Nonfiction That Teaches and Immerses

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Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
By James L. Swanson
364.1524 SWA
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts, and Lincoln's own blood relics, this book is a fully documented work, but it is also a tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal, an hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters.

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
By Roy F. Baumeister
153.8 BAU
What is willpower? Can it be depleted? Can it be strengthened and how? Baumeister, a pioneering research psychologist answers all of these questions while citing numerous scientific studies. The results of these experiments reveal that there is indeed a finite source of the mental energy known as willpower that covers not only self-control but decision making as well. The good news is that this book explains specific techniques you can use to increase your pool of willpower, strengthen the willpower you already have, and trick yourself into conserving your willpower for when you really need it.

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
By Barbara Demick
951.9305 DEM
Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressive totalitarian regime today.