New Books: NEXTTERM

"Amelia Varnes, an African-American woman pursuing a degree in anthropology, leaves New York in 1926 and travels to the Sea Islands where her mother was born, to trace her Peazant family roots."--Destiny

"Provides pedagogical approaches that engage students and support high-impact learning. Organized around four essential categories--active learning, integrated learning, project-based learning, and community-based learning."--Publisher

"Many of us have encountered electron microscope images before whether in high school science textbooks, or on the Discovery Channel, but very rarely is it an artist who is sitting behind the lens. It's the beauty of the images in Fisher's book, and not just the amazing reality that they show us, that makes Bee special. -- Deborah Netburn --Los Angeles Times Blog"--Amazon

"The Bee-Friendly Garden provide[s] everything you need to know to create a dazzling garden that helps both the threatened honeybee and our own native bees. No matter how small or large your space, and regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs, or country, just a few simple changes to your garden can fight the effects of colony collapse disorder and the worldwide decline in bee population that threatens our global food chain."--Amazon

"Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the ancient hobby of beekeeping, from how to manage hives safely to harvesting one’s own honey, and ideas for how to use honey and beeswax. Detailed instructions for making candles, furniture polish, beauty products, and nearly 100 honey-themed recipes are included."--Amazon

"Presents a collection of maps and essays that looks at the history of New York City. The format, with the maps, networks, and accompanying stories and histories, is a lovely, nonlinear way of mirroring the almost infinite layers that make up a city. (David Byrne)"--Destiny, book cover

“A stunning novel in which the tragicomic adventures of a couple of boy geniuses reveal much about what happened to America in the middle of the twentieth century…NYC 1939. An artist has just pulled off a Houdini-esque escape, smuggling himself out of Nazi occupied Prague. He needs to find a way to bring his family to freedom. His cousin in Brooklyn seeks a collaborator to create the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty–the comic book. Out of their fantasies, fears, and dreams, with the inspiration of the beautiful and elusive Rosa Saks, and while the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe and the world, the Golden Age of comic books has begun."--from the book flap

"Collects twenty-two color maps of the San Francisco Bay Area and contains essays on the culture and history of the city and its surroundings."--Destiny

"A rich and well-crafted story that metaphorically --and literally-- reveals to us what bees have known all along about effective leadership. Every leader and would-be leader will benefit from the lessons learned from the Beekeeper!"--Dr. David Kopp, from the book

"Whether you want to eat lobster, sail on a windjammer, or hike Cadillac Mountain, the local Fodor's travel experts in Maine are here to help! Fodor's Maine Coast: with Acadia National Park guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time."-Amazon

"Some key data about the future of the fashion industry highlight the need for immediate action. The increase of clothing consumption will generate an increase in the use of resources and generation of waste. On the other hand, the demand of consumers interested in sustainability is increasing, also in luxury. The book will be investigating the key drivers that are reshaping the fashion industry towards the 4th Industrial Revolution, including traceability and transparency, circularity, collaborative consumption, new technologies, B-corporations."-Amazon

"The development of fabrics today is immersed in technology, sustainability, and innovation. Technologized textiles and sustainable fabrics are among the most innovative today. Together they are driving the rest of the industry dramatically forward. Many designers are now integrating hi-tech fabrics, such as protective and impact-resistant textiles, or cellulose fabrics. Interviews with 36 leading designers showcase new designs, sketches, and work in progress and reveal how fashion textiles and interior fabrics will unfold in the future--an essential resource for anyone interested in contemporary textile design."-Amazon/publisher

"Structured like a musical, The Secret Life of the American Musical begins with an overture and concludes with a curtain call, with stops in between for 'I Want' songs, 'conditional' love songs, production numbers, star turns, and finales. The ultimate insider, Viertel has spent three decades on Broadway, working on dozens of shows old and new as a conceiver, producer, dramaturg, and general creative force; he has his own unique way of looking at the process and at the people who collaborate to make musicals a reality. He shows us patterns in the architecture of classic shows and charts the inevitable evolution that has taken place in musical theater as America itself has evolved socially and politically."-Amazon

"Featuring 22 full-color maps, Unfathomable City plumbs the depths of this major tourist destination, pivotal scene of American history and culture...The innovative maps' precision and specificity shift our notions of the Mississippi, the Caribbean, Mardi Gras, jazz, soils and trees, generational roots, and many other subjects, and expand our ideas of how any city is imagined and experienced."-Destiny

"Make your vacation a bucket list vacation with 100 offbeat adventures in the Crescent City delivered by New Orleans' very own Loretta-Maria Adkins. Each item on the list includes a description, reasons to do it, reasons to skip it, and local advice,"-Amazon

"This is an in-depth look at prime saltwater fishing locations for all seasons in the Garden State, covering surf, bay, and near-shore waters. Included are tips on what lures, baits and techniques work best for stripers, blues, weakfish, false albacore, and fluke. The author is a local authority with deep-rooted knowledge of NJ's terrific saltwater fishing opportunities."-cover

From BN.com: "Jane Jacobs, an editor and writer on architecture in New York City in the early sixties, argued that urban diversity and vitality were being destroyed by powerful architects and city planners. Rigorous, sane, and delightfully epigrammatic, Jane Jacobs’s tour de force is a blueprint for the humanistic management of cities. It remains sensible, knowledgeable, readable, and indispensable."

"The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America, from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott. Dasani must lead her seven siblings through a thicket of problems: hunger, parental drug addiction, violence, housing instability, segregated schools, and the constant monitoring of the child-protection system. This book vividly illuminates some of the most critical issues in contemporary America through the life of one remarkable girl."--BN