Below is a list of books the Library has received during the past two months.

Week of Monday, May 12 2025

They poisoned the world : life and death in the age of forever chemicals / Mariah Blake.
New York : Crown, [2025]
615.9 B636T 2025
Received: 5/15/2025
Environmental health--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls--Case studies.
Chemical industry--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls--Case studies.
Perfluorinated chemicals--Health aspects--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls--Case studies.
Water--Pollution--Toxicology--New York (State)--Hoosick Falls--Case studies.
Contamination (Technology)--Case studies.
Contamination (CaQQLa)201-0038930--âEtudes de cas. (CaQQLa)201-0376950

Week of Monday, Apr 21 2025

The Supreme Court and us / Christy Mihaly ; illustrated by Neely Daggett.
Chicago : Albert Whitman & Company, [2022]
YOUNG TEXANS
Received: 4/22/2025
Constitutional history--United States--Juvenile literature.
Constitutional history.
Histoire constitutionnelle (CaQQLa)201-0163182--âEtats-Unis (CaQQLa)201-0163182--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. (CaQQLa)201-0377026
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government. bisacsh
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime. bisacsh
Constitutional history fast (OCoLC)fst00875777
Employees fast (OCoLC)fst00909111
Constitutional history--United States--Juvenile literature. sears
Constitutional history--United States. sears

The Declaration of Independence in translation : what it really means / by Amie Jane Leavitt ; consultant : Dana Stefanelli, PhD candidate Corcoran Department of History University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Press, a capstone imprint, [2018]
YOUNG TEXANS
Received: 4/22/2025
Politics and government fast (OCoLC)fst01919741

Who is government? : the untold story of public service / edited by Michael Lewis.
New York : Riverhead Books, 2025
351 L673W 2025
Received: 4/22/2025
Civil service--United States.
Fonction publique--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0186398
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National. bisacsh
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy. bisacsh
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers. bisacsh

Week of Monday, Apr 07 2025

Nowhere to live : the hidden story of America's housing crisis / James S. Burling.
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2024]
363.50973 B961N 2024
Received: 4/10/2025
Housing--United States.
Housing policy--United States.
Housing forecasting--United States.
Homelessness--United States.
Right of property--United States.
Logement (CaQQLa)201-0026184--Politique gouvernementale (CaQQLa)201-0026184--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Droit de propriâetâe--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0372166
Logement (CaQQLa)201-0057492--Prâevision (CaQQLa)201-0057492--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727

Co-intelligence : living and working with AI / Ethan Mollick.
[New York, New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2024]
303.4834 M726C 2024
Received: 4/10/2025
Expert systems (Computer science)--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence--Educational applications.
Labor--Effect of technological innovations on.
Education--Effect of technological innovations on.
Systáemes experts (Informatique) (CaQQLa)201-0124822--Aspect social. (CaQQLa)201-0374080
Intelligence artificielle (CaQQLa)201-0008626--Aspect social. (CaQQLa)201-0374080
Intelligence artificielle--Applications en âeducation. (CaQQLa)201-0184426
Travail (CaQQLa)201-0093408--Effets des innovations sur. (CaQQLa)000273786
âEducation--Effets des innovations sur. (CaQQLa)201-0305086
Expert systems (Computer science) fast (OCoLC)fst00918516
Social aspects fast (OCoLC)fst01354981
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects fast (OCoLC)fst00817279
Artificial intelligence--Educational applications fast (OCoLC)fst00817257
Labor--Effect of technological innovations on fast (OCoLC)fst00989807
Labor fast (OCoLC)fst00989798
Education--Effect of technological innovations on fast (OCoLC)fst00902618
Expert systems (Computer science) sears
Artificial intelligence. sears
Labor. sears
Education. sears

The coming wave : AI, power, and our future / Mustafa Suleyman ; with Michael Bhaskar
New York : Crown, 2025.
660.628563 SU949C 2023
Received: 4/10/2025
Biotechnology--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Technological forecasting.
Technology and civilization.
Biotechnologie (CaQQLa)201-0004007--Aspect social. (CaQQLa)201-0374080
Prâevision technologique. (CaQQLa)201-0017904
Technologie et civilisation. (CaQQLa)201-0010824

Why nothing works : who killed progress--and how to bring it back / Marc J. Dunkelman.
New York : PublicAffairs, 2025.
324.27327 D919W 2025
Received: 4/10/2025
Government productivity--United States.
Public administration--United States.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Progress.
Progressisme--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0023383
Prográes. (CaQQLa)201-0014708
Administration publique (Science) (CaQQLa)201-0007282--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727

CSSB 1, the House Appropriations Committee's proposed budget for fiscal 2026-27.
Austin, TX : House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives, [2025]
L1801.9 ST94 89F-1
Received: 4/10/2025
Budget--Texas.
Finance, Public--Texas.-1

Women of the Texas Senate / joint project of the Secretary of the Senate, Senate Engrossing & Enrolling, Senate Media Services, and Senate Publications & Printing.
[Austin, TX : Texas Senate, 2023]
L1803.5 SE55W 2023
Received: 4/7/2025
Women legislators--Texas--Biography.
Legislators--Texas--Biography.

First available cell : desegregation of the Texas prison system / Chad R. Trulson and James W. Marquart ; foreword by Ben M. Crouch.
Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press ; Chesham : Combined Academic [distributor], 2011.
363.9764089 T866F 2009
Received: 4/7/2025
Prisons--Texas--History.
Prison administration--Texas--History.
Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.--Texas--History.
Segregation--Texas--History.
Prisons (CaQQLa)201-0061246--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire. (CaQQLa)201-0378888
Prisons (CaQQLa)201-0011177--Administration (CaQQLa)201-0011177--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire. (CaQQLa)201-0378888
Sâegrâegation (CaQQLa)201-0014846--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire. (CaQQLa)201-0378888
Prison administration. fast (OCoLC)fst01077006
Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01077155
Prisons. fast (OCoLC)fst01077326
Segregation. fast (OCoLC)fst01111205

Week of Monday, Mar 31 2025

Summary of House Committee substitute for Senate Bill 1 : 2026-27 biennium / submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations ; prepared by Legislative Budget Board staff.
Austin, TX : Legislative Budget Board, [2025]
L1300.8 B859 2026/27SH
Received: 4/1/2025
Bills, Legislative--Texas./27SH

Week of Monday, Mar 24 2025

English-Spanish vocbulary for the Laredo National Bank/ Judith Zaffirini, PhD.
Laredo, Tex. : Zaffirini Communications,
332.16 Z17EN 2002
Received: 3/28/2025
Women legislators--Texas.
Banks and banking--Texas.
Spanish language--Texas.

City of Laredo, Texas protocol handbook/ Judith Zaffirini, PhD.
Laredo, Tex. : Zaffirini Communications,
395.52 Z17P 2017
Received: 3/28/2025
Women legislators--Texas.
Government etiquette--Texas.

Priority procedures for the mayor and city council, Laredo, Texas/ Judith Zaffirini, PhD.
Laredo, Tex. : Zaffirini Communications,
976.446 Z17P 1999
Received: 3/28/2025
Women legislators--Texas.

How to roast a friend/ Judith Zaffirini, PhD.
Laredo, Tex. : Zaffirini Communications,
808.51 Z17H 2006
Received: 3/28/2025
Public speaking.
Women legislators--Texas.

25 dozen tips for better communication and leadership skills/ Judith Zaffirini, PhD.
Laredo, Tex. : Zaffirini Communications,
302.2 Z17D 2005
Received: 3/28/2025
Interpersonal communication.
Women legislators--Texas.

If Judy Pappas can do it, anybody can! / a story of love and inspiration by Judith Pappas Zaffirini.
Laredo, Tex. : Zaffirini Communications,
923.2764 Z17IF 2006
Received: 3/28/2025
Legislators--Texas--Biography.
Women legislators--Texas--Biography.

A state of remembrance.
Austin, TX : Texas Senate, [2025]
L1803.5 ST29R 2025
Received: 3/28/2025
Legislators--Texas--Biography.

How the other half eats : the untold story of food and inequality in America / Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD.
New York : Little, Brown Spark, November 2021.
363.80973 F459H 2021
Received: 3/26/2025
Food security--United States.
Food habits--United States.
Food--Social aspects--United States.
Equality--United States--History--21st century.
Food habits.
Food.
Sâecuritâe alimentaire (CaQQLa)000266621--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Habitudes alimentaires (CaQQLa)201-0005668--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Aliments (CaQQLa)201-0001973--Aspect social (CaQQLa)201-0374080--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Habitudes alimentaires. (CaQQLa)201-0005668
Aliments. (CaQQLa)201-0001973
food. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300254496
HOUSE & HOME / General. bisacsh
Food security fast (OCoLC)fst01748879
Food habits fast (OCoLC)fst00930807
Food--Social aspects fast (OCoLC)fst00930613
Equality fast (OCoLC)fst00914456

Understanding trauma-informed care in the Texas child welfare system : data and recommendations from the field / prepared by Sarah Crockett and Adrianna Torres-Garcâla.
Austin, TX : Texas CASA, 2015
362.7 C938UN 2015
Received: 3/25/2025
Child welfare--Texas.
Family services--Texas.

Groundwater use planning strategies and best management practices for drought scenarios, Val Verde County, Texas : groundwater management report 23-01, special report to the Texas Legislature / Brooke T. Paup, chairwoman ; George B. Peyton V, member ; L'Oreal Stepney, P.E., member ; Jeff Walker, executive administrator.
Austin, TX : Texas Water Development Board, 2023.
W600.8 G882V 2023
Received: 3/25/2025
Droughts--Texas.
Water resources development--Texas.
Groundwater--Texas.
Water-supply--Texas--Planning.

SREB : Cross-state findings / Kimberly Anderson.
Atlanta, GA : Southern Regional Education Board, 2015.
373.73 AN545C 2015
Received: 3/25/2025
Education, Higher--Southern States.
Enseignement supâerieur (CaQQLa)201-0070156--âEtats-Unis (Sud) (CaQQLa)201-0407740
Education, Higher fast (OCoLC)fst00903005

Investigation of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division; [Beaumont, TX] ; [San Antonio, TX] : U.S. Attorney's Offices for the Districts of Texas, 2024.
364.36 IN62J 2024
Received: 3/24/2025
Juvenile delinquents--Legal status, laws, etc.
Child abuse--United States.
Sexually abused children--United States.
Child abuse--Law and legislation--United States.
Enfants (CaQQLa)201-0007932--Violence envers (CaQQLa)201-0007932--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Enfants victimes d'abus sexuels (CaQQLa)201-0122415--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727

Pre-Session Legislative Conference : November 30 - December 2, 2016.
[Austin, TX : The Council, 2016]
L1800.1 P926 2016
Received: 3/24/2025
Legislation--Texas--Congresses.

Week of Monday, Mar 17 2025

A special audit of expenses related to the impeachment trial / Lisa R. Collier, CPA, CFE, CIDA, State Auditor.
Austin, TX : The Office, 2025
A2700.8 EX96IM 2025
Received: 3/21/2025
Trial (Impeachment)--Texas.
Impeachments--Texas.

Los tejanos.
Stamford, CT : Fantagraphics Books, Inc.,: 1982
976.4 J12T 1982
Received: 3/21/2025

Big Tex, the lead steer of Texas : a Texas Christmas story / by Larry P. Smith.
Fort Worth : L S Ranches, Inc., 1986.
976.4 SM642B 1986
Received: 3/21/2025
Christmas--Texas.
Cattle--Texas.
Children's literature.
Noèel (CaQQLa)201-0002204--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Cattle. fast (OCoLC)fst00849460
Children's literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01759351
Christmas. fast (OCoLC)fst00859787

A solitary failure : the waste, cost and harm of solitary confinement in Texas.
Houston, TX : American Civil Liberties Union of Texas ; Texas Civil Rights Project, 2015.
365 AM512S 2015
Received: 3/21/2025
Solitary confinement--Moral and ethical aspects--Texas.
Prisoners--Abuse of--Texas.
Prisoners--Civil rights--Texas.
Human rights--Texas.
Prisonniers (CaQQLa)201-0028848--Violence envers (CaQQLa)000288502--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Prisonniers (CaQQLa)201-0156679--Droits (CaQQLa)201-0156679--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) (CaQQLa)201-0065399--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Human rights fast (OCoLC)fst00963285
Prisoners--Abuse of fast (OCoLC)fst01077104
Prisoners--Civil rights fast (OCoLC)fst01077110

Texas perspectives on firearms law.
Austin : State Bar of Texas, 2015.
B600.8 F514LA 2015
Received: 3/21/2025
Firearms--Law and legislation--Texas.
Firearms--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst00925588

Board for Lease of University Lands administrator's general statement : 1985 sunset review process.
[Austin, Tex. : Board of Regents of the University of Texas, 1985]
Z US900.1 L481 1
Received: 3/21/2025

Summary of House Appropriations Committee recommended appropriations for the 1992-93 biennium.
[Austin, Tex. : House Appropriations Committee, 1991]
L1800 B859 1992-93SH
Received: 3/21/2025
Bills, Legislative--Texas.-93SH

Aging matters : Is Texas ready?
Austin, TX : Texas Dept. on Aging, [2001]
A800.8 AG47I 2001
Received: 3/21/2025
Population forecasting--Texas.
Older people--Care--Texas.
Older people--Government policy--Texas.

Fiscal year 2024 driver license services report : to the Office of the Governor, the Legislative Budget Board, members of the 88th Texas Legislature : in compliance with General Appropriations Act, 88th Leg., R.S., article v, Department of Public Safety, rider 29, driver license services reporting : respectfully submitted by the Texas Department of Public Safety December 1, 2024 / Department of Public Safety.
[Austin, TX], : The Department, [2024]
P3500.3 D782 2024
Received: 3/21/2025
Drivers' licenses--Texas.

Wealth warrior : 8 steps for communities of color to conquer the stock market / Linda Garcâia.
New York : Legacy Lit, [2023]
332.63 G216W 2023
Received: 3/20/2025
Stocks.
Investments.
Finance, Personal.
Minorities--Finance, Personal.
Finance, Personal--Psychological aspects.
Actions (Titres de sociâetâe) (CaQQLa)201-0006032
Investissements. (CaQQLa)201-0004448
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Investing. bisacsh
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Hispanic & Latino. bisacsh
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Investments & Securities / Stocks. bisacsh
Finance, Personal fast (OCoLC)fst00924449
Finance, Personal--Psychological aspects fast (OCoLC)fst00924465
Investments fast (OCoLC)fst00978234
Stocks fast (OCoLC)fst01133704

David Crockett went down fighting : how we know it / Phil Guarnieri with Richard L. Range ; foreword by Jerry E. Patterson.
Dallas, Texas : Red River Press, [2024]
976.4 G916D 2024
Received: 3/20/2025

Summary of Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1 : 2026-27 biennium / Submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance ; prepared by Legislative Budget Board staff.
[Austin, TX] : Legislative Budget Board, [2025]
L1300.8 B859 2026/27SS
Received: 3/20/2025
Bills, Legislative--Texas./27SS