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New Nonfiction Releases September, 2020
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Dear Life: A Doctor's Story of Love and Loss
by Rachel Clarke
An NHS palliative medicine expert identifies an industry gap in guidelines for qualitative end-of-life care, sharing career-based insights into how loved ones and professional caregivers can more compassionately assist patients through the final stages of life.
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Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss
by Jenna Bush Hager
The Today co-host, best-selling co-author of Sisters First and former first daughter and granddaughter shares heartwarming, whimsical stories about beloved grandparents George and Barbara Bush while offering insights into how their wisdom has shaped her life.
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His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
by Jon Meacham
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hope of Glory presents a timely portrait of veteran congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis that details the life experiences that informed his faith and shaped his practices of non-violent protest.
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The Price of Admission: Embracing a Life of Grief and Joy
by Liz Petrone
Raw, unflinchingly honest and surprisingly funny, a suicide survivor and recovering anorexic, through a combination of personal narrative and common truths, shows readers how because of our pain, we grow, survive and thrive.
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Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
by Laila Lalami
A Pulitzer Prize finalist recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship.
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Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher
by Max Allan Collins
The authors of Scarface and the Untouchable document Prohibition agent Eliot Ness' years-long and possibly fatal manhunt for "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run" against a backdrop of the 1936 World's Fair in Cleveland.
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Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding
by Daniel Lieberman
A natural history of exercise by the Harvard University paleoanthropologist and best-selling author of The Story of the Human Body challenges popular myths about the evolution of physical activity while outlining anthropological approaches to exercising effectively in the modern world.
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Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn
by Sanjay E. Sarma
The head of MIT's Open Learning draws on neuroscience, cognitive psychology and other disciplines to explore the scientific processes of learning, the conditions that are most conducive to learning, the role of forgetting and whether traditional classroom approaches are effective.
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Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
by Bill O'Reilly
The authors of Killing the SS document the fraught history of America's founding on previously occupied lands, covering events ranging from the presidential ordered destruction of Tecumseh's alliance of tribes to the Trail of Tears.
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Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World
by Tom Burgis
The award-winning investigative journalist and author of The Looting Machine draws on insider interviews to expose the role of international corruption and organized crime on the political arenas of today's world.
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Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
by Bruce Feiler
The best-selling author of Council of Dads presents a pioneering study of the disruptions that are upending contemporary life, outlining bold recommendations for how to manage today's incremental transitions with more meaning, balance and satisfaction.
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Money: The True Story of a Made-up Thing
by Jacob Goldstein
The co-host of NPR’s “Planet Money” shares a painstakingly researched, irreverent history of how humanity’s invention of currency has shaped societies for thousands of years through collective choices that continue to impact everyday personal security.
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The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
by Daniel Yergin
The global energy expert and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Shattered Peace shares revelatory insights into how energy revolutions, climate battles and geopolitics are mapping a near future already complicated by the coronavirus pandemic and related economic fallout.
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
by Reed Hastings
The co-founder of Netflix and the author of The Culture Map trace the former DVD mail rental service’s meteoric rise, explaining how Hastings’ practices of innovation, adaptation and top-market employee compensation have been a major part of Netflix’s revolutionary successes.
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Overstated: A Coast-to-coast Roast of the 50 States
by Colin Quinn
The comedian star of the one-man Broadway show "Red State, Blue State" lampoons the idiosyncrasies of the 50 United States, sharing sharp-witted observations about their contradictory interpretations of the Constitution and a representative government.
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Proof of Corruption: Bribery, Impeachment, and Pandemic in the Age of Trump
by Seth Abramson
The Harvard-educated defense attorney and Newsweek political columnist presents an in-depth account of the Ukraine scandal that exposes years of clandestine activities, explaining why Trump’s corrupt international deals have been particularly consequential during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Six Days in August: The Story of Stockholm Syndrome
by David King
The author of Vienna 1814 presents a groundbreaking account of the six-day hostage crisis in 1973 Stockholm during which altercations between a notorious outlaw, the prime minister of Sweden and psychologically traumatized captives inspired the term, "Stockholm syndrome."
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Standoff: Race, Policing, and a Deadly Assault That Gripped a Nation
by Jamie Thompson
An award-winning journalist documents the July 2016 shooting outside El Centro College in Dallas, offering character portraits of its first responders, negotiator, doctors and victims while examining how the tragedy reflects ongoing challenges in racial injustice and law enforcement.
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Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution
by Carol Hay
An accessible guide to feminist philosophy and its present-day directions tackles essential questions of interest, from the role of nature versus nurture in sexual identity and how gender is connected to oppression to the role of women in perpetuating sexism.
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Total Meditation: Practices in Living the Awakened Life
by Deepak Chopra
The humanitarian founder of The Chopra Foundation nonprofit and best-selling author of Metahuman reinterprets and clarifies the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of an effective meditation practice while explaining how to use meditation to treat stress and heal suffering.
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True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump
by Jeffrey Toobin
The CNN chief legal analyst and best-selling author of American Heiress presents a behind-the-scenes account of the Mueller investigation to explain how in spite of associate convictions and an impeachment, Donald Trump has survived to run for reelection.
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Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
by Jeffrey J. Selingo
An award-winning higher-education journalist draws on insider access to explain the nuts and bolts of college admissions today, outlining the unexpected agendas that reflect which and why prospective students receive admission into better schools.
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25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way
by Geraldine Woods
A master writing instructor reveals the underlying craft that goes into the creation of a memorable sentence, sharing analytical insights into the lasting power of well-written lines by such literary intellects as Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison and Jack Kerouac.
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All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Curated by two climate leaders, an anthology of provocative essays and illuminating artwork by dozens of women at the forefront of the climate change movement provides representative, nuanced and solution-oriented recommendations for fast and appropriate responses.
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The Best American Poetry 2020
by David Lehman
Edited by the award-winning poet and author of Nightingale, Paisley Rekdal, and Utah’s Poet Laureate, this carefully curated collection of poetry speaks eloquently to the “contraries” of our present moment in time.
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How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons: Poetry
by Barbara Kingsolver
In her second poetry collection, the author of The Poisonwood Bible and over a dozen other New York Times best-sellers celebrates natural wonders and addresses everyday matters in like hope, marriage, friendship and flying.
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Runaway
by Jorie Graham
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet presents a new collection of poetry in which she engages with her usual subjects—nature, form, human life—in urgent and brilliant new ways.
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Whale Day: And Other Poems
by Billy Collins
A latest collection by the former Poet Laureate of the United States gathers more than 50 new poems that reflect the writer’s signature mix of playful and serious language.
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