New Nonfiction (with commentary): 14 March 2016
14 March 2016
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.
Abrams, Jonathan – Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution [Oh, good lord, March. Not a great month for people who are bored by both basketball and brackets.]
Biancaniello, Matthew – Eat Your Drink: Culinary Cocktails
Blizzard Entertainment – World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1
Brinkley, Douglas – Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America [I'm no huge fan of historian Douglas Brinkley--although he is a popular history author--but I do find FDR interesting. A jerk for cheating on Eleanor, but still interesting. 200,000 first printing.]
Broder, Melissa – So Sad Today: Personal Essaysi [Don't know if I'm up for this--"Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread that wouldn't abate for months. So she began @sosadtoday, an anonymous Twitter feed that allowed her to express her darkest feelings..." But I do love essays.]
Brogan, Kelly – A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives [100,000 first printing.]
Coleman, David & others – The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy Volumes IV–VI: The Winds of Change: October 29, 1962
Dillard, Annie – The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New [I've never been real enthusiastic about Annie Dillard, but she's a well-known essayist and novelist. I should check this out.]
Garrels, Anne – Putin Country: A Journey into the Real Russia [Gotta get this one, although I rather fear it might be scary.]
Hagerty, Barbara Bradley – Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife [Opportunity, my ass. So far midlife seems to be a horrifying spiral into niggling little health annoyances.]
Heisz, Deborah K. -Live Happy: Ten Practices for Choosing Joy [Oh, my God, another "be joyful" book. Nothing makes me feel more cantankerous.]
Kennedy, Caroline – She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems
Kerpen, Dave – The Art of People: 11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want [I don't buy that people skills will get me everything I want, but I might have to check this out anyway.]
Paris, Wendy – Splitopia: Dispatches from Today’s Good Divorce and How to Part Well
Roy, Rachel – Design Your Life: Creating Success Through Fashion and Style [Wow, 200,000 first printing.]
So, what do you think? Anything look good there?