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New Nonfiction February 2020
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The shadow of Vesuvius : a life of Pliny
by Daisy Dunn
Interweaves Pliny the Younger’s Letters with extracts from Pliny the Elder’s seven-volume Natural History in a wide-reaching dual portrait that places their lives against a backdrop of dynamic changes in the first- and second-century Roman Empire.
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Ralph Ellison : a life in letters
by Ralph Ellison
A collection of letters from the renowned author of Invisible Man traces the life and mind of a giant of American literature, with insights into the riddle of identity, the writer’s craft and the story of a changing nation over six decades. (literary collections). Illustrations.
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A bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
by Françoise Frenkel
"In 1921, Françoise Frenkel--a Jewish woman from Poland--fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin's first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. In 1935, the scene continues to darken. First come the new bureaucratic hurdles, followed by frequent police visits and book confiscations. Françoise's dream finally shatters on Kristallnacht in November 1938, as hundreds of Jewish shops and businesses are destroyed. La Maison du Livre is miraculously spared, but fear of persecution eventually forces Françoise on a desperate, lonely flight to Paris. When the city is bombed, she seeks refuge across southern France, witnessing countless horrors: children torn from their parents, mothers throwing themselves under buses. Secreted away from one safe house to the next, Françoise survives at the heroic hands of strangers risking their lives to protect her"--Dust jacket flap.
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Tightrope : Americans reaching for hope
by Nicholas D. Kristof
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of the best-selling Half the Sky draw on the true experiences of working-class Americans to outline possible solutions to governmental failures behind rising unemployment, poverty and opioid addiction. Illustrations.
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A new world begins : the history of the French Revolution
by Jeremy D. Popkin
A comprehensive analysis of the principles, events and influences of the French Revolution examines the roles of such contributors as Mirabeau and Robespierre while explaining the violent debates that led to modernism and the rise of Napoleon. 30,000 first printing.
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Wild life : dispatches from a childhood of baboons and button-downs
by Keena Roberts
A Harvard-educated public health policy researcher traces the story of her coming-of-age in two worlds, including the Botswana island camp where her primatologist parents worked and a treacherously elite Philadelphia private school. 25,000 first printing.
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The Seine : the river that made Paris
by Elaine Sciolino
The former New York Times Paris bureau chief and author of the best-selling The Only Street in Paris presents a vibrant tour of the Seine that traces its rich history and the stories of contributors from all walks of life.
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When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon
by Patrick J Sloyan
The late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents an account of the 1983 truck bombing in Beirut that ended 241 American lives, drawing on interviews with key players to offer insights into the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and Reagan’s doomed ceasefire. Illustrations.
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Snow : a scientific and cultural exploration
by Giles Whittell
An anecdotal history of snow traces the migrations of prehistoric humans through the multibillion-dollar snowmaking industry of today, sharing compelling facts on such subjects as avalanches, the legend of the yeti and the 1960 winter Olympics. 40,000 first printing.
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