adult non-fiction for May 2013
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  1,001 pearls of fishing wisdom : advice and inspiration for sea, lake, and stream
  65 things to do when you retire : travel
  Ancient Israel : the Former Prophets : Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings : a translation with commentary
  Bridging two dynasties : the 1947 New York Yankees
  Captive in Iran : a remarkable true story of hope and triumph amid the horror of Tehran's brutal Evin Prison
  Clever crocheted accessories : 25 quick weekend projects
  Comfort food makeovers : all your favorites made lighter
  Cooks, clowns and cowboys : 101 skills and experiences to discover on your travels
  Inside the baseball hall of fame : the national baseball hall of fame and museum
  Mad men, mad world : sex, politics, style, and the 1960s
  Queen Victoria's book of spells : an anthology of gaslamp fantasy
  Rock chronicles : every legend, every line-up, every look
  The adventurer's guide to the outdoors : 100 essential skills for surviving in the wild.
  The early Dürer
  Weight Watchers 50th anniversary cookbook : 280 delicious recipes for every meal.
  What my mother gave me : thirty-one women on the gifts that mattered most
  Abrahamian, Ervand The coup : 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.-Iranian relations
  Adamson, Allen P. The edge : 50 tips from brands that lead
  Alba, Jessica The honest life : living naturally and true to you
  Aldrich, Alexandra. Astor orphan : a memoir
  Angelou, Maya Mom & me & mom
  Anka, Paul. My way : an autobiography
  Arison, Shari Activate your goodness : transforming the world through doing good
  Aronson, Jane Carried in our hearts : the gift of adoption : inspiring stories of families created across continents
  Bacher, Miche. Cooking with flowers : sweet and savory recipes with rose petals, lilacs, lavender, and other edible flowers
  Bagli, Charles. Other people's money : inside the housing crisis and the demise of the greatest real estate deal ever made
  Ball, Philip Curiosity : how science became interested in everything
  Barnett, Kristine. The spark : a mother's story of nurturing genius
  Becker, Elizabeth. Overbooked : the exploding business of travel and tourism
  Beeforth, Annabel Style me vintage. Weddings : an inspirational guide to styling the perfect vintage wedding
  Bennett-Goleman, Tara. Mind whispering : a new map to freedom from self-defeating emotional habits
  Besser, Richard Tell me the truth, doctor : easy-to-understand answers to your most confusing and critical health questions
  Bissonnette, Barbara A. The complete guide to getting a job for people with Asperger's syndrome : find the right career and get hired
  Blum, Susan S. The immune system recovery plan : a doctor's 4-step program to feel better now
  Boggan, Steve. Follow the money : a month in the life of a ten-dollar bill
  Bolelli, Daniele Create your own religion : a how-to book without instructions
  Bondy, Filip Who's on worst? : the lousiest players, biggest cheaters, saddest goats and other antiheroes in baseball history
  Boo, Katherine. Behind the beautiful forevers
  Bowden, Jonny. The great cholesterol myth : why lowering your cholesterol won't prevent heart disease-- and the statin-free plan that will
  Bretherton, Caroline. Pies : sweet and savory
  Brown, Kendall H. Quiet beauty : Japanese gardens of North America
  Brown, Peter Through the eye of a needle : wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
  Burnett, Carol. Carrie and me : a mother-daughter love story
  Burton, Valorie Your 5-minute personal coach
  Byl, Christine Dirt work : an education in the woods
  Cameron, Julia. Safe journey : prayers for frightened fliers and other anxious souls
  Cannadine, David The undivided past : humanity beyond our differences
  Carolla, Adam. Not Taco Bell material : a memoir
  Carson, Anne Red doc
  Cather, Willa April twilights and other poems
  Cepeda, Raquel. Bird of paradise : how I became Latina
  Chapman, Marina The girl with no name : the incredible story of a child raised by monkeys
  Cheney, Dina. Year-round slow cooker : 100 favorite recipes for every season
  Chiarello, Michael. Michael Chiarello's live fire : 125 recipes for cooking outdoors
  Clark, Christopher M. The sleepwalkers : how Europe went to war in 1914
  Coburn, Broughton The vast unknown : America's first ascent of Everest
  Cochran, Sherman The Lius of Shanghai
  Cook, Kevin Flip : the inside story of TV's first Black superstar
  Cordey, Huw. North America : a world in one continent
  Cotton, Gayle. Say anything to anyone, anywhere : 5 keys to successful cross cultural communication
  Couch, Julianne. Traveling the power line : from the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy
  Coughlin, Tom Earn the right to win : how success in any field starts with superior preparation
  Cramer, Richard Ben. What it takes : the way to the White House
  Crawford, Martin How to grow perennial vegetables
  Crawford, Susan P. Captive audience : the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age
  Dalkin, Gaby Absolutely avocados
  Dalrymple, William. The return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan 1839-42
  D'Antonio, Michael. Mortal sins : sex, crime, and the era of Catholic scandal
  Dawisha, A. I. The second Arab awakening : revolution, democracy, and the Islamist challenge from Tunis to Damascus
  Delio, Marina. The yummy mummy kitchen : 100 effortless and irresistible recipes to nourish your family with style and grace
  DeMuth, Phil The affluent investor : joining the 1%
  Di Bonaventura, Allegra. For Adam's sake : a family saga in colonial New England
  DiMickele, Susan M. Working women of the Bible : timeless mentors for modern women
  Dorling Kindersley, Inc. Baby knits made easy.
  Dotson, Bob American story : a lifetime search for ordinary people doing extraordinary things
  Dreher, Rod. The little way of Ruthie Leming : a southern girl, a small town, and the secret of a good life
  Drollette, Dan, Jr. Gold rush in the jungle : the race to discover and defend the rarest animals of Vietnam's "lost world"
  Eagle, Ellen. Pastel painting atelier : essential lessons in techniques, practices, and materials
  Edwards, Laurie In the kingdom of the sick : a social history of chronic illness in America
  Eichstaedt, Peter H. Above the din of war
  Elias, Rayya. Harley Loco : hard living, hair, and post-punk from the Middle East to the Lower East Side
  Ellis, Cassandra. Quilt love : simple projects to stitch & treasure
  Emanuel, Ezekiel J. Brothers Emanuel : a memoir of an American family
  Erdreich, Sarah. Generation roe : inside the future of the pro-choice movement
  Evans, Eamon. Lord Sandwich and the pants man
  Faderman, Lillian. My mother's wars
  Fagin, Dan. Toms River : a story of science and salvation
  Farmer, Paul To repair the world : Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation
  Fassett, Kaffe. Kaffe Fassett quilts : shots and stripes
  Fawcett, Bill. Doomed to repeat : the lessons of history we've failed to learn
  Fernyhough, Charles Pieces of light : how the new science of memory illuminates the stories we tell about our pasts
  Fisher, Kenneth L. The little book of market myths : how to profit by avoiding the investing mistakes everyone else makes
  Fitzgerald, Matt. The new rules of marathon and half-marathon nutrition
  Flay, Bobby. Bobby Flay's barbecue addiction
  Flora, Carlin Friendfluence : the surprising ways friends make us who we are
  Fortnow, Lance The golden ticket : P, NP, and the search for the impossible
  Froymovitch, Riva. The end of the good life : how the financial crisis is creating a lost generation-- and what we can do about it
  Gamm, Scott. More money, please : the financial secrets you never learned in school
  Garson, Barbara Down the up escalator : how the 99 percent live in the Great Recession
  Gee, Alison Singh. Where the peacocks sing : a palace, a prince, and the search for home
  Gehring, Abigail R. The simple joys of grandparenting : stories, nursery rhymes, recipes, games, crafts, and more
  Geoghegan, John Operation storm : Japan's top secret submarines and its plan to change the course of World War II
  Gibbons, Leeza. Take 2 : your guide to creating happy endings and new beginnings
  Glatt, John. The prince of paradise : the true story of a hotel heir, his seductive wife, and a ruthless murder
  Goldstein, Joel No stone unturned : a father's memoir of his son's encounter with traumatic brain injury
  Goldstein, Neal. iOS 6 application development for dummies
  Goodall, Jane Seeds of hope : wisdom and wonder from the world of plants
  Grayling, A. C. The God argument : the case against religion and for humanism
  Guzman, Andrew T. Overheated : the human cost of climate change
  Hancock, James Gulliver. All the buildings in New York : that I've drawn so far
  Harper, Steven J. The lawyer bubble : a profession in crisis
  Harper, Valerie I, Rhoda : a memoir
  Harris, Bob The International Bank of Bob : connecting our worlds one $25 Kiva loan at a time
  Harris, Josh Captain Phil Harris : the legendary crab fisherman, our hero, our dad
  Hélène Magnússon Icelandic handknits : 25 heirloom techniques and projects
  Hell, Richard. I dreamed I was a very clean tramp : an autobiography
  Hensher, Philip. The missing ink : the lost art of handwriting
  Holt-Witt, Gretchen Cookies for kids cancer : all the good cookies
  Hook, Peter Unknown pleasures : inside Joy Division
  Houppert, Karen Chasing Gideon : the elusive quest for poor people's justice
  Houser, Elizabeth E. A woman's guide to pelvic health : expert advice for women of all ages
  Howell, Mikini. Plum : gratifying vegan dishes from Seattle's Plum Bistro
  Humm, Daniel. I love New York : ingredients and recipes
  Hunt, Mary Raising financially confident kids
  Hunter, John World peace and other 4th-grade achievements
  Hyman, Mark The blood sugar solution cookbook : more than 175 ultra-tasty recipes for total health and weight loss
  Irvine, William Braxton A slap in the face : why insults hurt, and why they shouldn't
  Jordan, Pete. In the city of bikes : the story of the Amsterdam cyclist
  Karski, Jan Story of a secret state : my report to the world
  Karsten, Joel Straw bale gardens : the breakthrough method for growing vegetables anywhere with no weeding
  Keever, Beverly Deepe. Death zones and darling spies : seven years of Vietnam War reporting
  Kerrigan Snyder, Bonnie. The unemployed college graduate's survival guide : how to get your life together, deal with debt, and find a job after college
  Kirkland, Stephane. Paris reborn : Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the quest to build a modern city
  Kirkman, Jen I can barely take care of myself : tales from a happy life without kids
  Kirkpatrick, Melanie. Escape from North Korea : the untold story of Asia's underground railroad
  Kirschner, Ann Lady at the O.K. Corral : the true story of Josephine Marcus Earp
  Kiyosaki, Robert T. Why "A" students work for "C" students : and "B" students work for the government
  Knox, Amanda, author. Waiting to be heard : a memoir
  Krznaric, Roman. How to find fulfilling work
  Kurland, Alexandra Clicker training for your horse
  Largo, Michael. The big, bad book of beasts : the world's most curious creatures
  LeDuff, Charlie. Detroit : an American autopsy
  Lehr, Dick. Whitey : the life of America's most notorious mob boss
  Lepard, Dan. Short & sweet : the best of home baking
  Lindberg, Eric Colorado : off the beaten path : a guide to unique places
  Lipman, Elinor. I can't complain : (all too) personal essays
  Lischer, Richard. Stations of the heart : parting with a son
  Little, Jamie Essential car care for women
  Madeira, Laura. QuickBooks 2013 in depth
  Mallos, Tess. The Complete Middle Eastern cookbook
  Margulis, Jennifer. The business of baby
  Marshall, Megan. Margaret Fuller : a new American life
  Matthews, Clare. Decking
  May, Gary Bending toward justice : the Voting Rights Act and the transformation of American democracy
  McMeekin, Sean July 1914 : countdown to war
  McNeill, Suzanne. Joy of Zentangle : drawing your way to increased creativity, focus, and well-being
  Meldrum, Carol. 30 min-knits : what can you knit in half an hour or less?
  Melton, Glennon Doyle Carry on, warrior : thoughts on life unarmed
  Millan, Cesar. Cesar Millan's short guide to a happy dog : 98 essential tips and techniques.
  Moore, Wendy How to create the perfect wife : Britain's most ineligible bachelor and his enlightened quest to train the ideal mate
  Morrison, Simon Alexander Lina and Serge : the love and wars of Lina Prokofiev
  Mort, T. A. The wrath of Cochise : the Bascom affair and the origins of the Apache wars
  Mosley, Michael The fastdiet : lose weight, stay healthy, and live longer with the simple secret of intermittent fasting
  Moss, Michael Salt, sugar, fat : how the food giants hooked us
  Mothes, Lee. Keep out! : build your own backyard clubhouse : a step-by-step guide
  Nagel, Thomas Mind and cosmos : why the materialist neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false
  Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza The dispensable nation : American foreign policy in retreat
  Navasky, Victor S. The art of controversy : political cartoons and their enduring power
  Neer, Robert M. Napalm : an American biography
  Newman, Leigh. Still points north : a memoir
  Nichols, Brian Taking charge with value investing
  Niequist, Shauna. Bread & wine : a love letter to life around the table, with recipes
  Noll, Bernadette. Slow family living : 75 simple ways to slow down, connect, and create more joy
  Nussbaum, Bruce. Creative intelligence : harnessing the power to create, connect, and inspire
  O'Brien, Edna. Country girl : a memoir
  Olson, Lynne Those angry days : Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's fight over World War II, 1939-1941
  Olsson, Helen. The down and dirty guide to camping with kids
  Omar, Qais Akbar. A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story
  Osmond, Marie The key is love : my mother's wisdom, a daughter's gratitude
  Ostertag, Rhonda Hiking Connecticut and Rhode island
  Owens, Steve. Stargazing for dummies
  Pagden, Anthony The Enlightenment : and why it still matters
  Paltrow, Gwyneth It's all good : delicious, easy recipes that will make you look good and feel great
  Parravani, Christa. Her : a memoir
  Paul, Caroline. Lost cat : a true story of love, desperation, and GPS technology
  Petit, Philippe Why knot? : how to tie more than sixty ingenious, useful, beautiful, lifesaving, and secure knots!
  Philbrick, Nathaniel. Bunker Hill : a city, a siege, a revolution
  Pollan, Michael. Cooked : a natural history of transformation
  Ponzek, Debra. The dinnertime survival cookbook : delicious, inspiring meals for busy families
  Pope, Loren. Colleges that change lives : 40 schools that will change the way you think about colleges
  Porter, Susan Eva Bully nation : why America's approach to childhood aggression is bad for everyone
  Prioleau, Elizabeth Stevens Swoon : great seducers and why women love them
  Prodromou, Ted. Ultimate guide to Twitter for business
  Raphael, Jody. Rape is rape : how denial, distortion, and victim blaming are fueling a hidden acquaintance rape crisis
  Ray, John Sams teach yourself iOS 6 application development in 24 hours
  Reel, Monte. Between Man and Beast
  Reynolds, Debbie Unsinkable : a memoir
  Rezendes, Cheryl. Fabric surface design
  Rieder, Jonathan. Gospel of freedom : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation
  Roach, Mary. Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal
  Roberts, Jennifer Lamphere. AMC's best day hikes in Vermont : four-season guide to 60 of the best trails in the Green Mountain State
  Robertson, Willie The Duck Commander family : how faith, family, and ducks created a dynasty
  Rodgers, Bill Marathon man : my 26.2-mile journey from unknown grad student to the top of the running world
  Rohde, David Beyond war : reimagining American influence in a new Middle East
  Rothenberg, David Bug music : how insects gave us rhythm and noise
  Rowan, Margaret. Handsewn : the essential techniques for tailoring and embellishment
  Rubin Stuart, Nancy Defiant brides : the untold story of two revolutionary-era women and the radical men they married
  Ruiz, Miguel The four agreements : a practical guide to personal freedom
  Rushkoff, Douglas. Present shock : when everything happens now
  Sabatini Sloan, Aisha. The fluency of light : coming of age in a theater of black and white
  Samuels, Howard C. Alive again : recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction
  Sandberg, Sheryl. Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead
  Sanfilippo, Diane. Practical paleo : a customized approach to health and a whole-foods lifestyle
  Scarboro, Elizabeth. My foreign cities : a memoir
  Schiff, Lewis. Business brilliant
  Schneider, Pat How the light gets in : writing as a spiritual practice
  Schreiber, Lynn C. Learn twitter in 10 minutes : the quickest way to learn to tweet
  Sedaris, David. Let's explore diabetes with owls
  Sederer, Lloyd I. The family guide to mental health care
  Sells, Chris. Building Windows 8 apps with JavaScript
  Seymour, Tom. Foraging New England : edible wild food and medicinal plants from Maine to the Adirondacks to Long Island Sound
  Shafia, Louisa. The new Persian kitchen
  Shankman, Peter. Nice companies finish first : why cutthroat management is over-- and collaboration is in
  Shapton, Leanne. Swimming studies
  Sheff, David. Clean : overcoming addiction and ending America's greatest tragedy
  Sheffer, Susannah Fighting for their lives : inside the experience of capital defense attorneys
  Sherman, Casey Animal : the bloody rise and fall of the mob's most feared assassin
  Sherman, Dan Maximum success with Linkedin : dominate your market, build a global brand, and create the career of your dreams
  Shrand, Joseph Outsmarting anger : 7 strategies for defusing our most dangerous emotion
  Simic, Charles New and selected poems, 1962-2012
  Simons, Eric. The secret lives of sports fans : the science of sports obsession
  Smith, Ian Shred : the revolutionary diet : six weeks, four inches, two sizes
  Smith, Robin L. Hungry : the truth about being full
  Smoak, Shelby. Bleeder : a memoir
  Smolin, Lee Time reborn : from the crisis in physics to the future of the universe
  Stewart, Amy. The drunken botanist : the plants that create the world's great drinks
  Stewart, Martha. Living the good long life : a practical guide to caring for yourself and others
  Stockman, David Alan The great deformation : the corruption of capitalism in America
  Stokes, Donald W. The new Stokes field guide to birds. Eastern region
  Stone, Curtis. What's for dinner? : delicious recipes for a busy life
  Strayed, Cheryl Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
  Sultan, Wafa. A god who hates : the courageous woman who inflamed the Muslim world speaks out against the evils of Islam
  Summitt, Pat Head Sum it up : 1,098 victories, a couple of irrelevant losses, and a life in perspective
  Sunstein, Cass R. Simpler : the future of government
  Sweet, Victoria. God's hotel : a doctor, a hospital, and a pilgrimage to the heart of medicine
  Switek, Brian. My beloved Brontosaurus : on the road with old bones, new science, and our favorite dinosaurs
  Tercek, Mark R. Nature's fortune : how business and society thrive by investing in nature
  Thomas, Cathy. 50 best plants on the planet : the most nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables, in 150 delicious recipes
  Todd, Gary Greatest ever boxing workouts
  Toder, Francine The vintage years : finding your inner artist (writer, musician, visual artist) after sixty
  Tychonievich, Joseph. Plant breeding for the home gardner : how to create unique vegetables & flowers
  Vardalos, Nia Instant mom : I thought I knew love, and then I met my daughter
  Vento, John. Financial independence (getting to point X) : an advisor's guide to comprehensive wealth management
  Waal, F. B. M. de The bonobo and the atheist : in search of humanism among the primates
  Wagner, Ethan. Collecting art for love, money and more
  Walker, Alice The cushion in the road : meditation and wandering as the whole world awakens to being in harm's way
  Walker, Alice The world will follow joy : turning madness into flowers (new poems)
  Wallis, Jim. On God's side : what religion forgets and politics hasn't learned about serving the common good
  Watterson, Lynne. The very easy guide to Fair Isle knitting : step-by-step techniques, easy-to-follow stitch patterns, and projects to get you started
  Weber, Jill P. Having sex, wanting intimacy : why women settle for one-sided relationships
  Wilkinson, Todd. Last stand : Ted Turner's quest to save a troubled planet
  Williams, Terry Tempest. When women were birds : fifty-four variations on voice
  Wills, Garry Why priests? : a failed tradition
  Wilson, Edward O. Letters to a young scientist
  Wilson-Miller, Wendie. The insider's guide to egg donation : a compassionate and comprehensive guide for all parents-to-be
  Wiman, Christian My bright abyss : meditation of a modern believer
  Wolff, Richard D. Democracy at work : a cure for capitalism
  Woodhead, Leslie How the Beatles rocked the Kremlin : the untold story of a noisy revolution
  Woods, Randall Bennett Shadow warrior : William Egan Colby and the CIA
  Zarin, Cynthia. An enlarged heart : a personal history
  Zuckoff, Mitchell. Frozen in time : an epic story of survival, and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II
  Zuk, M. Paleofantasy : what evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live


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