A list of great nonfiction reads not on the Best Sellers list from Winter 2014
October - December 2014 Issue
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See also:
- Featured Review: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
- Fiction Recommendations
- Previous Issues
Allen, Danielle. Our Declaration: A Reading of The Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality.
*Alleyne, Lauren K. Difficult Fruit. (Poetry)
Amer, Sahar. What Is Veiling?
Aptowicz, Cristin O’Keefe. Dr. Mutter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicin
Baime, A.J. The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War.
Balmer, Randall. Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter.
*Bergland, Martha and Paul G. Hayes. Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Latham, Early Chronicler of Plants, Rocks, Rivers, Mounds and All Things Wisconsin.
Birmingham, Kevin. The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s “Ulysses”.
Biss, Eula. On Immunity: An Inoculation.
Boies, David & Theodore B. Olson. Redeeming the Dream: The Case for Marriage Equality.
Burns, Tom. Our Necessary Shadow: The Nature and Meaning of Psychiatry.
Caldwell, Gail. New Life, No Instructions: A Memoir.
Carey, Benedict. How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why it Happens.
Catlos, Brian A. Infidel Kings and Unholy Warriors: Faith, Power, and Violence in the Age of the Crusade and Jihad.
*Chopra, Aneesh P. Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government.
Cleveland, Todd. Stones of Contention: A History of Africa’s Diamonds.
Cobb, Charles E., Jr. This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible.
Cole, Juan. The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation Is Changing the Middle East.
Corrigan, Maureen. So We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures.
Cossins, Annie. The Baby Farmers: A Chilling Tale of Missing Babies, Shameful Secrets and Murder in 19th Century Australia.
Dasgupta, Rana. Capital: The Eruption of Delhi.
Deresiewicz, William. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite & the Way to a Meaningful Life.
Dickie, John. Blood Brotherhoods: A History of Italy’s Three Mafias.
*Doughty, Caitlin. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory.
Dyer, Geoff. Another Great Day At Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush.
Edmundson, Mark. Why Football Matters: My Education in the Game.
*Friedman, Kipp. Barracuda in the Attic: A Memoir by the Latest Member of a Comic Dynasty.
*Gawande, Atul. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.
Gay, Roxane. Bad Feminist: Essays.
George, Nelson. The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture and Style.
Goldman, Francisco. The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle.
Goldstein, Dana. The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession.
Greenwald, Glenn. No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State.
Hamilton, Nigel. The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942.
Harvey, Matthea. If the Tabloids Are True What Are You? (Poetry)
Heinrich, Bernd. The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration.
Hong, Euny. The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture.
*Janik, Erika. Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine.
Keizer, Garret. Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher.
Korda, Michael. Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee.
Lockwood, Patricia. Motherland, Fatherland, Homelandsexuals. (poetry)
*Loew, Patty. Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin.
Macintyre, Ben. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal.
Macy, Beth. Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save and American Town.
Marsh, Charles. Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Mazzeo, Tilar J. The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris.
*Melby, June. My Family and Other Hazards: A Memoir.
Melinek, Judy and T.J. Mitchell. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner.
Mills, Marja. The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee.
*Miyazaki, Kevin J. Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan.
Mizruchi, Susan L. Brando’s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work.
Murphy, Bruce Allen. Scalia: A Court of One.
Nestor, James. Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves.
Nordberg, Jenny. The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan.
Perlstein, Rick. The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan.
Pisani, Elizabeth. Indonesia Etc. Exploring the Improbable Nation.
Poole, W. Scott. Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror.
Prochnik, George. The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World.
*Ritchen, Fred. Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary and the Citizen.
Sacks, Mike. Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers.
*Sheehy, Gail. Daring: My Passages.
Shenk, Joshua Wolf. Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs.|
Sides, Hampton. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette.
Skyhorse, Brando. Take This Man: A Memoir.
*Sorby, Angela. The Sleeve Waves. (Poetry)
Sorrentino, Paul. Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire.
Stobbe, Mike. Surgeon General’s Warning: How Politics Crippled the Nation’s Doctor.
Swafford, Jan. Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph; A Biography.
Thorpe, Helen. Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War.
Vecsey, George. Eight World Cups: My Journey Through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer.
Westlake, Donald E. The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany.
Whitaker, Mark. Cosby: His Life and Times.
Windrow, Martin. The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl.
*Wizenberg, Molly. Delancey: A Man, A Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage.
Zoellner, Tom. Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World - From the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief.
*Books by Authors attending the Wisconsin Book Festival.
See www.wisconsinbookfestival.org for the schedule.