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New Stuff Tuesday – May 31, 2016

Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class Will Transform America by Tamara Draut HD8072.5 .D73 2016 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Tamara Draut’s latest work outlines the evolution of working class Americans over the past 50 years. While the core of … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – April 19, 2016

Dog Whistle Politics how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class by Ian Haney Lopez E185.615 .H278 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor In Ian Haney Lopez’s work, we learn that the words we use matter a … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 8, 2016

U.S. Latinos and Criminal Injustice by Lupe S. Salinas KF4757.5.L38 S35 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor As of July 2014, Latinos made up roughly 17.4% of the U.S. population and growing. While Latinos do make up the largest group of … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 6, 2015

America’s Public Lands: From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond by Randall K. Wilson HD216 .W48 2014 New Arrivals , 2nd Floor In this book, Wilson concisely explains the past, present, and future of public lands in the United States. … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 22

It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism by Thomas Mann & Norman Ornstein JK 275 .M27 2012 New Arrivals, 2nd floor With the Presidential inauguration yesterday, all eyes are … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – June 19

Corn Palaces & Butter Queens: A History of Crop Art & Dairy Sculpture by Pamela Simpson NA6750 .A2 U6 2012 New Arrivals, 2nd floor When I was younger, I had the [mis?]fortunate of taking a cross-country road trip with my … Continue reading

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Al-Qaida Ten Years Later

While the United States has been at war during the past 10 years fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, this book chronicles the proceedings of a conference held by the Marine Corps University attempt to “comprehend the multidimensional aspects of Al-Qaida’s … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – February 2

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan E757 .E325 2009 New Book Island, 2nd floor Usually when you hear of a fire, big or small, you think of complete devastation, right? This week’s … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – July 28

Al’ America: Travels Through America’s Arab and Islamic Roots By Jonathan Curiel E169.1 .C853 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor They don’t call the America the “melting pot” for nothing. As the land of opportunity, we have traditionally been a … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – August 12

Whatever Happened to Thrift?: Why Americans Don’t Save and What to Do About It HC110 .S3 W54 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor You hear about it all the time – make sure you’re saving money, make sure you put … Continue reading

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