New Adult Nonfiction Books August 2018

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100 Days of Real Food on a Budget: Simple Tips and Tasty Recipes to Help You Cut Out Processed Food Without Breaking the Bank by Lisa Leake
12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady’s Fight for Redemption by Casey Sherman

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A Deal with the Devil: The Dark and Twisted True Story of One of the Biggest Cons in History by Blake Ellis
A Girl’s Guide to Missiles: Growing up in America’s Secret Desert by Karen Lynnea Piper
A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks by Brooks Blevins
America’s Game: A History of Major League Baseball Through World War II by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 by Jo Walton
Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs by Cara Sue Achterberg
Apollo by Various
Astronomy: A Visual Guide by Ian Ridpath
At Least Know This: Essential Science to Enhance your Life by Guy P. Harrison

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Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding, its Apocalyptic Weather, its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-Class Metropolis by Sam Anderson

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Comics Experience® Guide to Writing Comics: Scripting Your Story Ideas from Start to Finish by Andy Schmidt
Complete Guide to Making Wooden Clocks by John A. Nelson
Cracking the SAT by Princeton Review
Crepe Paper Flowers: The Beginner’s Guide to Making & Arranging Beautiful Blooms by Lia Griffith

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Deadly Force: A Police Shooting and My Family’s Search for the Truth by Lawrence O’Donnell, Jr.
Divorce Without Court: A Guide to Mediation & Collaborative Divorce by Katherine E. Stoner; Lina Guillen
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy

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Einstein: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Relativity by Walter Isaacson
Essential Sustainable Home Design: A Complete Guide to Goals, Options, and the Design Process by Chris Magwood
Europa: How Europe Shaped the Modern World by Julio Crespo MacLennan

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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety by Sarah Wilson
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O’Brien
Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero by Christian Di Spigna
From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein
Future of Faith: The Path of Change in Politics and Society by Francis I.

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Game Shows FAQ: All that’s Left to Know About the Pioneers, the Scandals, the Hosts, and the Jackpots by Adam Nedeff
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You are So You Can Become Who You were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis
Going Our Way: My Life with Jim Ed Brown, Grand Ole Opry Legend and Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame by Becky Perry Brown
Graham Barnett: A Dangerous Man by James L. Coffey

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Handmade Soap: How to Create 20 All-Natural Pure and Fragrant Soaps by Tatyana Valda
Homeplace: A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk by John Lingan
How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice from White People by D.L. Hughley

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If Your Adolescent Has ADHD: An Essential Resource for Parents by Thomas J. Power
Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared by Jessica Honegger
Inglés Para tu Día a Día by S.A. Aguilar

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Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom

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Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit’s Most Notorious Serial Killer by J. Reuben Appelman
King Con: The Bizarre Adventures of the Jazz Age’s Greatest Impostor by Paul Willetts

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Latinos in the United States by Ilan Stavans
Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law by Jay M. Feinman
Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights

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Movement by Janet Dewart Bell
Man-Hunters of the Old West by Robert K. DeArment
Margaritaville, the Cookbook: Relaxed Recipes for a Taste of Paradise by Carlo Sernaglia
Measure what Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John E. Doerr
Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 3 by Jo Boaler
Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas. Grade 5 by Jo Boaler
Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 4 by Jo Boaler
Modern Druidism: An Introduction by Yowann Byghan

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New Poets of Native Nations by Heid E. Erdrich

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Oxford Companion to the English Language by Tom McArthur

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Pantheon: The True Story of the Egyptian Deities by Hamish Steele
Parent Alert!: How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online by Will Geddes
Peterson’s How to Get Money for College 2019

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Reader, Come Home: The Fate of the Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf
Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You by Heidi Grant-Halvorson

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Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the American Dream by Max Allan Collins
Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible: Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God by Liz Curtis Higgs
Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum
Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present by Peter Vronsky
South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in My Native Land by Julia Reed

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Table Tennis with Timo Boll: More than 50 Instructional Photo Series. His Game, His… Technique, His Know-How by Timo Boll
Tales from the Oklahoma Sooners Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Sooner Stories Ever Told by Jay C. Upchurch
Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World by Mike Brooks
Television Series of the 1990s: Essential Facts and Quirky Details by Vincent Terrace
The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince
The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation by Michael Cassutt
The Big Book of 100 Outdoor Activities by Laura Minter
The Complete Guide to Potty Training: The Step-by-Step Plan with Expert Solutions for Any Mess by Michelle D. Swaney
The Complete Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Insects by Martin Walters
The Easy 5-Ingredient Ketogenic Diet Cookbook: Low-Carb, High-Fat Recipes for Busy People on the Keto Diet by Jen Fisch
The Enthusiast’s Guide to Travel Photography: 55 Photographic Principles You Need to Know by Jordana Wright
The Four Color Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente
The Geysers of Yellowstone by T. Scott Bryan
The Handy Literature Answer Book: An Engaging Guide to Unraveling Symbols, Signs and Meanings in Great Works by Daniel S. Burt
The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis by Martha Craven Nussbaum
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide by Robert M. Overstreet
The Ozarks: An American Survival of Primitive Society by Vance Randolph
The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies are Undermining America and Dismantling the West by Malcolm W. Nance
The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace
The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies by Dawn Raffel
The Survival of the Princes in the Tower: Murder, Mystery and Myth by Matthew Lewis
The Sweet Life: Home Baking and Sweet Treats Italian Style by Liliana Battle
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen
The Viking Wars: War and Peace in King Alfred’s Britain, 789-955 by Max Adams
The Witch doesn’t Burn in this One by Amanda Lovelace
Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District by Hannibal B. Johnson

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Ultimate Book of Step-by-Step Cooking & Gardening Projects for Kids: The Best-Ever Book for Budding Gardeners and Super Chefs with 300 Things to Grow and Cook Yourself, Shown in Over 2300 Photographs by Nancy McDougall
Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House by Omarosa Newman
Unshakable Hope: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God by Max Lucado
Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling

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What your Fourth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Fourth-Grade Education by E.D. Hirsch
What your Third Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education by E.D. Hirsch
Who will Speak for America? by Stephanie Feldman
Wild Honey & Rye: Modern Polish Recipes by Ren Behan
Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult by Bruce Handy
Windows 10: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser

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Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer