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: 50 great myths of human sexuality
Author: Schwartz, Pepper
50 Great Myths of Human Sexuality seeks to dispel commonly accepted myths and misunderstandings surrounding human sexuality, providing an enlightening, fascinating and challenging book that covers the fifty areas the author s believe individuals must understand to have a safe, pleasurable and healthy sex life…
Title: American fatherhood : a cultural history
Author: Samuel, Lawrence R.,
American Fatherhood: A Cultural History traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. The book begins with an overview of fatherhood in America from the founding fathers through the 1950s and progresses to the role of fathers as they were encouraged to move beyond being simply providers to becoming more …
Title: Asian Americans in Michigan : voices from the Midwest
Author: Wilkinson, Sook
While the number of Asians in Michigan was small for a good portion of the state’s history, many Asian-derived communities have settled in the area and grown significantly over time. In Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest, editors Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew have assembled forty-one contributors to give an intimate glimps …
Title: The asteroid threat : defending our planet from deadly near-Earth objects
Author: Burrows, William E., 1937-
Presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet. The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in February 2013 is just the latest reminder that planet Earth is vulnerable to damaging and potentially catastrophic collisions with space debris of various …
Title: The best American science and nature writing, 2015
Author: Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
The Best American Series The next edition in a series praised as “undeniably exquisite” (Maria Popova), The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field. From Brooke Jarvis on deep-ocean mining to Elizabeth Kolbert on New Zealand’s unconventional …
Title: Beautiful terrible ruins : Detroit and the anxiety of decline
Author: Apel, Dora, 1952-
Once the manufacturing powerhouse of the nation, Detroit has become emblematic of failing cities everywhere–the paradigmatic city of ruins–and the epicenter of an explosive growth in images of urban decay. In Beautiful Terrible Ruins, art historian Dora Apel explores a wide array of these images, ranging from photography, advertising, and …
Title: The biology of desire : why addiction is not a disease
Author: Lewis, Marc D.
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the “disease model” of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease, based on evidence…
Title: Bike battles : a history of sharing the American road
Author: Longhurst, James
Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a historian and avid cyclist, tackles that question by tracing the contentious debates between American bike riders, motorists, and pedestrians over the shared road. Bike Battles explores …
Title: Blowing the roof off the twenty-first century : media, politics, and the struggle for post-capitalist democracy
Author: McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-
In the United States and much of the world there is a palpable depression about the prospect of overcoming the downward spiral created by the tyranny of wealth and privilege and establishing a truly democratic and sustainable society. It threatens to become self-fulfilling. In this trailblazing new book, award-winning author…
Title: The boy who could change the world : the writings of Aaron Swartz
Author: Swartz, Aaron, 1986-2013
In his too-short life, Aaron Swartz reshaped the Internet, questioned our assumptions about intellectual property, and touched all of us in ways that we may not even realize. His tragic suicide in 2013 at the age of twenty-six after being aggressively prosecuted for copyright infringement shocked the nation and the world. Here for the …