New Adult Nonfiction Books
New Arrivals Added To Our Adult Nonfiction Collection in the last 7 days
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| The exchange by Black, Sophie Cabot, author. |
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May 22, 2013 |
| The fall of Rome - and the end of civilization by Ward-Perkins, Bryan. |
Publisher description for The fall of Rome : and the end of civilization / Bryan Ward-Perkins. Was the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars argue today, was there no crisis at all, but simply a peaceful blending of barbarians into Roman culture, an essentially positive transformation? In The Fall of Rome, eminent historian Bryan Ward-Perkins argues that the "peaceful" theory of Rome's "transformation" is badly in error. Indeed, |
May 22, 2013 |
| The feud - the Hatfields & McCoys, the true story by King, Dean. |
The in-depth "true" story of this legendarily fierce--and far-reaching--clash in the heart of Appalachia. |
May 20, 2013 |
| The figure of a man being swallowed by a fish by Weiner, Joshua. |
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May 17, 2013 |
| The fine print of self-publishing - everything you need to know about the costs, contracts & process of self-publishing by Levine, Mark L. |
Analyzes and critiques the contracts and services of the top self-publishing companies, and deciphers the law jargon used in self-publishing contracts. |
May 21, 2013 |
| The Fluency of Light - Coming of Age in a Theater of Black and White by Sabatini Sloan, Aisha |
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May 17, 2013 |
| The fluency of light - coming of age in a theater of black and white by Sabatini Sloan, Aisha. |
"In these intertwined essays on art, music, and identity, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, the daughter of African American and Italian American parents, examines the experience of her mixed-race identity. Embracing the far-ranging stimuli of her media-obsessed upbringing, she grasps at news clippings, visual fragments, and lyrics from past and present in order to weave together a world of sense"--P. [4] of cover. |
May 22, 2013 |
| The Gateway Arch - a Biography by Campbell, Tracy, 1962- |
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May 22, 2013 |
| The German kitchen - traditional recipes, regional favorites by Knuth, Christopher. |
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May 22, 2013 |
| The good fight - how conflict can bring you closer by Parrott, Les. |
"What if your disagreements could draw you closer? Every couple fights. In fact, successful couples disagree just as much as couples who don't go the distance. But a mountain of research shows what separates happy from not-so-happy marriages: they know how to resolve conflict. Happy couples have learned how to use disagreement to deepen their connection. Filled with practical advice that you can start using right now, The Good Fight will show you what pitfalls to avoid when you argue, how t |
May 22, 2013 |
| The good fight - how conflict can bring you closer by Parrott, Les. |
Uncovers common misbeliefs about marital conflict, showing couples how a "good fight" actually enriches a relationship, making it stronger. |
May 17, 2013 |
| The grand weaver - how God shapes us through the events of our lives by Zacharias, Ravi K. |
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May 17, 2013 |
| The Grand Weaver How God shapes us through the events of our lives. by Zacharias, Ravi. |
With inspiring stories and thought-provoking questions, Ravi Zacharias traces the multiple threads of our lives, describing how the unseen hand of God guides our joys, our tragedies, our daily humdrum to weave a pattern of divine providence and meaning. |
May 22, 2013 |
| The guns at last light - the war in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Atkinson, Rick. |
Tells the dramatic story of the titanic battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich. |
May 22, 2013 |
| The home ranch by Moody, Ralph, 1898-1982. |
Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw horse.--From publisher description. |
May 17, 2013 |
| The homegrown preschooler - teaching your kids in the places they live by Lee, Kathy H., 1968- |
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May 17, 2013 |
| The homegrown preschooler - teaching your kids in the places they live by Lee, Kathy H., 1968- |
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May 22, 2013 |
| The importance of being earnest and other plays by Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. |
Algernon pretends to be Jack's troublesome younger brother, in Wilde's satirical assault on nineteenth-century fashions, manners, and morality. |
May 17, 2013 |
| The invention of murder - how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime by Flanders, Judith. |
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May 21, 2013 |
| The Jet Sex - Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon by Vantoch, Victoria |
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May 17, 2013 |