Books for World Press Freedom Day
For World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, we are sharing a collection of titles to promote education about the importance of upholding the right to freedom of expression.
Read moreFor World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, we are sharing a collection of titles to promote education about the importance of upholding the right to freedom of expression.
Read moreDear Reader, When I was born, my parents could not afford childcare. So they could make ends meet, they sent me to Taiwan to live with my maternal grandmother, my Puo Puo, while they studied and worked in the United States. She and I developed a special relationship that continued even after I returned to
Read moreOn May 1st we celebrate International Workers’ Day to acknowledge the battles workers have taken and gains that have come from their solidarity and persistence. We have curated a book list of Labor Studies titles that you can share with your students. Find more titles on U.S. Labor History here.
Read moreDaughters of Shandong is a propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters’ harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. 1 Heirless Nai Nai said whores weren’t allowed in the house, so she kicked Mom out, slamming the
Read moreColumbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announced the four winners and three finalists of the 2025 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards. The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards, established in 1998, recognize excellence in nonfiction that exemplifies the literary grace and commitment to serious research and social concern that characterized the
Read moreChemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant,
Read morePublishing on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine: The gripping, heartrending story, told in her own words, of a formidable 29-year-old woman serving as a commander on the front lines of the War in Ukraine — and an intimate, hair-raising look at modern warfare. lynove, 2016 The Ukrainian army gives me very
Read moreThrough the “revelatory and gut-wrenching” (Associated Press) stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic rise of the working homeless in cities across America. 1 Britt scrutinized her face in the bathroom mirror, hoping she looked less tired than she felt. Sleep had been hard
Read moreFor Earth Day on April 22nd, we are sharing books that educate students on the current major risks to the environment and provide solutions for environmental protection that will aid in securing the future of our planet.
Read moreBy: Anna Lembke, MD The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook is a companion guide to Dopamine Nation, the book I published in 2021 exploring the neuroscientific, cultural, and evolutionary contributors to addiction in the modern age. The Workbook can be used as a classroom supplement to Dopamine Nation, or as a standalone guide for those wanting to implement the ideas from Dopamine
Read moreIn honor of Lesbian Visibility Week, which takes place April 21st – April 27th, and Lesbian Visibility Day on April 26th, we are sharing books by and about lesbians, and their experiences and history.
Read moreIn honor of International Day of Human Space Flight, which is held on April 12th, the anniversary of the first human space flight, we are sharing books about those who have explored outer space and recorded their inspiring experiences.
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