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Nonfiction, September 2006
- Begg, Moazzam
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This is the searing story of one man's years inside the notorious American prisons at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandahar, and his Kafkaesque struggle to clear his name.
- Buruma, Ian
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Buruma returns to his native land to explore the brutal murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh at the hands of an Islamic extremist.
- Callahan, David
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In this forceful followup to The Cheating Culture, Callahan argues that the problems for most Americans are not abortion and gay marriage but rather issues that neither party is addressing — the selfishness that is careening out of control, the effect of a violent and consumerist culture on children, and the lack of a greater purpose.
- Canton, James
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Focusing on top trends, a preeminent futurist charts a course through the volatile changes that lie ahead.
- Chandrasekaran, Rajiv
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The former Baghdad bureau chief of The Washington Post presents a revelatory account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone — headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
- Clash, Kevin
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For the past 17 years, Clash has lived a secret life of the best and most rewarding kind, taking on the identity of the beloved cherry red monster known as Elmo. He shares what he has learned about love, joy, creativity, friends and more from this most unlikely of teachers.
- Cooper, Christopher
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363.34922 C776d 2006In this troubling expose of what went wrong with America's emergency response system after Hurricane Katrina, Christopher Cooper and Robert Block draw on exclusive interviews with federal, state and local officials to reveal the inexcusable mismanagement and how America is ill-equipped to handle large scale emergencies, be they floods or fires, natural events or terrorist attacks.
- Corera, Gordon
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Here for the first time is the inside story of the rise and fall of A.Q. Khan and his role in the spread of nuclear technology over the last 30 years.
- Doctorow, E. L.
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Through the eyes of a great American writer, readers will consider the secrets of literary creativity and whether they're different for science or slapstick comedy.
- Evans, Polly
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As a former editor at Hong Kong's largest weekly newspaper, Evans thought she knew China well. When she learned the Chinese had built enough new roads to circle the equator 16 times, she decided to take a fresh look at this vast nation.
- Franzen, Jonathan
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Sparkling, daring, arrestingly honest, this work narrates the formation of a unique mind and heart in the crucible of an everyday American family.
- Goldsworthy, Adrian
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In this landmark biography, Goldsworthy places Caesar firmly within the context of Roman society in the first century B.C.
- Goleman, Daniel
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Just as Emotional Intelligence redefined what it means to be smart, Goleman's new book transforms our understanding of relationships, from our most intimate moments to the crucial social issues of our time.
- Hager, Thomas
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Fast-paced and suspenseful, this is the sweeping history of the discovery of the first antibiotic and its dramatic effect on the world of medicine and beyond.
- Hughes, Robert
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The outspoken cultural critic turns his eye inward in an intimate memoir of his early life and times.
- Iversen, Jeremy
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Iversen recounts his experiences undercover at Mirador High in Anaheim, California and blows the lid off a world in which the sexual revolution runs unchecked, where the use of recreational drugs is chronic and where apathetic teachers don't even bother to teach.
- Jennings, Ken
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Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings traces his rise from anonymous computer programmer to nerd folk icon and explores his newly conquered kingdom: the world of trivia itself.
- Keenan, Brian
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In the course of a journey that takes him through four geographical quarters — from snowmelt in May to snowfall in September — Keenan discovers a land as fantastical as a fairytale but whose vastness has a very peculiar type of allure.
- Kurlansky, Mark
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The author of micro-histories Salt and Cod presents a provocative history that persuasively argues that the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and World War II could have been avoided by nonviolent means.
- Kynge, James
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Drawing on his years in the country and his fluency in Mandarin, Kynge probes beyond the familiar statistics to unearth the surprising reasons for China's explosive growth.
- Madigan, Tim
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B-Ma265i 2006A journalist recalls how an encounter with the icon of kindness led to a wondrous, life-changing friendship.
- Marchetto, Marisa Acocella
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Cartoonist Marchetto recounts her 11-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer — from diagnosis to cure and every challenging step in between. This graphic memoir is a portrait of one woman's supercharged life in Manhattan and a wonderful love story.
- McNichol, Tom
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McNichol tells the story of how Thomas Edison bet wrong in the vicious war between supporters of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). More than a juicy story, it is an object lesson in bad business strategy and poor decision making.
- Mendelson, Edward
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Mendelson, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, examines seven classic novels which tell life stories that are valuable to readers thinking about the course of their own lives.
- Newhart, Bob
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The first book from an icon of American comedy is a hilarious combination of stories from his career and observations about life.
- Noonan, William Sylvester
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Told by a longtime childhood friend of John F. Kennedy, Jr., this work is packed with never-revealed details of John and Carolyn Bessette's courtship and wedding, the launch of George, John's unusually close relationship with his mother, and the aftermath of the plane crash that killed John, Carolyn and Carolyn's sister.
- Rich, Frank
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A New York Times columnist reviews the trajectory of fictions spun by the Bush administration from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina, revealing the most brilliant spin campaign ever conducted.
- Rivenbark, Celia
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Rivenbark's hilarious essays explore the American South's excesses and contradictions.
- Smolin, Lee
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A renowned theoretical physicist argues that physics — the basis for all other science — has lost its way. With clarity, passion and authority, he charts the rise and fall of string theory and takes a look at what will replace it.
- Stiglitz, Joseph E.
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Nobel Prize winner Stiglitz focuses on policies that truly work and offers fresh, new thinking about the questions that shape the globalization debate.
- Thomas, Abigail
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When Abigail Thomas’s husband, Rich, was hit by a car, his brain shattered. Subject to rages, terrors and hallucinations, he must live the rest of his life in an institution. How she built a new life around the tragedy is a story of great courage and great change — of moving to a small country town, of a new family composed of three dogs, of knitting and friendship, of facing down guilt and discovering gratitude. This plainspoken book enacts the truth Abigail discovered in the five years since the accident: You might not find meaning in disaster, but you might, with effort, make something useful of it.
- Tyerman, Christopher
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Tyerman seeks to recreate the centuries of violence committed as an act of religious devotion. The result is a reinterpretation of the Crusades, revealed as both bloody political acts and a manifestation of a growing Christian communal identity.
- Van Zandt, Clinton
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An FBI hostage negotiator provides a white-knuckle portrait of his 25 years of service.
- Wilson, Edward O.
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In this daring work, Wilson states that Nature is a universal value — one that serves without discrimination the interests of all humanity — and proposes an alliance between science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity.
- Woodward, Bob
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After two best sellers on the Bush administration's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Woodward's new book on the Bush White House again provides an unparalleled, intimate account of the present state of national security decision-making.