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New Non-Fiction Arrivals at MPL
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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
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Between Two Kingdoms : A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
by Suleika Jaouad
An Emmy Award-winning writer and activist describes the harrowing years she spent in early adulthood fighting leukemia and how she learned to live again while forging connections with other survivors of profound illness and suffering.
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The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song
by Henry Louis Gates
The Harvard University professor, NAACP Image Award recipient and Emmy Award-winning creator of The African Americans presents a history of the Black church in America that illuminates its essential role in culture, politics and resistance to white supremacy. Illustrations
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The Devil You Know : A Black Power Manifesto
by Charles M. Blow
The New York Times columnist and best-selling author of Fire Shut Up in My Bones presents a rallying call to action that challenges popular myths about race and urges Black Americans to unite against white supremacy.
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Fish Out of Water : A Search for the Meaning of Life
by Eric Metaxas
A five-time New York Times best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio host writes his own biography and describes growing up as the Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants who attended Yale while feeling like an outsider.
also available in audio
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George Washington : The Political Rise of America's Founding Father
by David O. Stewart
The award-winning author of The Summer of 1787 traces the political evolution of George Washington, examining how he matured from a headstrong youth to the commander in chief of the Continental Army and unanimously elected first American President.
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A Most Peculiar Book : The Inherent Strangeness of the Bibleby Kristin M. Swenson
Swenson, an associate professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, unpacks "what's so weird, difficult, and disconcerting" about the Bible in this rigorous, stimulating work. Swenson relays the Bible's origin as a series of scriptures compiled by largely unknown editors who had collected texts composed over many centuries by mostly anonymous authors writing in a variety of languages.
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Prey : Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The New York Times best-selling author of Infidel, Nomad and Heretic analyzes how waves of Islamic immigration are ushering in massive cultural changes and transforming sexual politics in Western Europe.
also available in audio
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Tangled Up in Blue : Policing the Nation's Capital
by Rosa Brooks
A former Washington, D.C. reserve officer and Georgetown University law professor presents an insider's critique of policing in America that explains the complex relationship between law enforcement and vulnerable communities while calling for urgently needed change.
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Think Again : The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam M. GrantThe bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home.
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This Far and No Further : Photographs Inspired by the Voting Rights Movement
by William Abranowicz
"This collection revisits key people and places in the civil rights movement, with photographs of locations throughout the south where significant events occurred during the Freedom Movement. The roughly 125 color photographs in the book range from portraits of prominent figures like John Lewis and Harry Belafonte to the barn where Emmett Till was murdered and the bus station where Freedom Riders were attacked by a white mob"
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What is Life? : Five Great Ideas in Biology
by Paul Nurse
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist heralds the achievements of forefront innovators while drawing on personal lab expertise to illuminate five major ideas underpinning biology, including the cell, the gene, evolution by natural selection, life as chemistry and life as information.
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