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New Nonfiction Releases December, 2022 |
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Barkley: A Biography
by Timothy Bella
This definitive new biography of the NBA legend explores his early years growing up in Alabama, his NBA career and emergence as an advocate for social change and enduring voice in pop culture.
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Chuck Berry: An American Life
by R. J. Smith
This definitive biography of the legendary performer and rock and roll pioneer examines his St. Louis childhood and his transformative effect on American culture, as well as the more troubling aspects of his public and private life.
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon
by Kate Andersen Brower
The author of the New York Times best-seller The Residence returns with the first authorized biography of the Hollywood icon, including her rise to fame at age 12, her eight marriages and her efforts to fight AIDS.
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Hatching: Experiments in Motherhood and Technology
by Jenni Quilter
A cultural critic examines her own experiences with in vitro fertilization, how much freedom reproductive technologies actually offer, and how it questions our understanding of fertility, motherhood and the female body.
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Henrietta Maria: The Warrior Queen Who Divided a Nation
by Leanda De Lisle
Dispelling the myths around this legendary queen, this biography of Henrietta Maria, queen consort of King Charles I, retells the dramatic story of the English Civil War from the perspective of this dynamic woman.
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John Constable: A Portrait
by James Hamilton
A biography of the beloved but little-understood artist, John Constable, who captured the landscapes and skies of southern England in a way never before seen on canvas. The author reveals a complex and troubled man, exploding explodes previous mythologies about this timeless artist and establishing him in his proper context as a giant of European art.
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One Jump at a Time: My Story
by Nathan Chen
The three-time World Champion, Olympic gold medalist and the first Asian-American man to stand at the highest podium in figure skating reflects on the events that led him to where he is today, in this testament to the love of a family and the power of persistence, grit and passion.
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Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
by Hugh Bonneville
A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one of today's best-loved British actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington. From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to navigating Highclere Castle's complex Labrador policies, to bizarre Hollywood encounters, Hugh Bonneville creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen.
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
by Alison Weir
This epic narrative of the "Age of Chivalry," a period of high drama in English history, which included the toppling of two kings, the Hundred Years War, the Black Death and the Peasants Revolt, focuses on the lives and reigns of five extraordinary queen consorts.
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Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More
by Fatima Ali
In this triumphant memoir, a young, boundary-breaking culinary star, diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, spends her final year savoring the world, delicious food and her loved ones, as she reflects on her life and her identity as a chef, a daughter and a queer woman butting up against traditional views.
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Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins
by Aidan Levy
Part jazz oral history, part chronicle of one man’s quest for social justice and spiritual enlightenment, this long-awaited first full biography of the legendary saxophonist and composer, civil rights activist and environmentalist documents his seven-decade career, revealing the backstage life of the man once called “the only jazz recluse.”
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Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life
by Brigitta Olubas
This first biography of the award-winning writer, drawing on her fiction, which itself drew on her lived experiences, as well as her extensive archive of letters, diaries and notebooks and memories of her surviving friends and family, tells the story of a remarkable human being.
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Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul
by Evette Dionne
Sharing her journey toward understanding our society and herself by tracking her relationships with friendship, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture and self-image, a National Book Award nominee, in this insightful, funny and whip-smart book, explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life.
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Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
by Leila Philip
Traces the beavers' profound influence on our nation's history, culture and environment, from the early days of western expansion, as well as profiling a colorful group of people who have devoted their lives to the wonderfully weird rodent.
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Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius
by Nick Hornby
From the best-selling author of High Fidelity comes a short, warm book about art, creativity and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince.
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The January 6 Report
by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol with Reporting, Analysis and Visuals by the New York Times
A critical examination of the facts and circumstances surrounding that dark day, THE JANUARY 6 REPORT promises to be the definitive account of what happened, with recommendations from the committee about how to safeguard the future of American democracy.
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Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World Hardcover
by Irene Vallejo Moreu
Weaving together interpretations of the classics, moving personal anecdotes of the authors own encounters with the written word and fascinating historical stories, this rich exploration of the books journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices illuminates how ancient ideas about education, censorship, authority and identity still resonate today.
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Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
by William D. Cohan
In this masterful re-appraisal of Americas most iconic corporation known for its ingenuity, innovation and industrial power, a New York Times best-selling author and pre-eminent financial journalist examines the meteoric rise and unfathomable fall of a once-great company, in this cautionary tale for the ages.
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Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto for the Well-Being of Black Women
by Shanita Hubbard
Melding her entertaining conversations with her black girlfriends and her personal experiences as a redeemed ride-or-die chick, an acclaimed writer urges black women to expel the myth that their self-worth is connected to how much labor they provide others, and guides them toward healing.
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Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood
by Jessica Grose
Weaving together her personal journey with scientific, historical and contemporary reporting, a New York Times opinion writer dismantles 200 years of unrealistic parenting expectations and empowers today's mothers to make choices that actually serve themselves, their children and their communities.
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How to Communicate: Poems
by John Lee Clark
Formally restless and relentlessly instructive, How to Communicate is a dynamic journey through language, community, and the unfolding of an identity. Poet John Lee Clark pivots from inventive forms inspired by the braille slate to sensuous prose poems to pathbreaking translations from ASL and Protactile, a language built on touch.
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A Left-handed Woman: Essays
by Judith Thurman
A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, National Book Award-winning writer and New Yorker staff writer.
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Maus Now: Selected Writing
by Hillary Chute
Gathers together responses from leading critics, authors and academics who confirm how the classic graphic biography Maus has shaped the fields of literature, history and art, and enlivened our collective sense of possibilities for expression more than 40 years after its first publication.
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Musical Tables: Poems
by Billy Collins
In this new collection of more than 125 small poems, the former poet laureate of the U.S. writes about his trademark themes of nature, animals, poetry, mortality, absurdity and love as he channels his unique voice into a new phase of his exceptional career.
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A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré
by John Le Carré
Published for the first time, the correspondence of the popular Irish-British author best known for his espionage novels including his letters to writers, spies, politicians, artists, actors and public figures that reveal his humor, generosity and wit.
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The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
by Franny Choi
With poems that spin backwards and forwards in time, this collection reminds us that the apocalypse has already come in a myriad of ways for marginalized peoples, and calls forth the importance of imagining what will persist in the aftermaths.
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