August 2026 list by Nanette Alderman |
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101 Things to Do with Pasta
by Donna Kelly
The recipes in this compact cookbook are ideal for home cooks seeking to make easy, economical, and nourishing family-friendly meals, including gluten-free options. Pasta is the perfect delivery system for healthy ingredients like leafy greens, lean meats, beans, or fish. It's also a healthy comfort food and one of the most affordable meal options on shelves.
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All My Dead Cats and Other Losses
by S. E. Smith
Have you suffered a loss? How was your life changed by the grief you experienced? Mourning is a personal experience and shouldn't be judged. There are no do-overs in death, but there are do-betters. This is not a book about pet loss. Vignettes serve as an opening to scary conversations about loss, so grief can feel less intimidating and more relatable. This is a book about grief and mourning as collective activities best undertaken in community.
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All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir
by Emilee Hackney
Born and raised deep in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, Emilee Hackney knew little beyond the ridgelines and coalfields of southwest Virginia. A fiercely honest memoir about spiritual entrapment, hard-won liberation, and the courage to reclaim her voice after she had been taught to stay silent.
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Aging Out
by Lucy Schiller
Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect. This attitude became brutally clear during the height of the COVID pandemic, when too many people saw elderly deaths not as tragedies but as foregone conclusions. Like many of us, Lucy Schiller experienced this callousness firsthand when her grandmother passed away during the pandemic. In the wake of this trauma, propelled by equal parts grief and curiosity about her own fear of aging, Schiller embarked on an investigative journey to understand why the prospect of aging is so frightening and how being old in America intersects with class, race, disability, and public policy.
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Blizzard of Lies
by Dave Wedge
In January 2022, a Boston police officer turned up dead in the snow, seemingly a victim of a simple hit-and-run. But Officer John O'Keefe's death kicked off a scandalous whodunit that invited federal scrutiny and triggered nationwide outrage. The explosive story of O'Keefe's death, and the subsequent accusation and trial of his girlfriend Karen Read, ignited one of the most high-profile true crime mysteries in decades.
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Circular Knitting for Beginners & Beyond
by Kate Atherley
Discover all the circular knitting techniques and the tools you'll need to get started including different sizes of circular needles; flexible trios and DPNs. Ever wondered what the difference is between an interchangeable circular and a small circumference circular needle? Then look no further, this guide explains it all.
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Confessions of the Green River Killer
by Maria Dilorenzo
When crime journalist Maria DiLorenzo mailed a letter to Gary Ridgway, she never expected him to reply. He refused to speak to reporters. But instead of silence or a boilerplate letter, Maria's phone rang-and it was the Green River Killer calling. Over the next several years, Ridgway would call Maria hundreds of times, using all of his free time in prison to speak with her. Her goal: to pry the details of his dozens of unidentified and unsolved murders from him.
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Feeding Tiny Bellies: School Lunches
by Lily Payen
100+ simple and creative lunch box recipes for kids. Shares recipes for nourishing meals that use everyday pantry staples, are easy to prepare, and are realistic for a parent's busy schedule. With filling brunch box recipes, comforting warm lunches, creative sandwiches, and satisfying after-school snacks, you'll never be in a peanut butter and jelly rut again.
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Fierce Country
by Heather Hansman
Throughout the 20th century Georgie White, Anne LaBastille, and Dolores LaChapelle did more to inspire our love of the great outdoors than just about anyone. Georgie devoted her life to the Grand Canyon, kickstarting the river running craze in the 40s and igniting the recreation industry Anne, a wilderness guide and bestselling author, protected endangered species and predicted the impacts of climate change from her isolated, off-grid cabin in the Adirondacks. And deep powder skier Dolores developed an environmental philosophy that shaped everything from the radical environmental movement of the '70s to modern conservation ethics.
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Insight Guides Japan
by Insight Guides
Discover Japan's dynamic cities, ancient temples, mountain scenery and distinctive cultural traditions. Alongside engaging essays on Japanese culture, history, food, art and traditions, the guide offers in-depth coverage of key destinations and attractions - from the neon districts of Tokyo and the temples of Kyoto to Mount Fuji, historic Nara and the landscapes of Hokkaido and Kyushu.
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The Others: Ufos, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny
by D. W. Pasulka
UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny Acclaimed author and religious studies scholar D. W. Pasulka uncovers a hidden history of alleged contact between human and nonhuman intelligences—some framed as angels, others as UFOs/UAP—interwoven with the rise of artificial intelligence and the dream of immortality. Pasulka examines the science of life extension and the beliefs of people who have experiences of UFOs.
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A Pen to Change the World: The Life of J.K. Rowling
by Solomon Schmidt
The creator of Harry Potter was once a single mother writing in cafés and living on welfare, who experienced a fairytale-like rise from poverty and obscurity to becoming one of the richest and most influential women on the planet. And following her controversial stances in the cultural and political war over transgender rights, Rowling found herself a pariah in circles that had previously adored her.
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The Resilient Leader
by John C. Maxwell
Learn how to lead the way in seeing adversity not as a threat but as your best teacher. Become equipped to maximize positive benefits from negative experiences, move past old reactionary habits that fail to exploit adversity, overcome fear, and champion the necessary changes for success, reframe and view setbacks as temporary and solvable, empower teams to become problem solvers, and welcome risk.
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Ricochet: Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence
by Mike McIntire
How did our country come to have more guns than people and become one in which just pulling into the wrong driveway can get you shot? In Ricochet, Mike McIntire provides a bold new road map for understanding our fraught relationship with guns and violence in America. McIntire crafts a gripping narrative of how the imperatives of war, slavery, crime, commerce and politics intertwined with the development of ever-more lethal firearms, leaving the country divided and traumatized.
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Sisters of the Midnight Sun: A Murder in Arctic Alaska
by Rebecca Wright Stevens
The stunning true story of a double homicide in the vibrant native Alaskan Iñupiat community at the arctic edge of the United States, written by the public defender at its center. When two well-known sisters, Bernice and Wanda Ipalook, are found murdered, Wright is tasked with representing Amos Lane, a drifter on the short-list of murder suspects.
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The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life
by Ian Bogost
Through engaging anecdotes and sharp analysis, Bogost uncovers how modern conveniences not only fail to deliver on their promises but also rob us of small, satisfying tasks and moments that keep us grounded and human. He challenges us to rethink our daily interactions with the material world and illuminates how the loss of these tangible interactions has contributed to widespread feelings of disconnection and dissatisfaction.
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A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
by David Thomson
David Thomson has been called the greatest living writer on the movies. Thomson glories in the great movies, but admits to increasing unease over what the medium has done to us--promoting fantasy, misleading models of sexual identity, the cult of authority, power, and happy endings. This revisionist history is as alert to technology and business as it is to art and fun in tracing our pursuit of the lifelike instead of life.
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Unleashed: How to Bring Out the Best in Your Dog
by Jaime Goodrich
Celebrity dog trainer Jaime Goodrich shows you how to understand your dog, provide support, and a create secure, lasting bond with one of the best relationships you could have in your life. teaches you how to: Curb your dog's reactivity toward humans and other dogs; Walk your dog calmly and politely on leash; Address hyper, shy, or aggressive behavior; Teach essential house obedience skills for a balanced home life; Eliminate destructive behavior like barking, chewing, and digging; Treat phobias, separation anxiety, and fearful reactions; Implement safety training for stress-free outings.
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Unsayable: A Life in Writing
by Michael Cunningham
Cunningham's memories spill forth, and with them reflections on the craft of writing. An ode to literature, a meditation on craft, and an intimate account of a life spent trying to put into words that which resists depiction. This, it turns out, is the lifeblood of the fiction writer: the impossibility of capturing the human experience, and the relentless desire to try.
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You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
by Rachel Aviv
Tells the stories of mothers and daughters searching for each other and for themselves. Rachel Aviv explores the complexity of this relationship in seven essays, six originally published in The New Yorker and reconceived for this intimate, revelatory book.
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