June 2019 Archives - State Library of Ohio

Corrections/Criminal Justice

From asylum to prison: Deinstitutionalization and the rise of mass incarceration after 1945

by Anne E. Parsons

Prisons and asylums developed in parallel in the United States as institutions dedicated to the quarantine, detention, and punishment of the socially marginal. A widely […]

The adjunct underclass: how America’s colleges betrayed their faculty, their students, and their mission

by Herb Childress

Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car . . . to catch a little […]

The new organic grower: a master’s manual of tools and techniques for the home and market gardener

by Eliot Coleman

Inspired by the European intensive growers, [this book] offers a very approachable and productive form of farming that has proven to work well for the […]

After coal: stories of survival in Appalachia and Wales

by Tom Hansell

Central Appalachia and South Wales were built to extract coal, and faced with coal’s decline, both regions have experienced economic depression, labor unrest, and out-migration. […]

The second mountain: the quest for a moral life

by David Brooks

Conservative columnist David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to […]

Range: why generalists triumph in a specialized world

by David Epstein

A powerful argument for how to succeed in any field: develop broad interests and skills while everyone around you is rushing to specialize. Plenty of […]

No visible bruises: what we don’t know about domestic violence can kill us

by Rachel Louise Snyder

An award-winning journalist’s intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America’s most pressing social crises are buried in […]

The misinformation age: how false beliefs spread

by Cailin O'Connor and James Owen Weatherall

Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? […]

Milk of paradise: a history of opium

by Lucy Inglis

An intelligent and authoritative history of opium–a drug that has both healed and harmed since the beginning of civilization. Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind […]

Invisible women: data bias in a world designed for men

by Caroline Criado Perez

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources […]

Hello world: being human in the age of algorithms

by Hannah Fry

If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence–a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge […]

Happiness in America: a cultural history

by Lawrence R. Samuel

Beyond serving as the definitive guide to happiness in this country, Happiness in America offers readers a provocative argument that challenges standard thinking. Despite popular […]

Connecting generations: bridging the boomer, Gen X, and millennial divide

by Hayim Herring, Ph.D.

Social isolation, loneliness, and suicide are conditions we often associate with the elderly. But in reality, these issues have sharply increased across younger generations. Baby […]

Run for your life

by Mark Cucuzzella, M.D. with Broughton Coburn

The first running book by a world’s leading pioneering running doctor and athlete, creator of the Air Force’s Efficient Running program–the result of more than […]

The war for the common soldier: how men thought, fought, and survived in Civil War armies

by Peter S. Carmichael

Based on close examination of the letters and records left behind by individual soldiers from both the North and the South, Carmichael explores the totality […]

The pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west

by David McCullough

Best-selling author David McCullough tells the story of the settlers who began America’s migration west, overcoming almost-unimaginable hardships to build in the Ohio wilderness a […]

Marijuana regulation

by Karin D. Jones and James M. Shore

As marijuana is legalized for medical and/or recreational purposes in an increasing number of states, a new field of law has emerged. Marijuana’s unique status […]

Marijuana 360: differing perspectives on legalization

by Nancy E. Marion and Joshua B. Hill

In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. Since then, 30 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing marijuana […]

The theory and craft of digital preservation

by Trevor Owens

Among the public, there is a persistent belief that if something is on the Internet, it will be around forever. At the same time, warnings […]

New Books: June 2019