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New Nonfiction Releases September, 2021
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All in: An Autobiography
by Billie Jean King
This autobiography from the tennis legend discusses not only her historic accomplishments on the court, but also her activism as a feminist and social justice fighter in the wake of her coming out as gay at age 51.
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Baby Girl: Better Known As Aaliyah
by Kathy Iandoli
The definitive biography of Aaliyah, the talented R&B singer and artist whose tragic death at only twenty-two years old shocked the entertainment world and solidified her as an unforgettable music legend, featuring new in-depth research and exclusive interviews.
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Beautiful Country: A Memoir
by Qian Julie Wang
This memoir from a Chinese woman who arrived in New York City at age seven examines how her family lived in poverty out of fear of being discovered as undocumented immigrants and how she was able to find success.
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Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage
by Eleanor Henderson
A best-selling author looks back on her 20-year marriage to a man who unraveled in front of her due to a mysterious chronic illness that led to his descent into mental illness.
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Forever Young
by Hayley Mills
Iconic actress Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a famous acting family and becoming a Disney child star, trying to grow up in a world that wanted her to stay forever young.
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The Great Peace: A Memoir
by Mena Suvari
An award-winning actor, in this harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, not only reveals her own mistakes, but also the lessons she learned and her efforts to understand and grow rather than casting blame, proving that there is always a light at the end.
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In Kiltumper: A Year in an Irish Garden
by Niall Williams
An award-winning author documents a year living in the garden of his wife’s ancestral home in Kiltumper in rural Ireland, following the natural rhythms of the earth as they observe its wonders.
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Poet Warrior
by Joy Harjo
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life. In the second memoir from the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, Joy Harjo invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road.
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The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People, Lost and Found
by Rick Bragg
In this heartwarming and humorous story, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author shares how his life was transformed by Speck, a badly behaved, half-blind stray dog who helped him through a moment of looming uncertainty.
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Swan Dive: The Making of a Rogue Ballerina
by Georgina Pazcoguin
Award-winning New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin, aka the Rogue Ballerina, gives readers a backstage tour of the real world of elite ballet—the gritty, humorous, sometimes shocking truth you don’t see from the orchestra circle.
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The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
by David M. Rubenstein
American icons and historians explore the grand American experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas, featuring Ken Burns, Madeleine Albright, Billie Jean King, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and many more.
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Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
by Fernando Cervantes
A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the most formidable empires in the world.
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Cuba: An American History
by Ada Ferrer
An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex and intimate ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the present day—is written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba.
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Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
by Oliver Burkeman
The acclaimed Guardian writer provides insights and advice on how to best utilize our time to construct a meaningful life by rejecting efficiency solutions in favor of finding joy and meaning in the finitude of human life.
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The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
by Kristin Henning
Drawing on 25 years of experience representing Black youth in Washington, DC’s juvenile courts, the author, in this timely book, makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children.
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The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet
by Arthur Turrell
An award-winning young plasma physicist, who has a unique talent for making complex science accessible, brings to life the race to harness the power of the stars and produce controlled fusions, creating a practically unlimited supply of clean energy.
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Travels With George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Written at a moment when America’s founding figures are under increasing scrutiny, the author, retracing George Washington’s journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, paints a picture of 18th-century America as divided and fraught as it is today.
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Water: A Biography
by Giulio Boccaletti
Spanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization.
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Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
by Evan Osnos
Reported over the course of six years, the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, returning to the three places he has lived in the U.S., follows ordinary individuals as they navigate the varied landscapes of 21st-century America, tracing the sources of America’s political dissolution.
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Blue in Green
by Chiyuma Elliott
Poems that address interpersonal connections while navigating life and care amid disease and disaster.
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The Book of Dog Poems
by Ana Sampson
The relationship between us humans and our dogs has inspired many of the world's greatest poets. Sometimes funny, sometimes moving, the poems in this beautifully illustrated anthology are a true celebration of the faithful, affectionate, delightful dog.
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The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
by Jelani Cobb
Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism, this bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and artistic inspiration throughout history, is culled from The New Yorker.
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On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
by Maggie Nelson
Drawing on a wide variety of material, from critical theory to pop culture to intimacies and plan exchanges of daily life, the author, in this timely book, explores how we might think, experience or talk about freedom in ways responsive to the conditions of our day.
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Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays
by Phoebe Robinson
BA New York Times best-selling author, comedian, actress, and producer is back with a new essay collection that is equal parts thoughtful, hilarious, and sharp about human connection, race, hair, travel, dating, Black excellence, and more.
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Things I Have Withheld
by Kei Miller
An acclaimed Forward Prize winner, novelist, and poet offers a linked collection of essays that blends memoir and literary commentary to explore the silences that exist in our conversations about race, sex, and gender.
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Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity
by Jill Louise Busby
An intimate and insolent essay collection about race, progress, and hypocrisy from cultural commentator Jill Louise Busby, aka Jillisblack.
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