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New Nonfiction Releases August, 2021
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Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir
by James Tate Hill
A writer's humorous and often-heartbreaking tale of losing his sight-and how he hid it from the world.
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It Never Ends: A Memoir With Nice Memories!
by Tom Scharpling
The comedy writer and host of the weekly radio-call in comedy show "The Best Show with Tom Scharpling" discusses how he came back from the brink of self-destruction to forge a career in television writing and production.
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Make It Nice
by Dorinda Medley
Opening the doors of Blue Stone Manor, her Berkshires sanctuary, a The Real Housewives of New York City fan favorite reveals the not-so-glamorous obstacles she overcame to be the person viewers, colleagues and friends know and love today.
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The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal
by Mary L. Trump
The bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough examines America’s national trauma, rooted in our history but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of current events and the Trump administration’s corrupt and immoral policies, and reveals what must be done to rebuild our faith in leadership.
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Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting
by Mary Gauthier
The Grammy-nominated folk singer and songwriter opens a fascinating window to the artistry of songwriting, in this book that celebrates the redemptive power of song to inspire and bring seemingly different kinds of people together.
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Till the End
by CC Sabathia
The memoir of the life of one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation, a raw, compelling story of baseball, family, fame, addiction, loss, and a champion's resilience.
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Two-way Mirror: The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
by Fiona Sampson
A nuanced, comprehensive portrait of Britain's most famous female poet, a woman who invented herself and defied her times. The first biography of Barrett Browning in more than three decades, with unique access to the poet's abundant correspondence, Two-Way Mirror holds up a mirror to the woman, her art, and the art of biography itself.
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What Is a Dog?
by Chloe Shaw
With artful prose and a philosophical touch, the author meditates on her life through the dogs she loved and lost, taking us on an emotional journey that reveals how dogs pull us boldly toward the person we were always meant to be.
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Willie Nelson's Letters to America
by Willie Nelson
A series of heartfelt letters, along with song lyrics to some of his biggest hits, draws upon his incredible seventy-year music career, his love-filled family life, and his role as an American icon and font of wit and wisdom.
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Year of Plagues: A Memoir of 2020
by Fred D'Aguiar
Drawing from two cultural perspectives, an acclaimed British-Guyanese writer and award-winning poet combines personal reminiscence and philosophy to reflect on a year of personal and global crisis.
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The American War in Afghanistan: A History
by Carter Malkasian
A full history of the war in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2020. It covers political, cultural, strategic, and tactical aspects of the war and details the actions and decision-making of the United States, Afghan government, and Taliban.
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Awakening: #metoo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights
by Rachel Vogelstein
Two advocates for women’s rights chronicle the global impact of the #MeToo movement and how it uses technology to reach across borders, races and economic divides to fight against the violence and discrimination that women face.
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Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation
by John Lewis
The final reflections, words and wisdom of esteemed civil rights champion and late Congressman, John Lewis, who continued to offer inspiration and hope to millions even while he battled the cancer that ultimately ended his life.
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Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island; A History
by T. A. Mort
Evoking the spirit and danger of the early American West, this is the story of the Battle of Beecher Island, pitting an outnumbered United States Army patrol against six hundred Native warriors, where heroism on both sides of the conflict captures the vital themes at play on the American frontier.
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Democracy Rules
by Jan-Werner Müller
A discussion of the rules and norms underlying democracy with an emphasis on the role played by elections and political parties.
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How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World
by Henry Mance
Looks at the relationships between humans and animals in our age of factory farms, climate change and deforestation, and explores how we can more fairly share the planet with them, featuring insights from farmers, activists, politicians and tech visionaries.
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Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump White House
by Michael Wolff
Wolff closes the story of Trump's four years in office and his tumultuous last months at the helm of the country, based on Wolff's extraordinary access to White House aides and to the former president himself, yielding a wealth of new information and insights about what really happened inside the highest office in the land, and the world.
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The Life-changing Science of Detecting Bullshit
by John V. Petrocelli
Expanding upon his viral TEDx Talk, and using real-life examples, a psychology professor and social scientist provides invaluable to strategies not only to recognize and protect yourself from everyday bullshit, but to avoid engaging in bullshit just for societal conformity.
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Pastoral Song: A Farmer's Journey
by James Rebanks
The author of the best-selling A Shepard’s Life returns with a chronicle of his family’s farm in England’s Lake District across three generations and how he restored the viability of its future.
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This Is Your Mind on Plants
by Michael Pollan
In this unique blend of history, science and memoir, the renowned author examines and experiences three plant drugs — opium, caffeine and mescaline — from several very different angles and contexts, exploring the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants.
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An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
by Sheera Frenkel
Two award-winning New York Times reporters detail how Facebook has become a conduit for disinformation, hate speech, and political propaganda while still pursuing a strategy of aggressive growth that reinforces this trend.
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Weirdest Maths: At the Frontiers of Reason
by David J. Darling
The authors reveal the mathematics at the farthest reaches of our world -- from its role in the plots of novels to how animals employ numerical skills to survive. Along the way they explore what makes a genius, why a seemingly simple problem can confound the best and brightest for decades, and what might be the great discovery of the twenty-first century.
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The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland
by Angela Youngman
An investigation the vast range of darker, more threatening aspects of this famous story and the way Alice has been transformed over the years.
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Duende: Poems, 1966-Now
by Quincy Troupe
The selected poems from over fifty years by the great poet and biographer and friend of Miles Davis.
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The Letters of Shirley Jackson
by Shirley Jackson
Written over the course of nearly three decades, this spellbinding collection of never-before-published letters from the author of "The Lottery" and The Haunting of Hill House are full of her trademark subversive wit, vivid imagination and precisely calibrated prose.
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Never Say You Can't Survive
by Charlie Jane Anders
An internationally best-selling and critically acclaimed writer presents a nonfiction book that is part memoir, part personal anecdote and insight on how to foster creativity in unprecedented times.
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Out on a Limb: Selected Writing, 1989-2021
by Andrew Sullivan
The provocative social and political commentator presents a collection of his most iconic and powerful essays from such publications as The New Republic, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine and more.
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Pilgrim Bell: Poems
by Kaveh Akbar
With formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar’s second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed.
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Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems
by Rita Dove
In her first volume of new poems in twelve years, Rita Dove investigates the vacillating moral compass guiding America's, and the world's, experiments in democracy.
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