Tag: nonfiction
group name: booksuggestions
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July 10, 2009 08:04 PM EDT --
1. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman Polish Catholic zookeepers hide Jews.
2. The Best Cat Ever by Cleveland Amory Cat ownership is funny but precious.
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April 05, 2009 01:05 PM EDT --
Did you know that most Americans never take another history class after they complete high school, regardless of whether they attend college? And that history consistently ranks at the bottom of the list . . .
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June 08, 2009 06:58 PM EDT --
Well, it's hard to know where to start with this one. It's obvious, I'd think, why a person would want to read a book like this in these difficult times. And certainly, there is some advice within its . . .
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June 30, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
About the Author:
Kenneth Davis
Kenneth C. Davis is the preminent author of Don't Know Much About History , which was on the NY Times bestseller list for thirty-five . . .
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October 04, 2009 09:12 AM EDT --
There are four new nonfiction books next to my bed:
Abigail Adams by Woody Holton. This 550 pager explores exhaustively the life story of the most fascinating woman of early US history. Dr. Holton . . .
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July 17, 2008 01:24 AM EDT --
Love, Lies and Liquor: An Agatha Raisin Mystery by M. C. Beaton
In bestseller Beaton's somewhat entertaining 17th Agatha Raisin mystery; Agatha still carries a torch for her ex-husband, . . .
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July 17, 2008 01:36 AM EDT --
This captivating novel - with its plot different then any other I have ever read- occurs in 19th century China; when girls had their feet bound, and their lives were expended in isolation . . .
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June 06, 2009 12:30 PM EDT --
A few months ago, I caught the tail end of a local news report about a local fellow who had written a book called Empire of Scrounge. The title, and what little of the interview I saw, intrigued me, so . . .
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May 13, 2009 01:16 PM EDT --
L ike an alcoholic grabbing a margarita after being fired from a job and then finding themselves in a Tex-Mex franchise restaurant eating chips and salsa, I bought 'Secrets & Mysteries of . . .
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July 05, 2009 10:41 PM EDT --
'Geek Love' by Katherine Dunn ~ Sideshow freak reflects back on family.
'The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton' by Dean Jensen ~ Conjoined . . .
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May 07, 2009 12:51 PM EDT --
O nce upon a time in Hollywood there were no nondisclosure contracts issued between the powerful and the peons who worked for them. The most powerful man in Hollywood, Michael Ovitz before . . .
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April 19, 2009 09:46 PM EDT --
As a non-fiction read, 'Survival of the Sickest' by Dr. Sharon Moalem (with Jonathon Prince) grabs your attention. As someone who has studied anthropology and medical ethics (my graduate . . .
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March 09, 2009 06:25 PM EDT --
Not since the fall of Rome and the burning of the Library of Alexandria has humanity been given the equal of the Oracle at Delphi observations of a wise woman that has done more than her . . .
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October 08, 2009 09:57 PM EDT --
I’m the first to admit that I do judge books by their cover. My reasoning is that rightly or wrongly I assume a writer has some say as to the appearance of their novel (as for nonfiction . . .
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January 28, 2009 01:35 PM EST --
Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
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