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Melrose's bookshelf: new-non-fiction

Barron's GRE By: Sharon Weiner Green, M.A. Sharon

Unfamiliar Fishes By: Sarah Vowell

The Great Disruption By: Paul Gilding

Bossypants By: Tina Fey

The Life And Times Of Martha Washington In The Twenty First Century By: Frank Miller

"Just in time for the Fourth of July! A masterpiece nearly twenty years in the making, this archival volume contains the complete life story of Martha Washington, the twenty-first century freedom fighter created by comic-book megastars Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen)"

Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding By: Jessie Sholl

"When her divorced mother was diagnosed with cancer, New York City writer Jessie Sholl returned to her hometown of Minneapolis to help her prepare for her upcoming surgery and get her affairs in order. While a daunting task for any adult dealing with an aging parent, it’s compounded for Sholl by one lifelong, complex, and confounding truth: her mother is a compulsive hoarder. Dirty Secret is a daughter’s powerful memoir of confronting her mother’s disorder, of searching for the normalcy that was never hers as a child, and, finally, cleaning out the clutter of her mother’s home in the hopes of salvaging the true heart of their relationship—before it’s too late."

The Playful Brain By: Richard Restak

"It's no secret that puzzles are fun to solve. But when Dr. Richard Restak, a respected neuroscientist, discovered new research that proved puzzles could actually help the brain improve itself, he wondered: Could puzzles help arrest mental deterioration? And do different types of puzzles enhance different parts of the brain?"

American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee By: Karen Abbott

"With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, bestselling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age—told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and the world she survived and conquered."

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It By: Gary Taubes

"An eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes. Packed with essential information and concluding with an easy-to-follow diet, Why We Get Fat is an invaluable key in our understanding of an international epidemic and a guide to what each of us can do about it."