New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated July 29, 2025
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All about love : new visions
hooks, bell
Audiobook
The aviator and the showman : Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the marriage that made an American icon
Shapiro, Laurie Gwen
Paper Book
In 1928, a young social worker and hobby pilot named Amelia Earhart arrived in the office of George Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne and hitmaker, on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the Atlantic. A partnership - professional and soon otherwise - was born. The...
Cat on the Road to Findout
Stevens, Cat/Yusuf
Paper Book
Embark on an extraordinary journey through the life, music and spiritual adventures of Yusuf/Cat Stevens, one of the iconic figures of our time. CAT ON THE ROAD TO FINDOUT is more than a memoir - it's a profound exploration of identity, faith, and the universal search for meaning. ...
I hope you remember : poems on loving, longing, and living
Balka, Josie
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For fans of Rupi Kaur and Cleo Wade, this first collection of poetry from the viral TikTok poet Josie Balka evokes themes of nostalgia, love, envy, and hope, speaking to the universal longings that live deep in our souls.
Keep the memories, lose the stuff : declutter, downsize, and move forward with your life
Paxton, Matt
Paper Book
Your boxes of photos, family's china, and even the kids' height charts aren't just stuff; they're attached to a lifetime of memories - and letting them go can be scary. For over 20 years, Matt Paxton has helped people from all walks of life who want to live more simply declutter and downsize....
LITTLE HISTORY OF ART
MULLINS, CHARLOTTE
Paper Book
A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art's central role in culture today   "This lively volume is ideal for the precocious high-schooler, the lazy collegian . . . and any adult who wishes for greater mastery...
Moral ambition : stop wasting your talent and start making a difference
Bregman, Rutger
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Humankind and Utopia for Realists--"a more politically radical Malcolm Gladwell" (The New York Times)--comes a bold manifesto daring us to harness our talents...
No more tears : the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Harris, Gardiner
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America's oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies--from an award-winning investigative journalist "A damning portrait."--Associated Press "A page-turning...
The penguin lessons : what I learned from a remarkable bird
Michell, Tom
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * The extraordinary and inspiring true story about the surprising bond between a young teacher and the small penguin he rescued "The Penguin Lessons teaches an important truth: that a single act of compassion can be repaid a thousand-fold."-...
Unfit parent : a disabled mother challenges an inaccessible world
Slice, Jessica
Paper Book
"A glorious, revelatory book."-Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of An Immense World "A beautiful, transformative book about being a parent in a world that rejects frailty and weakness."-Rachel Aviv, staff writer at the New Yorker A...
When the going was good : an editor's adventures during the last golden age of magazines
Carter, Graydon
Paper Book
When Graydon Carter was offered the editorship of Vanity Fair in 1992, he knew he faced an uphill battle - how to make the esteemed and long-established magazine his own. Not only was he confronted with a staff that he perceived to be loyal to the previous regime, but also he arrived only a few...

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