January 2019 Archives - State Library of Ohio

Business/Commerce

Team creativity and innovation

by Roni Reiter-Palmon, ed.

For the past two decades, creativity and innovation have been viewed by researchers as critical to organizational success and survival. Understanding the factors that facilitate […]

The pan-industrial revolution: how new manufacturing titans will transform the world

by Richard D'Aveni

A stunning look at what will happen to global industry as 3-D printing becomes a worldwide phenomenon. Richard D’Aveni contends that this is beginning to […]

Lab rats: how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us

by Dan Lyons

Examines how the ideas of Silicon Valley and its “new oligarchs” have changed work culture, making employees subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies, and even […]

Unusually cruel: prisons, punishment, and the real American exceptionalism

by Marc Morjé Howard

The United States incarcerates far more people than any other country in the world, at rates nearly ten times higher than other liberal democracies. Indeed, […]

Intellectual disability and the death penalty: current issues and controversies

by Marc J. Tassé and John H. Blume

[This] book documents the legal and clinical aspects of the issues related to intellectual disability and the death penalty. [The book]: provides a comprehensive review […]

Inside private prisons: an American dilemma in the age of mass incarceration

by Lauren-Brooke Eisen

When the tough-on-crime politics of the 1980s overcrowded state prisons, private companies saw potential profit in building and operating correctional facilities. Today more than a […]

American exceptionalism in crime and punishment

by Kevin R. Reitz, ed.

Across the U.S., there was an explosion of severity in nearly every form of governmental response to crime from the 1970s through the 2000s. This […]

Raising and educating a deaf child: a comprehensive guide to the choices, controversies, and decisions faced by parents and educators

by Marc Marschark

Deaf children are not hearing children who can’t hear, and having a deaf child is not analogous to having a hearing child who can’t hear. […]

Autism in heels: the untold story of a female life on the spectrum

by Jennifer Cook O'Toole; foreword by Navah Paskowitz-Asner

The face of autism is changing, and more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the […]

American overdose: the opioid tragedy in three acts

by Chris McGreal

A comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic–devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusions. The opioid epidemic has been described as ‘one of […]

Understanding everyday incivility: why are they so rude?

by Shelley D. Lane

Understanding Everyday Incivility delves into the day-to-day annoying behaviors that color our interactions with other people, such as the use of crude language in public, […]

The rise of victimhood culture: microaggressions, safe spaces, and the new culture wars

by Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning

The Rise of Victimhood Culture offers a framework for understanding recent moral conflicts at U.S. universities, which have bled into society at large. These are […]

Out of the maze: an a-mazing way to get unstuck

by Spencer Johnson, M.D.

The posthumous sequel to Who Moved My Cheese?, the classic parable that became a worldwide sensation. Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief […]

No place to go: how public toilets fail our private needs

by Lezlie Lowe

This book is Number One in addressing the politics of where we’re allowed to “go” in public. Adults don’t talk about the business of doing […]

No one at the wheel: driverless cars and the road of the future

by Samuel I. Schwartz with Karen Kelly

The country’s leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. […]

How to live forever: the enduring power of connecting the generations

by Marc Freedman

Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life’s most urgent questions: with many living […]

Guns and suicide: an American epidemic

by Michael D. Anestis

The majority of gun deaths in the United States are suicide deaths, and the majority of suicide deaths are gun deaths. Most people are unaware […]

1,000 books to read before you die: a life-changing list

by James Mustich; with Margot Greenbaum Mustich, Thomas Meagher, and Karen Templer

Encompassing fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children’s books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die moves across […]

The magic of sleep thinking: how to solve problems, reduce stress, and increase creativity while you sleep

by Eric Maisel, Ph.D. with Natalya Maisel

Imagine solving problems and increasing creativity while you sleep! Grounded in current brain research, this book introduces a simple but revolutionary program that shows how […]

Let’s talk about sleep: a guide to understanding and improving your slumber

by Daniel A. Barone, MD, with Lawrence A. Armour

Sleep is essential to our health, but it can be hard to get enough. Here, a seasoned neurologist reveals best practices, realistic approaches, and practical […]

American fix: inside the opioid addiction crisis–and how to end it

by Ryan Hampton, with Claire Rudy Foster

Nearly every American knows someone who has been affected by the opioid crisis. Addiction is a trans-partisan issue that impacts individuals from every walk of […]

Why old places matter: how historic places affect our identity and well-being

by Thompson M. Mayes

The book reveals the fundamentally important yet under-recognized role old places play in our lives. While many people feel a deep-seated connection to old places […]

Controversial monuments and memorials: a guide for community leaders

by David B. Allison, ed.

This book addresses tough issues that museum professionals, public historians, and community leaders face with the challenges of competing historical memory, claims of heritage desecration […]

The annotated memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

by Elizabeth D. Samet, ed.

Whether exploring novels Grant read at West Point or presenting majestic images culled from archives, Samet curates a richly annotated, highly collectible edition that will […]

The politics of public budgeting: getting and spending, borrowing and balancing

by Irene S. Rubin, Northern Illinois University

Public budgeting is inherently political. In The Politics of Public Budgeting, author Irene S. Rubin lays out the actors involved–interest groups, public officials, legislators, and […]

The business of cannabis: new policies for the new marijuana industry

by D.J. Summers

Despite the unique culture surrounding cannabis, this new industry follows the same economic principles as does any other agricultural product–that is, it would if the […]

Atlas of the 2016 elections

by Robert H. Watrel, Ryan Weichelt, Fiona M. Davidson, John Heppen, Erin H. Fouberg, J. Clark Archer, Richard L. Morrill, Fred M. Shelley, and Kenneth C. Martis, ed.

The 2016 presidential election was one of the most dramatic upsets in U.S. political history. Virtually all pre-election polls indicated Democrat Hillary Clinton ahead of […]

Silenced in the library: banned books in America

by Zeke Jarvis

Censorship has been an ongoing phenomenon even in “the land of the free.” This examination of banned books across U.S. history examines the motivations and […]

Academic libraries and the academy: strategies and approaches to demonstrate your value, impact, and return on investment

by Marwin Britto and Kirsten Kinsley, ed.

Academic Libraries and the Academy is a thorough collection of best practices, lessons learned, approaches, and strategies of how librarians, library professionals, and others in […]

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