New Nonfiction

Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries.

A stunning blend of investigative journalism, authoritative science writing, and embedded ethnography. Every Human Intention captures the unsettling, lyrical beauty of the intimate moments and buried secrets that form Japan’s national drama. “An absolute marvel. Reveals the inner workings...

In 1920, as art and writing flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, W. E. B. Du Bois published The Brownies’ Book: A Monthly Magazine for Children of the Sun—the first periodical for African American youth, collecting original art, stories, letters, and activities to celebrate their identities and inspire their imaginations and ambitions. Building upon Du Bois’s mission, esteemed professor and scholar Karida L. Brown and celebrated artist Charly Palmer reimagine the groundbreaking publication with The New Brownies’ Book, gathering the work of more than 50 contemporary Black writers.

From the perspective of the young adult he was then, Francisco Jiménez describes the challenges he faced in his efforts to continue his education. During his college years, the very family solidarity that allowed Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave his family behind when he goes to Santa Clara University, but while Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to Mexico.

This heartwarming fictionalized autobiography tells the story of what it is like for a little girl to be growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. During this time, foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular, and evacuation at a moment’s notice was imminent. Although Jean appreciated the beauty of China - the mountains, the countryside, the sea - she knew she belonged in America and longed to make her home there.

Kernstück des Buches ist ein Essay, in dem er sich ausführlich mit den neuen Medien und ihrem Plattformcharakter beschäftigt, die traditionelle Massenmedien–maßgebliche Antreiber des »alten« Strukturwandels–zunehmend in den Hintergrund drängen. Fluchtpunkt seiner Überlegungen ist die Vermutung, dass die neuen Formen der Kommunikation die Selbstwahrnehmung der politischen Öffentlichkeit als solcher beschädigen.

Teens are notorious for attitude issues that create struggles for their own lives and those around them. This book teaches that life is a gift, that gratitude is critical, how to deal with days in bite-sized portions, and to trust God through the great days and worst days...

The Bible says that God has “assigned to you an area of influence” (2 Corinthians 10:13). The question is what will you do with it? In his newest book VIP, O.S. Hawkins takes readers through what it takes to create a life of Influence--vision, integrity, and purpose. Through inspirational...

The Involuntary American demonstrates how even indi­viduals of humble circumstances were swept into the mael­strom of the First Global Age. It expands our understanding of immigration to the colonies, colonial servitude, the link­ages and tensions between Europe, Massachusetts Bay, and America's northeastern frontier, and of New England socie­ty in the early colonial period.

At the start of 1932, the nation's worst economic crisis has left one-in-four workers without a job, countless families facing eviction, banks shutting down as desperate depositors withdraw their savings, and growing social and political unrest. Amid this turmoil, a political decision looms that will determine the course of the nation. It's a choice between two men with very different visions of America: Incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover and New York's Democratic Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The plan was as idealistic as it was audacious - and utterly unprecedented. Take thousands of broke writers and put them to work charting a country on the brink of social and economic collapse, with the aim of producing a rich and beguiling series of guidebooks to the 48 states. All this fell within the singular purview of the Federal Writers' Project - a division of the Works Progress Administration founded to employ jobless writers, from best-selling novelists and acclaimed poets to the more dubiously qualified.

In politics, the man who takes the highest spot after a landslide is not standing on solid ground. In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and shows how, from 1963 to 1966, these two...

When babies are born early, they often have trouble surviving. But special containers called incubators help babies grow by keeping them warm and protected. At first, people in the medical world were skeptical about incubators. But some trailblazing doctors believed in the technology—and put it on display across Europe and the United States. "Incubator exhibits" showed the public how incubators saved lives. The controversial displays led people to accept this medical innovation. Meet the doctors who invented the incubator and follow the incubator's fascinating rise with this history.

¡Cincuenta jóvenes espíritus afines que representan a cincuenta escuelas y estados de EE. UU. Han escrito ensayos que han sido combinados para crear un libro fascinante titulado, Diario de los Niños Atravesando COVID-19! ¡Autores juveniles, entre 7 a 13 años, elegidos de varias escuelas, pusieron los dedos en sus teclados y derramaron sus corazones para compartir sus experiencias personales durante el asalto de esta pandemia!

Because sometimes, life is going to suck, and you’re going to have to know how to handle it… What happens when you step on one of the great Lego pieces of life? When you get blind-sided? Thrown a curveball? When you get divorced? Or someone dies? You're going to need something more than the...

Stem-cell research. Cloning. Genetic engineering. Today, discoveries in biotechnology are occurring so rapidly that we can barely begin to address one ethical debate before another looms overhead. This brave new world we've entered is a daunting one as well, with disturbing implications for the...

I den här boken om Huddinge-Hanna fyller Hanna sex år. Och i födelsedagspresent så får hon precis det hon önskar sig, en prins och en prinsessa. Med lurviga pälsar och blöta nosar. Så blir det kalas med tårta och gräddbullar, och mormor ställer till med ett något annorlunda fyrverkeri. En rolig bok om hur det kan vara att fylla år, när allt blir som en dröm. Tomas Lagermand Lundme, kommer från Köpenhamn i Danmark och är utbildad dramatiker. Han har så jobbat med teater och underhållning samt skrivit flera böcker för barn och ungdomar.

When two-and-a-half-year old Sword first met her baby brother, Bow, her reactions were mixed. Would he take away all her mother's attention, or would he be a new playmate?

"Sally's Bored," is about a girl who is bored out of her mind and with the help of her mother and best friend Ava, she learns that with productive things in mind, her day can turn out to be excitingly surprising.

Is your child getting ready for eye surgery? Are they feeling a little nervous? Written by a board-certified anesthesiologist with 15+ years of experience, Getting Ready for My Eye Surgery tackles this head-on with a straightforward, interactive guide designed to ease your little one into the idea of eye surgery.