These e-books can all be found by searching their titles in the library's catalog and following the link to access full-text. Thousands more titles are available through our catalog and other e-book databases:
Generational Poverty: An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor by 
Divided: The Perils of Our Growing Inequality by
Scholars, activists, and journalists provide an illuminating, multifaceted look at inequality in America.
Borderline Citizens by
(Accessible through E-book Central) Borderline Citizens explores the intersection of U.S. colonial power and Puerto Rican migration.
How America Got Its Guns by
On the history of guns in America; examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned.
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed by
Civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb Jr. describes the role that armed self-defense played in the survival and liberation of black communities in America during the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s.
Police Use of Excessive Force in Disorganized Neighborhoods by
Hays argues that as neighborhood poverty, racial/ethnic differences, and residential mobility increase, it becomes more difficult for residents to ... defend neighborhoods from criminals and from rogue police officers.
Protect, Serve, and Deport by
Explains how local politics, state laws, institutional policies, and police practices work together to deliver immigrants into an expanding federal deportation system.
No Slam Dunk: No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport, and the Unevenness of Social Change by
On gender equality in sports.
Banned Books by
"Explores why some of the world's . . . literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read--whether for challenging racial or sexual norms, satirizing public figures, or simply being deemed unfit for young readers."
Black Lives Matter by
"Started as a hashtag after the death of Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter has become one of the most significant protest movements of our time. See how its activists and demonstrators have changed the course of history"
Hacking Artificial Intelligence by
"The ability to hack AI and the technology industry's lack of effort to secure it is thought by experts to be the biggest unaddressed technology issue of our time. This book sheds light on the many hacking risks, encouraging readers to address problems before they become catastrophic"
Deep Learning by
"Artificial Intelligence is a disruptive technology across business and society. There are three long-term trends driving this AI revolution: the emergence of Big Data, the creation of cheaper and more powerful computers, and development of better algorithms for processing and learning from data. Deep learning is the subfield of Artificial Intelligence that focuses on creating large neural network models that are capable of making accurate data driven decisions. . . . . In the last ten years, deep learning has become the fundamental technology in computer vision systems, speech recognition on mobile phones, information retrieval systems, machine translation, game AI, and self-driving cars. It is set to have a massive impact in healthcare, finance, and smart cities over the next years. This book is designed to give an accessible and concise, but also comprehensive, introduction to the field of Deep Learning."
Driven : the race to create the autonomous car by 
Branding Bud : the commercialization of cannabis by 
The Climate Crisis by
"Why, despite all we know about the causes and harms of global heating, has so little effective action been taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and what we can do to change that? This book explains the mechanisms and impacts of the climate crisis, traces the history and reasons behind the lack of serious effort to combat it, describes some people's ongoing scepticism and how to shift it, and motivates an urgent program of action."
Vaping by
"Though first introduced in 2003, vaping's popularity has rapidly increased in recent years. . . . The perspectives in this resource explore the facts that are currently available on vaping along with its relationship to addictive substances."
Empire of Pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty by
"The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sackler's were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling"
Vaccines by
"Anthology of essays accompanied by original introductory material that explores the controversies surrounding the issue of vaccines in American society"
Preventing the Next Pandemic : vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science by 
Policing Black Bodies by
"In this book, the authors connect the regulation of African American people in many settings into a powerful narrative. Completely updated throughout, the book now includes a new chapter on policing black athletes' bodies and expanded coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement, policing trans bodies, and policing Black women's bodies"
The United States Constitution: One Document, Many Choices by 
Whose Child Am I? Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody by 
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by 
Everyone Is African by 
Bad Pharma: how drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients by 
Bullying by 
Capital Punishment by 
Clashing Views on Psychological Issues by 
Hate Crimes by 
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Moral Issues, Expanded by 
Speech and Harm by 
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Environmental Issues by 
The Anatomy of Violence by 
The App Generation by 
The Columbine School Shootings by 
The Culture of Beauty by 
The Pipeline and the Paradigm by 
The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood by 
Weird Life: the Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own by 
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?: Abortion, Neonatal Care, Assisted Dying, and Capital Punishment by 