Best Reads: New Nonfiction Books at the Canton Public Library

Editor's note:

The following is a list of four nonfiction books, which were recently added to the 's collection. The descriptions are from the Old Colony Library Network’s website.

Ten letters: the stories Americans tell their president
by Eli Saslow
Summary
Every day, President Obama reads ten representative letters among the thousands he receives from citizens across the land. The letters come from people of all ages, walks of life, and political points of view. Some are heart breaking, some angry, some hopeful. 

2. The ice balloon : S.A. Andree and the heroic age of arctic exploration
by Alec Wilkinson
Summary
Wilkinson recounts the thrilling story of the visionary Swedish explorer S.A. Andree, who in 1897, at the height of the heroic age of Arctic endeavor, attempted to discover the North Pole by flying over it in a hydrogen balloon.

3. The Tea Party and the remaking of Republican conservatism
by Theda Skocpol
Summary
In this penetrating new study, Skocpol of Harvard University, one of today's leading political scientists, and co-author Williamson go beyond the inevitable photos of protesters in tricorn hats and knee breeches to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising.

4. Outlaw platoon
by Sean Parnell
Summary
A lieutenant's gripping, personal account of the legendary U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division's heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan--a vivid, action-packed, and highly emotional true story of enormous sacrifice and bravery that lands readers in the heat and smoke of combat.