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Nonfiction chat
with
Tina
February 2021
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My father,
the good
Nazi,
by Philippe
Sands
Intrigue:
The Ratline
BBC podcast by
Philippe Sands
“A mesmerising biography of a devoted
father, husband and war criminal, uncovered
with the help of his son” What Our
Fathers Did:
The Guardian review A Nazi
“The Ratline is in this sense not only about Legacy
events in the past, but their dangerous legacy
in the world today. A formidable piece of
historical sleuthing written with all the pace
and suspense of a thriller” Conversations
with Philippe
Financial Times review Sands
Publication date February 2021
The Ratline is available in print and through Libby
“What our fathers did” is available through hoopla
“This richly researched and beautifully
written book has its share of revelatory
moments.
But there is an enduring wisdom, too:
we are all trapped by circumstances —
sometimes extraordinary ones. Within
those bounds, our lives play out based
on character and chance.”
Financial Times review
Publication date 2020
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Conversation with the Reserve your copy
author Conversation with the author
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Watch author’s introduction of his book
“A haunting exploration of guilt and
responsibility, of roots and new beginnings” Publication date 2020
Arianna Neumann Reserve your copy
“He was a man in perpetual motion,
and Harris chases him with patience, clarity
and care.”
New York Times review Reserve movies by Mike Nichols
“A pleasure to read and a model biography:
appreciative yet critical, unfailingly
intelligent and elegantly written.”
Washington Post review
“Larger-than-life biography with a gala cast”
New York Times review
Mike Nichols: a Life is available in print
Five came back : a story of
Publication date February 2021
Hollywood and the Second
World War, by Mark Harris
Reserve your copy of Amsterdam
“Shorto awkwardly dances around his grandfather’s story, a history of the world's most
giving us some fascinating history on the numbers racket, liberal city
the Johnstown flood, Prohibition, his Sicilian roots and the
songs of Frank Sinatra.
Eventually, Shorto goes to the mattresses”
New York Times review
Reserve your copy of The Epic
Story of Dutch Manhattan and the
Forgotten Colony That Shaped
Publication date February 2021 America
Smalltime is available in print
A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic
Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to
overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge
her identity as a black woman in America
Publication date February 2021
Surviving the White Gaze is available in print
Watch an interview with the author
“Nicole LaPorte’s new book, Guilty
Admissions, goes deep on the world of
Los Angeles private schools, an
ecosystem primed for a second-rate con
man to exploit”
Vanity Fair review
Publication date February 2021
Guilty Admissions is available in print
Author talking about the book tonight
Publication date March 2021
The book is about how to
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have better disagreements -
whether that’s in the public
arena, or at work, or at
home.
Publication date February 2021“Copeland reiterates a few central questions
throughout the book: “How much of your
sense of yourself should scientists and
algorithms be allowed to dictate?”; “What
makes us who we are?”; and “Is it always
better to know the truth?”
Copeland’s balanced treatment of the
subject allows readers to reach their own
conclusions and shows them many of the
factors they might consider as they do.”
New York Times review
A deeply reported look at the rise
of home genetic testing and the
seismic shock it has had on
individual lives After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy
League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer
Reserve your copy pays tribute to the strong “hill women”
who raised and inspired her, and whose
What the author learned values have the potential to rejuvenate
after she submitted her a struggling region
DNA sample for a test
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Jennifer Doudna’s TED talk How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA
Reserve your copy of “The Code Breaker” Jennifer Doudna explains how CRISPR can be used to fight COVID-19Reserve your copy or borrow Reserve your copy or borrow
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Reserve your copy hooplaA memoir of love and loss, of being in the
right place at the right time, and of the
mysterious ways a beloved pet can bring
people together, from CBS Sunday Morning
News correspondent and multi-Emmy-Award-
winning Martha Teichner
“…a New York fairy tale with the city as its
vivid backdrop”
“I wrote the book to keep living the story. I
was retelling it to myself.”
Martha Teichner
Publication date February 2021
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