New Adult Nonfiction & Biography

Updated October 17, 2025
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries NLPL Selections Team
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Broken threads : my family from empire to independence
Husain, Mishal
Paper Book
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Beautifully written, emotional and deeply personal, yet universal ... One can't help...
Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World
Marozzi, Justin.
**SHORTLISTED FOR 2025 THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION** A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the present Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history. Captives and Companions is a...
It didn't start with you : how inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle
Wolynn, Mark
Paper Book
'Groundbreaking' Tara Brach Depression. Anxiety. Chronic pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling- the root of these difficulties may reside in the traumas of our parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents. The latest research affirms that...
Night people : how to be a DJ in '90s NYC
Ronson, Mark
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His storytelling is vivid, humorous, and refreshingly honest' DUA LIPA 'Compelling, wry, self-aware, genuinely endearing' THE GUARDIAN 'A ride you have to take' ZANE LOWE 'A...
The other Olympians : fascism, queerness, and the making of modern sports
Waters, Michael
Paper Book
In December 1935, Zdenek Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs...
The penguin lessons
Michell, Tom
Paper Book
When schoolteacher Tom Michell pulls a penguin from an oil slick off the coast of Uruguay he has no idea what to do. Back at his apartment, Tom cleans him, but upon returning to the beach the penguin refuses to return to the ocean. Tom has one option- to smuggle the penguin over the...
A Spy in the Family : A True Story of Espionage and Betrayal
Henderson, Paul.
A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality
Yon, Daniel
How does your brain decide what it's seeing, from the physical world to other people? For decades, scientists have tried to understand how our brains work, not realising that the answer lies much closer to home than it seems. The latest research in neuroscience and psychology...
Why has nobody told me this before?
Smith, Julie
Paper Book
Drawing on her years of experience as a clinical psychologist, Dr Julie Smith's first book is a must-have resource for instantly better mental health. Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? offers simple advice, effective strategies...

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