Catch These New Release Alerts

We have some terrific non-fiction books arriving in the Library in September. You may put a hold on them just like our other New Release Alerts located on our website. They are: Microtrends: the small forces behind tomorrow’s big changes by Mark J. Penn; Penn argues that the biggest trends in America are the smaller trends that go unnoticed or ignored–the microtrends. Testimony: France, Europe and the world in the twenty-first century by Nicolas Sarkozy; A proposal for putting France back on the path toward economic growth, social justice and modernity. The Age Of Turbulence: adventures in a new world by Alan Greenspan; Greenspan shares the story of his life and explains what the trend-lines of globalization are from here. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam; Halberstam considered this book to be the best book he ever wrote, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America’s postwar foreign policy. A Time To Lead: for duty, honor and country by Wesley Clark; Clark reveals his vision for America, at home and in the world. Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: the American military in the air, at sea and on the ground by Robert Kaplan; Kaplan lets readers experience up close the American military worldwide. Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the space age by Matthew Brzezinski; For the fiftieth anniversary of Sputnik, the behind-the-scenes-story of the fierce battles on earth that launched the superpowers into space. Avoid Boring People: and other lessons from a life in science by James Watson; From the man who discovered ‘the secret of life’–Watson shares the secrets he has found to getting along and getting ahead in a competitive world. The Zookeeper’s Wife: a war story by Diane Ackerman. This is a true story–as powerful as Schindler’s List –in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.