New Books: December 2018
Business/Commerce
Temp: how American work, American business, and the American dream became temporary
Every working person in the United States asks the same question, how secure is my job? For a generation, roughly from 1945 to 1970, business […]
Read MoreCorrections/Criminal Justice
Incendiary: the psychiatrist, the mad bomber, and the invention of criminal profiling
Grand Central, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall — for almost two decades, no place was safe from the man who signed his anonymous letters […]
Read MoreEducation
Creating healing school communities: school-based interventions for students exposed to trauma
School systems are pressured to raise the level of academic achievement, but children who are exposed to trauma often bring a complicated set of needs […]
Read MoreGeneral/Miscellaneous
The researcher’s guide to American genealogy
In every field of study there is one book that rises above the rest in stature and authority and becomes the standard work in the […]
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Fear: Trump in the White House
Investigative reporter Bob Woodward describes life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward […]
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Du Bois’s telegram: literary resistance and state containment
In 1956 W.E.B. Du Bois was denied a passport to attend the Présence Africaine Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris. So he sent […]
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Click here to kill everybody: security and survival in a hyper-connected world
The internet is powerful, but it is not safe. As “smart” devices proliferate the risks will get worse, unless we act now. From driverless cars […]
Read MoreHealth/Wellness/Medicine
Wild nights: how taming sleep created our restless world
Why the modern world forgot how to sleep. Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? While human history presents a vast diversity of sleeping […]
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Memory’s last breath: field notes on my dementia
Based on the “field notes” she keeps in her journal, Memory’s Last Breath is Saunders’ window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about […]
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The medical marijuana guide: cannabis and your health
In The Medical Marijuana Guide: Cannabis and Your Health, Dr. Patricia Frye takes a direct, no-nonsense approach to educating readers about cannabis and its medicinal […]
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Make time: how to focus on what matters every day
Do you ever wonder where your day went? Or daydream about activities you’ll get to “someday”? Knapp and Zeratsky share their tactics for a four-step […]
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The indoor epidemic: how parents, teachers, and kids can start an outdoor revolution
The Indoor Epidemic is an accessible, readable book that educators, parents, policymakers, and general readers can use to develop an in-depth understanding of the role […]
Read MoreHistory
Women of the blue & gray: true Civil War stories of mothers, medics, soldiers, and spies
North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant– the women in these micro biographies were wives, mothers, sisters and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands […]
Read MoreLibraries/Archives
Short-term staff, long-term benefits: making the most of interns, volunteers, student workers, and temporary staff in libraries
This book offers a novel, more efficient, and mutually beneficial approach to attracting, training, and working with short-term staff in ways that benefit all involved: […]
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Revised standards and guidelines of service for Library of Congress network of libraries for the blind and physically handicapped, 2017
After review of previous editions of the standards, the decision was made to streamline them by removing the procedural information and providing a clear framework […]
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The library book
Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of […]
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Creating the sustainable public library: the triple bottom line approach
Sustainability in the context of ensuring the long-term success of a public library involves more than green initiatives and conserving resources: “sustainability” for libraries also […]
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The changing academic library: operations, culture, environments
In this newly revised and expanded third edition, The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments, number 74 in ACRL’s Publications in Librarianship series, presents a […]
Read MoreManagement/Leadership
Improving managerial talent: practical psychology for human resourcing and learning & development professionals
Aimed at senior HRM and L&D specialists responsible for improving their organisation’s managerial talent, Improving Managerial Talent covers the core findings of the author’s and […]
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Dare to lead: brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts
Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and […]
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