America? how could you let this happen?As a career journalist and candidate for vice president of the United States, Pat LaMarche lived in homeless shelters and situations across the nation while campaigning. Her intent was to highlight the plight of folks she cared most about in our society: veterans, babies, kids and their parents, the elderly and the tempest-tossed (to quote Emma Lazarus from the Statue of Liberty). All those folks - she thought - were left out of the discussion during the 2004 election cycle. The book followed in 2005. Fast forward 15 years - Pat has since worked running homeless shelters, fought with the system, crisscrossed the nation multiple times, and directed the kindness of others to help those I identified as needy.This newly expanded book more than doubled the size of the original as Pat shares her experiences from the front lines. Mass sheltering, housing regulations, climate change caused homelessness, epic disasters affecting babies, toddlers, school kids, the working poor, veterans, and the elderly are chronicled - including Hurricane Katrina (where she was stationed as a journalist) and more recently Paradise, California, the site of the deadliest wildfires in California history which rendered 27,000 people homeless in a day. She also examines the coming eviction tsunami. As a bonus, the original 2005 book is also included.

Still Left Out In America: The State of Homelessness in the United States

Business & Money

LaMarche, Pat

Economics

Oxford Southern

According to Pew Research studies, most Americans think religion always conflicts with science. The popular writings of scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Lawrence Krauss reinforce this idea, as do books by writers such as Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennet. Furthermore, the two versions of the enormously popular television show Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan in 1980 and Neil deGrasse Tyson in 2014, present a history of science in which religion has always acted as a barrier to scientific development, with scientists frequently persecuted or even executed for their work.
"Gods, Philosophers, and Scientists" shows that just because an idea is popular, doesn’t mean it’s correct. By examining the historical record from the time of the Ancient Greeks to today, readers are able to see that religion and science have been allies more often than enemies, and when conflict does occur it’s too simplistic to view it as coming from something inherent to either science or religion. Instead, as with the case of Greek philosophy or the reception of Darwinian evolution, complex social forces are to blame, and in cases such as the infamous one of Galileo’s conflict with the Catholic Church, clashing personalities are at least as important as those social forces. Anyone interested in the history of science or religion, who is curious about how science works, or who wants to have a better understanding of the world should read this book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Scott E. Hendrix earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in 2007, specializing in the history of science. Scott started teaching at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, upon graduation, and over the years has taught classes about world, medieval, and early modern history, as well as the history and philosophy of science. Scott has maintained an active research agenda, publishing numerous books, articles, book chapters, and even an encyclopedia on The World’s Greatest Religious Leaders. Growing up, Scott never cared much for history, until in college he learned that history is about understanding why the world is at it is, rather than just the memorization and regurgitation of information. This has led to a life-long passion to communicate that to his students and readers.
In addition to his academic interests, Scott enjoys travel, sometimes with students, sometimes alone, but the best is when he can travel with his wife Kelly. Together they have visited more than a dozen countries in Europe, Central America, and Africa. Scott is also a long-time martial artist, and in his younger and fitter days—way back in 1997—was the Professional Kickboxing Circuit heavyweight champion of Alabama, the state where he was born. These days he lives a quieter life, teaching at Carroll University where he is an Associate Professor of History, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife and a small menagerie of dogs and cats.

Gods, Philosophers, and Scientists: Religion and Science in the West

Religion & Spirituality

Hendrix, Scott E

Religious Studies

Dr. Whatley chronicles the history of the African American Chubb family from North Carolina and Georgia from before the Civil War until the middle of the twentieth century.

The Chubbs: A Free Black Family's Journey from the Antebellum Era to the Mid-1900s

History

Whatley, Clemmie

Americas

Mindful Moods offers teachers a mindful, social emotional learning curriculum for grades 3-5. This curriculum draws from SEL educational standards, addressing emotional and social awareness, an exploration of the impact of emotions on self and our relationships with others, as well as practices of social skills and emotion regulation. It lays the developmentally-appropriate groundwork for integrating mindfulness skills and social emotional learning in each lesson.

Mindful Moods, 2nd Edition: A Mindful, Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for Grades 3-5

Education & Teaching

Kinder, Wynne

Schools & Teaching

This middle grades curriculum draws from SEL educational standards and addresses social and emotional awareness. In these 15 lessons, students will practice mindfulness skills and explore social-emotional competencies throughout the program. Mindful Choices enables teachers to guide and support students' understanding of emotions, choices, and relationships using trauma-informed language and approaches. This curriculum also embeds video links (GoNoodle) throughout to increase engagement and sustainability.

Mindful Choices, 2nd Edition: A Mindful, Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for Grades 6 - 8

Born in rural Alabama in 1900, William Nabors possessed the spirit of wanderlust and the pen of a writer. At age fourteen, he published his first poem. About five years later, he was arrested for bootlegging and fled to the Texas oilfields. In an American odyssey, Nabors tramped the Southwest, worked as a journalist for the Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, sailed the Atlantic Ocean, and settled in New York City, where he owned a book store with literary critic Ralph Adimari. Returning to journalism, Nabors created vignettes about the sights of the Big Apple, reflected on his adventures/travels, and recorded his encounters with an array of Greenwich Village characters including but not limited to novelist Maxwell Bodenheim; hobo Dan O'Brien; poet Vachel Lindsay; and artist Clifford Addams. While his vivid descriptions are captivating, Nabors's letters hold matching value for insight into his gradual mental decline.By the 1940s, Nabors chose topics about spiritualism, psychic phenomena, phantoms, and "hearing voices." Becoming indigent, Nabors became a known figure in the Bowery, especially among the staff members of the Bowery News. His Bohemian lifestyle came to an abrupt end in 1958 when he committed suicide by allowing a taxi to run over him. His death created nationwide headlines: "Bowery Scholar," the "Courtly Panhandler," or his hobo handle --"Alabama Bill."

Alabama Bill and the Bowery

Biographies & Memoirs

Snow, Whitney

Community & Culture

How do you teach art without a classroom? 
Marianne Bickett had been teaching for over 35 years. She thought she’d done it all. 
Enter: the magic art cart. 
Soon, ordinary days are filled with laughter, tears, and magic as she shuttles a grey cart from classroom to classroom and watches it transform into a traveling children’s art gallery. 
This memoir is a bounty of flair and color. Not only a story of discoveries and adventures at an elementary school, it also encompasses personal heartbreak, grief, simple joys, and the wonders of adopting a nearby creek to teach her students, and in turn herself, how to go with the flow. 
The students become the teachers and the teacher becomes the student in this inspirational story of making and teaching art in unexpected circumstances. 
Parents, teachers, and those interested in education get a glimpse into a world that enlightens and delights, a rare look into what flexibility and creativity it takes to be a teacher. This colorful and insightful memoir is an inspiration to rethink daunting problems into infinite possibilities.

Art a la Cart: Memoir of a Wayfaring Art Teacher

Arts & Photography

Bickett, Marianne

Study & Teaching

Armed-encounters expert and police trainer Brian McKenna shares his expertise in a series of gripping stories involving real-life police shootouts. Step into the shoes of police officers who have run toward the sound of gunfire, who have faced attacks by deadly assailants, and who have lived to share the tale. 
But this book is more than just stories about courageous cops. 
Each story is followed by McKenna’s expert analysis of its important learning points, especially concerning how and why the officers use force and the legal aspects of self-defense and the defense of others. In these analyses, McKenna offers insider information on topics that are often misinterpreted by the public. Combining action-packed true crime storytelling and law enforcement analysis, Cops Under Fire! is a spotlight on the the realities of armed encounters and the use of force by police on the brutal streets of America.

Cops Under Fire!: 12 Gripping Stories of Real-Life Police Shootouts (and What to Make of Them)

Politics & Social Sciences

McKenna, Brian

Social Sciences

The epic fight between Nicholas Biddle and Andrew Jackson over the fate of the Second Bank of the United States comes to vivid life in this compelling biography of political intrigue. The battle that culminated in 1837 riveted and polarized the nation. Jackson accused Biddle of treason; Biddle said the president promoted anarchy. Newly discovered Biddle correspondence alters the financier's place in history.

Biddle, Jackson, and a Nation in Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War

Biddle, Cordelia Frances

Historical

In 1906, when Gertrude Stein finished Three Lives, Modern Literature made its first appearance. For years it was mostly confined to small reviews and presses. When a dynamic young writer named Ernest Hemingway, who believed in modernism, wanted to the whole world to read what he wrote, he took Modern Literature into the cultural mainstream.

Unbridled Dreamer (Hemingway and the Rise of Modern Literature)

McLallen, Wylie Graham

Arts & Literature

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