Popular Fiction & Nonfiction for September 2019
Newton neighbors have been checking these books out at the public library. Stop in or use our online catalog to check availability and place holds!
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Top Ten Nonfiction Books of 2017
The following books were the most circulated nonfiction books of 2017: 10. The End of White Christian America by Robert P. Jones 9. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly 8. The Complete Far Side by Gary Larson 7. Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis by Cynthia Barnett 6. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu 5. Acne…
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Guest Review: “The Knowledge Illusion”
—Steve Richards reviews “The Knowledge Illusion” by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach Imagine a book that upsets your world in a way that is also comforting and encouraging. The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach convincingly argues that we don’t know as much as we think we do. Yet that is what enables…
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Top Ten Nonfiction Check-Outs of 2016
Newton Public Library readers were interested in self-help, cookbooks, manga and a miraculous true story! 1. Christmas with Southern Living The definitive resource for Southern food, decorating, and entertaining ideas. It’s the publication no Southern home-in any part of the country-can be without. 2. The Life-Changing Art of Tidying…
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