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New Nonfiction Releases May 2024
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Another Word for Love
by Carvell Wallace
The writer and podcast host examines his own history of growing of growing up Black and queer in America and the struggles he faced as the son of a single parent in a predominantly white Pennsylvania town.
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The Call to Serve: The Life of President George Herbert Walker Bush
by Jon Meacham
Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of his birth, this intimate portrait of the 41st U.S. President visually documents his life with over 450+ photographs, celebrating the legacy of a man whose strong values of integrity and respect for others led to a life of leadership viewed as a call to serve.
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Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life
by Nicholas D. Kristof
The New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author discusses his life in journalism and the great members of his profession and the less-known extraordinary people he has met during his career.
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Coming Home
by Brittney Griner
From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist comes a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
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The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America
by Sara B. Franklin
Based on exclusive interviews, never-before-seen personal papers and years of research, this tribute to a legendary editor reveals the audacious woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Sylvia Plath, John Updike, Anne Frank, and Julie Child—changing culture mores and expectations along the way.
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I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv
by Illia Ponomarenko
A Ukrainian journalist shares a heart-wrenching memoir of the war on his homeland, focusing on both the brutality of the Russian invasion and the inspiring story of the people who banded together to force them from Kyiv.
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Love is a Burning Thing
by Nina St. Pierre
In this mesmerizing, moving portrait of a mother-daughter relationship that also examines mental health, stigma, poverty, gender and spirituality, the author, when her mother is imprisoned for felony arson, discovers her own capacity for self-destruction and eventually pieces together the truth.
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Rise of a Killah
by Ghostface Killah
The co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a legendary hip-hop group who broke all the rules, focuses on the people, places and events that mean the most to him, sharing his defining personal moments as well as exclusive photos and memorabilia, in this one-of-a-kind holy grail for Wu-Tang and Ghost fans alike.
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Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World
by Jen Psaki
Sharing her journey to the Briefing Room and beyond, a former White House Press Secretary, current MSNBC host and one of the most prominent voices in American politics today explains her straightforward approach to communication and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation.
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You Never Know
by Tom Selleck
,An American icon and famed actor brings us on his uncharted but serendipitous journey to the top in Hollywood, clearing up misconceptions, sharing dozens of never-before-told stories from both his personal and professional lives, and offering a truly fresh perspective on a changing industry and a changing world.
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American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873
by Alan Taylor
A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner provides a masterful historical account of the twenty-year period from 1850-1873 during which the United States, Mexico, and Canada underwent significant transformations and evolved into the nations we know today.
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The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
by Victor Davis Hanson
A military historian narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World, depicting war's drama, violence and folly and delivering a sobering call to heed the lessons of obliteration to avoid catastrophe once again.
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Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
by Eric Jay Dolin
A best-selling and award-winning maritime historian presents this true story of five castaways—three British sailors and two Americans—abandoned on the Falkland Islands for a year and a during the War of 1812, showing individuals in wartime under great duress acting both nobly and atrociously as they struggle to survive.
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Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
by Frank Figliuzzi
Based on his own on-the-ground research and drawing on his 25-year career as an FBI special agent, the author takes us along America's highways and interstates where at least 850 homicides have been linked to long-haul truck drivers, which caused the FBI to open a special unit, the Highway Serial Killings initiative.
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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
by Edward F. O'Keefe
Celebrating the five extraordinary yet unsung women who profoundly shaped the life of one of America's most significant presidents, this spirited and poignant family love story reveals Theodore Roosevelt, an icon of rugged American masculinity, as we've never seen him before.
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The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
by George Stephanopoulos
A former senior advisor to President Clinton, and for more than 20 years, the anchor of This Week and the co-anchor of Good Morning America, takes us into the White House Situation Room, the epicenter of crisis management where decisions are made that affect the lives of every person on this planet.
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Skies of Thunder: A Forgotten Epic of World War II
by Caroline Alexander
The New York Times best-selling author presents this masterpiece of modern war history in which she, drawing on obscure memoirs and long-ignored records, gives us the World War II pilots' and soldiers' eye views of flying and combat, probing at what it takes to survive extreme circumstances.
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And Then? and Then? What Else?
by Daniel Handler
The author of the popular Lemony Snicket books discusses his love of strange literature and reflects on his life experiences in an entertaining memoir that also serves as inspiration for aspiring writers.
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The Mystic Jesus: The Mind of Love
by Marianne Williamson
An internationally acclaimed spiritual guide, building on the ideas introduced in her classic bestseller Return to Love, merges psychological and religious understanding, presenting Jesus as a guide to another way of thinking, therefore the builder of another kind of world.
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