8.04.2010

favorite non-fiction books

and now Suzanne has something to say about

Bird by BirdNon-fiction - not in order of preference
1. Bird by Bird - Anne Lamott
2. Life at the Bottom - Theodore Dalrymple
3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver
4. Developing a Written Voice - Dona Hickey
5. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing
6. Alice Bay Cookbook - Julie Rosseau
7. First They Killed my Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers - Loung Ung
8. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales - Oliver Sacks
9. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - Gary Kinder
10. Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
11. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Annie Fadiman
12. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - Jon Krakauer
13. The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls
14. Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey - Alison Wearing
15. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last - John Gottman
16. The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier - Bruce Barcott
17. Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish - Sue Bender
18. Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul - John Eldredge
19. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger
20. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History - Erik Larson
21. A Natural History of the Senses - Diane Ackerman
22. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynn Truss


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Here I chatter about books, parenting, election 2008, recipes, teaching college writing, and the adventures of getting settled in with our two freshly (Fall 06) adopted school-age children from Russia. This blog is chapter two; chapter one is posted at Jamie & Suzanne go to Russia. I live in the City of Subdued Excitement, Cascadia, Land of the Free.

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