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Rise of the Rocket Girls: : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
Traces the pivotal achievements of the elite female science recruits at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where in the mid-20th century they transformed rocket design and enabled the creations of the first American satellites.

Love that boy: what two presidents, eight road trips, and my son taught me about a parent's expectations by Ron Fournier
Fournier explores what we want for our children--popularity, normalcy, achievement, genius--and what they truly need--grit, empathy, character in this personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations.

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime collaboration, in work and in life; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see and think about the natural world.

The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman 
An award-winning, science, nature and human biology writer explores recent research indicating that birds are much more intelligent than previously thought and are capable of deceiving and manipulating, eavesdropping, gift-giving, playing, sharing and much more.

The Mathews men: seven brothers and the war against Hitler's U-boats by William Geroux
The Mathews Men shows us the war far beyond traditional battlefields—often the U.S. merchant mariners’ life-and-death struggles took place just off the U.S. coast—but also takes us to the landing beaches at D-Day and to the Pacific. Here, finally, is the heroic story of those merchant seamen, recast as the human story of the men from Mathews County, Virginia.

Your song changed my life: from Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, thirty-five beloved artists on their journey and the music that inspired it by Bob Boilen
The host and creator of NPR's All Songs Considered asks well-known musicians to reflect on the auditory moments that inspired them and changed their lives, including Trey Anastasio, Carrie Brownstein, Colin Meloy, Jimmy Page and Dave Grohl.

The last goodnight: a World War II story of espionage, adventure, and betrayal by Howard Blum
Presents a portrait of American debutante and World War II spy Betty Pack that draws on recently declassified files to explore her MI-6 career and key role in successful Allied missions.