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New NonfictionAugust 2017
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We are never meeting in real life : essays
by Samantha Irby
The woman behind "Bitchesgottaeat.com' shares stories of her life from a failed "Bachelorette" application and awkward sexual encounters to a romantic vacation and ill-fated pilgrimage to scatter her estranged father's ashes in Nashville.
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The great Nadar : the man behind the camera
by Adam Begley
A portrait of the fabled Parisian photographer, adventurer and pioneer discusses his bohemian youth, larger-than-life studio, pioneering exploits as a balloonist and photography sessions with such famed subjects as Victor Hugo, Gustave Courbet and Alexandre Dumas. By the author of Updike.
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To the new owners : a Martha's Vineyard memoir
by Madeleine Blais
A memoir, written partly to the town of Martha’s Vineyard and partly to the ramshackle vacation house the author used since the 1970s describes the quirky charm and boundless natural beauty of the landscape and the summers spent there over the years.
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Lefty O'Doul : baseball's forgotten ambassador
by Dennis Snelling
From San Francisco to the Ginza in Tokyo, Lefty O'Doul relates the untold story of one of baseball's greatest hitters, most colorful characters, and the unofficial father of professional baseball in Japan.
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The Dharma of dogs : our best friends as spiritual teachers
by Tami Simon
A collection of essays that offer humor, solace, inspiration, and insight into the life lessons dogs make available to their owners, exploring such themes as unconditional love, connecting with nature, and facing our fears.
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So much things to say : the oral history of Bob Marley
by Roger Steffens
An author who traveled with the Wailers, interviewed Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer extensively and took iconic Bob Marley photos—drawing on 40 years of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers and confidants, many speaking publicly for the first time—crafts a riveting oral history depicting the reggae icon's life through vivid scenes.
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Roots, Radicals and Rockers : How Skiffle Changed the World
by Billy Bragg
Against a backdrop of Cold War politics, rock and roll riots and a newly assertive working-class youth, Billy Bragg charts - for the first time in depth - the history, impact and legacy of Britain's original pop movement. It's a story of jazz pilgrims and blues blowers, Teddy Boys and beatnik girls, coffee-bar bohemians and refugees from the McCarthyite witch-hunts, who between them sparked a revolution that shaped pop culture as we have come to know it.
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Quantum fuzz : the strange true makeup of everything around us
by Michael S. Walker
A veteran physicist uses easy-to-understand analogies and jargon-free language to illustrate the basic principles of the subatomic world and show how they explain everything from the chemistry around us to the formation of galaxies, and focuses on some of the brilliant individuals whose contributions changed our view of the world.
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Patient H69 : The Story of My Second Sight
by Vanessa Potter
In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. In her own words, Potter reveals the terror and torment of her blindness. Supported by neuroscientists and Britain's National Health Service, Potter became a science sleuth, uncovering some of the innermost functions of the brain and our complex visual system, while learning meditation and self-hypnosis to help herself endure the ordeal and make a miraculous recovery.
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In my kitchen : a collection of new and favorite vegetarian recipes
by Deborah Madison
The leading authority on vegetarian cooking and award-winning author of Vegetable Literacy presents a carefully curated and updated collection of her most popular recipes, including Roasted Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Sunflower Sprouts and Olive Oil, Almond, and Blood Orange Cake.
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I need a lifeguard everywhere but the pool
by Lisa Scottoline
A lighthearted collection of stories by the award-winning mother-and-daughter team features warm and witty memoir tales for women, in an entry in the top-reviewed series that includes, I've Got Sand in All the Wrong Places.
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Coming of age : the sexual awakening of Margaret Mead
by Deborah Blum
The startling coming-of-age story of the famed anthropologist shares insights into how her radical ideas challenged the social and sexual norms of her time, from keeping her maiden name after marriage to pursuing bisexual affairs, before her famed studies in the South Pacific and a chance encounter changed her life forever. By the author of Bad Karma.
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Warnings : finding Cassandras to stop catastrophes
by Richard A. Clarke
Looks at several accurate warnings in the past that were unfortunately ignored and reveals a method for separating accurate future predictions from crazy ones, outlining the predictions that current experts are trying to warn society about.
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Caesar's last breath : decoding the secrets of the air around us
by Sam Kean
An engaging round-the-globe journey through the periodic table explains how the air we breathe reflects the world's history, tracing the origins and ingredients of the atmosphere to explain air's role in reshaping continents, steering human progress and powering revolutions.
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Billy Joel : America's Piano Man
by Joshua S. Duchan
In Billy Joel: America's Piano Man, music historian Joshua S. Duchan looks at the career and music of this remarkable singer-songwriter, exploring the unique ways Joel channels and transforms the cultural life of a changing America over four decades into bestselling song after song and album after album.
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