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(MIT Press, 2025).

An associate professor of computer science at the Colorado School of Mines and director of the Mines Interactive Robotics Research Lab, the author argues that robotics design has historically reinforced white supremacist and patriarchal systems of power. In this book, he explores what roboticists might do to subvert rather than reinforce those trends.

(Columbia University Press, 2025).

Bob Pigott has called New York City home since 1959. By trade, he is an attorney who served as section chief and bureau chief of the New York Attorney General’s Charities Bureau. He’s also a history buff. When reading a biography, he finds himself especially curious about one aspect of the subjects’ life — their first trip to New York City. What did they want to see? Where did they stay? What were their impressions?

(Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2025).

In a world where despotic sorcerers use their magic to control and intimidate, young Fiora Barrowling finds herself embroiled in the human resistance movement after a fateful encounter. At the resistance academy, she learns to fight and struggles with belonging, all while contending with a possible infiltrator leaking information to the sorcerers. Kirkus describes the book as “breathless” and “a lightning blast of futuristic fantasy.”

(self-published, 2025).

The author asks readers to ponder several questions:

Does your organization feel like it’s running but not really going anywhere?

Have you experienced any of the following: strategic plans that sit untouched in binders; an overflowing calendar yet a sense of an unaccomplished mission; a passionate team that burns out faster than it can recover; fundraising that looks good on paper, but with an impact that feels ... shallow?

(NASPA, 2025).

According to the publisher, “Well-Being Leadership in Higher Education is a groundbreaking guide that reimagines how colleges and universities can center well-being as a strategic priority to enhance student success and institutional effectiveness. Blending theory, research, and practice, this timely volume brings together a wide range of voices from across higher education — student affairs leaders, chief wellness officers, clinicians, and faculty — who share powerful insights and actionable strategies for leading transformative well-being initiatives. Readers will find field-tested approaches for assessing and evaluating outcomes, creating integrated models of care, and engaging students as key stakeholders in shaping campus cultures of health and wellness. As higher education continues to respond to the growing mental health crisis, this book offers a compelling call to action and a clear roadmap for embedding well-being into policies, programs, and daily practice.”

(Harper Muse, 2025).

“Uncle Dixon always told Rennie to tell the bees everything, but somewhere along the way, Rennie forgot. Now, with her life at its lowest, she begins to see the bees in a new light. Will she believe again in the magic of the hives, and will she listen as the bees try to guide her home?”

(Ascend Books, 2025).

People are like redwood trees? Dogs? Porcupines, even? Rabbi Michael Zedek shares how in a refreshing, humorous style that connects with young readers and their families. The illustrated stories in this slim volume inspire empathy and compassion as well as meaningful conversations that remind us we still have room and time to grow no matter our age.

(StarTracker Publishing, 2025).

What if reading one short story each week could guide you closer to the life you were meant to live? This inspiring collection is designed to do just that — help you to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and rediscover the simple joys in everyday life.

(The Troy Book Makers, 2025).

One reviewer had this to say about the author’s third book of poetry: “Bernini's Selected Poems cover lots of ground. They are masterful examples of the ‘poet-as-guide,’ assisting the reader in a spiritual exploration of life’s varied terrain. Insightful, funny, educational, awesome wordsmithery.”

(Fordham University Press, 2026).

As we consider our relationship with the planet in the age of climate change, David Morris asks: Can we continue to be mere stewards of nature, or could parks help us reimage our role as participants inseparable from the natural world?