New Books: October 2018
Business/Commerce
The excellence dividend: meeting the tech tide with work that wows and jobs that last
Management guru Tom Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other […]
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Dream teams: working together without falling apart
Award-winning entrepreneur and journalist Shane Snow reveals the counterintuitive reasons why so many partnerships and groups break down–and why some break through. The best teams […]
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The CEO next door: the 4 behaviors that transform ordinary people into world-class leaders
Based on an in-depth analysis of over 2,600 leaders drawn from a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives, as well 13,000 hours […]
Read MoreEducation
Cutting school: privatization, segregation, and the end of public education
Public schools are among America’s greatest achievements in modern history, yet from the earliest days of tax-supported education — today a sector with an estimated […]
Read MoreEnvironment/Agriculture/Natural Resources
Rising: dispatches from the new American shore
Harvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when it is increasingly clear that […]
Read MoreGeneral/Miscellaneous
Shine: rediscovering your energy, happiness and purpose
Redefining the genre of ‘self-help comedy, ‘ Shine is a book about the brevity of life. It contains adult themes of mortality, change, exhaustion and […]
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Screening the system: exposing security clearance dangers
Screening the System shows how security clearance practices, including everything from background checks and fingerprinting to urinalysis and the polygraph, provide insight into the way […]
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No longer homeless: how the ex-homeless get and stay off the streets
Research suggests that between 6 and 14 percent of the US population has been homeless at some point in their lives–a huge number of people. […]
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Exploding data: reclaiming our cyber security in the digital age
The most dangerous threat we–individually and as a society and country–face today is no longer military, but rather the increasingly pervasive exposure of our personal […]
Read MoreHealth/Wellness/Medicine
Redefining aging: a caregiver’s guide to living your best life
Stearns explores the practical and personal challenges of both caregiving and successful aging. She couples findings from the latest research with … insights and problem-solving […]
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The compassionate connection: the healing power of empathy and mindful listening
All of us have an innate capacity for compassion. We recognize when others are hurting, and we want to help, but we’re not always good […]
Read MoreHistory
The bone and sinew of the land: America’s forgotten black pioneers & the struggle for equality
The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early settlers who tamed the wilderness and built […]
Read MoreLaw/Government
Diversifying diplomacy: my journey from Roxbury
Today, diverse women of all hues represent this country overseas. Some have called this development the “Hillary Effect.” But well before our most recent female […]
Read MoreLibraries/Archives
Creating and sharing online library instruction: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians
The authors offer a model for building online library instruction that can be reused, repurposed, and remixed across classes, departments, and even institutions. Although the […]
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ClimateQUAL: advancing organizational health, leadership, and diversity in the service of libraries
This book describes the application of the ClimateQUAL survey protocol (originally Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment) to over fifty-five libraries with thousands of individual respondents […]
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