New Nonfiction
I Feel bad About My Neck: And other thoughts on being a woman by Nora Ephron
Essays include: I feel bad about my neck -- I hate my purse -- Serial monogamy : a memoir -- On maintenance -- Blind as a bat -- Parenting in three stages -- Moving on -- Me and JFK : now it can be told -- Me and Bill : the end of love -- Where I live -- The story of my life in 3,500 words or less -- The lost strudel or Le strudel perdu -- On rapture -- What I wish I'd known -- Considering the alternative.
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower achieves an unprecedented level of intimacy and insight by telling the story through the interweaving lives of four men: the two leaders of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri; the FBI's counterterrorism chief, John O'Neill; and the former head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki al-Faisal.
Midwest Marvels: Roadside attractions across Iowa, Minnesota, the dakotas, and Wisconsin by Eric Dregni
Regional travel expert Eric Dregni takes the reader on a slightly off-center tour of the bizarre—and the beautiful—across Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin, and directs road-trippers to the one-of-a-kind oddities that cause drivers to turn off the interstate in awe.
My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What being Elmo has taught me about life, love, and laughing out loud by Kevin Clash
For the past seventeen years, Kevin Clash has lived a secret life of the best and most rewarding kind, taking on the identity of the beloved cherry red monster known as Elmo. In My Life as a Furry Red Monster, Kevin shares what he has learned about love, joy, creativity, friends, and more from this most unlikely of teachers- and how all of us can benefit from acting a little more like Elmo.
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs by Zahi A. Hawass
Official Companion Book to the Exhibition, Sponsored by National Geographic Society