New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated June 16, 2025
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries NLPL Selections Team
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Apple in China : the capture of the world's greatest company
McGee, Patrick
Paper Book
For readers of Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs and Chris Miller's Chip War, a riveting look at how Apple helped build China's dominance in electronics assembly and manufacturing only to find itself trapped in a relationship with an authoritarian state making ever-increasing demands.<...
Ducks : two years in the oil sands
Beaton, Kate
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable book! One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022! Winner of Canada Reads 2023! "An exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival."--Carmen Maria Machado Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times...
A Most Extraordinary Ride : Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream
Garneau, Marc.
Paper Book
A captivating and inspiring memoir by Canada's first man in space. On October 5th, 1984, Marc Garneau made history. Blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle and reaching a speed of 28,000 km/hour, he became the first Canadian to fly to outer space....
Nonviolent communication : a language of life
Rosenberg, Marshall B.
Paper Book
5,000,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE * TRANSLATED IN MORE THAN 35 LANGUAGES What is Violent Communication?   If "violent" means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate--judging...
They called us enemy
Takei, George
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller! Discover this award-winning masterpiece before the release of George Takei's deeply personal follow-up, It Rhymes With Takei (June 2025). A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within...
This Happened to Me: A Reckoning
Price, Kate
Paper Book
"Price not only rises above the hurt and hate, she uses her hard-won insights to shine a light for others." --Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author For readers of Educated, The Glass Castle, and Know My Name comes a powerful new...
The ultimate French review and practice : mastering French grammar for confident communication
Stillman, David M.
Paper Book
A good grasp of grammar enables the foreign-language learner to build skill and confidence in communication. This book explains each grammatical concept and illustrates sentence examples. It also includes culture notes, documents, vocabulary boxes, and verb charts, as well as a full answer key and...

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