New Nonfiction
October 2024
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The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The #1 New York Times best-selling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities.
 
303.6 COA
 
Revenge of the Tipping Point : Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
by Malcolm Gladwell

Twenty-five years after the publication of his bestselling first book, the author returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
 
302.13 GLA
The Barn: the secret history of a murder in Mississippi
by Wright Thompson

Recounting one of the most notorious and consequential killings in American history—the 1955 murder and torture of Emmett Till, a Black boy barely in his teens, in a barn in Money, Mississippi. This is also a story about property, money, power and white supremacy, still ongoing and implicating us all. 
 
364.134 THO
The Cancer Journey : Understanding Diagnosis, Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention
by Chadi Nabhan

Dr. Chadi Nabhan demystifies this complex disease and offers a compassionate guide to understanding your diagnosis and treatment options. With decades of experience treating oncology patients, Dr. Nabhan answers your essential questions about cancer, including how it develops, how it is diagnosed, how it is treated, and how to prevent it from returning.

616.994 NAB
Disney High : the untold story of the rise and fall of Disney Channel's tween empire
by Ashley Spencer

Through exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes stories, this inside look at the rise and fall of the Disney Channel reveals its impact on 2000s culture and the pressures on its young stars. 
 
791.45 SPE
How to Kill an Asteroid : the real science of planetary defense
by Robin George Andrews

There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit-and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a carefully selected city killer, altering the asteroid's orbit and proving that we stand a chance against them.
 
523.44 AND
How Banksy Saved Art History
by Kelly Grovier

Armed with little more than stencils, spray paint, and an anonymizing cloak of after-hours darkness, Banksy has forged an alluring identity for himself as an incorrigible prankster who doesn’t embrace tradition, but shreds it. Here is a new take on the history of art through the eyes of the international phenomenon that is Banksy.
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