Back Professional & Technical | October Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  New Titles - Professional & Technical
New title highlights is brought to you by New Book Alerts. If you would like to see all new titles for this category, click here
 
Baking Soda for Health: 100 Amazing and Unexpected Uses for Sodium Bicarbonate

Brandon, Britt · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

New in the popular For Health series, a guide to the affordable, all-natural healing, wellness, and beauty benefits of baking soda.Baking soda has been a kitchen staple for generations, but its uses extend far beyond cookie recipes and as refrigerator deodorizers. With its adsorptive and alkaline...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Hands-On STEAM Explorations for Young Learners: Problem-Based Investigations for Preschool to Second Grade

Bemiss, Allison · Prufrock Press
Pages: 153
Format: Paperback

Hands-On STEAM Explorations for Young Learners: Problem-Based Investigations for Preschool to Second Grade will use popular children's nursery rhymes to explore STEAM concepts through hands-on, minds-on investigations. Children ages 4 through 8 and their teachers will love this twist...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

Karen Abbott · Crown
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy"Gatsby-era noir at its best."...
Read More check catalog
 
 
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

Kantor, Jodi · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse for the New York Times, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movementOn October 5, 2017, the New York...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Library Marketing Basics

Mark Polger · RL
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback

Here is an accessible, step-by-step, easy to understand, and hands-on resource for any librarian who is interested in learning basic marketing tips to raise the profile of their library. While other books on library marketing are dense and assume that the library has a full-time marketing...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Spaceport Earth: The Reinvention of Spaceflight

Joe Pappalardo · The Overlook Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Is there a future in orbit? This timely book reveals the state of spaceflight at a crucial juncture in the industry's history.It's the 21st-century and everything about the space industry is changing. Rather than despair over the end of American manned missions and a moribund commercial...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Fresh Faced Makeup: Make Your Own Skincare & Cosmetic Products for Natural Beauty

Brennan, Alex · Pavilion
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Give your cosmetic kit a complete makeover with these glamorous, all-natural makeup and skincare products! Model Alex Brennan is passionate about healthy, environmentally friendly beauty - and she demonstrates how easy it is to handcraft your own cosmetics. Using an arsenal of safe and readily...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Loyal: 38 Inspiring Tales of Bravery, Heroism, and the Devotion of Dogs

Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca · National Geographic
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

This treasury features heartwarming photographs and touching stories of dedicated working dogs who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and proven themselves as true heroes.This special collection of dog stories and photographs features four-legged heroes who have worked side by side...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have

Schlossberg, Tatiana · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From former New York Times Science writer Tatiana Schlossberg comes Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have, a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way climate change and environmental pollution are intimately involved in our everyday...
Read More check catalog
 
 
How to Live in Space: Everything You Need to Know for the Not-So-Distant Future

Stuart, Colin · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

An amusing and informative illustrated guide to life beyond our own planet that covers everything from training for and living in space to the future of space travel and tourismNow that suborbital space tourism is predicted to become a billion-dollar industry in the next ten years and NASA...
Read More check catalog