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CNN's Fareed Zakaria traces the history of progress - and backlash - from 1600 to the present in Age of Revolutions while Henry Louis Gates Jr. considers how Black Americans have used the written word to def…
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New Nonfiction Roundup – March 2024

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March 6

CNN's Fareed Zakaria traces the history of progress - and backlash - from 1600 to the present in Age of Revolutions while Henry Louis Gates Jr. considers how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves in The Black Box. Jonathan Haidt investigates how the rewiring of childhood has caused an epidemic of mental illness in The Anxious Generation. Judith Butler presents an essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics worldwide in Who's Afraid of Gender? and Noah Feldman provides a guide to contemporary Judaism with To Be a Jew Today.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Steven Hahn uncovers the deep-seeded roots of populism in Illiberal America; former Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer argues that pragmatism, not textualism, is the superior philosophy when Reading the Constitution; and Manisha Sinha revisits the failure of Reconstruction in The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic. James Kaplan tells the story of jazz through three towering artists - Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans - in 3 Shades of Blue. And Joshua Robinson tells the riveting tale of how Formula 1 became the world's fastest growing sport in The Formula.

Jess Damuck's follows up Salad Freak with a fresh take on hippie food in Health Nut. Lidey Houck delivers delicious and doable recipes for every day in Cooking in Real Life while Supermodel Gisele Bündchen presents 100 recipes to empower your body and feed your soul in Nourish. Josh Scherer teams up with the duo behind the internet's most watched daily show with simple rules for cooking deliciously and eating happily in with Rhett and Link Present: The Mythical Cookbook. Alyssa Rivers provides 120 simple recipes for busy people in The Tried & True Cookbook. Dan Pashman delivers 81 pasta recipes for saucy people in Anything's Pastable.

Andre Dubus reflects on a life of challenges, contradictions and fulfillments through a serious of personal essays in On Killers and Kin while Lauren Oyler interrogates the role of cultural criticism in No Judgment. Pulitzer Prize-winner Marilynne Robinson presents a thrilling, radiant interpretation of the first book of the Bible with Reading Genesis. Morgan Parker traces the difficulty and beauty of existing as a Black woman in America today in You Get What You Pay For; Seattle's Geraldine deRuiter explains how food and cooking have stoked the flames of her feminism in If You Can't Take the Heat; Coast Salish author Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe continues to explore her indigenous identity and the power of community in Thunder Song; and Tessa Hulls delves into her family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife in the graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts.

Christine Blasey Ford tells the compelling true story of her testimony during Senate's consideration of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in One Way Back; Garrett Bucks reckons with "goodness" as the product of a liberal upbringing in The Right Kind of White; and Brad Gooch captures the magic of iconic artist Keith Haring with Radiant.

Emily Freeman teaches you the art of knowing when to stay, and when to walk away, in How to Walk into a Room while Daniel G. Amen and Charles Fay
provide parents with the skills to combine the power of neuroscience with love and logic to grow confident, kind, responsible, and resilient children and young adults with Raising Mentally Strong Kids . Sara Szal Gottfried helps you heal the trauma and other triggers that have turned your body against you in The Autoimmune Cure. "Accidental icon" Lyn Slater provides lessons on living boldly at any age in How to Be Old while Caroline Paul explores how outdoor adventure improves our lives as we age in Tough Broad. Anne Curzan presents a kinder, funner usage guide for anyone who cares about words in Says Who?, and The Moth collects unforgettable true stories of holding on and letting go in A Point of Beauty.

Physicist Harry Cliff reveals the mysterious anomalies challenging our understanding of the universe in Space Oddities while Matt Strassler shows how everyday life emerges from the cosmic ocean in Waves in an Impossible Sea. Abrahm Lustgarten examines how the overheating earth will make life in American unfeasible in On the Move, and Elizabeth Kolbert takes readers on an illustrated journey through climate change through 26 interconnected essays in H is for Hope.

And don't forget to check out March's Peak Picks!

~posted by Frank

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