New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - June Highlights

Selected new additions published this month

Updated July 16, 2024
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North of Nowhere Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner.
Wilson, Marie 
Paper Book
The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential...
Becoming Green Gables The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse.
MacEachern, Alan. 
Paper Book
In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took possession of an ordinary farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Ordinary but for one thing: it was already becoming known as inspiration for Anne of Green Gables, the novel written by Myrtle's cousin Lucy Maud Montgomery and published to international...
Adventures in Volcanoland What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves.
Mather, Tamsin. 
Paper Book
A mix of memoir, travel and popular science, charting journeys across deserts, through jungles and up ice caps, to some of the most important volcanoes around the world In this captivating book from one of the most influential geochemists in the field, Tamsin Mather takes us...
The Art and Science of Connection Why Social Health Is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier.
Killam, Kasley 
Paper Book
A groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be healthy that introduces the need for social health--the part of wellbeing that comes from feeling connected--to truly flourish. Exercise. Eat a balanced diet. Go to therapy. Most wellness advice is focused on achieving and maintaining...
A Gentleman and a Thief The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue.
Jobb, Dean 
Paper Book
National Bestseller Globe and Mail Bestseller List Toronto Star Bestseller List An Amazon.com Editors' Pick as a Best Book, Best History & Best Biography Catch Me If You Can meets The Great Gatsby in this Jazz Age tale of a master jewel thief who charmed...

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