Citizen Reader

A weekly 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.

Amundsen, Lucie - Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm–from Scratch [50,000 first printing, but I just don't think I can do any more of these back to the land, sustainable living, let's all grow our own food books.]
Bakewell, Sara – At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
Blackmon, Jimmy - Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division [50,000 first printing.]
Canessa, Roberto - I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives [100,000 first printing. By one of the survivors of the plane crash in the Andes that was the subject of Piers Paul Read's bestselling book Alive. I thought Alive was one of the most fascinating books I've ever read, and I also read another survivor, Nando Parrado's, book Miracle in the Andes, so I'll be getting this one too.]
Cooper, Alex - Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began [50,000 first printing. Cooper recounts the story of telling her parents she was gay, and her experiences in a religious "re-education" facility for eight months.]
Desmond, Matthew - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City [Investigative nonfiction set in some of the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I just don't know if I have the strength to read it.]
Egan, Timothy - The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero [75,000 first printing. Egan's a popular nonfiction author, perhaps best known for his book The Worst Hard Time, about the Dust Bowl.]
Feinstein, John - The Legends Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano and the Story of an Epic College Basketball Rivalry [Feinstein's a hugely popular sports nonfiction author--hence, the 150,000 first printing.]
Furtick, Steven – (Un)Qualified: How God Uses Broken People to Do Big Things
Maclaine, Shirley - Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure [Maclaine's memoir of filming "Wild Oats" in the Canary Islands. 125,000 first printing.]
Meyer, Joyce - Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind, and Unleash Yourself from the Pressure of Stress [Wow, Joyce Meyer really pumps out books. She's a popular religious and self-help author.]
O'Keeffe, Stuart - Quick Six Fix: 100 No-Fuss, Full-Flavor Recipes - Six Ingredients, Six Minutes Prep, Six Minutes Cleanup
Rovelli, Carlo – Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Slater, Fanny - Orange, Lavender & Figs: Deliciously Different Recipes from a Passionate Eater
Wachob, Jason - Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé [I didn't even bother looking this title up, because the title alone makes me want to punch the author. Or perhaps that indicates I really need this book.]
Walton, Bill - Back from the Dead [Evidently I don't pay enough attention to sports--evidently Walton is an "icon"? Here's the ad copy: "This inspiring memoir from sports and cultural icon Bill Walton recounts his devastating injuries and amazing recoveries, set in the context of his UCLA triumphs under John Wooden, his storied NBA career, and his affinity for music and the Grateful Dead."]
Yang, Jingduan - Facing East: Time-Honored Health and Beauty Secrets for the Modern Age

So, what do you think? Anything look good there?