Non-Fiction Books For Your New Year’s Reading List | January 2020
Are you looking for a new biography, memoir, or self-help book for your New Year’s reading list? You’re bound to find a new favorite read in this list of new non-fiction books from authors Kristina Hermann, Andy Biersack, Laura Morton, Sharon Bonanno, Brent Gleeson, and John Thompson. Enjoy your new books!
Raised in a Bottle
by Kristina Hermann
Release Date: December 23, 2020
Growing up in a family with alcohol abuse can leave you significantly scarred as an adult. The addiction robbed you of a caring, nurturing, secure and playful childhood, forcing you to become an adult too early. A lack of attention and compassion stifled your ability to grow into a whole person. As an adult, you might experience personal and professional problems related to feelings of abandonment or loneliness, relationship problems, low self-esteem, unhealthy coping strategies, and lack of clear boundaries. If you have felt traumatized, anxious, and depressed throughout your life, this is the book for you.
Buy on AmazonThey Don’t Need to Understand
by Andy Biersack
Release Date: December 15, 2020
Before he was the charismatic singer of Black Veil Brides and an accomplished solo artist under the Andy Black moniker, he was Andrew Dennis Biersack, an imaginative and creative kid in Cincinnati, Ohio, struggling with anxiety, fear, loneliness, and the impossible task of fitting in. With his trademark charm, clever wit, and insightful analysis, Biersack tells the story of his childhood and adolescence. The discovery of the artistic passions that would shape his life, and his decision to move to Hollywood after his 18th birthday to make his dreams come true, even when it meant living in his car to make it all a reality.
Buy on AmazonBack on the Market
by Laura Morton
Release Date: December 29, 2020
Back on the Market is a Realtor’s guide to life, love, and dating and the multitude of challenges that come with it all. Holly Parker has sold 8 billion dollars of luxury real estate throughout her career as one of Manhattan’s most successful brokers. Through her humor and quick wit, she connects common real estate terms to everyday life, making Back on the Market a fun and unforgettable read.
Buy on AmazonIn Hindsight
by Sharon Bonanno
Release Date: December 15, 2020
Lisa and Sharon are sisters who grew up together in what appeared to be a typical suburban family. After their parents divorced, they lived with their mother in the same house throughout their childhoods and visited their father every other weekend. From the outside, everything looked fine. But by their twenties, their lives diverted radically. While Sharon moved into a career, started a family, and embarked on her adult life, Lisa tumbled in a downward spiral of lying, addiction, depression, and shame.
Buy on AmazonEmbrace the Suck
by Brent Gleeson
Release Date: December 22, 2020
During the brutal crucible of Navy SEAL training, instructors often tell students to “embrace the suck.” This phrase conveys the one lesson that is vital for any SEAL hopeful to learn: lean into the suffering and get comfortable being very uncomfortable. In this powerful, no-nonsense guide, Navy SEAL combat veteran turned leadership expert Brent Gleeson teaches you how to transform every area of your life–the Navy SEAL way.
Buy on AmazonI Came As a Shadow
by John Thompson
Release Date: December 15, 2020
After three decades at the center of race and sports in America, the first Black head coach to win an NCAA championship makes the private public at last. Chockful of stories and moving beyond mere stats (and what stats! three Final Fours, four times national coach of the year, seven Big East championships, 97 percent graduation rate), Thompson’s book drives us through his childhood under Jim Crow segregation to our current moment of racial reckoning.
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