Posts tagged with ‘Non-Fiction’
May 7, 2012
THE IMPACTS OF HUMAN society on the evolution of other species, and vice versa, explored with admirable clarity.
Grade: B PLUS
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY: UNITING HISTORY AND BIOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND LIFE ON EARTH
Cambridge University Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, History, History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science
May 4, 2012
A LAID-BACK LOOK AT a wide range of “clean energy” inventors, from the mainstream to the maverick. Fascinating!
Grade: SOLID B
MAD LIKE TESLA: UNDERDOG INVENTORS AND THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF CLEAN ENERGY
ECW Press
2011
Tags: History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
May 3, 2012
AN ELEGANT COLLAGE OF a memoir from writer, art historian Rosamond Bernier; fun and gossipy about the greats.
Grade: SOLID B
SOME OF MY LIVES: A SCRAPBOOK MEMOIR
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2011
Tags: Art History, Literary History, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Visual Arts
April 30, 2012
TOUCHING TRUE STORY of the pride and hope the beleaguered citizens of Ciudad Juárez have found in soccer.
Grade: SOLID B
THIS LOVE IS NOT FOR COWARDS: SALVATION AND SOCCER IN CIUDAD JUAREZ
Bloomsbury USA
2012
Tags: Mexico, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, Sports
April 29, 2012
CLEAR-EYED, CANDID, AND BEAUTIFULLY written, Bill Clegg’s memoir of recovery from addiction stirs the soul.
Grade: B PLUS
NINETY DAYS: A MEMOIR OF RECOVERY
Little, Brown
2012
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction
April 28, 2012
IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHY of the fascinating 19th century American Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller.
Grade: B PLUS
THE LIVES OF MARGARET FULLER: A BIOGRAPHY
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, History, Literary History, Non-Fiction, United States, Women's Issues
April 27, 2012
SNAPSHOTS OF A LOST ERA vividly captured in a young writer/artist’s diary of his 1980 Merchant Marine voyage.
Grade: SOLID B
THE VOYAGE OF THE ROSE CITY: AN ADVENTURE AT SEA
Random House
2011
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Seafaring, Solid B Reviews, Travel Writing
April 24, 2012
CHARMING, CHATTY MEMOIR from a Vermont country doctor has plenty of humor, compassion, and local color.
Grade: SOLID B
IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING: MORE ADVENTURES OF A VERMONT COUNTRY DOCTOR
Chelsea Green
2011
Tags: Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
April 18, 2012
CANDID, ENGAGING MEMOIR of gender transition from a travel writer, athlete, and yoga student is illuminating.
Grade: SOLID B
NINA HERE NOR THERE: MY JOURNEY BEYOND GENDER
Beacon Press
2011
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews