Staff Picks for April -- Nonfiction

Bake Yourself A Little Crazy

by Saltz, Joanna

Book - 2019

The recipes in this book are somehow both over-the-top and easy to make. Highly recommended for anyone with a sweet tooth. -- Recommended by Jen J. The recipes in this book are somehow both over-the-top and easy to make. Highly recommended for anyone with a sweet tooth. -- Recommended by Jen J. Show less

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When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People

How Philosophy Can Save Us From Ourselves

by Nadler, Steven M.

Book - 2021

This books is perfect for the current moment. People are inundated with bad ideas and misinformation. This book provides skills to spot bad ideas and arguments using philosophy and logic. -- Recommended by Faith B.W. This books is perfect for the current moment. People are inundated with bad ideas and misinformation. This book provides skills to spot bad ideas and arguments using philosophy and logic. -- Recommended by Faith B.W. Show less

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Spellbound

A Graphic Memoir

by Som, Bishakh

Book - 2020

Framed with a candid autobiographical narrative, this book gives us the opportunity to enter into the author's daily life and explore her thoughts on them...Show more Framed with a candid autobiographical narrative, this book gives us the opportunity to enter into the author's daily life and explore her thoughts on themes of gender and sexuality, memory and urbanism, love and loss."--Amazon. -- Recommended by Kirsten H. Show less

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Our Women on the Ground

Essays by Arab Women Reporting From the Arab World

Book - 2019

In "Our Women on the Ground", nineteen Arab women journalists tell us, in their own words, about what it's like to report on conflicts that are (quite literally) close to home. -- Recommended by Kirsten H. In "Our Women on the Ground", nineteen Arab women journalists tell us, in their own words, about what it's like to report on conflicts that are (quite literally) close to home. -- Recommended by Kirsten H. Show less

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Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid

The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change

by Hanson, Thor

Book - 2021

Details how plants and animals are responding to climate change. -- Recommended by Keenan M. Details how plants and animals are responding to climate change. -- Recommended by Keenan M. Show less

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Thanks for the Feedback

The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well (even When It Is Off Base, Unfair, Poorly Delivered, and Frankly, You're Not in the Mood)

by Stone, Douglas

Book - 2014?

Great techniques for not only giving feedback, but being on the receiving end. -- Recommended by Jude G. Great techniques for not only giving feedback, but being on the receiving end. -- Recommended by Jude G. Show less

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Major Labels

A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

by Sanneh, Kelefa

Book - 2021

The entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it-including rock, country,...Show more The entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it-including rock, country, punk, R&B, dance and hip-hop-woven together into a cosmic reckoning with music's evolution as a popular art form, as a huge cultural and economic force, and as an essential component to our identities, from Black Sabbath to Black Flag to Beyoncé, and beyond. -- Recommended by Dan. Show less

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