Posts from the ‘Technology’ Category

New Books

• Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America / Ibram X. Kendi
  "A comprehensive history of anti-black racism focuses on the lives of five major players in American history, including Cotton Mather and Thomas Jefferson, and highlights the debates that took place between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists"-- NoveList
• The problem with everything : my journey through the new culture wars / Meghan Daum
  "A book blending memoir, reporting, and argument, which drills past the obvious political opinions of our moment in an attempt to make sense of our social and political landscape, particularly with regards to feminism and the various layers of the Trump Resistance movement"-- Provided by publisher
• Kaizen : the Japanese secret to lasting change : small steps to big goals / Sarah Harvey
  "Kaizen-the Japanese way to create lasting change by making big goals into small, approachable steps-made waves first in the business world by launching Toyota to success. Now in this gorgeously photographed guide, Sarah Harvey unlocks kaizen's amazing potential to enhance our everyday lives. Kaizen is the key to improving our health, work, finance […]
• Christianity in Appalachia : profiles in regional pluralism / edited by Bill J. Leonard
• The lost art of Scripture : rescuing the sacred texts / Karen Armstrong
  "Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture--the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions--may not be immediately obvious in our secular world but its misun […]