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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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The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
by Evan Friss
Drawing on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters and interviews with leading booksellers, this ode to bookstores discusses its central place in American cultural life and offers a captivating look at this institution beloved by so many.
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The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
by Thomas Fuller
Revealing a portrait of high school athletics, and deafness in America, this extraordinary true story of an all-deaf high school football team's triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated looks back at their 2021 and 2022 season during which they chased history.
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Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation
by Brenda Wineapple
A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a NYT "100 Notable Books" author, Wineapple delves into the history of the 1925 Scopes case, exploring how the "trial of the century" limned religion, censorship, teaching, and science as two giants in legal circles argued about the future of the nation.
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Kent State: An American Tragedy
by Brian Vandemark
A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences.
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Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West
by John J. Sullivan
An American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine presents this first-hand account of this climactic period—among the most dangerous since World War II—showing how our relationship with Russia has deteriorated, where it's headed and how it's ending will be shaped by us.
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The Slow Road North: How I Found Peace in an Improbable Country
by Rosie Schaap
From the acclaimed author of the "funny, smart-as-hell, and moving"* Drinking with Men comes a poignant, wrenching, and ultimately hopeful book--equal parts memoir and social history--that follows the author, after a series of tragic losses, to Northern Ireland, where she finds a path toward healing.
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