|
|
|
Hello Librarian Friends,
We're moved by Ray Bradbury's quote, “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
We hope you'll find new new books that will get your community reading in this selection from our publishers, who have garnered rave reviews from
Booklist,
Publishers Weekly,
Foreword Reviews,
Kirkus Reviews,
Midwest Book Review, and other leading reviewers. Their titles have also received numerous awards. The selection presented is a variety-pack of fascinating reading, and each book is sure to appeal to many of your patrons.
Thank you for your time, and for all that you do!
All of us at the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)
Table of Contents:
Biography & Memoir |
Education |
Poetry |
Popular Fiction
Psychology |
Religion |
Self-Help |
Sociology
|
|
|
JONATHAN STURGES
Merchant of Old New York
by Robin McPhillips
Gems of History Publishing
Chronicles the life of an American entrepreneurial founding father, in the period after the Erie Canal to 1874, as he launched banks, railroads, and promoted Hudson River School artists.
Features New York in the Civil War, bank panics, epidemics, politics, and the ill-fated marriage of his daughter and J.P. Morgan.
ISBN: 978-0998037905 (Hardcover)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale
 |
|
|
|
|
REDLINED:
A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
by Linda Gartz
She Writes Press
Kirkus Reviews: “A stunning debut memoir...” and a
Kirkus “Best Books of 2018.” First Place Memoir 2018: IL Woman’s Press Association.
“A captivating personal story told through the lives of her Chicago family, Gartz probes the invisible web of oppression that affected both whites and blacks.” — Bill Kurtis, CBS-TV News anchor.
Redlining is a hot topic in current news and presidential campaigns.
ISBN: 978-1631523205 (Paperback)
978-1631523212 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Publisher Services, Baker & Taylor, Overdrive
|
|
|
|
|
THE ABCs OF LEARNING ISSUES
A Practical Guide for Parents, Educators and Service Providers
by Dana Stahl, MEd
Educational Alternatives
A valuable resource that “helps parents better understand and support their children’s learning issues and behaviors by providing concrete strategies to help children reach their full potential,” according to
Special Needs Book Review.
Winner of a 2019 Parent Teacher Choice Award,
The ABCs is an empowering guide.
“Unreservedly recommended for school district, community, and academic libraries.” —
Midwest Book Review
ISBN: 978-0996846707 (Paperback)
Ordering info: Ingram Publisher Services, Baker &Taylor, Amazon
|
|
|
|
|
FROM LECTERN TO LABORATORY
How Science and Technology Changed the Face of America's Colleges
by W. Nikola-Lisa
Gyroscope Books
W. Nikola-Lisa explores the origin of the classical liberal arts curriculum, the rise of “mutual education societies,” the founding of independent polytechnic institutes, and the creation of “schools of science” at established colleges and universities, initiatives that fundamentally changed the tone and direction of the nation’s still-evolving academic institutions.
ISBN: 978-0997252484 (Hardcover)
978-0997252491 (Paperback)
978-0578460710 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
|
|
|
|
|
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY QUICK LEARN
The Easiest Guide to Mastering Basic Medical Terminology
by Randall A. Simmons
Quick Learn Guides
A unique don't-sweat-it style, scenario-based exercises, tips and quizzes with answers and explanations make this the one book you need.
Learn to easily break down complicated medical language used by doctors and health care professionals. You will begin to understand multi-syllable medical words you've never seen.
ISBN: 978-0997087420 (Paperback)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
|
|
|
|
|
RETHINKING ETHNIC STUDIES
by R. Tolteka Cuauhtin, Miguel Zavala, Christine Sleeter, Wayne Au
Rethinking Schools
“This book is food for the movement. It is sustenance for every educator committed to understanding and enacting Ethnic Studies. We take this gift as a guide for the needed work ahead.” — Django Paris, James A. & Cherry A. Banks Professor of Multicultural Education, University of Washington
ISBN: 978-0942961027 (Paperback)
Ordering info: Rethinking Schools
|
|
|
|
|
UDL FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS
by Caroline Torres and Kavita Rao
CAST Professional Publishing
How do we help English language learners become resourceful, motivated, and strategic? Two University of Hawaii education professors address this critical problem of teaching practice, showing K-12 and postsecondary educators how to plan for that variability and anticipate special challenges through the innovative framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
ISBN: 978-1930583290 (Paperback)
978-1930583238 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale, castpublishing.org
|
|
|
|
|
UDL NAVIGATORS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
A Field Guide
by Jodie Black and Eric J. Moore
CAST Professional Publishing
The federal
Higher Education Opportunity Act endorses and funds universal design for learning (UDL)—a framework for inclusive education—as a way to improve college teaching and learning, especially for people with disabilities. The authors share proven strategies for introducing UDL and getting buy-in from the many campus stakeholder groups.
ISBN: 978-1930583450 (Paperback)
978-1930583467 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale, castpublishing.org
|
|
|
|
|
ABOVE THE SURFACE
by Scott Keeney & Rachel Archelaus
Sephyrus Press
“A lyrically poetic literary experience that is both visual and cognitive,
Above The Surface, is one of those volumes of illustrated verse and commentary that will linger in the mind... Very highly recommended especially for community and academic library collections...” — James A. Cox,
Small Press Bookwatch/Midwest Book Review
ISBN: 978-1948728997 (Hardcover)
978-1948728041 (Paperback)
978-1948728980 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale, Overdrive
|
|
|
|
|
JUST BEYOND YOUR FINGERS:
Poems in Search of Spirit
by Placidus Henry
Kingdom Builders
“Showcasing a general flair of engaging his readers the poetry is as thoughtful and thought-provoking as it is inspired and inspiring. A volume of verse that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book is replaced on the shelf. It is very highly recommended for personal reading lists and Contemporary American Poetry collections...” –
Midwest Book Review
ISBN: 978-1483496399 (Paperback)
Ordering info: Kingdom Builders, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
|
|
|
|
|
THIS RULER
A Novel
by Mark Duff
“
This Ruler is a fictional tale centered around a high school and the greed of the educational system. The novel delivers lovely lyrical writing, infused with magic realism. High school drama marked by student/teacher dynamics, xenophobia, coming-of age angst, and creative life lessons, all wrapped in a package of magic realism.”—
Blueink Review
ISBN: 978-0578476315 (Paperback)
978-0578558714 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale
|
|
|
|
|
ON THE EVOLUTION OF INTIMACY
A Brief Exploration into the Past, Present, and Future of Gender and Love
by Charles M. Johnston MD
ICDPress
In
On the Evolution of Intimacy, psychiatrist and futurist Charles Johnston describes how our times are making possible an essential new chapter in identity and love, one that in potential takes us beyond the battle of the sexes and brings new depth and maturity to both how we understand ourselves and our capacity for closeness with another.
ISBN: 978-1732219021 (Paperback)
978-1-7322190-3-8 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale
|
|
|
|
|
DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
A Textbook on Eschatology in the Twenty-First Century
by Reid A. Ashbaucher
Reid Ashbaucher Publication
Dispensational Theology: A Textbook on Eschatology in the Twenty-First Century is informative, instructional, and systematic in its approach to eschatology, teaching from a dispensational perspective. This textbook, the first of its kind, has been developed from a college syllabus on premillennialism and provides a structured approach to a dispensational theology.
ISBN: 978-1733139915 (Hardcover)
978-1733139908 (Paperback)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale
|
|
|
|
|
LIVE PASSIONATELY
The Blueprint to Design a Life Truly Worth Living
by Moustafa Hamwi
Passionpreneur Publishing
Are you a student who wants to design your future with clarity, passion and purpose? Through this interactive book you have the opportunity to design a life truly worth living through one of the world’s best-in-class systems, designed by interviewing 160+ global leaders.
“Moustafa is one of the great 100 leaders and coaches of the future” — Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, World’s #1 Executive Coach and
New York Times Bestselling Author
ISBN: 978-0648340386 (Paperback)
978-0648340393 (eBook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale, pa@moustafa.com
|
|
|
|
|
THE SOCIOLOGY OF HOUSEWORK (REISSUE)
by Ann Oakley
Bristol University Press
In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine women’s work in the home. Part of the Oakley and Titmuss collection published by Bristol University Press, this classic text has been unavailable for many years and is now reissued with a new introduction for contemporary audiences, including e-versions for the first time.
ISBN: 978-1447349426 (Paperback)
Ordering info: University of Chicago Press, GOBI, ProQuest
|
|
|
|
|
IBPA's core values include Independence and Inclusivity. As a nonprofit association, we are committed to independent points of view and a publishing industry where everyone can tell their story and find themselves in the content they read.
Please note that inclusion in this IBPA program does not constitute an endorsement of these or any particular book, author, or publisher by IBPA, its employees, or board members. Learn more about IBPA and our advocacy, education, and tools for success at
ibpa-online.org. |
|
|
|
| |
|
 | | |
|  |
|
| |
|
