New For You - History & Current Events - March 2025Like this list

15 items

• The Empathy Fix

  Why Poverty Persists and How to Change It

  Roelen, Keetie, 1981-

  Add The Empathy Fix to your for later shelf

  Writer and researcher Keetie Roele exposes the realities of poverty and reveals why policies don't work. It is a radical rethink of current efforts to tackle poverty, what it means and how we break the cycle and to respond to the situation in a way…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old

  Thoughts on Aging as a Woman

  Shields, Brooke, 1965-

  Add Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old to your for later shelf

  From generational icon Brooke Shields comes an intimate and empowering exploration of ageing that flips the script on the idea of what it means for a woman to grow older.

• Lies That Kill

  a Citizen's Guide to Disinformation

  Kamarck, Elaine C.

  Add Lies That Kill to your for later shelf

  This is a book for concerned citizens who want to understand how disinformation is created and disseminated, but it also shows them how to fight back and protect themselves from lies that can kill.

• I'll Never Call Him Dad Again

  by the Daughter of Gisèle Pelicot: Turning Our Family Trauma of Chemical Submission Into a Collective Fight

  Darian, Caroline, 1982-

  Add I'll Never Call Him Dad Again to your for later shelf

  The trial of Dominique Pelicot, which began on 2 September 2024, has captured the world's attention. Behind the haunting details of Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother and daughter who were forced to rebuild their lives.

• The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth

  Malm, Andreas, 1977-

  Add The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth to your for later shelf

  In this book, Andreas Malm argues that a true understanding of the present crisis requires a long analysis of Palestine's subjugation to fossil empire and shows how this enduring commitment to fossil energy continues to drive Western support for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Is a River Alive?

  Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-

  Add Is a River Alive? to your for later shelf

  Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places from Ecuador, India and Canada.

• My Year of Psychedelics

  Exploring the Amazing Potential of Mushrooms, MDMA, LSD and Other Life-enhancing Substances

  Napthali, Sarah, 1967-

  Add My Year of Psychedelics to your for later shelf

  The psychedelic renaissance has provided a wealth of empirical evidence about the potential of these medicines, but this is a first-person account, a chance to join someone on their trips, and see how they impact her daily life.

• Shame-sex Attraction

  Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy

  Wilson, Lucas F. W., 1990-

  Add Shame-sex Attraction to your for later shelf

  This edited collection brings together the experiences of those who have been subjected to queer conversion therapy - it is an effort to expose conversion practices for what they are - pseudoscientific, bogus, ineffective, and wildly traumatic - and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Truth About Immigration

  Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers

  Hernandez, Zeke

  Add The Truth About Immigration to your for later shelf

  Professor Zeke Hernandez combines moving personal stories with rigorous research to offer an accessible, apolitical, and evidence-based look at how newcomers affect our local communities and our nation.

• Turf War

  How a Band of Activists Saved New York From Donald Trump's "masterpiece" : An Insider's Account

  Robinson, Steven (Architect)

  Add Turf War to your for later shelf

  Turf War - How a Band of Activists Saved New York from Donald Trump's "Masterpiece", goes beyond the national headlines to reveal the personalities, politics, and economics that altered the development of a major waterfront property.

• Six Conversations We're Scared to Have

  Frances-White, Deborah

  Add Six Conversations We're Scared to Have to your for later shelf

  As the host of hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, Deborah has been having difficult conversations in public for almost a decade and having grown up in a cult she sees the same tactics being used in our rapidly changing society.

• Processed

  How the Processed Meat Industry Is Killing Us With the Food We Love

  Morris-Marr, Lucie

  Add Processed to your for later shelf

  The author takes you on a jaw-dropping ride as she uncovers the scientific evidence linking our deli favourites with cancer and other serious conditions.

• Vaccine Nation

  Science, Reason and the Threat to 200 Years of Progress

  MacIntyre, Raina

  Add Vaccine Nation to your for later shelf

  World-leading epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre, argues that science must reclaim the stage, or we may lose centuries of gains that vaccines have brought to the world.

• Just the Job!

  a Light-hearted Guide to Office Life for the Autistic Employee

  Elley, Debby

  Add Just the Job! to your for later shelf

  This wicked illustrated book gives guidance on how to navigate office life as austistic from sensory issues to the appropriate etiquette of in-person and hybrid space.

• ChatGPT and the Future of AI

  the Deep Language Revolution

  Sejnowski, Terrence J. (Terrence Joseph)

  Add ChatGPT and the Future of AI to your for later shelf

  The inside story of how large language models such as ChatGPT have, in few short months, captured the imagination of the world.