New Adult Nonfiction Books
New Arrivals Added To Our Adult Nonfiction Collection in the last 7 days
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| Wild ones - a sometimes dismaying, weirdly reassuring story about looking at people looking at animals in America by Mooallem, Jon. |
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May 19, 2013 |
| Willie Stargell - a life in baseball by Garland, Frank. |
"This book brings to life one of baseball's greatest sluggers, Willie Stargell, first by examining the factors that shaped him as a man growing up in tumultuous racial times of the 1950s and '60s, then by recreating the major moments in his Hall of Fame baseball career, and finally by tracing his endeavors during the post-playing days"--Provided by publisher. |
May 17, 2013 |
| Women's Poetry - Poems and Advice by Fried, Daisy |
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May 17, 2013 |
| Work with me - the 8 blind spots between men and women in business by Annis, Barbara, 1954- |
A leading gender studies authority draws on extensive interviews to challenge popular conceptions and identify biological factors behind how and why men and women think and act as they do in the workplace. |
May 19, 2013 |
| World Through Arab Eyes - Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East by Telhami, Shibley |
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May 17, 2013 |
| Writing better lyrics - the essential guide to powerful songwriting by Pattison, Pat. |
Discusses the songwriting process and offers advice on how to improve composition skills, and the proper use of meter, verse development, and form. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Yogalosophy - 28 days to the ultimate mind-body makeover by Ingber, Mandy. |
Provides a handbook to a twenty-eight day yoga techniques program, designed to enliven both the mind and body, and includes effective workouts, eating guidelines, and daily affirmations. |
May 17, 2013 |
| Yokohama yankee - my family's five generations as outsiders in Japan by Helm, Leslie Donald. |
"Yokohama Yankee is the first book to look at Japan across five generations with perspective that is both from the inside and through foreign eyes. Helm draws on his great grandfather's unpublished memoir and a wealth of primary source material to bring his family history to life."--Publisher's website. |
May 14, 2013 |
| Your survival instinct is killing you - retrain your brain to conquer fear, make better decisions, and thrive in the 21st century by Schoen, Marc. |
Thanks to technology, we live in a world that's much more comfortable than ever before. But here's the paradox: our tolerance for discomfort is at an all-time low. And as we wrestle with a sinking "discomfort threshold," we increasingly find ourselves at the mercy of our primitive instincts and reactions. Designed to keep us out of danger, our limbic brain's survival instinct controls what we intuitively do to avert injury or death. Rarely are we required to recruit this instinct today, but this |
May 15, 2013 |
| Your ticket to the universe - a guide to exploring the cosmos by Arcand, Kimberly K. |
"Easy-to-read guide to the universe. Includes information on the planets, and other astrological entities"-- |
May 14, 2013 |