*New & Notable Adult Nonfiction - July Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated July 14, 2025
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Clint : the man and the movies
Levy, Shawn
Paper Book
From the acclaimed film critic and New York Times bestselling biographer of Paul Newman, the definitive biography of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, the most prolific and versatile actor-director in the history of the medium, and an indelible fixture of American culture.<...
Mailman : My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
Grant, Stephen Starring
Paper Book
An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply about a country he loves but had lost touch with. ...
A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
Elmhirst, Sophie
"This is nonfiction that reads like fiction - the best kind. Elmhirst's retelling is a triumph, second only to the seemingly impossible feat of Maurice and Maralyn themselves. You won't be able to put it down." - USA Today "Remarkable... I found myself, alternately, holding my...
The aviator and the showman : Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the marriage that made an American icon
Shapiro, Laurie Gwen
In 1928, a young social worker and hobby pilot named Amelia Earhart arrived in the office of George Putnam, heir to the Putnam & Sons throne and hitmaker, on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the Atlantic. A partnership - professional and soon otherwise - was born. The...
The beast in the clouds : the Roosevelt brothers' deadly quest to find the mythical giant panda
Holt, Nathalia
Paper Book
A 2025 Wall Street Journal Summer Book to Get Lost In A 2025 New York Times Nonfiction Summer Preview Pick "A beautiful and powerful book." --Candice Millard, New York Times bestselling author "Valuable, revelatory, and...
The CIA book club : the secret mission to win the Cold War with forbidden literature
English, Charlie
Paper Book
"A story as fascinating as it is undersung . . . a riveting account" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) of the CIA's secret program to smuggle millions of books through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War "English's true tale of the federal government...
Dinner with King Tut : how rogue archaeologists are re-creating the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of lost civilizations
Kean, Sam
Paper Book
LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER | INDIE BESTSELLER | New York Times's 10 Books our Readers Are Most Excited About | New York Times's 21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Summer | Boston Globe's Best Books of Summer 2025 | A Publishers Weekly Most...
A flower traveled in my blood : the incredible true story of the grandmothers who fought to find a stolen generation of children
Cohen Gilliland, Haley
Paper Book
"[An] astonishing story...Powerful...Harrowing...Absorbing and lucid...You would have to harden your heart to be unmoved by the Abuelas' quest." --Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times "Inspiring...A triumphant saga of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the...
The carpool detectives : a true story of four moms, two bodies, and one mysterious cold case
Hogan, Chuck
The incredible true story of a group of moms who, united by a search for new purpose, attempt to solve a fifteen-year-old double murder. "An instant true crime classic."--Douglas Century, author of The Last Boss of Brighton A lot of us like to think we...
How we grow up : understanding adolescence
Richtel, Matt
Building off his award-winning New York Times series on the contemporary teen mental-health crisis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter delivers a groundbreaking investigation into adolescence, the pivotal life stage undergoing profound--and often confounding-...
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays
Kreizman, Maris
Paper Book
A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman--an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former "good Democrat" even further to the political left At the heart of this funny, acerbic, and bravely honest book of essays is...
Lift : how women can reclaim their physical power and transform their lives
Chaker, Anne Marie
Paper Book
From a professional bodybuilder and longtime Wall Street Journal reporter, a manifesto on how women can radically change their lives by tapping into their innate physical power When Wall Street Journal reporter Anne Marie Chaker discovered bodybuilding as a hobby in...

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