New Books: November 2022
Business/Commerce
Experience, Inc.
The business leader’s guide to creating a winning employee experience. In Experience, Inc.: Why Companies that Uncover Purpose, Create Connection, and Celebrate Their People Will […]
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Fixing Legal Injustice in America
Through clients’ stories and historical perspectives, Andrea D. Lyon explicates what’s wrong with the criminal justice system and makes a compelling case that the United […]
Read MoreEducation
After the Ivory Tower Falls
In After the Ivory Tower Falls, Will Bunch, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and national columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, embarks on a deeply reported journey to […]
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Young, Gifted and Diverse
Despite their diversity, Black Americans have long been studied as a uniformly disadvantaged group. Drawing from a representative sample of over a thousand Black students […]
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Teaching White Supremacy
Donald Yacovone shows us the clear and damning evidence of white supremacy’s deep-seated roots in our nation’s educational system through a fascinating, in-depth examination of […]
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The death of learning
Liberal education, if it does not discover how to speak to society in ways our culture understands, and if it cannot make its virtues apparent […]
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Can College Level the Playing Field?
Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injustice We often think that a college degree will open doors […]
Read MoreEnvironment/Agriculture/Natural Resources
Fixing the Climate
Solving the global climate crisis through local partnerships and experimentation Global climate diplomacy—from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement—is not working. Despite decades of […]
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Common Mosses, Liverworts, and Lichens of Ohio
In this guide to the most common and distinctive moss, liverwort, and lichen species in Ohio, readers will find concise physical descriptions, natural history and […]
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General/Miscellaneous
The Art of Communication
The fourth edition of this dynamic skills-based introduction to personal communication includes new content on virtual communication scenarios, inclusive language, conflict resolution, and leadership development. […]
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Off the Edge
In Off the Edge, journalist Kelly Weill draws a direct line from today’s conspiratorial moment, brimming not just with Flat Earthers but also anti-vaxxers and […]
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How to Navigate Life
An essential guide to tackling what students, families, and educators can do now to cut through stress and performance pressure, and find a path to […]
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I Never Thought of It That Way
Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the […]
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Plays Well with Others
Can you judge a book by its cover? Is a friend in need truly a friend indeed? Does love conquer all? Is no man an […]
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On the Line
On the Line takes readers inside a bold five-year campaign to bring a union to the dangerous industrial laundry factories of Phoenix, Arizona. Workers here […]
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert’s story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his […]
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Begin Boldly
Learn how to take the right risks for lasting success. Begin Boldly provides a framework for making the kind of bold moves that will get […]
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Listening Well
In Listening Well, Heather explores her extraordinary talents as a listener—a skill she employed when she first met Lale Sokolov, the tattooist at Auschwitz-Birkenau . […]
Read MoreHealth/Wellness/Medicine
Why Am I So Anxious?
If you’ve struggled with anxiety, you know how confusing and overwhelming it can be. Even small things can trigger anxious feelings that can soon overtake […]
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How to Eat More Plants
The secret to a healthy gut (and a healthier body and mind) is all in the microbes: the trillions of microorganisms that live in our […]
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The Power of Mind
A modern guide to lojong—ancient Buddhist techniques for transforming all circumstances, including pain, anxiety, and stress, into mental well-being that benefits us and the people […]
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Strangers to Ourselves
Aviv raises fundamental questions about how we understand ourselves in periods of crisis and distress. Drawing on deep, original reporting as well as unpublished journals […]
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Recovery Allies
Recovery Allies offers real-world solutions, evidence-based strategies, and, above all, hope for the 23 million Americans living in recovery from substance use disorder. Other books […]
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The Self-Healing Mind
Practicing psychiatrist Gregory Scott Brown believes that mental health begins with actionable self-care. Approached the right way, self-care is a powerful medicine that can help […]
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Ethics by Committee
Ethics boards have become obligatory passage points in today’s medical science, and we forget how novel they really are. The use of humans in experiments […]
Read MoreHistory
Asian American Histories of the United States
An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history. Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of […]
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American Demon
American Demon is a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Ness. Boston had its Strangler. California had the Zodiac Killer. And in the depths […]
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Black Ghost of Empire
The 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which every aspect of life in the United States was and is shaped by the existence of slavery. […]
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O Say Can You Hear?
In O Say Can You Hear? Mark Clague brilliantly weaves together the stories of the song and the nation it represents. Examining the origins of […]
Read MoreLaw/Government
Should All Drugs Be Legalized?
Combining a unique visual approach with carefully constructed narrative text, this entry in the Big Idea series provides a survey of the history of drug […]
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Two Cheers for Politics
In Two Cheers for Politics, Jedediah Purdy argues that this heated political culture is a symptom not of too much democracy but too little. Today, […]
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The Whiteness of Wealth
Dorothy A. Brown became a tax lawyer to get away from race. As a young black girl growing up in the South Bronx, she’d seen […]
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The Constitution in Jeopardy
A former US senator reveals a far-right plot to radically change the laws of our land, and articulates a plan for how to handle it. […]
Read MoreLibraries/Archives
Cultural Humility
This accessible and compelling Special Report introduces cultural humility, a lifelong practice that can guide library workers in their day-to-day interactions by helping them recognize […]
Read MoreManagement/Leadership
How to Manage People
Essential reading for anyone who wants to get the best from their teams. How to Manage People distils the essence of good management into one […]
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