New non-fiction: Sept. 2021

 

New non-fiction:  Sept. 2021

Challenge your thinking with these six new titles!

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We Do This 'Til We Free Us:  Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kabata

A collection of essays and interviews,that focus upon transforming how we deal with harm and accountability, and find hope in collective struggle for fundamentally changing the world.

Recommended for Social Justice 12 and Law 12.  206 pages. Reading level: Adult

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The Power of Style:  How Fashion and Beauty are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures by Christian Allaire

Bold, pictorial chapters discuss cosplay, make up, hijabs, hair, LGBTQ style and many more fashion topics.The author, of Ojibwe heritage, is a fashion and style writer for Vogue magazine.

Recommended for  Textiles 9-12, Hairstyling 11-12 Social Justice 12, Gender Studies, and any students interested in the connections between culture and fashion.  90 pages. Reading level:  Young adult

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The Cat I Never Named:  A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess 

The author describes her life Bihac, Bosnia, circa 1992, when as a sixteen-year-old she and her family faced starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace.

Recommended for History 12 and readers who enjoy true stories and learning about events in modern history.  370 pages.  Reading level:  Young adult   Awards:  multiple literary prizes for excellence.

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Covid Chronicles:  A Comic Anthology

A collection of short comics about the COVID-19 pandemic. Diverse artists address disruptions in work, school, and family life as well as failures in public policy, racial biases, and systemic inequalities revealed by the pandemic.

Recommended for fans of graphic novels, and readers who enjoy books about current issues. 281 pages. Reading level:  Young Adult

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Women of the Pandemic: Stories from the Front Lines of Covid-19 by Lauren McKeon

Through intimate portraits of Canadian women in diverse situations and fields, Women of the Pandemic is a gripping narrative record of the early months of COVID-19, and a clear-eyed look at women's struggles, which highlights their creativity, perseverance, and resilience as they charted a new path forward during impossible times.

Recommended for Social Justice 12 and Gender Studies, and readers who enjoy books about current issues. 310 pages.  Reading level:  Adult

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The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren

Discusses the science behind technologies that release untenable amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, explains the current and projected consequences of greenhouse gases,and shares the science-based tools that could help us fight back. 

Recommended for Environmental Sciences, Earth Science, and readers who enjoy books about current issues. 208 pages.  Reading level:  Adult.  Recommended by Library Journal.