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New Nonfiction: March 2024
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The Doctor Was a Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier
by Chris Enss
The long-awaited follow up title to Chris Enss's bestselling The Doctor Wore Petticoats, profiles 10 new female physicians of the Old West, published in time for Women's History Month. Given the media coverage during the 2020 pandemic, the celebration of the heroics of health care workers and women's work are trending subjects.
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The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
by Rhaina Cohen
Inviting us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner, an award-winning producer and editor for NPR offers a powerful narrative on platonic partnerships and how the thrill, intimacy and commitment we seek is often found through meaningful friendship.
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The Story of the Bee Gees: Children of the World
by Bob Stanley
A renowned pop music scholar presents a dazzling biography of the Bee Gees—Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, which is an extraordinary human story of career highs and lows that shows, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts. Illustrations.
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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
by Charles Duhigg
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, studying supercommunicators—people capable of connecting with anyone, reveals how, everyone time we speak to some, we're actually engaging in one of three conversations, showing us how to recognize which kind of conversation we're having—and teaching us the essential skills for navigating it successfully.
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2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
by Eric Klinenberg
The acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author tells the story of one of the most consequential years in history through profiles of seven New Yorkers, including 2020 an elementary school principal, a bar manager and a subway custodian.
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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold On to What Matters
by Charan Ranganath
Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, eye-opening studies and examples from pop culture, a pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives and how once we understand its power, we can cut through the clutter to remember the things we want to remember.
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