*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - June Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated June 13, 2025
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A different kind of power : a memoir
Ardern, Jacinda.
Paper Book
What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer, a Mormon girl plagued by self-doubt. But as prime minister she commanded worldwide respect for her empathetic leadership, made political history, and changed our assumptions...
The Dry Season : A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex
Febos, Melissa
Paper Book
From Melissa Febos, the national bestselling author of Girlhood, comes an examination of the solitude, freedoms, and feminist heroes she discovered during a year of celibacy and a wise and transformative look at relationships and self-knowledge. "Only Melissa Febos could...
How to lose your mother : a daughter's memoir
Jong-Fast, Molly
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller "With propulsive humor and perspective on her annus horribilis, Jong-Fast achieves the memoir's transformative work of alchemy, arming us all with lines so good you won't just want to underline them, you will want to cut them out to share." --...
It's only drowning : a true story of learning to surf and the pursuit of common ground
Litt, David
Paper Book
* A GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF SUMMER 2025 * A TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK OF SUMMER 2025 * A former Obama speechwriter moves to the Jersey Shore and learns to surf with the help of his brother-in-law: a tattooed, truck-driving Joe Rogan superfan. ...
So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All
Moennig, Kate
Paper Book
*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word--including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their...
Spring: the story of a season
Morpurgo, Michael.
Paper Book
MICHAEL MORPURGO'S FIRST BOOK OF ADULT NON-FICTION IN FORTY YEARS. A GUARDIAN AND TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 'Uplifting and enchanting. A celebration of life by our master story-teller.' JOANNA LUMLEY ...
The sisterhood of RavensbruckHow an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler's All-female Concentration Camp
Olson, Lynne
Paper Book
The extraordinary true story of a small group of Frenchwomen, all Resistance members, who banded together in a notorious concentration camp to defy the Nazis--from the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade's Secret War "At once heartbreaking and...
Threads of Empire: ; A History Of The World In Twelve Carpets
Armstrong, Dorothy.
Paper Book
The haves and have-yachts : dispatches on the ultrarich
Osnos, Evan
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the National Book Award-winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultrarich shape--and...
Principles
Dalio, Ray
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD "Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving." --The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the...
Cloud warriors : deadly storms, climate chaos-and the pioneers creating a revolution in weather forecasting
Weber, Thomas E.
Paper Book
The unprecedented inside story of the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts--providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature's deadliest threats Killer tornadoes. Catastrophic hurricanes. Lethal heat waves....
How to Save the Amazon: A Journalist's Fatal Quest for Answers
Phillips, Dom
Paper Book
"A book both brilliant and broken, [and] one that is ultimately as inspiring and devastating as the Amazon itself." --The Guardian "The book nearly died with him in the Amazon. But the story endured. . . [Chapters are] rooted in conflict, but searching for...
Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel about Our Changing Planet
Marvel, Kate
Paper Book
A captivating exploration of climate change that uses nine different emotions to better understand the science, history, and future of our evolving planet Scientist Kate Marvel has seen the world end before, sometimes several times a day. In the computer...
The Place of Tides
Rebanks, James.
Paper Book
We are all in need of lights to follow. One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that...
This Dog Will Change Your Life
Friedman, Elias Weiss/ Greenman, Ben (CON)
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A uniquely insightful, uplifting, emotional, and informative book that shows us how dogs make our lives better by making us better people, from the Dogist The stunning hardcover of This Dog Will Change Your Life features a custom...

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