Nonfiction

9/11 Firefighter Makes a Difference by Cycling Across America

You might be wondering how we can be describing a feel-good story that encompasses the Soviet invasion of Ukraine, 9/11, young burn victims, two knee replacements, a broken clavicle and a mind-bending, treacherous journey across the country. It’s because some people are observers and some people are doers. Joe Matthews,…

Jim AlkonDecember 16, 2024

Nonfiction

A Shocking Truth Behind the Legacy of a President

History is most clearly observed through the rearview mirror. Leaders can more accurately be judged by the impact of their speeches, actions or inaction, beliefs and accomplishments not by eulogies but after an adequate amount of time has passed for a more objective assessment. Yesterday’s lauded heroes may have legitimately…

Linda HitchcockDecember 10, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

A Profound Exploration of Faith Through a Unified Gospel

In Jesus’ Every Word and Deed: Woven from the Scriptures, author and scriptural scholar John C. Burkhalter tries to present readers with just that — Jesus’ every word and deed. But he does it in a unique way that makes the story of Jesus more accessible and authentic than many…

Jim AlkonDecember 11, 2024

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Abbott Kahler’s “Eden Undone”: Sex, Murder and the Search for Utopia

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisNovember 13, 2024

The Housekeepers Secret by Sandra Schnakenburg

Nonfiction Recommended

A Promise to Late Housekeeper Leads to Unforgettable Search for the Truth

The increasingly popular memoir genre may not be famous for unputdownable books but The Housekeeper’s Secret by Sandra (Krilich) Schnakenburg is certainly one such memoir. The story reads like a fast-paced novel, with an ensemble cast of well-defined characters and a mystery to solve from the start. Per its title,…

Anne Eliot FeldmanDecember 3, 2024

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Nonfiction

The Entertainer Who Redefined Late-Night TV and Reshaped American Culture

A much-anticipated biography, Carson the Magnificent — 20 years in the making — has been released this holiday season about the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson…

BookTribDecember 3, 2024

Audiobooks Listicles Nonfiction Popular

AudioFile Selects Best Biography and Memoir Audiobooks of the Year

AudioFile’s 2024 Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks allow listeners windows onto the lives of others. The performers are perfectly in sync with the text, whether they’re professional narrators or the (rather famous) authors themselves.

AudioFileDecember 4, 2024

Navigating Ethical Leadership in the Age of AI by Annette Bühler

Business Nonfiction

Lead with Confidence in the AI Era with this Ethical Toolkit

A company uses an AI system to streamline its hiring process, but the system favors certain demographic groups over others. A hospital employs AI to diagnose patients but might miss rare conditions or produce false positives. A bank uses AI to determine loan eligibility, but the system starts denying loans…

Jim AlkonDecember 2, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Hollywood Screenwriter Flirts with Fame in Stunning Memoir

Nearly 50,000 people work in the U.S. film and television industry. Almost all of them labor in relative anonymity, performing the tasks—creative, technical, mechanical, supervisory, and financial—that make it possible for the movie industry and movie stars to exist. “I have been one of those people for nearly 50 years.”…

Jim AlkonNovember 12, 2024

Listicles Nonfiction

Reach New Heights With These 7 Unforgettable Memoirs

It’s called “summit fever” — the compulsion to ascend a mountain or rockface by any means necessary. It’s a phenomenon plenty of climbers have attested to as they’ve ascended “the seven summits,” the highest mountains on each of the continents. But what exactly is it about these monuments of nature…

Cameron KimballNovember 15, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Unnerving Account of One Man’s Life Torn Apart by the Legal System

“Truth is stranger than fiction” has become a common phrase tossed about. English author and screenwriter Neil Gaiman takes it a step further by saying, “Life is always going to be stranger than fiction because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t.” It leads you to wonder whether Graham…

BookTribOctober 20, 2023

Business Nonfiction

Big Laughs and Tiny Pep Talks to Tackle Life’s Everyday Struggles

Anybody can tell you “You can do it” before something like a big job interview — but what about the mundane tasks you need a little confidence boost for? In Tiny Pep Talks (Quirk Books), comedians Paula Skaggs and Josh Linden have written a new book with “bite-size” encouragement for…

BookTribNovember 18, 2024

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisNovember 20, 2024

Better Self Nonfiction Recommended

Abuse Survivor’s Story of Hope, Faith and Spiritual Healing

Butterfly Stitches is an inspiring and extremely raw Christian memoir by Michele Evette Vrabel, in which she recounts her harrowing yet inspiring journey from an abusive childhood to healing through her faith in her King Jesus Christ. This book bares the author’s heart and soul, taking readers through some of…

Natalia KavaleNovember 18, 2024

BooksToScreen Nonfiction

Mountaineer Andrew Lock: Climbing Everest Was Worth the Risk

Ah, movies. Is there no end to your ability to show me things that I’ll never, ever do? This fall, we’re getting The Walk, in which a guy walks on a tightrope 110 stories above the ground. The Martian will feature a guy stranded on Mars, a destination to which…

Michael RuscoeSeptember 17, 2015

Business Nonfiction

Compelling Look at the Rise of AI and the Giants Behind It

“A clear and compelling read about one of the most consequential races in the world — the invention of artificial general intelligence — filled with surprising and juicy details about the powerful men at the heart of it. The deep research in Supremacy reveals startling news and facts as yet…

BookTribNovember 13, 2024

9/11 Firefighter Makes a Difference by Cycling Across America

A Profound Exploration of Faith Through a Unified Gospel

Books & Looks Podcast: Abbott Kahler’s “Eden Undone”: Sex, Murder and the Search for Utopia

A Promise to Late Housekeeper Leads to Unforgettable Search for the Truth

AudioFile Selects Best Biography and Memoir Audiobooks of the Year

Lead with Confidence in the AI Era with this Ethical Toolkit

Hollywood Screenwriter Flirts with Fame in Stunning Memoir

Reach New Heights With These 7 Unforgettable Memoirs

Unnerving Account of One Man’s Life Torn Apart by the Legal System

Big Laughs and Tiny Pep Talks to Tackle Life’s Everyday Struggles

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Abuse Survivor’s Story of Hope, Faith and Spiritual Healing

Mountaineer Andrew Lock: Climbing Everest Was Worth the Risk

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