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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

DVDs

Alain Resnais Night and Fog

Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

Books

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, Call Number: 616.89 G358h

Are Black Men Doomed? by Alford A. Young, Jr., Call Number: 305.38 Y682

Aspire: 200 Project to Strengthen Your Art Skills for Aspiring Art Students by Valerie Colston, Call Number: 702.8 C723a

Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook from Scratch, Call Number: 641.5 C938b

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald, Call Number: 155.9 B212b

Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified by Robert O. Friedel, Call Number: 616.85 F899b

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina, Call Number PB MED

Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War by Robin Yassinn Kassab and Leila Al-Shami, Call Number: 823.912 M442p

Children of the Aging Self-Absorbed: A Guide to Coping with Difficult, Narcissistic Parents and Grandparents by Nina W. Brown, Call Number: 305.2 B879c
NOTE: Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses by L. Dee Fink, Call Number: 378.12 F499c

Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden, Call Number: 951.93 H259e

Exit, Pursued By a Bear by E.K. Johnston, Call Number 813.6 J724e

Gerontology: The Basics by Jennifer R. Sasser and Harry R. Moody, Call Number: 305.26 S252g

The Healing Power of Essential Oil: Soothe Inflammation, Boost Mood, Prevent Autoimmunity, and Feel Great in Every Way by Eric Zielinski, D.C., Call Number: 615.3 Z667h
NOTE: With More than 150 recipes and remedies.

The Importance of Being Funny: Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives by Al Gini, Call Number: 152.4 G492i

India in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know by Mira Kamdar, Call Number: 954.05 K152i

Invisible Slaves: The Victims and Perpetrators of Modern-Day Slavery by W. Kurt Hauser, Call Number: 306.3 H376i

McKeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers by Wilbert J. McKeachie, Call Number: 37801 M154m

Navigating Life with Migraines and Other Headaches by William B. Young and Stephen D. Silberstein, Call Number: 616.8 Y782n

Parrots of the World: Up Close with the World’s Cleverest Birds by Steve Brookes, Call Number: 598.71 B872p

Picture-Writing of the American Indians by Garrick Mallery, Call Number: 497 M252p
NOTE: With 54 Plates and 1290 Text Illustrations.

The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English by Lynne Murphy, Call Number: 427 M978p

The Psychology of Addiction by Jenny Svanberg, Call Number: 616.85 S968p

The Psychology of Grief by Richard Gross, Call Number: 155.9 K152p

The Psychology of Performance by Stewart T. Cotterill, Call Number: 152.4 C847p

A Single Blow: The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Beginning of the American Revolution, April 19, 1775 by Phillip S. Greenwalt and Robert Orrison, Call Number: 973.3 G816s

The Stretching Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Improving Fitness and Flexibility by Lexie Williamson, Call Number: 613.7 W731s

Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students, Call Number: 686.2 L966t

Tumor by Anna Leahy, Call Number: 616.99 L434t

Twitter (2nd ed.) by Dhiraj Murthy, Call Number: 006.7 M984t

Universe in Creation: A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of Life by Roy R. Gould, Call Number: 570.1 G697u

Weather: A Very Short Introduction by Storm Dunlop, Call Number: 551.6 D922w

We’ll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction (With a New Preface) by Susan Eisenberg, Call Number: 331.4 E362w

Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus by Nigel M de S. Cameron, Call Number: 331.12 C182w

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Children’s

Caldecott Winner – Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell,  Call Number: CL Easy Reading 813.6 C794w

Paul Bunyan by Esther Shephard, Call Number: CL 398.21 S548p

Main Collection

Am I Safe Here?: LGBTQ Teens and Bullying in Schools by Donn Short, Call Number: 371.826 S559a

Arizona Highways Photography Guide: How and Where to Make Great Photographs, Call Number: 778.9 A719a

Armed in America: The History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry by Patrick J. Charles, Call Number: 344.73 C476a

The Amish Cook: Recollections and Recipes from an Old Order Amish Family by Elizabeth Coblentz with Kevin Williams, Call Number: 641.5 C656a

Arithmetic by Paul Lockhart, Call Number: 513.L816a
NOTE: We think in terms of 10, but would it be better to think in terms of 8 or 12? Explore the world with mathematics.

Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do by John Bargh, Call Number: 154.2 B251b

The Big Little Book of Irish Wit and Wisdom, Call Number: 820.8 B592b

Bonnie Iowa Farm Folk: An Authentic Story of Life on an Iowa Farm in the Eighteen Eighties by Janette Stevenson Murray and Janet Murray Fiske, Call Number: 977.702 M982b

Buggies, Blizzards, and Babies by Cora Frear Hawkins, Call Number: 610.92 H393b

Buxton: Work and Racial Equality in a Coal Mining Community by Dorothy Schwieder, Joseph Hraba, and Elmer Schwieder, Call Number: 305.962 S415ba

The Collector’s Dictionary of Glass by E.M. Elville, Call Number: 748.203 E518c

A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi’is by John McHugo, Call Number: 297.8 E361c
NOTE: An in-depth history of split that helps define the Islamic world.

Confessions of an Event Planner: Case Studies from the Real World of Events — How to Handle the Unexpected and How to Be a Master of Discretion by Judy Allen, Call Number: 394.2 A427c

The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered: The First Complete Translation and Interpretation of 50 Key Documents Withheld for Over 35 Years by Robert Eisenman and Michael Wise, Call Number: 296.155 D278d

Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Call Number: 305.42 A235d

Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus by Robert D. Kaplan, Call Number: 956 K175e

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto and the Contest for the Center of the World by Roger Crowley, Call Number: 940.2 C953e

Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do by Jeremy Bailenson, Call Number: 303.48 B154e

A Field Guide to Western Birds by Roger Tory Peterson, Call Number: 598.297 P485

The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google by Scott Galloway, Call Number: 338.7 G174f

The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution by Daniel Raimi, Call Number: 363.11 R153f
NOTE: Here’s a review quote from the back cover, “‘Fracking’ signifies a blessing or a curse depending on who’s saying it. In truth, it’s both. Raimi methodically explores the risks and rewards of a technical revolution that has made the United States the largest producer of oil and gas in the world again.” Mark S. Brownstein, Enviromental Defense Fund

The Freedom Writers Diary: How Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell, Call Number: 305.235 F853f 1999

Freud: The Making of an Illusion by Frederick Crews, Call number: 150.19 F889c
NOTE: Here’s a review quote from the back cover, “…the final nail in the coffin of Sigmund Freud’s misguided career by meticulously documenting his willful descent into psuedoscience. Altogether a fascinating read!” – Frank J. Sulloway

The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West by Dee Brown, Call Number: 978 B877g

Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia by Michael Shermer, Call Number: 202 S5553h

Hippocrene USA Guide to America’s Heartland: A Travel Guide to the Backroads of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri (Rev. ed.) by Tom Weil, Call Number: 977 W422h

A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judasism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong, Call Number: 291.2 A736h

Inscribing the Daily: Critical Essays on Women’s Diaries, Edited by Suzanne L. Bunkers and Cynthia A. Huff, Call Number: 808.84 I591i

The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age by David N. Schwartz, Call Number: 530.092 S399L
NOTE: The father of modern physics, Schwartz knew all people knew about Physics and exploded into a whole new world with so much information and so many theories no one could ever know it all again.

Lords of the Stone: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture by Alistair Macduff and George M. Galpin, Call Number: 730 M139L

Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science Behind the Forecasts by Mark Denny, Call Number: 551.63 D412m

The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America by Rebecca Fraser, Call Number: 974.4 F842m

My Life by Earvin “Magic” Johnson with William Novak, Call Number: 796.323 J668m

New Recipes from Quilt Country: More Food and Folkways from the Amish and Mennonites by Marcia Adams, Call Number: 641.5 A215n

Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua, Call Number: 327 C559p

Reinventing America’s Schools: Creating a 21st Century Education System by David Osborne, Call Number: 371.01 O815r

Rock Drawing so the Coso Range by Campbell Grant, James W. Baird, and J. Kenneth Pringle, Call Number: 732 G761r

Shakespeare: The Globe & the World by S. Schoenbaum, Call Number: 822.3 S365s

Slave Songs of the United States, Compiled by William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware, and Lucy McKim Garrison, Call Number: 781.729 S631s

Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight by Joe Pappalardo, Call Number: 629.4 P218s

Supernormal: The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience by Meg Jay, Call Number: 155.2 J423s

That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (And Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together by Joanne Lipman, Call Number: 305.309 L764t

This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm by Ted Genoways, Call Number: 630.978 G335t

We Have Not a Government: The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution by George William Van Cleve, Call Number: 342.73 V222w

The Widow of the South: A Novel by Robert Hicks, Call Number: 813.6 H631w

Woman of the Prairie by Barbara Oaks, Call Number 978.3 O118w
NOTE: A novel based on her experience in rural South Dakota.

Zapped: From Infrared to X-Rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light by Bob Berman, Call Number: 535.09 B516z

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Children’s Book

Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine by Laurie Wallmark, Call Number: CL 510.92 W214a

Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer by Fiona Robinson, Call Number: CL 510.92 H798r

Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide by Brian A. Fallon and Jennifer Sotsky, Call Number: 616.9 F196c

Goodnight, Numbers by Danica McKellar, Call Number: Easy Reading CL 813.6 M154g
NOTE: Designed to help give children a good feeling about numbers and math.

Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark, Call Number: CL 359.009 H798w
NOTE: A pioneering woman computer programmer who coined the term computer bug.

Adult Books

1177 B.C. The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline, Call Number: 930.1C641o
NOTE: Late Bronze Age civilizations went from booming to near extinction within a couple of decades. Here’s what happened.

After the Cradle Falls: What Child Abuse Is, How We Respond To It, And What You Can Do About It by Melissa Jonson-Reid and Brett Drake, Call Number: 364.15J81a

The Annotated African American Folktales, Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Maria Tatar, Call Number: 398.208 A615

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Man by Jeffrey Kluger, Call Number: 629.45 K667a

The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell, Edited by Harry S. Laver and Jeffrey J. Matthews, Call Number: 355.3 A784

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse, Call Number: 523.01 T994a T994a

Australia: A Cultural History (3rd ed.) by John Rickard, Call Number: 994 R539au

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes by Adam Rutherford, Call Number 611 R975b

Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff by Chip Gaines, Call Number: 650.1 G142c

The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is A Waste of Time and Money by Bryan Caplan, Call Number: 371.01 C244c

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute To His White Mother by James McBride, Call Number 974.7 M119c
NOTE: A man explores his mother’s story, how she was born in Poland, raised in the South, went north, married a black man, and worked to send 12 children to college.

Conquering Lyme Disease: Science Bridges the Great Divide by Brian A. Fallon and Jennifer Sotsky, Call Number: 616.9 F196c

Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism by Marc Arnonson and Marina Budhos, Call Number:770 A769e

The Gift of Failure: How to Step Back and Let Your Child Succeed by Jessica Lahey, Call Number: 649.7 L183g

He Call Me By Lightning: The Life of Caliph Washington and the Forgotten Saga of Jim Crow, Southern Justice, and the Death Penalty by S. Jonathan Bass, Call Number: 305.8 W317b

How Language Began: The History of Humanity’s Greatest Invention by Daniel L. Everett, Call Number: 401 E933h

Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, Call Number: 709.2 L581w

Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice by Sidney Powell, Call Number: 353.465 P886L

The Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James, Call Number: 364.152 J273m

Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris, Call Number 791.45 H315n

Northern Ireland: The Reluctant Peace by Feargal Cochrane, Call Number: 941.608 C663n

Packin’Cats for the Arrr-Meee: Fun on the Farm in the ‘Forties by Geraldine Fromm Schwarz and John Robert Fromm, Call Number: 779.963 S411p

Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum, Call Number: 947.708 A648r

The Republic For Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 by Richard White, Call Number: 973.8 W587r

The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War by J.L. Bell, Call Number: 973.311 B433r

Running From the Mirror: A Memoir by Howard Shulman, Call Number: 362.1 S562r
NOTE: Just 3 days after he was born Howard Shulman contracted an infection that destroyed his face. His parents abandoned him at the hospital and this is his story has he made himself a success.

Running Science: Optimizing Training and Performance, Consultant Editor John Brewer, Call Number: 613.7 R943r

Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World, 1494-1660 by Christopher Duffy, Call Number: 355.44 D858si

Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan, Call Number: 070.5 H141s

Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles by Heather Lende, Call Number: 813.6 L564t
NOTE: A near-fatal bicycle accident has given Lende a few more reasons to consider matters both spiritual and temporal. Her idea of spirituality is rooted in community, and here she explores faith and forgiveness, loss and devotion-as well as raising totem poles, canning salmon, and other distinctly Alaskan adventures.

Tudor Fashion by Eleri Lynn, Call Number: 391 L989t

Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe by Bert S. Hall, Call Number: 355.02 H174w

Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen, Call Number: 320.51 D392w

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, Call Number: 612.8 L563w
NOTE: Includes research about school start times.

The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W. Sandler, Call Number: 910.453 S217w

Sarah Uthoff is a reference library at Kirkwood Community College. LIKE the Kirkwood Community College Library on Facebook and find links to Sarah all over the web at her About Me Profile.

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

The America’s Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Great Cook by America’s Test Kitchen, Call Number: 641.3 S416

Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips, Call Number: 305.8 P562b
NOTE: The unsolved murder of a white woman lead to lynching and the forcible expulsion of the entire African-American community from a county in Georgia. This is the story.

The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien and edited by his son Christopher Tolkien, Call Number: PB TOL

Cook’s Science: How to Unlock Flavor in 50 of Our Favorite Ingredients by Cook’s Illustrated, Call Number:641.5 C773

Dress Code: The Naked Truth about Fashion by Mari Grinde Arntzen, Call Number: 646.4 A767d

The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe CA. 1200 B.C. by Robert Drews, Call Number: 930 D776e

The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease and the End of an Empire by Kyle Harper, Call Number: 937 H294f

History of African Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots by Thomas J. Davis, Call Number: 973 D264h

Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in the Age of Distraction by Derek Thompson, Call Number: 306.3 T469h

Hot X: Algebra Exposed by Danica McKellar, Call Number: 512 M154h

Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte, Call Numbers: 973.916 H789w
NOTE: The story of the only President born in Iowa, so far.

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay, Call Number: 306.4 G285h
NOTE: Gay recounts a childhood sexual assault that led her to purposely gain weight in order to be unseen and therefore “safe.” Gay warns at the beginning of the book that if you’re looking for a triumphant weight loss memoir, this is not it.

I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart, Call Number: 792.702 H325i
NOTE: Born an accident in poverty, today Hart is the biggest comedian in the world.

I’m Fine…And Other Lies by Whitney Cummings, Call Number: 792.7 C971i
NOTE: The comedian and creator of 2 Broke Girls tells stories of her life.

In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer’s by Joseph Jebelli, Call Number: 616.8 J44i

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, Call Number: PB GRA
NOTE: In the 1920s, the Osage found themselves in a unique position among Native Americans tribes. As other tribal lands were parceled out in an effort by the government to encourage dissolution and assimilation of both lands and culture, the Osage negotiated to maintain the mineral rights for their corner of Oklahoma, creating a kind of “underground reservation.” It proved a savvy move; soon countless oil rigs punctured the dusty landscape, making the Osage very rich. And that’s when they started dying.

Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who’s Boss by Danica McKellar, Call Number:512 M154k

Latinos in the United States: What Everyone Needs to Know by Ilan Stavans, Call Number: 973.0046 S798L

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston, Call Number: PB PRE
NOTE: A story of ancient curses, modern technology, a vanished culture….and a stunning medical mystery.

Lou Reed: A Life by Anthony DeCurtis, Call Number: 782.421 R324d
NOTE: As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock.

Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail by Danica McKellar, Call Number: 610 M154m

The Next America: Boomers, Millennials and the Looming Generational Showdown by Paul Taylor and the Pew Research Center, Call Number: 305.209 T245n 2017

Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Michael F. Fay, and Mark W. Chase, Call Number: 580.3 C554p

Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things by M.R. O’Connor, Call Number: 591.68 O187r

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours (3rd ed) by Greg Perry and Dean Miller, Call Number: 005.1 P463s

Student Dress Codes and the First Amendment: Legal Challenges and Policy Issues by Richard Fossey and Todd A. Demitchell, Call Number: 344.73 F752s

The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur by Scott S. Greenberger, Call Number: 973.84 G798u

Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future (3rd ed.), Edited by Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox, Call Number: 320.082 W872

Word of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought, Edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Call Number: 305.48 W924

You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a “Useless” Liberal Arts Education by George Anders, Call Number: 331.702 A544y

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Addicted to Reform: A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education by John Merrow, Call Number: 371.01 M572a

American Prisons: Their Past, Present, and Future by David Musick and Kristine Gunsaulus-Musick, Call Number: 365 M987a

Are You Fully Charged?: The Three Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life by Tom Rath, Call Number: 158.1 R234a

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor, Call Number: 347.732 S718m

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert, Call Number: 153.3 G464b

Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our Word by Andrew Ervin, Call Number: 794.8 E735b

Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus by Vanessa Grigoriadis, Call Number: 371.7 G857b

Boston’s Massacre by Eric hinderaker, Call Number: 973.3 H662b

Caring for People with Dementia: A Shared Approach by Christine Brown Wilson, Call Number: 616.8 W747c

Chicano Popular Culture (2nd ed.) by Charles M. Tatum, Call Number: 973 T221c

Critical Perspectives on the Opioid Epidemic edited by Paula Johanson, Call Number: 362.29 J652c

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Diane Ravitch, Call Number: 370.973 R256d

Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved by Darren Naish and Paul Barrett, Call Number: 567.9 N158d

Down and Out in the New Economy: How People Find (or Don’t Find) Work Today by Ilana Gershon, Call Number: 650.14 G381d

Drug Wars: How Big Pharma Raises Prices and Keeps Generics Off the Market by Robin Feldman and Evan Frondorf, Call Number: 338.4 F312d

Eating to learn, Learning to Eat: The Origins of School Lunch in the United States by A.R. Ruis, Call Number: 371.1 R934e

Enhancing Student Achievement: A Framework for School Improvement by Charlotte Danielson, Call Number: 371.2 D186e

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy by Tim Harford, Call Number: 609 H278f

Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students by Kathleen Cushman, Call Number: 373.11 C986f

Food Allergies: A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life Depends On It by Scott H. Sicherer, Call Number: 616.975 S565f

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World by Reshma Saujani, Call Number: CL 005.102 S255g

Guide to Political Revolution by Bernie Sanders, Call Number: CL 973.932 S215b

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Call Number: 370.82 Y821i

Inside Mrs. B’s Classroom: Courage, Hope, and Learning on Chicago’s South Side by Leslie Badacci, Call Number: 373.236 B175i

Invisible Influence: the Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior by Jonah Berger, Call Number: 302.13 B496i

Juggling: Higher Education Study and Family Life by Louise Webber, Call Number: 378.1 W371j

Language of the spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music by Jan Swafford, Call Number: 781.6 S971L

Making My Pitch: A Women’s Baseball Odyssey by Ila Jane Borders, Call Number; PB BOR

Midwest Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 109 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness by Lisa M. Rose, Call Number 615.3 R796m

Mobilizing the Community to Help Student Succeed by Hugh B. Price, Call Number: 371.19 P945m

The New American Heart Association Cookbook (Revised and Updated – 9th ed), Call Number 641.5 N532a

The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blog, News Releases and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly by David Meerman Scott, Call Number: 658.8 S425n 2017

Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts by Ryan Holiday, Call Number: 381 H7320

Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress by Elizabeth Bucar, Call Number: 297.5 B918p

Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey, Call Number: 636.755 D551p

The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers (2nd ed) by Jane Guskin and David L. Wilson, Call Number: 325.73 G982p

Privacy in the Age of Big Data: Recognizing Threats, Defending Your Rights, and Protecting Your Family by Theresa M. Payton and Theodore Claypoole, Call Number: 005.8 P347p

Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture: Horror films and American Culture by Kendall R. Phillips, Call Number: 791.436 P561p

Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm by Sarah Chaney, Call Number: 616.858 C456p

Raising Government Children: A History of Foster Care and the American Welfare State, Call Number: 362.73 Rgg5r 

The Real Cyber War: The Political Economy of Internet Freedom by Shawn M. Powers and Michael Jablonski, Call Number: 303.48 P888r

The Secret Life of Fat: The Groundbreaking Science On Why Weight Loss Is So Difficult by Sylvia Tara, Call Number: 613.2 T176s

The School and Society — The Child and the Curriculum by John Dewey, Call Number: 370.1 D519s

School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker, Call Number: 370.15 G886s

Secret Service Dogs: The Heroes Who Protect the President of the United States by Maria Goodavage, Call Number: 363.28 G646s

Smart Girls: Success, School, and the Myth of Post-Feminism by Shauna Pomerantz and Rebecca Raby, Call Number: 371.822 P785s

The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson, Call Number: 599.938 W747s

Social Media by Kelli S. Burns, Call Number 302.23 B967s

Taxing Ourselves: A Citizen’s Guide to the Debate Over Taxes (5th ed.) by Joel Slemrod and Jon Bakija, Call Number: 336.2 S632t

Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations by Rick Karlgaard and Michael S. Malone, Call Number: 658.1 K185t

There Are Not Shortcuts by Rafe Esquith, Call Number: 372.11 E77t

That’s Gotta Hurt: The Injuries That Changed Sports Forever by Dr. David Geier, Call Number: 617.1 G312t

Too Fat Too Slutty Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen, Call Number: 371.26 K844t

Tuesday Takes Me There: The Healing Journey of a Veteran and His Service Dog by Luis Carlos Montalván, Bret Witter, and Dan Dion, Call Number: CL Easy Reading 362.4 M763t

Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván and Bret Witter, Call Number: 362.409 M763u

Vaccines: History, Science, and Issues by Tish Davidson, Call Number:615.3D253v

What Color is Your Parachute? 2018: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles, Call Number: 650.14 B691w 2018

Welcome to Fostering: A Guide to Becoming and Being a Foster Carer edited by Andy Elvin and Martin Barrow, Call Number: 362.733 E518w

When Deadly Force is Involved: A Look at the Legal Side of Stand your Ground, Duty to Retreat, and Other Questions of Self-Defense by Bruce M. Lawlor, Call Number: 345.73 L418w

Why Dinosaurs Matter by Kenneth Lacovara, Call Number: 567.9 L145w

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Call Number: ELA 362.733 Title: Learning to Live: A Black Woman’s Journey  Beyond Foster Care Author: Theresa Cameron

Call Number: 071 A545n Title: The News Media: What Everyone Needs to Know Authors: C.W.Anderson, Leonard Downie, and Michael Schudson

Call Number: 152.3 P832L Title: Laterality: Exploring the Enigma of Left-Handedness Author: Clare Porac

Call Number: 153.4 L666f Title: A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age Author: Daniel J. Levitin

Call Number: 303.66 B571d Title: The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War (2nd ed.) Author: Robert Bevan
NOTE: “Attacks on Nimrud and Palmyra, the cracked domes of mosques from Iraq to Bosnia, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on 11 September when architectural totems such as these are targeted for destruction in conflicts more than mere buildings are at stake.”

Call Number: 305.242 D996g Title: Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women Author: Carol Dyhouse

Call Number: 324.273 M145f Title: A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America Author: Michael McGerr

Call Number: 327.73 T583n Title: The Nightingale’s Song Author: Robert Timberg
NOTE:The lives of five Annapolis graduates – John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter – to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America.

Call Number: 332.4 W561n Title: Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters Author: Charles Wheelan

Call Number: 338.064 A281s Title: The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation Authors: Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker

Call Number: 338.476 M471e Title: The End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market Author: Micheline Maynard

Call Number: 346.73 S822L 2015 Title: Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business (14th ed) Author: Fred S. Steingold

Call Number: 363.34 C878h Title: How the World Breaks: Life in Catastrophe’s Path, From the Caribbean to Siberia Authors: Stan Cox and Paul Cox

Call Number: 363.41 G729c Title: Carry A. Nation: Retelling the Life Author: Fran Grace
NOTE: A leading prohibitionist of the 19th century, Nation was best known for openly attacking saloons and bars and using a hatchet to break up bottles and barrels of liquor.

Call Number: 364.1 W259h Title: Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century Author: Jason Morgan Ward

Call Number: 370.11 N553r Title: Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-First Century Authors: Katherine S. Newman and Hella Winston

Call Number: 372.21 C554i Title: The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups Author: Erika Christakis

Call Number: 378.1 M169b Title: Becoming A Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success Authors: Tia Brown McNair, Susan Albertine, Michelle Asha Cooper, Nicolre McDonald, and Thomas Major Jr.

Call Number: 378.3 G621p Title: Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and The Betrayal of the American Dream Author: Sara Goldrick-Rab

Call Number: 510.92 L481h Title: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Author: Margot Lee Shetterly

Call Number: 606.85 D688i Title: In a Different Key: The Story of Autism Authors: John Donvan and Caren Zucker

Call Number: 613 W137h Title: The Hand Book: Surviving in a Germ-Filled World Author: Miryam Z. Wahrman

Call Number: 641.3 S642e Title: Eating History: 30 Turning Points in the Making of America Cuisine Author: Andrew F. Smith

Call Number: 650.1 B675e Title: Enough Author: John C. Bogle
NOTE: The Father of Index Investing and founder of Vanguard shares his own journey, filled with famous characters and telling anecdotes, that aims to teach investors the importance of doing the right thing, how to be a strong leader in today’s world, and what it means to have “enough.

Call Number: 658.1 P152s 2016 Title: The Small Business Start-Up Kit: A Step-by-Step Legal Guide Author: Peri H. Pakroo

Call Number: 937.06 G624p Title: Pax Romana: War, Peace, and Conquest in the Roman World Author: Adrian Goldsworthy

Call Number: 947.086 M996n Title: The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin Author: Steven Lee Myers

Call Number: 956.91 C555c Title: Come, Tell me How You Live Author: Agatha Christie
NOTE: Writing as Agatha Christie Mallowan, her legal name after her second marriage, Christie shares Memories from Archaeological Expeditions in the Mysterious Middle East.

Call Number: 973.73 M984s Title: A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War Authors: Williamson Murray and Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh

Call Number: 973.8 R311 Title: The Reconstruction Era Editors: Robert K. Sutton and John A. Latschar
NOTE: The NPS has been working on bringing more of the story of Reconstruction into their historic sites. They felt that the books they were finding weren’t keeping up with current Reconstruction research and so they published this one themselves.

Call Number: 973.8 T886r Title: The Roughest Riders: The Untold Story of the Black Soldiers in the Spanish-American War Author: Jerome Tuccille

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

 

Call Number: Librarian Collection 302.302 H479m Title: Mobile Social Marketing in Libraries Author: Samantha C. Helmick (from Burlington, Iowa)
NOTE: and useful for other organizations and entities that want to advertise and connect online.

Call Number: ELA 305.896 B874b Title: Brother to Brother: Black Men Speak To Young Black Men Editor: Beth Johnson

Call Number: 153.6 G191n Title: Nonverval Messages Tell More: A Practical Guide to Nonverbal Communication Author: Teri Kwal Gamble and Michael Gamble

Call Number: 302.3 F533a Title: Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray Author: Helen Fisher

Call Number: 302.34 D427b Title: Bully Nation: How the American Establishment Creates a Bullying Society Authors: Charles Derber and Yale R. Magrass

Call Number: 320.01 U73a Title: The Antiegalitarian Mutation: The Failure of Institutional Politics in Liberal Democracies Authors: Nadia Urbinati and Arturo Zampaglione

Call Number: 325 E197 Title: The Economics of Immigration: Market-Based Approaches, Social Science, and Public Policy Editor: Benjamin Powell

Call Number: 305.42 F469f Title: Fifty-One Key Feminist Thinkers Editor: Lori J. Marso

Call Number: 328.73 C641h Title: Hard Choices Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton
NOTE: This is Clinton’s most recent book.

Call Number: 333.793 I545g Title: The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future Author: Gretchen Bakke

Call Number: 363.325 K451g Title: The Girl Who Beat ISIS: My Story Authors: Farida Khalaf and Andrea C. Hoffman

Call Number: 365.709 P341w Title: Why American Prisons Fail: How to Fix Them Without Spending More Money [Maybe Less] Authors: Peyton Paxson and George H. Watson

Call Number: 378.008 I47c Title: College Success for Students With Disabilities: A Guide To Finding and Using Resources, with Real-World Stories Author: Irene Ingersoll

Call Number: 523.1 N273m Title: Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas that Reveal the Cosmos Author: Priyamvada Natarajan

Call Number: 610.23 E711 Title: Emerging Medical Technologies Author: Gennady Ernmak

Call Number: 616.8 I545e Title: The End of Memory: A Natural History of Aging and Alzheimer’s Author: Jay Ingram

Call Number: 616.99 O584o Title: 100 Questions and Answers About Ovarian Cancer (3rd ed.) Authors: Don S. Dizon and Dorinda “Dee” Sparacio

Call Number: 617 H314s Title: Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo: A Surgeon Cuts Through the Evidence Author: Ian Harris

Call Number: 618.1 A439m Title: Menopause Confidential: A Doctor Reveals The Secrets to Thriving Through Midlife Author: Tara Allmen

Call Number: 618.85 O548w Title: Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation Author: Shane O’Mara

Call Number: 647.957 B438f Title: Front of the House: Restaurant Manners, Misbehaviors and Secrets Authors: Jeff Benjamin and Greg Jones

Call Number: 666.109G549g Title: Glassmaking in Ireland: From the Medieval to the Contemporary Editor: John M. Hearne

Call Number: 748.209 F565 Title: 5000 Years of Glass Editor: Hugh Tait

Call Number: 791.43 W583w Title: Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame Author: Mara Wilson

Call Number: 930.3 C112a Title: August 1914: France, the Great War, and a Month That Changed the World Forever Author: Bruno Cabanes Translator: Stephanie O’Hara

Call Number: 937 B368s Title: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Author: Mary Beard

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Call Number: ELA 331.4 C716r Title: Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II Author: Penny Colman

Call Number: ELA 643.52 C716t Title: Toilets, Bathtubs, Sinks, and Sewers: A History of the Bathroom Author: Penny Colman

Call Number: ELA 813.6 A135d Title: Does My Head Look Big in This? Author: Randa Abedel-Fattah

Call Number: ELA 973.3 F853g Title: Give Me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence Author: Russell Freedman

Call Number: 004.67 S163a Title: American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers Author: Nancy Jo Sales

Call Number: 025.8 H224b Title: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts Author: Joshua Hammer

Call Number: 032.02 T468w Title: What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper?: 200 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers Author: Andrew Thompson

Call Number: 133.109 A977h Title: A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters Author: Peter H. Aykroyd, Angela Narth, and Dan Aykroyd (Yes, THAT Dan Aykroyd)

Call Number: 155.4 E573h Title: The Hungry Mind: The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood Author: Susan Engel

Call Number: 302.3 J953t Title: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging Author: Sebastian Junger
NOTE: What can we learn from tribal societies.

Call Number: 303.48 H461m Title: Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art Author: Virginia Heffernan

Call Number: 305.5 V222h Title: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Author: J.D. Vance

Call Number: 320 L965u Title: Uninformed: Why People Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It Author: Arthur Lupia

Call Number: 320.408 L418r Title: Running From Office: Why Young Americans Are Turned Off To Politics Authors: Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox

Call Number: 324.7 C514 Title: Checkbook Elections?: Political Finance in Comparative Perspective Editors: Pippa Norris and Andrea Abel van Es

Call Number: 333.91 S399w Title: Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World Author: Judith D Schwartz
NOTE: One of the big fights of this century will most likely be over water rights.

Call Number: 347.73 G493n Title: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Authors: Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
NOTE: The life of the second female Supreme Court Justice.

Call Number: 362.88 G549L Title: Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus Author: John Glatt

Call Number: 365.973 G687c Title: Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics Author: Marie Gottschalk

Call Number: 378.73 B658a Title: American Higher Education in Crisis?: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Goldie Blumenstyk

Call Number: 379.2 L673d Title: Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools Authors: Amanda E. Lewis and John B. Diamond

Call Number: 579.3 P414h Title: Have Bacteria Won? Author: Hugh Pennington

Call Number: 614.5 M169z Title: Zika: The Emerging Epidemic Author: Donald G. McNeil, Jr.

Call Number: 616.02 C271 Title: Care of the Imminently Dying Editor: Judith A. Paice
NOTE: Aimed at nurses, but a topic more of us need educated about.

Call Number: 616.8 A281d Title: The Dementia Caregiver: a guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders Author: Marc E. Agronin

Call Number: 616.9 K127o Title: One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance Author: Laura Kahn

Call Number: 636.5 M497j Title: The Joy of Keeping Chickens: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun and Profit (2nd ed.) Author: Jennifer Megyesi

Call Number: 658.3 S548b Title: More Than Blended Learning: Designing World-Class Learning Interventions Author: Clive Shepherd
NOTE: This book is for anyone who designs learning interventions for adults and who wants to deliver greater value to the organizations that they serve.

Call Number: 725 P262b Title: Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement Authors: Suzi Parron and Donna Sue Groves

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Call Number: 006.301 K174h Title: Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Author: Jerry Kaplan

Call Number: 158.5 V969n Title: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It Authors: Chris Voss with Tahl Raz

Call Number: 302.34 D339b Title: The Impact on Adult Life and Relationships Author: Ellen Waiser deLara

Call Number: 306.85 F249e Title: The End of American Childhood: A History of Parenting From Life On the Frontier to the Managed Child Author: Paula S. Fass

Call Number: 323.3 M119w Title: Women’s Rights in the USA: Policy Debates and Gender Roles Authors: Dorothy E. McBride and Janine A. Parry

Call Number: 327.73 C584wo Title: Who Rules the World? Author: Noam Chomsky

Call Number: 342.73 O6458L Title: The Law That Changed America: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Author: Margaret Sands Orchowski

Call Number: 344.73 T456d Title: Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women’s Lives at Work Author: Gillian Thomas

Call Number: 352.23 B348a Title: The American Vice Presidency: From the Shadow to the Spotlight Authors: Jody C. Baumgartner with Thomas F. Crumblin

Call Number: 362.17 P128n Title: The Nurse’s Etiquette Advantage: How Professional Etiquette Can Advance Your Nursing Career (2nd ed.) Author: Kathleen D. Pagana

Call Number: 362.29 M697a Title: The Anatomy of Addiction Author: Akikur Mohammad

Call Number: 362.29 P614s Title: Sex Testing: Gender Policing in Women’s Sports Author: Lindsay Parks Pieper

Call Number: 362.82 F513d Title: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault in Popular Culture Author: Laura L. Finley

Call Number: 364.16 M911s Title: Stolen, Smuggled, Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures Author: Nancy Moses

Call Number: 371.04 G724s Title: Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice Author: Nikhil Goyal

Call Number: 613.2 B878b Title: The Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession With Weight — and What We Can Do About It Author: Harriet Brown

Call Number: 614.4 R347c Title: Calling The Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines Author: Jennifer A. Reich

Call Number: 615.3 M597m Title: Medicinal Plants of North America Author: Jim Meuninick

Call Number: 616.85 N817w Title: When Someone You Know Has Depression: Words to Say and Things Do Author: Susan J. Noonan

Call Number: 616.89 H624e Title: 8 Keys to Mental Health Through Exercise Author: Christina G. Hibbert

Call Number: 617. 102 F162L 2014 Title: League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth Authors: Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru

Call Number: 623.74 K923d Title: Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know Author: Sarah E. Kreps

Call Number: 658.041 B689b Title: Bringing a Product to Market From Your Home Author: Gary R. Bronga

Call Number: 701.03 N631f Title: Famous Works of Art: And How They Got That Way Author: John B. Nici

Call Number: 741.5 J765c Title: Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist Author: Chuck Jones
NOTE: Several prominent figures have endorsed this title saying it taught them how to release their creativity.

Call Number: 791.45 R628b Title: Better: How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour Author: Amy Robach

Call Number: 940.542 A182L Title: The Last Zero Fighter: Firsthand Accounts from WWII Japanese Naval Pilots Author: Dan King

Call Number: 972.91 S974c Title: Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know (3rd ed.) Author: Julia E Sweig

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From time to time, when we get a collection of related books into the library we like to share a list on a particular topic, but lately we’ve had some books  come in that are too good not to share, even if they don’t fit with a particular theme. These titles are housed in Cedar Rapids, but you can request them to be delivered to any of the other centers at any time.

Call Number: 001.9 F216u Title: Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea: An Eye-Opening Exploration of Lost Lands, Phantom Ships, and Denizens of the Deep Authors: Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe

Call Number: 362.1 S525p Title: Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond Author: Sonia Shah

Call Number: 152.44 R774s Title: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed Author: Jon Ronson

Call Number: 299.93 H159m Title: Memories of the Branch Davidians: The Autobiography of David Koresh’s Mother Author: Bonnie Haldeman

Call Number: 302.23 T939r Title: Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age Author: Sherry Turkle

Call Number: 303.483 C624s Title: Science for Life: A Manual for Better Living Author: Brian Clegg
NOTE: “How do you make sense of the competing claims that surround every aspect of daily life? How can you really know what will make your life better, or worse? Hard science is the answer, and this manual is here to help you.

Call Number: 305.42 B329e Title: Everyday Sexism Author: Laura Bates

Call Number: 305.42 F191e Title: End of the Patriarchy Author: Gerhard Falk

Call Number: 305.8 K335s Title: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Author: Ibram X. Kendi

Call Number: 306.709 O669g Title: Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape Author: Peggy Orenstein

Call Number: 306.81 T768a Title: All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation Author: Rebecca Traister

Call Number: 324.6 W164f Title: The Fight to Vote Author: Michael Waldman

Call Number: 388.3 V822b Title: The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream Author: Steve Viscelli

Call Number: 362.29 W412d Title: Dear David: Dealing With My Son’s Addiction One Letter at a Time Author: Martha Wegner

Call Number: 364.152 S334m Title: Mass Sootings: Media, Myths, and Realities Authors: Jaclyn Schildkraut and H. Jaymi Elsass

Call Number: 370.15 B658i Title: I Love Learning, I Hate School: An Anthropology of College Author: Susan D. Blum

Call Number: 371.7 L284s Title: School Shooters: Understanding High School, College, and Adult Perpetrators Author: Peter Langman

Call Number: 388.097 K168m Title: Move: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Call Number: 598 A182g Title: The Genius of Birds Author: Jennifer Ackerman
NOTE: This is research about the intelligence and activities of birds around the world.

Call Number: 611 R988m Title: The Mysterious World of the Human Genome Author: Frank Ryan

Call Number: 613.3 T244s Title: Schooled on Fat: What Teens Tell Us About Gender, Body Image, and Obesity Author: Nicole Taylor

Call Number: 614.4 G311a Title: American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles With Disease Author: Stephen H. Gehlbach

Call Number: 615.8 A617h Title: How Music Helps in Music Therapy and Everyday Life Author: Gary Ansdell

Call Number: 620.1 W164r Title: Rust: The Longest War Author: Jonathan Waldman
NOTE: How rust – the kind that destroys metal – costs the US more than $400 billion per year.

Call Number: 636.08 P616r Title: Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets Author: Jessica Pierce

Call Number: 649 M449m Title: Made to Hear: Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children Author: Laura Mauldin

Call Number: PB 741.5 B433d Title: El Deafo Author: Cece Bell

Call Number: 741.602 L581b Title: Becoming a Successful Graphic Designer Author: Neil Leonard

Call Number: 917.404 B916w Title: A Walk in the Woods:Discovering America on the Appalachian Trail Author: Bill Bryson

Call Number: 947.43 P988g Title: Putin Country: A Journey Into the Real Russia Author: Anne Garrels

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