New Nonfiction - May 2012

Biography / Autobiography / Memoir
The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods / Haney, Hank
Bitter Is the New Black / Lancaster, Jen
Bloom: A Memoir / Hampton, Kelle
Cronkite / Brinkley, Douglas
Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed / Maitland, Leslie
Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them / Langella, Frank
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West / Harden, Blaine
French Kids Eat Everything / Le Billon, Karen
Heaven Is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph, and Everyday Joy / Nielson, Stephanie
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir / Lawson, Jenny
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake / Quindlen, Anna
Mrs. Kennedy and Me / Hill, Clint
Our Father Who Aren't in Heaven: A True Story of a Career Criminal / Frye, Deborah
Paris, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down / Baldwin, Rosecrans
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson / Caro, Robert A.
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 / Albright, Madeleine
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity / Gibbs, Nancy
The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy Seal Sniper Corps / Webb, Brandon
The Snitch, Houdini and Me / Virgil, Johnny

Body / Mind / Spirit
Forgotten Worlds: From Atlantis to the X-Woman of Siberia and the Hobbits of Flores / Chouinard, Patrick

Business / Economics / Finance
End This Depression Now! / Krugman, Paul
White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You / Johnson, Simon
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty / Acemoglu, Daron

Computers / Technology

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation / Gertner, Jon

Cooking / Food
Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's Cookbook / Gunn, Deana
Eat More of What You Love: Over 200 Brand-New Recipes Low in Sugar, Fat, and Calories / Koch, Marlene
Farm: Rustic Recipes for a Year of Incredible Food / Knauer, Ian
Going Raw: Everything You Need to Start Your Own Raw Food Diet & Lifestyle Revolution at Home / Wignall, Judita
The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making / Chernila, Alana
Martha's American Food: A Celebration of Our Nation’s Most Treasured Dishes / Stewart, Martha
The Mom 100 Cookbook: 100 Recipes Every Mom Needs / Workman, Katie
Salad for Dinner: Complete Meals for All Seasons / Kelley, Jeanne
Sinfully Easy Delicious Desserts / Medrich, Alice
Thrive Foods: 200 Plant-Based Recipes for Peak Health / Brazier, Brendan

Crafts / Hobbies
60 More Quick Baby Knits / Sixth&spring Books
Custom Knits Accessories / Bernard, Wendy
Pop Knitting: Bold Motifs Using Color & Stitch / Christoffersson, Britt-Marie

Education
College-Prep Homeschooling: Your Complete Guide to Homeschooling Through High School / Byers, David P.
Help Your Kids with Science / DK Publishing

Family / Relationships
Father's Day: A Journey Into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son / Bissinger, Buzz
Fatherhood: Rising to the Ultimate Challenge / Thomas, Etan
Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Year / Mayo Clinic
Talking Back to Facebook: The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age / Steyer, James P.
Why You're Not Married . . . Yet / McMillan, Tracy

Gardening
American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America / Obama, Michelle

Health / Medical / Fitness
Basic: Surviving Boot Camp and Basic Training / Jacobs, Colonel Jack
Bombshell: Explosive Medical Secrets That Will Redefine Aging / Somers, Suzanne
Clean -- Expanded Edition: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself / Junger, Alejandro
The Dash Diet for Weight Loss / Moore, Thomas J.
Grill This, Not That! / Zinczenko, David
Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean, and Feel Fabulous / Stephenson, Nell
Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to Thin / Harper, Bob
The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good! / McDougall, John
Weight Loss Boss: How to Finally Win at Losing / Kirchhoff, David

History
Glock: The Rise of America's Gun / Barrett, Paul

House / Home
Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces / Gillingham-Ryan, Maxwell
Design Ideas for Fireplaces / Stickels, Karen

Humor
I Am a Pole (and So Can You!) / Colbert, Stephen

Literature
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human / Gottschall, Jonathan

Music
The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music is the World’s Wild Places / Krause, Bernie

Pets / Animals
Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me about Life, Love, and Coming Clean / Galaxy, Jackson
Cats Behaving Badly: Why Cats Do the Naughty Things They Do / Haddon, Celia

Photography
Dear Photograph / Jones, Taylor

Politics / Political Science
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power / Maddow, Rachel
The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It / Noah, Timothy

The World America Made / Kagan, Robert

Psychology
The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Providing the Clues to Unlock the Secrets of Normal and Abnormal Behavior / Smoller, Jordan

Religion
Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement / Dobson, James C.
The Popular Handbook on the Rapture: Experts Speak Out on End-Times Prophecy / LaHaye, Tim
Uncommon Manhood: Secrets to What It Means to Be a Man / Dungy, Tony
Unstuck: Your Life. God's Design. Real Change / Ross, Michael

Science / Nature
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History / Williams, Florence
Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens / Wulf, Andrea
DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America / Sykes, Bryan
The Land Grabbers: The New Fight Over Who Owns the Earth / Pearce, Fred
The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet / Robbins, Jim
Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame / Boehm, Christopher
North American Wildlife: An Illustrated Guide / Reader's Digest
The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea / Roberts, Callum

Self-Help
The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive / Burchard, Brendon
The Creativity Cure: A Do-It-Yourself Prescription for Happiness / Barron, Carrie

Sociology / Social Science
Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character / Hitt, Jack
Exit: The Endings That Set Us Free / Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash / Humes, Ed
On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War / Wasserstein, Bernard
The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times / Hochschild, Arlie Russell
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf / Bobrow-Strain, Aaron

Sports / Recreation
Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball’s Greatest Gift / Araton, Harvey
Illegal Procedure: A Sports Agent Comes Clean on the Dirty Business of College Football / Luchs, Josh

True Crime
The Aleppo Codex: The True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the International Pursuit of an Ancient Bible / Friedman, Matti
L.A. '56: A Devil in the City of Angels / Engel, Joel
Most Wanted: Pursuing Whitey Bulger, the Murderous Mob Chief the FBI Secretly Protected / Foley, Thomas J.
O.J. Is Innocent and I Can Prove It / Dear, William C.

Audiobooks
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake / Quindlen, Anna