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New Nonfiction March 2024

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Biography

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan 

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan 

The story of how three legends—Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans—came together in 1959 to create Kind of Blue, which is widely considered the great jazz album of time.


Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

From an award-winning journalist comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.


The Cave: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria by Amani  Ballour

The Cave: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria by Amani  Ballour

Tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria.


Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines by Carol Kino

Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines by Carol Kino

A dual biography chronicles the lives of the McLaughlins—identical twin sisters who became groundbreaking photographers in New York during the glamorous magazine golden age of the 1930s and 40s.


Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win on and Off the Field by Deion Sanders with Don Yaeger 

Elevate and Dominate: 21 Ways to Win on and Off the Field by Deion Sanders with Don Yaeger 

A former pro sports star delivers a playbook of inspiring personal stories, winning strategies and the motivation required to help readers "elevate and dominate" in all aspects of our lives.


Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin by Andre Dubus, III 

Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin by Andre Dubus, III 

This new collection of essays from the best-selling author of Townie: A Memoir and House of Sand and Fog reflects on his successes, failures and struggles with traditional and modern masculinity.


Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley by Brent Underwood

Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley by Brent Underwood

The owner of Cerro Gordo, a ghost mining town established in 1865 recalls how he managed to bring the town back to life through hard work and pushing himself beyond what he thought he was capable of.


The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir by RuPaul 

The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir by RuPaul 

From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance.


How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir by Cameron Russell

How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: A Memoir by Cameron Russell

The model and activist who helped organize the movement to bring equity to the fashion industry chronicles how she learned to navigate the often-exploitative modeling industry and helped bring racial and gender justice to the fashion world.


Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “the Apocalypse” by Emily Raboteau

Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against “the Apocalypse” by Emily Raboteau

An award-winning author and critic crafts a moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice—and what it takes to find shelter. 


The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall by Josiah Bunting

The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall by Josiah Bunting

A military historian, in this portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, cuts through the legend of George Catlett Marshall to the man—his frustrations, passions, loves and brilliance—to reveal a humble commander who knew not only how to lead but how to see the leader in others.


The Manicurist's Daughter: A Memoir by Susan Lieu

The Manicurist's Daughter: A Memoir by Susan Lieu

The author faces her family's harrowing story: Vietnamese refugees who open two nail salons, well on their way to the American Dream, only to lose their inimitable matriarch after a routine plastic surgery operation goes horribly awry.


Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee Salisbury

Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee Salisbury

Set against the glittering backdrop of the Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this celebration of the first Asian American movie star who graced Oscar-winning films shows how she moved away from being typecast as a China doll or dragon lady and worked towards reshaping Asian American representation in film.


One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court; this is the true behind-the-scenes story of that testimony.


Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch

Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch

Chronicles the life of an artist known for his NYC chalk drawings in the 1980s as well as other works that provoked and called for radical change.


The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle by Anna Shechtman

The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle by Anna Shechtman

A renowned puzzle creator's offers a memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women's work and feminist protest.


Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents - One Queen's Special Relationship With America by David Charter

Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents - One Queen's Special Relationship With America by David Charter

An in-depth look at the extraordinary and varied personal bonds Queen Elizabeth II forged with 13 presidents over her 70-year reign charts her distinctive brand of one-to-one diplomacy through the eyes of those who experienced it firsthand and shows how, throughout the years, her sense of duty and service remained steadfast.


Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

An internationally recognized anthropologist, who embedded himself within a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years, presents this first-ever, character-driven look at human smuggling that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind.


Waiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland

Waiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland

In 2019, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who reported in over 150 countries, many in violent upheaval, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, which gave him the strength to face more personal conflicts, in this unforgettable final dispatch that reveals how facing the unknown can change our relationship to the world around us. 

Business & Economics

Invest Like a Girl: Jump into the Stock Market, Reach Your Money Goals, and Build Wealth by Jessica Spangler

Invest Like a Girl: Jump into the Stock Market, Reach Your Money Goals, and Build Wealth by Jessica Spangler

An award-winning money educator shows female how they can overcome the systemic financial issues they face, with through easy-to-implement tools, practical strategies and real-life examples that help build wealth and find financial independence.


Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State by Byron Tau

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State by Byron Tau

A journalist based in Washington, D.C., exposes the U.S. government's alliance with data brokers, tech companies and advertisers to reshape surveillance and privacy as we know it, in this sobering and eye-opening defining story of our era.


Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

Harnessing the wisdom of history's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists and writers who mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power, this timely book provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment. 

Family & Relationships

The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens by Ellen Galinsky

The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens by Ellen Galinsky

Blending cutting-edge research with engaging storytelling, the author offers readers a paradigm-shifting comprehensive understanding of adolescence.


Raising Mentally Strong Kids: How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience With Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults by Daniel G. Amen and Charles Fay

Raising Mentally Strong Kids: How to Combine the Power of Neuroscience With Love and Logic to Grow Confident, Kind, Responsible, and Resilient Children and Young Adults by Daniel G. Amen and Charles Fay

A #1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist and a child psychologist team up in this groundbreaking book that gives parents practical tools to help them raise mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive.


You're Not Done Yet: Parenting Young Adults in an Age of Uncertainty by B. Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

You're Not Done Yet: Parenting Young Adults in an Age of Uncertainty by B. Janet Hibbs and Anthony Rostain

An optimistic guide for parents with adult children who need help navigating the challenges to launching an independent life. 

General Nonfiction

Beginner's Guide: Start Your Survival and Creative Journeys by Mojang AB 

Beginner's Guide: Start Your Survival and Creative Journeys by Mojang AB 

Helps newbies become immersed in Minecraft, a sandbox game set in a blocky, three-dimensional world, whether it be in Survival or Creative mode, by joining book guides Mis Hap, Sir Vival and Bill Ding on an adventure through the Overworld.


The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel De Visé

The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel De Visé

Forty-four years since one of the most significant films of the 20th century hit theaters, this story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the creative geniuses behind modern comedy, doubles as a behind-the-scenes narrative of how the film was made, scene by memorable scene.


Home in Bloom: Lessons for Creating Floral Beauty in Every Room by Ariella Chezar and Julie Michaels

Home in Bloom: Lessons for Creating Floral Beauty in Every Room by Ariella Chezar and Julie Michaels

A master floral designer showcases her complex and dynamic work that incorporates architecture, light and landscape into her designs and encourages readers to similarly spark color and light by bringing outside nature inside in their own floral arrangements.


The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker

Filled with eye-opening stories from baseball's beginnings to the end of World War II, a historian presents all the legendary players, managers and owners, in all their vivid, complicated humanity, on and off the field, as well as a portrait of 19th-century American life in New York City, where it all started.


There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif  Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif  Abdurraqib

One of our culture's most insightful critics and most of all, an Ohioan, reflects on the golden era of basketball during the 1990s and explores what it means to make it, who we think deserves success, the tensions between excellence and expectation and the very notion of role models. 

Health & Fitness

The Autoimmune Cure: Healing the Trauma and Other Triggers That Have Turned Your Body Against You by Sara Szal Gottfried

The Autoimmune Cure: Healing the Trauma and Other Triggers That Have Turned Your Body Against You by Sara Szal Gottfried

Reveals how trauma can rewire your body to trigger autoimmune diseases—and provides a comprehensive plan for readers to reset their immune system and finally heal.


The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition With Knowledge and Confidence by Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D. 

The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition With Knowledge and Confidence by Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D. 

A leading neuroscientist and women's brain health specialist shows us how to navigate menopause successfully by discussing the latest approaches, such as cutting-edge hormone replacement therapies, hormonal contraception and key lifestyle changes, so we can emerge with a renewed, enhanced brain—ushering in a meaningful new chapter of life.


The Power Foods Diet: The Breakthrough Plan That Traps, Tames, and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss by Neal Barnard

The Power Foods Diet: The Breakthrough Plan That Traps, Tames, and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss by Neal Barnard

A leading nutrition researcher and author reveals three breakthroughs, supported by research, that show how certain foods can reduce the appetite, trap calories so they cannot be absorbed and increase the body's ability to burn calories, making weight loss incredibly easy, without calorie counting or deprivation. 

History

The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates

The Black Box: Writing the Race by Henry Louis Gates

Through essays and speeches, novels, plays and poems, this epic story of Black self-definition in America is told through the myriad of writers who've led the way and who have used words to create a livable world —a "home"—for Black people destined to live out their lives in a racist society.


Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra

Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra

Chronicles the life of the creator of one of America's most stunning museums—an American original whose own life was remade by art; includes archival photos of her world, museum and the art she collected.


Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York by Tyler Anbinder

Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York by Tyler Anbinder

A history of the Irish immigrants who arrived in the United States during the Great Potato Famine shows how their strivings in and beyond New York exemplify the astonishing tenacity and improbable triumph of Irish America.


The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 by Manisha Sinha

The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 by Manisha Sinha

From 1860, when the election Abraham Lincoln triggered the secession of the Deep South states and ending in 1920 when women were granted the right to vote, an acclaimed historian narrates the major episodes of the era and introduces the key individuals who helped remake American democracy, or whose actions spelled its doom.


Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power by Timothy W. Ryback

Drawing on previously inaccessible archival materials, the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler's Private Library provides a new perspective and insights into Hitler's personal and professional lives during the six critical months before he seized power as chancellor of Germany and dismantled democracy.


What Would Reagan Do?: Life Lessons from the Last Great President by Chris Christie with Ellis Henican 

What Would Reagan Do?: Life Lessons from the Last Great President by Chris Christie with Ellis Henican 

With the nation badly divided and the two major parties on a bitter collision course, a former governor and current presidential candidates wonders what Americans can learn from the presidency of Ronald Reagan. 

Literary Collections

A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding on and Letting Go by The Moth 

A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding on and Letting Go by The Moth 

This collection of true stories about finding beauty in life's transitions is curated by The Moth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling and features contributions from Elizabeth Gilbert, Lin-Manuel Miranda and many more. 

NATURE

Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery

Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery

A new book—written by the author of the international best-seller The Soul of an Octopus and enhanced with vivid National Geographic photography—brings readers closer than ever to these elusive creatures. 

Political Science

Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe by Jesse Watters

Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe by Jesse Watters

Drawing on a series of personal interviews with some of the most radical activists in the country, the #1 New York Times best-selling author and Fox News primetime host takes on Wokeism and reveals these people may be overlooking the most important change they need to make—within themselves.


Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism by Stephen Breyer

Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism by Stephen Breyer

A recently retired Supreme Court justice deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.


The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War by Jim Sciutto

In this follow-up to his 2019 bestseller The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America, CNN's chief national security correspondent analyzes a historic and visible shift in real time, asking us to consider uncertain outcomes, and whether the West, Russia and China can prevent a new World War.


We've Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity by Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D. 

We've Got Issues: How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity by Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D. 

From a #1 New York Times best-selling author and beloved television host comes a new book on how to come home to our core values, fortify our families and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance.

Psychology

Raising a Socially Successful Child: Teaching Kids the Nonverbal Language They Need to Communicate, Connect, and Thrive by Stephen Nowicki

Raising a Socially Successful Child: Teaching Kids the Nonverbal Language They Need to Communicate, Connect, and Thrive by Stephen Nowicki

Reveals how to identify the nonverbal areas where a child might be struggling, and equips readers with a set of simple exercises for helping any child learn how to: follow the rhythm of conversations, respect others' personal space and much more. 

Religion

Cloistered: My Years As a Nun by Catherine Coldstream

Cloistered: My Years As a Nun by Catherine Coldstream

Provides a memoir of life inside the world of a traditional Carmelite monastery and the intense personal journey into and out of an enclosed life of poverty, chastity and obedience.


God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible by Candida Moss

God's Ghostwriters: Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible by Candida Moss

From an award-winning biblical scholar comes the untold story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound.


Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere by Savannah Guthrie

Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere by Savannah Guthrie

Persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection.


Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson

Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson

A noted novelist and thinker presents an interpretation of the book of Genesis. 

Science

The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System by Dante Lauretta

The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System by Dante Lauretta

The Principal Investigator of NASA's historic OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Sample Return Mission offers a behind-the-scenes account of his team's daring quest to retrieve an asteroid sample—one that held the potential to not only unlock the secrets of life's origins but also to avert an unprecedented disaster.


H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert

H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction, this collection of 26 essays—one for each letter of the alphabet—is an illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future.


On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America by Abrahm Lustgarten

On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America by Abrahm Lustgarten

A journalistic account of how climate change will make American life as we know it unfeasible.

Social Science

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon

A work of memoir and investigative journalism on the exvangelical movement: its origins; stories of its members; and massive social, cultural and political impact.


Imagine Freedom: Transforming Pain into Political and Spiritual Power by Rahiel Tesfamariam

Imagine Freedom: Transforming Pain into Political and Spiritual Power by Rahiel Tesfamariam

A social activist, journalist, public theologian and international speaker offers a bold path to liberation and healing for people of African descent struggling in the shadows of the American Dream.


Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives- And How We Break Free by Tricia Rose

Metaracism: How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives- And How We Break Free by Tricia Rose

A pioneering scholar offers this new account of what systemic racism actually is, how it works and how we can fight back, revealing how hard-to-see systemic connections function to disproportionately contain, exploit and punish Black people and showing us how to create a more just America for us all. 

True Crime

The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy by Susan Clare Zalkind

The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy by Susan Clare Zalkind

A crusade to find a killer becomes a gripping, intensely personal investigation into a shocking cold case and the radicalization of a terrorist.