June 2018 Archives - State Library of Ohio

Business/Commerce

Don’t bullsh*t yourself!: crush the excuses that are holding you back

by Jon Taffer

Jon Taffer, host of Spike TV’s Bar Rescue, teaches you how to stop fooling yourself and turn your excuses into solutions to improve your life […]

Insane: America’s criminal treatment of mental illness

by Alisa Roth

An expose of the mental-health crisis in America’s courts and prisons reveals that nearly half of the nation’s inmates are actually afflicted by a psychiatric […]

Shifting the dialog, shifting the culture: pathways to successful postsecondary outcomes for deaf individuals

by Stephanie W. Cawthon and Carrie Lou Garberoglio

In this volume, Stephanie W. Cawthon and Carrie Lou Garberoglio discuss the individual and systemic factors that both facilitate and inhibit the attainment of postsecondary […]

The fracking debate: the risks, benefits, and uncertainties of the shale revolution

by Daniel Raimi

Over roughly the past decade, oil and gas production in the United States has surged dramatically-thanks largely to technological advances such as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, […]

Voices from the Rust Belt

by Anne Trubek, ed.

Where is America’s Rust Belt? It’s not quite a geographic region but a linguistic one, first introduced as a concept in 1984 by Walter Mondale. […]

Our towns: a 100,000-mile journey into the heart of America

by by James Fallows and Deborah Fallows

A unique, revelatory portrait of small-town America: the activities, changes, and events that shape this mostly unseen part of our national landscape, and the issues […]

I feel you: the surprising power of extreme empathy

by Cris Beam

A cogent, gorgeous examination of empathy, illuminating the myths, the science, and the power behind this transformative emotion. Empathy has become a gaping fault line […]

Breasts: the owner’s manual: every woman’s guide to reducing cancer risk, making treatment choices, and optimizing outcomes

by Kristi Funk

A comprehensive guide to total breast health from the go-to breast care expert for Good Morning America and The Doctors. One in eight women will […]

The addiction solution: treating our dependence on opioids and other drugs

by Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

Offers an examination of drug use, abuse, and treatment, offering clinical and scientific knowledge, case studies, and policy suggestions intended to help drug users, their […]

Sisters of the soil: West Virginia land girls on the World War II farm front

by Patricia H. Wilkins

Contents: War Gardens; “Food will win the war” Victory Gardens: “Backyard War” Eleanor Roosevelt: “Woman Land Army” “City-bred Farmerettes” join the Land Army “Strictly City” […]

World War I and America : told by the Americans who lived it

by A. Scott Berg, ed.

A collection of 127 first-person narratives by writers such as Richard Harding Davis, Edith Wharton, John Reed, Henry Morgenthau, Leslie Davis, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, […]

World War I : the definitive visual history: from Sarajevo to Versailles

by R.G. Grant

A guide to the first World War features timelines, maps, and accounts of the action to bring to life the world leaders, key players, and […]

The world remade: America in World War I

by G.J. Meyer

An indispensable, sharply drawn tour through America’s epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, enlivened by fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of […]

German submarine warfare in World War I: the onset of total war at sea

by Lawrence Sondhaus

This compelling book explores Germany’s campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in World War I, which marked the onset of total war at sea. Noted historian […]

Using social media to build library communities: a LITA guide

by Scott W.H. Young and Doralyn Rossmann, ed.

Using Social Media to Build Library Communities: A LITA Guide is a community-building action manual for practitioners across the profession. By bringing together an array […]

Forged in crisis: the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times

by Nancy Koehn

Presents a portrait of five extraordinary figures–Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson–to illuminate how great leaders are made in times […]

New Books: June 2018

Business/Commerce

Don’t bullsh*t yourself!: crush the excuses that are holding you back

Corrections/Criminal Justice

Insane: America’s criminal treatment of mental illness

Disabilities