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New Nonfiction ebooks June 2020
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While we remain closed, here are our New Nonfiction eBooks – digital resources free and available to you. Holds are permitted. If you need help getting started or placing holds, email us at refdesk@beltiblibrary.org. Our Librarians will assist you 7 days a week.
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Check out more new nonfiction eBooks on hoopla!
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Boys & sex : young men on hookups, love, porn, consent, and navigating the new masculinity by Peggy OrensteinSubject to the same cultural forces as women, today's men are steeped in the distorted media images and binary stereotypes of female sexiness and toxic masculinity which shape how they, too, navigate sexual and emotional relationships. Author of Girls & Sex, Orenstein uses the same mix of anecdote and research to reveal how young men understand and negotiate the new rules of physical and emotional intimacy.
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Divergent mind : thriving in a world that wasn't designed for you by Jenara NerenbergA journalist who suffered into adulthood with autism and ADHD reveals why these conditions are often overlooked and misdiagnosed in women and shares real stories from fellow females to dispel widely-held misconceptions while offering a path forward.
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A brief history of fascist lies by Federico FinchelsteinIn this short companion to his book From Fascism to Populism in History, historian Federico Finchelstein explains why fascists regarded simple and often hateful lies as truth, and why so many of their followers believed the falsehoods. Lies again seem to increasingly replace empirical truth now that actual news is presented as "fake news" and false news becomes government policy.
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Conversations in Black : on power, politics, and leadership by Ed GordonThis collection of conversations with such notables as Stacey Abrams, Harry Belafonte, Charlamagne tha God, Michael Eric Dyson, Jemele Hill, Eric Holder, Maxine Waters and others offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America.
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Cat tale : the wild, weird battle to save the Florida panther by Craig PittmanThe award-winning journalist and author of the best-selling Oh, Florida! traces the story of the unlikely rescue of the Florida panther from extinction while revealing the political factors and colorful personalities that are impacting the species today.
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