August 2025 Content Update Public Core

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13 new titles were released to Public Core in August 2025. There are now 1,290 titles in the Public Core collection. If you subscribe to this package, see a full title list in your Admin account (log-in required).

New Public Core Titles:

 

Animal: Bedbug

ISBN: 9781780239736

From fossils to ancient Greek theatre, modern horror fiction and the bitter battles of recent scientific research, Bedbug investigates the animal's natural history and examines how ordinary people, travellers, artists and scientists have experienced and confronted bedbugs over the centuries.

 

Botanical: Ash

ISBN: 9781789143560

Ash is a beautifully illustrated account of the botanical and cultural faces of the ash tree. The book maps the tree's evolution and geographical spread across the entire Northern Hemisphere over the last 44 million years, and describes the 43 species that grace the planet today.

 

Critical Lives: Sigmund Freud

ISBN: 9781789145793

In this gripping new account, Matt ffytche [stet] draws on the latest research into Freud's impact and historical context, making the case for his continuing relevance in analysing the vagaries, resistances and desires of the human mind.

 

Disinformation and You: Identify Propaganda and Manipulation

ISBN: 9781578597406

Examining the history of propaganda and disinformation in war, politics, polling, media, entertainment, cults, advertising, science, medicine, today's media landscape, and even in our personal interactions, Disinformation and You: Identify Propaganda and Manipulation helps readers spot and counter the seductive and deceptive tactics to influence individual behavior. It provides helpful suggestions and tips for identifying disinformation and fighting back against manipulation and censorship.

 

Earth: Coal: Nature and Culture

ISBN: 9781789143669

An engaging insight into the myriad ways coal has affected our lives.

 

Earth: Mountain: Nature and Culture

ISBN: 9781780236476

In this compelling journey through peaks both real and imaginary, Veronica della Dora explores how the history of mountains is deeply interlaced with cultural values and aesthetic tastes, with religious beliefs and scientific practices.

 

Gale Encyclopedia of Emerging Diseases

ISBN: 9781535875493

Comprehensive guide and unique source of information on infectious diseases that have either lately appeared for the first time in a population or have recently rapidly increased in incidence. Articles avoid medical jargon and use language that laypersons understand while still providing authoritative, balanced information that addresses the pathogens that are causing and threaten to cause significant health crises. COVID, Coronavirus, hepatitis A, monkeypox, Zika virus, etc. are among the diseases that are covered.

 

Grey House Health & Wellness Guides: Adolescent Mental Health Handbook & Resource Guide

ISBN: 9781637008430

The Adolescent Mental Health Handbook & Resource Guide offers statistics, both national and state, as well as discussions about prevention, treatment, and outcomes. It includes details on the major types of mental health issues that commonly affect adolescents, including generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and substance abuse and misuse.

 

Grey House Health & Wellness Guides: Depression Handbook & Resource Guide

ISBN: 9781637005644

This book brings together necessary and valuable information for anyone struggling with depression -- one of the most common mental health illnesses in the United States -- including family and friends of individuals who are living with depression and related mental health issues. It includes details on the major types of depression, including persistent depressive disorder, postpartum depression, psychotic depression, seasonal affective disorder, and bipolar disorder.

 

Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History: A Companion to American Agricultural History

ISBN: 9781119632221

A Companion to American Agricultural History addresses the key aspects of America's complex agricultural past from 8,000 BCE to the first decades of the twenty-first century. The essays provide readers with starting points for their exploration of American agricultural history and highlight the many ways the agricultural history of America is of integral importance to the wider American experience.

 

There were no updated or retired titles this month. A full list of retired and updated titles can be requested from support@credoreference.com

 

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