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New Nonfiction Releases
December 2016 |
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18 and Life on Skid Row: A True Story of Rock, Rage, and Metal
by Sebastian Bach
The former front man for Skid Row traces his rise from a choir boy to a famous music artist at the height of the Heavy Metal era, describing his unconventional youth, friendships with fellow performers and successful solo career.
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Being Elvis: A Lonely Life
by Ray Connolly
Taking a fresh look at the 20th-century icon who fundamentally transformed American culture, a veteran rock journalist, with a narrative formed by interviews over many years, explores the extravagance and irrationality inherent in the Elvis mythology, offering a thoughtful celebration of an immortal life.
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Books for Living
by Will Schwalbe
The best-selling author of The End of Your Life Book Club presents a highly personal celebration of reading, sharing impassioned recommendations for specific books that can offer guidance through daily life.
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George Lucas: A Life
by Brian Jay Jones
The best-selling author of Jim Henson: The Biography traces the story of the man behind such blockbuster franchises as Star Wars and Indiana Jones, offering insight into the challenges he overcame and his influential legacy.
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Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway's Adventures as a World War II Correspondent
by T. A. Mort
An account of Ernest Hemingway's adventures in journalism during World War II explores his early resistance to war journalism, his daring missions with the RAF and French Resistance forces, his role in shaping key understandings about the war and its characters and the impact of the war on his subsequent writings.
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Jo Malone: My Story
by Jo Malone
The creator of the internationally acclaimed Jo Malone London brand traces her upbringing in government-subsidized housing in Kent, her teen efforts to provide care for her stroke-victim mother, the dyslexia that shaped her experience of the world through scent and her survival of breast cancer.
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My Turn: A Life of Total Football
by Johan Cruyff
A personal portrait of the forefront European soccer star traces his early years with Ajax, the award-winning achievements that have made an indelible mark on Spanish soccer and his post-World Cup contributions as a coach and team advisor.
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Reagan: American Icon
by Iwan W. Morgan
A heavily researched portrait of the 40th U.S. President chronicles his early years in Illinois, Hollywood career, election as governor of California and achievements and setbacks during his White House years.
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Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion
by Missy Franklin
The four-time Olympic Gold medalist and her parents trace the inspirational story of how she became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, achievements that were accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family.
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Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life
by Philippe R. Girard
A definitive biography of one of the most influential men in history, based on meticulous research from archives across the world and in multiple languages, chronicles how the lowly freedman transformed himself into a revolutionary hero and the mastermind of the bloody slave revolt of 1791.
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When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
by Cleve Jones
The partial inspiration for a forthcoming ABC television miniseries from Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Cleve Jones' memoir is a sweeping, profoundly moving account of his life from sexually liberated 1970s San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis and up to his present-day involvement with the marriage equality battle.
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The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
by Josh Kushins
An official behind-the-scenes companion to Rogue One provides an in-depth tour of the production's art department, profiling key droids, vehicles and weapons through hundreds of concept paintings, sketches, storyboards, matte paintings and designs.
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The Case Against Sugar
by Gary Taubes
The best-selling author of Why We Get Fat outlines compelling arguments about the health dangers of sugar, identifying the powerful lobbies behind its overuse while citing its role in a range of challenges from obesity to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Citizen Science: How Ordinary People Are Changing the Face of Discovery
by Caren Cooper
Cites the essential contributions of millions of people in the lay community who contribute to the scientific process by volunteering in cooperation with scientists to help collect and discover information, tracing the history of citizen scientists and how they are reshaping scientific awareness.
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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
by Nicola Tallis
A history of Lady Jane Grey's often-misunderstood trial and execution places events against a backdrop of the dangerous plots and political intrigues of her time, examining her qualities as a charismatic advocate and martyr of the Protestant faith.
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Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet's Future
by David Grinspoon
A NASA astrobiologist and award-winning writer outlines optimistic messages about humanity's future in the face of climate change, explaining how the human role in managing the planet's evolution is determining the course of life.
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The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny
by Ian Davidson
An assessment of the French Revolution explores its immensely complicated and multifaceted dynamics and how it became weighted with political, social and moral values. By the author of Voltaire in Exile.
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Goop Clean Beauty
by Goop
An ultimate guide to clean beauty by the experts at Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand shares advice on eating, sleeping, exercising, using clean makeup products and addressing a range of skin issues.
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The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central
by Christine Pelisek
In her own words, the award-winning investigative reporter describes how she uncovered the alleged identity of a long-time serial killer who has been murdering women in South Central Los Angeles since the 1980s.
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Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart
by Sheryl O'Loughlin
The former CEO of Clif Bar and entrepreneurial co-founder of Plum Organics shares practical strategies for launching and growing a business while maintaining a fulfilling personal life, citing the importance of investing in personal well-being and working with family and friends to promote balanced interests.
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The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII
by Suzannah Lipscomb
The author of 1536 and co-presenter of the History Channel documentary Inside the World of Henry VIII, presents an expert interpretation of the Tudor king's highly contested last will and testament against the backdrop of his glittering world.
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Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace
by Christine Lynne Porath
A full-length guide based on the author's New York Times article, "No Time to Be Nice at Work," demonstrates how to enhance workplace effectiveness by mastering the skills of professional civility.
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Of All That Ends
by Günter Grass
A final major collection by the late Nobel Prize-winning author of The Tin Drum is comprised of lighthearted and elegiac meditations on writing, aging and the world.
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Perfume: A Century of Scents
by Lizzie Ostrom
The fashion brand expert better known as "Odette Toilette" explores the trends and campaigns that have shaped the evolution of perfumes and scents throughout the past century, profiling signature scents and lost masterpieces by some of the fragrance world's most notable visionaries.
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The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914
by Richard J. Evans
A latest entry in the acclaimed series covers the century between the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I, discussing events ranging from the crumbling of the Spanish, Ottoman and Mughal empires and the rise of British imperial ambition to the violent revolution in Spain and the unifications of Germany and Italy.
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Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
A Silicon Valley strategist challenges beliefs about the value of harder work in today's demanding world, combining scientific research with the examples of minds ranging from Darwin to Stephen King to explain that qualitative, deliberate rest is an essential component of productivity.
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The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
by Anthony Everitt
The best-selling author of The Rise of Rome presents a magisterial account of how Athens became the world's most influential civilization, charting the characteristics, flaws and unique intellectual accomplishments of the ambitious city-civilization and how it helped establish the foundations of today's world.
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Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-class Performersby Tim FerrisTim Ferriss, on his hugely popular podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, has interviewed top performers of every type. Here, in the ultimate self-help book, he distills and tests the key insights from these elite athletes and adventurers, entrepreneurs and executives, creative thinkers, researchers, and more, to help readers learn to become healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
by Michael Lewis
The best-selling author of The Blind Side examines how a Nobel Prize-winning theory by Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky created the field of behavioral economics and has had a lasting influence on evidence-based regulation.
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Whiplash: How to Survive Our Faster Future
by Jichi It
The director of MIT's Media Lab and a contributor to Wired present a set of working principles for adapting and thriving in the face of the 21st century's rapidly changing and unpredictable digital environments.
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Win at Losing: How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains
by Sam Weinman
An award-winning sports journalist describes how he realized the shortcomings of today's winning-obsessed culture when he tried to parent his sons through life's inevitable setbacks, a challenge that prompted his interviews with experts in a range of fields to explore the fear of failure and how setbacks can be used productively.
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A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind
by Siri Hustvedt
A radical collection of essays on art, feminism, neuroscience, psychology and philosophy by the prize-winning author of The Blazing World reflects her explorations into the workings of human perception and how they are reflected by gender bias, the mind-body challenge and neurological disorders.
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The Wood for the Trees: One Man's Long View of Nature
by Richard A. Fortey
The author of Earth: An Intimate History traces a year in his four-acre woodland property in the Chiltern Hills of Oxfordshire, England, where he discovered a new species and explored the myriad connections in the natural world and how they reflect history and our role in the universe.
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