Nonfiction Hardcover

New nonfiction titles in hardcover hitting our shelves - updated weekly.

 

Fathoms: The World in the Whale Cover Image

Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Giggs
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982120696
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 28th, 2020
The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing Cover Image

The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing (Hardcover)

By Betsy Bonner
$26.95
ISBN: 9781947793774
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Published: Tin House Books - August 4th, 2020
Inventory: A Memoir Cover Image

Inventory: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Darran Anderson
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374277581
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl Cover Image

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl (Hardcover)

By Jonathan C. Slaght
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374228484
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 4th, 2020
Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife Cover Image

Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife (Hardcover)

By Ariel Sabar
$29.95
ISBN: 9780385542586
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Published: Doubleday - August 11th, 2020
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes Cover Image

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes (Hardcover)

By Eric Jay Dolin
$29.95
ISBN: 9781631495274
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Published: Liveright - August 4th, 2020
Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina Cover Image

Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina (Hardcover)

By Chris Frantz
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250209221
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Published: St. Martin's Press - July 21st, 2020
Birds: An Anthology Cover Image

Birds: An Anthology (Hardcover)

By Jaqueline Mitchell (Editor), Eric Fitch Daglish (Illustrator), Eric Fitch Daglish, Eric Fitch Daglish
$25.00
ISBN: 9781851245291
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Published: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford - August 13th, 2020
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women Cover Image

Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women (Hardcover)

By Kate Manne
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984826558
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Published: Crown - August 11th, 2020
Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future Cover Image

Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future (Hardcover)

By Shaun King, Bernie Sanders (Foreword by)
$26.00
ISBN: 9780358048008
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - August 4th, 2020
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Cover Image

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man (Hardcover)

By Mary L. Trump, Ph.D.
$28.00
ISBN: 9781982141462
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 14th, 2020
City at the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Reimagined Cover Image

City at the Edge of Forever: Los Angeles Reimagined (Hardcover)

By Peter Lunenfeld
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525561934
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Published: Viking - August 11th, 2020
Reports from Hell Cover Image

Reports from Hell (Hardcover)

By Chas Smith
$27.00
ISBN: 9781644280751
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Published: Rare Bird Books - August 11th, 2020
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women Cover Image

Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women (Hardcover)

By Kate Manne
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984826558
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Published: Crown - August 11th, 2020
Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto Cover Image

Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto (Hardcover)

By Michelle Bowdler
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250255631
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 28th, 2020
The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism Cover Image

The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism (Hardcover)

By Thomas Frank
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250220110
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Published: Metropolitan Books - July 14th, 2020
Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession Cover Image

Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession (Hardcover)

By Marjorie Garber
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374120856
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - July 14th, 2020
14 Miles: Building the Border Wall Cover Image

14 Miles: Building the Border Wall (Hardcover)

By DW Gibson
$28.00
ISBN: 9781501183416
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 7th, 2020
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt Cover Image

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt (Hardcover)

By Anonymous
$24.00
ISBN: 9780358216773
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - July 7th, 2020
The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained Cover Image

The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained (Hardcover)

By Colin Dickey
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525557562
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Published: Viking - July 21st, 2020
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World Cover Image

The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World (Hardcover)

By Sarah Stewart Johnson
$28.99
ISBN: 9781101904817
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Published: Crown - July 7th, 2020
A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir Cover Image

A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Colin Jost
$27.00
ISBN: 9781101906323
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Published: Crown - July 14th, 2020
Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir Cover Image

Bright Precious Thing: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Gail Caldwell
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525510055
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Published: Random House - July 7th, 2020
Blooming Flowers: A Seasonal History of Plants and People Cover Image

Blooming Flowers: A Seasonal History of Plants and People (Hardcover)

By Kasia Boddy
$22.00
ISBN: 9780300243338
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Published: Yale University Press - June 23rd, 2020
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir Cover Image

The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir (Hardcover)

By John Bolton
$32.50
ISBN: 9781982148034
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Published: Simon & Schuster - June 23rd, 2020
Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America Cover Image

Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America (Hardcover)

By Stacey Abrams
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250257703
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 9th, 2020
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy Cover Image

Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy (Hardcover)

By Larry Tye
$36.00
ISBN: 9781328959720
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - July 7th, 2020
Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life Cover Image

Rockaway: Surfing Headlong into a New Life (Hardcover)

By Diane Cardwell
$26.00
ISBN: 9780358067788
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - July 7th, 2020
Splash!: 10,000 Years of Swimming Cover Image

Splash!: 10,000 Years of Swimming (Hardcover)

By Howard Means
$28.00
ISBN: 9780306845666
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Published: Hachette Books - June 2nd, 2020
Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World Cover Image

Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World (Hardcover)

By Matt Alt
$28.00
ISBN: 9781984826695
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Published: Crown - June 23rd, 2020
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love Cover Image

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love (Hardcover)

By Valarie Kaur
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525509097
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Published: One World - June 16th, 2020
Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe Cover Image

Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe (Hardcover)

By Suzanne L. Marchand
$35.00
ISBN: 9780691182339
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Published: Princeton University Press - June 30th, 2020
The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency Cover Image

The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency (Hardcover)

By John Dickerson
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984854513
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Published: Random House - June 16th, 2020
Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World Cover Image

Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World (Hardcover)

By Robert M. Gates
$29.95
ISBN: 9781524731885
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Published: Knopf - June 16th, 2020
Stray: A Memoir Cover Image

Stray: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Stephanie Danler
$25.95
ISBN: 9781101875964
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Published: Knopf - May 19th, 2020
Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road Cover Image

Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road (Hardcover)

By Matthew B. Crawford
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062741967
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Published: William Morrow - June 9th, 2020
Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays Cover Image

Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays (Hardcover)

By Alexandra Petri
$25.95
ISBN: 9781324006459
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 2nd, 2020
Hollywood Park: A Memoir Cover Image

Hollywood Park: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Mikel Jollett
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250621566
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Published: Celadon Books - May 26th, 2020
The Madwoman and the Roomba: My Year of Domestic Mayhem Cover Image

The Madwoman and the Roomba: My Year of Domestic Mayhem (Hardcover)

By Sandra Tsing Loh
$25.95
ISBN: 9780393249200
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 2nd, 2020
The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table Cover Image

The Elements We Live By: How Iron Helps Us Breathe, Potassium Lets Us See, and Other Surprising Superpowers of the Periodic Table (Hardcover)

By Anja Røyne
$18.95
ISBN: 9781615196456
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Published: The Experiment - June 9th, 2020
Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown Cover Image

Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown (Hardcover)

By Jim Newton
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316392464
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - May 12th, 2020
My Vanishing Country: A Memoir Cover Image

My Vanishing Country: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Bakari Sellers
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062917454
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Published: Amistad - May 19th, 2020
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Cover Image

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)

By James Nestor
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735213616
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 26th, 2020
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World Cover Image

The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World (Hardcover)

By Patrik Svensson
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062968814
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Published: Ecco - May 26th, 2020
Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life Cover Image

Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (Hardcover)

By Zena Hitz
$22.95
ISBN: 9780691178714
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Published: Princeton University Press - May 26th, 2020
Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food Cover Image

Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food (Hardcover)

By Gina Rae La Cerva
$26.95
ISBN: 9781771645331
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Published: Greystone Books - May 26th, 2020
Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth Cover Image

Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth (Hardcover)

By Benjamin Taylor
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525505242
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Published: Penguin Books - May 19th, 2020
The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ Cover Image

The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest Organ (Hardcover)

By Monty Lyman
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802129406
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - June 2nd, 2020
The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth Cover Image

The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-Earth (Hardcover)

By John Garth
$29.95
ISBN: 9780691196947
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Published: Princeton University Press - June 9th, 2020
In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration Cover Image

In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration (Hardcover)

By Shane O'Mara
$25.95
ISBN: 9780393652086
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 12th, 2020
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency Cover Image

Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency (Hardcover)

By Olivia Laing
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324005704
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 12th, 2020
On Lighthouses Cover Image

On Lighthouses (Hardcover)

By Jazmina Barrera, Christina Macsweeney (Translator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781949641011
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Published: Two Lines Press - May 12th, 2020
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures Cover Image

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (Hardcover)

By Merlin Sheldrake
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525510314
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Published: Random House - May 12th, 2020

I just started dipping into this, a fascinating scientific study of the family fungi - the most numerous living things on earth, and arguably the least understood. At least by me - I don't know anything about them, other than that you shouldn't eat the little brown mushrooms you find in the woods. -sm

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking Cover Image

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking (Hardcover)

By Bill Buford
$28.95
ISBN: 9780307271013
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Published: Knopf - May 5th, 2020
The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums Cover Image

The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums (Hardcover)

By A. Kendra Greene
$17.60
ISBN: 9780143135463
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Published: Penguin Books - May 12th, 2020
The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum Cover Image

The Louvre: The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum (Hardcover)

By James Gardner
$30.00
ISBN: 9780802148773
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - May 5th, 2020
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt Cover Image

Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt (Hardcover)

By Steven Johnson
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735211605
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 12th, 2020

I read Johnson's book How We Got to Now while sheltering in place - he is a wonderful writer who has a remarkable ability to pull all the tiny threads of historical fact together into a glorious, well-told narrative. I've got this one on my short stack to be read at home. -sm

Pelosi Cover Image

Pelosi (Hardcover)

By Molly Ball
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250252869
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - May 5th, 2020
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think Cover Image

The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Ackerman
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735223011
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Published: Penguin Press - May 5th, 2020
Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy Cover Image

Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy (Hardcover)

By Alastair Gee, Dani Anguiano
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324005148
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 5th, 2020
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees Cover Image

A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees (Hardcover)

By Helen Jukes
$26.95
ISBN: 9781524747862
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Published: Pantheon - May 5th, 2020