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A spotlight on some recently acquired physical and electronic books in the collection.

New Books: July/August 2026

The following are new books added to the Laurier Library.  The lists will be updated monthly. The titles below are selections and not a full list of the new titles. 

(NOTE: updated less frequently in summer months)

New electronic books in the Laurier collection
Anthropology
Archaeology and Heritage Studies
Biology
Business

AI, trust and business models / Marlena Grabowska, Iwona Otola, and Magdalena Rzemieniak.

Change for good : strategy for the better / Edward Huizenga.

Digital business models and environmental action : harnessing technological revolution to address climate change / Adam Jabłoński, Marek Jabłoński.

Empowering women in agriculture through artificial intelligence / Sapna Jarial, Chethan Patil N.D..

Fair share : how men and women can create a more equitable workplace together / W. Brad Johnson, David G. Smith.

Humanistic management and leadership / Michael Pirson.

Learn to trade like a professional : a proven process for consistent success in financial markets / Sam Warner-Baker.

Managing AI projects : drive innovation and successfully navigate the full AI project lifecycle / by Malini Jain Runtasewee and Adrian Gonzalez Sanchez.

Sacred business : nine principles to transform yourself, redesign business & impact the world / Nikki Trott.

Searching for democracy : women, domestic work, and social reproduction in Latin America / Leda M. Pérez.

Show up to win : how to land the leadership role you want / Kelly O. Kay, Jeff Sanders.

Super teams : the science and secrets of high-performing teams / Ron Friedman.

The protector's edge : leadership through strategy and action / Charles Randolph, Jonathan Wackrow, and Fred Burton.

The resilient mindset : engineering strength through systems thinking / Mohammad Yazdi.

Winning without persuading : a new framework for leading with curiosity and story discovery / Esther Choy.

Chemistry
Communication Studies
Computer Science and Physics

A classical philosophical approach to artificial intelligence : merging technology and humanity / Ricardo F. Crespo.

AI for good : how real people are using artificial intelligence to fix things that matter / Josh Tyrangiel.

Artificial intelligence and the future of work / Committee on Automation and the U.S. Workforce: An Update ; Computer Science and Telecommunications Board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on Human-Systems Integration ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing / Thomas Wilhelm, Patrick Engebretson.

Encyclical letter magnifica humanitas of the Holy Father Leo XIV : on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence / Leo XIV.

Hands-On RAG for Production.

Knowledge Graphs and LLMs in Action : Build AI systems using connected data / Alessandro Negro; Vlastimil Kus; Giuseppe Futia; Fabio Montagna.

Reboot : AI and the race to save democracy / Beth Simone Noveck.

Reconceiving AI : the world as an apple or a blue orange / M. R. Hasan.

Responsible organizations and humanism in artificial intelligence : between automating humans and humanizing machines / Rosa Fioravante, Antonino Vaccaro.

Smart stardom : advanced digital technologies and the replication of celebrity / Sarah Thomas and Christopher Holliday.

The Effective Software Engineer : How ICs at Every Level Can Leverage AI, Prioritize High-Value Work, and Lead Beyond Their Role / Addy Osmani.

The art and ethics of generative AI : fairness, transparency, and human values / Kirti Seth, Nidhi Gupta and Ashish Seth.

The god test : artificial intelligence and our coming cosmic reckoning / Robert Wright.

Criminology
Cultural Studies
Economics
Education
English and Film Studies
Geography
Global Studies
Health Sciences
Health Studies

No new eBooks

History
Human and Social Sciences

No new eBooks

Indigenous Studies

No new eBooks

Kinesiology and Physical Education
Martin Luther University College
Mathematics
Medieval and Medievalism Studies
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Religion and Culture
Social Work
Society and Environmental Justice
Sociology
Women and Gender Studies
New print books in the Laurier collection
Anthropology
Archaeology and Heritage Studies
Biology

No new print books

Business
Chemistry

No new print books

Communication Studies

Attention and alienation : the international political economy of information and communication technologies / Aarushi Bhandari.

Black out loud : the revolutionary history of Black comedy from vaudeville to '90s sitcoms / Geoff Bennett.

Digital equity ecosystems : how community coalitions reduce inequality and strengthen democracy / Colin Rhinesmith.

Exposing violence : media practices and aesthetics of radical truth / Agnieszka Jelewska and Michał Krawczak.

How video games made the metaverse : from pixels to portals / Kelly Vero.

Insufferable tools : feminism against big tech / Sarah Sharma.

Media rurality / Patrick Brodie and Darin Barney, Editors.

Open secrecy : how technology empowers the digital underworld / Isak Ladegaard.

Predicted : how AI is restructuring social life / Mona Sloane.

Setting fire to reason : the ethics of free speech / Jeffrey W. Howard.

Technocracy : knowledge and power in the information age / Paul O'Connor.

Terms of respect : how colleges get free speech right / Christopher L. Eisgruber.

The gendered self : LGBTQ+ narratives in global media / edited by Tamanna M. Shah, Sonali Jha.

The wonderful world that almost was : a life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek / Andrew Durbin.

The future of free speech : reversing the global decline of democracy's most essential freedom / Jacob Mchangama and Jeff Kosseff.

The gendered self : LGBTQ+ narratives in global media / edited by Tamanna M. Shah, Sonali Jha.

Work in the digital media and entertainment industries : a critical introduction / Tanner Mirrlees.

Computer Science and Physics
Criminology
Cultural Studies

No new print books

Economics
Education

No new print books

English and Film Studies
Geography
Global Studies
Health Sciences

No new print books

Health Studies

No new print books

History
Human and Social Sciences
Indigenous Studies

No new print books

Kinesiology and Physical Education

No new print books

Martin Luther University College
Mathematics
Medieval and Medievalism Studies
Music

No new print books

Philosophy
Political Science
Psychology
Religion and Culture

No new print books

Social Work
Society and Environmental Justice

No new print books

Sociology
Women and Gender Studies

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