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New Adult Nonfiction Books 11/19/2025 |
The following books are new to the shelves at Kendall Young Library. To reserve an item, click on the image or title to be taken to the library's catalog. (Detailed instructions at the end of the newsletter.) |
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My Next Breath: A Memoir
by Jeremy Renner
The gripping and inspiring story of acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner's near-fatal accident, and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time.--Provided by publisher.
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Disrupt Everything--And Win: Take Control of Your Future
by James Patterson
Disruption is the most powerful force of change in our lifetime. Every day we are confronted with...sudden pivots at our workplace and in the job market, rule-changing technology such as Artificial Intelligence, unexpected crises and a culture of chaos, the sinking feeling that we are losing control of our lives.--
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Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run
by Peter Ames Carlin
From the opening piano notes of 'Thunder Road, ' to the final outro of 'Jungleland'--with American anthems like 'Born to Run' and 'Tenth Avenue Freeze Out' in between--Bruce Springsteen's seminal album, Born to Run, established Springsteen as a creative force in rock and roll. With his back against the wall, he wrote what has been hailed as a perfect album, a defining moment, and a roadmap for what would become a legendary career. Peter Ames Carlin, whose bestselling biography Bruce gave him rare access to Springsteen's inner circle, now returns with the full story of the making of this epic album. Released in August, 1975, Born to Run now celebrates its 50th anniversary. Carlin reveals a treasure trove of untold stories, detailing the writing and recording of every song, as well as the intense and at times tortuous process that mimicked the fault lines in Springsteen's psyche and career, even as it revealed the depth of his vision--
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The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child's Life
by Rachel Clarke
Winner of the Women's Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize An unforgettable and inspiring true story of how one family's grief transformed into a lifesaving gift--written by a bestselling author and palliative care doctor. The first of our organs to form and the last to die, the heart is both a simple pump and the symbol of what makes us human; as long as it continues to beat, there is hope. In The Story of a Heart, Dr. Rachel Clarke blends the history of medical innovations behind transplant surgery with the story of two children--one of whom desperately needs a new heart. One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira's parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to be an organ donor. Meanwhile nine-year-old Max Johnson had been in a hospital for nearly a year, valiantly fighting the virus that was causing his young heart to fail. When Max's parents received the call they had been hoping for, they knew it came at a terrible cost to another family--in what Clarke calls the brutal arithmetic of transplant surgery. The act of Keira's heart resuming its rhythm inside Max's body was a medical miracle. But this was only part of the story. While waiting on the transplant list, Max had become the hopeful face of a campaign to change the UK's laws around organ donation. Following his successful surgery, Keira's mother saw the little boy beaming on the front page of the newspaper and knew it was the same boy whose parents had recently sent her an anonymous letter overflowing with gratitude for her daughter's heart. The two mothers began to exchange messages and eventually decided to meet. In this profoundly moving...[and] beautiful, humane book (Rob Delaney) Clarke relates the urgent journey of Keira's heart and explores the history of the remarkable surgery that made it possible, stretching back over a century and involving the knowledge and dedication of surgeons, nurses and technicians, immunologists and paramedics. A powerful tale of two families linked by one heart, The Story of a Heart is a testament to compassion for the dying, the many ways we honor our loved ones, and the tenacity of love.
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The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness
by Tim Macmahon
ESPN's Tim MacMahon goes behind the scenes of Luka Donic's years with the Dallas Mavericks--before his trade to the Lakers stunned the basketball world--telling the story of a franchise's quest to build a championship team around a prodigy. In 2018, the Dallas Mavericks landed the most hyped prospect in basketball history--teenaged Luka Doncic. With The Wonder Boy, MacMahon takes us beyond the highlights to the madness that ensues as the Mavericks try to avoid blowing their golden opportunity. From the internal power struggles in owner Mark Cuban's front office during the early years of Doncic's career, to the new regime's effort to earn Doncic's loyalty and put the ruthless competitor in position to win, readers will learn never-before-reported details about the saga's biggest moments, including: -The blockbuster deal for Kristaps Porzingis that blew up in the Mavs' faces -The divorces with coach Rick Carlisle and GM Donnie Nelson -Jalen Brunson's exit after a run to the Western Conference finals -The new pairing with the mercurial Kyrie Irving -The improbable journey to the 2024 Finals As the clock ticks on the Mavs' quest to win it all with their irreplaceable young star, The Wonder Boy pulls back the curtain on a dilemma every NBA team would love to have.
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The Jailhouse Lawyer
by Calvin Duncan
A USA TODAY Bestseller! Duncan's story is so incredible it strains belief. It is so heartwarming and hopeful that it will stay with you for a long time. --John Grisham This brilliantly told story--at once maddening and miraculous--is among the most powerful indictments of our criminal justice system I've ever read. --James Forman, Jr. A searing and ultimately hopeful account of Calvin Duncan, the most extraordinary jailhouse lawyer of our time (Sister Helen Prejean), and his thirty-year path through Angola after a wrongful murder conviction, his coming-of-age as a legal mind while imprisoned, and his continued advocacy for those on the inside Calvin Duncan was nineteen when he was incarcerated for a 1981 New Orleans murder he didn't commit. The victim of a wildly incompetent public defense system and a badly compromised witness, Duncan was left to rot in the waking nightmare of confinement. Armed with little education, he took matters into his own hands. At twenty-one, he filed his first motion from prison: Motion for a Law Book, which launched his highly successful, self-taught legal career. Trapped within this wholly corrupted system, Duncan became a legal advocate for himself and his fellow prisoners as an inmate counsel at the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola. Literature sustained his hope, as he learned the law in its shadow. During his decades of incarceration, Duncan helped hundreds of other prisoners navigate their cases, advocating for those the state had long since written off. He taught a class in the midst of Angola to empower other incarcerated men to fight for their own justice under the law. But his own case remained stalled. A defense lawyer once responded to Duncan's request for documents: You are not a person. Criminal justice reform advocate Sophie Cull met Duncan after he was finally released from prison; he began to tell her his story. Together, they've written a bracing condemnation of the criminal legal system, and an intimate portrait of a heroic and brilliant man's resilience in the face of injustice.
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Sea of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie by Dave HageA vivid portrait of the American prairie, which rivals the rainforest in its biological diversity and, with little notice, is disappearing even faster This book describes--in loving, living prose--one of the world's greatest and most important landscapes. And it does so while there's still time to save some serious part of it.--Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature The North American prairie is an ecological marvel, a lush carpet of grass that stretches to the horizon, and home to some of the nation's most iconic creatures--bison, elk, wolves, pronghorn, prairie dogs, and bald eagles. Plants, microbes, and animals together made the grasslands one of the richest ecosystems on Earth and a massive carbon sink, but the constant expansion of agriculture threatens what remains. When European settlers encountered the prairie nearly two hundred years ago, rather than a natural wonder they saw an alien and forbidding place. But with the steel plow, artificial drainage, and fertilizers, they converted the prairie into some of the world's most productive farmland--a transformation unprecedented in human history. American farmers fed the industrial revolution and made North America a global breadbasket, but at a terrible cost: the forced dislocation of Indigenous peoples, pollution of great rivers, and catastrophic loss of wildlife. Today, industrial agriculture continues its assault on the prairie, plowing up one million acres of grassland a year. Farmers can protect this extraordinary landscape, but trying new ideas can mean ruin in a business with razor-thin margins, and will require help from Washington, D.C., and from consumers. Veteran journalists and midwesterners Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty reveal humanity's relationship with this incredible land, offering a deep, compassionate analysis of the difficult decisions as well as opportunities facing agricultural and Indigenous communities. Sea of Grass is a vivid portrait of a miraculous ecosystem that makes clear why the future of this region is of essential concern far beyond the heartland.
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The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
by Olivia Laing
Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Finalist for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing A #1 Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A New Yorker and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2024 - A Chicago Public Library Must-Read Book of 2024 - An Oprah Daily Most Thought-Provoking Book of 2024 Inspired by the restoration of her own garden, imaginative and empathetic critic (NPR) Olivia Laing embarks on an exhilarating investigation of paradise.
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