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New Nonfiction Releases January, 2023
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Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir
by Iliana Regan
With her first book, Regan announced herself as a writer whose extravagant, unconventional talents matched her abilities as a lauded chef. In her follow-up, she digs even deeper to express the meaning and beauty we seek in the landscapes, and stories, that reveal the forces which inform, shape, and nurture our lives.
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The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House
by Chris Whipple
Taking readers behind the scenes of one of America's most consequential presidencies, a prizewinning journalist, with unprecedented access to the White House, reveals how President Joe Biden and his seasoned team have battled to achieve their agenda, delivering a surprising portrait of politics on the edge.
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Flora Macdonald: Pretty Young Rebel: Her Life and Story
by Flora Fraser
The story of the young Scotswoman whose decision to help Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Stuart claimant to the British throne, evade capture and flee the country, inspiring countless novels, poems and songs.
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The King: The Life of Charles III
by Christopher P. Andersen
Since the day Charles Philip Arthur George was born, he has been groomed to be King. The King examines the private life of this historically important and controversial figure, set against the grand, thousand-year sweep of the British monarchy. This richly detailed biography covers it all, from his military training to his marriage to Lady Diana, through their separation and her tragic death to his marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles.
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The Love You Save: A Memoir
by Goldie Taylor
Shining a light on the strictures of race, class and gender in a post-Jim Crow America, an acclaimed journalist and human rights activist reveals how she overcame a troubled childhood and insurmountable odds with strength and courage to become the woman she is today.
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The Queen: Her Life
by Andrew Morton
Renowned biographer Andrew Morton takes an in-depth look at Britain's longest reigning monarch, exploring the influence Queen Elizabeth had on both Britain and the rest of the world for much of the last century.
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Roald Dahl: Teller of the Unexpected: a Biography
by Matthew Dennison
In this brand-new biography, Matthew Dennison re-evaluates the traditional narrative surrounding Dahl--that of school sporting hero, daredevil pilot, and wartime spy-turned-author--and examines surviving primary resources as well as Dahl's extensive literary output to tell the story of a man who identified as a rule-breaker, an iconoclast, and a romantic--both insider and outsider, war hero and child's friend.
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Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing
by Abigail Thomas
In her new memoir, Abigail Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way.
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Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
by Margaret Willson
A daring and magnificent account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies. Both horrifying and magnificent, this story will captivate readers from the first page and keep them thinking long after they turn the last page.
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Bloodbath Nation
by Paul Auster
Traces centuries of America's use and abuse of guns, exploring the bitter divide between our gun control and anti-gun control camps and how gun violence has become so prevalent and out of proportion to the rest of the world.
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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
by Brad Meltzer
In this gripping true story of daring rescues, body doubles and political intrigue, the New York Times best-selling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy reveal the Nazis' plans to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill--an assassination plot that would've changed history.
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
by Caroline Dodds Pennock
Drawing on surviving their literature and poetry, one of the world's foremost authorities on Mesoamerica presents a sweeping account of the Indigenous American presence in, and impact on, early modern Europe, shattering our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery.
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The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South
by Charles Reagan Wilson
Since the eighteenth century, a vast range of thinkers, artists, writers, and critics have wrestled with the notion that something distinct characterizes life in the American South. But in this sweeping new intellectual and cultural history, Charles Reagan Wilson reveals that there has never been a singular understanding of this 'southern way of life.'
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Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It
by Elie Honig
A CNN senior legal analyst and nationally best-selling author explores America's two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the powerful including, most notoriously, Donald Trump manipulate the legal system to escape justice and get away with vast misdeeds.
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Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage
by Jeff Guinn
A former investigative reporter Jeff Guinn, best-selling author of Manson and The Road to Jonestown, provides an account of the disastrous siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, featuring never-before-seen documents, photographs and interviews.
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Why Architecture Matters
by Paul Goldberger
A classic work on the joy of experiencing architecture, with a new afterword reflecting on architecture’s place in the contemporary moment.
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A Guest at the Feast: Essays
by Colm Tóibín
From one of the most celebrated writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature.
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A Horse at Night: On Writing
by Amina Cain
In Amina Cain's first nonfiction book, a series of essayistic inquiries come together to form a sustained meditation on writers and their works, on the spaces of reading and writing fiction, and how these spaces take shape inside a life.
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The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald
by Eleanor Lanahan
A beautifully designed, full-color collection of paper dolls created by Zelda Fitzgerald, lovingly compiled by her granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan.
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