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Severn House Publishers
Everyone at the family wedding was hoping someone would murder the bride ... The intriguing new Benjamin January mystery. Dont go to Cold Bayou, brother ... Nuthin good waiting for you there. New Orleans, 1839. Despite his misgivings, Benjamin January …
Little, Brown and Company
Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush. Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously …
View book details for The Big Nine
How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
PublicAffairs
A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head. We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, …
Grand Central Publishing
Don't miss this "well-plotted, beautifully written story" (Library Journal) about a sexy Scot and the woman who finally captures his heart in the New York Times bestselling Windham Brides series. As a captain in the army, Colin MacHugh led men, …
Little, Brown and Company
A "consistently entertaining" saga of beauty, war, and family set during the French Revolution, from the author of Rebecca and The Birds (New York Times). The world of the glass-blowers has its own traditions, its own language and its own …
View book details for Japanese American Ethnicity
In Search of Heritage and Homeland Across Generations
NYU Press
Traces the contemporary ethnic experiences of Japanese AmericansAs one of the oldest groups of Asian Americans in the United States, most Japanese Americans are culturally assimilated and well-integrated in mainstream American society. However, they continue to be racialized as culturally …
View book details for Finding Feminism
Millennial Activists and the Unfinished Gender Revolution
NYU Press
The contemporary tactics of millennial feminists who are part of an active movement for social changeIn 2014, after a young man murdered six students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and then killed himself, the news provoked an eye-opening …
View book details for Against All Odds
The Struggle for Racial Integration in Religious Organizations
NYU Press
Religious institutions are among the most segregated organizations in American society. This segregation has long been a troubling issue among scholars and religious leaders alike. Despite attempts to address this racial divide, integrated churches are very difficult to maintain over …
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The Religious Journey of an African American Labor Leader
NYU Press
Important insights into the life and mind of one of the most significant civil rights leaders of the twentieth centuryA. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was one of the most effective black trade unionists in …
View book details for LGBTQ Politics
A Critical Reader
NYU Press
A definitive collection of original essays on queer politics From Harvey Milk to ACT UP to Proposition 8, no political change in the last two decades has been as rapid as the advancement of civil rights for LGBTQ people. As …
View book details for Postcards from Auschwitz
Holocaust Tourism and the Meaning of Remembrance
NYU Press
The uneasy link between tourism and collective memory at Holocaust museums and memorials Each year, millions of people visit Holocaust memorials and museums, with the number of tourists steadily on the rise. What lies behind the phenomenon of "Holocaust tourism" …
View book details for No Shortcut to Change
An Unlikely Path to a More Gender Equitable World
NYU Press
A critical examination of the weaknesses inherent in international gender policy2018 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science AssociationGender equality has become a central aspect of global governance and development in the 21st century. States increasingly promote women in …
View book details for Purpose and Desire
What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It
HarperCollins
A professor, biologist, and physiologist argues that modern Darwinisms materialist and mechanistic biases have led to a scientific dead end, unable to define what life isand only an openness to the qualities of "purpose and desire" will move the field …
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A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy
HarperCollins
A murder mystery, a model of investigative reporting, a celebration of the fierce bonds that hold families together through tragedies...Murder in Matera is a gem. San Francisco Chronicle "Tantalizing" NPR A thrilling detective story... Stapinski pursues the study of her …
View book details for Learning GraphQL
Declarative Data Fetching for Modern Web Apps
O'Reilly Media
GraphQL, a data query language that provides an alternative to REST and ad-hoc webservice architectures, is the most revolutionary technology for data fetching since Ajax. Just as React has changed the way web developers approach UI, GraphQL will change the …
View book details for Family Evaluation in Custody Litigation
Promoting Optimal Outcomes and Reducing Ethical Risks
American Psychological Association
This book presents a straightforward, step-by-step protocol for mental health professionals who evaluate child custody cases. Child custody disputes are complicated. For psychologists and others starting their careers in forensic custody assessments, the multitude of legal, ethical, and clinical issues …
Open Road Media
From slavery to liberation to life as an abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacherthe autobiography of a woman who refused to be anything but free. Born into slavery in New York around 1797, then sold from master to master, Sojourner Truth …
View book details for Summary and Analysis of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Based on the Book by Robert M. Pirsig
Worth Books
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance tells you what you need to knowbefore or after you read Robert M. Pirsigs book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books …
Kube Publishing Ltd
In this exciting new series, a group of Muslim kids come together to clean up an old Jewish man's house before his wife returns home from a major operation. But with time running out and a bigger mess than they …
University of Queensland Press
From the beloved author of Wombat Warriors, Mister Cassowary and Smooch & Rose comes another thrilling adventure about Australia's endangered animals. Ten-year-old Isaac is flat out. Helping his mum run a caravan park on the Queensland coast means no time …
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A Life Story
Greystone Books
The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than five hundred years later, it lies on the forest floor as a nurse log, giving life to ferns, mosses, and hemlocks, …
View book details for Introducing RDA
A Guide to the Basics
ALA Editions
Resource Description and Access (RDA) is the new cataloguing standard that will replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR). The 2010 release of RDA is not the release of a revised standard; it represents a shift in the understanding of the …
View book details for Renew Yourself
A Six-Step Plan for More Meaningful Work
American Library Association
American Library Association
Your community is supercharged about the new makerspace planned for your library. All systems are full speed ahead, and the staff is ready. But wait. Have you considered all the issues? For instance,Do you know about the liability issues inherent …
View book details for The Heart of Librarianship
Attentive, Positive, and Purposeful Change
American Library Association
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