New Non-Fiction

New and recommended reading from our non-fiction collections

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 million Years of Human Evolution Cat Bohannon

Bohannon's findings, including everything from the way C-sections in the industrialized world are rejiggering women's pelvic shape to the surprising similarities between pus and breast milk, will completely change what you think you know about evolution, and women. 

Shakespeare was a Woman and Other Heresies: How Doubting the Bard Became the Biggest Taboo in Literature Elizabeth Winkler

A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him became an act of blasphemy... and who the Bard might really be.

The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being Katy Lees

This empowering self-help guide provides advice and strategies for trans and/or non-binary people on a range of common mental health issues including anxiety, depression, body image, trauma, suicidal thoughts and dissociation.

He/she/they: How We Talk About Gender and Why it Matters Schuyler Bailar

With a relatable narrative rooted in facts, science, and history, Schuyler Bailar helps restore common sense and humanity to a discussion that continues to be divisively co-opted and deceptively politicized.

End Times Rebecca Priestley

End Times interweaves the stories of two periods in Rebecca's life (Christian teen, science historian adult), both of which have at heart a sleepless fear of the end of the world.