New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated November 3, 2025
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Anger management for dummies
Smith, Laura L.
Ebook
Learn to mitigate your anger and take charge of your life  Everyone experiences anger from time to time, but when left unchecked or unbridled, this normal human emotion can become disruptive and damage relationships. If you're ready to stop...
Chess openings for dummies
Eade, James.
Ebook
Improve your chess game the fast and easy way You never get a second chance to make a first impression'especially in the game of chess! Chess Openings For Dummies gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you...
Gaza : an inquest into its martyrdom
Finkelstein, Norman G.
Paper Book
"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone."--Noam Chomsky "No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this book." --The Intercept<...
Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy
Ward, Stephen J. A.
Ebook
Joyful : the surprising power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness
Lee, Ingrid Fetell
Paper Book
Make small changes to your surroundings and create extraordinary happiness in your life with groundbreaking research from designer and TED star Ingrid Fetell Lee. Next Big Idea Club selection--chosen by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam...
The other Olympians : fascism, queerness, and the making of modern sports
Waters, Michael
Paper Book
A Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction. A Finalist for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History and the 2025 Mark Lynton History Prize. Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by The New Yorker, NPR and BookPage. ...
The rainbow ain't never been enuf : on the myth of LGBTQ+ solidarity
Story, Kaila Adia
Paper Book
A queer Black feminist debunks the myth of rainbow solidarity, repositioning Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ people at the forefront of queer pasts, presents, and futures Your favorite Black queer studies professor Kaila Adia Story says the rainbow ain't never been enough in this...
Sick and dirty : Hollywood's gay golden age and the making of modern queerness
Koresky, Michael
Paper Book
A blazingly original history celebrating the persistence of queerness onscreen, behind the camera, and between the lines during the dark days of the Hollywood Production Code. From the 1930s to the 1960s, the Motion Picture Production Code severely restricted what Hollywood...
We Have Never Been Woke : The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
al-Gharbi, Musa.
Ebook
How a new "woke" elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status--without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged Society has never been more egalitarian--in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and...

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