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Movers & Shakers 2022 | Call for Nominations
The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please use this form to let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. Submissions will close on December 6, 2021. |
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LITERATURE
PREMIUM
Orwell’s Roses
By Rebecca Solnit
Readers of Orwell will find, or rediscover, much material here that will expand their perception of the man. This is a worthy addition to the ever-growing corpus of Orwell studies. |
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PREMIUM
Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students
Ed. by Keith Lawrence
While Greenwood’s three-volume Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature covers more writers, has longer entries, and is more scholarly, this new guide is directed primarily at students (middle school through college) and will be useful to them and to general readers, as well as the teachers and libraries helping them. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
PREMIUM
Bending the Arc: My Journey from Prison to Politics
By Keeda Haynes
Readers interested in law and systemic racism will come away with greater insight from this highly recommended book. Haynes’s perseverance, compassion, and relatability create a memoir that will stick with readers long after the last page. |
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PREMIUM
“Let Us Vote!”: Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment
By Jennifer Frost
This book can be read as a case study of the laborious U.S. legislative process, set against the changing political landscape of the 1960s. Readers interested in U.S. politics will appreciate Frost’s research. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Business and Economics
By LJ Reviews
One-Click America, a History of Financial Bubbles, Innovation Delusion, and more in business and economics titles: November 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America.
MacGillis, Alec
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2021. ISBN 9780374159276. $28.00
2. Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles.
Quinn, William
Cambridge University Press
2020. ISBN 9781108421256. $25.00
3. Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work that Matters Most.
Vinsel, Lee
Penguin Random House
2020. ISBN 9780525575689. $28.00 |
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