Books & Literature

• How to Survive Childhood Abuse

  Apr 30th, 2018 by Edgar Mendez

  1 in 12 suffer sex abuse as children. Local author’s book offers hope.

• Book Club

  Automating Inequality

  Apr 13th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene

  Learn -- and discuss -- how government automation is failing society's most vulnerable.

• Travel Channel Seeks City’s Secret “Treasure”

  Jan 17th, 2018 by Brian Jacobson

  "Expedition Unknown" to search for unique ceramic cask buried in 1981 but never found.

• Eyes on Milwaukee

  How The Library Can Save You $750

  Jan 15th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene

  Or more. Per year. A guide to reclaiming your tax dollars.

• Echo

  Discovering the Driftless Area

  Nov 19th, 2017 by Kate Habrel

  New book celebrates unique region never touched by glaciers, including western Wisconsin.

• The Shame of Milwaukee

  Dec 12th, 2016 by Tula A. Connell

  How race baiting was used against Mayor Zeidler in 1956 campaign. Excerpt from new book.

• I Am A Boy of Color

  Nov 5th, 2016 by Andrea Waxman

  Milwaukee mother of two multiracial sons authors a book about minority boys from many backgrounds.

• Frozen Custard Capital of the World

  Nov 3rd, 2016 by The History Press

  Why is Milwaukee the leading city for this uniquely rich treat? Excerpt from new book.

• Book Club

  The Cosmopolitan Canopy

  Nov 2nd, 2016 by Jeramey Jannene

  How can cities like Milwaukee break down ethnic and racial barriers? Our book club considers.

• A Tour Of Milwaukee’s Polish Heritage

  Aug 29th, 2016 by Jill Florence Lackey and Rick Petrie

  Fun tour is among many in new book, ‘Strolling Through Milwaukee’s Ethnic History.’

• How Milwaukee Became LGBTQ-Friendly

  Aug 8th, 2016 by Michail Takach

  It went from very intolerant to more gay bars than Chicago by 1969, a new book finds.

• Book Club

  Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus

  Aug 2nd, 2016 by Jeramey Jannene

  What is the systemic problem that sets the rich against the poor and the technologists against everybody else?