June 2017 list by Donalee Jacobs
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Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War
by James Edward Wright
Depicts the cruelty of the Vietnam war through interviews with those who served and the families of those who served and never returned, discussing why they joined the military, what they thought of the war and what it was like to serve.
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Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart
by Craig Borlase
Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi, proved that what she lacked in size, she more than made up for in heart, as she went step for step with Dion over the Tian Shan Mountains, across massive sand dunes, through yurt villages and the black sands of the Gobi Desert, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles.
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Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense
by Bob Holmes
A journey into the surprising science of the sense of flavor by a veteran New Scientist correspondent outlines narrative principles in neurobiology and modern food production to reveal the broad range of factors that can affect one's appreciation of what we consume.
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A Fly Rod of Your Own
by John Gierach
Called “the voice of the common angler” by The Wall Street Journal, and a member of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame, the author travels to remote fishing locations, from Alaska to the Canadian Maritimes, where he, with his sharp sense of humor and keen eye for observation of the fishing life, scrutinizes the art of fly-fishing.
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Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
by Scott Anderson
A world-renowned war correspondent, through the personal stories of six individuals, presents a gripping, human account of the unraveling of the Arab world, revealing the complex causes of the widespread war and instability and the reality of the unspeakable tragedies occurring in the Middle East.
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Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers
by Tom McMillan
Gettysburg Rebels is the true story of five young men who grew up in Gettysburg, moved south to Virginia in the 1850s, joined the Confederate army—and returned "home" as foreign invaders for the great battle in July 1863. Drawing on rarely seen documents and family histories, as well as military service records and contemporary accounts, Tom McMillan delves into the backgrounds of Wesley Culp, Henry Wentz, and the three Hoffman brothers in a riveting tale of Civil War drama and intrigue.
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Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town
by Brian Alexander
Traces the downfall of once-idyllic Lancaster, Ohio, exploring how the financial problems of primary employer Anchor Hocking Glass Company and the challenges of local corruption, the drug trade and evolving technologies have illuminated the vulnerabilities of inequality in rural America.
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Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry
by Marcus Thompson
A longtime Warriors insider traces the inspirational story of the NBA star shooter to offer insight into his personal life and achievements as both an athletic leader and role model for kids.
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Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung
by Min Kym
The child prodigy-turned-violin virtuoso describes how her career was upended by the 2010 theft of her beloved 1696 Stradivarius, revealing how the instrument represented her senses of self and music and how its displacement triggered revelations about art, passion and what it means to do what one loves.
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Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into the Next Big Thing
by Bernadette Jiwa
In a guide to cultivating one's intuitive powers that combines hands-on exercises with inspiring stories, an international best-selling author and business adviser shows readers how to uncover the kind of insights that become breakthrough ideas.
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Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre De Dios
by Holly Conklin FitzGerald
Holly FitzGerald and her husband, Fitz—married less than two years—set out on a yearlong honeymoon adventure of a lifetime, backpacking around the world. Five months into the trip their plane crash lands in Peru at a penal colony walled in by jungle, and their blissfully romantic journey turns into a terrifying nonstop labyrinth of escape and survival.
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The Song and the Silence
by Yvette Johnson
The granddaughter of Booker White—an unwitting icon of the Civil Rights Movement, whose murder was the basis for the documentary Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story—compelled to learn about her roots, travels back to Greenwood, Mississippi, where she confronts her own feelings surrounding race, family, forgiveness and faith. Movie tie-in.
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A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue
by John Aldridge
Two veteran sailors who co-own and operate a Montauk lobster boat recount the 2013 search-and-rescue mission for co-author John Aldridge, describing how his partner, their families, the local fishing community and the U.S. Coast Guard in three states mobilized an unprecedented and ultimately successful operation.
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Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
by David Sedaris
An anthology of personal favorite diary entries by the best-selling author of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls features excerpts that have inspired his famed autobiographical essays and shares insights into the intimate arenas of his life.
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
by Sherman Alexie
The National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian presents a literary memoir of poems, essays and intimate family photos that reflect his complicated feelings about his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation with his siblings and alcoholic parents.
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