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11. Blue Latitudes by Horowitz
12. Eats Shoots and Leaves
I also just recently finished a fun one called Garlic and Sapphires about a food critic and her disguises that was fun.
Three of my favorites- all very different moods:Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, and
my latest favorite,
Columbine by Dave Cullen. There's an AuthorQA starting on this today and I'm eager to see what other readers think about this NY TImes bestseller.
The Christian Bible is really interesting to read.
For example, the chapter about Esther, how she became Queen, what she went through to save her people, the Jews. The bad guy.... the good guy ... How Esther is remembered as being created "for such a time as this". Really a great non fiction story.
Sharon,
Peace
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders or not, but for anyone interested in serial killers it's definitely an interesting (and true) story.
El wrote: "I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders or not, but for anyone interested in serial killers it's definitely an interesting (and true)..."
I'll bet that is very interesting and creepy!
Sharon wrote: "The Christian Bible is really interesting to read.
For example, the chapter about Esther, how she became Queen, what she went through to save her people, the Jews. The bad guy.... the good guy ......"
"non-fiction" ??
I just saw this book on swaptree and I want to get it so bad! It looks like it could be really interesting: The Women Who Lived for Danger The Agents of the Special Operations Executive. It's about women spies during WWII.
Diane wrote: "El wrote: "I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders or not, but for anyone interested in serial killers it's definitely an interesting..."
It was!
Garlic and Sapphires The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise is excellent, and so are Ruth Reichl's other two books of autobiography: Tender at the Bone Growing Up at the Table and Comfort Me With Apples More Adventures at the Table.I am hopeful she eventually will write a volume about her years at the head of Gourmet magazine.
For nature fans, I would recommend A Supremely Bad Idea Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All, The Animal Dialogues Uncommon Encounters in the Wild, Wesley the Owl The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl, and A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.
Recently I read The Great Influenza The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History and American Lion Andrew Jackson in the White House. Both were very interesting.
Oh yes, and Will in the World How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, by Stephen Greenblatt, is first-rate.
Stephanie wrote: "I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned these but they are both very good.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Left to Tell: Discover..."
Shake hands With the Devil Romeo Dellaire
UN commanding officer during the genocide which the UN did nothing about, neither did countries which had troops in the region ie USA (approx 300 troops in Kenya/Uganda) & France (the role of France in the genocide is a murky one indeed).
Stephanie wrote: "I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned these but they are both very good.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Left to Tell: Discover..."
From the perspective of the UN troops during the genocide try:
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
by Roméo Dallaire, Samantha Power
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