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• One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

  El Akkad, Omar, 1982-

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  A chronicle of a painful realization, a moral grappling with what it means, as a citizen of the U.S., as a father, to carve out some sense of possibility in a time of carnage. Multiple formats available.

• The Sirens' Call

  How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource

  Hayes, Chris, 1979 February 28-

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  From the MSNBC and podcast host, a reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society. eAudiobook available.

• Careless People

  a Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

  Wynn-Williams, Sarah,

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  Gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. Multiple formats available.

• Everything Is Tuberculosis

  the History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

  Green, John, 1977-

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  The story of Henry Reider is woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis. Multiple formats available.

• Abundance

  Klein, Ezra, 1984-

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  A call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life. Multiple formats available.

• Memorial Days

  a Memoir

  Brooks, Geraldine,

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  On a remote island off of the Australian coast, Brooks pondered the various ways in which cultures grieve and what rituals of her own might help to rebuild a life around the void of her partner's death. Multiple formats available.

• On the Hippie Trail

  Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

  Steves, Rick, 1955-

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  A glimpse into Steves' 1978 journey, the experience that ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world. Multiple formats available.

• The Next Day

  Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward

  French Gates, Melinda, 1964-

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  In a rare window into some of her life’s pivotal moments, Melinda French Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions. Multiple formats available.

• Who Is Government?

  the Untold Story of Public Service

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  Expanding on the Washington Post series, the collected profiles blow up the stereotype of the irrelevant bureaucrat. They show how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters. eBook available.

• The Book of Alchemy

  a Creative Practice for An Inspired Life

  Jaouad, Suleika,

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  Explores the art of journaling and shares everything she’s learned about how this life-altering practice can help us tap into that mystical trait that exists in every human: creativity. eBook available.

• How to Lose Your Mother

  a Daughter's Memoir

  Jong-Fast, Molly, 1978-

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  From the political writer and podcaster, a memoir about her elusive mother’s encroaching dementia and a reckoning with her complicated childhood. eBook available.

• Mark Twain

  Chernow, Ron,

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  Captures the man whose career reflected westward expansion, industrialization, and foreign wars, and who was the most important white author of his generation to grapple so fully with the legacy of slavery. eBook available.

• A Physical Education

  How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting

  Johnston, Casey,

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  Johnston's personal story frames a take-down of diet culture, and the ways we try to "get healthy" that actively make our bodies weaker, as she dives deep into the science of rebuilding mental, emotional, and physical strength.

• Boat Baby

  Nguyen, Vicky,

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  The NBC News anchor and correspondent tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter. Multiple formats available.

• Beyond Anxiety

  Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose

  Beck, Martha Nibley, 1962-

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  To climb out of an anxiety spiral, Beck offers, we must engage different parts of our nervous system—the parts involved in creativity. Multiple formats available.

• Raising Hare

  Dalton, Chloe,

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  Chronicles the journey of the author with a newborn hare she encounters in the countryside; also takes a deep dive into the lives and nature of hares, and the way they have been viewed historically in culture. eAudiobook available.

• The House of My Mother

  a Daughter's Quest for Freedom

  Franke, Shari, 2003-

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  No stone is left unturned as Franke exposes the perils of influencer culture and shares for the first time her battle for truth and survival in the face of her mother’s cruelty. eBook available.

• My Next Breath

  a Memoir

  Renner, Jeremy,

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  The story of the actor's near-fatal accident, and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time. eAudiobook available.

• Dare I Say It

  Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause

  Watts, Naomi, 1968-

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  Blends funny and poignant stories from the actress and her friends with advice from doctors, hormone experts, and nutritionists to take the secrecy and shame out of menopause and aging. eAudiobook available.

• A Change of Habit

  Leaving Behind My Husband, Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun

  Monica Clare, Sister,

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  For years, the voice calling her to a simpler, quieter life had been getting louder. That’s how Clare found herself walking into a convent, preparing to live alongside 11 others who’d taken the same vow of poverty and celibacy...indefinitely.