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New Nonfiction Releases July 2015
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
by William Finnegan
The award-winning author of Cold New World describes his experiences as a lifelong surfer, from his early years as a white youth in Honolulu through his culturally sophisticated pursuits of perfect waves in some of the world's most exotic locales.
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Diane Von Furstenberg: A Life Unwrapped
by Gioia Diliberto
Presents a sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late-20th-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the “wrap dress,” captured the modern feminist spirit.
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Driving Hungry: A Memoir
by Layne Mosler
The creator of the popular Taxi Gourmet blog describes her ongoing pursuit of wonderful cultural foods as recommended by taxi drivers in a range of countries.
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A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
by Jimmy Carter
The 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor—and a few second thoughts.
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Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
by Julian Voloj
This work of graphic nonfiction is the true story of Benjy Melendez, founder of the Ghetto Brothers, a 1970s-era gang in the Bronx during one of the most violent, drug saturated, blighted periods in New York City history.
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The Good Shufu: Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World
by Tracy Slater
Tracy Slater, deciding to follow her destiny, builds a life in Japan where she, despite many challenges, fills her life with meaningful connections, a loving marriage and wonder at her adopted country, a place that will never feel natural or easy, but provides endless opportunities.
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The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age
by David Leopold
A visual retrospective of the influential Hollywood and Broadway artist's extensive career collects 360 iconic illustrations and photographs from different points of his creative development, including classic production posters and caricatures of golden-era stars.
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Plenty Ladylike: A Memoir
by Claire McCaskill
Missouri's first woman senator recounts her coming-of-age in a political family at a time when women were held back from their ambitions, describing her failed first marriage, her unconventional choices in office and her relationships with fellow politicians.
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Yes!: My Improbable Journey to the Main event of WrestleMania
by Daniel Bryan
A personal account of the early life and rise of the WWE wrestler famed for inciting the YES! movement includes coverage of his childhood ambitions, influences, unique life choices and first decade on the circuit before his watershed week at WrestleMania 30.
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A Beautiful Question : Finding Nature's Deep Design
by Frank Wilczek
Pondering the question "Does the universe embody beautiful ideas?", a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics takes readers on a profound voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present, that explore just how intertwined our ideas about beauty and art are with our scientific understanding of the cosmos.
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Dark Places of the Earth : The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope
by Jonathan M. Bryant
Drawing from untapped archives, a professor of history who specializes in slavery and constitutional law investigates one of the most significant—and shocking and unjustly forgotten—Supreme Court cases in American history involving the slave ship Antelope and the 300 African lives at stake.
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Does this Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions
by Lisa Scottoline
The best-selling mother-and-daughter writing team behind Have a Nice Guilt Trip present another collection of witty, poignant and humorous stories and essays that offer entertaining observations, insights and relatable wisdom to readers.
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
by Val McDermid
Drawing on interviews with top professionals, cutting-edge research and the author's own firsthand experience on the scene with top forensic scientists, a gripping volume explores the history of forensic science, real-world murders and the people who, confronting unimaginable evil, must solve them.
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The Grind: Inside Baseball's Endless Season
by Barry Svrluga
Examines the mental, emotional and physical toll that the lengthy Major League Baseball season has on everyone involved, including the players, managers and the wives and other family members of those participating in the sport.
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Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
by Kathleen Duval
Depicts the American Revolution from the eyes of outsiders who just happened to be present, including an Irish trader, Scottish plantation owners and Creek leader Alexander McGillivray, exploring how their lives were affected and how they determined which side to support.
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Lessons from Tara: life advice from the world's most brilliant dog
by David Rosenfelt
The author of Dogtripping describes what he learned about life and love from his first dog, Tara, who inspired her namesake in the Andy Carpenter novels, his fictional works of an animal-loving attorney who saves both humans and canines from Death Row.
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Letter by Letter: A History of the Written Word
by Matthew Battles
A cultural researcher from Harvard presents a lyrical meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia, that explores its myriad roles, its perpetual growth and the ways it is being shaped by the digital age. By the author of Library: An Unquiet History.
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Nagasaki : Life After Nuclear War
by Susan Southard
Published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, a riveting narrative of human resilience, told through first-hand experiences of five survivors, reveals the physical, emotional and social challenges of post-atomic life.
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Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
by David Neiwert
A revelatory history of orcas evaluates them as one of the planet's most intelligent animals, challenging beliefs about their "killer" natures while citing the threats to their populations. By the author of Strawberry Days.
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The Oregon Trail: An American Journey
by Rinker Buck
The author offers an epic account of his 2,000-mile trip on the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a team of mules, and along the way, tells the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration and its significance to the United States.
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The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
by Stephen Buchmann
An exploratory journey and research-based narrative of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines and perfumes, reveals their origins, myriad shapes, colors, scents, and bizarre sex lives, and how humans—and the natural world—relate and depend upon them.
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The Republic of Conscience
by Gary Hart
Focusing on the years after World War II, an American politician discusses the growing gap between the founding principles of the U.S. Constitution and the United States' current political landscape, offering a remedy for those who feel jaded, confused and disappointed by their current government.
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The Sociology Book
by Dorling Kindersley, Inc.
A new installment in the award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their biggest ideas—including issues of equality, human rights, the effects of globalization and the rise of urban living in modern society.
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Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa
by James Neff
In a book based on newly-released documents, the author sheds a new light on the historic battle between U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa during the Senate Rackets Committee hearings and beyond during 1957 to 1964.
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Zero Zero Zero
by Roberto Saviano
An analysis of the international cocaine trade and its less-understood role in the global economy explores its rules, armies and influence on everyday life, detailing the arrangements among leading cartels and the violent extent of their power.
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