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New and Featured Titles for Libraries | September 2023
SPORTS/BASEBALL

The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History
Lincoln A. Mitchell

A fascinating and insightful look at the history and lore of baseball through one hundred players, some well-known and some more obscure, who had unique and significant roles in the development of baseball, and, in many cases history more broadly. The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History offers a new and fascinating look at the game through the stories of players whose impact went far beyond the ballfield. Baseball’s complex racial history, labor struggles and relationship to American culture and history are all explored in this compelling and highly readable volume.

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JUVENILE NONFICTION

Wedges Make a Point: Simple Machines for Kids
Andi Diehn  

How do you keep a truck from rolling? A door from closing? And how do you cut through banana bread? In Wedges Make a Point, kids learn how a wedge’s shape makes it perfect at stopping something heavy from moving and cutting something—like banana bread—apart!
Activity, poem, and dynamic illustrations!
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JUVENILE NONFICTION

Inclined Planes Ramp It Up: Simple Machines for Kids
Andi Diehn  

How does a dump truck dump all the dirt out of its truck bed? It turns that flat bed into a ramp! In Inclined Planes Ramp It Up, readers ages 5 to 8 learn how inclined planes are sloping surfaces that make it easier to move heavy things from lower ground to higher ground!
Activity, poem, and dynamic illustrations!
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JUVENILE NONFICTION

Wheels Make the World Go Round: Simple Machines for Kids
Andi Diehn  

If you were designing a wheelbarrow, how would you make it move easily when you pushed it? Skis? Stilts? Springs? In Wheels Make the World Go Round, kids learn how wheels work along with axles and how they use mechanical advantage to make it easier to move heavy objects from one place to another.
Activity, poem, and dynamic illustrations!
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DON'T MISS--JUVENILE NONFICTION
 
UPCOMING LIBRARYWORKS WEBINARS

The Power of Play: Fostering Creativity and Innovation in Libraries
Thursday, September 28, 2023
2:00pm-3:00pm
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Mental Health: How Libraries Can Empower Themselves to Respond
Thursday, October 12, 2023
2:00pm-3:00pm
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Making Changes That Stick
Thursday, October 19, 2023
2:00pm-3:00pm
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Leading from the Middle: Managing Up and Down Simultaneously
Thursday, October 26, 2023
2:00pm-3:00pm
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JUVENILE NONFICTION

The Batboy and the Unbreakable Record
Robert Skead

In 1938 Richie Goodwin lands a dream job as batboy for the Cincinnati Reds to help his family. But Richie must deal with bullies, the bossy senior batboy, and his classmates not believing he has the best job in the world. When Richie makes a mistake and gets fired from the job he knows the kids at school will call him a liar and phony. Given a second chance Richie must control his own impulses and learn to follow the rules as he gets to witness Johnny Vander Meer set a baseball record that might be unbreakable.

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JUVENILE FICTION

Walter Steps Up to the Plate
Sue Houser

Young Walter must leave everything he knows in Chicago for hot, dry Albuquerque when his mother falls ill. Walter is sure his mom will be quickly cured and they’ll be back in Chicago before he knows it. But his hopes are dashed when his mom needs expensive surgery to cure her. An encounter with Al Capone could save his mother, but Walter will need to be indebted to the gangster.

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DON'T MISS--JUVENILE FICTION
SCIENCE & ASTRONOMY

Your Guide to the 2024 Solar Eclipse
Michael E. Bakich

Get all the information needed to be ready for the total solar eclipse that will cross the United States on April 8, 2024, in this book by former Astronomy Magazine editor Michael Bakich. It’s not a stretch to say that this eclipse will prove to be the most viewed sky event in history. Bakich informs observers what anyone will need to observe, enjoy, and understand this event. For wholesale orders email tmeunier@kalmbach.com.

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BUSINESS & MARKETING

Let Me Explain BLACK, Again
Exploring Blind Spots and Black Insights for Marketing & Understanding Black Culture and Perspectives

 
In this book, Pepper Miller, a market researcher and Black American subject-matter expert, explores and explains:
  • SEVEN Blind Spots that prevent business leaders from “Getting” the real perspective of their Black employees, customers, and constituents.
  • FIVE Shape-Shifting segments within the Black population, including Black immigrants and LGBTQ+ individuals, and how each of the five groups is unapologetically different from mainstream, and also different from each other, in meaningful ways. 
  • More than FIVE important sectors indicating that America today is NOT post-racial, including: education, health and healthcare, housing, wealth & financial services, and the justice system itself.
  • Eye-popping Statistics contradicting many commonly held stereotypes, assumptions, and beliefs.  
Taking readers closer to the heart and soul of Black culture Pepper addresses Black identity and language; the authentic realism of Black cyberspace; the importance of the Black churchBlack media, inclusive market research; and so much more.
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BUSINESS & MARKETING

How Hard Is It to Be Your Customer?
Using Journey Mapping to Drive Customer-Focused Change
Updated 2nd Edition

 
First published in 2019, before the COVID pandemic so quickly changed the way researchers gathered data and businesses interacted with customers, this book has become one of the top-selling books on the subject of customer journey mapping, It has already helped thousands of CX research professionals and business leaders plan and execute successful journey mapping initiatives and avoid the pitfalls that doom so many others.
 
With insights from dozens of CX pros and real-world examples, this book guides readers through the process of creating and using journey maps. This edition includes a chapter focusing on software tools and the ability to create living journey maps.
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BUSINESS & MARKETING

Different Rules
The B2B Marketer's Guide to Product Differentiation

Chris Wirthwein
 
Ready to differentiate? This book shows you how . . .

Filled with practical, ready-to-apply lessons, Different Rules reveals tested concepts, real-world examples and an all-new way to differentiate any B2B product in any B2B market. The only guidebook of its kind for B2B, Different Rules delivers both practical ideas and creative inspiration. Step-by-step, it teaches surprisingly simple and potent methods that can build markets, transform industries, and power personal success.
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DON'T MISS--BUSINESS & MARKETING
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural
Steele Alexandra Douris

Spiritualism in the Age of Sherlock Holmes and Edgar Allan Poe

A woman wearing a black veil convenes a séance. A magician puts a volunteer into a trance. A fortune-teller leans over a crystal ball. What was it that made the Victorians turn to mediumship, hypnotism, and fortune-telling? What were they afraid of? What were they seeking?

This book explores the history of and development of séances, paranormal investigations, ghosts, fortune telling, fairies, and other iconic spiritualist beliefs and practices in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1838 and 1901. Learn how Victorian beliefs helped to shape our celebrations of Halloween and Christmas. With historic examples and hands-on exercises, you will discover how spiritualism in the time of Jack the Ripper, Jane Eyre, "A Christmas Carol," and Dracula left such a profound impact on both the past and present.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

The Secret History of Christmas Baking: Recipes & Stories from Tomb Offerings to Gingerbread Boys
Linda Raedisch

Spice up your season by rolling, molding, and kneading your way through the world’s oldest and most iconic Christmas recipes.

A perfect book for anyone who enjoys a pinch of culinary history, a few dashes of ghost stories, and a great big cupful of tasty recipes!

"With equal parts sugar, spice, humor, and heart, Linda Raedisch takes us on a rollicking adventure through the surprising (and at times surprisingly dark!) histories behind our favorite holiday treats (and ones we'd never heard of but now can't wait to try!), then lays out easy-to-follow steps to make and decorate them. Inventive, captivating, and so very smart. I learned a ton from this book, which will no doubt become a staple of the Scholarly Cookbook genre (and if that's not a thing, it is now!). Truly the best kind of gift, Christmas or other."—Wendy Mass, author of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Candymakers
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT

Llewellyn’s Little Book of Witchcraft
Deborah Blake
 
The Newest Little Book in Llewellyn’s Big Series

Llewellyn's Little Book of Witchcraft presents spells and activities for a wide range of magical goals, including better relationships, prosperity, psychic ability, confidence, and happiness. Deborah offers fun ways to create magical crafts, cook with magic, and connect to nature, and she also provides correspondences for abundance, protection, healing, and love. This book helps you take new steps on your personal journey into witchcraft.

Written by one of Llewellyn’s bestselling authors, Deborah Blake shares spells, tips, and activities for witches of all levels. You'll delve into dozens of hands-on practices, from sabbat celebrations to magical housework. Deborah teaches you how to build an altar, use divination tools, invoke deities, increase creativity, cleanse yourself and your space, and much more. Fun and easy-to-read, #16 is another big addition to our great line of little books. 
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DON'T MISS

Don’t Miss—Science Fiction
Tempest Blades: The Magick of Chaos
 
Don’t Miss—Cozy Mystery
The Pearl Plot: Murder at the Old Homestead
 
Don’t Miss-- Guide / How-to
The Model Railroader’s Handbook
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