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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
“An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—The New York Times
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • NAMED THE #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Longlist
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Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism, highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation: the courageous Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment.
“Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism . . . Propulsive and gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown’s ability to make us care deeply about the fates of these individual soldiers . . . a page-turner.” —The Wall Street Journal
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Chasing the Thrill: Obesssion, Death, and Glory in America’s Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt by Daniel Barbarisi
A full-throttle, first-person account of the treasure hunt created by eccentric millionaire art dealer—and, some would say, robber baron—Forrest Fenn that became the stuff of contemporary legend.
“Chasing the Thrill lives where all the best stories reside, on that thin edge between amazing and impossible.” —Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run
“I devoured this book in one sitting.”—Susan Casey, author of Voices in the Ocean
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
The true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry—with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter.
“Deserves a place beside Alfred Lansing’s immortal classic Endurance.”—Nathaniel Philbrick
“Julian Sancton has deftly rescued this forgotten saga from the deep freeze.”—Hampton Sides
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The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice by Scott Ellsworth
The definitive, newsbreaking account of the reopened investigation into the Tulsa Race Massacre and its aftermath.
“A vital history of a racially motivated mass murder a century ago . . . An essential historical record surrounding heinous events that have yet to be answered with racial justice.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
One of Oprah Daily’s 20 of the Best Books to Pick Up This May | One of The Oklahoman’s 15 books to help you learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre as the 100-year anniversary approaches
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The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale
Internationally bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Kate Summerscale follows a ghost hunter in 1938 London in a case that illuminates changing social attitudes toward psychoanalysis, sexuality, and the supernatural.
“Summerscale’s writing is so inviting, the historical details folded into the narrative so well, that The Haunting of Alma Fielding reads like a novel you don’t want to put down.” —NPR
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Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova
A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.
“Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the nuances of human memory”—Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author of How the Mind Works
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard
From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery.
“Elegantly detailed . . . deeply personal . . . A testament to Simard’s skill as a science communicator. Her research is clearly defined, the steps of her experiments articulated, her astonishing results explained and the implications laid bare: We ignore the complexity of forests at our peril.”—The New York Times
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Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things by Kelly Williams Brown
From the New York Times bestselling author of Adulting comes a story about how to make something when you’re capable of nothing.
“In Easy Crafts for the Insane, crafting tutorials serve as the backdrop of a life dissolved, then glued back together. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you might even make things.” —Country Living
“Kelly’s hilarious, inspiring, and instructional memoir not only adds an important new voice to the cultural conversation on mental health and self-care, it also taught me how to make a nail polish dragon egg, which I never knew I needed in my life until now.” —Alexi Pappas, author of Bravey
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Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike by Brian Castner
A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; very few did, but many thousands of them died in the attempt.
“Brian Castner’s Stampede is a masterful narrative history—deeply researched, beautifully written, and utterly compelling. Novelistic in the best sense, with vivid characters and carefully reconstructed scenes of life among the prospectors, this book is an endlessly fascinating joy to read.” —Phil Klay, author of Missionaries and winner of the National Book Award
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Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning by Alan Maimon
From investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Alan Maimon comes the story of how a perfect storm of events has had a devastating impact on life in small town Appalachia, and on the soul of a shaken nation.
“This book is harrowing, angering, and, most importantly, true.” —Wiley Cash, New York Times bestselling author of A Land More Kind Than Home
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Agent Sonya: Moscow’s Most Daring Wartime Spy by Ben Macintyre
The “master storyteller” (San Francisco Chronicle) behind the New York Times bestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers the true story behind the Cold War’s most intrepid female spy.
“[An] immensely exciting, fast-moving account.”—The Washington Post
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Foreign Affairs • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal
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Chatter: The Voice in Our Hear, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross
An award-winning psychologist reveals the hidden power of our inner voice and shows how to harness it to combat anxiety, improve physical and mental health, and deepen our relationships with others.
“This compelling collection of stories examines the power that we have to harness our positive and negative thoughts through the conversations we have with ourselves in silent and the incredible that’s already within us to embrace our highest self.”—CNN
One of the best new books of the year • The Washington Post • BBC, USA Today • CNN Underscored • Shape • Behavioral Scientist • PopSugar
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