Nonfiction Books on Order | Blanchester Public Library

1) Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend

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"More than a decade after his sudden passing, James Gandolfini still exerts a powerful pull on television and film enthusiasts around the world. His charismatic portrayal of complex, flawed, but always human men illuminated the contradictions in all of us, as well as our potential for grace, and the power of love and family. ... Bailey traces his rise from bit parts to character roles he enlivened with menace and vulnerability, to Tony Soprano, the...

2) The Golden Road: how ancient India transformed the world

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Dalrymple, William

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India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world. For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India's...

3) The good death: a guide for supporting your loved one through the end of life

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O'Brien, Suzanne B

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Many of us have to show up for someone we love at the end of life. Knowing how to do that changes everything. With over twenty years of experience as a hospice nurse, palliative care professional, and founder of the Doulagivers Institute, Suzanne B. O’Brien, RN has trained more than 350,000 people in what can be done to help the dying person, caregiver and other loved ones so they may move through each stage with as much comfort and ease as possible....

4) Hell & high water: Joe Biden's moment and America's existential election

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Heilemann, John

5) Hope: the autobiography

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Francis

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"Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis's Italian roots and his ancestors' courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day." --

6) John & Paul: a love story in songs

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Leslie, Ian

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"John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world. The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960's and, to this day, new generations continue to fall in love with their songs and their story. At the heart of this phenomenon lies the dynamic between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Few other musical...

7) Ocean: Earth's last wilderness

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Attenborough, David

8) The warrior: Rafael Nadal and his kingdom of clay

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Clarey, Christopher

9) We all want to change the world: my journey through social justice movements from the 1960s to today

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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

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For many, it can feel like change takes too long, and it might seem that we have not moved very far. But political activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar believes that public protest is a vital part of affecting change, even if that change doesn't come "right now." In We All Want to Change the World, he examines the activism of people of all ages, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds that helped change America, documenting events from the Free Speech...