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Jennifer Gargiulo.
This round-up of books recently acquired by the city’s public library was submitted by Jennifer Gargiulo, manager of Ives Squared at the Ives Main Library.
I am lucky to work in a unique space within the library, where all of our books are purchased for a niche collection. I am also lucky to have a staff who make careful selections of titles that meet the needs of a diverse population of creatives and entrepreneurs. One of the new books in Ives Squared came to us through a grant from the Elizabethan Club at Yale, and it caught my eye — specifically because as a new mom, and a middle manager, I often find myself trying to prove that I can do it all.
Get Over “I Got It” by Elayne Fluker is a new non-fiction title in our small business and entrepreneurship collection — but it can speak to all women — not just those in business. Fluker speaks to how more and more, women are feeling the pressure to be superwoman and try to do everything and be everything for everyone. Through personal anecdotes and interviews with professionals in business, health care, and more, Fluker not only reminds women of how much we can do together, but also gives practical tips for getting out of the “I need to do it all” mindset.
Other reading suggestions Ives Squared has recently purchased:
- Jefa in Training: The Business Startup Toolkit for Entrepreneurial and Creative Women by Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda
- The Worlds I see: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei Fei Li
- Cultural Intelligence for Marketers: Building an Inclusive Marketing Strategy by Anastasia Karklina Gabriel
- Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook by Elisabeth Tunstall
- Indivisible: How to Forge Our Differences into a Stronger Future by Denise Hamilton
- Almost Lost Arts: Traditional Crafts and the Artisans Keeping Them Alive by Emily Freidenrich
New on Shelf – May 2024 – Adults
- The Stone Home: A Novel by Crystal Hana Kim
- The House of Broken Bricks: A Novel by Fiona Williams
- Real Americans by Rachel Khong
- Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos by Lisa Kaltenegger
- Bad Habit: A Novel by Alana Portero
New on Shelf – May 2024 – Childrens
- Daughters of the Lamp by Nedda Lewers
- Warrior on the Mound by Sandra W. Headen
- My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American WWII Story by George Takei
- Noura’s Crescent Moon by Zainab Khan
- Between Two Windows by Keisha Morris
New on Shelf – May 2024 – Teen
