{"id":52623,"date":"2024-07-23T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=52623"},"modified":"2024-06-24T09:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:17:52","slug":"julys-simply-held-nonfiction-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/julys-simply-held-nonfiction-picks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"July’s Simply Held Nonfiction Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Four nonfiction picks are available for you to choose from: biographies, cookbooks, social justice, and true crime. Our nonfiction picks are chosen quarterly and are available in regular print only. If you would like to update your selections or are a new patron who wants to receive picks from any of those four categories, sign up for Simply Held<\/a>\u00a0through our website!<\/p>\n

Below you will find information provided by the publishers and authors on the titles we have selected for July from the following categories: biographies, cookbooks, social justice, and true crime<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Biography pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

In True Face: A Woman’s Life in the CIA, Unmasked<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Jonna Mendez with Wyndham Wood<\/p>\n

The bestselling coauthor of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War<\/em><\/p>\n

Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a \u201ccontract wife\u201d performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment. Yet Mendez had a talent for espionage, too, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at the Agency. She parlayed her interest in photography into an operational role overseas, an unlikely area for a woman in the CIA. Often underestimated, occasionally undermined, she lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, rising first to become an international spy and ultimately to Chief of Disguise at CIA\u2019s Office of Technical Service.<\/em><\/p>\n

In True Face recounts not only the drama of Mendez\u2019s high-stakes work\u2014how this savvy operator parlayed her \u201ceverywoman\u201d appeal into incredible subterfuge\u2014but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy career and what it took to achieve it.<\/em> – PublicAffairs<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Cookbook pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start Here: Instructions for becoming a better cook<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Sohla El-Waylly<\/p>\n

A practical, information-packed, and transformative guide to becoming a better cook and conquering the kitchen, Start Here is a must-have master class in leveling up your cooking.<\/em><\/p>\n

Across a dozen technique-themed chapters\u2014from \u201cTemperature Management 101\u201d and \u201cBreak it Down & Get Saucy\u201d to \u201cGo to Brown Town,\u201d \u201cAll About Butter,\u201d and \u201cGetting to Know Dough\u201d\u2014Sohla El-Waylly explains the hows and whys of cooking, introducing the fundamental skills that you need to become a more intuitive, inventive cook.<\/em><\/p>\n

A one-stop resource, regardless of what you\u2019re hungry for, Start Here gives equal weight to savory and sweet dishes, with more than two hundred mouthwatering recipes, including:<\/em><\/p>\n

Crispy-Skinned Salmon with Radishes & Nuoc Cham<\/em>
\nCharred Lemon Risotto<\/em>
\nChilled Green Tahini Soba<\/em>
\nLemon, Pecorino & Potato Pizza<\/em>
\nFruity-Doodle Cookies<\/em>
\nMasa & Buttermilk Tres Leches<\/em><\/p>\n

Packed with practical advice and scientific background, and an almost endless assortment of recipe variations, along with tips, guidance, and how-tos, Start Here is culinary school\u2014without the student loans.<\/em> – Knopf<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Social Justice pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Injustice of Place: uncovering the legacy of poverty in America<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Timothy J. Nelson<\/p>\n

Three of the nation\u2019s top scholars \u00ad\u2013 known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America \u2013 turn their attention from the country\u2019s poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America\u2019s most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to these places or to the people who make their lives there.<\/em><\/p>\n

This revelation set in motion a five-year journey across Appalachia, the Cotton and Tobacco Belts of the Deep South, and South Texas. Immersing themselves in these communities, poring over centuries of local history, attending parades and festivals, the authors trace the legacies of the deepest poverty in America\u2014including inequalities shaping people\u2019s health, livelihoods, and upward social mobility for families. Wrung dry by powerful forces and corrupt government officials, the \u201cinternal colonies\u201d in these regions were exploited for their resources and then left to collapse.<\/em><\/p>\n

The unfolding revelation in The Injustice of Place is not about what sets these places apart, but about what they have in common\u2014a history of raw, intensive resource extraction and human exploitation. This history and its reverberations demand a reckoning and a commitment to wage a new War on Poverty, with the unrelenting focus on our nation\u2019s places of deepest need.<\/em> – Mariner Books<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>True Crime pick<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Michael Finkel<\/p>\n

In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser\u2019s strange world\u2014unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them.<\/em><\/p>\n

For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief St\u00e9phane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years\u2014in museums and cathedrals all over Europe\u2014Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.<\/em><\/p>\n

In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser\u2019s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart\u2019s content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict\u2019s need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriend\u2019s pleas to stop\u2014until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.<\/em> – Vintage<\/p>\n

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Join\u00a0Simply Held<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0to have any of the new nonfiction picks automatically put on hold for you four times a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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