August 2020 list by Nanette Alderman
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9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage
by Robert S. Paul
Lies like "all you need is love" are destroying marriages. But the corresponding truths can make any marriage great for both spouses. Marriage experts Greg Smalley and Bob Paul identify the lies, explain how they work to destroy marriages, and reveal the truths that can improve every marriage and rescue those that are floundering.
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14 Miles: Building the Border Wall
by D. W. Gibson
An award-winning journalist presents an eyewitness report on the construction of President Trump’s border wall construction and how it is impacting San Diego residents and patrol agents.
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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
by Aminatou Sow
The hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast argue that close friendship is the most influential and important relationship a human life can have, sharing strategies for creating fulfilling, long-term relationships with friends.
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Blue Collar Cash
by Ken Rusk
A prescriptive guide to finding success and happiness without a college degree, written by the “million-dollar ditch digger” entrepreneur, shares step-by-step recommendations for finding and enjoying the opportunities of blue-collar, high-skill trades.
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The Bohemians
by Norman Ohler
Draws on unpublished diaries, letters and Gestapo files to trace the remarkable story of idealistic lovers Harro Schulze-Boysen and Libertas Haas-Heye, the leaders of the anti-Nazi resistance in 1930s Berlin’s bohemian underworld.
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Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw
by Charles Leerhsen
A portrait of the notorious Wild West outlaw separates facts from folklore to discuss Robert Leroy Parker’s impoverished early life, humane approaches to crime, partnership with Harry “The Sundance Kid” Longabaugh and flight from the Pinkerton Agency.
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Chicano Eats
by Esteban Castillo
A popular and award-winning food blogger who specializes in Chicano cuisine offers 85 easy-to-make, traditional and fusion Mexican dishes including Poutine de Carnitas, Mac and Queso Fundido, Fried Nopal Fritters, and Pistachio Horchata.
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Clean: The New Science of Skin
by James Hamblin
A lively introduction to the new science of skin microbes and probiotics draws on expert and alternative-treatment insights to clarify contradictory recommendations and explain how to cultivate a healthy and natural biome for optimal skin health.
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Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town
by Barbara Demick
An award-winning journalist presents a gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of ordinary people living in the throes of conflict as they lead the resistance against Chinese occupation.
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Rick Steves for the Love of Europe
by Rick Steves
Features 100 of the best stories published throughout Rick Steves's career. Covering his adventures through England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and more.
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The Heart and Other Monsters
by Rose Andersen
Rose's sister Sarah's death by methamphetamine overdose causes her to revisit their volatile childhood, marked by their stepfather's omnipresent rage and their father's pathological lying. As the dysfunction comes into focus, so does a broader picture of the opioid crisis and the drug rehabilitation industry in small towns across America.
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Meghan and Harry: The Real Story
by Lady Colin Campbell
Lady Colin Campbell goes behind the scenes, speaking to friends, relations, courtiers, and colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic to reveal the most unexpected royal story since King Edward VIII's abdication. She highlights the dilemmas involved and the issues that lurk beneath the surface, revealing why the couple decided to step down as senior royals.
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The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad
by Mike Birbiglia
With humorous parenting observations, a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one.
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Separated: Inside an American Tragedy
by Jacob Soboroff
The award-winning NBC News and MSNBC correspondent presents a deeply personal report from America’s borders on the wrenching human realities behind the Trump administration’s infamous decision to systematically separate thousands of children from their migrant families.
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A Short History of Russia
by Mark Galeotti
Explores the epic and dramatic history of Russia through two intertwined issues – the way successive influences from beyond its borders have shaped the country and the way Russians came to terms with this influence.
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Too Much and Never Enough
by Mary L. Trump
Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security, and social fabric.
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When Truth Is All You Have
by Jim McCloskey
The founder of the Centurion Ministries, the first American organization dedicated to freeing the wrongly imprisoned, describes his life-changing advocacy of an innocent convict and his establishment of a movement that has freed dozens of victims.
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