New Books at UAB Sterne Library: June 2025

This Element explores twenty-first century Black Gothic literature and film as it responds to American anti-Blackness and as they illustrate a mode of Black Gothic fiction termed Black Lives Matter (BLM) Gothic.

This book explores the governance of smart cities from a holistic approach, arguing that the creation of smart cities must consider the specific the circumstances of each country to improve the preservation, revitalisation, liveability, and sustainability of urban areas.

This book is an account of the eighteenth-century thinkers from across social classes who turned to the body to formulate new ways of knowing natural and social worlds--what Ruth Mack calls handicraft philosophies.

A compelling, tender story about friendship and community, grief and healing, and one indomitable girl who somehow manages to connect them all.