New Nonfiction for February 2012

Nonfiction books added to the library’s collection in February. Click on the titles below to search the catalog:

Abram, Carolyn.
Facebook for dummies.

Adler, Tamar.
An everlasting meal : cooking with economy and grace.

Alford, Mimi.
Once upon a secret : my affair with President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath.

Amen, Daniel G.
Use your brain to change your age : secrets to look, feel, and think younger every day.

Armstrong, Taylor.
Hiding from reality : my story of love, loss, and finding the courage within.

Barrett, James R.,
The Irish way : becoming American in the multi-ethnic city.

Barry, John M.,
Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul : church, state, and the birth of liberty.

Bartels, Peggielene,
King Peggy : an American secretary, her royal destiny, and the inspiring story of how she changed an African village.

Bellesiles, Michael A.
A people’s history of the U.S. Military : ordinary soldiers reflect on their experience of war, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan.

Bonner, Raymond.
Anatomy of injustice : a murder case gone wrong.

Boo, Katherine.
Behind the beautiful forevers : [life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity].

Brady, Diane.
Fraternity.

Broad, William J.
The science of yoga : the risks and the rewards.

Butler, Alan,
The Knights Templar revealed : [the secrets of the Cistercian legacy].

Byatt, A. S.
Ragnarok : the end of the gods.

Carnarvon, Fiona,
Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey : the lost legacy of Highclere Castle.

Chase, Jamie.
The lazy couponer : how to save $25,000 per year in just 45 minutes per week with no stockpiling, no item tracking and no sales chasing!

Dickinson, Duo.
Staying put : remodel your house to get the home you want.

Donaldson, Jim.
Then Belichick said to Brady– : the best New England Patriots stories ever told.

Druckerman, Pamela.
Bringing up bebe : one American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting.

Duhigg, Charles.
The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business.

Dyer, Wayne W.
Wishes fulfilled : mastering the art of manifesting.

Fellowes, Jessica.
The world of Downton Abbey.

Fetherling, George,
The book of assassins : a biographical dictionary from ancient times to the present.

Finch, David,
The journal of best practices : a memoir of marriage, Asperger syndrome, and one man’s quest to be a better husband.

Fragasso, Philip M.
Your nest egg game plan : how to get your finances back on track and create a lifetime income stream.

Freeman, Philip,
Oh my gods : a modern retelling of Greek and Roman myths.

Gessen, Masha.
The man without a face : the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin.

Gravano, Karen.
Mob daughter : the Mafia, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, and me.

Hasselbeck, Elisabeth.
Deliciously g-free : food so flavorful they’ll never believe it’s gluten -free.

Hayhurst, Dirk,
Out of my league : a rookie’s survival in the bigs.

Hutsko, Joe,
IPhone all-in-one for dummies.

Hyman, Louis,
Borrow : the American way of debt.

Hyman, Mark,
The blood sugar solution : the ultrahealthy program for losing weight, preventing disease, and feeling great now! / Mark Hyman.

Jackson, Kate.
The smart one.

Judt, Tony.
Thinking the twentieth century.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon.
Mindfulness for beginners : reclaiming the present moment–and your life.

Kagan, Robert.
The world America made.

Kanouse, Patrick.
The NOOK book : an unofficial guide.

Killian, Linda.
The swing vote : the untapped power of independents.

Klinenberg, Eric.
Going solo : the extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone.

Maas, Jane.
Mad women : the other side of life on Madison Avenue in the ’60s and beyond.

Matteson, John.
The lives of Margaret Fuller : a biography.

Max, Tucker.
Hilarity ensues.

McMillan, Tracie.
The American way of eating : undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, farm fields and the dinner table.

Miller, Gustavus Hindman,
12,000 dreams interpreted : a new edition for the 21st century.

Moody, Raymond A.
Paranormal : my life in pursuit of the afterlife.

Moorehead, Caroline.
A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France.

Pinsky, Drew.
Recovering intimacy.

Richards, Charles L.
The psychology of wealth : understand your relationship with money and achieve prosperity.

Rogers, Kenny.
Luck or something like it.

Rose, Mark Edmund.
Alcohol : its history, pharmacology, and treatment.

Russell, Francis,
Adams, an American dynasty.

Schneider, Bonnie.
Extreme weather : a guide to surviving flash floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, heat waves, snowstorms, tsunamis and other natural disasters.

Schroff, Laura.
An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny.

Sebba, Anne.
That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.

Somerville, Christopher.
Britain & Ireland’s best wild places : 500 ways to discover the wild.

Statman, Alisa.
Restless souls : the Sharon Tate family’s account of stardom, the Manson murders, and a crusade for justice.

Tillman, Barrett.
Enterprise : America’s fightingest ship and the men who helped win World War II.

Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier.

Wallach, Daniel.
Green town USA : the plan for a sustainable America.

Weiner, Tim.
Enemies : a history of the FBI.

Wentworth, Alexandra.
Ali in Wonderland : and other tall tales.

Wilson, Eric,
Everyone loves a good train wreck : why we can’t look away.

Winterson, Jeanette,
Why be happy when you could be normal?

Wreck and sinking of the Titanic : the ocean’s greatest disaster.

Yarvin, Brian.
Ploughman’s lunch and the miser’s feast : authentic pub food, restaurant fare, and home cooking from small towns, big cities, and country villages across the British Isles.

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