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New Nonfiction Books June 2025 |
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Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History by Chris WhippleA disastrous debate, a would-be assassin's bullet, an electrifying eleventh hour candidate swap, dramatic and surprising VP selections, betrayals behind closed doors, charges of a stolen election, game-changing blunders - the 2024 presidential election is a political saga of Shakespearean proportions in this minute-by-minute detailing by the esteemed White House historian and political analyst.
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The Real Economy: History and Theory by Jonathan LevyLevy poses these questions: What is the economy, really? Is it a "market sector," a "general equilibrium" or the "gross domestic product"?, returning to an earlier era of debate and proposing a theory of the economy that is open to empirical and historical scrutiny, covering the emergence of capitalism, the notion of radical uncertainty, the meaning of demand, the primal desire for money, the history of corporations and contemporary globalization.
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America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story by Felipe Torres Medina Born in Colombia, Medina moved to the U.S. at the age of 21 and has spent over ten years of his life navigating the craziness of the immigration system while also repeatedly explaining said madness to most clueless Americans around him - and now through the interactive choose-your-adventure method in this laugh-out-loud book that teaches readers all they need to know.
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Low Waste Kitchen: Radical Recipes for Sustainable Living by Alessandro VitaleThrough 100 step-by-step low-waste recipes for delicious plant-based meals and snacks, along with household remedies, cosmetics and useful tips on food storage, shopping and more, the author demonstrates that everyone can make small changes for a big environmental impact.
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The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking by Leor ZmigrodThe author explores how political and social beliefs are shaped by the brain's structure and cognitive processes, revealing how rigid ideologies become ingrained, their roots in nature and nurture, and the societal implications of this research, offering strategies to foster open-mindedness across the ideological spectrum.
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City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry by James Michael BuckleyThe architectural historian explores San Francisco's rapid urban development as a product of the physical and economic transformation of the natural environment of the American West while investigating the architecture of a typical Western resource industry - redwood lumber - to view how the exploitation of California's natural resources shaped its built environment.
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