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The House of Hidden Meanings
By RuPaul (B RuPa, CD B RuPa, PLAY B Ru Pa, eBook, eAudiobook)
From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance.
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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By Sides, Hampton (910.92 Side, Q 910.92 Side, CD 910.92 Side, eBook, eAudiobook)
Part high-seas adventure, part examination of the Age of Exploration, this account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776 charts how his overt and covert missions came to a head on the island of Hawaii and left behind a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters
By Ranganath, Charan (153.12 Rang, Q 153.12 Rang, eBook, eAudiobook)
Combining accessible language with cutting-edge research, eye-opening studies and examples from pop culture, a pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist unveils the hidden role memory plays throughout our lives and how once we understand its power, we can cut through the clutter to remember the things we want to remember.
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Children of Darkness and Light: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell and the Story of a Murderous Faith
By Hellis, Lori (364.1523 Hell)
Delves into the shocking crime saga of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, whose apocalyptic beliefs and manipulative behavior led to multiple suspicious deaths leading up to the tragic discovery of Vallow’s missing children in Daybell’s backyard.
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Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
By Salisbury, Katie Gee (B Wong, PLAY B Wong, eBook, eAudiobook)
Set against the glittering backdrop of the Jazz Age and the rise of Hollywood, this celebration of the first Asian American movie star who graced Oscar-winning films shows how she moved away from being typecast as a China doll or dragon lady and worked towards reshaping Asian American representation.
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The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
By White, Elizabeth B. (B Mehl, CD B Mehl, eBook, eAudiobook)
Tells the story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg--a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading as a Polish aristocrat--drawing on Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir.
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Dog Smart: Life-Changing Lessons in Canine Intelligence
By Holland, Jennifer S. (636.7083 Holl)
Based on evidence from trainers, owners, behaviorists and the animals themselves, this cutting-edge science narrative, filled with heartwarming and tail-wagging case studies, seeks to understand the world’s smartest dogs and how they got that way.
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In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face With the Idea of Afterlife
By Junger, Sebastian (304.64 Jung, Q 304.64 Jung, CD 304.64 Jung, eBook, eAudiobook)
The New York Times best-selling author shares the story of how a near-death experience led him to question his own atheism and undertake a scientific and philosophical examination of mortality and what happens after we die.
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A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By Fedarko, Kevin (917.9132 Feda, CD 917.9132 Feda, eBook, eAudiobook)
The author of The Emerald Mile discusses chronicles his dangerous, life-changing, year-long 750-mile trek along the length of the Grand Canyon, living in the vertical wilderness between the cap rock along the rims and the Colorado River.
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Sociopath: A Memoir
By Gagne, Patric (B Gagn, CD B Gagn, Q Gagn (ON ORDER), eBook, eAudiobook)
A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.
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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
By Dolnick, Edward (567.9 Doln, CD 567.90941 Doln, eBook, eAudiobook)
Storyteller and historian Edward Dolnick leads us through a compelling true adventure as the paleontologists of the first half of the 19th century puzzled their way through the fossil record to create the story of dinosaurs we know today.
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Grief is for People
By Crosley, Sloane (155.93 Cros, Q 155.93 Cros, PLAY 155.93 Cros, eBook, eAudiobook)
Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and surprisingly suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss packed with life. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers, hoping for a framework more useful than the stages of grief.
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The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
By Valby, Karen (792.80974 Valb, Q 792.80794 Valb, eBook, eAudiobook)
Steeped in the glamour and grit of professional ballet, this captivating account of five extraordinarily accomplished Black ballerinas, the Swans of Harlem, celebrates both their historic careers and their 50-year sisterhood, offering a window into the history of black ballet, hidden for too long.
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The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
By Bergstein, Rachelle (B Blum, CD B Blum, eBook, eAudiobook)
Everyone knows Judy Blume. Her books have garnered her fans of all ages for decades and sold tens of millions of copies. In The Genius of Judy, her remarkable story is revealed as never before, beginning with her as a mother of two searching for purpose outside of her home.
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Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life
By Weiner, Eric (B Fran, CD B Fran)
Drawing inspiration from the life of Benjamin Franklin, a The New York Times best-selling author combines biography, travelogue and personal insight to offer a book filled with both practical lessons and inspiration.
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