this book)
  • Along the Inca Road: A Woman’s Journey into an Ancient Empire, National Geographic Society, 2000. (Buy this book) REVIEW
  • Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa, Rodale Books, 2005 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Patrick T. Murphy (Somalia 1966-67)

  • Our Kindly Parent - The State: The Juvenile Justice System and How It Works, Viking Press, 1974; Penguin, 1977

Charles Murray (Thailand 1965-67)

  • Losing Ground, Cox and Murray, Inc. 1988
  • In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government, Simon & Shuster, 1988
  • The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, with Richard J. Herrnstein, The Free Press, 1994
  • What it Means to be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation (Buy this book), Broadway, 1997
  • Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950, HarperCollins, 2003 (Buy this book)

Susan Musich (Philippines 1989–90, Costa Rica 1992–93; PC/W staff: 90–92, 94–99)

  • SAMS Teaceh Yourself e-Job Hunting Today, with Eric S. Schlesinger, SAMS, 2000 (Buy this book)
  • Your Career Planner, with David Borchard and Cheryl Bonner, 8th ed, Kendall Hunt, 2002 (Buy this book)

Edward Mycue (Ghana 1961)

  • Damage Within the Community, Panjandrum Press, 1973
  • Her Children Come Home Too, Rushden [Eng.]: Sceptre Press, 1973.
  • Root, Route & Range: The Song Returns, Holmgangers Press, 1977; Paper Castle, 1979
  • The Singing Man My Father Gave Me, Menard Press, 1980
  • Edward, Primal Publishing, 1987
  • Grate Country, Oyster, 1988
  • Next Year’s Words: Poems, Mutated Viruses Press, 1989
  • Pink Garden/Brown Trees, England: Stingy Artist Press, 1990
  • Since We Speak, Spectacular Diseases Press, 1991
  • Because We Speak the Same Language, England: Spectacular Diseases Press, 1994
  • Another Switch, editor, no publisher, 1994
  • Baitor & Dorinda, editor, no publisher, 1994
  • Night Boats, Oakland CA: Minotaur Editions, 2000
  • Mindwalking 1937-2007, New and Selected Poems, Philos Press, 2008 (Buy from publisher)

Lonny Myers (Malawi 1989–91)

  • Adultery and Other Private Matters: Your Right to Personal Freedom in Marriage, Chicago Nelson-Hall, 1975.
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