Subject: General/Miscellaneous
The researcher’s guide to American genealogy
In every field of study there is one book that rises above the rest in stature and authority and becomes the standard work in the […]
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Fear: Trump in the White House
Investigative reporter Bob Woodward describes life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward […]
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Du Bois’s telegram: literary resistance and state containment
In 1956 W.E.B. Du Bois was denied a passport to attend the Présence Africaine Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris. So he sent […]
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Click here to kill everybody: security and survival in a hyper-connected world
The internet is powerful, but it is not safe. As “smart” devices proliferate the risks will get worse, unless we act now. From driverless cars […]
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Tigerland: 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing
From the author of the best-selling The Butler–an emotional, inspiring story of two teams from a poor, black, segregated high school in Ohio, who, in […]
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Reader, come home: the reading brain in a digital world
Wolf considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection as we become increasingly dependent upon digital technologies. […]
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Raising government children: a history of foster care and the American welfare state
In the 1930s, buoyed by the potential of the New Deal, child welfare reformers hoped to formalize and modernize their methods, partly through professional casework […]
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Raising grandkids: inside skipped-generation families
Raising Grandkids focuses on “skipped generation” families or grandparent-headed households. Collecting together stories from other grandparents and reflecting on his own experience as a caregiver […]
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The person you mean to be: how good people fight bias
Many of us believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, but how do we stand up for those values in our turbulent world? Chugh reveals the […]
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How to be less stupid about race: on racism, White supremacy, and the racial divide
How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way […]
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