Happy Earth Day! Check out our new and essential books on everything from climate change to fracking: LOSING EARTH: A Recent History by Nathaniel Rich “Rich, a novelist (KING ZENO, 2018) and journalist, turns his widely discussed 2018 investigation for the New York Times Magazine into an exceedingly well-written history of the early political battles […]
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Nonfiction Round-Up (4/17/19)
Conspiracy theories, immigration, and a call to arms–welcome to this week’s nonfiction round-up! REPUBLIC OF LIES: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power by Anna Merlan “Quick to condemn racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and anti-Muslim bias, the author supports her writing with excellent supporting documentation. An engaging and valuable explication of one of the […]
Nuclear Nonfiction
The whistleblower behind the Pentagon Papers and Noam Chomsky cover nuclear war in their new nonfiction books: THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg A finalist for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction with three starred reviews! From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an […]
#bookbday (07/25/17)
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power by Al Gore The follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling An Inconvenient Truth, this timely book will publish in time for the premiere of Vice President Gore’s new documentary, An Inconvenient Truth 2. This new book will be a daring call to action, exposing the reality […]
Sneak Peek: July 2017 Indie Next List
The July 2017 Indie Next list includes three Macmillan titles! THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris A Library Journal Spring 2017 Editors’ Pick with three starred reviews! A woman who believes she was a witness to a crime obsesses over whether she could have prevented a death, while fearing for her sanity. “This psychological thriller is […]
For Your Consideration: July 2017 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and nominate your favorite titles for the July 2017 LibraryReads list! Nominations are due May 20! Click here for the full list of 2017 deadlines. THE BREAKDOWN by B A Paris A Library Journal Spring 2017 Editors’ Pick with two starred reviews! A woman who believes she was a witness to a […]
New Nonfiction – April 2017
Biographies, histories, manifestos and more! Take a look at the new nonfiction books perfect for your patrons this April: FEAR CITY: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-Fein Two starred reviews! “Phillips-Fein, professor of history at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, makes municipal bonds exciting in this painstakingly […]
Happy #BookBday (11/22/16 Edition)
Happy almost-Turkey-Day #BookBday to: THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman One of Publishers Weekly‘s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2016 with two starred reviews! “Inspired by the pleasure he took in the ‘free’ moments he was granted when people he planned to […]
Stars for Friedman & Jackson & Smith
Three FSG nonfiction books are raking in the starred reviews: THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman One of Publishers Weekly‘s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2016! “Inspired by the pleasure he took in the ‘free’ moments he was granted when people he […]
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