The library is always adding new books to its collection. Previewed below are six books recently added.

Reimagining Courts: A Design for the Twenty-First Century, by Victor E. Flango and Thomas M. Clarke (2015).
"[This book] recommends a triage process based upon case characteristics, litigant goals, and resolution processes. Courts must fundamentally reorganize their business processes around the concept of the litigant as a customer." (Website)

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, by Colin Woodard (2011).
"In [this book the author] takes readers on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, offering a revolutionary and revelatory take on American identity, and how the conflicts between them have shaped our past and continue to mold our future." (Website)

Lone Star Politics: Tradition and Transformation in Texas, by Ken Collier, Steven Galatas, and Julie Harrelson-Stephens (2015).
"[This book] delves deeply into Texas’ rich political tradition, exploring how myth often clashes with the reality of modern governance. Explaining who gets what and how, this Nacogdoches author team uses the comparative method to set Texas in context with other states’ constitutional foundations, institutions, electoral practices, and policymaking." (Website)

Collaboration Nation: How Public-Private Ventures Are Revolutionizing the Business of Government, by Mary Scott Nabers (2012).
"[The author] focuses on how to transfer resources from government to the private sector and outlines alternatives that are emerging in cases where government can no longer maintain its functions at or below cost. In her view, outsourcing has often been the best method." (Website)

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, by Chris Kyle; with Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwen (2013).
"In moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyle's wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris. Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, [this book] is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell." (Website)

Heads Above Water: The Inside Story of the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program, by Robert L. Gulley; foreword by Andrew Sansom (2015).
"They had tried many times to resolve their differences about how to conserve, allocate, and use the water, but had always failed. Finally … 39 diverse stakeholders reached a consensus on the use of the Edwards Aquifer that balanced the needs of south central Texas for water with the needs of eight species protected by the Endangered Species Act." (Website)