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From Gutenberg to Google and on to AI : the history of our future
Wheeler, Tom,
Paper Book
Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing today In an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions--in communications, business, and many areas of daily life--are...
Our kindred creatures : how Americans came to feel the way they do about animals
Wasik, Bill,
Paper Book
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the...
The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth
Schlanger, Zoë,
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New Yorker's Best Books of 2024 * TIME's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 * New York Magazine's 10 Best Books of the Year * Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 * Smithsonian's 10 Best Science Books of the Year * ...
DIY thrift flip : sewing techniques for transforming old clothes into fun, wearable fashions
Yang, April,
Paper Book
Flip it, Make it, Love it! In DIY Thrift Flip: Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes into Fun, Wearable Fashions, expert thrift flipper April Yang, aka Coolirpa, gives you the ultimate guide to turning secondhand finds into trendy, one-of-a-kind fashions. 
Lies that kill : a citizen's guide to disinformation
Kamarck, Elaine C.,
Paper Book
"Writing in a clear and comprehensive writing style, [the authors] show how the U.S. political, social, and economic environments make disinformation believable to large numbers of people and difficult to stop or prevent." - Library Journal, Starred Review "Everyone,...
Heavy : an American memoir
Laymon, Kiese,
Paper Book
*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times* *Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal...
Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world
Applebaum, Anne,
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, Foreign...
Malcolm before X
Parr, Patrick,
Paper Book
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 A Spectator Best Book of the Year Finalist for the 2025 ASALH Book Prize Drawing upon interviews, correspondence, and nearly 2000 pages of...
They just need to get a job : 15 myths on homelessness
Brosnahan, Mary,
Paper Book
"Readers will come away infuriated, with a greater understanding of the systemic causes of homelessness, and with more compassion for their homeless neighbors. Essential reading for any community affected by homelessness (which is all of them)." -Booklist, Starred Review ...
A dangerous idea : the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools
Levy, Debbie,
Paper Book
One hundred years ago, a small-town science teacher ignited a nationwide debate over what students should learn in school--and who should decide. * "Compelling." -School Library Journal, starred review * "Timely." -Booklist, starred review
A passionate mind in relentless pursuit : the vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
Rooks, Noliwe,
Paper Book
An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America's towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberation When Mary McLeod Bethune died, tributes in newspapers...
The only woman in the room : Golda Meir and her path to power
Lahav, Pnina,
Paper Book
A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel In this authoritative and empathetic biography, Pnina Lahav reexamines the life of Golda Meir (1898-1978) through a feminist lens, focusing on her recurring role as a woman standing alone among men....
The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade
Durkin, Hannah,
Paper Book
NAMED A TOP BOOK OF 2024 BY AMAZON AND WASHINGTON POST "The Survivors of the Clotilda, a comprehensive account of one of the most important parts of American history, is a triumph."--Booklist (starred review) "A welcome history of defiance and survival."--Kirkus Reviews ...
Into the great wide ocean : life in the least known habitat on Earth
Johnsen, Sönke,
Paper Book
A seagoing scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on Earth The open ocean, far from the shore and miles above the seafloor, is a vast and formidable habitat that is home to the most abundant life on our planet, from giant squid and...

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