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by Dennis Smith - History, Nonfiction

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But often the most overlooked stories are that of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims' families over the past decade.

by Georgette Jones - Nonfiction

Georgette Jones --- the only child of country music’s “First Couple,” George Jones and Tammy Wynette --- pens a memoir about life with her troubled parents and the journey back to a relationship with her estranged father.

Eva Gabrielsson with Marie-Françoise Colombani - Biography, Nonfiction

No one knew Stieg Larsson like his lifelong companion, Eva Gabrielsson. Here she tells the story of their 30-year romance, Stieg's lifelong struggle to expose Sweden’s Neo-Nazis, his difficult relationships with his immediate family, and the joy and relief he discovered writing the Millennium Trilogy.

Anthony Youn, M.D., with Alan Eisenstock - Nonfiction

Tony Youn grew up Asian-American in an almost all-white town.  On top of that, he had a protruding jaw that one day began to grow, expanding to an unthinkable size. In this memoir, Youn describes how his own cosmetic treatment inspired him to become a plastic surgeon. 

by Nic Sheff - Nonfiction, Young Adult 15+

In this follow-up to his bestselling memoir TWEAK, Nic Sheff talks about his continued efforts to stay clean --- filled with eye-opening stays at rehab centers, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.

by Kenneth Slawenski - Biography, Nonfiction

One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J.D. Salinger is illuminated in this biography, which is filled with new information and revelations garnered from countless interviews, letters and public records.