*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - January Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated January 13, 2025
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Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth) A Memoir.
Zusak, Markus 
Paper Book
In this poignant, funny, and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world's most beloved storytellers, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs--a charming and courageous love story about making even the most...
An African History of Africa From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence.
Badawi, Zeinab. 
Paper Book
Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi's sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent's extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the African perspective. "Equal parts gripping and galvanizing. . . . Researched across more than 30...
A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins.
Harney, Gareth. 
Paper Book
Hold the glory--and infamy--of ancient Rome in the palm of your hand with this "brilliant combination of history and storytelling" (Conn Iggulden, author of the Emperor series) as it explores history's greatest superpower, as told through humanity's most universal object: the coin.
The Waiting Game The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens : A History.
Clark, Nicola. 
Paper Book
A New York TImes Book Review Editor's Pick A colorful and authoritative narrative history of the often-overlooked--yet hugely influential--figures of the Tudor court: the ladies-in-waiting. Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her...
The Sinners All Bow Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne.
Dawson, Kate Winkler. 
Paper Book
On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Cornell was found hanging in a barn, four months pregnant, after a disgraceful liaison with a charismatic Methodist minister, Reverend Ephraim Avery. Some (Avery's lawyers) claimed her death was suicide...but others weren't so sure. Determined to uncover the real...
The Sirens' Call How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource.
Hayes, Chris. 
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of...
Beyond Anxiety Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose.
Beck, Martha 
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INDIE BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER From bestselling author Martha Beck, a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity within We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume that the...
Dare I Say It Everything I Wish I'd Known about Menopause.
Watts, Naomi 
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness--with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause

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