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New Nonfiction Releases March, 2021
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The Beauty of Living Twice
by Sharon Stone
The Nobel Peace Summit Award-winning actress, activist and humanitarian chronicles her efforts to recover and rebuild after a massive stroke, discussing how her health challenges were also shaped by industry standards, childhood traumas and family bonds.
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Black Boy Out of Time: A Memoir
by Hari Ziyad
A cultural critic and screenwriter discusses gender, race and the challenges of growing up Black and queer as one of nineteen children in a blended family in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Elegy for Mary Turner: An Illustrated Account of a Lynching
by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams
Powerful and haunting, this depiction, detailed with full-color artwork, names those who were lynched and tortured in late May 1918 in Valdosta, Georgia, including one black woman, Mary Turner, who was eight months pregnant at the time.
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The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir
by Sherry Turkle
The MIT psychologist and best-selling author of Reclaiming Conversation illuminates humanity’s search for authentic connection in the face of today’s unprecedented challenges, explaining how empathy shaped her own complicated coming-of-age and survival experiences.
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Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York
by Alexander Nemerov
A coming-of-age portrait describes the gender barriers that challenged Helen Frankenthaler’s education, security and achievements as a successful postwar artist, discussing the factors, from the works of Jackson Pollock to her relationship with critic Clement Greenberg, that shaped her ambitions.
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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
by Julia Sweig
A magisterial portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, and a major reevaluation of the profound yet underappreciated impact the First Lady’s political instincts had on LBJ’s presidency.
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The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle
by Rob Kenner
The founding editor of Vibe presents an in-depth portrait of the hip-hop mogul, artist and activist to share insights into his motivational lyrics, visionary business savvy and tragic murder in a neighborhood he was trying to rebuild.
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Northern Light
by Kazim Ali
An examination of the lingering effects of a hydroelectric power station on Pimicikamak sovereign territory in Manitoba, Canada.
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Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America
by Kate Washington
Despite feeling profoundly alone while providing care to her sick husband, a writer discusses how she discovered she was one of millions of exhausted and stressed unpaid caregivers in America and argues that more should be done to support them.
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Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence
by Tanya Selvaratnam
An award-winning filmmaker recounts the intimate abuse she suffered from former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, using her story as a prism to examine the domestic violence crisis plaguing America.
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The Babysitter: My Summers With a Serial Killer
by Liza Rodman
Documents the co-author’s childhood summer experiences in 1960s Cape Cod under the care of a friendly neighbor, who years later was discovered to be the infamous serial killer of numerous women.
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Come Fly the World: The Jet-age Story of the Women of Pan Am
by Julia Cooke
Documents the high standards once required of Pan Am stewardesses, from second-language fluency and a college education to youth and a trim figure, sharing the stories of remarkable, high-achieving women who served during the jet age.
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Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-click America
by Alec MacGillis
The award-winning ProPublica senior reporter and author of The Cynic examines how Amazon’s trillion-dollar network of delivery hubs, data centers and corporate campuses reflects the company’s increasing influence over local and federal governments.
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Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
by Carl Zimmer
The New York Times “Matter” columnist investigates the science community’s conflicting views on what it actually means to be alive as demonstrated by laboratory attempts to recreate life and the examples of particularly remarkable life forms.
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Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-fighter Manual
by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
The award-winning podcaster, motivational speaker and author of the best-selling I’m Judging You shares whimsical, transformational advice based on her grandmother’s techniques to counsel readers on how to overcome fear-related obstacles and pursue meaningful goals through disruptive choices.
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Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
by Lisa Genova
The Harvard-trained neuroscientist and best-selling author of Still Alice presents an exploration of the intricacies of human memory that distinguishes between normal and concerning memory loss while explaining the profound roles of sleep, stress and other contributing influences.
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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
by Scott Weidensaul
The author of the Pulitzer finalist Living on the Wind explores the remarkable science of global bird migration to illuminate the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to fly across oceans, over mountains and uninterrupted for months.
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Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World
by Mark Aldridge
Celebrating the centennial of one of the world’s greatest literary characters, this definitive “biography” of Poirot , written by a Christie expert, traces the detective’s development from the earliest conceptions through each book’s publication to today.
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Festival Days
by Jo Ann Beard
A new collection from the award-winning author of The Boys of My Youth and In Zanesville.
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Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
by Erika Engelhaupt
Blending humor and journalism, and featuring interviews with leading researchers, the author of National Geographic’s popular Gory Details blog investigates the gross, strange and morbid absurdities of our bodies and our universe.
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I, Grape Or, the Case for Fiction: Essays
by Brock Clarke
In these essays, acclaimed novelist and short story writer Brock Clarke examines the art (and artifice) of fiction from unpredictable, entertaining, and often personal angles, positing through a slant scrutiny of place, voice, and syntax what fiction can and can't do.
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Night Rooms: Essays
by Gina Nutt
A collection of personal essays that weaves together fragmented images from horror films and cultural tropes to meditate on anxiety and depression, suicide, body image, identity, grief, and survival.
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