New Non Fiction Books in Our Collection | ||||
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| Wrong : why experts* keep failing us-- and how to know when not to trustthem : *scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs,
high-powered consultants, health officials and more Freedman, David H., 1954- New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2010. 001 FRE | ||||
| Messages : signs, visits, and premonitions from loved ones lost on 9/11 McEneaney, Bonnie. New York : William Morrow, c2010. 133.9 MCE The wife of a 9/11 victim relates true stories about the spiritual and paranormal experiences--including premonitions, signs, dreams, visitations, and communications through mediums and psychics--of others who lost loved ones during the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. .9780061974076. .0061974072. | ||||
| How pleasure works : the new science of why we like what we like Bloom, Paul, 1963- New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2010. 152.42 BLO | ||||
| The upside of irrationality : the unexpected benefits of defying logic at work and at home Ariely, Dan. New York : Harper, c2010. 153.4 ARI | ||||
| Life is what you make it Buffett, Peter. New York : Harmony Books, c2010. 158 BUF | ||||
| Creative aging : rethinking retirement and non-retirement in a changing world Bankson, Marjory Zoet. Woodstock, VT : SkyLight Paths Pub., c2010. 248.85 BAN | ||||
| Every other Monday : twenty years of life, lunch, faith, and friendship Kasich, John. New York : Atria Books, c2010. 277.3 KAS | ||||
| Travels in a gay nation : portraits of LGBTQ Americans Gambone, Philip. Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010. 306.766 GAM | ||||
| Common nonsense : Glenn Beck and the triumph of ignorance Zaitchik, Alexander, 1974- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010. 320.52092 ZAI "Traces Beck's personal history from his troubled childhood through his years as a 'morning zoo' DJ to his sudden and meteoric rise to the conservative media heap. [The author] pays special attention to Beck's transformation from alcoholic-snorting, failed disc jockey without a political thought in his head to wealthy, bile-spewing, right-wing demagogue." -- Dust jacket. .9780470557396. .0470557397. | ||||
| At the water's edge : a personal quest for wildness Lister-Kaye, John, 1946- Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, 2010. 333.78 LIS | ||||
| Lights out! : ten myths about (and real solutions to) America's energy crisis Abraham, Spencer. New York : St. Martin's Press, c2010. 333.790973 ABR | ||||
| Fortune's fool : Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an industry in crisis Goodman, Fred. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2010. 338.7 GOO | ||||
| Doing both : how Cisco captures today's profit and drives tomorrow's growth Sidhu, Inder, 1960- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2010. 338.7621 SID | ||||
| Broke, USA : from pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. : how the working poor became big business Rivlin, Gary. New York : Harper Business/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010. 339.4 RIV "A unique and riveting exploration of one of America's largest and fastest-growing industries--the business of poverty" --Provided by publisher. .9780061733215. .0061733210. | ||||
| Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America Dolin, Eric Jay. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2010. 341.4568 DOL | ||||
| Grunts : inside the American infantry combat experience, World War II through Iraq McManus, John C., 1965- New York, N.Y. : New American Library, 2010. 356.1140973 MCM | ||||
| Jan's story : love lost to the long goodbye of Alzheimer's Petersen, Barry (Barry Rex), 1949- Lake Forest, Calif. : Behler Publications, c2010. 362.196 PET | ||||
| Beat cop to top cop : a tale of three cities Timoney, John F. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press in collaboration with : Penn Institute for Urban Research, c2010. 363.2092 TIM | ||||
| The measure of madness : inside the disturbed and disturbing criminal mind Paradis, Cheryl. New York : Citadel Press , c2010. 364.3 PAR | ||||
| Inside America's concentration camps : two centuries of internment & torture Dickerson, James. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review ; Lancaster : Gazelle [distributor], c2010. 365.4509 DIC | ||||
| Wordwatching : how to break into the dictionary : it's his word against theirs Horne, Alex, 1978- London, England : Virgin Books, c2010. 422 HOR | ||||
| Drink this, not that! : the no-diet weight loss solution, sip your way to a flat belly! Zinczenko, David. New York : Rodale, c2010. 541.2 ZIN | ||||
| Voyager : seeking newer worlds in the third great age of discovery Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- New York : Viking, c2010. 559.925 PYN | ||||
| Zoo story : life in the garden of captives French, Thomas, 1958- New York : Hyperion, c2010. 590.73 FRE Based on six years of research, behind the scenes at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. .9781401323462. .1401323464. | ||||
| Insectopedia Raffles, Hugh, 1958- New York : Pantheon Books, c2010. 595.7 RAF | ||||
| The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains Carr, Nicholas G., 1959- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2010. 612.80285 CAR | ||||
| Dodging the toxic bullet : how to protect yourself from everyday environmental health hazards Boyd, David R. (David Richard), 1964- Vancouver, BC : David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books : D&M Publishers, Inc., c2010. 615.902 BOY | ||||
| Once a warrior-always a warrior : navigating the transition from combat to home--including combat stress, PTSD, and mTBI Hoge, Charles W. Guilford, CT : GPP Life, c2010. 616.85212 HOG | ||||
| Women food and God : an unexpected path to almost everything Roth, Geneen. New York : Scribner, c2010. 616.8526 ROT | ||||
| Golden Gate : the life and times of America's greatest bridge Starr, Kevin. New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2010. 624.2 STA | ||||
| Mixt salads : a chef's bold salad creations Swallow, Andrew. Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, 2010. 641.83 SWA "A bold collection of more than 60 salad recipes featuring unusual and dynamic ingredient pairings and an on-trend approach to healthy, mindful eating"--Provided by publisher. .9781580080576. | ||||
| Shift : how to reinvent your business, your career, and your personal brand Arnell, Peter. New York : Broadway Books, c2010. 650.1 ARN A branding expert who has worked with such companies as DKNY, Pepsi, and Home Depot shares insights into how to transform oneself or one's business through branding strategies that he successfully applied to his career and weight-loss goals. .038552627X. .9780385526272. | ||||
| Predictable success : getting your organization on the growth track--andkeeping it there McKeown, Les (John Leslie), 1956- Austin, TX : Greenleaf Book Group Press, c2010. 658 MCK | ||||
| Conquer the chaos : how to grow a successful small business without going crazy Mask, Clate. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010. 658.022 MAS | ||||
| The house advantage : playing the odds to win big in business Ma, Jeffrey. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. 658.4033 MA "As part of the notorious MIT Team depicted in Ben Mezrich's now classic Bringing Down the House, Jeff Ma used math and statistics to master the game of blackjack and reap handsome rewards at casinos. Years later, Ma has inspired not only a bestselling novel and hit movie, but has also started three different companies--the latest of which, Citizen Sports, is an innovative marriage of sports, betting, and digital technology--and launched a successful corporate speaking career. The House Advantage reveals Ma's cutting-edge mathematical insights into the world of statistics and makes them applicable to a wide business audience. He argues that numbers are the key to analyzing nearly everything in the world of business, from how to spot and profit from global market inefficiencies to having multiple backup plans in anticipation of every probability. Ma's stories and business lessons are as intriguing as they are universally applicable" --Provided by publisher. .0230622720. .9780230622722. | ||||
| The why of work : how great leaders build abundant organizations that win Ulrich, David, 1953- Chicago, IL : McGraw-Hill, c2010. 658.4092 ULR A leadership guru and a clinical psychologist provide information about sustainability in the post-recession era and offer frameworks and tools for building a winning company culture and seizing the competitive advantage. .0071739351. | ||||
| If you're not first, you're last : sales strategies to dominate your market and beat your competition Cardone, Grant. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010. 658.82 CAR | ||||
| Tyranny Fairfield, Lesley, 1949- Toronto : Tundra Books, c2009. 741.5971 FAI | ||||
| The anatomy & figure drawing artist's handbook Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, c2009. 743.4 ANA A comprehensive guide to anatomy and figure drawing that instructs in a wide range of techniques and materials. Includes step-by-step projects that will build your confidence, and a special section on developing technique. .0764162845. .9780764162848. | ||||
| Alice Neel : painted truths Houston, Texas : Museum of Fine Arts ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2010. 759.13 NEE "Explores the themes and stylistic developments of the art of Alice Neel, one of the greatest American painters of the twentieth century, with works spanning nearly seven decades, four essays and additional texts addressing themes and specific works, three artists' appreciations, and a chronology and bibliography"--Provided by publisher. .9780300163322. .0300163320. | ||||
| Furious love : Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the marriage of thecentury Kashner, Sam. New York : Harper/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010. 791.4302 KAS | ||||
| Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. : Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the dawn of the modern woman Wasson, Sam. New York : HarperStudio/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010. 791.4372 WAS A closeup examination of Blake Edwards' classic film, Breakfast at Tiffany's, winner of two Oscars. .9780061774157. .0061774154. | ||||
| Mad men unbuttoned : a romp through 1960s America Vargas-Cooper, Natasha. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2010. 791.4575 COO | ||||
| Kissing the mask : beauty, understatement, and femininity in Japanese Noh theater : with some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf),
transgender women, kabuki goddesses, porn queens, poets, housewives, makeup
artists, geishas, valkyries, and Venus figurines Vollmann, William T. New York, NY : Ecco, c2010. 792.0952 VOL Explores the enigma surrounding Noh theater and the traditions that have made it intrinsic to Japanese culture for centuries and extracts the secrets of staged femininity and the mystery of perceived and expressed beauty. .9780061228483 : .0061228486. | ||||
| The American stage : writing on theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner New York : Library of America, c2010. 792.0973 AME | ||||
| Lay the favorite : a memoir of gambling Raymer, Beth. New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2010. 795.092 RAY | ||||
| Bad sports : how owners are ruining the games we love Zirin, Dave. New York : Scribner, c2010. 796.06 ZIR | ||||
| The only game in town : sports writing from the New Yorker New York : Random House, c2010. 796.0973 ONL | ||||
| Home team : coaching the Saints and New Orleans back to life Payton, Sean. New York : New American Library, c2010. 796.3326 PAY Details the author's decision to become head coach for the devastated New Orleans Saints in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and how he led the team to a Super Bowl victory in 2009 and helped revitalize the city's spirit. .0451232615. .9780451232618. | ||||
| Rickwood Field : a century in America's oldest ballpark Barra, Allen. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2010. 796.357 BAR | ||||
| No way down : life and death on K2 Bowley, Graham. New York : Harper, 2010. 796.522 BOW "A dramatic account of the worst disaster in the history of mountain climbing on K2, the world's second highest peak"--Provided by publisher. .9780061834783. .0061834785. | ||||
| The lost cyclist : the epic tale of an American adventurer and his mysterious disappearance Herlihy, David V. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2010. 796.6092 HER | ||||
| Without a paddle : racing twelve hundred miles around Florida by sea kayak Richey, Warren. New York : St. Martin's Press, c2010. 797.122 RIC | ||||
| In rough country : essays and reviews Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- New York : Ecco/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010. 808 OAT | ||||
| Bar book : poems and otherwise Sheehan, Julie. New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2010. 811.6 SHE | ||||
| Scout, Atticus, and Boo : a celebration of fifty years of to kill a mockingbird Murphy, Mary McDonagh. New York : Harper/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010. 813.54 MCD "In celebration of the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird (June 8, 2010), an American classic that sells almost a million copies per year, Scout, Atticus, and Boo features interview selections with prominent figures including Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, Wally Lamb, and Anna Quindlen on how the book has impacted their lives" --Provided by publisher. .9780061924071. .0061924075. | ||||
| Overboard! : a true blue-water odyssey of disaster and survival Tougias, Mike, 1955- New York : Scribner, c2010. 910.91634 TOU | ||||
| Deadliest sea : the untold story behind the greatest rescue in Coast Guard history Thompson, Kalee. New York : William Morrow : HarperCollins Publishers, c2010. 910.9164 THO Relates the story of the stunning Coast Guard rescue of members of a sunken fishing trawler in the freezing Bering Sea, an effort that was unprecedented in its success, despite gale-force winds, high waves, and formidable darkness. .9780061766299. .0061766291. | ||||
| Faces of America : how 12 extraordinary people discovered their pasts Gates, Henry Louis. New York : New York University Press, c2010. 920.073 GAT | ||||
| Beneath the sands of Egypt : adventures of an unconventional archaeologist Ryan, Donald P. New York : William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers, c2010. 932 RYA | ||||
| If the Allies had fallen : sixty alternate scenarios of World War II London : Frontline Books ; New York : Skyhorse Publishing, 2010. 940.542 IF | ||||
| The Korean War : a history Cumings, Bruce, 1943- New York : Modern Library, c2010. 951.9042 CUM | ||||
| A nightmare's prayer : a Marine Corps Harrier pilot's war in Afghanistan Franzak, Michael. New York : Threshold Editions, c2010. 958.1047 FRA | ||||
| The Manchurian president Klein, Aaron. Washington, D.C. : Wnd Books, c2010. 973.932 KLE This book postulates that Obama has deep ties to communists, socialists, and anti-American extremists and these ties influence policy decisions. .1935071874. .9781935071877. | ||||
| The Obama diaries Ingraham, Laura. New York : Threshold Editions, c2010. 973.93202 ING | ||||
| Farms, vineyards & small towns of the North Fork of Long Island Miller, Bob. [New York] : B. Miller, c2008. 974.725 MIL | ||||
| Nobody turn me around : a people's history of the 1963 march on Washington Euchner, Charles C. Boston, MA : Beacon Press, c2010. 975.3041 EUC | ||||
| Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.), 1953- New York : Scribner, c2010. 978.004 GWY | ||||
| Radical : a portrait of Saul Alinsky Von Hoffman, Nicholas. New York : Nation Books, c2010. B ALINSKY | ||||
| Chords of strength : a memoir of soul, song, and the power of perseverance Archuleta, David, 1990- New York : New American Library, c2010. B ARCHULETA | ||||
| Portrait of an addict as a young man : a memoir Clegg, Bill. New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2010. B CLEGG | ||||
| Chuck Close : life Finch, Christopher. Munich, Germany : Prestel, c2010. B CLOSE | ||||
| The fine wisdom and perfect teachings of the kings of rock and roll : a memoir Edmundson, Mark, 1952- New York : Harper, 2010. B EDMUNDSON "A coming-of-age memoir about one man's miscues and false starts as he enters the world after college and attempts to answer the timeless question of who he is, while contemplating what role music, love, work, drugs, money, and books will play in his life"--Provided by publisher. .9780061713477. .0061713473. | ||||
| The last living sl{232}ut : born in Iran, bred backstage Shirazi, Roxana. New York : It Books, c2010. B SHIRAZI | ||||
| Uncharted terriTORI Spelling, Tori, 1973- New York : Gallery Books, c2010. B SPELLING Tori comes clean about doing her time on jury duty, stalking herself on Twitter, discovering her former 90210 castmates{7f2019} "I Hate Tori" club, contracting swine flu, and contacting Farrah Fawcett from the dead. Like many mothers, she struggles to find balance (Stars, they{7f2019}re just like us!){7f2014}only most women don{7f2019}t have to battle it out with paparazzi at the grocery store. She talks openly about the darker side of life in the spotlight: media scrutiny over her weight and her marriage to Dean McDermott, her controversial relationship with Dean{7f2019}s ex-wife, and her unfolding reconciliation with her mother. |