The Alchemy of Meth: A Decomposition by Jason Pine
The Alchemy of Meth is a nonfiction storybook about St. Jude County, Missouri, a place in decomposition, where the toxic inheritance of deindustrialization meets the violent hope of this drug-making cottage industry.
The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire by Francesca Cartier Brickell
The captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather’s humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon—as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives. (Available for request on Edelweiss and Netgalley)
The Season: A Social History of the Debutante by Kristen Richardson
In this enthralling history of the debutante ritual, Kristen Richardson sheds new light on contemporary ideas about women and marriage. (Available for request on Edelweiss)
The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era by Gareth Russell
In this original and meticulously researched narrative history, the author of the “stunning” (The Sunday Times) Young and Damned and Fair uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought to the Anglo-American world. (Available for request on Edelweiss and Netgalley)
The Art of Paper: From the Holy Land to the Americas by Caroline Fowler
The untold story of how paper revolutionized art making during the Renaissance, exploring how it shaped broader concepts of authorship, memory, and the transmission of ideas over the course of three centuries.
The Real Vampires: Death, Terror, and the Supernatural by Richard Sugg
Respected scholar Richard Sugg reveals the true history of vampires, exploring their cultural origins in a globetrotting tale of superstition, horror and strangeness. Sugg makes seemingly bizarre beliefs, practices and incidents comprehensible by showing in detail how vampires arose from a world of everyday "magic".
The Whole Machinery: The Rural Modern in Cultures of the U.S. South, 1890-1946 by Benjamin S. Child
[Child] exposes the shadow side of the cosmopolitan modern by investigating the rural sources—the laboring bodies and raw materials—that made such urban spaces possible, thus taking a broader survey of landscapes created by the Atlantic world’s histories of uneven development.
The Creative Underclass: Youth, Race, and the Gentrifying City by Tyler Denmead
Tyler Denmead critically examines his role as the founder of New Urban Arts—a nonprofit arts program for young people of color in Providence, Rhode Island—and how despite its success, it unintentionally contributed to Providence's urban renewal efforts, gentrification, and the displacement of people of color.
The World's Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize by Geir Lundestad
Despite all that has been written about the Nobel Peace Prize, this is the first-ever account written by a prominent insider in the Nobel system. (Available for request on Edelweiss)
The Feminist Handbook: Practical Tools to Resist Sexism and Dismantle the Patriarchy by Joanne L. Bagshaw
With this revolutionary feminist self-help guide, readers will find powerful tools they can use every day to combat the effects discrimination and gender inequality, improve self-confidence, build resilience, and actively resist the gendered messages they’ve internalized from living in an openly sexist, patriarchal society. (Available for request on Netgalley)
The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design by Michael Kearns, Aaron Roth
Weaving together innovative research with stories of citizens, scientists, and activists on the front lines, The Ethical Algorithm offers a compelling vision for a future, one in which we can better protect humans from the unintended impacts of algorithms while continuing to inspire wondrous advances in technology. (Available for request on Edelweiss)
The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability by Laura–anne Minkoff–zern
An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming.
Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars by Andrew Rader
From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader—an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager—an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights humans’ insatiable desire to continually push into new and uncharted territory, from civilization’s earliest days to current planning for interstellar travel. (Available for request on Edelweiss and Netgalley)
The Human Edge: How curiosity and creativity are your superpowers in the digital economy by Greg Orme
Innovation guru Greg Orme provides a helpful, funny and supportive shove in the right
direction. He explores the skills you need to survive and thrive in a world of artificial
intelligence. He urges you to stop competing, and instead do things machines can’t.
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton
Dubbing themselves the Mutual Admiration Society, Sayers and her classmates remained lifelong friends and collaborators as they fought for a truly democratic culture that acknowledged their equal humanity. (Available for request on Edelweiss and Netgalley)
Ending the War on Artisan Cheese: The Inside Story of Government Overreach and the Struggle to Save Traditional Raw Milk Cheesemakers by Catherine Donnelly
A prominent food scientist defends the use of raw milk in traditional artisan cheesemaking.
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