“A non-fiction writer is a storyteller who has taken an oath to tell the truth.” -Russell Freedman
Our nonfiction section continues to expand this week; Stop in to browse our new books or visit marcellus.biblionix.com. Our most recent additions include:
Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom by Carl Bernstein is a memoir beginning with an audacious teenager, who develops his self-taught skills and eventually reshapes the field of journalism, and continues to define and work toward what real reporting should be.
Disarmed: The Radical Life and Legacy of Michael “MJ” Sharp by Marshall V. King is an autobiography detailing the life (and assassination) of a powerfully persuasive peacemaker who travelled the world bringing a message of nonviolence and leaving a legacy of peace in our war-torn world.
Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt shares the message that life on this planet is radically interconnected. Our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are affected by the whole of nature, and they affect this whole in return. Use this book to find profound ways of being in concert with the wilderness—and wildness—that sustains humans and all of life.
Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations edited by Gavin Van Horn, et al. contains five volumes that include Planet, Place, Partners, Persons, and Practice. This lively series explores our deep interconnections with the living world. More than 70 contributors invite readers into cosmologies, narratives, and everyday interactions that embrace a more-than-human world as worthy of our response and responsibility.
Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke is inspired by the sudden death of the author’s beloved uncle and the sight of an abandoned mining town after his funeral, which marked the beginning moments of a lifelong fascination with ruins and with people and places left behind. Now, in this genre-smashing graphic memoir, she leads us through deserted cities in the American Midwest, an Icelandic town buried in volcanic ash, islands in the Philippines, New York City, and the delicate passageways of the human heart.
Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow by Heather Hansman takes readers on an exhilarating journey into the hidden history of American skiing, offering a glimpse into an underexplored subculture from the perspective of a true insider. Hopping from Vermont to Colorado, Montana to West Virginia, Hansman profiles the people who have built their lives around a cold-weather obsession.
If you have visited the library lately, you’ve likely had to excuse our mess as we try to remain open during electrical updates and painting. Please let us know if we can help you find anything (and we are still happy to provide curbside service). This would be a good time to check out an extra book or two if you are a voracious reader, because we will likely have a close for at least a few days.
We’ll be sure to update our Facebook page and website for closures and you are always welcome to call us at 269-646-9654 to verify that we are open and that what you need is accessible throughout these renovations.
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