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New Nonfiction Books July 2020
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The catalyst : how to change anyone's mind by Jonah Berger A best-selling marketing professor discusses techniques that can be used to change minds and catalyze change by examining the reasons behind why people resist change and how to help them move forward.
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The house of Kennedy by James Patterson A revelatory portrait of the Kennedys explores how the dual mottos, “To whom much is given, much is expected” and “Win at all costs” shaped generations of life inside and outside the family.
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Trees in trouble : wildfires, infestations, and climate change by Daniel Mathews The author of The Natural History of the Pacific Northwest Mountains examines the devastating effects of climate change in the western and Rocky Mountain states, drawing on in-depth reportage to illuminate the essential work of today’s activists.
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Fire in Paradise : an American tragedy by Dani Anguiano An account of the 2018 Camp Fire that razed the town of Paradise, California draws on hundreds of interviews with residents, firefighters, police and scientific experts to document its horrific impact, including the establishment of an unfolding refugee crisis.
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The velvet rope economy : how inequality became big business by Nelson Schwartz A New York Times business reporter investigates the invisible velvet rope that separates the rich from the middle- and working-class in America and how business innovators have exploited this divide by catering to the wealthy while creating obstacles for everyone else.
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Coffeeland : one man's dark empire and the making of our favorite drug
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Augustine Sedgewick
A Harvard-educated economist documents the epic history of the role of coffee in connecting and dividing the modern world, tracing coffee’s unexpected 500-year evolution from an ingredient in a mysterious Muslim ritual to a major influencer in modern El Salvador.
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The NRA : the unauthorized history
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Frank Smyth
A former arms-trafficking investigator for Human Rights Watch offers a complete account of America’s most powerful, most secretive and most controversial nonprofit, and argues that it has strayed far from its origins.
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Footprints : in search of future fossils
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David Farrier
An award-winning author combines literature, art and science as he travels from the Baltic Sea and the Great Barrier Reef to Tasmania and Shanghai to explore what objects and landscapes will endure through time to become future fossils and relics.
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Facebook : the inside story by Steven Levy Levy draws on years of exclusive reporting and interviews with key Facebook insiders in a history of the world’s largest social media platform that examines the controversial decisions of founder Mark Zuckerberg and the company’s role in present-day security issues.
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Heaven and hell : a history of the afterlife by Bart D. Ehrman The author explores literary and cultural sources to reveal that common perceptions about heaven, hell and the afterlife are modern, competing beliefs that are neither found in the Old Testament nor what Jesus taught.
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At the center of all beauty : solitude and the creative life by Fenton Johnson A heavily researched meditation on the role of solitude in creative and intellectual lives explores the characters and achievements of iconic “solitaires,” from Thoreau to Zora Neale Hurston - by the best-selling author of The Man Who Loved Birds.
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How we learn : why brains learn better than any machine ... for now by Stanislas Dehaene A leading cognitive scientist reveals four algorithms behind the human brain’s remarkable learning capacities that maximize educational potential and cognitive capacity, exploring the last two decades of technological advances based on mental processes.
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