Nonfiction

Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph After Historic Football Plane Crash

Craig T. Greenlee was a versatile college football player who, in 1969 after his sophomore year at Marshall University in West Virginia, lost his desire for the game and quit the team. That decision saved his life. On Nov. 14, 1970, the plane carrying the Marshall football team back from…

Jim AlkonJune 14, 2024

Better Self Nonfiction Recommended

Conquer Anxiety and Radiate Confidence with Social Guidebook

Between the incendiary world of social media, the lingering aftermath of remote learning and the ever-changing expectations of the professional world, the young adults of today have a lot to contend with socially. And whether they’re headed for college orientation or their first job interview, there’s a good chance they’re…

BookTribAugust 26, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

A Surprising Eye-Opener on the Fight Against Breast Cancer

The purpose of Juliana Hastings’ book, I’ll Have a Double: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Alcohol and Breast Cancer is to raise awareness and share what she has learned during her own breast cancer journey. While this book is a memoir of Juliana’s experience, it is also a…

Barbara WilkovOctober 16, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Memoir Recounts Sister’s Rescue Mission and the Ongoing Fight For Disability Justice

“Forced care is happening to people with disabilities around the world. Most people don’t escape. And the world shrugs.” Should everyone have the right to choose where they live? The answer seems obvious — of course, choosing where you live is a basic human right. But for Teresa Heartchild, an…

Megan BeauregardApril 16, 2024

Business Nonfiction Recommended

Cutting-Edge Guide on Embracing Change in the Business World

Don’t be fooled by negativity implied in the word, “disrupt,” which, by its very definition, suggests “a disturbance or problem, throwing into confusion, disorder, turmoil or disarray.” Because where this is a problem, there is likely a solution, or an opportunity, if approached with the proper creative mindset. Disruption these…

LK GriffieSeptember 3, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Far From Home, Child’s Birth is an Unexpected Adventure in Father’s Touching, Humorous Memoir

While reading the dramatic and heartwarming true birth story told in The Destination Birth by Alex Bisset, I was reminded of the John Lennon quote, “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” This is so fitting. Alex and Lauren Bisset were married in the middle of…

Barbara WilkovFebruary 19, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Touching Stories of Friendship and Good Times at Town’s Oldest Bar

Many of us have a favorite neighborhood bar we frequent often and where “everybody knows your name.” But do they all get to celebrate 80 years? The Hot Dog Diaries by Al Bonner and Jim Antonini is dedicated specifically to “everyone who has stepped through the front door of Gene’s…

Barbara WilkovJune 28, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Authentic Look at Overcoming Addiction to Obtain a New Life

It’s commonplace for people to gravitate to the well-known influencers — celebrities, athletes, political and religious leaders, and other icons in their fields — when looking for voices to follow and messages to embrace. But there is often a stronger sort of influencer — the everyman just like you and…

Jim AlkonSeptember 19, 2024

Children's Books Nonfiction Recommended

Teenager Brings Ancient Egypt to Life in Timeless Translated Story of Family and Career

Let’s be clear from the outset: Be a Scribe! by young 16-year-old Michael Hoffen and co-authors, is not a thriller. It’s not contemporary fiction, or a romance, biography, sci-fi, action-adventure, fantasy, horror, or anything motivational. No, it likely won’t be your book club’s next read. Yet it might be the…

Jim AlkonApril 9, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Business Playbook for Former Athletes Turned Budding Entrepreneurs

After the Game by Jay Dixon is not just a book; it's a playbook for harnessing the invaluable lessons learned from the competitive world of college or professional athletics and applying them to the game of life. Dixon, a former D1 college football player turned successful business leader, expertly blends…

Wyatt SemenukApril 2, 2024

Better Self Nonfiction Recommended

Experience a Brighter Future with Transformative Recovery Guide

Author Daryl Dittmer has written two really great books! In his first, When I Stop Fighting: The Unexpected Joy of Getting My Head Out of My Ass (see BookTrib’s review here), Dittmer acknowledges that he is not a celebrity, doctor, retired billionaire, politician or Navy SEAL, but, rather, “a very…

Barbara WilkovOctober 15, 2024

Harvey and the Lightning Herd by Helga Tacreiter

Children's Books Nonfiction Recommended

One Woman’s Journey to Save Her Orphaned Herd — And All Farm Animals

“Hey, hey, babies, I wish I could change the world.” It’s easy to feel powerless in this day and age. Oftentimes, it feels like the way the world works is simply how it is — even when there’s an established system we wish we could change. This goes double for…

Cameron KimballOctober 14, 2024

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: The Duchess of Diamonds: Annie Reed Uncovers Gilded Age Grifter

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 DesantisSeptember 25, 2024

Nonfiction

Ta-Nehisi Coates Tackles Race, Oppression and Global Issues in “The Message”

The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ fifth book, has arrived and its gorgeously crafted writings are incisive and provocative. In intertwined essays about his recent trips to three places — Senegal, South Carolina and Palestine — the award-winning author unravels the vital relationship between stories and our view of the world past…

Anne Eliot FeldmanOctober 4, 2024

Better Self Nonfiction Recommended

An Expert’s Informative, Holistic Look at Dementia Caregiving

If you are lucky enough as an adult to still have parents in your life, chances are very good that you will eventually be providing some level of care for them as they age. Between the rising costs of skilled nursing and the inadequate coverage provided by most insurance, many…

Cynthia ConradJuly 25, 2024

Hard Bargain by Donald G Denihan with Jon Land

Nonfiction Recommended

Near-Death Experiences Provide Author a New Lease on Life

“Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.” That nugget was the last item in a list of 45 life lessons offered by Regina Brett, legendary newspaper writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It’s also the last sentence in Donald G. Denihan’s new book Hard Bargain (Stillwater…

Jim AlkonJune 13, 2024

Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph After Historic Football Plane Crash

A Surprising Eye-Opener on the Fight Against Breast Cancer

Cutting-Edge Guide on Embracing Change in the Business World

Far From Home, Child’s Birth is an Unexpected Adventure in Father’s Touching, Humorous Memoir

Touching Stories of Friendship and Good Times at Town’s Oldest Bar

Authentic Look at Overcoming Addiction to Obtain a New Life

Teenager Brings Ancient Egypt to Life in Timeless Translated Story of Family and Career

Business Playbook for Former Athletes Turned Budding Entrepreneurs

Experience a Brighter Future with Transformative Recovery Guide

One Woman’s Journey to Save Her Orphaned Herd — And All Farm Animals

Books & Looks Podcast: The Duchess of Diamonds: Annie Reed Uncovers Gilded Age Grifter

An Expert’s Informative, Holistic Look at Dementia Caregiving

Near-Death Experiences Provide Author a New Lease on Life

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