- Albright, Madeleine
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The former secretary of state offers a provocative and personal look at the role of religion in America's foreign policy. She argues that understanding the place and power of religion, and knowing how best to respond to it, is essential if America is to lead successfully around the world.
- Berman, Morris
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The author of The Twilight of American Culture demonstrates that the country has entered an inescapable social, cultural and economic "dark age."
- Brinkley, Douglas
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Veteran newsman Brinkley tells the complete tale of the 2005 storm that forced him and thousands of his fellow New Orleanians from their homes, offering a unique, piercing analysis of the ongoing crisis and its repercussions for America.
- Burroughs, Augusten
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From the author of Running with Scissors comes his most provocative collection of true stories yet.
- Connelly, Michael
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From Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter comes this collection of the gripping, true stories that inspired and informed his novels.
- Englert, Jonathan
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230.0732 E58c 2006
Against the turbulent backdrop of Catholicism today, Englert charts the journey of five men toward the priesthood at a seminary that specializes in "second-career" priests — men who come to their vocation later than their college years.
- Fuhrman, Mark
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Retired LAPD detective Fuhrman turns his sights on the biggest crime of the 20th century — the assassination of John F. Kennedy — cutting through the myths and misinformation to focus on the hard evidence of the crime.
- Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans)
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909 G632L 2005
Originally written for younger readers, this book tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. Superbly designed and freshly illustrated, this is the first English translation of a book written in 1935 in German and translated into 18 languages. Gombrich died in 2001 at the age of 92 while completing the English translation.
- Jentz, Terri
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Jentz recounts a bike trip from 30 years ago, when she and a friend camped out in rural Oregon and survived an attack by an ax-wielding man. No one was arrested, and Jentz's book describes her efforts to find the attacker.
- Junger, Sebastian
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In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking sex murder that exactly fits the pattern of the Boston Strangler. This narrative chronicles three lives that collide — and ultimately are destroyed — in the vortex of one of the first and most controversial serial murder cases in America.
- Klass, Perri
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This exuberant mother-daughter memoir offers a chronicle of the never-ending quest for success, inner peace, and a really clean kitchen. Recipes and knitting patterns included.
- Lloyd, Seth
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530.12 L793p 2006
In this clear, informative and entertaining narrative, a quantum computer scientist examines the history of the universe through the lens of a new theory — that the universe is computing its own dynamic evolution.
- Mortenson, Greg
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370.95491 M887t 2006
This memoir about an idealistic spy, who was CIA station chief in Vietnam, and his hippie rebel son tells the story of the latter half of the 20th century through a gripping family drama.
- Rusesabagina, Paul
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The man whose heroism inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" tells his story. In 1994, Rwanda hotel manager Rusesabagina offered shelter to more than 12,000 members of the Tutsi clan and Hutu moderates, while homicidal mobs raged outside with machetes.
- Safina, Carl
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Safina captures the delicate interaction between these gentle giants — the ancient leatherback turtle whose ancestry can be traced back 125 million years — and the humans who are finally playing a significant role in their survival.
- Talese, Gay
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One of the most influential nonfiction writers of his generation pens a candid, humorous, deeply impassioned, and dazzling book about the nature of writing in one man's life, and of writing itself.
- Thompson, Hunter S.
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A milestone for Thompson, this is the final chapter in a critically acclaimed three-volume collection of previously unpublished letters from one of America's most provocative literary icons.
- Trussoni, Danielle
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B-Tr775f 2006
Trussoni unflinchingly explores a daughter's love for her flawed father — a hard-drinking former Vietnam tunnel rat — and confronts the demons that haunt them both.
