Cate Schneiderman
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New Boston Public Library Fund Raises $6 Million
The newly created Fund for the Boston Public Library has raised a total of $6.1 million to date in only a few weeks, since Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced its creation on May 29. Library Director David Leonard hopes that the Fund may raise as much as $10 million annually, in addition to the BPL’s annual budget of approximately $49 million.
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Gender and Our Brains: How New Neuroscience Explodes the Myths of the Male and Female Minds
This book serves as a warning of all the ways we limit children, especially girls, without even realizing it. Best for readers with a strong interest in girls’ education and a background in science.
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Figuring
Despite its flaws, this hidden gem of a work will enthrall readers seeking underrepresented voices in the history of science and literature.
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The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image, and Guilt in America
As noted early on, this book discusses topics that might be uncomfortable for some readers, and as such is not for everyone, particularly those with a difficult history with food. That said, readers wishing to learn more about disordered eating as well as those looking to be more mindful about food and the social messaging around it, will find this work useful.
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Recommended for nonexperts curious about their own bodies and blood as commodity in the world economy.
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Recommended for nonexperts curious about their own bodies and blood as commodity in the world economy.
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Overall, a hopeful look at the future of reading that will resonate with those who worry that we are losing our ability to think in the digital age. Accessible to general readers and experts alike.
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
Overall, a hopeful look at the future of reading that will resonate with those who worry that we are losing our ability to think in the digital age. Accessible to general readers and experts alike.
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Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World
Ideal for readers who find traditional science books lacking in philosophy.
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Overall, Zimmer's latest offers a comprehensive look at all aspects of heredity in readable and accessible text for anyone interested in the topic.
Digital Humanities Find New Home at VA Tech Library
There’s a new place to learn inside Virginia Tech’s Newman Library in Blacksburg, VA: a three-room suite and office known as the Athenaeum, which first started hosting digital humanities programs in November 2017.