February 2019 Archives - State Library of Ohio

Business/Commerce

The once and future worker: a vision for the renewal of work in America

by Morten T. Hansen

A re-evaluation of American society, economics, and public policy. Oren Cass challenges our basic assumptions about what prosperity means and where it comes from to […]

Great at work: how top performers do less, work better, and achieve more

by Morten T. Hansen

Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Now, […]

Punishment without crime: how our massive misdemeanor system traps the innocent and makes America more unequal

by Alexandra Natapoff

Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on […]

The meaning of life: the case for abolishing life sentences

by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis; featuring six portraits of lifers by Kerry Myers

Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis of The Sentencing Project argue that there is no practical or moral justification for a sentence longer than twenty years. […]

Homeward: life in the year after prison

by Bruce Western

In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments […]

Anatomy of a false confession: the interrogation and conviction of Brendan Dassey

by Michael D. Cicchini

Anatomy of a False Confession takes the reader inside the interrogation room and inside the courtroom to expose the interrogators’ tricks, the prosecutors’ ploys, and […]

Have dog, will travel: a poet’s journey

by Stephen Kuusisto

A blind poet describes his relationship with his first guide dog and how it changed his life and gave him a newfound appreciation for travel […]

The make-or-break year: solving the dropout crisis one ninth grader at a time

by Emily Krone Phillips

An entirely fresh approach to ending the high school dropout crisis is revealed in this groundbreaking chronicle of unprecedented transformation in a city notorious for […]

Renewable energy: a primer for the twenty-first century

by Bruce Usher

From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are […]

Appalachian mushrooms: a field guide

by Walter E. Sturgeon

From one of the region’s foremost mushroom hunters, Walter E. Sturgeon, comes a long-overdue field guide to finding and identifying the mushrooms and fleshy fungi […]

Amity and prosperity: one family and the fracturing of America

by Eliza Griswold

Tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia–and one woman’s transformation from a struggling single parent […]

The new childhood: raising kids to thrive in a connected world

by Jordan Shapiro

A provocative look at the new, digital landscape of childhood and how to navigate it. In The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro provides a hopeful counterpoint […]

Likewar: the weaponization of social media

by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking

Social media has been weaponized, as state hackers and rogue terrorists have seized upon Twitter and Facebook to create chaos and destruction. This urgent report […]

The inclusive economy: how to bring wealth to America’s poor

by Michael D. Tanner

In a bold challenge to the conventional wisdom of both liberals and conservatives, Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, looks at the […]

How to break up with your phone

by Catherine Price

Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning and the last thing you touch before bed? Do you frequently pick it […]

Fiber: the coming tech revolution and why America might miss it

by Susan Crawford

The world of 5G, the next generation of telecommunication technology, will be as different from what came before as the world after the advent of […]

The enchanted hour: the miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction

by Meghan Cox Gurdon

Examines how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful, and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction. […]

Deviced!: balancing life and technology in a digital world

by doreen dodgen-dagee

Using personal stories, cutting edge research, and anecdotes from youth, parents, and professionals, dodgen-magee highlights the brain changes that result from excessive technology use and […]

The book of books

by Meredith Vieira (forward); text by Jessica Allen

The Great American Read: The book of books celebrates America’s 100 best-loved novels–the books whose ideas, characters, and themes have shaped our country and reflect […]

Atomic habits: tiny changes, remarkable results: an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones

by James Clear

James Clear, an expert on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the […]

One by one: a memoir of love and loss in the shadows of opioid America

by Nicholas Bush

Behind closed doors, thirty-six million people around the world abuse opioids, three million of them are in the US. Nick Bush was one of them. […]

More than medicine: the broken promise of American health

by Robert M. Kaplan

U.S. citizens lag behind their global peers in life expectancy and quality of life. Robert Kaplan brings together extensive data to make the case that […]

Are u ok?: a guide to caring for your mental health

by Kati Morton, LMFT

Get answers to your most common questions about mental health and mental illness–including anxiety, depression, bipolar and eating disorders, and more. [This book] walks readers […]

Frontier rebels: the fight for independence in the American West, 1765-1776

by Patrick Spero

The untold story of the “Black Boys,” a rebellion on the American frontier in 1765 that sparked the American Revolution. In Frontier Rebels, historian Patrick […]

The war before the war: fugitive slaves and the struggle for America’s soul from the Revolution to the Civil War

by Andrew Delbanco

Explains how fugitive slaves escaping from the South to the northern states awakened northerners to the true nature of slavery and how the Compromise of […]

Becoming

by Michelle Obama

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson’s world was […]

Barracoon: the story of the last “black cargo”

by Zora Neale Hurston; edited by Deborah G. Plant; foreword by Alice Walker

In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children […]

How to be an American: a field guide to citizenship

by Silvia Hidalgo

The current political climate has left many of us wondering how our government actually operates. Sure, we learned about it in school, but if put […]

Copyright: what everyone needs to know

by Neil Weinstock Netanel

Copyright law was once an esoteric backwater, the special province of professional authors, publishers, and media companies. This is no longer the case. In the […]

The children of Harvey Milk: how LGBTQ politicians changed the world

by Andrew Reynolds

Part political thriller, part meditation on social change, part love story, The Children of Harvey Milk tells the epic stories of courageous men and women […]

User privacy: a practical guide for librarians

by Matthew Connolly

Information on strengthening privacy protection for a variety of applications in libraries. ~ Summary from publisher

Supervision and management: an introduction for support staff

by Marie Keen Shaw and Hali R. Keeler

This book will help Library Support Staff (LSS) understand, support, and apply the basic principles of library supervision and management in their work on the […]

Representing the rainbow in young adult literature: LGBTQ+ content since 1969

by Christine A. Jenkins and Michael Cart

Discussions of gender and sexuality have become part of mainstream conversations and are reflected in the work of more and more writers of fiction, particularly […]

Public library administration transformed: developing the organization and empowering users

by Karen Starr and Patrick Ragains

Public libraries have historically faced challenges as viable units of local government. As society struggles with issues related to the scope and effectiveness of government, […]

LGBTQAI+ books for children and teens: providing a window for all

by Christina Dorr and Liz Deskins; foreword by Jamie Campbell Naidoo

There is a rich and varied body of literature for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual/allied and intersexed young people, which can function as a […]

Game changer!: book access for all kids by Donalyn Miller & Colby Sharp

by Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp

Literacy advocates with a deep passion for books bestselling author Donalyn Miller and 5th grade teacher Colby Sharp showcase the power of children s access […]

The complete guide to RFPs for libraries

by Frances C. Wilkinson and Sever Bordeianu; foreword by Katina Strauch, ed.

This comprehensive book covers the philosophy behind RFPs to prime readers to understand how to most effectively write them and provides instruction on navigating the […]

Communication and teamwork: an introduction for support staff

by Hali R. Keeler and Marie Keen Shaw

Communication and Teamwork: An Introduction for Support Staff contains essential strategies about interpersonal relations, customer service, teamwork, and communication. Using this handbook as a guide, […]

Assessing library space for learning

by Susan E. Montgomery, ed.

With the surge in electronic access to the library’s resources, there has been an ongoing discussion about the need for a physical library building. On […]

Leading with dignity: how to create a culture that brings out the best in people

by Donna Hicks, Ph.D.

What every leader needs to know about dignity and how to create a culture in which everyone thrives. This landmark book from an expert in […]

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