These nonfiction titles are coming out in December. Follow the link in each title to put the book on hold.
Self Help: This Is Your Chance to Change Your Life / Gabrielle Bernstein
Demystifies the power of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, taking its life-changing teachings out of the therapist’s office and into your everyday life.
Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History / Olivia Campbell
The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany.
Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe / Matthew Gabriele
The story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that would end an empire, upend a continent, and lay down the modern borders of Europe.
The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Based on a trove of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas’s resistance to reform doomed the monarchy.
Simple Goodness: No-fuss, Plant-based Meals Straight from Your Pantry / Makini Howell
Howell provides everything from practical tips to recipes for dips that double as sauces and can be used from breakfast to dinner, easy and healthy breakfasts, sustaining lunches, hearty suppers and delicious desserts.
The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant / Tae Kim
An authoritative, myth-busting account of Nvidia’s founding in 1993. How Nvidia saw the coming AI wave sooner than anyone else, and how it bet its future on a technology that had not yet arrived.
Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human / Guy Leschziner
Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger. These are The Seven Deadly Sins, the vices of humankind that define immorality. But do these sins really represent moral failings, or are they simply important and useful biological functions that humans need to survive?
Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God / Catherine Nixey
Heretic unearths the different versions of Christ who existed in the minds of early Christians, and the process of evolution—and elimination—by which Jesus became the singular figure we know today.
The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women’s Lives Forever / Lydia Reeder
History of the pioneering Mary Putnam Jacobi. She attended the Sorbonne medical school and conducted groundbreaking research in women’s health, smashing the patriarchy and confronting sexism in medicine and its Victorian-era prejudices.
The Let Them Theory: A Life-changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About / Mel Robbins
A self-help writer talks about mindset.
Matchmaker Matchmaker: Find Me a Love That Lasts / Aleeza Ben Shalom
Dating coach and Netflix star, will guide readers through her highly original perspective on dating, revealing the surprising ways in which a person’s dating habits directly influence their chances of finding lasting love.
Learning to Play Again: Rediscovering Our Early Selves to Become Better Adults / Kathryn Smerling
Improve relationships at home and work by remembering the lessons of childhood about conflict resolution, the excitement of discovery, the power of peaceful play and the magic of curiosity.
Open When: A Companion for Life’s Twists & Turns / Julie Smith
Dr. Julie shares the research-backed concepts and powerful skills we can use to weather our most vulnerable moments.
Taste of Home Comfort Food Classics / Taste of Home
The ultimate roundup of go-to dishes for bringing joy and lifting spirits. Serve the stick-to-your-ribs greats that families clamor for from potpies, mashed potatoes and hot wing dip to chicken soup, cinnamon rolls, mac ’n’ cheese, and so much more.
Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health / Kathy Willis
Good Nature explains how we can organize our homes, our time outdoors and the world around us to reap the health benefits of nature that science is only now just discovering.
Hour of the Heart: Connecting in the Here and Now / Irvin Yalom, M.D.
A deeply moving and revealing chronicle of the challenges and breakthroughs that come from a wholly new practice of one-hour, one-time-only sessions, from one of the most prominent psychotherapists of our time.
