ALL LOVES EXCELLING
By Josiah Bunting III
Bridge Works, $22.95
In a wonderfully written story set in a New England prep school, Bunting, a former headmaster at the prestigious Lawrenceville School, reveals the enormous pressures on students to live up to their parents’ and the school’s lofty ambitions.

A FEEL FOR THE GAME
By Ben Crenshaw, with Melanie Hauser
Doubleday, $24.95
If watching the Masters has you yearning for a good golf tale, this memoir will be just the read you need. Crenshaw — a great golfer and a true gentleman — pays tribute to the game and some of its greats.

GRANNY D: WALKING ACROSS AMERICA IN MY NINETIETH YEAR
By Doris Haddock, with Dennis Burke
Villard, $21.95
Don’t be fooled by the name — this is not your average sweet, harmless senior. Granny D is the political activist who journeyed 3,200 miles by foot to crusade for campaign finance reform. Her journals of the trek provide insight into this amazing activist.