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New NonFiction

Technically Wrong by Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Call Number: TA169.5 .W33 2017

ISBN: 9780393634631

Publication Date: 2017-10-10

Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do, odds are that we can now do it online. But few of us ask why all these digital products are designed the way they are. It's time we change that.
Upstream by Dan Heath
Call Number: HF5386 .H43 2020

ISBN: 9781982134723

Publication Date: 2020-03-03

Upstream probes the psychological forces that push us downstream--including "problem blindness," which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst.
Next Level Basic by Stassi Schroeder
Call Number: BF575.S37 S37 2019

ISBN: 9781982112462

Publication Date: 2019-04-16

Discover how to embrace your best basic self in this laugh-out-loud funny guidebook from the breakout star of Bravo's hit reality show Vanderpump Rules, perfect for fans of the relatable and entertaining books by The Betches and Andi Dorfman.
Fashion, Business, Spirituality by Farah Liz Pallaro
Call Number: GT500 P35 2018

ISBN: 9791220033206

Publication Date: 2018

Maybe you are like me, a fool in love with fashion. At first, fashion is a dream, filled with fabrics, colors, sketches, clothes, and glamorous events. But very soon, you realize that fashion is demanding. There are projects to complete in impossible situations, tight deadlines, sleepless nights, people harshly judging your creativity, egos who seem to care only about themselves.
How to Be an Inclusive Leader by Jennifer Brown
Call Number: HD57.7 .B7656 2019

ISBN: 9781523085170

Publication Date: 2019-08-20

We know why diversity is important, but how do we drive real change at work? Diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown provides a step-by-step guide for the personal and emotional journey we must undertake to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
Making Sense of the College Curriculum by Robert Zemsky; Gregory R. Wegner; Ann J. Duffield
Call Number: LB2361.5 .Z45 2018

ISBN: 9780813595023

Publication Date: 2018-06-08

Readers of Making Sense of the College Curriculum expecting a traditional academic publication full of numeric and related data will likely be disappointed with this volume, which is based on stories rather than numbers. The contributors include over 185 faculty members from eleven colleges and universities, representing all sectors of higher education, who share personal, humorous, powerful, and poignant stories about their experiences in a life that is more a calling than a profession.
Lizzie Borden on Trial by Joseph A. Conforti
Call Number: KF223.B6 C66 2015

ISBN: 9780700620715

Publication Date: 2015-06-08

Most people could probably tell you that Lizzie Borden "took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks," but few could say that, when tried, Lizzie Borden was acquitted, and fewer still, why.
The Science of Monsters by Matt Kaplan
Call Number: GR825 .K357 2013

ISBN: 9781451667998

Publication Date: 2013-10-08

From the mythical beasts of ancient Greece to the hormonal vampires of the Twilight saga, monsters have captivated us for millennia. Matt Kaplan, a noted science journalist and monster-myth enthusiast, employs an entertaining mix of cutting-edge research and a love of lore to explore the history behind these fantastical fictions and our hardwired obsession with things that go bump in the night.
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2019 by Harvard Business Review; Thomas H. Davenport; Marco Iansiti; Michael E. Porter; Joan C. Williams
Call Number: HD31.2 .H367 2019

ISBN: 9781633696426

Publication Date: 2018-11-06

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.
Change Management for Library Technologists by Courtney McAllister
Call Number: Z678.9 .M387 2019

ISBN: 9781538118696

Publication Date: 2019-08-22

Technology has transformed how libraries, archives, and museums store and display their collections, engage with their users, and serve their communities. The pressure to implement new technologies is constant, but technology that isn't truly useful to users, staff, and stakeholders can represent a huge investment of time and money that yields little reward.
Working with Bitches by Meredith Fuller
Call Number: HF5549.5.E42 F85 2013

ISBN: 9780738216584

Publication Date: 2013-03-26

Let's face it, ladies: there are plenty of nasty, manipulative, and destructive women in the workplace who fly under the radar while ruthless alpha males get all the bad press. In Working with Bitches, psychologist Meredith Fuller offers practical advice on how to recognize and manage difficult women at work.
The Trouble with Testosterone by Robert M. Sapolsky
Call Number: QP360 .S268 1998

ISBN: 9780684838915

Publication Date: 1998-04-24

In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks, Robert Sapolsky offers a sparkling and erudite collection of essays about science, the world, and our relation to both.
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
Call Number: TS171.4 .N67 2013

ISBN: 9780465050659

Publication Date: 2013-11-05

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious -- even liberating -- book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. .
#Republic by Cass R. Sunstein (Afterword by)
Call Number: HM851 .S869 2017

ISBN: 9780691180908

Publication Date: 2018-04-03

A revealing account of how today's Internet threatens democracy--and what can be done about it.
Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep Tufekci (Contribution by)
Call Number: HM742 .T84 2017

ISBN: 9780300234176

Publication Date: 2018-04-24

A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges.
Competing in the Age of AI by Marco Iansiti; Karim R. Lakhani
Call Number: Q335 .I323 2020

ISBN: 9781633697621

Publication Date: 2020-01-07

AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani show how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have restricted business growth for hundreds of years.
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble
Call Number: ZA4230 .N63 2018

ISBN: 9781479837243

Publication Date: 2018-02-20

A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms.
What's Your Pronoun? by Dennis Baron
Call Number: P279 .B37 2020

ISBN: 9781631496042

Publication Date: 2020-01-21

Addressing one of the most pressing cultural questions of our generation, Dennis Baron reveals the untold story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular-they.
How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter
Call Number: JC495 .D55 2019

ISBN: 9781635573794

Publication Date: 2019-12-03

A sweeping and timely study of twentieth-century dictators and the development of the modern cult of personality.
The Passion Economy by Adam Davidson
Call Number: HC59.3 .D38 2020

ISBN: 9780385353526

Publication Date: 2020-01-07

Contrary to what you may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson--one of our leading public voices on economic issues-- the twenty-first-century economic paradigm offers new ways of making money, fresh paths toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love with their careers.
Super Pumped by Mike Isaac
Call Number: HE5620.R53 I83 2019

ISBN: 9780393652246

Publication Date: 2019-09-03

A New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic story of Uber, the Silicon Valley startup at the center of one of the great venture capital power struggles of our time.
The Fire Is upon Us by Nicholas Buccola
Call Number: E185.615 .B77 2019

ISBN: 9780691181547

Publication Date: 2019-10-01

On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America's most influential conservative intellectual. How the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divide
Northland by Porter Fox
Call Number: F551.F75 2018

ISBN: 9780393248852

Publication Date: 2018-07-03

America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans.
The Politics of Petulance by Alan Wolfe
Call Number: JC574.2.U6 W67 2018

ISBN: 9780226555164

Publication Date: 2018-10-03

How did we get into this mess? Every morning, many Americans ask this as, with a cringe, they pick up their phones and look to see what terrible thing President Trump has just said or done. Regardless of what he's complaining about or whom he's attacking, a second question comes hard on the heels of the first: How on earth do we get out of this?
Fidelity and Constraint by Lawrence Lessig
Call Number: KF4550.L44 2019

ISBN: 9780190945664

Publication Date: 2019-05-01

The fundamental fact about our Constitution is that it is old - the oldest written constitution in the world. The fundamental challenge for interpreters of the Constitution is how to read that old document over time.
Creative Confidence by David Kelley; Tom Kelley
Call Number: HD53 .K4534 2013

ISBN: 9780385349369

Publication Date: 2013-10-15

In an incredibly entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, the Stanford school, and with many of the world's top companies, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, and allow us to innovate in terms of how we approach and solve problems.
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
Call Number: HG4027.7 .M53 2017

ISBN: 9780735214149

Publication Date: 2017-02-21

Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Call Number: DA125.A1 E33 2017

ISBN: 9781408870587

Publication Date: 2017

Award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge was frustrated with the way that discussions of race and racism are so often led by those blind to it, by those willfully ignorant of its legacy. Her response, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has transformed the conversation both in Britain and around the world.
A Very Stable Genius by Carol Leonnig; Philip Rucker
Call Number: E912 .R83 2020

ISBN: 9781984877499

Publication Date: 2020-01-21

Washington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and White House bureau chief Philip Rucker, both Pulitzer Prize winners, provide the definitive insider narrative of Donald Trump's unique presidency with shocking new reporting and insight into its implications.

New NonFiction

How to Get Your Ex Back in 25 Days by Veronica Isles
Call Number: HQ801 I85 2016

ISBN: 9781520172590

Publication Date: 2016-12-17

Learn how to effectively reconcile with an ex after a breakup. It doesn't matter how long it's been, or how bad things ended. You can change the situation for the better, through using proven Law of Attraction techniques. This will not only better the situation, but also better your life as well! Start living life to the fullest, and get your ex back!
The American Governor from Figurehead to Leader by Leslie Lipson; Marshall Edward Dimock (Introduction by)
Call Number: JK2447 .L5 1938

ISBN: 9781258398040

Publication Date: 2012-06-01

A study of the development of state government in America.
Super Charge Your Learning by Richard J. Giordano
Call Number: LB1060 .G5525 2015

ISBN: 9781475813074

Publication Date: 2014-12-08

Athletes want to be bigger-faster-stronger. Make your child that kind of learner: learn bigger quantities of information, learn faster, hold onto what's learned longer.
Why Knowledge Matters by E. D. Hirsch
Call Number: LB1570 .H57 2016

ISBN: 9781612509525

Publication Date: 2016-09-20

In Why Knowledge Matters, influential scholar E. D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences.
Handwriting in America by Tamara P. Thornton
Call Number: Z40 .T46 1996

ISBN: 9780300074413

Publication Date: 1998-05-25

Copybooks and the Palmer method, handwriting analysis and autograph collecting--these words conjure up a lost world, in which people looked to handwriting as both a lesson in conformity and a talisman of individuality. In this engaging history, ranging from colonial times to the present, Tamara Plakins Thornton explores the shifting functions and meanings of handwriting in America.
Working with You Is Killing Me by Katherine Crowley; Kathi Elster
Call Number: HF5548.8 .C76 2007

ISBN: 9780446698498

Publication Date: 2007-03-14

Two well-respected management experts deliver an authoritative manual that provides valuable insights for turning conflicts in the workplace into productive working relationships.
The Future of Feeling by Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips
Call Number: HM851 .P516 2020

ISBN: 9781542041850

Publication Date: 2020-02-01

An insightful exploration of what social media, AI, robot technology, and the digital world are doing to our relationships with each other and with ourselves.
The Vibrant Workplace by Paul E. White; Gary Chapman (Foreword by)
Call Number: HD57.7 .W4585 2017

ISBN: 9780802415035

Publication Date: 2017-04-04

Dr. Paul White wrote The Vibrant Workplace to give workplace leaders a thorough understanding of the most common obstacles to building a positive workplace. Not only will they learn the issues underlying those challenges, but they'll gain the tools and strategies needed to overcome them.
The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell by Paul Smith
Call Number: HD57.7 .S6489 2019

ISBN: 9781492680260

Publication Date: 2019-08-01

As a manager, CEO, or team leader, how can you innovatively engage your employees so that they understand where your organization came from, where it's going, and how you're going to get there? How can you connect with your customers in a way that makes them believe in your company as passionately as you do?
Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
Call Number: HC79.P6 E89 2018

ISBN: 9781250074317

Publication Date: 2018-01-23

Since the dawn of the digital age, decision-making in finance, employment, politics, health and human services has undergone revolutionary change. Today, automated systems--rather than humans--control which neighborhoods get policed, which families attain needed resources, and who is investigated for fraud. While we all live under this new regime of data, the most invasive and punitive systems are aimed at the poor.
Old Books and New Histories by Leslie Howsam
Call Number: Z4 .H69 2006

ISBN: 9780802094384

Publication Date: 2006-09-16

Studies in the culture and history of the book are a burgeoning academic specialty. Intriguing, rigorous, and vital, they are nevertheless rooted within three major academic disciplines - history, literary studies, and bibliography - that focus respectively upon the book as a cultural transaction, a literary text, and a material artefact.
Give People Money by Annie Lowrey
Call Number: HC79.I5 .L69 2018

ISBN: 9781524758769

Publication Date: 2018-07-10

A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income--a stipend given to every citizen--and why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology.
Why Are We Yelling? by Buster Benson
Call Number: BF637.I48 B46 2019

ISBN: 9780525540106

Publication Date: 2019-11-19

Have you ever walked away from an argument and suddenly thought of all the brilliant things you wish you'd said? Do you avoid certain family members and colleagues because of bitter, festering tension that you can't figure out how to address?
Make Time by Jake Knapp; John Zeratsky
Call Number: BF637.T5 K63 2018

ISBN: 9780525572428

Publication Date: 2018-09-25

Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, "The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!" or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I'll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that's exactly what we do. Why?
Dressed for a Dance in the Snow by Monika Zgustová; Julie Jones (Translator)
Call Number: HV9712.5 .Z4813 2020

ISBN: 9781590511770

Publication Date: 2020-02-04

The pain inflicted by the gulags has cast a long and dark shadow over Soviet-era history. Zgustova's collection of interviews with former female prisoners not only chronicles the hardships of the camps, but also serves as testament to the power of beauty in the face of adversity.
The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman
Call Number: HG172.S56 Z83 2019

ISBN: 9780735217980

Publication Date: 2019-11-05

The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm--and made $23 billion doing it.
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E184.A1 K344 2019

ISBN: 9780525509288

Publication Date: 2019-08-13

In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas--from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilites--that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their posionous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.
The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler
Call Number: LB1576 .W4848 2019

ISBN: 9780735213555

Publication Date: 2019-08-06

The untold story of the root cause of America s education crisis and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty.
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
Call Number: HN90.P57 K54 2020

ISBN: 9781476700328

Publication Date: 2020-01-28

America's political system isn't broken. The truth is scarier: it's working exactly as designed. In this book, journalist Ezra Klein reveals how that system is polarizing us--and how we are polarizing it--with disastrous results.
The Joy of Work by Bruce Daisley
Call Number: HF5386 .D35 2019

ISBN: 9781847942470

Publication Date: 2019

From the creator of hit podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat comes a revolutionary re-envisioning of how to enjoy your job.
The Meaning Revolution by Fred Kofman; Reid Hoffman (Foreword by)
Call Number: HF5549.5.M63 K595 2017

ISBN: 9781524760731

Publication Date: 2018-05-01

Advisor of Leadership at Google and former vice president of leadership at LinkedIn claims that the biggest driver of motivation is the chance to serve a larger purpose beyond our careers and ourselves, rather than salary, benefits, bonuses, or other material incentives; companies that are able to successfully focus their people, their teams, and their culture around meaning outperform their competition.
The Known Citizen by Sarah E. Igo
Call Number: BF637.P74 I38 2018

ISBN: 9780674737501

Publication Date: 2018-05-07

Every day, Americans make decisions about their privacy: what to share and when, how much to expose and to whom. Securing the boundary between one's private affairs and public identity has become a central task of citizenship. How did privacy come to loom so large in American life?
The Threat by Andrew G. McCabe
Call Number: HV8144.F43 M388 2019

ISBN: 9781250207579

Publication Date: 2019-02-19

On March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more than two decades, Andrew G. McCabe was fired from his position as deputy director of the FBI. President Donald Trump celebrated on Twitter.
The Four by Scott Galloway
Call Number: HD9999.I492 G35 2017

ISBN: 9780735213654

Publication Date: 2017-10-03

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. ;Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong.
User Friendly by Cliff Kuang; Robert Fabricant
Call Number: TS171.4.K83 2019

ISBN: 9780374279752

Publication Date: 2019-11-19

Spanning over a century of sweeping changes, from women's rights to the Great Depression to World War II to the rise of the digital era, this book unpacks the ways in which the world has been--and continues to be--remade according to the principles of the once-obscure discipline of user-experience design.
The Joy of Syntax by June Casagrande
Call Number: PE1365.C37 2018

ISBN: 9780399581069

Publication Date: 2018-07-24

When it comes to grammar, it seems like everyone--even die-hard word nerds--feel they "missed something" in school. The Joy of Syntax picks up where sixth grade left off, providing a fresh foundation in English syntax served up by someone with an impressive record of making this otherwise inaccessible subject a true joy.
Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
Call Number: DA125.A1 A53 2019

ISBN: 9781473661233

Publication Date: 2018

Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.
You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy
Call Number: BF323.L5 M87 2020

ISBN: 9781250297198

Publication Date: 2020-01-07

At work, we're taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our politicians. We're not listening. And no one is listening to us.
Kill Reply All by Victoria Turk
Call Number: TK5105.878 .T87 2020

ISBN: 9780593086193

Publication Date: 2020-01-07

Want to Marie Kondo your digital life and develop a more tactful approach to technology? By a leading tech and digital culture journalist, Kill Reply All is a guide to tidying it all up.

New NonFiction

Getting Inside Your Head by Lisa Zunshine
Call Number: PN56.P93 Z86 2012

ISBN: 9781421406169

Publication Date: 2012-09-03

Cognitive scientists have a special term for the evolved cognitive adaptation that makes us attribute mental states to other people through observation of their body language; they call it theory of mind. Getting Inside Your Head uses research in theory of mind to look at movies, musicals, novels, classic Chinese opera, stand-up comedy, mock-documentaries, photography, and reality television.
The New Academic Librarian by Rebeca Peacock (Editor); Jill Wurm (Editor)
Call Number: Z682.4.C63 N48 2013

ISBN: 9780786471539

Publication Date: 2013-12-16

The new essays on today's academic librarians examine above all their functions and responsibilities--since these have greatly changed just in recent years, especially in matters of technology. These librarians/essayists step away from yesterday's stereotypes and explain at length their new roles.
Fancy AF Cocktails by Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Ariana Madix; Tomás F. Summers Sandoval; Danny Pellegrino (Contribution by)
Call Number: TX951 .M18 2019

ISBN: 9780358171713

Publication Date: 2019-12-03

The long-awaited cocktail book from Vanderpump Rules stars Ariana and Tom is finally here!
Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education by Nathan D. Grawe
Call Number: LA227.4 .G736 2018

ISBN: 9781421424132

Publication Date: 2018-01-01

Higher education faces a looming demographic storm. Decades-long patterns in fertility, migration, and immigration persistently nudge the country toward the Hispanic Southwest. As a result, the Northeast and Midwest--traditional higher education strongholds--expect to lose 5 percent of their college-aged populations between now and the mid-2020s. Furthermore, and in response to the Great Recession, child-bearing has plummeted.
Break the Wheel by Jay Acunzo
Call Number: HF5386 .A286 2018

ISBN: 9781544501055

Publication Date: 2018-09-27

With a diverse range of real-world stories, Break the Wheel offers a simple but powerful way to think for yourself when surrounded by conventional thinking. Along the way, Acunzo offers six fundamental questions to ask in any situation to start making the best possible decisions, regardless of the best practice. Stop relying on generic advice. With this book, say goodbye to average work and hello to doing your best.
Platform Scale by Sangeet Paul Choudary
ISBN: 9789810967581

Publication Date: 2015

Over the last decade or so, we're seeing the emergence of a new form of scale. Today's massively scaling startups - which rapidly grow to millions of users and billions in valuation - do not sell a product or service. Instead, they build a platform on which others can create and exchange value. The many manifestations of the platform business model - social media, the peer economy, cryptocurrencies, APIs and developer ecosystems, the Internet of things, crowdsourcing models, and many others - are becoming increasingly relevant.
Strangers, Gods and Monsters by Richard Kearney
Call Number: BD236 .K43 2003

ISBN: 9780415272582

Publication Date: 2002-11-12

Strangers, Gods and Monsters is a fascinating look at how human identity is shaped by three powerful but enigmatic forces. Often overlooked in accounts of how we think about ourselves and others, Richard Kearney skilfully shows, with the help of vivid examples and illustrations, how the human outlook on the world is formed by the mysterious triumvirate of strangers, gods and monsters..
Monster Theory by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (Editor)
Call Number: PN56 .M55 1996

ISBN: 9780816628551

Publication Date: 1996-11-15

We live in a time of monsters. Monsters provide a key to understanding the culture that spawned them. So argue the essays in this wide-ranging and fascinating collection that asks the question: What happens when critical theorists take the study of monsters seriously as a means of examining our culture?
Mean People Suck by Michael Brenner
Call Number: HF5549.5.E42 B74 2019

ISBN: 9780997050837

Publication Date: 2019-11-01

Michael Brenner's Mean People Suck uses real-life experience and proven research to show why instead of blaming others, we can look inside ourselves, and learn how to use empathy to defeat "mean" in every situation.
Emotional Design by Donald A. Norman
Call Number: BF531 .N67 2004

ISBN: 9780465051366

Publication Date: 2005-05-11

Emotions are inseparable from how we humans think, choose, and act. In Emotional Design, cognitive scientist Don Norman shows how the principles of human psychology apply to the invention and design of new technologies and products.
Vodka Is Vegan by Matt Letten; Phil Letten
Call Number: TX392 .L4927 2018

ISBN: 9780143129738

Publication Date: 2018-06-05

Think you could never go vegan? Think again. As this smart, funny and persuasive manifesto makes clear, you're already 90% vegan anyway.
Lifescale by Brian Solis
Call Number: BF323.D5 S65 2019

ISBN: 9781119535867

Publication Date: 2019-03-06

Somewhere along the way, we got distracted. As much as we multitask, love our devices and feel like we're in control, deep down we know that something is off. Shortened attention spans, declines in critical thinking, lack of sleep, self-doubt and decreased creativity are just some of the effects coming to light in an age of digital distraction. It's time to reclaim our lives.
Sprint by Jake Knapp; John Zeratsky; Brad Kowitz
Call Number: HD30.29 .K63 2016

ISBN: 9781501121746

Publication Date: 2016-03-08

"Sprint" offers a transformative formula for testing ideas that works whether you're at a startup or a large organization. Within five days, you ll move from idea to prototype to decision, saving you and your team countless hours and countless dollars.
Reboot by Jerry Colonna
Call Number: BF637.L4 C577 2019

ISBN: 9780062749536

Publication Date: 2019-06-18

One of the start-up world's most in-demand executive coaches--hailed as the "CEO Whisperer" (Gimlet Media)--reveals why radical self-inquiry is critical to professional success and healthy relationships in all realms of life.
The Business of Platforms by Michael A. Cusumano; Annabelle Gawer; David B. Yoffie
Call Number: HD45 .C87 2019

ISBN: 9780062896322

Publication Date: 2019-05-07

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies.
One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson; John Lewis (Foreword by, Introduction by); Dick Durbin (Foreword by, Introduction by)
Call Number: JK1924 .A54 2018

ISBN: 9781635571370

Publication Date: 2018-09-11

The startling history of voter suppression in America, from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the present-day rise of legislated voter discrimination, and the forces that are fighting back.
The Likeability Trap by Alicia Menendez
Call Number: HQ1390 .M46 2019

ISBN: 9780062838766

Publication Date: 2019-11-05

Be nice, but not too nice. Be successful, but not too successful. Just be likeable. Whatever that means? Women are stuck in an impossible bind.
Inspired by Marty Cagan
Call Number: HF5415.157 .C34 2017

ISBN: 9781119387503

Publication Date: 2017-12-04

How do today's most successful tech companies--Amazon, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Tesla--design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world?
Sexual Citizens by Jennifer S. Hirsch; Shamus Khan
Call Number: LB2345.3.R37 H57 2020

ISBN: 9781324001706

Publication Date: 2020-01-14

A groundbreaking study that transforms how we see and address the most misunderstood problem on college campuses: widespread sexual assault.
Slaying Goliath by Diane Ravitch
Call Number: LB2806.36 .R385 2020

ISBN: 9780525655374

Publication Date: 2020-01-21

From one of the foremost authorities on education and the history of education in the United States, "whistleblower extraordinaire" (The Wall Street Journal), former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education: an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, activists--citizens--are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are privatizing America's public schools.
Wit's End by James Geary
Call Number: PN6147.G43 2019

ISBN: 9780393254945

Publication Date: 2018-11-13

Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns are the highest form of wit.
The Curse of Bigness by Tim Wu
Call Number: KF1649.W88 2018

ISBN: 9780999745465

Publication Date: 2018-11-13

We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms -- big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called the "curse of bigness" can no longer remain the province of specialist lawyers and economists, for it has spilled over into policy and politics, even threatening democracy itself.
Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Call Number: HM479.C68 A3 2019

ISBN: 9781620974360

Publication Date: 2019-01-08

In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that is right and much that is wrong with this thing we call society.
Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz (Memoir by)
Call Number: HD2341.M524 2018

ISBN: 9780525534013

Publication Date: 2018-08-21

What if instead your business could run itself, freeing you to do what you love when you want, while it continues to grow and turn a profit? It's possible.
Talk Triggers by Jay Baer; Daniel Lemin
Call Number: HF5827.95 .B33 2018

ISBN: 9780525537274

Publication Date: 2018-10-02

Word of mouth is directly responsible for 19% of all purchases, and influences as much as 90%. Every human on earth relies on word of mouth to make buying decisions. Yet even today, fewer than 1% of companies have an actual strategy for generating these crucial customer conversations.
Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
Call Number: DA125.A1 H535 2018

ISBN: 9781784705039

Publication Date: 2019-01-01

You're British. Your parents are British. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking where you're from?
Jumping the Abyss by Mark Wayne Nelson
Call Number: HC106.3 .N457 2017

ISBN: 9781607815556

Publication Date: 2017-05-30

Mark Wayne Nelson details the efforts of one of America's most underappreciated public servants. In 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Marriner S. Eccles, a Mormon from Utah, to join his administration.
Franchise by Marcia Chatelain
Call Number: TX945.3 .C46 2020

ISBN: 9781631493942

Publication Date: 2020-01-07

From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America.

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