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

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Week of Monday, Nov 15 2021

Interim studies established by the 87th Texas Legislature : Regular, 2nd, and 3rd Called Sessions / published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Austin, Tex. : The Council, 2021
L1400.8 IN8E 2021
Received: 11/17/2021

Once a bitcoin miner : scandal and turmoil in the cryptocurrency wild west / Ethan Lou.
Toronto : ECW Press, 2021.
332.178 L886ON 2021
Received: 11/17/2021
Cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin.
Currency crises.
Cryptocurrencies. fast (OCoLC)fst02003011
Bitcoin. fast (OCoLC)fst01920464
Currency crises. fast (OCoLC)fst00885325

The new politics of the old South : an introduction to Southern politics / edited by Charles S. Bullock III, Mark J. Rozell.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2022]
320.975 B938N 2022
Received: 11/17/2021
Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741

Black soldiers in Jim Crow Texas, 1899-1917 / Garna L. Christian.
College Station : Texas A & M University Press, Ã1995.
355 C555B 1995
Received: 11/17/2021
Race discrimination--Texas--History--20th century.
Armed Forces--African American troops. fast (OCoLC)fst01351728
Race discrimination. fast (OCoLC)fst01086465
Race relations. fast (OCoLC)fst01086509

Repairing Jefferson's America / Clay S. Jenkinson.
Virginia Beach, VA : Kèoehlerbooks, [2020].
323.6 J52R 2020
Received: 11/15/2021
Citizenship--United States.
Political and social views. fast (OCoLC)fst01353986
Citizenship fast (OCoLC)fst00861909

Judge W.A. Morrison : an unfinished autobiography.
Austin, Tex. : Hart Graphics, 1984.
345.01 M878UN 1984
Received: 11/15/2021

The turnout myth : voting rates and partisan outcomes in American national elections / Daron R. Shaw and John R. Petrocik.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
324.60973 SH534T 2020
Received: 11/15/2021
Voter turnout--United States.
Political participation--United States.
Voting research--United States.
Political participation. fast (OCoLC)fst01069386
Voter turnout. fast (OCoLC)fst01895823
Voting research. fast (OCoLC)fst01169267

The president and the freedom fighter : Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their battle to save America's soul / Brian Kilmeade.
[New York] : Sentinel, [2021]
973.7092 K48P 2021
Received: 11/15/2021
Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History.
Slaves--Emancipation--United States.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
Abolitionists. fast (OCoLC)fst00794478
Friendship. fast (OCoLC)fst00935174
Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidents. fast (OCoLC)fst01075723
Slavery--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01120465
Slaves--Emancipation. fast (OCoLC)fst01120540

Week of Monday, Nov 08 2021

Texas charter schools turn 25 / House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives.
Austin TX : House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives, [2021]
L1801.9 ST94 87-4
Received: 11/10/2021
Charter schools--Texas.
Education and state--Texas.-4

Texas transportation funding : for fiscal years 2020-2021 / Texas Department of Transportation.
Austin, Tex. : Texas Dept. of Transportation [2019]
T1320.8 T355 2019
Received: 11/8/2021
Transportation and state--Texas.
Transportation--Texas--Finance.

Week of Monday, Nov 01 2021

Texas Legislative Council employees' manual / prepared and published by the staff of the Texas Legislative Council.
Austin, Tex. : The Council, 2015.
L1400.5 EM73 2015
Received: 11/5/2021

A guide to the Committee on House Administration.
[Austin, Tex.] : The Committee, [1985]
L1801.5 AD65H 1985
Received: 11/5/2021

Texas House of Representatives committee clerk's handbook / Office of the Committee Coordinator.
[Austin, Tex.] : Texas House of Representatives, [1989]
L1801.5 C737C 1989
Received: 11/5/2021

Week of Monday, Oct 25 2021

Presumed guilty : how the Supreme Court empowered the police and subverted civil rights / Erwin Chemerinsky.
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
344.73052 C517P 2021
Received: 10/25/2021
Police misconduct--Law and legislation--United States.
Police brutality--United States--Prevention.
Police power--United States.
Tort liability of police--United States.
Discrimination in justice administration--United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans--Civil rights. fast (OCoLC)fst00799575
Civil rights. fast (OCoLC)fst00862627
Discrimination in justice administration. fast (OCoLC)fst00895100
Discrimination in criminal justice administration. fast (OCoLC)fst00895034
Police misconduct--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01068620
Police power. fast (OCoLC)fst01068645
Race discrimination--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01086474
Tort liability of police. fast (OCoLC)fst01152899

The wineslinger chronicles : Texas on the vine / Russell D. Kane ; foreword by Doug Frost.
Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, Ã2012.
641.2 K16W 2012
Received: 10/25/2021
Wine and wine making--Texas.
Vintners--Texas.
Viticulture--Texas.
Vintners. fast (OCoLC)fst01167087
Viticulture. fast (OCoLC)fst01168260
Wine and wine making. fast (OCoLC)fst01175907
Vineyards--Texas. sears
Wine and wine making--Texas. sears

Week of Monday, Oct 18 2021

Redistricting : the most political activity in America / Charles S. Bullock III.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, and imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
328.73 B938R 2021
Received: 10/20/2021
Apportionment (Election law)--United States.
Gerrymandering--United States.
Apportionment (Election law) fast (OCoLC)fst00811773
Gerrymandering. fast (OCoLC)fst00942249

Week of Monday, Oct 11 2021

Essentials of Texas water resources / Mary K. Sahs, editor.
Austin, TX : State Bar of Texas, 2020.
B600.8 ES74 2020
Received: 10/13/2021
Water--Law and legislation--Texas.
Groundwater--Law and legislation--Texas.
Water rights--Texas.
Water resources development--Law and legislation--Texas.
Watershed management--Law and legislation--Texas.
Groundwater--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst00948235
Water--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01171236
Water resources development--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01171999
Water rights. fast (OCoLC)fst01172066
Watershed management--Law and legislation. fast (OCoLC)fst01172731

Executive order GA-40 relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates subject to legislative action.
Austin, Tex. : Office of the Governor, [2021]
G648.1 EX31 40
Received: 10/12/2021
Vaccines.
Immunization--Texas.
Emergency management--Texas.
Public health--Texas.
Epidemics--Prevention--Government policy--Texas.
Coronavirus infections.
COVID-19 (Disease)

The constitution of knowledge : a defense of truth / Jonathan Rauch.
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]
174.907 R241C 2021
Received: 10/11/2021
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Truth--Political aspects.
Social epistemology.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Disinformation.
Information literacy.
Media literacy.
Fake news--United States--21st century.
Social media--Political aspects.
Cancel culture--United States--21st century.
Censorship--United States.
Freedom of speech.
Cancel culture. fast (OCoLC)fst02020518
Censorship. fast (OCoLC)fst00850568
Disinformation. fast (OCoLC)fst00895245
Fake news. fast (OCoLC)fst01985391
Freedom of speech. fast (OCoLC)fst00934044
Information literacy. fast (OCoLC)fst00972560
Intellectual life. fast (OCoLC)fst00975769
Knowledge, Sociology of. fast (OCoLC)fst00988190
Media literacy. fast (OCoLC)fst01013578
Social epistemology. fast (OCoLC)fst01122446
Social media--Political aspects. fast (OCoLC)fst01983657
Truthfulness and falsehood. fast (OCoLC)fst01158255

Week of Monday, Oct 04 2021

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 8
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 7
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 6
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 5
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 4
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 3
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 2
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Bill analyses, enrolled legislation of the 87th Texas Legislature / Senate Research Center.
Austin, TX : Senate Research Center, [2021]
L1803.6 AN13 2021 1
Received: 10/6/2021
Bills, Legislative--Texas.
Legislative histories--Texas.

Guide to 2021 redistricting in Texas / published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Austin, Tex. : Texas Legislative Council, [2021]
L1400.8 G942 2021
Received: 10/4/2021
Apportionment (Election law)--Texas.
Election districts--Texas.

Data for 2021 redistricting in Texas / published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Austin, Tex. : Texas Legislative Council, [2021]
L1400.8 D262 2021
Received: 10/4/2021
Apportionment (Election law)--Texas.
Election districts--Texas.

Constitutional amendments proposed for November 2021 ballot / House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives.
Austin TX : House Research Organization, Texas House of Representatives, [2021]
L1801.9 ST94 87-3
Received: 10/4/2021
Constitutional amendments--Texas.
Constitutions--Texas.-3

Teaching Black history to white people / Leonard N. Moore.
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
973.0496073 M821T 2021
Received: 10/4/2021
African Americans--History--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
African Americans--History--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Anecdotes.
Racism--History--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
African Americans--United States--History.
Whites--Education (Higher)--United States.
African Americans. fast (OCoLC)fst00799558
African Americans--Study and teaching (Higher) fast (OCoLC)fst00799710

Sunset in Texas, 2022-2023.
[Austin, TX] : Sunset Advisory Commission, [2021]
S1500.8 SU74 2021
Received: 10/4/2021
Sunset reviews of government programs--Texas.
Legislation--Texas.