March 2018 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Brave
by Rose McGowan
The Charmed star and award-winning director traces her remarkable childhood escape from an Italian cult and her meteoric rise to one of Hollywood's most famous actresses, describing how she endured nightmarish exposure and sexualization before committing herself to feminist causes.
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker
A follow-up to The Better Angels of Our Nature challenges the doom-and-gloom outlooks of today's media to present dozens of graphs and charts demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge and happiness are actually on the rise throughout the world as a result of the philosophies about an Enlightenment era that uses science to improve human existence.
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Falling With Wings: A Mother's Story
by Dianna De La Garza
The mother of global superstar Demi Lovato describes how her own musical ambitions were challenged by an eating disorder, addictions and unhealthy relationships, sharing perspectives on her daughters' fame and the ways their family has endured adversity through faith.
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Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?
by Mark Hyman
The best-selling author of The Blood Sugar Solution demystifies conflicting dietary advice to explain the crucial role of food in health, examining each food group to reveal what popular opinions have gotten right and wrong so that dieters can make informed choices to lose weight and promote wellness.
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A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia
by Sandra Allen
A first book by a Brown-educated former BuzzFeed editor stands as cautionary tribute to life with schizophrenia and describes her relationship with her afflicted uncle and how he was marginalized and labeled throughout his formative years before embarking on an adulthood shaped by the limitations, prejudices and ignorances of mental healthcare in America.
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Metabolism Revolution: Lose 14 Pounds in 14 Days and Keep It Off for Life
by Haylie Pomroy
A 14-day weight-loss program by the celebrity nutrition expert and author of the #1 New York Times best-selling The Fast Metabolism Diet shares recipes and detailed instructions for resetting the metabolism and losing weight in accordance with her "food as medicine" techniques.
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This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide
by Geneen Roth
The best-selling author of Women Food and God describes her longtime battle with self-worth in the face of societal messages that criticized her feelings, needs and weight before she discovered that weight loss did not improve her happiness, a realization that prompted her investigation into the true sources of women's empowerment and fulfillment.
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Unmasked
by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Published to coincide with his 70th birthday, a memoir by the award-winning composer, producer and impresario of some of the most recognized musicals in theater history traces his half-century career, sharing insights into his eccentric, diverse family; his Oxford education; his creative process; and the events that shaped his characters and productions.
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