New book list - December 8, 2025

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

Week of Monday, Dec 01 2025

Fiscal year 2025 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, 89th 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, 2025 / Department of Public Safety.

[Austin, TX], : The Department, [2025]
P3500.3 D782 2025
Received: 12/4/2025
Drivers' licenses--Texas.

Little lawmakers of Texas (A kid's guide to the legislative process).

Coppell, Tex. : 2025.
YOUNG TEXANS
Received: 12/2/2025

Rural versus urban : the growing divide that threatens democracy / Suzanne Mettler, Trevor E. Brown.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2025]
306.0973 M595 2025
Received: 12/2/2025
Rural-urban relations--United States.
City and town life--United States.
Group values (Sociology)--United States.
Right and left (Political science)--United States.
Democracy--United States.
City and town life.
Democracy.
Vie urbaine. (CaQQLa)201-0019048
Dâemocratie locale. (CaQQLa)201-0227693
Vie urbaine (CaQQLa)201-0019048--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Valeurs de groupe (Sociologie) (CaQQLa)000286360--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Dâemocratie locale (CaQQLa)201-0227693--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
City and town life fast (OCoLC)fst00862081
Democracy fast (OCoLC)fst00890077
Right and left (Political science) fast (OCoLC)fst01097849

The gunfighters : how Texas made the West wild / Bryan Burrough.

New York : Penguin Press, 2025.
976.4 B972 2025
Received: 12/2/2025
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Gunfighters--Texas--Biography.
Gunfights--West (U.S.)--History.
Honor--Texas--History--19th century.
Violence--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Honneur (CaQQLa)201-0023617--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0378908--19e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0378908
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) bisacsh
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) sears

Beyond the science of reading : connecting literacy instruction to the science of learning / Natalie Wexler.

Arlington, Virginia : ASCD, [2025]
372.6 W545 2025
Received: 12/2/2025
Language arts--United States.
Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching--United States.
Learning, Psychology of.
Cognition in children--United States.
Language experience approach in education--United States.
Arts du langage (CaQQLa)201-0032945--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Composition (Exercice littâeraire) (CaQQLa)201-0238862--âEtude et enseignement (CaQQLa)201-0374473--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Cognition chez l'enfant (CaQQLa)201-0018307--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Approche fondâee sur l'expâerience linguistique (âEducation) (CaQQLa)201-0087766--âEtats-Unis. (CaQQLa)201-0407727
Psychologie de l'apprentissage. (CaQQLa)201-0009360

Week of Monday, Nov 17 2025

Planning miracles : how to prevent future pandemics / Jon Cohen.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
614.4 C678 2025
Received: 11/18/2025
Pandemics--Prevention.
Communicable diseases--Epidemiology.
Medical policy--Moral and ethical aspects.
Influenza--Prevention.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Prevention.
SARS (Disease)--Prevention.
Pandemics--prevention & control (DNLM)D058873Q000517
Maladies infectieuses (CaQQLa)201-0001354--âEpidâemiologie. (CaQQLa)201-0395682
Politique sanitaire (CaQQLa)201-0011188--Aspect moral. (CaQQLa)201-0374162

AUSTIN-SAN ANTONIO MEGAREGION : opportunity and challenge in the lone star state.

[S.l.] : TEXAS A & M UNIV PRESS, 2025.
976.43 C579 2025
Received: 11/18/2025
Texas--Economic conditions.

CORONER'S SILENCE : death records and the hidden victims of police violence.

[S.l.] : BEACON, 2025. .block 363.232 K26 2025
363.232 K26 2025
Received: 11/17/2025

Artificial intelligence law and regulation in a nutshell / Jon M. Garon.

Eagan, MN : West Academic, [2025]
006.3 G237 2025
Received: 11/17/2025
Artificial intelligence--Law and legislation--United States.

Triptych : death, AI, and librarianship / R. David Lankes with Jain Orr and Qianzi Cao ; in association with Library journal.

[United States] : [R. David Lankes], [2025]
020.1 L289 2025
Received: 11/17/2025
Library science--Philosophy.
Libraries and community.
Libraries and society.
Librarians--Attitudes.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Information society.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Bibliothâeconomie (CaQQLa)201-0003523--Philosophie. (CaQQLa)201-0380041
Relations bibliotháeque-collectivitâe. (CaQQLa)201-0003730
Bibliotháeques et sociâetâe. (CaQQLa)201-0003752
Sociologie de la connaissance. (CaQQLa)201-0037537
Sociâetâe de l'information. (CaQQLa)201-0191871
sociology of knowledge. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300054459

Week of Monday, Nov 10 2025

The land trap : a new history of the world's oldest asset / Mike Bird.

New York, NY : Portfolio/Penguin, [2025]
333.73 B618 2025
Received: 11/12/2025
Land use--Economic aspects.
Land tenure--Economic aspects.
Land speculation.
Real estate investment.
International finance.
Utilisation du sol (CaQQLa)201-0019762--Aspect âeconomique. (CaQQLa)201-0374333
Propriâetâe fonciáere (CaQQLa)201-0005914--Aspect âeconomique. (CaQQLa)201-0374333
Spâeculation fonciáere. (CaQQLa)201-0299907
Immeubles--Investissements. (CaQQLa)201-0027573

Week of Monday, Nov 03 2025

Deep in the heart : a Texas wildlife story / by Jay Kleberg, Katy Baldock, & Ben Masters.

Austin, Texas : Greenleaf Book Group Press, [2022]
333.709 K63 2022
Received: 11/7/2025
Wildlife conservation--Texas.
Nature conservation--Texas.
Wildlife conservation--Texas--Pictorial works.
Nature conservation--Texas--Pictorial works.
Faune (CaQQLa)201-0009995--Protection (CaQQLa)201-0009995--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Nature (CaQQLa)201-0009997--Conservation (CaQQLa)201-0009997--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Faune (CaQQLa)201-0009995--Protection (CaQQLa)201-0009995--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Ouvrages illustrâes. (CaQQLa)201-0377738
Nature (CaQQLa)201-0009997--Conservation (CaQQLa)201-0009997--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Ouvrages illustrâes. (CaQQLa)201-0377738
Nature conservation fast (OCoLC)fst01034632
Wildlife conservation fast (OCoLC)fst01175253

Texas made Texas modern : the house and the land / Helen Thompson ; photographs by Casey Dunn ; foreword by Lawrence W. Speck.

New York, New York : The Monacelli Press, [2018]
728.370 T468 2018
Received: 11/7/2025
Architect-designed houses--Texas--History--21st century.
Interior decoration--Texas--History--21st century.
Architect-designed houses--Texas--Pictorial works.
Interior decoration--Texas--Pictorial works.
Modern movement (Architecture)--Texas.
Modern movement (Architecture)--Texas--Pictorial works.
Maisons conðcues par des architectes (CaQQLa)201-0095711--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0381174--21e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0381174
Dâecoration intâerieure (CaQQLa)201-0005685--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0381174--21e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0381174
Maisons conðcues par des architectes (CaQQLa)201-0095711--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Ouvrages illustrâes. (CaQQLa)201-0377738
Dâecoration intâerieure (CaQQLa)201-0005685--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Ouvrages illustrâes. (CaQQLa)201-0377738
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) (CaQQLa)201-0337839--Texas. (CaQQLa)201-0460855
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) (CaQQLa)201-0337839--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Ouvrages illustrâes. (CaQQLa)201-0377738
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential. bisacsh
TRAVEL / United States / South / West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) bisacsh
ARCHITECTURE / Regional. bisacsh
Modern movement (Architecture) fast (OCoLC)fst01024437
Architect-designed houses fast (OCoLC)fst00813106
Architecture, Domestic fast (OCoLC)fst00813666
Architecture, Modern fast (OCoLC)fst00813842
Interior decoration fast (OCoLC)fst00976327

Historic photos of Texas oil / text and captions by Mike Cox.

Nashville, Tenn. : Turner Pub., 2009.
338.2 C877 2009
Received: 11/7/2025
Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--History--20th century.
Oil fields--Texas.
Pâetrole (CaQQLa)201-0021550--Industrie et commerce (CaQQLa)201-0021550--Texas (CaQQLa)201-0460855--Histoire (CaQQLa)201-0378892--20e siáecle. (CaQQLa)201-0378892
Economic history. fast (OCoLC)fst00901974
Oil fields. fast (OCoLC)fst01044579
Petroleum industry and trade. fast (OCoLC)fst01059546

Breakneck : China's quest to engineer the future / Dan Wang.

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025]
327.51073 W246 2025
Received: 11/7/2025
Technological innovations--China.
Engineering and state--China.
Economic forecasting--China.
Innovations (CaQQLa)201-0023341--Chine. (CaQQLa)201-0476619
Ingâenierie (CaQQLa)201-0127319--Politique gouvernementale (CaQQLa)201-0127319--Chine. (CaQQLa)201-0476619
Prâevision âeconomique (CaQQLa)201-0021501--Chine. (CaQQLa)201-0476619

BEYOND THE POLITICS OF CONTEMPT : practical steps to build positive relationships in divided times.

[S.l.] : Together Across Differences, 2025.
324.273 T337 2025
Received: 11/7/2025

Week of Monday, Oct 27 2025

The big one : how we must prepare for future deadly pandemics / Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH and Mark Olshaker.

New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2025.
614.4 OS85 2025
Received: 10/27/2025
Pandemics.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects.
Public health.
Public Health (DNLM)D011634
Santâe publique. (CaQQLa)201-0001294
public health. aat (CStmoGRI)aat300132827
COVID-19 (Disease) sears
Epidemiology. sears
Communicable diseases--Prevention. sears
Communicable diseases. sears

Week of Monday, Oct 06 2025

Let's celebrate Hispanic heritage

Coppell, Tex. : [s.n.], c2025.
YOUNG TEXANS
Received: 10/10/2025
Hispanic American art :--Juvenile literature