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New Nonfiction & Biography July 2024
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Other rivers : a Chinese education
by Peter Hessler
In this deeply personal and illuminating account of two generations of students in China's heartland, a staff writer at the New Yorker, who observed the country's tumultuous changes over the past quarter century, examines China's past, present and future and what we can learn from it, for good and ill.
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Common sense economics : what everyone should know about wealth and prosperity
by James D. Gwartney
The fully revised and updated fourth edition of the classic Common Sense Economics. As the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and debates over the future of work challenge our long-held preconceptions about what careers and the market can be, learning the basics of economics has never been more essential. Principles such as gains from trade, the role of profit and loss, and the secondary effects of government spending, taxes, and borrowing risk continue to be critically important to the way America's economy functions, and critically important to understand for those hoping to further their professional lives - even their personal lives.
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Mastering Ai : A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future
by Jeremy Kahn
A Fortune magazine journalist draws on his expertise and extensive contacts among the companies and scientists at the forefront of artificial intelligence to offer dramatic predictions of AI’s impact over the next decade, from reshaping our economy and the way we work, learn, and create to unknitting our social fabric, jeopardizing our democracy, and fundamentally altering the way we think.
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Plantifully Simple : 100 Plant-based Recipes and Meal Plans for Health and Weight-loss
by Kiki Nelson
Kiki Nelson, who lost seventy pounds on a plant-based diet and eliminated her risk for diabetes and stroke, shares the recipes, meal plans, plate-building, and mindset she adopted to reclaim her health—and keep off the weight. Here, she offers 100 all-new recipes that are as delicious as they are satisfying: they depend on luscious fruits and vegetables as well as comforting and satisfying carbs so you will never be bored or hungry—or feel restricted.
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Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world
by Anne Applebaum
The Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times best-selling author looks at how autocratic countries such as China, Russia and Iran undermine Western democracies through a complex network of kleptocratic financial structures.
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The rent collectors : exploitation, murder, and redemption in immigrant LA
by Jesse Katz
Exploring the lives of undocumented black-market workers who are being extorted by gangs and fined by the city of LA, this gripping true account of a botched gang murder follows the victim who survived as he seeks redemption for his own unforgivable crime and takes down the gang who drove him to do it.
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All in the Family : The Trumps and How We Got This Way
by Fred C. Trump
With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this revealing memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name.
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The singularity is nearer : when we merge with Al
by Ray Kurzweil
Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweils The Singularity Is Near Duckworth and its vision of the future have been influential in spawning a worldwide movement with millions of followers, hundreds of books, and major films Her, Lucy, Ex Machina. During the succeeding decade many of his predictions about tech advancements have been borne out. In this entirely new book Kurzweil takes a fresh perspective on advances in the singularity - assessing many of his predictions and examining the novel advancements to a revolution in knowledge and an expansion of human potential.
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We are experiencing a slight delay : tips, tales, travels
by Gary Janetti
Sharing stories of his varied trips around the world, which double as personal meditations, the New York Times best-selling author, television writer and producer tackles the absurdity and glory of travel, delivering practical advice on all aspects of a traveler's life, making this the perfect getaway companion.
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Guilty creatures : sex, God, and murder in Tallahassee, Florida
by Mikita Brottman
"From the critically-acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman comes the murky retelling of the murder of Mike Williams committed under the haze of faith and devotion. Perfect for true-crime and literary fiction fans alike"
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The home I worked to make : voices from the new Syrian diaspora
by Wendy Pearlman
Based on hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade, this book gives voice to Syrian refugees on five continents who share stories of leaving, losing, searching and finding (or not finding) home, challenging readers to grapple with the hard-won wisdom of those who survive war.
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Sharing space : an astronaut's guide to mission, wonder, and making change
by Cady Coleman
Illustrated with stories from her life and training, one of America's few female astronauts shares counterintuitive insights integral to her success, including leveraging insecurities to beat expectations, knowing when to adapt and when to press for changes and how to be the glue that holds a disparate team together.
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Ask Not : The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
by Maureen Callahan
A best-selling author and journalist reveals the dark history of the generations of Kennedy men who have physically and psychologically abused the women in their lives despite their carefully curated depiction of honor and integrity. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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