Gone for good: tales of university life after the golden age, Oxford University Press, 1999
I wrote most of Gone for Good in 1997 while teaching in Venice, Italy. It was a great place to avoid distractions and just write. The book sold decently. In its heyday it was an Amazon top 1000 seller. Nowadays you can buy it on Amazon used for a buck.
There were all kinds of rumors going around Duke about why I wrote Gone for Good. The most common was that I wrote it because I was angry that it had taken me so long to get tenure. That was an odd rumor. I actually received tenure one year early.
Be that as it may, I wrote Gone for Good with a simple purpose: to advocate for reform in higher ed. Looking back, I didn't succeed in changing a thing. But it was still worth writing. Up until recently, I thought there would never be a sequel. Now (2010) I'm thinking it wouldn't be a bad idea to write a newer version.