New Nonfiction
 
JUNE 2023 
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On Women
by Susan Sontag
 
A new collection of seven essays spanning a range of subjects: the challenges and humiliations women face as they age; the relationship between women’s liberation and class struggle; beauty, which Sontag calls “that over-rich brew of so many familiar opposites”. Taken together, these pieces - relentlessly curious, historically precise, politically robust, and allergic to easy categorization illustrate Sontag’s inimitable mind at work.
 

LIT ESSAYS SONTAG
Lessons Learned and Cherished : the teacher who changed my life
by Deborah Roberts

Curated by an award-winning ABC News journalist, this collection of essays and reflections from contributors such as Oprah Winfrey, Robin Roberts, Octavia Spencer, and Misty Copeland share how teachers changed them, imparted life lessons and helped them get to where they are today.
 
371.1 ROB
Lessons From an American Stoic : How Emerson Can Change Your Life
by Mark Matousek

As Americans are once again discovering the power of Stoicism, a lifelong Emersonian scholar outlines the American philosopher's thoughts on a variety of topics relevant to our lives today, including originality, perspective, resilience and nonconformity, encouraging us to identify our true beliefs to live a full, rich and meaningful life.
 
158 MAT
Many Things Under a Rock : the mysteries of octopuses
by David Scheel

Drawing on his 25 years of studying octopuses, a renowned marine biologist investigates four major mysteries of these elusive beings, exploring amazing new scientific developments and weaving accounts of his research and surprising encounters with stories and legends of Indigenous peoples. 
 
594.56 SCH
See What You're Missing : new ways of looking at the world through art
by Will Gompertz

Artists are expert lookers: they have learned to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvelous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have to be the case. In his inimitable engaging style, Will Gompertz takes us into the minds of artists--from contemporary stars to old masters, the well-known to the lesser-so, and from around the world--to show us how to look and experience the world with their heightened awareness.
 
709 GOM

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