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Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics
Marie Gottschalk · Princeton Univ Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover |
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The huge prison buildup of the past four decades has few defenders today, yet reforms to reduce the number of people in U.S. jails and prisons have been remarkably modest. Meanwhile, a carceral state has sprouted in the shadows of mass imprisonment, extending its reach far beyond the prison... |
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Being Berlusconi: The Rise and Fall from Cosa Nostra to Bunga Bunga
Michael Day · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover |
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People from all walks of life are appalled and fascinated in equal measure by the stratospheric political career of the tycoon and three-time Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.Michael Day provides an in depth look at the life and crimes of the shameless media mogul until his nine... |
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Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?
Mark Thompson · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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There's a crisis of trust in politics across the western world. Public anger is rising and faith in conventional political leaders and parties is falling. Anti-politics, and the anti-politicians, have arrived. In Enough Said, President and CEO of The New York Times Company Mark Thompson... |
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The Conservative Case for Trump
Phyllis Schlafly · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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From Phyllis Schlafly, the woman whose celebrated classic A Choice Not An Echo (over 3 million copies sold) upended the 1964 Republican Convention, comes a persuasive new argument for a surprising conservative choice: Donald Trump.For the first time since 1980, a significant number of Republicans... |
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The new librarianship field guide
R David Lankes · The MIT Press
Pages: 226
Format: Print book |
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This book offers a guide for librarians who see their profession as a chance to make a positive difference in their communities -- librarians who recognize that it is no longer enough to stand behind a desk waiting to serve. R. David Lankes, author of The Atlas of New Librarianship, reminds... |
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23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement
Keramet Reiter · Yale University Press
Pages: 312
Format: Print book |
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How America's prisons turned a "brutal and inhumane" practice into standard procedure Originally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become long-term and common. Prisoners spend twenty-three hours a day in featureless cells, with no visitors... |
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The Accidental Indexer
Nan Badgett · Information Today, Inc.
Format: Paperback |
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With The Accidental Indexer, Nan Badgett has written the definitive guide to the indexing profession. Badgett presents a clear-eyed overview of the field, describes a range of specialties, shares insights from her fellow accidental indexers, and offers a wealth of savvy advice on starting... |
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RDA Essentials
Thomas Brenndorfer · ALA Editions
Pages: 376
Format: Print book |
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This concise guide to cataloging with RDA: Resource Description and Access specifically hones in on the needs of those seeking a simplified path to creating basic RDA records. First describing foundational RDA concepts and vocabulary, Brenndorfer then distills RDA instructions, matching... |
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Sex, Shame, and Violence: A Revolutionary Practice of Public Storytelling in Poor Communities
Kathleen Ann Cash · Vanderbilt University Press
Pages: 213
Format: Print book |
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For more than three decades, Kathleen Cash has lived and worked with impoverished people, learning about their lives. Listening to them talk about their feelings of shame, Cash heard how people suffered from being unable to change what was happening to them--HIV infection, sexual and domestic... |
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How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
John Hope Bryant · Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation HOPE, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy the poor. If we give poor communities the right tools, policies, and inspiration,... |
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Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
Timothy Garton Ash · Yale University Press
Pages: 504
Format: Print book |
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Never in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish almost anything we like and potentially reach an audience of millions. Never was there a time when the evils of unlimited speech flowed so easily across frontiers:... |
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New Methods of Teaching and Learning in Libraries
Ann Whitney Gleason · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 187
Format: Print book |
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New Methods of Teaching and Learning in Libraries is a one-stop introduction to the role of technology in teaching and learning in libraries. Emerging models of library instruction and library support of instruction will be presented. Increasingly, librarians are called upon to partner... |
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