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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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Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story
by Barry Mazor
The definitive biography of the Everly Brothers, one of the greatest and most influential acts in popular music history, based on dozens of exclusive and archival interviews, as well as long-lost global reporting.
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Clint: The Man and the Movies
by Shawn Levy
From the acclaimed film critic and New York Times bestselling biographer of Paul Newman, a revelatory portrait of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, the most prolific and versatile actor-director in movie history and an imposing icon of American culture for six decades.
also available in audio
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How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence
by Matt Richtel
Greatly expanding his award-winning New York Times series on the contemporary teen mental-health crisis, Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter Matt Richtel delivers a groundbreaking investigation into adolescence, the pivotal life stage undergoing profound--and often confounding--transformation.
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The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy
by James Patterson
The murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho left us all with so many questions. Now, after more than 300 interviews, James Patterson and prize-winning journalist Vicky Ward finally have some answers.
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In God's Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea
by Tomer Persico
"This book examines the central role that the biblical idea the "image of God" has played in the development of Western civilization. Focusing on five themes-selfhood, freedom, conscience, equality, and meaning-it presents a cultural history of the Judeo-Christian tradition, from biblical times through modernity, suggesting also an answer for the troublesome question: Why the West?"
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JFK Public, Private, Secret
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story--her husband's: JFK: Public, Private, Secret.
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The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
by Tim Weiner
The epic successor to Tim Weiner's National Book Award-winning classic, Legacy of Ashes: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st century, reaching from 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to today's battles with Russia and China--and with the President of the United States.
also available in audio
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Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined
by Stephen Fry
The legendary Stephen Fry retells the adventures of Odysseus for the fourth and final installment in his internationally bestselling Greek Myths series.
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