September 2022 Archives - State Library of Ohio

Business/Commerce

The Power of Employee Resource Groups

by Farzana Nayani

Employee resource groups (ERGs) have been present for decades. Originating out of affirmative action policies, they have evolved into powerful sources of employee activity and […]

Seen, Heard, and Paid

by Alan Henry

In Seen, Heard, and Paid, Henry shares the new work rules that may finally allow people of color, women, and LGBTQ+ folks to have the […]

Sentence

by Daniel Genis

In 2003, fresh out of NYU, Daniel Genis was working in publishing as his writer father had always expected. But he was also hiding a […]

America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

by Elizabeth Hinton

A groundbreaking story of policing and “riots” that shatters our understanding of the post-civil rights era.

I Can Take it from Here

by Lisa Forbes

I Can Take It From Here recounts Lisa Forbes’s harrowing journey into darkness — including a fourteen-year-long stint in a maximum-security prison — and her […]

The Beauty of Dusk

by Frank Bruni

One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or […]

A Relentless Threat

by Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs and Elizabeth A. Bloom

A Relentless Threat assembles a range of scholars who situate the phenomenon of school shootings in their own academic areas of expertise. Each author responds […]

Reading, Writing, and Racism

by Bree Picower

An examination of how curriculum choices can perpetuate White supremacy, and radical strategies for how schools and teacher education programs can disrupt and transform racism […]

Water Always Wins

by Erica Gies

Gies introduces us to water experts the world over as they search for clues to water’s past and present, using close observation, historical research, ancient […]

The Metaverse

by Matthew Ball

What, exactly, is the Metaverse? According to pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball, it is the successor to the mobile internet that has defined […]

Between Us

by Batja Mesquita

A pioneer of cultural psychology argues that emotions are not innate, but made as we live our lives together. “How are you feeling today?” We […]

This Will Not Pass

by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns

With stunning, in-the-room detail, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns show how both our political parties confronted a series of national traumas, […]

Putin’s Trolls: A Hybrid Memoir

by Jessikka Aro

Putin’s Trolls is a chilling account of Russia’s modern tools of information warfare, shedding light on the individuals and organizations behind the Kremlin’s coordinated, military-style […]

Homelessness in America

by Michele Wakin

This book provides a one-stop resource for understanding the crisis of homelessness in the United States. It covers risk factors for homelessness, societal attitudes about […]

The Anatomy of Peace, Fourth Edition

by Arbinger Institute

The Anatomy of Peace has become a worldwide phenomenon–not because of a media blitz, movie tie-in, or celebrity endorsement, but because readers have enthusiastically recommended […]

Frontiers in Social Innovation

by Neil Malhotra

Social innovation and social entrepreneurship are rising forces in the world. As stakeholder capitalism takes root, and as the extent of systemic challenges becomes clear—from […]

Engagement for Equitable Outcomes

by Kathryn Newcomer, Quentin Wilson, and Allyson Criner Brown

Engagement for Equitable Outcomes provides practical suggestions for practitioners addressing urgent social problems and reducing inequities in their communities. Newcomer, Wilson, and Brown offer approaches […]

How to Raise an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

The tragedies and reckonings around racism that are rocking the country have created a specific crisis for parents, educators, and other caregivers: How do we […]

My Pocket Guide to Stretching

by K. Aleisha Fetters

Keep your muscles strong, flexible, and healthy with these 60 stretches to help you loosen up and improve your overall health wherever you are! Now […]

Healing from Toxic Relationships

by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis

In Healing from Toxic Relationships, Dr. Sarkis extends compassion and knowledge to anyone in the aftermath of an abusive or toxic relationship. Survivors often struggle […]

A Cure for Darkness

by Alex Riley

Is depression a persistent low mood, or is it a range of symptoms? Can it be expressed through a single diagnosis, or does depression actually […]

The Neuroscience of You

by Chantel Prat

From University of Washington professor Chantel Prat comes The Neuroscience of You, a rollicking adventure into the human brain that reveals the surprising truth about […]

Origin

by Jennifer Raff

Origin is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and […]

America’s Revolutionary Mind

by C. Bradley Thompson

America’s Revolutionary Mind is a major reinterpretation of the American Revolution.. The purpose of this book is twofold: first, to elucidate the logic, principles, and […]

Free Speech and Censorship

by Cari Lee Skogberg Eastman

This annotated document collection surveys the history and evolution of laws and attitudes regarding free speech and censorship in the United States, with a special […]

Cheap Speech

by Richard L. Hasen

An informed and practical road map for controlling disinformation, embracing free speech, saving American elections, and protecting democracy. What can be done consistent with the […]

The Fight to Save the Town

by Michelle Wilde Anderson

A sweeping and authoritative study of wealth inequality and the dismantling of local government in four working-class cities across the US that passionately argues for […]

Hope Over Fate

by Scott MacMillan

This book tells the story of Fazle Hasan Abed (1936-2019), a former finance executive with almost no experience in relief aid who founded BRAC, originally […]

Leadership

by Henry Kissinger

In Leadership, Kissinger analyses the lives of six extraordinary leaders through the distinctive strategies of statecraft, which he believes they embodied. After the Second World […]

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