New Nonfiction - May 2011

Biography / Autobiography / Memoir
All My Life: A Memoir / Lucci, Susan
All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir / Judd, Ashley
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich / Metaxas, Eric
Bossypants / Fey, Tina
Come to the Edge: A Memoir / Haag, Christina
The Company We Keep: A Husband-And-Wife True-Life Spy Story / Baer, Robert
A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS / Conant, Jennet
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe / Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach
Global Girlfriends: How One Mom Made It Her Business to Help Women in Poverty Worldwide / Edgar, Stacey
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India / Lelyveld, Joseph
I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions / MacLaine, Shirley
Jeannie Out of the Bottle / Eden, Barbara
Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat / Achatz, Grant
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes / Bard, Elizabeth
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention / Marable, Manning
My Korean Deli / Howe, Ben Ryder
Odyssey of a DP: Memoirs of a Displaced Person / Drobashevsky, Vladimir
Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life / Patrick, Deval
Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love / Logelin, Matthew

Business / Economics / Finance
In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives / Levy, Steven
Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World / Cohan, William D.
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul / Schultz, Howard
Selling Your House in a Tough Market: 10 Strategies That Work / Schroeder, Alayna
A Trader's First Book on Commodities: An Introduction to the World’s Fastest Growing Market / Garner, Carley

Comics / Graphic Novels
Mister Wonderful: A Love Story / Clowes, Daniel

Crafts / Hobbies
Amigurumi Toy Box: Cute Crocheted Friends / Rimoli, Ana Paula
The Illustrated Guide to Sewing: Garment Construction / Couch, Peg
The Repurposed Library: 33 Craft Projects That Give Old Books New Life / Occhipinti, Lisa

Education
College Rules!: How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College / Holschuh, Jodi Patrick
How to Pay for College / Editors of the American Library Association

Family / Relationships
10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity / Meeker, Meg
Adoption Nation / Pertman, Adam
Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents—And Ourselves / Gross, Jane
For Better: How the Surprising Science of Happy Couples Can Help Your Marriage Succeed / Parker-Pope, Tara
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids / Payne, Kim John
What to Expect the Second Year: From 12 to 24 Months / Murkoff, Heidi

Gardening
American Eden: From Monticello to Central Park to Our Backyards: What Our Gardens Tell Us about Who We Are / Graham, Wade
Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation / Wulf, Andrea

Health / Medical / Fitness
The Compass of Pleasure / Linden, David J.
The Dukan Diet: 2 Steps to Lose the Weight, 2 Steps to Keep It Off Forever / Dukan, Pierre
The Eat-Clean Diet Stripped / Reno, Tosca
Fat Family/Fit Family: How We Beat Obesity / Morelli, Ron
The New! Abs Diet for Women / Zinczenko, David
Special Diets for Special Kids / Lewis, Lisa
What's Gotten Into Us?: Staying Healthy in a Toxic World / Jenkins, McKay

History
1861: The Civil War Awakening / Goodheart, Adam
Bismarck: A Life / Steinberg, Jonathan
Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley / Jordan, Jonathan W.
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery / Foner, Eric
From Camp to Cannon's Mouth: The Letters of Four Union Soldiers During the Civil War / Holden, Douglas
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan / Wilber, Del Quentin
Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternative Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan / Greenfield, Jeff

Law
Quick & Legal Will Book / Clifford, Denis

Literature / Language Arts / Poetry
Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson / Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson / Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner / Faulkner, William
She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems / Kennedy, Caroline

Pets / Animals
The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them / Pacelle, Wayne
Building Chicken Coops for Dummies / Brock, Todd
Your Dog: The Owner's Manual / Becker, Marty, D.V.M.

Photography
Gone: A Photographic Plea for Preservation / Foote, Shelby

Politics / Political Science
63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read / Ventura, Jesse
Gangster Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington Thugocracy / Freddoso, David
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution / Fukuyama, Francis

Psychology
Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being / Seligman, Martin E. P.
Jung / Stevens, Anthony

Reference
Man Up!: 367 Classic Skills for the Modern Guy / O'Donnell, Paul

Religion
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind / Meyer, Joyce
Divinity of Doubt: The God Question / Bugliosi, Vincent
Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are / Ehrman, Bart D.
Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived / Bell, Rob
Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom / Gyatso, Geshe Kelsang

Science / Nature
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water / Fishman, Charles
Earth: The Operators' Manual / Alley, Richard
First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth / Kaufman, Marc
Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet / Flannery, Tim
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher / Achenbach, Joel
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers: Eastern Region / Thieret, John W.
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements/ Williams, Hugh Aldersey
Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America / Page, Lawrence M.
A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout / Safina, Carl
Shadows Bright as Glass: The Remarkable Story of One Man’s Journey from Brain Trauma to Artistic Triumph / Nutt, Amy Ellis
Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World’s Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler / Speart, Jessica
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century / Steffen, Alex

Self-Help
The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives / Couric, Katie
The Four Purposes of Life: Finding Meaning and Direction in a Changing World / Millman, Dan
Lost and Found: Unexpected Revelations about Food and Money / Roth, Geneen
Stopping Stress Before It Stops You: A Game Plan for Every Mom / Leman, Kevin

Social Science
Swimming in the Steno Pool: A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office / Peril, Lynn

Sports / Recreation
56: Joe Dimaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports / Kennedy, Kostya
The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First / Keri, Jonah

True Crime
Born to Lose: Stanley B. Hoss and the Crime Spree That Gripped a Nation / Hollock, James G.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin / Larson, Erik
Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the War on Drugs / Ryan, Jason

Audiobooks
The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives / Couric, Katie
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water / Fishman, Charles
Bossypants / Fey, Tina
Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe / Jordan, Jonathan W.
Divinity of Doubt: The God Question / Bugliosi, Vincent
Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan / Wilber, Del Quentin
Stopping Stress Before It Stops You: A Game Plan for Every Mom / Leman, Kevin