Nonfiction Study
Lucy Lockley -- Library Journal, 10/15/2008 9:01:00 AM
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
BOOK TALK TITLES –NONFICTION
Everyone has read: The Innocent Man byJohn Grisham
From the following list of titles which are representative of various NonFiction Sub-Genres, choose one book to read for the next meeting:
Angier, Natalie The Canon: a Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science [Science]
Barry, Dave Dave Barry’s Money Secrets: Like, Why is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar
[Humor]
Brooks, Robin The Portland Vase: the Extraordinary Odyssey of a Mysterious Roman
Treasure [Arts & Entertainment]
Buford, Bill Heat: an Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker,
and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany [Food]
Cousteau, Jacques & The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our
Schiefelbein, Susan Natural World [Nature]
Ellis, Joseph J. American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic [History]
Ephron, Nora I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman [Humor]
Feinstein, John Tales from Q School: Inside Golf’s Fifth Major [Sports & Competition]
Fleming, Fergus The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand [Adventure]
Friedman, Steve The Agony of Victory: When Winning Isn’t Enough [Sports & Competition]
George, Don (editor) Tales From Nowhere: Unexpected Stories From Unexpected Places
[Adventure]
Margulis, Lynn & Punset, Mind, Life, and Universe: Conversations with Great Scientists of Our Time
Eduardo (editors) [Science]
Mittelbach, Margaret & Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger [Nature]
Crewdson, Michael
Parsons, Russ How to Pick a Peach: the Search for Flavor from Farm to Table [Food]
Ross, Alex The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century [Arts & Entertainment]
Rule, Ann Too Late to Say Goodbye: a True Story of Murder and Betrayal [True Crime]
Shah, Tahir In Arabian Nights: a Caravan of Moroccan Dreams [Travel]
Winchester, Simon A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake
of 1906 [History]
BOOK TALKS: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Bring a copy of your chosen book with you to the Wednesday, June 25th meeting along with your completed Review Form. If participating by long-distance, e-mail the completed Review Form for your book by Monday, June 23, 2008, to Lucy Lockley at llockley@stchlibrary.org
You may listen to an UNABRIDGED version of your book, but watching a movie doesn’t count!
Created by: Lucy Lockley, collection development manager, St. Charles County Library, MO
