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New Nonfiction: June 2024
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The Age of Grievance
by Frank Bruni
A best-selling author and longtime New York Times columnist, examining what happens when all sorts of grievances—the greater ones, the lesser ones, the authentic, the invented—are jumbled together, discusses the potential for the devastating erosion of the civility, common ground and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive.
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Being Muslim Today: Reclaiming the Faith from Orthodoxy and Islamophobia
by Saqib Iqbal Qureshi
Author Dr. Saqib Qureshi silences the noise that obscures the message of Islam. He provides a compelling presentation of the faith's beginnings, its evolution throughout the last 1,400 years, and its relevance today. He simplifies complicated academic debates and reveals the heart and soul of a growing faith tradition.
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen
Exploring a nuclear war scenario, a Pulitzer Prize-finalist in history, in this in-depth and urgent book, draws on new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons; created the response plans; and been responsible for those decisions should they need to have been made.
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The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
by George Stephanopoulos
A former senior advisor to President Clinton, and for more than 20 years, the anchor of This Week and the co-anchor of Good Morning America, takes us into the White House Situation Room, the epicenter of crisis management where decisions are made that affect the lives of every person on this planet.
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Skies of Thunder: A Forgotten Epic of World War II
by Caroline Alexander
The New York Times best-selling author presents this masterpiece of modern war history in which she, drawing on obscure memoirs and long-ignored records, gives us the World War II pilots' and soldiers' eye views of flying and combat, probing at what it takes to survive extreme circumstances.
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What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
by Bill Maher
Inspired by the “editorial” he delivers at the end of each episode of Real Time, this hilarious work of commentary about American life speaks exactly to the moment we're in, covering free speech, cops, drugs, race, religion, cancel culture, the media, show biz, romance, health and more.
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