A Sampling of This Year's Non-Fiction

I've been looking over some of the new non-fiction titles added to the collection this year. A dazzling array of books are published every year. I thought it might be interesting to list just a few of the titles we added in 2013. Clicking on any of the titles below should take you to the catalog to learn more about, or place holds on, any of these books (the back arrow should bring you back to this page).

1927 and 1933 each became the subject of a book:

One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson.

America 1933: The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of the New Deal by Michael Golay.

The 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg inspired many books this year. Two of them were:

Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Allen C. Guelzo.

A Field Guide to Gettysburg: Experiencing the Battlefield through its History, Places, and People by Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler

The aftermath of the Civil War is reflected in:

The Lost Cause: The Trials of Frank and Jesse James

Current events in the Middle East inspired many titles. Two of them were:

To Be a Friend is Fatal: The Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind by Kirk W Johnson

Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi by Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz

A number of books dealt with issues in the medical, social, and psychological sciences:

To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care by Cris Beam

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Quiet Kids: Help Your Introverted Child Succeed in and Extroverted World by Cristine Fonseca

The Sensory Child Gets Organized: Proven Systems for Rigid, Anxious, or Distracted Kids by Carolyn Dalgliesh

Raising a Self Reliant Child by Dr. Alanna Levine

The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery by George Johnson

Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul A. Offit

Lean In: Women Work, and the will to lead by Sheryl Sandberg

The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance is Hurting Women, Men - and our Economy by Caryl Rivers

Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection by Debora L. Spar

There were, as always, a wealth of biographies and autobiographies:

My Brief History by Stephen Hawking

Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson

Jim Henson by Brian Jay Jones

Manson by Jeff Guinn

Nicholson by Marc Eliot

Kentucky Traveler by Ricky Skaggs

One of the cleverer titles of the year:

The Audacity of Hops: The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution by Tom Acitelli

And last, but not least, one of my favorite subjects:

Betty Crocker's the Big Book of Pies and Tarts by Betty Crocker

Weight Watchers 50th Anniversary Cookbook

Sweet Debbie's Organic Treats: Allergy-Free & Vegan Recipes from the Famous Los Angeles Bakery

I hope that there is something here for almost anyone to enjoy.

Chuck