{"id":6331,"date":"2020-05-08T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2020-05-08T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:53:41","slug":"new-nonfiction-titles-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/2020\/05\/08\/new-nonfiction-titles-19\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nonfiction Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

American Sherlock <\/em>by Kate\nDawson:<\/strong> From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air comes the riveting\nstory of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hope of Glory <\/em>by Jon\nMeachum:<\/strong> Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham explores the seven last\nsayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and\ntheological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story. Jon\nMeacham returns us to the moment that transformed Jesus from a historical\nfigure into the proclaimed Son of God, worshiped by billions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Adams Under Fire <\/em>by Don\nAbrams:<\/strong> On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers\non the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has been\ncalled the first shots of the American Revolution. Yet when the British\nsoldiers faced trial, John Adams was determined that they receive a fair one.\nHe volunteered to represent them, keeping the peace in a powder keg of a\ncolony, and in the process created some of the foundations of what would become\nUnited States law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Girl, Stop Apologizing! <\/em>By\nRachel Hollis:<\/strong> Rachel Hollis is sounding a wake-up call. With a challenge\nto women everywhere to stop talking themselves out of their dreams, Hollis\nidentifies the excuses to let go of, the behaviors to adopt, and the skills to\nacquire on the path to growth, confidence, and believing in yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brain Wash <\/em>by David\nPerlmutter:<\/strong> Based on the latest science, the book identifies the mental\nhijacking that undermines each and every one of us, and presents the tools\nnecessary to think more clearly, make better decisions, strengthen bonds with\nothers, and develop healthier habits. Featuring a 10-day boot camp program,\nincluding a meal plan and 40 delicious original recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Age of Entitlement <\/em>by\nChristopher Caldwell:<\/strong> A sweeping 50-year history of how the Baby Boomers\ntook the reforms of the 1960s too far, leading to a multitude of contradictions\nin American society and values that caused our current political polarization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pearls of Wisdom <\/em>by Barbara\nBush:<\/strong> The best advice First Lady Barbara Bush offered her family, staff,\nand close friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Woman of No Importance <\/em>by\nSonia Purnell:<\/strong> The never-before-told story of one woman’s heroism that\nchanged the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an\nurgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We\nmust find and destroy her.” This spy was Virginia Hall, a young American\nwoman who talked her way into the spy organization dubbed Churchill’s “ministry\nof ungentlemanly warfare.” Told with Purnell’s signature insight and\nnovelistic panache, A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how\none woman’s fierce persistence helped win the war <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Game of Forgiveness <\/em>by Katherine\nSchwarzenegger:<\/strong>Written with\ngrace and understanding and based on more than twenty in-depth interviews and\nstories as well as personal reflections from Schwarzenegger Pratt herself, The\nGift of Forgiveness is about one of the most difficult challenges in life:\nlearning to forgive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Alliance Public Library\nremains closed to the public, patrons wishing to pick up materials may login at\nhttps:\/\/alliancelibrary.org<\/a> using\ntheir patron number and phone number to browse our collection and\nelectronically place holds on items. Patrons will be notified by staff when\ntheir items are ready, after which they may be picked up inside the West\nentrance during the following times: Monday-Friday: 10:00 to 10:15; 12:00 to\n12:15; 2:00 to 2:15; 4:00 to 4:15; 5:00 to 5:15; and Saturday: 10:00 to 10:15.\nItems placed on hold after 4 p.m. will not be available for pick up until the\nnext business day, and items placed on hold on Fridays after 4 p.m. will not be\navailable for pick up until Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Sherlock by Kate Dawson: From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century. The Hope of Glory by Jon Meachum: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and theological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story. Jon Meacham returns us to the moment that transformed Jesus from a historical figure into the proclaimed Son of God, worshiped by billions. John Adams Under Fire by Don Abrams: On the\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-6331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookworm"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6332,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6331\/revisions\/6332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/alliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}