|
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
Ed Conway - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
|
|
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of America's Suburbs
Benjamin Herold - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools. Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Creative Producing: A Pitch-to-Picture Guide to Movie Development
Carol Baum - Allworth
Format: Paperback
|
|
Go behind the scenes with the producer of Father of the Bride to learn all the skills necessary to be a top Hollywood producer. As former co-president of Dolly Parton's production company, Sandollar, and as a successful independent producer, Carol Baum is an expert in the art of film... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Black Ceiling: How Race Still Matters in the Elite Workplace
Kevin Woodson - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A revelatory assessment of workplace inequality in high-status jobs that focuses on a new explanation for a pernicious problem: racial discomfort. America's elite law firms, investment banks, and management consulting firms are known for grueling hours, low odds of promotion, and personnel... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham
David J. Goodwin - Empire State Editions
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A micro-biography of horror fiction's most influential author and his love-hate relationship with New York City.. By the end of his life and near financial ruin, pulp horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft resigned himself to the likelihood that his writing would be forgotten. Today,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto
KOHEI SAITO - Astra House
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary proposal." - Publishers Weekly, (starred review) . "Saito's clarity of thought, plethora of evidence, and conversational, gentle, yet urgent tone . . . are sure to win over... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions
Tom Jones - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Experience all 135 NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts themselves in this spectacularly illustrated volume. With more than 600 photos from the NASA archives, this guide is perfect for fans of space history and spaceflight. NASA's space shuttle... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Hiring Veterans: How To Leverage Military Talent for Organizational Growth
Matthew J. Louis - Career Press
Format: Paperback
|
|
The definitive guide to hiring and retaining members of the military community by the foremost authority on the transition from military to civilian work life.. Hiring Veterans makes the clear case for the value of employing members of today's military community. Veterans represent... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time
Seth D. Kaplan - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover
|
|
This urgent exploration of why American society is in trouble - and how to fix it, starting with the places we call home - is an "essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our nation." (Richard Florida,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
