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New Nonfiction Releases February 2016
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Free Refills : A Doctor Confronts His Addiction
by Peter Grinspoon
A Harvard-trained medical doctor shares his experiences with addiction and how he cycled through recovery to relapse, his reputation, family and a lifestyle in ruins, to finally reclaim his life with the help of other physicians who themselves are addicts.
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In Other Words
by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Unaccustomed Earth traces her enduring love affair with the Italian language that prompted her family's move to Rome, where her efforts to master the language as a writer shaped her feelings of belonging and exile.
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Leonard : My Fifty-year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
by William Shatner
An anecdotal tribute to the Emmy Award-winning cultural icon's longtime friend and Star Trek co-star describes their initial collaborations and the emotionally rich highs and lows that marked their shared decades.
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Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir
by Joel Grey
The Broadway star and Academy Award-winning performer best known for his iconic role as the irascible emcee in Cabaret traces his remarkable life story, documenting his Jewish-American upbringing in 1930s Cleveland, his childhood roles, his rise to fame, and his most challenging losses.
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by Sue Klebold
The mother of one of the two shooters at Columbine High School draws on personal recollections, journal entries and video recordings to piece together what led to her son's unpredicted breakdown, and shares insights into how other families might recognize important warning signs.
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On My Own
by Diane Rehm
The beloved NPR radio host recounts her late husband's long battle with Parkinson's disease and her efforts to reconstruct a life without him, describing how she found inspiration in the examples of widowed colleagues and her advocacy of the Right to Die movement.
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Perpetual Becoming
by Alanis Morissette
The Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter traces her journey from Canadian pop star to international music icon, providing unstinting coverage of her struggles with love, fame and addiction while revealing the inspirations behind her record-setting achievements.
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Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
by Michael V. Hayden
An assessment of America's intelligence wars from the retired four-star general, former NSA director, principal deputy director of National Intelligence and CIA director reveals the circumstances that prompted unpopular decisions and are challenging today's era of threat and change.
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Stories I Tell Myself : Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson
by Juan F. Thompson
As told by his only son, the detailed and intimate description of the life of the manic, drug-fueled, charismatic and sensitive wildman of American journalism, known for his fearless style, covers everything from biker gangs to presidential elections.
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by David A. Stewart The prolific musician, producer and member of the Eurythmics discusses the parties, collaborations, relationships and creativity that spanned his blockbuster career from Tom Petty's "Don't Come Around No More" to Celine Dion's "Taking Chances."
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What Happened, Miss Simone?by Alan LightA biography of the beloved singer, inspired by the acclaimed Netflix documentary, explores both her public persona and her private life, including her love of classical music despite her heartbreaking rejection from that field, her successful rise in the world of soul and her civil rights activism.
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American Epic: When Music Gave America Her Voice
by Elijah Wald
A companion book to the groundbreaking PBS and BBC documentary series celebrates the pioneers and artists of American roots music -- blues, gospel, folk, Cajun, Appalachian, Hawaiian, Native American - without which there would be no jazz, rock, country, R&B, or hip hop today.
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And Then All Hell Broke Loose : Two Decades in the Middle East
by Richard Engel
The NBC chief foreign correspondent draws on more than two decades of experience in the Middle East to share firsthand insights into the region's revolutions, the Arab Spring, the wars, regional terrorism and the experiences of people caught in the crossfire.
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The Battle for Room 314 : My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School
by Ed Boland
Leaving behind a 20-year career as a nonprofit executive to teach in a tough New York City public high school, the author shares the disturbing reality of his students' lives and a broken education system unable to help them, in a searing indictment of reform-minded schools that claim to be progressive but still fail their students.
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Bio-Young: Get Younger at a Cellular and Hormonal Level
by Roxy Dillon
A nutritionist and scientist offers a practical, natural approach to fighting the effects of aging by using exercise, skin care and nutrition to get cellular and hormonal functions back under control, resulting in both looking and feeling years younger.
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A Cancer in the Family: Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance
by Theodora Ross
An authoritative reference for people facing a genetic predisposition to cancer draws on the author's experiences as both an oncologist and genetic melanoma survivor to explain how to identify risk patterns, obtain testing and make informed decisions without fear.
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Children of Paradise : The Struggle for the Soul of Iran
by Laura Secor
Secor chronicles the events that rendered Iran the first revolutionary theocracy of the modern world, tracing its symbolism as a barometer of Eastern culture and upheaval while exploring the contributions of religion, politics, artists, journalists and activists in shaping the country's present-day circumstances..
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The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America
by Ethan Michaeli
Drawing on interviews and extensive archival research, an award-winning author, publisher and journalist tells the story of The Defender, a great black Chicago newspaper that gave voice to the voiceless and whose pages helped elect mayors and presidents, and were filled with columns by legends like Ida B. Wells and Martin Luther King.
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Earnhardt Nation : The Full-throttle Saga of Nascar's First Family
by Jay Busbee
Published to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Earnhardt Sr.'s death, a profile of the influential NASCAR family is set against a backdrop of the history of the world's fastest stock-car-racing organization and traces the achievements of three generations of Earnhardt drivers.
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Easy Breezy Prosperity : The Five Foundations for a More Joyful, Abundant Life
by Emmanuel Dagher
Dagher offers a definition of prosperity beyond financial wealth to counsel readers on how to realize the success that has already been created and how to attract more of it into a daily life, from expressing gratitude and engaging in "money healing" practices to decluttering and performing acts of service.
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The Fight to Vote
by Michael Waldman
The president of a nonpartisan law and policy institute at NYU describes the fight for the right to vote and the historical, and ongoing, efforts by some to make voting difficult for the elderly, the poor and the young.
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Heroines of Mercy Street
by Pamela D. Toler
Toler offers an inside look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show, Mercy Street.
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How to be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
by Ruth Goodman
The historian advisor for the BBC's production, Wolf Hall, presents an erudite romp through the intimate details of life in Tudor England, celebrating the everyday experiences of 16th-century people who engaged in period routines, chores and habits.
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Originals : How Non-Conformists Move the World
by Adam M. Grant
The New York Times best-selling author of Give and Take examines how provocative thought leaders can champion originality in their organizations, drawing on illustrative studies and stories spanning a range of disciplines to explain how to recognize a good idea, speak up, build allies, choose a time to act and manage doubts.
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The Pregnancy Encyclopedia
by Paula Amato
Overflowing with full-color photos and illustrations, an ultimate pregnancy guide teems with advice from top experts in the field who cover more than 300 topics of interest, including fertility, birth, nutrition, exercise and lifestyle changes, to expecting mothers and their partners.
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The Princess Diarist
by Carrie Fisher
The best-selling author of Postcards from the Edge and Hollywood icon best known for her Star Wars role shares interconnected essays exploring her life as the child of Tinseltown royalty, adventures on the sets of Star Wars, and struggles with bipolar disorder.
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Seven Last Words: An Invitation to a Deeper Friendship with Jesus
by James Martin
The New York Times best-selling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and editor-at-large of America magazine offers a portrait of Jesus, using his last words on the cross to reveal how deeply he understood our predicaments, what it means to be fully human and why people can turn to Christ completely, in heart, mind and soul.
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Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends
by Martin Lindstrom
An expert on branding and consumer behavior explains how, instead of using Big Data, he personally gathers small clues, from a teddy bear in a bedroom to a simple pearl bracelet in Dubai, and uses them to predict demand for consumer goods.
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Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion
by Susan Jacoby
A provocative social history of the secular forces driving conversion in the Western world refutes beliefs about personal reinvention and divine grace to explore such factors as the unifications between church and state, interreligious marriage, faith change in adulthood and the forced conversions of slaves.
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The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness
by David Hillel Gelernter
A legendary computer scientist and artificial-intelligence authority challenges the goal of the scientific community to artificially replicate thought patterns of the human mind, arguing that the mysteries of the mind and creativity can be better understood through classic works of literature.
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West of Eden: An American Place
by Jean Stein
An oral history of five outsider families who rose to power and fortune in Hollywood and Los Angeles traces their humble origins, the dreams that inspired their ambitions, the setbacks that challenged their achievements and their enduring legacies.
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