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New Nonfiction

February 2024

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Biography

An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country by David Finkel
An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country by David Finkel
The Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Award–winning author tells the story of the massive changes underway in America through the eyes of an Iraq war veteran engulfed by the fear and anger sweeping through his beloved country.


American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden by Katie Rogers
American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden by Katie Rogers
Focusing on Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, a White House correspondent for The New York Times looks at the 21st century’s transformation of the First Lady’s role from a ceremonial symbol to a political operator.


Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year by Paul Alexander
Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year by Paul Alexander
An acclaimed biographer examines the final tumultuous year of the legendary jazz singer’s life and her continued artistic brilliance despite drug abuse, relationships with violent men and run-ins with the law.


Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration by Harold Holzer
An acclaimed Lincoln historian presents a groundbreaking examination of how immigration in the decades before the civil led to enormous changes in the political landscape, destroyed the Whig party and exacerbated tensions in the country.


The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him by Eric Blehm
The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him by Eric Blehm
The award-winning author of the New York Times best-sellers Fearless and The Only Thing Worth Dying For tells the life story of legendary snowboarder Craig Kelly who died in the 2003 Durrand Glacier Avalanche and also offers a definitive, immersive account of snowboarding and the cultural movement that exploded around it.


Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
The author of the New York Times best-sellers I Was Told There'd Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number shares how she dealt with the grief of losing her best friend to suicide.


It's Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman
It's Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman
The University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran and social media influencer discusses how he overcame both an addiction to prescription painkillers and a severe gambling problem that cost him almost his entire fortune.


Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women by Pashtana Durrani and Tamara Bralo
Last to Eat, Last to Learn: My Life in Afghanistan Fighting to Educate Women by Pashtana Durrani and Tamara Bralo
Raised in a family that believed in the power of education, a young Afghani activist discusses her efforts to educate Afghanistan’s girls and women in a country devastated by war and violence and a society that forbids them from learning.


Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen
Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen
From the Founding to today, this book tells the stories of seven former presidents who each changed history and offered lessons about how to decide what to do in the next chapter of life as they handled human problems of ego, finances and questions about their legacy and mortality.


My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
Exploring separation, generational trauma and the toll of the American dream, the author recounts what happened when, at 15, her parents were forced back to Mexico, leaving her and her brother to fend for themselves as underage victims affected by broken immigration laws.


Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out by Gracie Gold
Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out by Gracie Gold
Sharing the less “palatable” parts of her life, revealing her struggles with bulimia, mental illness and family, coaches and federation, the U.S. figure skating champion and Olympic medalist provides an intimate account of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs.


Sharing Too Much: Musings from an Unlikely Life by Richard Paul Evans
Sharing Too Much: Musings from an Unlikely Life by Richard Paul Evans
In this intimate and heartfelt collection of personal essays, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of more than 40 novels recounts his moving journey from childhood to beloved writer, sharing the lessons he’s learned and hard-won advice about everything from marriage to parenthood.


Sleepless: Unleashing the Subversive Power of the Night Self by Annabel Abbs-Streets
Sleepless: Unleashing the Subversive Power of the Night Self by Annabel Abbs-Streets
Blending science, historical research and personal experience, an award-winning author, after experiencing a series of losses and unable to sleep, discovered, during her wakeful nights, the darkness became a place of sanctuary, filled with creativity, reflection and wonder where she tapped into something mysterious and mesmerizing: her Night Self.


Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon with Kim Green
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon with Kim Green
Sharing over 20 Khmer recipes, a Cambodian refugee recounts her life after the dictator Pol Pot tore her country apart in the 1970s, showing how she relied on her beloved mother’s “slow noodles” approach to healing and to cooking—one that prioritizes time and care over expediency.


Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison
Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art and new love.


Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson
In this unflinching portrait of shattered families, desperation and determination, the author, born to a drug-addicted mother, recounts growing up in foster care, and despite his military career, undergraduate education from Yale and a PhD from Cambridge, he argues that stability at home is more important than external accomplishments.


The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists As One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives by Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy
The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists As One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives by Adam Gamal and Kelly Kennedy
In this explosive story of immigration, service and sacrifice, a member of America's most secret military unit, which has been responsible for preventing dozens of terrorist attacks in the Western world, shares a gripping firsthand account of his rise through the ranks to become one of its most elite and skilled operators.


What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams
What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams
Recalling his remarkable life of nearly eight decades, the film legend who has starred in 40 movies, seven Broadway plays and has made more than 40 TV shows and movies combined shows how he, as the first Black character in the Star Wars universe, became a true pop culture icon.


Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa
Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa
Reflecting on her past and present, the author, a citizen of the Quechan (Yuma) Nation and Laguna Pueblo, reminds us of how the cultural narratives of her ancestors have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of the "melting pot" of America, revealing all that is sacrificed for the promise of acceptance.

Business & Economics

The Holy Grail of Investing: The World's Greatest Investors Reveal Their Ultimate Strategies for Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins
The Holy Grail of Investing: The World's Greatest Investors Reveal Their Ultimate Strategies for Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins
In this final book in his financial freedom trilogy, Robbins teams up with renowned private equity investor Christopher Zook, founder of CAZ investments, to sit down with more than a dozen of the world's greatest alternative investment managers, collectively managing over half a trillion dollars on behalf of investors.

General Nonfiction

Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
The award-winning author of the novels Pure Colour, Motherhood and How Should a Person Be? presents a record of her thoughts over a ten-year period arranged in sentences from A to Z. (literary)


Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs by Dulcé Sloan
Hello, Friends!: Stories of Dating, Destiny, and Day Jobs by Dulcé Sloan
The up-and-coming comedy star and Daily Show correspondent reflects on her life in a collection of wildly entertaining and culturally resonant essays that chronicle her journey from an Atlanta childhood to standup comedy and acting. (humor)


Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York by Ross Perlin
Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York by Ross Perlin
The linguist and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance discusses his efforts to map little-known languages across the city of New York—the most linguistically diverse places that has ever existed—before they become extinct. (language)


National Geographic Bucket List Family Travel: Share the World With Your Kids on 50 Adventures of a Lifetime by Jessia Gee
National Geographic Bucket List Family Travel: Share the World With Your Kids on 50 Adventures of a Lifetime by Jessia Gee
From the mega-popular Bucket List Family, who have visited more than 90 countries around the world, this ultimate—and beautifully illustrated—expert's guide provides all the know-how to fulfill your own family's bucket list and create new and lasting memories for years to come. (travel)


The Pathway to Success: Letting God Lead You to a Life of Meaning and Purpose by Joyce Meyer
The Pathway to Success: Letting God Lead You to a Life of Meaning and Purpose by Joyce Meyer
A renowned bible teacher and #1 New York Times best-selling author shows readers how to realign their perspective on success to conform with God’s vision for the kind of life that brings us true purpose and lasting joy. (religion)


The Secret Life of Hidden Places: Concealed Rooms, Clandestine Passageways, and the Curious Minds That Made Them by Stefan Bachmann and April Genevieve Tucholke
The Secret Life of Hidden Places: Concealed Rooms, Clandestine Passageways, and the Curious Minds That Made Them by Stefan Bachmann and April Genevieve Tucholke
This wonderous guide for the curious introduces 18 hidden places and the eccentric and obsessive minds that created them, such as a chamber of skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of traps and a spooky “initiation” well in Portugal built by a secret society. (travel)


Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It by Jennie Allen
Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It by Jennie Allen
A speaker, Bible teacher and New York Times best-selling author, drawing on scientific research, biblical insight and her own story, provides a transformational path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, which leads to deeper relationships, richer faither and lasting health. (religion)


Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed
In this uproarious exploration of the joys of reading, a long-time teacher, lifelong reader and The New Yorker contributor shares surprising stories from her life and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students and shows us how literature can transform us for the better. (literary)

Health & Fitness

And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common
And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common
A self-help book from the noted musical artist and actor.


The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD by Shalene Gupta
The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD by Shalene Gupta
Uncovering the hidden epidemic of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), the author, sharing her own experience with this widespread chronic illness, provides this deeply researched, movingly intimate and refreshingly hopeful book for those navigating a world ill-equipped to support their health.


Mayo Clinic on Healthy Aging: An Easy and Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Body Young, Your Mind Sharp and Your Spirit Fulfilled by Nathan K. Lebrasseur, Ph.D. and Christina Chen, M.D.
Mayo Clinic on Healthy Aging: An Easy and Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Body Young, Your Mind Sharp and Your Spirit Fulfilled by Nathan K. Lebrasseur, Ph.D. and Christina Chen, M.D.
An easy-to-understand yet comprehensive guide to help people live longer and more purposeful lives.


Stand by Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving by Allison J. Applebaum
Stand by Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving by Allison J. Applebaum
The founder of the Caregivers Clinic at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a clinical psychologist, sharing her own personal journey, gives caregivers the practical tools and support they need to provide their loved ones with the best quality of life and care possible, while promoting their own wellbeing.

History

Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor by Ronald Drabkin
Stand by Me: A Guide to Navigating Modern, Meaningful Caregiving by Allison J. Applebaum
The untold story of how Frederick Rutland, a decorated British World War I veteran and fixture of Los Angeles society, was recruited as a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the Pearl Harbor attack.


The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America by James L. Swanson
The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America by James L. Swanson
A popular historian brings to life a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between Native Americans and colonists in Massachusetts in 1704, which led to one of the greatest sagas of adventure, survival, sacrifice, family, honor and faith ever told in North America.


Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid
Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid
Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.


Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory
Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory
Drawing on an enormous archive of primary and secondary sources to rewrite history, focusing on the agency, persistence and effectiveness of everyday women throughout periods of social and cultural transition, the #1 New York Times best-selling historical novelist redefines "normal" female behavior to include heroism, rebellion, crime, treason, money-making and sainthood.


Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment by Allen C. Guelzo
Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment by Allen C. Guelzo
One of America’s foremost experts on Lincoln captures the president’s firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history, providing us with a deeper understanding of this endlessly fascinating man and shows how his ideas are still sharp and relevant more than 150 years later.


The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen
In this interpretation of the Declaration of Independence's famous phrase, the president of the National Constitution Center profiles six of the most influential founders to show what pursuing happiness meant in their lives and how it became the foundation of our democracy.


Radical Reparations: Healing a Nation's Soul by Marcus Anthony Hunter
Radical Reparations: Healing a Nation's Soul by Marcus Anthony Hunter
In this thought-provoking and sure-to-be controversial book, a social justice pioneer and inventor of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter offers a unifying and unconventional framework for achieving holistic and comprehensive healing of African American communities by reimagining reparations through a profound new lens.


Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh           
Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh        
Part travelogue, part memoir, part essay in history, the author, drawing on decades of archival research, charts the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India and China—and on contemporary globalism itself, revealing the role one small plant had in making our world, now teetering on the edge of catastrophe.

Nature

Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator That Ever Lived by Tim Flannery & Emma Flannery
Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator That Ever Lived by Tim Flannery & Emma Flannery
A father-daughter scientist team presents an account of the ancient marine creature known as the megalodon, a now extinct shark that was the largest predator of all time, and its impact on both marine ecosystems and the human psyche.


Birding to Change the World: A Call to Action by Trish O'Kane
Birding to Change the World: A Call to Action by Trish O'Kane
A writer and educator specializing in environmental justice and climate change chronicles her bird-watching journey and shares what she has learned from each new bird she's observed about life, social change and protecting the environment.


Four Thousand Paws: Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod: a Veterinarian's Story by Morgan Lee
Four Thousand Paws: Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod: a Veterinarian's Story by Morgan Lee
An award-wining veterinarian who cares for the dogs who compete in the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races shares the story of the heroic canine athletes who risk injury, illness and fatigue while facing the dangers of the Arctic.

POLITICAL Science

Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade
Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade
A legal scholar and analyst looks at both the history and current threat of disinformation from Mussolini and Hitler to Bolsonaro and Trump while offering practical solutions to overcoming its poisonous influence on democracy.


Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game by Rachel Bitecofer with Aaron Murphy
Hit 'Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game by Rachel Bitecofer with Aaron Murphy
Two Democratic political strategists discuss how the party can learn from the Republican playbook to maintain power and build a lasting majority that can preserve our democracy at one of the most pivotal moments in our nation’s history.


A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging by Lauren Markham
A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging by Lauren Markham
The author of the award-winning The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life examines how nostalgia for past migrations has led to the exclusion and demonization of migrants today.


The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes by Nick Troiano
The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes by Nick Troiano
Discussing the "primary problem" in our politics today, the founding Executive Director of Unite America makes a bold proposal to abolish party primaries in our country to offer voters across the political spectrum a realistic roadmap to a more representative and functional democracy.

PSYCHOLOGY

How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover: What Autism Can Teach Us About Difference, Connection, and Belonging by Jodi Rodgers
How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover: What Autism Can Teach Us About Difference, Connection, and Belonging by Jodi Rodgers
A special-education teacher with thirty years of experience working with autistic people gives readers a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the neurodiverse community and looks at ways we can develop more meaningful connections with others.


If Love Could Kill: The Myths and Truths of Women Who Commit Violence by Anna Motz
If Love Could Kill: The Myths and Truths of Women Who Commit Violence by Anna Motz
An internationally acclaimed forensic psychotherapist based in London explores the underexamined psychological reasons for female violence, explaining that it is more widespread than realized and reveals how it exposes centuries-old beliefs about women and their value.


Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down by Corey Keyes
Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down by Corey Keyes
Building on decades of research, a sociologist explores the concept of languishing, which wears away our sense of purpose, its impact on our well-being and its societal roots, offering a comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing this pervasive condition.


Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, studying supercommunicators—people capable of connecting with anyone, reveals how, everyone time we speak to some, we’re actually engaging in one of three conversations, showing us how to recognize which kind of conversation we’re having—and teaching us the essential skills for navigating it successfully.

Science

How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite by Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski, & Kristen Orr
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite by Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski, & Kristen Orr
The co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite present a quirky, illustrated collection of narratives and infographics centered around STEM, such as the importance of microbes and how the Webb telescope has influenced movie special effects.


Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters by Charan Ranganath
Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters by Charan Ranganath
Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, eye-opening studies and examples from pop culture, a pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives and how once we understand its power, we can cut through the clutter to remember the things we want to remember.

SELF-HELP

Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'Ja Wilson
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'Ja Wilson
The Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP explores what it means to be a Black woman in America today and how she overcame the feeling of being swept under the rug while growing up.


Finding Your Self at the Heartbreak Hotel: Moving Beyond Betrayal by Ruth Field and Alice Haddon
Finding Your Self at the Heartbreak Hotel: Moving Beyond Betrayal by Ruth Field and Alice Haddon
A London psychiatrist and a self-help author shares how they developed a radical new therapeutic method for those overcoming heartbreak by providing intensive 24/7 support at a physical retreat called "Heartbreak Hotel."


The Heart Is the Strongest Muscle: Know Your Why and Take Your Mindset from Great to Unstoppable by Tia Toomey
The Heart Is the Strongest Muscle: Know Your Why and Take Your Mindset from Great to Unstoppable by Tia Toomey
The world’s fittest woman?—. six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete—shows how she reached elite levels by always focusing on her purpose—what drives her heart—to push through even the toughest challenges, hoping to show you hoe to build your own unstoppable mindset.


Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being by Sue Varma
Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being by Sue Varma
Combining philosophy, her own personal experience and the latest research in psychology, psychiatry, medicine and neuroscience, a board-certified psychiatrist offers a scientific and tangible pathway to boosting health, happiness, resilience, success and longevity by cultivating an optimistic mindset.

Social Science

2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed by Eric Klinenberg
2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed by Eric Klinenberg
The acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author tells the story of one of the most consequential years in history through profiles of seven New Yorkers, including 2020 an elementary school principal, a bar manager and a subway custodian.


The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider by Michiko Kakutani
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the Outsider by Michiko Kakutani
A Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic, with a journalist’s eye for historical detail, argues that today’s crises are not only signs of an interconnected globe’s profound vulnerabilities but stress tests pointing to the essential changes needed to survive the chaos and uncertainty to build a more sustainable future.


If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America by Vicki Sokolik
If You See Them: Young, Unhoused, and Alone in America by Vicki Sokolik
An advocate for homeless youths' rights, through the voices of the kids themselves, shines a light on this hidden crisis and shows how they overlooked and impeded by the system and offers remedies to the problem.


Latinoland: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority by Marie Arana
Latinoland: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority by Marie Arana
This wide-ranging overview of the turbulent and little-known history of the diverse Latino experience in America is based on hundreds of interviews and research about the fastest-growing minority in America.


The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
Inviting us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner, an award-winning producer and editor for NPR offers a powerful narrative on platonic partnerships and how the thrill, intimacy and commitment we seek is often found through meaningful friendship.


Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson
Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson
Rooted in long-term study, this powerful analysis of hundreds of heartrending interviews with American mothers who placed their children for domestic adoption reveals adoption to be a constrained choice for those for whom abortion is inaccessible, or for whom parenthood is untenable.

True Crime

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman
A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman
Recounts how a famous Hollywood starlet from the 1940s and 1950s became involved with an abusive West Coast mob boss and explores the explosive trial that resulted from his murder at the hands of the actress’ daughter.


Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston
Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston
Part true crime, part courtroom drama, this moving story of an unexpected friendship between two very different men recounts the case of Alvin Ridley, an autistic Zenith TV repair man accused of murdering the wife no one knew he had, and the lawyer who believe in—and proved—his innocence.