New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated November 28, 2025
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Data Analytics and Visualization All-In-One for Dummies
Reichental, Jonathan
Paper Book
Install data analytics into your brain with this comprehensive introduction Data Analytics & Visualization All-in-One For Dummies collects the essential information on mining, organizing, and communicating data, all in one place. Clocking in at around 850 pages, this tome of...
The Elissas
Leach, Samantha.
Paper Book
Elissa. Alyssa. Alissa. Three girls meet at a boarding school for troubled teens. A few years later, they were dead. Elissa's best friend sets out to discover what happened to them, following the only clues they left behind: their uncannily similar names and their shared tattoo - Save...
Fawlty towers
Cleese, John
Paper Book
Duck surprise. The car that wouldn't start. The psychiatrists. Those builders... Fifty years ago Fawlty Towers hit British TV screens for the first time, becoming an instant classic. Now for the first time John Cleese tells his stories from behind...
The gales of November : the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Bacon, John U.
Paper Book
For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and prestige Silicon Valley does today. And no ship represented the apex of the American Century...
The grieving brain : the surprising science of how we learn from love and loss
O'Connor, Mary-Frances
Paper Book
NPR SciFri Book Club Pick Next Big Idea Club's "Top 21 Psychology Books of 2022" Behavioral Scientist Notable Books of 2022 A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve,...
Hidden Portraits : The Untold Stories of Six Women Who Loved Picasso
Roe, Sue
Paper Book
One of Waterstones' Best Biographies of 2025 'A compelling tale . . . Brilliantly insightful and well-written.' - Times Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Therese Walter, Dora Maar, Francoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque. These six...
How to build Stonehenge
Pitts, Michael W.
Paper Book
Draws on a lifetime's study and a decade of new research to address the first question that every visitor asks: how was Stonehenge built? Icon of the New Stone Age, sculptural and engineering marvel, symbol of national pride: there is nothing quite like Stonehenge. These great...
The Japanese myths : a guide to gods, heroes and spirits
Frydman, Joshua
Paper Book
While people around the world love Japan's cultural exports--from manga and anime to Zen--not everyone is familiar with Japan's unique mythology that shapes these interests, which is enriched by Shinto, Buddhism, and regional folklore. The Japanese Myths is a smart and succinct guide to the rich...
Power Metal: ; The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future
Beiser, Vince.
Paper Book
A short history of the Gaza Strip
Irfan, Anne
Paper Book
The world's eyes are on the Gaza Strip. After more than a year of Israeli military bombardment, it is the scene of unimaginable destruction. It is also one of the most politically significant territories on the planet. Yet how many of us know anything of its history? In this...
The Shortest History of AI
Walsh, Toby.
Paper Book
Since Alan Turing first posed the question, 'Can machines think?', artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI traces this evolution, from Ada Lovelace's visionary work to IBM's groundbreaking defeat of the chess world...
The shortest history of China
Jaivin, Linda
Paper Book
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics and philosophy across the world for thousands of years. Chinese history is sprawling and gloriously messy. It is full of heroes who are also villains,...
The shortest history of India
Zubrzycki, John
Paper Book
One of the oldest civilisations and the largest democracy in the world, India is an amalgam of customs, races, castes, languages and spiritual beliefs, woven together over 5000 years of wonderfully colossal and chaotic history. From the earliest humans and the Harappan civilisation to...
Somebody is walking on your grave : my cemetery journeys
Enriquez, Mariana
Paper Book
In Somebody is Walking on Your Grave, Mariana Enriquez blends journalistic rigour and her fascination with the macabre as we encounter famous graveyards steeped in history, such as Montparnasse in Paris, Highgate in London, and the Jewish cemetery in Prague, as well as more...
Something From Nothing: A Cookbook
Roman, Alison.
Paper Book

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