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Posts tagged with ‘Non-Fiction’
THE WORLD OF ANIMAL PSYCHIATRY, explored by a distinguished veterinarian. Thought-provoking and delightful!
Grade: B PLUS
PETS ON THE COUCH: NEUROTIC DOGS, COMPULSIVE CATS, ANXIOUS BIRDS, AND THE NEW SCIENCE OF ANIMAL PSYCHIATRY
Atria Books
2016
Tags: Animals, B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Science Writing, Veterinary Medicine
“THE WORST GOOD IDEA ever”—brilliant, cynical history of the USSR’s ill-fated Jewish Autonomous Region.
Grade: A MINUS
WHERE THE JEWS AREN'T: THE SAD AND ABSURD STORY OF BIROBIDZHAN, RUSSIA'S JEWISH AUTONOMOUS REGION
Knopf Doubleday
2016
Tags: A Minus Reviews, History, Judaism, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Russia, Social History
ENGAGING LOVECRAFT BIO focuses on social and historical context and impact, sidesteps fandom battles.
Grade: SOLID B
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS: THE LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY AFTERLIFE OF H. P. LOVECRAFT
Soft Skull Press
2016
Tags: Biography, Fantasy, Literary History, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
EXCRUCIATINGLY HONEST MEMOIR of a life marked by both intense creativity and by mental illness, addiction.
Grade: SOLID B
LIAR: A MEMOIR
Crown Publishing Group
2016
Tags: Addiction and Recovery, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
Grade: B PLUS
PLAYING DEAD: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF DEATH FRAUD
Simon & Schuster
2016
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, True Crime
HOW “VILLAGE ATHEISTS” built a free-thought movement in the 19th century US. Absolutely engaging history!
Grade: A MINUS
VILLAGE ATHEISTS: HOW AMERICA'S UNBELIEVERS MADE THEIR WAY IN A GODLY NATION
Princeton University Press
2016
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social History, US History
QUIETLY HEARTBREAKING MEMOIR of a childhood spent amid affluence and creativity—and terrible abuse.
Grade: B PLUS
AN ABBREVIATED LIFE: A MEMOIR
HarperCollins
2016
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Women's Issues
A COMPLICATED LIFE, WITH ALCOHOL and after: A. A. Gill’s memoir is crushingly candid and self-pitiless.
Grade: A MINUS
POUR ME, A LIFE
Penguin
2016
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Addiction and Recovery, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
SHARP, SALTY HUMOR draws on the ridiculousness of trying to be “feminine” enough for showbiz and the world. SOLID B
YOU’LL GROW OUT OF IT
Grand Central Publishing
2016
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Women's Issues
THE POWER OF VIDEO GAMES, from tragic (literally fatal obsessions) to uplifting (solace for the bereft). B PLUS
DEATH BY VIDEO GAME: DANGER, PLEASURE, AND OBSESSION ON THE VIRTUAL FRONTLINE
Melville House Publishing
2016
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Health, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Science Writing