July 2019 list by Donalee Jacobs
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After the Fall: The Remarkable Comeback of Richard Nixon
by Kasey S. Pipes
On August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first and only U.S. president to resign from office—to avoid almost certain impeachment. Utterly disgraced, he left the White House a defeated man, with a small cadre of advisors and family. Yet only a decade later, Nixon was a trusted advisor to presidents, dispensing wisdom on campaign strategy and foreign policy, shaping the course of U.S.-Soviet summit meetings and representing the U.S. at state funerals. How did he do it? Nixon leveraged his still sharp mind, his peerless political instincts, his deep connections with foreign leaders—but, above all, his stubborn refusal to accept defeat—to achieve a political restoration as astonishing as the fall that preceded it.
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The Bastard Brigade
by Sam Kean
The best-selling author of The Disappearing Spoon traces the remarkable story of how a renegade group of soldiers, scientists and spies prevented Hitler from developing or obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree
by Isha Sesay
The award-winning host of CNN Newsroom Live presents a definitive account of Boko Haram's 2014 abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls, sharing first-person insights based on the author's escape with 21 survivors.
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Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
by Katherine Eban
A narrative investigation into the generic drug boom by an award-winning Fortune reporter draws on exclusive accounts and extensive confidential FDA documents to expose life-threatening practices of global fraud, data manipulation and unsafe medicine production.
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Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
An enthusiastic, witty and informative introduction to the world of insects explains why we—and the planet we inhabit—could not survive without them.
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Elton John: The Biography
by David Buckley
Meticulously researched and drawing on many original interviews with close friends and associates, Elton John: The Biography is a serious and weighty, but also entertaining, biography of one of the most important musical icons of the 20th century.
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A Generous Life: 10 Steps to Living a Life Money Can't Buy
by David Green
In A Generous Life, Hobby Lobby founder David Green suggests readers adopt a lifestyle of generosity. Whatever your income level, you have been blessed—in friendships, family, work, education, or talents—and God calls you to bless others with those gifts. David guides readers through ten simple but life-changing action steps to help establish a generous mindset, determine where and how much to give, create a legacy plan, and more.
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How to Stay Human in a F*cked-Up World: Mindfulness Practices for Real Life
by Tim Desmond
Tim Demond presents readers with the first mindfulness practice designed for surviving the sometimes-miserable world we live in, with advice, strategies, and guidance you can use to feel more connected, joyful, and present today. Direct, witty, and surprising, with chapters titled "Why Bad Things Happen," "You're Not Crazy," and "Becoming Fearless," How to Stay Human in a F*cked Up World gets right to the heart of our collective pain with a simple practice rooted in science, self-compassion and psychotherapy.
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In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids
by Travis Rieder
A bioethicist’s eloquent and riveting memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal is a harrowing personal reckoning and clarion call for change not only for government but medicine itself, revealing the lack of crucial resources and structures to handle this insidious nationwide epidemic.
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The Method to the Madness
by Allen Salkin
Two New York Post reporters draw on candid interviews with more than 100 of the 45th president's closest associates in a nonpartisan oral history and guide to understanding Trump's presidential style, mindset and decisions.
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My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress
by Rachel Deloache Williams
Tells the true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as a German heiress in New York City—as told by the former Vanity Fair photo editor who got seduced by her friendship and then scammed out of more than $62,000.
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Unschooled
by Kerry McDonald
As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives. In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled spotlights how a diverse group of individuals and organizations are evolving an old school model of education. These innovators challenge the myth that children need to be taught in order to learn. They are parents and educators who saw firsthand how schooling can dull children's natural curiosity and exuberance and others who decided early on to enable their children to learn without school.
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The Volunteer
by Jack Fairweather
Documents the remarkable true story of an ill-fated Polish resistance fighter's infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within, chronicling his daring escape to smuggle evidence of murderous Nazi activities to Allied forces.
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The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
by Andrew Blum
The author of Tubes presents a lively tour through the global network that predicts weather, the work of cutting-edge forecasters and what weather technology reveals about our planet and its climate.
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