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New Nonfiction Releases April, 2024 |
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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
by Amanda Montell
Utilizing her linguistic insights and sociological explorations, the best-selling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult delves into the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, including “magical thinking,” offering a prevailing message of hope, empathy and forgiveness for our anxiety-riddled human selves.
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All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
by Peter Brown
This groundbreaking oral history of the Beatles is based on interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and others in 1980-81 in preparation for the international bestseller The Love You Make.
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A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria
by Caroline Crampton
In this definitive biography of hypochondria, the author draws on her own experiences with health anxiety to weave together history, memoir and literary criticism to examine its impact on our physical, mental and emotional health.
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Fi: A Memoir of My Son
by Alexandra Fuller
The award-winning New York Times best-selling author of Don't Let's Go to The Dogs Tonight discusses how she faced the sudden and unexpected death of her 21-year-old son and her struggles to not abandon her two surviving daughters.
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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by Salman Rushdie
The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner speaks out for the first time about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, when an attempt was made on his life, in this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding the strength to stand up again.
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The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
by Annabelle Tometich
Tometich’s memoir navigates the tangled branches of her life, from growing up in Florida as the child of a Filipino mother and a deceased white father to her adult life as a med-school-reject-turned-food-critic.
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Our Fight
by Ronda Rousey
The MMA, UFC and WWE superstar, in this candid chronicle of her last decade, explores the great of her life and, ultimately, how she rebuilt her life into something better in the aftermath by replacing her pursuit of perfection with the pursuit of happiness, finding an opportunity in disguise among the wreckage.
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Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty
by Alexander Larman
An expert chronicler of the House of Windsor, in this conclusion to his acclaimed trilogy, uses rare and previously unseen documents to paint a vivid portrait of the end of one sovereign's reign and the beginning of another's that heralded a new Elizabethan Age of power and glory.
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Rebel Rising: A Memoir
by Rebel Wilson
Chronicling the emotional and physical lessons she's learned as well as her most embarrassing experiences, the scene-stealing actress, writing about the most personal and important moments in her life, from fertility issues and weight gain and loss to rejections, shows us how to love ourselves while making us laugh uncontrollably.
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The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
by Susan Page
Drawing on 150 interviews and extensive archival research, this definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time, who gave women a permanent place on the air, reveals the woman behind the legacy—one who broke all the rules to tell viewers what they deserved to know.
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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
by Judi Dench
Interweaving anecdotes on audiences, critics, company spirit and rehearsal room etiquette, Dame Judi Dench opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her 70-year career, serving up priceless revelations on everything from the craft of speaking in verse to her personal interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes.
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An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on her 42-year marriage with Dick Goodwin, one the shining stars of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the journey of going through the letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia he saved over the years.
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Warren and Bill: Gates, Buffett, and the Friendship That Changed the World
by Anthony McCarten
An Academy Award-nominated screenwriter presents this fascinating account of the extraordinary friendship between Warren Buffet and Bill Gates that impacted each man and led to change on a grander scale as they jointly addressed some of the world's most critical problems by giving their wealth away.
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Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World
by Dr. Wynn-Grant, Rae
In this personal story of resilience and adaptation, a renowned wildlife ecologist, exploring the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals and the earth, while carving a niche for herself as one of very few Black scientists, argues for a more connected, more socially and ecologically conscious world.
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The Wives
by Simone Gorrindo
Uprooted from NYC and dropped into Columbus, Georgia, when her husband is deployed, Army wife Simone Gorrindo navigates this new world alone until she meets the wives, a remarkable group of women, in this profoundly intimate look at marriage, friendship and today's America.
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The Age of Grievance
by Frank Bruni
A best-selling author and longtime New York Times columnist, examining what happens when all sorts of grievances—the greater ones, the lesser ones, the authentic, the invented—are jumbled together, discusses the potential for the devastating erosion of the civility, common ground and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive.
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
by David J. L. Gibbins
A renowned underwater archaeologist presents a narrative of human history through the discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time such as The Viking warship of King Cnut the Great, Henry VIII's Mary Rose and the doomed HMS Terror. .
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
by Kathleen DuVal
An award-winning historian tells the story of the Native nations, from the rise of ancient cities to the present, reframing North American history with Indigenous power and sovereignty at its center and showing how the influence of Native peoples remained a constant and will continue far into the future.
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Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age
by Norman Ohler
Drawing on extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic, an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and journalist reveals the close relationship and hidden connections between the Nazis and the early days of drugs in America, shows experiments into psychedelics covertly influenced CIA research and secretly shape the War on Drugs.
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The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City's Anexos
by Angela Garcia
In this first book ever written on the anexos of Mexico City, a prizewinning anthropologist takes us into the informal treatment centers for addiction and mental illness where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war, while recounting her own story of family, homelessness and drugs.
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The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America
by Tracie McMillan
An award-winning journalist examines the monetary value of whiteness in our country through her own experiences and a broader societal examination, in this personal narrative that launches a wider investigation into the laws and norms that give white Americans more opportunity than minorities.
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All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
by Becca Rothfeld
A cultural critic advocates for embracing imbalance, obsession and gluttony across all aspects of life, contending that our contemporary culture's misguided pursuit of equality in love and art, coupled with economic disparities, has left us spiritually impoverished.
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles
by Amy Tan
Mapping the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions and beautiful original sketches, the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club shares her search for solace which turned into an opportunity to connect with nature in a meaningful way and imagine the intricate lives of the birds she admired.
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Like Love: Essays and Conversations
by Maggie Nelson
Arranged chronologically, this career-spanning collection of profiles, reviews, remembrances, and critical essays offers a window into the author's own development as she touches on a vast array of themes, including intergenerational exchange; love and friendship; feminist and queer issues; and forces that feed or impede certain bodies and creators.
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Somehow: Thoughts on Love
by Anne Lamott
Full of her trademark compassion and humanity, the New York Times best-selling author explores the transformative power of love in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity and guides us forward.
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We Loved It All: A Memory of Life
by Lydia Millet
In her first nonfiction book, the celebrated novelist, drawing on her 25 years of wildlife and climate advocacy, marries scenes from her life with moments of nearness to the animals and plants with whom we share the earth, asking we extend to other living beings the simple grace of continued existence.
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