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Lucy Lockley -- Library Journal, 10/15/2008 9:01:00 AM

RATeam Genre Study Book Discussion Program

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

 

 

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