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New Nonfiction Releases June 2016
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Chancers: Addiction, Prison, Recovery, Love: One Couple's Memoir
by Susan Stellin
A dual memoir told in alternating chapters traces the romance between the authors, a Stanford-educated "New York Times" journalist and a heroin-addicted Scottish photographer, drawing on their intimate correspondence while the latter served time at Riker's Island.
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
by Antonio Garcia Martinez
The industry provocateur behind such companies as Twitter and a nascent Facebook presents an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble that traces his hedonist lifestyle against a backdrop of early social media and online marketing, sharing critical insights into how they are shaping today's world.
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Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer
by Arthur Lubow
Traces the life of the influential 20th-century photographer to link the extraordinary arc of her experiences to her iconic images, exploring her role in shaping both photography and contemporary art while offering insights into the unique perspectives that drew her to her subjects.
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Every Little Step: My Story
by Bobby Brown
A tell-all confessional by the infamous R&B star shares his side of the story while tracing his work with New Edition, relationship with Whitney Houston and successful solo career, discussing how the writing of his memoirs has helped him overcome the traumatic death of his daughter.
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Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood
by Claire Hoffman
A journalist describes her experiences as a jaded, skeptical teenager growing up in a secluded utopia in Iowa, Maharishi's National Headquarters for Heaven on Earth, which promoted Transcendental Meditation as a path to peace and enlightenment.
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
Shares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past.
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Hunger
by Roxane Gay
The best-selling author of Bad Feminist presents a searingly frank memoir of food, weight, self-image and learning how to feed one's hunger in healthy ways, drawing on the popular essays of her long-running Tumblr blog to illuminate the challenges of navigating the boundaries between self-comfort and self-care.
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Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Führer
by Walter Shapiro
An award-winning political columnist describes how his exuberant, flamboyant and prone-to-excess great uncle, Freeman Bernstein, scammed Hitler and the Nazi regime in the 1930s by selling them rusted auto bodies and old tin cans in lieu of high-grade Canadian nickel.
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I'm Just A Person
by Tig Notaro
The popular comedian and cast member on "Transparent" traces a wrenching year in her life marked by a debilitating rare illness, her mother's sudden death, a romantic breakup and her diagnosis with breast cancer.
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In the Darkroom
by Susan Faludi
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author of Backlash presents an astonishing confrontation with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle of identity consuming our age.
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Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
by Mychal Denzel Smith
A prominent journalist and contributing writer to The Nation describes his education and the experiences of black masculinity against a backdrop of the Obama administration, the death of Trayvon Martin, the career of LeBron James and other pivotal influences that have shaped race relations in today's America.
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My Father Before Me: A Memoir
by Chris Forhan
A multigenerational portrait of the author's Irish-Catholic American family describes how his numerous siblings and he were raised to hide their feelings, recounts his coming-of-age in the 60s and 70s in the wake of his father's suicide and reflects on his adult efforts to reconcile inherited traits.
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The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics
by John W. Hickenlooper
The maverick governor of Colorado traces his story from his extended education and early career challenges to the lucrative discovery of his management talents and unexpected rise in politics, detailing his insights into hot-button issues ranging from immigration and fracking to gun control and legalized marijuana.
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Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs
by Dave Holmes
The comic, writer and former MTV VJ presents an uproarious memoir of his experiences as a music geek and social misfit who fumbled his way toward self-acceptance through three decades of music.
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Sex Object
by Jessica Valenti
The founder of "Feministing.com" shares funny, embarrassing, painful and sometimes illegal moments from her own life that illuminate what it's like to be a woman today.
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Then and Now: A Memoir
by Barbara Cook
The Kennedy Center Honoree and Tony Award-winning Broadway star traces her remarkable but turbulent life during the glory days of Broadway and the American musical, describing how her acclaimed stage performances were overshadowed by depression and alcoholism before her reinvention as a cabaret artist.
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Walking with the Muses: A Memoir
by Pat Cleveland
One of the first black supermodels describes her time jet-setting around the world, walking runways and partying with rock stars and actors during the wild, glamorous and gritty 1960s and 1970s.
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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting
by Shefali Tsabary
The New York Times best-selling author of The Conscious Parent outlines a transformative plan that explains how parents can raise children to be their best, most authentic selves without harmful competition, challenging popular parenting beliefs while discussing how to minimize anxiety and let go of impossible societal ideals.
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Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide
by Charles Foster
A passionate naturalist and Oxford-trained veterinarian draws on his remarkable experiments with living in nature to describe the neuroscience and psychology of animals from a firsthand perspective, sharing evocative descriptions of his feral survival.
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But Maybe We're Wrong: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
by Charles Klosterman
The best-selling author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs explores the idea that today's mainstream beliefs about the world are fundamentally incorrect, drawing on original interviews with forefront intellectuals and experts to consider how the music, sports, literature and other present-day conventions may be perceived in future centuries.
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A Good Month for Murder: The Inside Story of a Homicide Squad
by Del Quentin Wilber
The New York Times best-selling author of Rawhide Down describes what it's like behind-the-scenes in the homicide unit of Prince George's County, Maryland, which borders the nation's capital and on average handles 12 homicides a month.
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
by Mary Roach
The best-selling author of Gulp and Stiff explores the science of keeping humans healthy and focused in the extreme environments of war, and illuminates how soldiers are conditioned to survive traumas ranging from heat and panic to exhaustion and noise.
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Hell Week: Seven Days to Be Your Best Self
by Erik Bertrand Larssen
The renowned mental trainer and veteran paratrooper outlines an accessible, military-inspired guide to enabling professional and personal success through lifestyle changes, recommending techniques that build on an effective single week spent emulating one's best self.
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How the Post Office Created America: A History
by Winifred Gallagher
A comprehensive history of the U.S. Post Office traces its origins and leaders and describes its role in every major event in American history, from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Internet age.
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If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
by Eric Metaxas
The author of Bonhoeffer presents a critical analysis of the founding fathers' original intentions that argues that America is a nation bound by a radical and unprecedented idea about liberty and freedom that must be upheld by every citizen.
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior
by Jonah Berger
The best-selling author of Contagious explores the subtle social influences that affect every day and long-term decisions, drawing on research from various disciplines to raise reader awareness of social influence and how to embrace or resist it to make healthier choices.
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Jackson, 1964
by Calvin Trillin
An anthology of previously uncollected essays, originally published in The New Yorker, reflects the work of the eminent journalist's early career and traces his witness to the fledgling years of desegregation in Georgia. By the award-winning author of About Alice.
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Magic and Loss: The Pleasures of the Internet
by Virginia Heffernan
A digital-culture expert who writes for The New York Times Magazine discusses the logic, aesthetics, cultural potential and societal impact of the Internet, a medium that favors speed, accuracy, wit, prolificacy and versatility.
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The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life
by Anu Partanen
A Finnish journalist and naturalized American citizen examines four key human relationships to encourage Americans to draw on practices from the Nordic way of life to create a fairer, happier, more secure and less stressful society for themselves and future generations.
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Ordinarily Well: The Case for Antidepressants
by Peter D Kramer
The best-selling author of Listening to Prozac examines the effectiveness of antidepressants to address a growing mistrust of their use by the medical establishment and the public, charting their development, research and statistics to discuss their shortcomings and benefits while calling for greater awareness about the seriousness of depression.
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-crisis World
by Ruchir Sharma
A reevaluation of economics as a practical art form by the Morgan Stanley economist and author of the best-selling Breakout Nations distills economics into 10 succinct rules while counseling readers on how to recognize political, economic and social changes that affect everyday life.
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Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History
by Thomas Rid
A sweeping history of cybernetics explores the discipline's early myths and wide-ranging influence after World War II, illuminating specific examples of cybernetics applications as utopian technologies, political tools and military weapons.
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Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World
by Michele Borba
Citing the reasons a healthy sense of empathy can secure a child's long-term well-being in today's connected, media-driven culture, the author outlines a nine-step program for cultivating empathy to foster kindness, leadership skills and courage in today's kids.
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The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
by Ben Ehrenreich
The award-winning journalist and author of The Suitors describes his immersion into the lives and struggles of everyday Palestinians along the West Bank, sharing firsthand insights into their resistance and resilience in the face of occupation by the Israeli military.
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson
From the end of the Civil War to the tumultuous issues in America today, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America.
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The World According to Star Wars
by Cass R Sunstein
A deeply original celebration of George Lucas's masterpiece as it relates to history, presidential politics, law, economics, fatherhood, and culture by Harvard legal scholar and former White House regulatory czar.
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