New Books: November 2017
Business/Commerce
You’ve got 8 seconds : communication secrets for a distracted world
Provides guidance on how to effectively and efficiently communciate, describing how to capture and retain an audience’s attention to ensure that information is being received—from […]
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United States foreign trade highlights : trends in the global market
United States Foreign Trade Highlights has five sections, each of which highlights a particular facet of U.S. foreign trade. Sections A-D provide information on the […]
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Total focus : make better decisions under pressure
Former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Brandon Webb applies the “total focus” skill he mastered as a SEAL sniper to the business world and teaches how […]
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Secret sauce : how to pack your messages with persuasive punch
“When it comes to messaging, what worked in the past won’t work today. Our noisy, digital world has undermined our ability to focus. For a […]
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Hiding in the bathroom : an introvert’s roadmap to getting out there (when you’d rather stay home)
The marketing guru and host of the Forbes.com podcast of the same name challenges popular theories about the secrets to professional success to outline practical […]
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From head shops to whole foods : the rise and fall of activist entrepreneurs
In the 1960s and ’70s, a diverse range of storefronts-including head shops, African American bookstores, feminist businesses, and organic grocers-brought the work of the New […]
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Fearless at work : achieve your potential by transforming small moments into big outcomes
The winning game plan for channeling fear into world-class performance. Fear comes in all forms, but one thing is always true: Fear is an obstacle […]
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Excuse me : the survival guide to modern business etiquette
“Blending classic wisdom with new realities, Excuse Me helps you stand out as a true professional in the face of open-plan offices, constant connectivity, generational […]
Read MoreDisabilities
Understanding international sign : a sociolinguistic study
In Understanding International Sign, Lori A. Whynot examines International Sign (IS) to determine the extent to which signers from different countries comprehend it. She focuses […]
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The stories they told me : the life of my deaf parents
“In this heartfelt memoir, Maria Wallisfurth recounts the lives of her deaf parents in Germany from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. […]
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The language of light : a history of silent voices
Partially deaf due to a childhood illness, Gerald Shea is no stranger to the search for communicative grace and clarity. In this eloquent and thoroughly […]
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In our own hands : essays in deaf history, 1780-1970
“This collection of new research examines the development of deaf people’s autonomy and citizenship discourses as they sought access to full citizenship rights in local […]
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The Gallaudet children’s dictionary of American Sign Language
Offers a dictionary of American sign language featuring over one thousand sign drawings with corresponding English words, usage in sentences, and illustrations, as well as […]
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Deaf culture : exploring deaf communities in the United States
Contents: Deaf community : past and present — Deaf : causes of being deaf and auditory innovations — American sign language — Deaf education and […]
Read MoreEducation
The testing charade : pretending to make schools better
For decades we’ve been studying, experimenting with, and wrangling over different approaches to improving public education, and there’s still little consensus on what works and […]
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Color and character : West Charlotte High and the American struggle over educational equality
“West Charlotte opened in 1938 as a segregated school that embodied the aspirations of the growing African American population of Charlotte, North Carolina. In the […]
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Beyond test scores : a better way to measure school quality
What makes a school a “good” school? It’s hard to say, and our current methods of measuring school quality are crude and often misleading. Parents […]
Read MoreEnvironment/Agriculture/Natural Resources
Taking aim : daring to be different, happier, and healthier in the great outdoors
Eva Shockey is a real-life Katniss Everdeen — a TV and social media star at the forefront of a new wave of women and girls […]
Read MoreGeneral/Miscellaneous
What motivates getting things done : procrastination, emotions, and success
Mary Lamia explores the emotional lives of people who are successful in their endeavors — both procrastinators and non-procrastinators alike — to illustrate how human […]
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What happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Free from the […]
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Upside : profiting from the profound demographic shifts ahead
“Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change, but–for those who can read beyond the raw figures–they open […]
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There goes the neighborhood : how communities overcome prejudice and meet the challenge of American immigration
This approach to the immigration debate takes the reader behind the blaring headlines and into communities grappling with the reality of new immigrants and the […]
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Officially Indian : symbols that define the United States
“Officially Indian : Symbols That Define the United States explores the United States’ habit throughout its history of using images of American Indians to distinguish […]
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Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century by Jessica Bruder
“From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, […]
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The making of Donald Trump
Love him or hate him, Trump’s influence is undeniable. A man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout, Trump’s career has been plagued […]
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Healing the heart of democracy : the courage to create a politics worthy of the human spirit
In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmer quickens our instinct to seek the common good and gives us the tools to do it. […]
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Grit : the power of passion and perseverance
“Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur genius grant recipient Angela Duckworth explains why […]
Read MoreHealth/Wellness/Medicine
Another kind of madness : a journey through the stigma and hope of mental illness
“Families are riddled with untold secrets. But Stephen Hinshaw would have never thought that in his family a profound secret had been kept under lock […]
Read MoreHistory
The Vietnam War : an intimate history
What we remember, what we’ve forgotten, and what we never knew about America’s least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on […]
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
“From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution–a #1 international bestseller–that explores the ways in which biology and history have […]
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Ohio : a military history : the seventeenth state of the Union
Historian Michael Mangus traces Ohio’s military history from what archaeology reveals about the earliest prehistoric people through Ohio’s role in the War on Terror. [This […]
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Law/Government
Supreme power : 7 pivotal Supreme Court decisions that had a major impact on America
“Bestselling author Ted Stewart explains how the Supreme Court and its nine appointed members now stand at a crucial point in their power to hand […]
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Refuge : rethinking refugee policy in a changing world
“Global refugee numbers are at their highest levels since the end of World War II, but the system in place to deal with them, based […]
Read MoreManagement/Leadership
The profit of kindness : how to influence others, establish trust, and build lasting business relationships
The Profit of Kindness is a practical guide that teaches you how to connect with others using the global asset known as kindness. You will […]
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The inspiration code : how the best leaders energize people every day
Great leaders inspire action with their words. They spark enthusiasm and commitment. With a single conversation, they can change the direction of someone’s life. Everyone […]
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Handbook of research on organizational culture and diversity in the modern workforce
“This book provides business and government executives, researchers, and graduate students of I/O psychology with reference material that could be used in strategic human resource […]
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Creating great choices : a leader’s guide to integrative thinking
“Conventional wisdom–and business school curricula–teaches us that making trade-offs is inevitable when it comes to hard choices. But sometimes, accepting the obvious trade-off just isn’t […]
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