New Nonfiction (with commentary): 6 April 2015
06 April 2015
A new series, published each Monday, sharing a selected list of new nonfiction titles to be published during the week. List originally published at The Reader's Advisor Online. Text in bold is commentary.
Acuff, Jon - Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
Ahlers, Amy - Reform Your Inner Mean Girl: 7 Steps to Stop Bullying Yourself and Start Loving Yourself
Apovian, Caroline - Age-Defying Diet: Outsmart Your Metabolism to Lose Weight–Up to 20 Pounds in 21 Days!–And Turn Back the Clock
Bamberger, Michael - Men in Green [Golf history.]
Bard, Elizabeth - Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes
Baur, Gene - Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day [Sigh. Most days I just don't have the energy to eat mindfully.]
Bergen, Candice - A Fine Romance
Bock, Laszlo - Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead [Ugh, Google. I tire of Google knowing everything about us, and now I'm supposed to let them transform the way I live and lead?]
Brett, Regina - God Is Always Hiring: 50 Lessons for Finding Fulfilling Work [Does God offer health insurance?]
Brower, Kate Andersen - The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Byron, Tanya - Skeleton Cupboard: Making of a Clinical Psychologist [Oooh, sounds juicy.]
Cho, Joy - Oh Joy! 50 Ways to Create & Give Joy [Print run of 100,000. Who is this Joy Cho?]
Cryer, Jon - So That Happened: A Memoir [Oh, I do love Jon Cryer, and can't believe it took "Two and a Half Men" to make him famous.]
Elsmore, Warren - Brick Vehicles: Amazing Air, Land, and Sea Machines to Build from LEGO
Franklin, Aaron - Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto
Garcia, Francis and Sal Basille - Staten Italy: Nothin’ but the Best Italian-American Classics, from Our Block to Yours
Goldsmith, Marshall - Triggers: Creating Behavior that Lasts--Becoming the Person You Want to Be [Sigh, I don't think I have the energy to create behavior that lasts.]
Grazer, Brian - A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life
Imig, Ann - Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We're Saying Now [You know with my current penchant for parenting books, I'm going to have to look at this one.]
Jakes, T. D. - INSTINCT for Graduates: The Power to Unleash Your Inborn Drive and Face Your Unlimited Future [And here come the meh gift books for the poor graduates.]
Markova, Dawna - Collaborative Intelligence: Four Influential Strategies for Thinking With People Who Think Differently
Maxwell, John C. - Wisdom from Women in the Bible: Giants of the Faith Speak into Our Lives
Meyer, Joyce - Get Your Hopes Up!: Expect Something Good to Happen to You Every Day
Norris, Mary - Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen [Love this title; will be checking out the book.]
Pennington, Bill - Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
Scaravella, Jody - Nonna's House
Schatz, Kay - Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!
Smiley, Tavis, with David Ritz - My Journey with Maya
Smith, Jamie - Gray Work: Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy [Will probably be scary, but who can resist a spy memoir?]
Torey, Allysa - At Home with Magnolia
Voltaggio, Bryan - Home: Recipes to Cook with Family and Friends
Yearwood, Trisha - Trisha's Table [Wow, 400,000 print run. I had no idea Trisha Yearwood was so big.]
So. What do you think? Anything look good there? A lot of cookbooks this week, it seems.