The library has purchased many new books so far this new year. You can view a handful here along with partial descriptions or go here to see the full listing. These books are on display in the library’s lobby.
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Title: $2.00 a day : living on almost nothing in America Author: Edin, Kathryn A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don’t think it exists Jessica Compton’s family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna in Chicago often have no food but spoiled milk on …
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Author: Kennedy, Liam In 2005, photographer Chris Hondros captured a striking image of a young Iraqi girl in the aftermath of the killing of her parents by American soldiers. The shot stunned the world and has since become iconic–comparable to the infamous photo by Nick Ut of a Vietnamese girl running from a napalm attack. Both images serve as microcosms for their …
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Author: Harding, Kate Every seven minutes, someone in America commits a rape. And whether that’s a football star, beloved celebrity, elected official, member of the clergy, or just an average Joe (or Joanna), there’s probably a community eager to make excuses for that person. In Asking for It , Kate Harding combines in-depth research with an in-your-face … |
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Author: Weiss, Luisa German baking has influenced baking traditions around the world for generations and is a source of great nostalgia for those of German and Central European heritage. Yet the very best recipes for Germany’s cookies, cakes, tortes, and breads, passed down through generations, have never before been collected and perfected for contemporary Americ … |
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Author: Watkins, Don We’ve all heard that the American Dream is vanishing, and that the cause is rising income inequality. The rich are getting richer by rigging the system in their favor, leaving the rest of us to struggle just to keep our heads above water…
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Author: Makowsky, Veronica A. In the first book-length study of Valerie Martin’s fiction, Veronica Makowsky explores the work of this lauded, but often overlooked, contemporary novelist. Winner of the Orange Prize for her novel Property (2003), Martin also won the Kafka Prize for Mary Reilly (1990), which was then translated into sixteen languages and made into a popula … |
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Author: Pafford, John M. (John Monroe) Grover Cleveland is truly the forgotten conservative: a man of dignity, integrity, and courage often overlooked by the history books. Historian and author John Pafford reveals a president who deserves more attention. Cleveland might not have presided over deeply troubled times, but he set a standard for principled leadership in office that is …
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Title: Hate spin : the manufacture of religious offense and its threat to democracy Author: George, Cherian In the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a climate of rising intolerance. In India, Narendra Modi’s radical supporters instigate commun …
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Author: Béland, Daniel. Not five minutes after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, in March 2010, Virginia’s attorney general was suing to stop it. And yet, the ACA rolled out, in infamously bumpy fashion, and rolled on, fought and defended at every turn–despite President Obama’s claim, in 2014, that its proponents and opponents could finally “stop fi …
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Author: Howe, Blake. The Oxford Handbook of Disability Studies represents a comprehensive state of current research for the field of Disability Studies and Music. The forty-two chapters in the book span a wide chronological and geographical range, from the biblical, the medieval, and the Elizabethan, through thecanonical classics of the eighteenth and nineteenth c …
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Title: Afterimages : photography and U.S. foreign policy
Title: Asking for it : the alarming rise of rape culture–and what we can do about it
Title: Classic German baking : the very best recipes for traditional favorites, from pfeffernusse to streuselkuchen
Title: Equal is unfair : America’s misguided fight against income inequality
Title: The fiction of Valerie Martin : an introduction
Title: The forgotten conservative : rediscovering Grover Cleveland
Title: Obamacare wars : federalism, state politics, and the affordable care act
Title: The Oxford handbook of music and disability studies