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New Nonfiction Books April 2021
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Come fly the world : the jet-age story of the women of Pan Am by Julia CookeCooke 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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The Barbizon : the hotel that set women free by Paulina BrenThe award-winning author of The Greengrocer and His TV presents a history of New York’s famous women-only residential hotel and the women - both famous and ordinary - from aspiring dancers and actresses to seamstresses, secretaries and nurses - who passed though its doors, including Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly and Liza Minelli.
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Women and other monsters : building a new mythology by Jess ZimmermanZimmerman examines female monsters from Greek mythology, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies and the Sphinx, inviting women to reimagine the perceived undesirable traits of these creatures as strengths for a new “monstrous” version of feminism.
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What doesn't kill you : a life with chronic illness-lessons from a body in revolt by Tessa MillerA debut book by a Daily Beast senior editor shares a candid account of her early adulthood manifestation of chronic illness, in her case Crohn's Disease, that impacts every aspect of life without hope for a cure, offering insights into how Americans live with long-term diagnoses and health complications today.
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Already toast : caregiving and burnout in America by Kate WashingtonDespite 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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Gory details : adventures from the dark side of science by Erika EngelhauptBlending 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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This is the fire : what I say to my friends about racism by Don LemonDon Lemon, the host of CNN Tonight and America's only Black prime-time anchor, brings his vast audience and experience as a reporter and a Black man to today’s most urgent question: How can we end racism in America in our lifetimes?
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Ageless : the new science of getting older without getting old by Andrew SteeleA computational biologist and science writer takes readers into the frontiers of the science of aging, the true underlying cause of most human death and suffering, and reveals how close we are to an astonishing extension of our life spans and a vastly improved quality of life in our later years, refuting the inevitability of deterioration and disease as we age.
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Unmasked : inside Antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy by Andy NgoAn American journalist tells the story of the violent extremist group Antifa from its very beginning, incorporating stories from his own life along with interviews with former followers and people who have been attacked by them and revealing the tactics and ideology of a movement that, in his view, is set on destroying the freedoms guaranteed by a liberal democracy.
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Remember : the science of memory and the art of forgetting by Lisa GenovaThe 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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Plunder : a memoir of family property and Nazi treasure by Menachem KaiserA young writer documents the story of his effort to reclaim his Holocaust-survivor grandfather’s family apartment building in Poland, detailing his grandfather’s firsthand experiences as a slave laborer and his own confrontations with Nazi treasure hunters.
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Children under fire : an American crisis by John Woodrow CoxBased on the Pulitzer-finalist series on the effects of gun violence on children, this urgent call to action investigates the effectiveness of gun safety reforms and the ongoing realities of traumatized survivors of community and campus shootings.
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