Several libraries in the area have regular newsletters that you can subscribe to that tell you about new acquisitions or let you know what the most popular reads are in their area. I just got the “Nonfiction Best Sellers” e-mail from the Worcester Public Library (see below). If you’d like to subscribe to their newsletters the link is http://library.booksite.com/6703/signup/?list=NLSGN. Other libraries in the area that offer newsletters include Concord http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=0016gbbKsaiGSpK7jfZrv6fNvJjn5Hvnoxv2DBN75978XSBJ0gcW7yy7EUsvlh0AyRiFw2UWVwzIP1r5Pg2I4JgKA%3D%3D and Framingham http://www.framinghamlibrary.org/news.htm#newsletters.
Nonfiction Best Sellers
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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War By Gates, Robert Michael 2014-01 – Knopf Publishing Group 9780307959478 Check Our Catalog
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. …More |
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants By Gladwell, Malcolm 2013-10 – Little Brown and Company 9780316204361 Check Our Catalog
A far–and free–ranging meditation on the age-old struggle between underdogs and top dogs. Beginning with the legendary matchup between the Philistine giant and the scrawny shepherd boy of the title, New Yorker scribe Gladwell returns continually to his main theme: that there are unsung advantages to being disadvantaged and overlooked disadvantages to being “advantaged.” …More |
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book By Muldrow, Diane 2013-09 – Golden Books 9780307977618 Check Our Catalog
Sure to bring memories and a smile, this book is a perfect gift for baby boomers, recent grads, lovers of children’s literature–or anyone who cherishes the sturdy little books with the shiny cardboard covers and gold foil spines! …More |
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage By Patchett, Ann 2013-11 – Harper 9780062236678 Check Our Catalog
Blending literature and memoir, Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder, Run, and Bel Canto, examines her deepest commitments–to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband–creating a resonant portrait of a life in This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. …More |
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban By Yousafzai, Malala With Lamb, Christina 2013-10 – Little Brown and Company 9780316322409 Check Our Catalog
I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls’ education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.…More |
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Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar–Your Brain’s Silent Killers By Perlmutter, David With Loberg, Kristin 2013-09 – Little Brown and Company 9780316234801 Check Our Catalog
The devastating truth about the effects of wheat, sugar, and carbs on the brain, with a 30-day plan to achieve optimum health. …More |
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism By Goodwin, Doris Kearns 2013-11 – Simon & Schuster 9781416547860 Check Our Catalog
“The Bully Pulpit,” like Goodwin’s brilliant chronicles of the Civil War and World War II, exquisitely demonstrates her distinctive ability to combine scholarly rigor with accessibility. It is a major work of history–an examination of leadership in a rare moment of activism and reform that brought the country closer to its founding ideals. …More |
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics By Brown, Daniel James 2013-06 – Viking Books 9780670025817 Check Our Catalog
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand’s “Seabiscuit” and “Unbroken” comes the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics. Brown draws on the team’s own journals, photos, and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream. …More |
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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics By Krauthammer, Charles 2013-10 – Crown Forum 9780385349178 Check Our Catalog
The columnist presents his reflections on everything from embryo research to entitlement reform, from Halley’s Comet to border collies, from Christopher Columbus to Martin Luther King, from drone warfare to American decline. Includes an autobiographical introduction. …More |
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Little Failure: A Memoir By Shteyngart, Gary 2014-01 – Random House 9780679643753 Check Our Catalog
An immigrant’s memoir like few others, with as sharp an edge and as much stylistic audacity as the author’s well-received novels. …More |
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My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind By Stossel, Scott 2014-01 – Knopf Publishing Group 9780307269874 Check Our Catalog
A riveting, revelatory, and moving account of the author’s struggles with anxiety, and of the history of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand the condition. …More |
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One Summer: America, 1927 By Bryson, Bill 2013-10 – Doubleday Books 9780767919401 Check Our Catalog
In “One Summer” Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life. …More |
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The Body Book: The Law of Hunger, the Science of Strength, and Other Ways to Love Your Amazing Body By Diaz, Cameron 2013-12 – Harperwave 9780062252746 Check Our Catalog
Cameron Diaz shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive, essential guide that is grounded in science and inspired by personal experience. …More |
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Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair By Lamott, Anne 2013-10 – Riverhead Books 9781594632587 Check Our Catalog
A wise and compassionate exploration of how we can make sense of life’s chaos. …More |
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My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel By Shavit, Ari 2013-11 – Spiegel & Grau 9780385521703 Check Our Catalog
Through revealing stories of significant events and of ordinary individuals–pioneers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, scientists, army generals, peaceniks, settlers, and Palestinians–Israeli journalist Shavit illuminates many of the pivotal moments of the Zionist century that led Israel to where it is today. … |