Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Water Will Come by Jeff Goodell
The Borden Murders by Sarah Miller
"Draws on sensationalized, period newspaper articles to recreate the events of the infamous Borden murders and the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden, sorting out fact from fiction to explore Lizzie's story and consider what probably happened" (Destiny). Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one.
"A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between"--Provided by publisher.
My Life Deleted by Scott and Joan Bolzan
"My Life, Deleted—part love story, part medical mystery, and part inspirational memoir—is the true story of Scott Bolzan, the 46-year-old former pro football offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns who suffered permanent amnesia after a tragic accident" (Destiny).
The author relates what she underwent during a month-long hospital stay during which she was diagnosed with encephalitis and discusses how the autoimmune disease affected her mental stability and her hospitalization influenced her life and family.
Beautiful Boy by David Sheff + Tweak by Nic Sheff
"Former NBA basketball player Chris Herren chronicles the rise and fall of his basketball career, his struggle with drugs, his marriage to his high-school sweetheart, and life with his children" (Destiny).
Discusses the author's life and career, including his role as "Grandpa Rossy" on the Chicago Cubs 2016 championship-winning team.
Featuring exclusive interviews with Epstein, owner Tom Ricketts, and other team insiders, this is the definitive account of a new era on the North Side.
David “Big Papi” Ortiz is a baseball icon and one of the most popular figures ever to play the game. As a key part of the Boston Red Sox for 14 years, David has helped the team win 3 World Series, bringing back a storied franchise from “never wins” to “always wins.”
"The Gronkowski family is a legitimate miracle. 5 towering brothers: Three who play in the NFL - a Denver Bronco, a Cleveland Brown and a record-breaking tight end with the New England Patriots, Rob Gronkowski, who is realizing a meteoric rise to a spot in NFL history. Another who played major league baseball. And the youngest, an up-and-coming Division 1 football player.
Educated by Tara Westover
"A . . . memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.
"Shares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past" (Destiny).
Winner Pulitzer Prize
Examines the fates of eight families struggling to pay their rent in the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, discussing the human cost of America's vast inequality.
The author, a Rhodes scholar and combat veteran, analyzes the various sociocultural factors that influenced him as well as another man of the same name and from the same neighborhood who was drawn into a life of drugs and crime and ended up serving life in prison, focusing on the influence of relatives, mentors, and social expectations that could have led either of them on different paths.
Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time she joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour.
Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells
The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcohol father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.
The author reflects on her father's control and abusiveness and discusses how she broke free from his rules.
Physicians' Untold Stories by Scott J. Kolbaba + 26 Other Physicians
A physician wakes up with an unmistakable intuition about his patient's mysterious malady. A hiker has an unexplained experience at death's door. A doctor receives a final salute from a dead veteran. These and other stories will push you to believe in the awesome and miraculous circumstances in everyday life.
Elena Vanishing by Elena and Clare Dunkle
"Documents the author's teenage struggles with anorexia, sharing her and her mother's perspectives regarding a five-year period marked by anxiety and self-destructive efforts to manage the disorder, offering an intimate look at a deadly disease" (Destiny).
Brent Runyon was fourteen years old when he set himself on fire. In this book he describes that suicide attempt and his recovery over the following year.
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin
The author recounts his growing up in poverty in Los Angeles, his encounters with racism in school and on the streets, and his struggle to overcome prejudice, drugs, and violence.
The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez
"Gaby Rodriguez, whose mother and older sister both became pregnant as teenagers, explains what she learned from faking a pregnancy as a high school senior in order to find out how people would treat her" (Destiny).
Marley and Me by John Grogan
The author presents a tender story of his family's love for their golden retriever, Marley, and recalls how he grew from a mischievous puppy into a nearly impossible adult that no amount of obedience school training could correct, and of the love they felt for him.
The author describes how he and his adopted twin sons, Dan and Noah, came to own and love a dog who was rescued after its owners used it as bait for fighting dogs and then left it in a cage to die.
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
"Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon." (Destiny).
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand:
"A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down" (Destiny).
In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
"Before he was an HGTV star, Chip Gaines was a serial entrepreneur always ready for the next challenge. In this book, he relives some of his craziest antics and lessons he has learned."
Grinding it Out by The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc
Few entrepreneurs can claim to have actually changed the way we live, but Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food service automation, franchising, shared national training and advertising have earned him a place beside the men who founded not merely businesses but entire new industries.
Traces the history of the fast food industry and discusses how it arose in postwar America.
Presents an account of Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg's creation of Facebook, the social networking site, as a way to meet women during their time as Harvard undergraduates, and covers how the two men's different ideas about the business caused a rift between them.
Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Solider in Hitler's Army by Georg Rauch
"A memoir of an 18-year old part-Jewish youth who, despite his heritage, is drafted into Hitler's army and sent to serve on the Russian front"--Provided by publisher.
Tilli Horn was a little girl in a tiny farming village in eastern Germany when World War II began. She grew up with Nazi propaganda, secret police, bombings and terror. The Russian occupation after the war was no better, and finally she made a thrilling solo escape to West Germany.
"The story of America's little known war-within-a war -- that of the "silent service" -- U.S. submarine warfare during World War II"--Provided by publisher.
Tells the true story of a dog named Lava, who was rescued from an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, cared for by the Marines who found him, and eventually permitted to come to the United States.
Collects blog entries by more than forty American soldiers, written while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq or after returning home, and includes pieces by significant others and family members.
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo, with Lynn Vincent
"Todd Burpo shares his son Colton's experiences having visions of heaven after a near-fatal illness, describing what Colton saw in heaven and the lessons he has learned about faith and love after listening to Colton's stories of his time with Jesus" (Destiny).
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