Nonfiction: September's best-written recent releases II

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In today’s issue:

— ‘The dogs are my only true friends in this valley of quick sunsets and rock stacks shaped like things older than anything the mind can grasp, this valley where heaven turns to hell as quickly as breath turns to wind’: our next pick from the recent releases in nonfiction. Our previous pick is here, where you can also find the full list of books considered.

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—’Who are they to judge your teaching abilities and Twin Peaks: The Return, to look down their cocaine-free noses lesson after lesson at the best television series ever and at their…