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Roger L. Landrum (Nigeria 1961–63)

  • Letters from the Peace Corps (contributor), Washington: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1964
  • Vignettes of Nigeria, Buffalo: Black Academy Press 1970.
  • The Role of the Peace Corps in Education in Developing Countries: A Sector Study, Washington, D.C. : Peace Corps, Information Collection and Exchange, 1984.

Mark Landsberg (Iran 1964–66)

  • Landsberg’s Law: A Journey of Discovery, Morris Publishing, 2006 (Buy this book at LandsbergsLaw.com)

Danny G. Langdon (Ethiopia 1962–64)

  • Interactive Instructional Designs for Individualized Learning, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Educational Technology Publications, 1972. (Buy this book)
  • The Construct Lesson Plan: Improving Group Instruction, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Educational Technology Publications, 1978.
  • The Audio-Workbook, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Educational Technology Publications, 1978.(Buy this book)
  • The Adjunct Study Guide, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Educational Technology Publications, 1978. (Buy this book)
  • Suggestive-Accelerative Learning & Teaching, editor, by Owen Caskey, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Educational Technology Publications, 1978.
  • The New Language of Work, Amherst, Mass.: HRD Press, 1995.
  • Intervention Resource Guide: 50 Performance Improvement Tools, editor with Kathleen S. Whiteside, Monica M. McKenna, San Francisco : Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 1999. (Buy this book)
  • Aligning Performance: Improving People, Systems, and Oorganizations, San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, Pfeiffer, 2000 (Buy this book)
  • My Mother Can Beat Up Your Father, PublishAmerica, 2006 (Buy this book)

Walter M. Langford (staff: Chile 1961–63)

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

Terri Lapinsky (Gabon 1975–77)

  • Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience, Intercultural Press 2006 (Buy this book)

Karen Larsen (Bulgaria 1996–98)

  • Breaking the Limit: One Woman's Motorcycle Journey Through North America, Hyperion, 2004 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Charles R. Larson (Nigeria 1962–64)

  • African Short Stories, Collier Books, 1970
  • Prejudice: 20 Tales of Oppression and Liberation, NY: New American Library, 1971
  • The Emergence of African Fiction, Revised Edition, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1972
  • The Novel in the Third World, Washington, DC: Inscape, 1976
  • Opaque Shadows, Washington, DC: Inscape, 1976
  • Academia Nuts: Or, the Collected Works of Clara Le Page, Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977
  • American Indian Fiction, Santa Fe, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1978
  • The Insect Colony, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978 Arthur Dimmesdale, NY: A & W Publishers, 1983
  • An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen, NY: Anchor, 1992 (Editor)
  • Under African Skies: Modern African Stories (Buy this book), editor; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997
  • The Ordeal of the African Writer, Zed Books, 2001 (Buy this book)

Robert H. Larson (Nigeria 1968–70)

  • Sunlight Works: Solar Science, with Heather Gurley, no publisher, no date.

Art Latham (Micronesia 1966-68)

  • Lost in the Land of Enchantment, Las Cruces, NM: Arroyo Press, 1995

Jerry Loudenback (Afghanistan 1972–74)

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

Donald Lawder (Mali 1983-85, 1988-95)

  • Fishing in the Sky: The Education of Namory Keita (Buy this book), The Permanent Press, 1997

Eric Lax (Micronesia 1966-68)

  • On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy, NY: Charterhouse, 1975
  • Life and Death on 10 West, NY: Times Books, 1984
  • Woody Allen, NY: Knopf, 1991
  • The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations, with Barry Z. Posner, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1995 (Buy this book)
  • Bogart , with A. M. Sperber, William Morrow, 1997 (Buy this book)
  • Paul Newman: A Celebration, Chrysalis Books, 1996; Newman: A Celebration, Trafalgar, 1998 (Buy this book)
  • The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat : The Story of the Penicillin Miracle, Henry Holt & Company, Inc. 2004 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Casey Laycock (Bulgaria 2003–05)

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

Laurence Leamer (Nepal 1964-66)

  • The Paper Revolutionaries: The Rise of the Underground Press, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1972
  • Playing for Keeps: In Washington, NY: Dial Press, 1977
  • Assignment, NY: Dial Press, 1981
  • Ascent: The Spiritual and Physical Quest of Willi Unsoeld, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1982 (Unsoeld was PC Director in Nepal in 1963 when he climbed Mt. Everest.); Quill, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • Make-Believe: The Story of Nancy and Ronald Reagan, NY: Harper & Row, 1983
  • As Time Goes By: The Life of Ingrid Bergman, NY: Harper & Row, 1986
  • Ingrid, Masadah, 1987
  • King of the Night: The Life of Johnny Carson, NY: Morrow, 1989
  • The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family, Villard Books/Random House, 1994; Ballantine 1996 (Buy this book)
  • Three Chords and the Truth: Hope, Heartbreak and Changing Fortunes in Nashville: Behind the Scenes with Those Who Make and Shape Country Music , Harper Collins, 1997; Harper Mass Market Paperbacks, 1997 (Buy this book)
  • The Kennedy Men 1901–1963: The Laws of the Father, William Morrow & Co., 2001 (Buy this book)
  • Sons of Camelot: The Fate of An American Dynasty; William Morrow, 2004 (Buy this book) REVIEW
  • Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, St. Martins Press, 2005 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Phillip G. LeBel (Ethiopia 1964–67)
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  • Energy Economics and Technology, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982.
  • Economic Choices for Educational Policy in Africa, Upper Montclair, N.J. : Center for Economic Research on Africa, Dept. of Economics, School of Business Administration, Montclair State College, 1988.

Steven A. Leblanc (Western Samoa 1960s)

  • Mimbres People: Ancient Pueblo Painters of the American Southwest, Thames & Hudson, 1983 (Buy this book)
  • Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest, et al, Hudson Hills Press, 1983 (Buy this book)
  • Archeological Explanation: The Scientific Method in Archeology, photographer, Columbia University Press, 1984
  • The Galaz Ruin: A Prehistoric Mimbres Village in Southwestern New Mexico, with Roger Anyon, U of New Mexico Press, 1985
  • Short-Term Sedentism in the American Southwest: The Mimbres Valley Salado, with Ben A. Nelson, U of New Mexico Press, 1986
  • Girikihaciyan: a Halafian Site in Southeatern Turkey, with Patty Jo Watson, UCLA, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, 1990
  • Strategies for Creative Problem-Solving, with H. Scott Fogler, Prentice Hall, 1995
  • Prehostoric Warefare in the American Southwest, U of Utah Press, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • Deadly Landscapes: Case Studies in Prehistoric Southwestern Warfare, editor with Glen E. rice, University of Utah Press, 2001
  • Early Pithouse Villages of the Mimbres Valley and Beyond, et al, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & , 2001
  • Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage, with Katherine E. Register, St. Martin's Press, 2003

Roger Leed (Nigeria 1963–65)

  • Mambila Remembered, with John Bishop, Steve Clapp, Lowell Fewster and Harvey Flad, self published, 2006 (Buy from Lulu) Review

Peter Lefcourt (Togo 1962–64) PeterLefcourt.com

  • The Deal: A Novel, NY: Random House, 1991; Washington Square Press, 2003 (Buy this book)
  • The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story, NY: Random House, 1992 (Buy this book)
  • Di And I: A Novel, NY: Random House, 1994
  • Abbreviating Ernie (Buy this book), Villard Books, 1997
  • The Woody: A Novel (Buy this book), Simon & Schuster, 1998; Washington Square Press, 1999; 2003 (Buy this book)
  • Glimmer Train Stories, #32, contributor, Glimmer Train Press, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • The First Time I Got Paid for It: Writers' Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Public Affairs, 2000 (Buy this book)
  • Eleven Karens, Simon & Schuster, 2003 (Buy this book)
  • The Manhattan Beach Project : A Novel, Simon & Schuster, 2005 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Bernard Lefkowitz

  • The Victims: The Wylie-Hoffert Murder Case and Its Strange Aftermath, with Kenneth G. Gross, New York, Putnam, 1969
  • Breaktime: Living Without Work in a Nine-to-Five World, New York: Penguin Books, 1980 (Buy this book)
  • Tough Change: Growing Up on Your Own in America, Free Press, 1987 (Buy this book)
  • Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb, Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1997; New York : Vintage Books, 1998 (Buy this book)

Ray Leki (Nepal 1979-81; staff: Nepal 1988-90, Pakistan 1990)

Jim Lerager (Ethiopia 1968–69; Ghana 1969–71)

  • In the Shadow of the Cloud Photographs and Histories of America's Atomic Veterans, with Karl Ziegler Morgan and Susan D. Lambert Golden, CO: Fulcrum Press, 1989 (Buy this book)
  • James Lerager: Tales from the Nuclear Age, Raleigh, NC: City Gallery of Contemporary Art 1994

Elizabeth Letts (Morocco 1983–86)

Donald J. Leu (Marshall Islands 1969–71

  • Effective Reading Instruction in the Elementary Grades, with Charles K. Kinzer, Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill,1987; — :K-8 New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1995 (2nd ed.); NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002, (3rd ed.); Effective Literacy Instruction K–8,1999 (4th edition); —: Implementing Best Practice, 2002 (5th edition). (Buy this book)
  • Teaching with the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom, with D.D. Leu, Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon,1997; 1999 (2nd ed.); 2000 (3rd ed.) (Buy this book)
  • . (2000). Scott Foresman's Internet Guide: An Introduction to the Internet, with T. C Lauer, Glenview, IL: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, 2000 [also in French]; Internet Guide: An Introduction to the Internet, Learning Network. 2001
  • Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, and Word Analysis for Teachers: An Interactive Tutorial with R.M. Wilson, M. Hall, & C.K. Kinzer,Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001 (7th ed.) (Buy this book)

Leonard Levitt (Tanzania 1963–65)

  • An African Season, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1967
  • The Long Way Round, NY: Saturday Review Press, 1972
  • The Brothers of Attica, Editor, by Richard X. Clark, , NY: Links, 1973
  • The Healer, NY: Viking/Avon, 1980
  • Going Up Country, Travel Essays by Peace Corps Writers, Scribner's, 1994 (Contributor) (Buy this book)
  • Conviction : Solving the Moxley Murder: A Reporter and a Detective's Twenty-Year Search for Justice, Regan Books, 2004

A. W. Lewis (Colombia 1961–63)

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

Roger K. Lewis (Tunisia 1964–66)

Hoover Liddell (Nigeria 1967–69)

Lawrence F. Lihosit (Honduras 1975-77)
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  • South of the Frontera, San Bruno, CA, A Book Company, 1993
  • Americruise, San Bruno, CA, A Book Company, 1993
  • Salt of the Earth, San Bruno, CA, A Book Company, 1994
  • Travels in South America, Dillingham, Alaska, A Book Company, 1995
  • American Papers (Numbers I-V), Madera, CA, A Book Company, 1997-1998
  • Travelin' Doodles, Madera, CA, A Book Company, 1997
  • Across the Yucatan, Madera, CA, A Book Company, 2007 (To buy) Review
  • Jesus Was Arrested in Mexico City & Missed the Wedding, Madera, CA, A Book Company, 2008 (To buy) Review
  • Attack of the Claw: And Other Poems about Teaching, A Book Company, 2008 (To buy)

John W. Limbert (Iran 1964–66)

  • Iran: At War with History, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press; London : Croom Helm, 1987.

Anne Bates Linden (Ukraine 1992–95)

  • Assumptions and Misunderstandings: Memoir of an Unwitting Spy, self-published, 2006 (Buy this book) REVIEW

Michele Linnen (Honduras 1983-85)

  • Mayan Dance, Washington, DC: Casillas Press, 1996

Richard Lipez (Ethiopia 1962-64)

  • Grand Scam (Buy this book), with Peter Stein, NY: Dial, 1979 (Co-author); NY: Popular Library, 1980
  • Death Trick: A Donald Strachey Mystery (Buy this book), under pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981; Boston: Alyson Publications, 1982
  • On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery, under pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1984; NY: Penguin, 1985; NY: St. Martin's , 1995; mlr press, 2008 (Buy this book)
  • Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery, under pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1986; NY: Penguin, 1987; NY: St. Martin's , 1995; Haworth Press 2006 (Buy this book)
  • Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery (Buy this book), under pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992; NY: St. Martin's Press, 1993; Haworth Press 2006 (Buy this book)
  • Shock to the System, under the pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995; Haworth Press 2007 (Buy this book)
  • Chain of Fools: A Donald Strachey Mystery (Buy this book), under pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996
  • Crimes of the Scene: A Mystery Novel Guide for the International Traveler (Buy this book), NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997 by Nina King with African section by Lipez
  • Strachey's Folly: A Donald Strachey Mystery, under pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1998 (Buy this book) REVIEW
  • Tongue Tied: A Donald Strachey Mystery, under pseudonym Richard Stevenson, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2003 (Buy this book) REVIEW
  • Death Vows, Mlrpress, 2008 (Buy this book) Review

Ruby Long (Uzbekistan 1999–2001)

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

John H. Lorentz (Iran 1962–64)

  • Historical Dictionary of Iran, Lanham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 1995.

Bernadette Zayas Lorenzo (Paraguay 1996–98)

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

Kate Lorig (Chile 1964–66)

  • Outcome Measures for Health Education and Other Health Care Interventions, editor, Sage Publications 1996
  • Patiend Education: A Practical Approach, Sage Pub., 1992; 2nd ed, 1996; 3rd ed 2000 (Buy this book)
  • Back Pain Helpbook, contributor, Perseus Press, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • The Arthritis Help Book: A Tested Self-Management Program for Coping with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia, with James Fries and Maureen Gecht, Perseus Press,1980; 1986; 1990; 4th ed 1995; 5th ed 2000 (Buy this book) Como convivir con su artritis: Una guia para una vida activa y saludable Spanish edition 2000
  • Living Well with HIV and AIDS, contributor, Bull Pub, 1994; 2000 (Buy this book)
  • Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions: Self-Management of Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema & Others, editor, Bull Pub., 2nd ed 2000 (Buy this book); Tomando control de su salud Spanish edition 2001 (Buy this book)

Matt Losak (Lesotho 1985–88)

  • At Home in the World: The Peace Corps Story, contributor, Peace Corps/USGPO, 1996

Deborah N. Losse (Nigeria 1966–68)

  • Rhetoric at Play: Rabelais and Satirical Eulogy (Utah Studies in Literature and Linguistics, Vol 17), Bern, Las Vegas: Lang, 1980.
  • Sampling the Book: Renaissance Prologues and the French Conteurs, Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1994.

Jane Baker Lotter (Staff spouse: Malawi 1965–67)
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  • To Africa With Spatula: A Peace Corps Mom in Malawi 1965-1967, Lotter Press (P.0. Box 73234, Davis, CA 95617) 2002 REVIEW

Bob Love (Philippines 1963-66)

  • Sundays at the Moosewood Restaurant, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1991

Ned B. Lovell (Nigeria 1964–66)

  • Grievance Arbitration in Education, Phi Delta Kappa International; 1985

Susan Lowerre (Senegal 1985-87)

Kevin Lowther (Sierra Leone 1963–65, Peace Corps/Washington 1965-68)

  • Keeping Kennedy's Promise: The Peace Corps, Unmet Hope of the New Frontier, with C. Payne Lucas, Westview Press, 1978; —, The Peace Corps' Moment of Truth, Baltimore: Peace Corps Online, 2002 (To purchase contact klowther@africare.org)

C. Payne Lucas (Staff: Togo, Niger, Washington 1964–71)

  • Keeping Kennedy's Promise: The Peace Corps, Unmet Hope of the New Frontier, with Kevin Lowther, Westview Press, 1978; —, The Peace Corps' Moment of Truth, Baltimore: Peace Corps Online, 2002 (To purchase contact klowther@africare.org)

Cathy Colligan Luchetti (Colombia 1968-70)

  • Antelope Island, no publisher, no date
  • Medicine Women: The Story of Early-American Women Doctors, no publisher, no date
  • Women of the West (Library of the American West) (Buy this book), and Carol Olwell, NY: Orion/Crown, 1982; 2001 (Buy this book)
  • Under God's Spell: Frontier Evangelist 1772-1915 (Buy this book), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989
  • Under God's Spell: Frontier Evangelist 1793-1915 (Buy this book), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989
  • Home on the Range: A Culinary History of the American West, 1800-1915 (Buy this book), NY: Villard/Random House, 1993
  • 'I Do!' Courtship, Love and Marriage on the American Frontier (Buy this book), Crown Publishing, 1996
  • The Hot Flash Cookbook: Delicious Recipes for Health and Well-Being During Menopause (Buy this book), Chronicle Books, 1997, 1999
  • Mama Says: Inspiration, Wit & Wisdon from the Mothers in Our Lives, Loyola Press, 2000 (Buy this book)
  • Children of the West: Family Life on the Frontier, W.W. Norton, 2001 (Buy this book)

Allan Luks (Venezuela 1966–68)

  • Having Been There: 19 Prizewinning Stories, editor, Scribners, 1979
  • Will America Sober Up?, Beacon Press, 1983 (Buy this book)
  • You Are What You Drink: The Authoritative Report on What Alcohol Does to Your Mind, Body & Longevity, with Joseph Barbaato, Villard, 1989 (Buy this book)
  • The Healing Power of Doing Good: The Health and Spiritual Benefits of Helping Others, with Peggy Payne, Fawcett Columbine (hardcover), 1991; iuniverse (paperback) 2001 (Buy this book)
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Karl Luntta (Botswana 1977–80)
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  • Jamaica Handbook, Emeryville, CA: Moon Publications, 1991; 3rd edition, 1996; 4th ed, Avalon Travel Publishing, Moon Handbooks, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles (Buy this book), Passport Books, 1995
  • Caribbean Handbook: The Virgin, Leeward, and Windward Islands (Guidebook) , and Gina Wilson Birtcil (Buy this book), Chico, CA: Moon Publications, 1995
  • Caribbean; The Lesser Antilles, Passport Books, 1996 (Buy this book)
  • Virgin Islands Handbook, Chico, CA: Moon Travel Handbooks, 1997; 2nd edition, 2001 (Buy this book)
  • Carribbean Vacations, Avalon Travel Publishing, 1998 (Buy this book)
  • Short Nature Walks on Cape Cod, Nantucket, and the Vineyard (5th Ed) editor, by Hugh Sadlier, Heather Sadlier, Globe Pequot Press; 6th Ed, 1998 (Buy this book)
  • Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writers, contributor, Curbstone Press, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • St. Lucia: Mini Rough Guide, Rough Guides, 1999 (Buy this book)
  • Know It by Heart, Curbstone Press, 2003 (Buy this book) REVIEW
    • Winner of the PEACE CORPS WRITERS Maria Thomas Fiction Award, 2004

Christina Luongo (Bolivia 2002–04)

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

Charles H. Lyons (Nigeria 1964-66)

  • Essays in the History of African Education, editor with Vincent M. Battle, New York, Teachers College Press, 1970
  • Education for What?: British Policy Versus Local Initiative, Syracuse University, 1973
  • To Wash an Aethiop White: British Ideas About Black African Educability, 1530-1960, Teachers College Pr; 1975

Jacqueline Lyons (Lesotho 1992–95)
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