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New Adult Nonfiction Books 9/19/2018
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The following books are new to the shelves at Kendall Young Library. To reserve an item, click on the image or title to be taken to the library's catalog. (Detailed instructions at the end of the newsletter.)
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Fear : Trump in the White House
by Bob Woodward
Draws on interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, and other documents to depict life in the Trump White House, focusing on Trump's decision-making process for foreign and domestic policies
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Sex Money Murder : a story of crack, blood, and betrayal
by Jonathan Green
A searing portrait of the crack epidemic and violent drug wars of the Bronx in the late 1980s and early 1990s documents the surge of crack cocaine's popularity and the murderous territory disputes among its dealers, tracing the rise and fall of notorious gang Sex Money Murder and its impact on regional families and law enforcement.
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The last cowboys : a pioneer family in the new West
by John Branch
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and award-winning author of Boy on Ice presents a portrait of the Wright family of Smith Mesa and their generations-long achievements as some of the world's most successful cattle ranchers and rodeo champions, tracing three generations of their battles against natural obstacles, federal regulation and injuries and how the changes of the 21st century are challenging their future.
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Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York
by Stacy Horn
Describes the history of modern day Roosevelt Island, originally called Blackwell’s Island, which was bought in 1828 by New York City and used as a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse and poorhouse and recreates what daily life was like for those trapped there.
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The feather thief : beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century
by Kirk W Johnson
Documents the astonishing 2009 theft of an invaluable collection of ornithological displays from the British Museum of Natural History by a talented American musician, tracing the author's years-long investigation to track down the culprit and understand his motives, which were possibly linked to an obsession with the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying.
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The electric woman : a memoir in death-defying acts
by Tessa Fontaine
The author describes a life full of death-defying acts, first by her mother, who was determined to live and travel despite battling stroke after stroke, and her own experiences working for a carnival as an escape artist, snake charmer and high-voltage performer.
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All items can be reserved through the Kendall Young Library catalog: - When viewing an item in the catalog, click "place hold" button.
- Enter your library card number (14 digits on the back of your card) with no spaces.
- Enter your PIN. If you don't know your PIN, try:
- Your 4-digit birth month and day (i.e. August 4 would be 0804), or
- The last 4 digits of your library card number.
- If neither of these options work, call the library at 832-9100.
- You will get a call from the library when the item is available.
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