Non Fiction
WHEN CRACK WAS KING: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF A MISUNDERSTOOD ERA
Written by Ramsey, Donovan X
A kaleidoscopic account of the crack cocaine era and a community's ultimate resilience, told through a cast of characters whose lives illuminate the dramatic rise and fall of the epidemic The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan's war on drugs, journalist Donovan X.
DIRECTIONS TO MYSELF: A MEMOIR OF FOUR YEARS
Written by Julavits, Heidi
A sharply observed memoir of motherhood and the self, and a love letter to Maine, by a writer Eula Biss calls "witty, sly, critical, inventive" and whose mind Leslie Jamison calls "electric." "An absolute stunner: frank, funny, self-aware, constantly surprising."--George Saunders That night, in his bed, I spread my son's palm wide and tried to read it.
GALLOP TOWARD THE SUN: TECUMSEH AND WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON'S STRUGGLE FOR THE DESTINY OF A NATION
Written by Stark, Peter
A vivid account of the rivalry between future president William Henry Harrison and the Shawnee chief Tecumseh--and of the Native American alliance that fought westward expansion--from the New York Times bestselling author of Astoria The conquest of Indigenous land in the eastern United States through corrupt treaties and genocidal violence laid the groundwork for the conqu
TERRIBLY SERIOUS ADVENTURE: PHILOSOPHY AND WAR AT OXFORD, 1900-1960
Written by Krishnan, Nikhil
A lively, immersive account of the colorful and brilliant philosophers who roamed the halls of mid-twentieth-century Oxford and taught the world the importance of language "This is Oxford philosophy in the round.
WONDER DRUG: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THALIDOMIDE IN AMERICA AND ITS HIDDEN VICTIMS
Written by Vanderbes, Jennifer
A page-turning account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of its American survivors In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular around the world.
NEVER GIVE UP: A PRAIRIE FAMILY'S STORY
Written by Brokaw, Tom
In this inspiring story, the New York Times bestselling author of The Greatest Generation chronicles the values and lessons he absorbed from his parents and other people who worked hard to build lives on the prairie during the first half of the twentieth century. "In these chaotic times, what can we learn from history?
272: THE FAMILIES WHO WERE ENSLAVED AND SOLD TO BUILD THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Written by Swarns, Rachel L
"An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society."--Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On Juneteenth In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priest
ROAD TO SURRENDER: THREE MEN AND THE COUNTDOWN TO THE END OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Thomas, Evan
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history--with you-are-there immediacy by the New York Times bestselling author of Ike's Bluff and Sea of Thunder. At 9:20 a.m.
ALLERGIC: OUR IRRITATED BODIES IN A CHANGING WORLD
Written by MacPhail, Theresa
The definitive story of allergies, combining history, reporting, and cutting-edge science to lay out a radical new understanding of the changes in environment and lifestyle that are contributing to a stunning increase in cases Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Either you have an allergy, or you know someone who does.
QUEER FOOTPRINTS: A GUIDE TO UNCOVERING LONDON'S FIERCE HISTORY
Written by Glass, Dan
This groundbreaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London's queerstory. Follow in the footprints of veteran activists, such as those who marched in London's first Pride parade in 1972 or witnessed the 1999 bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho.
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