New Non-Fiction Arrivals at MPL
March 2025
 
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Here are our new arrivals, click the title to view in our catalog:
The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession with Medical Labels is Making Us Sicker
by Suzanne O'Sullivan

From a neurologist and award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients.
Alive: Our Bodies and the Richness and Brevity of Existence
by Gabriel Weston

A thought-provoking exploration of the human body, blending medical insight with personal and literary perspectives to reveal the profound connections between our physical organs, lived experiences and the complex and fragile essence of being human.
Antisemitism in America: A Warning
by Chuck Schumer

Drawing on personal experiences and historical context, the Senate Majority leader examines the resurgence of antisemitism in America, exploring its roots, impact and the distinction between legitimate criticism of Israel and prejudice against the Jewish people.
Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon
by Sara Catterall

A fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women's issues.
 
Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis
by Scott Payne

For readers of The MAGA Diaries and Hate in the Homeland, a n eye-opening and crucial true story of one man risking his life to infiltrate the most dangerous neo-Nazi group in the United States.
 
The Crossing: El Paso, the Southwest, and America's Forgotten Origin Story
by Richard Parker

A radical work of history that re-centers the American story around El Paso, Texas, gateway between north and south, center of indigenous power and resistance, locus of European colonization of North America, centuries-long hub of immigration, and underappreciated modern blueprint for a changing United States.

also available in audio
 
The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Species Is On the Edge of Extinction
by Henry Gee

A wide-ranging look at the human past and the possibility of our species' extinction. Gee, an author and a senior editor at Nature magazine, begins his book with a survey of human evolution, emphasizing the fact that humanity is the sole survivor of a number of hominid species.
The Explorer's Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map
by Alex Hutchinson

New York Times-bestselling author of Endure Alex Hutchinson returns with a fresh, provocative investigation into how exploration, uncertainty, and risk shape our behavior and help us find meaning.
 
Healing the Modern Brain: The Nine Core Tenets to Build Mental Fitness
by Drew Ramsey

In this essential guide, the groundbreaking author of Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety and The Happiness Diet explores the ten tenets vital to cultivating Mental Fitness and provides direct, actionable techniques to improve brain function and emotional health.
 
Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and The Holocaust
by Lucy Adlington

The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly linked by everyday garments, revealing how the ordinary can connect us in extraordinary ways.

also available in audio
 
Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult
by Raphael Cormack

Cormack, a professor of modern languages and culture at the U.K.'s Durham University, investigates numerous enterprising men, or con men, who came to the fore preaching new kinds of occult religions after World War I during a turbulent time of crisis and rebirth.
The Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs in America
by William Geroux

The true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown.
Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight For the Soul of America
by Will Bardenwerper

A poignant memoir exploring small town baseball as a lens into what's right and wrong with modern America - written by an acclaimed journalist who went from Princeton to Army Ranger School to Iraq in search of the core values he ended up finding in a minor league stadium in Batavia, New York.
King of the North: Martin Luther King's Freedom Struggle Outside of the South
by Jeanne Theoharis

From the New York Times bestselling author, a radical reframing of the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr.
 
The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball
by John W. Miller

The first major biography of legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver--who has been described as "the Copernicus of baseball" and "the grandfather of the modern game"--The Last Manager is a wild, thrilling, and hilarious ride with baseball's most underappreciated genius, and one of its greatest characters.

also available in audio
 
Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star
by Mayukh Sen

Film critic Sen (Taste Makers) delivers a moving biography of Merle Oberon (1911-1979), the first actor of color nominated for an Academy Award (Best Actress, for 1935's The Dark Angel).

also available in audio
 
Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans at War
by Jill Eicher

The never-before-told story of the epic battle of wills between Andrew Mellon and Winston Churchill, as they debated the repayment of the enormous sums loaned by America to Great Britain during World War I.
 
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
by Joshua Hammer

A rollicking adventure starring three free-spirited Victorians on a twenty-year quest to decipher cuneiform, the oldest writing in the world-- from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.
 
Naples 1944: The Devil's Paradise at War
by Keith Lowe

Award-winning author Keith Lowe's newest critical deep-dive into the history of Naples during WWII. 
On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR
by Steve Oney

An epic, decade-long reported history of National Public Radio that reveals the unlikely story of one of America's most celebrated but least understood media empires.

also available in audio
 
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
by Lisa Rogak

The incredible untold story of four women who spun the web of deception that helped win World War II.
Raising Hare: A Memoir
by Chloe Dalton

A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare.
 
Seven Social Movements That Changed America
by Linda Gordon

A brilliantly conceived and provocative work from an award-winning historian that examines how seven twentieth-century social movements transformed America.
 
Songs She Wrote: Forty Hits by Pioneering Women of Popular Music
by Michael G. Garber

Songs She Wrote explores the often-neglected legacies of female songwriters behind classic hits that make up the Great American Songbook. This book celebrates the contributions of these remarkable women, diving into their fascinating lives and revealing intriguing stories behind the songs, and places them within their historical period.
These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means
by Christopher Summerfield

An insider look at the Large Language Models (LLMs) that are revolutionizing our relationship to technology, exploring their surprising history, what they can and should do for us today, and where they will go in the future--from an AI pioneer and neuroscientist.
 
Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco
by Gary Krist

The sensational true story of a woman who murdered her married lover in Gilded Age San Francisco, and the trial that turned this raucous frontier town into a modern metropolis-from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Sin.
Warbody: A Marine Sniper and the Hidden Violence of Modern Warfare
by Joshua Howe

A friendship between an environmental historian and a chronically ill US Marine yields a powerful exploration into the toxic effects of war on the human body.
 
The Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs in America
by William Geroux

"The true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown."
Heartbreaker: A Memoir
by Mike Campbell

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Campbell teams up with memoirist Surdoval (Double Nickels) for an exhilarating account of his career.
Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World
by Lee Strobel

"Investigative journalist, former atheist, and bestselling author Lee Strobel weaves together standout material from his bestselling books with dynamic new interviews with brilliant experts to investigate what we can know for sure about the mysterious--and captivating--supernatural realm."
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