Sustainability Display at the Bookstore
As Earth Day approaches, we would like to draw your attention to our display of sustainability titles. We have titles that address real energy solutions, examine ethical shopping, give practical suggestions for green living, and much more. Please stop in and browse the books on this important topic. Check out The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis by Greg Pahl for an inspiring vision and specific blueprint for saving the planet. Be the Change You Want to See in the World: 365 Things You Can Do for Yourself and Your Planet by Julie Fisher-McGarry is an information-packed planner for a low-impact lifestyle. The Rough Guide to Climate Change by Robert Henson and The Rough Guide to Shopping with a Conscience by Duncan Clark and Richie Unterberger will certainly enhance your sustainability library.
National Poetry Month
Don’t forget that April is National Poetry Month and all titles in our Poetry department are 20% off through April 30.
New Titles
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe—Stepping up to the challenges of email, this much-needed book helps people use email to their best advantage at work or at home, achieve their goals, and stay out of jail. Send is a survival guide for the digital age, providing the Eight Deadly Sins of Email and Six Essential Types of Email among other wise tidbits, and perhaps most important, how to think before you click “send.”
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy—In this haunting and suspenseful novel of abduction and obsessive love, Gowdy draws on her trademark empathy to create a portrait of love at its most consuming and ambiguous.
The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn’t and Why by Jabari Asim—Asim traces the roots and meanings behind the racial slur and argues that using the word keeps blacks at the bottom of America's socioeconomic ladder. He also proves there is a place for this word in the mouths and on the pens of those who truly understand its twisted history.
New in Paperback
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century by Kevin Phillips
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions by Karen Armstrong