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New & Coming Soon Noteworthy Nonfiction June 2019
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Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily NagoskiThe best-selling author of Come as You Are and her sister reveal why women experience burnout differently than men, outlining science-based, feminist recommendations for reducing stress, resisting negative media and befriending one's inner critic. includes pie charts, worksheets and graphs. 155.9 NAG
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American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation by Adam MorrisDraws on independent research in a controversial analysis of American perceptions about cults that argues that history's emblematic prophets and messianic figures gained power by exposing deep social injustices and tapping the human impulse to escape flawed cultural systems. 206.1 MOR
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COOKING STORIES WRITERS WILSON
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Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff JensenPresents a graphic novel account of America's most prolific serial killer--the Green River Killer, the man responsible for the murders of dozens of women. GN JENSON
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The Apology by Eve EnslerThe best-selling author of The Vagina Monologues examines the themes of abuse and atonement via her own experience being both physically and sexually abused. 812.54 ENS
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Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert MatzenNear the end of 1939, ten-year-old Audrey Hepburn flew from boarding school in England into the Netherlands, which would soon become a war zone. What she experienced in five years of Nazi occupation has never been explored until now. Dutch Girl sets the story straight, revealing the Nazi past of Audrey's parents and how their daughter dealt with this information. The book examines her career as an acclaimed young ballerina, her involvement with the Dutch Resistance, an active role tending wounded, and dark months in the line of fire as the end drew near for the Nazi regime. BIOGRAPHY HEPBURN
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir by Tan FranceThe Queer Eye star and designer recounts his complicated early life as a closeted gay youth from a traditional South Asian family in Yorkshire, sharing insights into his coming of age, emergence as an artist and happy marriage. TV tie-in. BIOGRAPHY TAN
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