April 2019 Archives - State Library of Ohio

Business/Commerce

Maid: hard work, low pay, and a mother’s will to survive

by Stephanie Land; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich

At 28, Stephanie Land’s dreams — breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest, attending a university, and becoming a writer […]

Loonshots: how to nurture the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries

by Safi Bahcall

Loonshots is a brilliant and wonderfully entertaining book, an unstoppable read, full of surprises and rich with insight into how people create and nurture things […]

Until we reckon: violence, mass incarceration, and a road to repair

by Danielle Sered

In the eloquent tradition of Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, an award-winning leader in the movement to end mass incarceration takes on the vexing problem of […]

The master plan: my journey from life in prison to a life of purpose

by Chris Wilson; with Bret Witter

Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life he wouldn’t leave the house without a gun. One […]

Paris in America: a deaf Nanticoke shoemaker and his daughter

by Clara Jean Mosley Hall with Gayle Williamson

A memoir about a hearing daughter of a Deaf Nanticoke Indian, who grew up in Dover, Delaware’s black community in the 1950s and 60s. ~ […]

Read with me: engaging your young child in active reading

by Samantha Cleaver and Munro Richardson

Read with me outlines the ABCs of active reading (ask questions, build vocabulary, and connect to the child’s world) to make these behaviors clear and […]

Why nationalism

by Yael Tamir; foreword by Dani Rodrik

Why Nationalism is a permanent political force–and how it can be harnessed once again for liberal ends. Populist politicians exploit nationalism for authoritarian, chauvinistic, racist, […]

Roots quest: inside America’s genealogy boom

by Jackie Hogan

In Roots Quest, sociologist Jackie Hogan digs into our current genealogy boom to ask why we are so interested in our family history. She shows […]

Questions are the answer: a breakthrough approach to your most vexing problems at work and in life

by Hal Gregersen

What if you could unlock a better answer to your most vexing problem–in your workplace, community, or home life–just by changing the question? Talk to […]

Dreyer’s English: an utterly correct guide to clarity and style

by Benjamin Dreyer

Authoritative as it is amusing, this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth […]

Best hikes Columbus: the greatest views, wildlife,and forest strolls

by Johnny Molloy

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Columbus veteran hiker Johnny Molloy offers the […]

Appalachian reckoning: a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy

by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll, ed.

Appalachian Reckoning is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region and its […]

The ABC of it: why children’s books matter

by Leonard S. Marcus; foreword by Lisa Von Drasek

More than half a million visitors to the New York Public Library viewed an exhibition about the role that children’s books play in world culture […]

The promise of wholeness: cultivating inner peace, mindfulness, and love in a divided world

by Eric Ehrke

Licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist Eric Ehrke offers a new foundation for profound living based on classical teachings and enriched by modern scientific/psychological breakthroughs. […]

Shoot for the moon: the space race and the extraordinary voyage of Apollo 11

by James Donovan

When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon’s surface, both astronauts looked down at me computer to see 1202 flashing on the […]

Rebels and underdogs: the story of Ohio rock and roll

by Garin Pirnia

From Cleveland to Cincinnati and everywhere in between, Ohio rocks. Rebels and Underdogs: The Story of Ohio Rock and Roll takes readers behind the scenes […]

Mr. President, how long must we wait?: Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the fight for the right to vote

by Tina Cassidy

An eye-opening, inspiring, and timely account of the complex relationship between leading suffragist Alice Paul and President Woodrow Wilson in the fight for women’s equality. […]

Girl in black and white: the story of Mary Mildred Williams and the abolition movement

by Jessie Morgan-Owens

The riveting, little-known story of Mary Mildred Williams–a slave girl who looked “white”–whose photograph transformed the abolitionist movement. When a decades-long court battle resulted in […]

First: Sandra Day O’Connor

by Evan Thomas

Based on exclusive interviews and access to the Supreme Court archives, this is the intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of America’s first female Justice, Sandra […]

The no-nonsense guide to born-digital content

by Heather Ryan and Walker Sampson

This book offers a comprehensive, entry-level guide for librarians and archivists who have found themselves managing, or are planning on manage, born-digital content. Libraries and […]

Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?: (and how to fix it)

by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

In this provocative book, author Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic connects the dots and asks a powerful question: what if the reason for the lack of women at […]

The surprising science of meetings: how you can lead your team to peak performance

by Steven G. Rogelberg

A recent estimate suggests that employees endure a staggering 55 million meetings a day in the United States. This tremendous time investment yields only modest […]

Out of uniform: your guide to a successful military-to-civilian career transition

by Tom Wolfe

After completing military service, veterans can have a difficult time finding employment when returning to civilian life. Out of Uniform, Second Edition is designed to […]

New Books: April 2019