New Books: August 2020
Disabilities
Disability Visibility
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and […]
Read MoreEducation
The School Counselors Mental Health Sourcebook
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model urges school counselors to know every student and broaden their knowledge of mental health disorders. With more […]
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Talking Texts
Talking Texts is a guide for teachers to the steps and strategies of implementing text clubs in many forms— fiction and nonfiction book clubs, textbook […]
Read MoreEnvironment/Agriculture/Natural Resources
The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future
An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present, and […]
Read MoreGeneral/Miscellaneous
So Rich, So Poor
Income disparities in our wealthy nation are wider than at any point since the Great Depression. The structure of today’s economy has stultified wage growth […]
Read MoreHealth/Wellness/Medicine
Stop Surviving Start Fighting
Jazz Thornton first attempted to take her own life at the age of 12. Multiple attempts followed and she spent time in psychiatric wards and […]
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In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration
A hymn to walking, the mechanical magic at the core of our humanity. In this captivating book, neuroscientist Shane O’Mara invites us to marvel at […]
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Finding the Still Point
One of the simplest, easiest-to-understand guides to Zen meditation–with audio exercises to serve as meditation companions. Through Zen meditation it is possible to find stillness […]
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History
The Underground Railroad Records
A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.
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