New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - July Highlights

Selected new additions published this month

Updated August 12, 2024
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Deep water : the world in the ocean
Bradley, James
Paper Book
"Deep Water is a major achievement....Bradley's skills both as novelist and essayist converge here to create this wise, compassionate and urgent book, characterized throughout by a clarity of prose and a bracing moral gaze that searches water, self and reader." --ROBERT MACFARLANE, bestselling...
Meet the Neighbors Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World.
Keim, Brandon. 
Paper Book
Honeybees deliberate democratically. Rats reflect on the past. Snakes have friends. In recent decades, our understanding of animal intelligence has exploded-but the way we relate to wild animals has yet to catch up. Meet the Neighbors asks: What would it mean if we took animal minds seriously?...
The secret lives of numbers a hidden history of math's unsung trailblazers
Kitagawa, Kate 
Paper Book
A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents and thousands of years of untold stories. "A book to make you love math." --Financial Times Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation...
What the Wild Sea Can Be The Future of the World's Ocean.
Scales, Helen 
Paper Book
The acclaimed marine biologist and author of The Brilliant Abyss examines the existential threats the world's ocean will face in the coming decades and offers cautious optimism for much of the abundant life within in No matter where we live, "we are all ocean people," Helen...
Alexander at the End of the World The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great.
Kousser, Rachel. 
Paper Book
"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon Woo A riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy.   By 330 B.C.E., Alexander...
Impossible Monsters Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion.
Taylor, Michael. 
Paper Book
When the twelve-year-old daughter of a British carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from the country's southern shoreline in 1811, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had in fact discovered the "first" ichthyosaur, and over...
The Missing Thread A Women's History of the Ancient World.
Dunn, Daisy. 
Paper Book
"Thoroughly researched and sprightly.... a complete history of the [Mediterranean world] with the women added back in, as they always should have been."--The New York Times A dazzlingly ambitious history of the ancient world that places women at the center--from Cleopatra...
The Danish Secret to Happy Kids How the Viking Way of Raising Children Makes Them Happier, Healthier, and More Independent.
Russell, Helen. 
Paper Book
"Smart, witty and packed with surprising facts about life in the Nordics, The Danish Secret to Happy Kids is a foolproof roadmap to raising kids the Viking way. If you enjoy Helen Russell's signature self-deprecating sense of humor and captivating storytelling, you're in for a real treat." -...
The Secret Language of the Body Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind.
Mann, Jennifer. 
Paper Book
"Inspiring, refreshing and practical - a delightfully lucid guide to healing yourself." -Bessel van der Kolk, MD., New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score From two mind-body practitioners comes the new essential self-healing bible--a revolutionary body...
Ask not the Kennedys and the women they destroyed
Callahan, Maureen (Journalist) 
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  |  #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER   "The must-read book of the summer" (Megyn Kelly) from New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan: a "harrowing,...
More, please on food, fat, bingeing, longing, and the lust for "enough"
Specter, Emma 
Paper Book
An unflinching and deeply reported look at the realities of binge-eating disorder from a rising culture commentator and writer for Vogue. Millions of us use restrictive diets, intermittent fasting, IV therapies, and Ozempic abuse to shrink until we are sample-size acceptable....
Viewfinder A Memoir.
Chu, Jon M. 
Paper Book
From visionary director Jon M. Chu comes a powerful, inspiring memoir of belonging, creativity, and learning to see who you really are. "A must-read for aspiring artists and dreamers of all kinds."-Ava DuVernay Long before he directed Wicked, In The Heights...
The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards.
Waite, Jessica 
Paper Book
A widow's life is turned upside down when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical, witty, and deeply moving memoir of tragedy and betrayal. In the midst of mourning her husband's sudden death, writer Jessica Waite discovered shocking secrets that undermined...
Autocracy Inc. The Dictators Who Want to Run the World.
Applebaum, Anne. 
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them "A masterful guide to the new age of authoritarianism... clear...
Guilty Creatures Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida.
Brottman, Mikita. 
Paper Book
"Murder, a love triangle, and small-town secrets in Tallahassee, Florida...an unputdownable read." --The New York Times "A compelling psychological double portrait of what happens when two people are forever bound by a life-altering secret." --Becky Cooper,...
A Hunger to Kill A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession that Changed a Small Town Forever.
Mager, Kim. 
Paper Book
In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager, a real-life version of Clarice Starling, reveals how she closed in on--and broke--one of Ohio's most infamous serial killers. On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call...
The Incorruptibles A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld.
Slater, Dan. 
Paper Book
This harrowing tale of early twentieth century New York reveals the true stories of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime.  In the early 1900s, prior to World War I, New York City was a vortex of vice and corruption. On...

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