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Nobody caresby Anne T. DonahueFrom the author of the popular newsletter That’s What She Said, Nobody Cares is a frank, funny personal essay collection about work, failure, feminism, and the messy business of being alive in your twenties and thirties. Genre: Personal essays; Family and Relationships Tone: Upbeat Writing Style: Conversational
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Small fryby Lisa Brennan-JobsThe daughter of Steve Jobs offers a firsthand account of the difficult relationship she had with her father and the poignant story of a childhood spent between two imperfect but extraordinary homes. Genre: Autobiographies and memoirs; Life stories; Tone: Moving Writing Style: Candid; Engaging
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The good neighborby Maxwell KingDrawing on original interviews, oral histories and archival documents, the author traces the iconic children's program host's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work.Genre: Arts and Entertainment; Biographies; Life storiesTone: Heartwarming
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The briefing : politics, the press, and the president by Sean SpicerThe former White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump presents a behind-the-scenes account of his turbulent seven-month tenure, offering new insights into the headline-grabbing controversies of the administration's first year. Genre: History writing; Politics and global affairs
Tone: Conservative
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The spy and the traitor : the greatest espionage story of the Cold War by Ben MacintyreTraces the story of Russian intelligence operative Oleg Gordievsky, revealing how his secret work as an undercover MI6 informant helped hasten the end of the Cold War.Genre: Biographies; History Writing; Life storiesTone: DramaticWriting Style: Compelling; Richly detailed
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The fifth risk by Michael LewisWhat are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works? Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the engine rooms of a government under attack by its own leaders.Genre: Politics and global affairsTone: Impassioned; Sobering
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Accessory to war : the unspoken alliance between astrophysics and the military by Neil deGrasse TysonFrom early celestial navigation to satellite-enabled warfare, a well-researched book provides a thought-provoking exploration of the centuries-old relationship between science and military power.
Genre: History Writing; Science Writing Tone: Thought-provoking Writing Style: Compelling; Richly detailed
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Genre: Science and Technology; Life stories Tone: Reflective; Self-deprecating; Upbeat Writing Style: Engaging
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A feast of scienceby Dr. Joe SchwarczCrave answers? A Feast of Science demystifies the chemistry of everyday life, serving up practical knowledge to both inform and entertain. Guaranteed to satiate your hunger for palatable and relevant scientific information, Dr. Joe Schwarcz proves that “chemical” is not necessarily synonymous with “toxic.”
Genre: Canadian literature; Science Writing Writing Style: Accessible; Engaging
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Genre: Psychology, Self Help Writing Style: Upbeat; Engaging
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Genre: Psychology, Self Help; Spirituality Tone: Thought-provoking Writing Style: Accessible
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Unleash different : achieving business success through disability by Rich DonovanThere are 1.3 billion people around the world who identify as having a disability. When you include friends and family, the disability market touches 53% of all consumers. It is the world’s largest emerging market. If you discovered a new market comprising 53% of the world’s population, wouldn't you act to invest in it? Genre: Business Writing Style: Accessible
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Birds, art, life : a year of observation by Kyo Maclear A Canadian novelist and children’s author constructs a literary jewel box into which she places a year’s worth of ramblings collected while urban birding with a Toronto musician turned hobbyist photographer. There are thought provoking ideas about muses, about people and interests that enter (and leave) our lives, and about how much observing nature can settle our spirits. -- Kelly
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