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New Nonfiction Books April 2024
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It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani DurvasulaHealing and thriving after or even during a narcissistic relationship can be challenging, but it is possible, as the author suggests by guiding readers to the first step: Stop trying to change the narcissistic person, stop blaming yourself, and start giving yourself permission to foster your autonomy and sense of self outside of this relationship.
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How to Steal a Presidential Election by Lawrence LessigLawrence Lessig and Matthew Seligman work through every option available for subverting a presumptively legitimate result - from vice-presidential intervention to election decertification and beyond. While many strategies would never pass constitutional muster, the authors explain how some might, as they expose correctable weaknesses in the electoral system.
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Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout by Cal NewportHarnessing the wisdom of history's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists and writers who mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power, this timely book provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment.
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Putin's Exiles: Their Fight for a Better Russia by Paul StarobinThe author offers an indispensable guide for anyone trying to understand Russia today - to go beyond Putin's propaganda and the tightly controlled narrative inside the country and look outside its borders to the diaspora of Russian exiles, who are imagining and fighting for the future of their country.
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The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor by Hamilton NolanThe long-time labor journalist presents this urgent on-the-ground excavation of the past, present and future of the American labor movement, drawing the line from forgotten workplaces in rural West Virginia to Washington's halls of power and showing how labor solidarity can transform American politics - if it can first transform itself.
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Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World by Miriam DarlingtonThe celebrated nature writer captures the fascination she has had for these playful animals since childhood as she chronicles her immersive journey into their watery world over the course of a single year - from her home in Devon, England, through the wilds of Scotland, Wales, the Lake District, and the countryside of Cornwall.
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Blood and Lightning: On Becoming a Tattooer by Dustin KiskaddonThe author draws on his own apprenticeship and more than 500 clients to go behind the scenes of the complex world of professional tattooers, who must routinely manage a messy and carnal type of work, facing challenges that include the crushing fear of making mistakes on someone else's body, the role of masculinity in evolving tattoo worlds, appropriate and inappropriate intimacy and the task of navigating conversations about color and race.
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