New Releases: Scotland and Data Privacy

This is alREADY a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Nonfiction. It’s “an examination by one of America’s most acclaimed essayists of what it is to grow, parent, write, and exist as a black American male.” It includes essays like “Dragon Slayers,” “Feeding Pigeons,” “The Heritage Room,” and the eponymous “How to Make a Slave.”

Pulitzer Prize-winner Momaday is a member of the Kiowa tribe who has spent his life on reservations in the Southwest. In this new release, he “reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people” and “reminds us that the Earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty; a source of strength and healing that must be protected before it’s too late.”

Remember travel? Outlander stars Heughan and McTavish travel through Scotland by boat, kayak, camper van, and motorbike. They go from Glencoe (like two hours north of Glasgow) to Inverness and Culloden battlefield (another two hours north!), all while hanging out with fun Scottish people. This book sounds like an A+ respite from 2020.

“Amazon, Google, Facebook, governments. No matter who we are or where we go, someone is collecting our data: to profile us, target us, assess us; to predict our behavior and analyze our attitudes; to influence the things we do and buy—even to impact our vote.” Doss, a privacy expert and former NSA and Senate lawyer, demystifies the digital footprints we leave in our daily lives and reveals how our data is being used. This all feels pretty dang relevant.

Olson and her husband were on vacation when their car was hit by a train. Olson lost both her legs and her right arm. In her memoir, she shares how she finished her residency as a doctor, raised two children, and traveled the world.