The top selling adult non-fiction titles at Belmont Books this week:
Cut through the noise and make better college and career choices
Examines major myths informing American education and explores how educators can better serve students, increase college retention rates, and develop alternatives to college that don’t disadvantage students on the basis of race or income
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go wrong.$30.00ISBN: 9780385539302Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Doubleday - October 15th, 2019A New York Times Bestseller
"Glorious. . .You will marvel at the brilliance and vast weirdness of your design." —The Washington Post$30.00ISBN: 9780525575474Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Crown - October 1st, 2019#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All
$18.00ISBN: 9780807006153Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Beacon Press - September 7th, 2010The Boston Arts Academy comprises an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student body, yet 94 percent of its graduates are accepted to college. Compare this with the average urban district rate of 50 percent. How do they do it? This remarkable success, writes Principal Linda Nathan, is in large part due to asking the right questions-questions all schools can consider, such as:
$19.99ISBN: 9781419740060Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Harry N. Abrams - October 15th, 2019$35.00ISBN: 9781607749165Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Ten Speed Press - October 16th, 2018JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST • The New York Times bestselling collection of 130 easy, flavor-forward recipes from beloved chef Yotam Ottolenghi.
$20.00ISBN: 9781982149277Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Scribner - December 3rd, 2019Written and designed by the staff of The Washington Post and illustrated by artist Jan Feindt, The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation brings to life the findings of special counsel Robert S.
$14.99ISBN: 9780062970701Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Morrow Gift - November 19th, 2019#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER
$16.99ISBN: 9781476740195Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Simon & Schuster - October 1st, 2019Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries.
$27.99ISBN: 9780062906373Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: HarperOne - September 24th, 2019NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
INDIE BESTSELLER
A laugh-and-cry-out-loud memoir from the beloved star of Netflix’s Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness
Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey.
$18.00ISBN: 9780399588198Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Spiegel & Grau - February 12th, 2019#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed
$28.00ISBN: 9780399590504Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Random House - February 20th, 2018#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOO
$32.50ISBN: 9780451497017Availability: Backordered at WarehousePublished: Clarkson Potter - October 22nd, 2019NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • It’s not entertaining. It’s having people over. The social media star, New York Times columnist, and author of Dining In helps you nail dinner with unfussy food, unstuffy vibes, and the permission to be imperfect.
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