{"id":6001,"date":"2020-01-24T11:43:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/?p=6001"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:14:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T21:14:07","slug":"new-nonfiction-titles-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/2020\/01\/24\/new-nonfiction-titles-18\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nonfiction Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Less Becomes More <\/em>by\nEmily Ley: <\/strong>Emily Ley brings a revolutionary exploration of how to live a\nlife of more in a world that often overwhelms to the point of burnout. Emily\nempathizes with readers in the throes of exhaustion and provides tools for\nnourishing their spirits and achieving a life where less becomes more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding Chika <\/em>by Mitch Albom:\n<\/strong>Bestselling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction for the first time in\nmore than a decade in this poignant memoir that celebrates Chika, a young\nHaitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart. Finding Chika\nis a celebration of a girl, her adoptive guardians, and the incredible bond\nthey formed–a devastatingly beautiful portrait of what it means to be a\nfamily, regardless of how it is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Body <\/em>by Bill Bryson: <\/strong>Bill\nBryson guides us through the human body–how it functions, its remarkable\nability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. Full of\nextraordinary facts (your body made a million red blood cells since you started\nreading this) and irresistible Bryson-esque anecdotes. The Body will lead you\nto a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in\nparticular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Republic, if You Can Keep It <\/em>by\nNeil Gorsuch: <\/strong>This rich collection offers Neil Gorsuch’s most salient\nwritings and speeches from his over three decades of thinking about the law as\na student, practitioner, professor, judge, and now justice. For court watchers\nand the general public alike, it provides essential insight into his judicial\nphilosophy and his views on the Constitution and the role of judges in our\nmodern republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastry Love: A Baker\u2019s Journal of\nRecipes <\/em>by Joanne Change: <\/strong>During her time as a pastry chef,\nrestauranteur, and cookbook author, Joanne Chang has created many a tasty treat\nand compiled the very best of them here, in what she considers not just a cookbook\nbut her baking journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hero <\/em>by Lee Child:<\/strong> In\nhis first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack\nReacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing\nus how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. Child\nteaches us how classic stories still shape our minds and behavior in an\nincreasingly confusing modern world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tap Code <\/em>by Carlyle Harris: <\/strong>Tap\nCode is the untold story of ex-Vietnam POW Colonel Carlyle “Smitty”\nHarris, who brought hope, strength, and the love of God to fellow American POWs\nby secretly reviving a long-unused military communication code. It was a\nlifeline as they endured torture and abuse, bringing unity and ultimately\nhelping them prevail over a brutal enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letters from an Astrophysicist <\/em>by\nNeil deGrasse Tyson:<\/strong> Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one\nof the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely\naccessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go\nbehind the scenes of his public fame by revealing his correspondence with\npeople across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers. In this\nhand-picked collection of 101 letters, Tyson draws upon cosmic perspectives to\naddress a vast array of questions about science, faith, philosophy, life, and\nof course, Pluto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Case Against Socialism <\/em>by\nRand Paul: <\/strong>Rand Paul, U.S. senator for Kentucky and America’s most\nprominent libertarian, makes a case against socialist ideology, showing the\nimpact of its deadly legacy and the threat of its new rise in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Less Becomes More by Emily Ley: Emily Ley brings a revolutionary exploration of how to live a life of more in a world that often overwhelms to the point of burnout. Emily empathizes with readers in the throes of exhaustion and provides tools for nourishing their spirits and achieving a life where less becomes more. Finding Chika by Mitch Albom: Bestselling author Mitch Albom returns to nonfiction for the first time in more than a decade in this poignant memoir that celebrates Chika, a young Haitian orphan whose short life would forever change his heart. Finding Chika is a\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookworm"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6002,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6001\/revisions\/6002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}