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New Nonfiction Releases February, 2020
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Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
by Robin Ha
Moving abruptly from Seoul to Alabama, a Korean teen struggles in a hostile blended home and a new school where she does not speak English before forging unexpected connections in a local comic drawing class.
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Brother & Sister: A Memoir
by Diane Keaton
The Academy Award-winning film star and best-selling author of Then Again presents a memoir of her complicated relationship with a beloved younger brother, who transitioned from a close sibling into a troubled and reclusive alcoholic.
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Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century
by Sarah Abrevaya Stein
An award-winning historian uses the letters and correspondence of one Sephardic family to tell the story of their journey from Salonica, Greece, through their migration across the continents and how they were almost eradicated by the Holocaust.
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The Phantom Prince: My Life With Ted Bundy
by Elizabeth Kendall
An updated, expanded edition of the author’s 1981 memoir detailing her six-year relationship with serial killer Ted Bundy, which was the basis for the Amazon Original docuseries, includes a new introduction and a new afterword by the author, never-before-seen photos, and a startling new chapter from the author’s daughter.
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The Toni Morrison Book Club
by Juda Bennett
The Toni Morrison Book Club tells the story of four friends who turn to Toni Morrison as they search for meaning in their lives. In this startling group memoir, the writers--black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American born--allow Morrison's words, like music, to make them feel, confess, and discover.
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When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
by Ariana Neumann
A first book by a Venezuelan foreign correspondent describes the harrowing early experiences of her father, an only survivor of their Jewish-Czechoslovakian family, who hid from the Gestapo in plain sight before starting over in South America.
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The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century
by David Goldblatt
The “Game of Our Lives” podcaster and author of the best-selling The Ball Is Round presents a wide-reaching exploration of soccer and society that charts the sport’s global cultural ascent, economic transformation and deep politicization.
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A Black Women's History of the United States
by Daina Ramey Berry
Two award-winning history professors and authors focus on the stories of African-American women slaves, civilians, religious leaders, artists, queer icons, activists and criminals in a celebration of black womanhood that demonstrates its indelible role in shaping America.
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The Boston Massacre: A Family History
by Serena R Zabin
A “people’s history” of the event that helped trigger the American Revolution draws on original sources and lively stories to recount the personal and political conflicts that led to the 1770 shooting of locals by British soldiers.
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Cured: The Life-Changing Science of Spontaneous Healing
by Jeffrey Rediger
A Harvard Medical School psychologist examines the root sources of illness to counsel readers on how to create healing environments that incorporate strategic principles about diet, immunities, stress reduction and personal identity.
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Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons
by Cara Familian Natterson
Citing the less-recognized behavioral tendencies of male adolescence that complicate communications between parents and children, a guide to raising teen boys shares strategic guidelines on effective parenting, managing screen time and understanding the sources of negative behavior.
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Facebook: The Inside Story
by Steven Levy
Draws on years of exclusive reporting and interviews with key Facebook insiders in a history of the world’s largest social media platform that examines the controversial decisions of founder Mark Zuckerberg and the company’s role in present-day security issues.
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
by Mikki Kendall
An award-winning writer and frequent guest speaker presents a compelling critique of today’s black feminist movement that argues that modern activism needs to refocus on health care, education and safety for all women instead of a privileged few.
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The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World
by Rahm Emanuel
The former Chicago mayor and White House Chief of Staff counsels progressives and centrists on how to get things done in today’s America, outlining working examples of how to improve local-level education, job conditions, environmental policy and more.
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The Second Chance Club: Hardship and Hope After Prison
by Jason Matthew Hardy
A former New Orleans parole officer shares the intertwining stories of seven parolees to reveal shortcomings in a criminal justice system that does not provide former inmates with the tools they need to survive.
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Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote
by Ellen Carol DuBois
Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, a high-energy chronicle of the movement for women’s voting rights shares bold portraits of its devoted leaders and activists. By the author of Feminism and Suffrage.
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This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers
by Jeff Sharlet
The “immersion journalist” and award-winning author of The Family describes his post-heart attack decision forge human connections, in a work of radical empathy that explores topics ranging from the loneliness of dementia to gay pride in Putin’s Russia.
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13th Balloon
by Mark Bibbins
Bibbins turns his eye to the American AIDS crisis with quiet consideration and dark wit, questioning personal loss amongst intolerance.
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44 Poems for You
by Sarah Ruhl
Ruhl’s poetry sings with a humbling honesty about who we share our lives with and those who form our hollows.
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For the Ride
by Alice Notley
A major new book-length visionary poem from one of the most highly regarded figures in American poetry.
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Postcolonial Love Poem
by Natalie Diaz
Natalie Diaz’s highly anticipated follow-up to When My Brother Was an Aztec, is an anthem of desire against erasure.
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Something That May Shock and Discredit You
by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
The writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column presents an irreverent collection of essays and observations on all things pop culture, from a sinister reimagining of HGTV’s House Hunters to the beauty of William Shatner.
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Stranger by Night: Poems
by Edward Hirsch
Prose that reflects on the distinctly beautiful moments in life and also acts as a lamentation for the dead appears side by side in this new collection of poems from the prolific and award-winning poet and MacArthur Fellow.
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Survival Is a Style
by Christian Wiman
A new collection of verse on religious and personal themes from the award-winning poet Christian Wiman.
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