New books at the NMC library

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
by Sabrina Imbler
Imbler profiles ten of the ocean’s strangest creatures, drawing astonishing connections between their lives and ours and illuminating wondrous models of survival, adaptation, identity, sex, and care on our faltering planet.

The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity
by Mark Robert Rank
The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the US throughout the 21st century. Why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations? Based on his decades-long research and scholarship, Rank details a variety of strategies and programs to effectively alleviate poverty in the future. The Poverty Paradox represents a game changing examination of poverty and inequality and provides the essential blueprint for combatting this economic injustice in the years ahead.

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You
by Jenara Nerenberg
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women – those with ADHD, autism, and other sensory processing differences – exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful, Harvard- and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover her “symptoms” – that were only ever labeled as anxiety – were considered autistic and ADHD. Neurodiversity is a framework that moves away from pathologizing “abnormal” versus “normal” brains and recognizes the vast diversity of our mental makeups.

Seeing Serena
by Gerald Marzorati
Serena Williams dominated women’s tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played and the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams’s influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more. Marzorati, who writes about tennis for The New Yorker, travels to Wimbledon and to Compton, California, where Serena and her sister Venus learned to play. He talks with former women’s tennis greats, sports and cultural commentators, and Serena herself.

We’re All Climate Hypocrites Now: How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement
by Sami Grover
We’re All Climate Hypocrites Now reimagines what it means to be a “good environmentalist.” Moving past carbon footprints, self-confessed eco-hypocrite Sami Grover takes a tongue-in-cheek approach, skewering those pointing fingers, celebrating those trying, and offering practical pathways to actually make a difference.

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
by Sabrina Imbler
Imbler profiles ten of the ocean’s strangest creatures, drawing astonishing connections between their lives and ours and illuminating wondrous models of survival, adaptation, identity, sex, and care on our faltering planet.

Only This Beautiful Moment
by Abdi Nazemian
A ‘Best Book of the Year’ from the Guardian, ALA Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPage. From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this tale of intergenerational trauma and love is an ode to the fragile bonds of family, the hidden secrets of history, and all the beautiful moments that make us who we are today. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay.

The Curator
by Owen King
From New York Times bestselling author Owen King, comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine.

How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a hilarious and terrifying new novel that explores the way your past – and your family – can haunt you like nothing else. Louise’s parents have passed away, and she’s returning to the small Southern town where she grew up to get their house ready to sell. It means she’ll have to spend time with her younger brother and their old grudges make that a terrifying prospect. But childhood hurts pale in comparison to the dangers posed by what still lives inside the house.

The Ferryman
by Justin Cronin
The island utopia of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh. But unrest is building and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group who may be fomenting revolution.

Stone Blind
by Natalie Haynes
The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa grows older, experiences change, and can feel weakness. When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene’s temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge – on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon’s actions, Medusa is forever transformed. Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone. Cursed with the power to destroy all she loves with one look, Medusa condemns herself to a life of solitude. Until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon.

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