Alexander, Brian. Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town. St. Martin’s. Feb. 2017. 304p. ISBN 9781250085801. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250085818. ECONOMICS In 1947, Forbes magazine declared Lancaster, OH, the quintessential all-American town. Seventy years later, it’s fighting for its life, with its main industry—Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world’s largest maker of glass tableware—all but bankrupt and its citizens wrestling with current hot-button issues like high-interest lenders, low-wage jobs, the impact of technology, and the escalating abuse of heroin. Award-winning journalist Alexander, who grew up in Lancaster, treats it as a microcosm of America today. Bakos, Nada & Davin Coburn. The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, on the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS. Little, Brown. Feb. 2017. 352p. ISBN 9780316260473. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780316260459. lib. ebk. ISBN 9780316269780. Downloadable: Hachette Audio. MEMOIR/POLITICAL SCIENCE Bakos, a sought-after speaker who will be known to many readers for her recent appearance in the Emmy Award–winning HBO documentary Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden, joined the CIA in 1999 and eventually became a leading force in the War on Terror, with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the so-called godfather of ISIS, her target. In a book promoted as highlighting female leadership in a male-dominated discipline, she chronicles intelligence-gathering in a post-9/11 world and the hunt for terrorists. With a 75,000-copy first printing. Friedman, Barry. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission. Farrar. Feb. 2017. 496p. ISBN 9780374280451. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780374710903. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, Friedman argues that the real problem with the police today is that their role is no longer focused on tracking down miscreants, as it once was, but on technology-facilitated mass surveillance, with CCTV, location tracking, and predictive policing the name of the game. And he says that’s the fault of civilians, who are letting it happen. Sobering stuff that should raise eyebrows. Walker, Timothy D. Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms. Norton. Feb. 2017. 224p. ISBN 9781324001256. $25.95. EDUCATION In 2001, Finland’s 15-year-olds scored highest in the world on the first Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which is aimed at evaluating critical-thinking skills in math, science, and reading. And Finnish students continue to excel, despite the short school days and absence of homework assignments and standardized testing. Walker, who teaches fifth graders at a Helsinki public school, here offers what he sees as the reasons for Finland’s academic success story; his Atlantic article on the topic received more than 500,000 shares.