Posts tagged with ‘Non-Fiction’
March 20, 2012
IDIOSYNCRATIC, ABSORBING, INSIGHTFUL, snarky overview of the phenomenon of “scapegoating” throughout history.
Grade: SOLID B
SCAPEGOAT: A HISTORY OF BLAMING OTHER PEOPLE
The Overlook Press
2012
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
March 18, 2012
WARM-HEARTED, FUNNY, OFFBEAT memoir of an eccentric family, set in the earliest years of the state of Israel.
Grade: B PLUS
MY RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER AND HER AMERICAN VACUUM CLEANER: A FAMILY MEMOIR
Knopf
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Israel, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
March 17, 2012
FASCINATING BOOK DETAILS research into chimpanzee language, including surprising new observations by the author.
Grade: B PLUS
THE SONG OF THE APE: UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGES OF CHIMPANZEES
St. Martin's
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Primatology, Science, Zoology
March 14, 2012
A BRIGHT, CREATIVE TEEN who died tragically young is remembered and celebrated in his dad’s touching memoir.
Grade: B PLUS
IMMORTAL BIRD: A FAMILY MEMOIR
Simon and Schuster
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
March 11, 2012
THE ANCIENT MAYA CALENDAR and concept of time explained vividly by a distinguished scholar. Debunks 2012 myths!
Grade: B PLUS
THE ORDER OF DAYS: THE MAYA WORLD AND THE TRUTH ABOUT 2012
Crown
2011
Tags: Archaeology, B Plus Reviews, History, Maya, Non-Fiction, Pre-Columbian
March 10, 2012
MARY BOLEYN, MISTRESS and later sister-in-law to Henry VIII, is richly envisioned in this adept biography.
Grade: B PLUS
MARY BOLEYN: MISTRESS OF KINGS
Ballantine
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Biography, England, History, Non-Fiction
March 1, 2012
CHARISMATIC U. S. ASTROPHYSICIST Neil deGrasse Tyson delivers an impassioned pro-space exploration argument.
Grade: B PLUS
SPACE CHRONICLES: FACING THE ULTIMATE FRONTIER
W. W. Norton and Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History of Science, Non-Fiction, Public Policy, Science
February 27, 2012
INFORMATIVE, IF SLIGHTLY TERRIFYING! Meteorologist’s overview of/survival guide for extreme weather conditions.
Grade: SOLID B
EXTREME WEATHER: A GUIDE TO SURVIVING FLASH FLOODS, TORNADOES, HURRICANES, HEAT WAVES, SNOWSTORMS, TSUNAMIS, AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS
Palgrave Macmillan
2012
Tags: Non-Fiction, Science, Solid B Reviews, Weather and Climate
February 22, 2012
FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY, RICH with newly released letters, of Victorian art figure Effie Gray Ruskin Millais.
Grade: B PLUS
EFFIE: THE PASSIONATE LIVES OF EFFIE GRAY, JOHN RUSKIN, AND JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
St. Martin's
2011
Tags: 19th Century, Art History, B Plus Reviews, Biography, England, Non-Fiction