by Library Lin | Sep 29, 2022 | Applied Sciences
649. Books on child-rearing Further Reading: Judy L. Arnall Discipline without Distress, 2012. Brain and child development expert Judy L. Arnall stresses that strong bonds between parents and children must be established early to keep children safe from current... 
by Library Lin | Aug 25, 2022 | Applied Sciences
620. Books on engineering & allied operations Further Reading: Henry Petroski Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing, 1998. Civil engineering professor Henry Petroski surveys ten case studies to shed light on how scientists make... 
by Library Lin | Apr 19, 2022 | Applied Sciences
636. Books on animal husbandry Further Reading: Laura T. Coffey My Old Dog: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts, 2015. Journalist Laura T. Coffey introduces you to photographer Lori Fusaro and her work with elderly shelter pets. They are the highest-risk... 
by Library Lin | Mar 14, 2022 | Applied Sciences
635. Books on gardening crops (horticulture) Further Reading: Terra Brockman The Seasons on Henry’s Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm, 2009. In the Mackinaw River Valley of central Illinois, five generations of the Brockman family raise food while... 
by Library Lin | Jan 20, 2022 | Applied Sciences
630. Books on agriculture & related technologies Further Reading Rachel Surls and Judith Gerber From Cows to Concrete: The Rise and Fall of Farming in Los Angeles, 2016. Los Angeles is no pastoral paradise. But Surls and Gerber say that it used to be in this...