New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated June 16, 2025
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15 minute French : learn in just 12 weeks
Lemoine, Caroline
Paper Book
The ideal French language course for beginners, the 15-Minute language series will teach you how to speak a new language in just 12 weeks! This is the perfect book for anyone who wants to learn French fast. 12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons,...
The 48 laws of power
Greene, Robert
Paper Book
THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Sun Tzu better watch his back' New York Magazine 'If power is your ultimate goal, this is the book you need' The Times'At last, the book to help you scheme your way into the upper echelons of power' Daily ExpressAmoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive,...
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.<...
Cross-stitch in the forest : 25 projects to capture the beauty of nature
Pigeon, Max
Paper Book
Explore Your Crafty NatureLet needle and thread transport you with 25 one-of-a-kind cross-stitch projects that evoke a peaceful, invigorating walk in the forest. Max Pigeon, cross-stitch designer and founder of Pigeon Coop, beautifully captures light, depth and color in these modern designs that...
Dare to bird : exploring the joy and power of birds
Hafting, Melissa
Paper Book
A powerful photographic journey that celebrates the healing power of birds. Melissa Hafting is an ethical, passionate, and respected birder, photographer, and mentor. Her love for birding has helped shape who she is and has helped with her mental health, along with enabling her to cope...
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...
Elena : a hand made life
Gold, Miriam
Paper Book
This is the story of the ordinary extraordinary life of Dr Elena Zadik. Lives were bent in the furnaces of the twentieth century, but Elena Zadik was unbroken. With a stethoscope, a jar of herring and a hearing aid occasionally switched on, she forged an extraordinary life....
Empire of AI : dreams and nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Hao, Karen
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller "Excellent and deeply reported." --Tim Wu, The New York Times "Startling and intensely researched . . . an essential account of how OpenAI and ChatGPT came to be and the catastrophic places they will likely take us." --...
Enemy of all mankind : a true story of piracy, power, and history's first global manhunt
Johnson, Steven
Paper Book
Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular - and wildly inaccurate - reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Avery's most...
Factory summers
Delisle, Guy
Paper Book
The legendary cartoonist aims his pen and paper toward his high school summer job For three summers beginning when he was 16, cartoonist Guy Delisle worked at a pulp and paper factory in Quebec City. Factory Summers chronicles the daily rhythms of life in the mill, and...
Feeding ghosts : a graphic memoir
Hulls, Tessa
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR MEMOIR WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOKS CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2025 ANISFIELD WOLF PRIZE WINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL KIRKUS NONFICTION PRIZE FINALIST, LONGLISTED FOR...
How to Help Your Child Cope With Anything: A Parent's Guide to Anxiety, Bullying and the Hurdles of Early Childhood
Mcclymont, Alison.
Paper Book
From accredited child psychologist, Dr Alison McClymont, comes a book that bridges the gap between complex psychology and straightforward parenting advice. No parent can guard against everything but parental knowledge is power when it comes to the emotional development of your...
My lesbian experience with loneliness
Nagata, Kabi
Paper Book
HARVEY AWARD WINNER The heart-rending autobiographical manga that's taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman's exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told...
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...
Ordinary time : lessons learned while staying put
Jones, Annie B.
Paper Book
In her first book, the popular From the Front Porch podcast host and independent bookstore owner challenges the idea that loud lives are the ones that matter most, reminding us that we don't have to leave the lives we have in order to have the lives of which we've always dreamed.<...
Original sin : President Biden's decline, its cover-up, and his disastrous choice to run again
Tapper, Jake
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Superbly reported . . . Reads like a Shakespearean drama on steroids." -- Los Angeles Times "Explosive." --The New York Times "[The] most significant book to date about Biden's cognitive decline."...
Paying the land
Sacco, Joe
Paper Book
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, POP MATTERS, COMICS BEAT, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY From the "heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman" (The Economist), a...
Super agers : an evidence-based approach to longevity
Topol, Eric J.
Paper Book
" Super Agers is a detailed guide to a revolution transforming human longevity. This is a breakthrough moment in the history of human health care. The person making that bold claim is one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, Eric Topol. ...
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...
Unit X : how the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are transforming the future of war
Shah, Raj M.
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year. A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon--the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X--whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley's cutting-edge technology to...
We are never meeting in real life : essays
Irby, Samantha
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This essay collection from the "bitches gotta eat" blogger, writer on Hulu's Shrill and HBO's And Just Like That, and "one of our country's most fierce and foulmouthed authors" (Amber Tamblyn, Vulture) is sure to make you alternately cackle...
The Wishbone Kitchen cookbook : seasonal recipes for everyday luxury and elevated entertaining
Hayden, Meredith
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Learn to cook, host, and eat like a private chef with 100 recipes from Meredith Hayden of Wishbone Kitchen. Inspired by years working as a chef in New York City and the Hamptons, as well as her childhood summers on Nantucket, Meredith Hayden...
Women of war : the Italian assassins, spies, and couriers who fought the Nazis
Cope, Suzanne
Paper Book
From underground fighters to courageous spies, Women of War unearths the hidden history of the brave women who risked their lives to overthrow the Nazi occupation and liberate Italy. Using primary sources and recent scholarship, Cope sheds light on the roles played by women while Italians...

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