The library has purchased many new books so far this new year. You can view a handful here or click here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the lobby of the library’s lobby.
Title: Breaking the male code : unlocking the power of friendship, overcoming male isolation for a longer, happier life
Author: Garfield, Robert (Physician)
Pub date: 2015
Calling for a new men’s movement, a noted psychotherapist examines the critical role close male friendships play in helping men lead happy, healthy lives. For much of the past century, men have operated under the rules of Male Code, a rigid set of guidelines that equate masculinity with stoicism, silence, and strength. As men’s roles have chan …
Title: Digest
Author: Pardlo, Gregory,
Pub date: 2014
From Epicurus to Sam Cooke, the Daily News to Roots, Digest draws from the present and the past to form an intellectual, American identity. In poems that forge their own styles and strategies, we experience dialogues between the written word and other art forms. Within this dialogue we hear Ben Jonson, we meet police K-9s, and we find children …
Title: Drawing with great needles : ancient tattoo traditions of North America
Author: Deter-Wolf, Aaron, 1976-
Pub date: 2013.
For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their place within society and the cosmos. The act of tattooing served as a rite of passage and supplication, while the composition and use …
Title: The French and Indian War and the conquest of New France
Author: Nester, William R., 1956-
Pub date: 2014.
The French and Indian War was the world’s first truly global conflict. When the French lost to the British in 1763, they lost their North American empire along with most of their colonies in the Caribbean, India, and West Africa. In The French and Indian War and the Conquest of New France , the only comprehensive account from the French perspe …
Title: The game believes in you : how digital play can make our kids smarter
Author: Toppo, Greg.
Pub date: 2015.
What if schools, from the wealthiest suburban nursery school to the grittiest urban high school, thrummed with the sounds of deep immersion? More and more people believe that can happen – with the aid of video games. From Greg Toppo, USA Today’s national K-12 education and demographics reporter, The Game Believes in You presents the story of a …
Title: Headscarves and hymens : why the middle east needs a sexual revolution
Author: Eltahawy, Mona, 1967-
Pub date: 2015.
The journalist Mona Eltahawy is no stranger to controversy. Through her articles and actions she has fought for the autonomy, security, and dignity of Muslim women, drawing vocal supporters and detractors. Now, in her first book, Headscarves and Hymens , Eltahawy has prepared a definitive condemnation of the repressive forces-political, cultur …
Title: Imagining outer space : European astroculture in the twentieth century
Author: Geppert, Alexander C. T., 1970-
Pub date: 2012.
Imagining Outer Space makes a captivating advance into the cultural history of outer space and extraterrestrial life in the twentieth-century imagination. Bringing together seventeen state-of-the-art essays, the volume explores the complexities of West-European astroculture and breaks new ground in the historicization of the Space Age.
Title: Music 4.0 : a survival guide for making music in the Internet age
Author: Owsinski, Bobby.
Pub date: 2014.
(Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs). Featuring the latest music business and social media concepts as well as brand-new interviews with a variety of the industry’s top movers and shakers, Music 4.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age is a completely updated version of the previous best-selling editions How has streaming music imp …
Title: Labors of love : nursing homes and the structures of care work
Author: Rodriquez, Jason, 1978-
Pub date: 2014
Every day for the next twenty years, more than 10,000 people in the United States will turn 65. With life expectancies increasing as well, many of these Americans will eventually require round-the-clock attention–and we have only begun to prepare for the challenge of caring for them. In Labors of Love, Jason Rodriquez examines the world of th …
Title: Mathematical curiosities : a treasure trove of unexpected entertainments
Author: Posamentier, Alfred S.
Pub date: 2014.
An innovative and appealing way for the layperson to develop math skills–while actually enjoying it Most people agree that math is important, but few would say it’s fun. This book will show you that the subject you learned to hate in high school can be as entertaining as a witty remark, as engrossing as the mystery novel you can’t put down–i …