New Non-Fiction: Tuesday, November 19

If you frequently read fiction books, you might want to consider a nonfiction text for a change of pace. The library is constantly receiving new nonfiction and biography books, including the items below. Why not stop by and check out a book, CD, movie, or other material that you find interesting. We will continue to offer “Grab and Go” services for those who prefer to place their books on hold online and then pick them up in the cabinet inside the library.

Here are a few of the new nonfiction books that have arrived at the library recently. We invite you to check them out!

Medicare for Dummies

Medicare brings valuable benefits to more than 58 million people and growing, but most of us don’t even know the basics of how Medicare can work best for us. Medicare For Dummies explains how this complex system functions and helps you confidently navigate your way through the maze to get the most out of your coverage. This indispensable resource untangles Medicare in friendly, straightforward language. Step by step, you’ll learn when and how to enroll, ways to avoid costly mistakes, and how to find the plan that brings the most benefit to you and your family. Using this reassuring and comprehensive guide, you’ll be able to get the answers to all your questions, find guidance on how to act—and then get on with getting the benefits you need.

Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World: The Official Vacation Guide 2025

For everyone planning their next vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida—this is the only official Walt Disney World guidebook. This special Birnbaum guide offers honest advice and reviews from first-hand research and insider tips; coupons; sample budgets and schedules; and colorful photographs, illustrations, and maps. You’ll get: insider tips for budgeting, scheduling, and navigating the theme parks and resorts; money-saving strategies; detailed descriptions of all the attractions, resorts, and eateries; and colorful maps, photos, Disney character illustrations, and more.

Merlin’s Tour of the Universe: A Traveler’s Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars and Everything Far

In Neil deGrasse Tyson’s delightful journey through the cosmos, his fictional character Merlin responds to popular questions asked by adults and children alike. Merlin’s friends include the most important scientific figures and explorers of all time—da Vinci, Magellan, Newton, Einstein, and Hubble. While Merlin occasionally recounts playful conversations with these luminaries, all questions are answered with authentic science, infused with wit, wisdom, and an occasional rhyme. With the help of intermittent humorous cartoons, Merlin clarifies the details of familiar phenomena like gravity, light, space, and time, and travels to distant stars and galaxies to describe what makes them tick, rotate, explode, and collapse.