Nonfiction

The Joys of a Natural Disaster in Powerful Memoir Placing Family Above All

Fifty years ago in June of 1972, Agnes, one of the most devastating storms in hurricane history, caused record damage across large swaths of the eastern United States. In Pennsylvania, up to 19 inches of rain fell, rivers overflowed and more than 200,000 residents lost their homes. Of the estimated…

Joanna PoncavageSeptember 16, 2022

Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction

One Crisis After Another: 6 Stories of Finding the Fun in Life’s Misfortunes

Midlife crisis. Quarter-life crisis. Existential crisis. We’re not exactly setting ourselves up for success when we put so much emphasis on the “crisis” part of getting older. With the looming threat of an incoming catastrophe hanging over our heads, no wonder we fear the great unknown of our futures! If…

BookTribSeptember 13, 2022

Nonfiction Recommended

From Police Chief to Priest: The Soul of a Fascinating Guy

Unless you’ve been around Madison, Wisconsin, for a long time, or maybe you’re concerned about policing in America in these crazy days, you’ve likely never heard about a former Marine and police chief who became an Episcopal priest. His name is David Couper, and he has a lot to say.…

Dennis HetzelDecember 9, 2022

Business Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction

Six Accessible Books to Help People Master Their Personal Finances

One of the best ways to improve your financial situation is to increase your financial literacy and the best way to do that is to read a personal finance book. Reading books about money management and investing will help you improve your financial future and set yourself down the path to…

Wyatt SemenukSeptember 7, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

One Woman Recounts Her Survival from Auschwitz in This Powerful, Must-Read Story

One Hundred Saturdays (Avid Reader Press) is, quite simply, essential reading. Award-winning author Michael Frank has distilled six years of conversations between the now ninety-nine-year-old charming raconteur and inspirational Holocaust survivor Stella Levi into a slender yet powerful volume of memories of her life experiences. She was born in 1923…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 6, 2022

Better Self Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

A Deep Dive Into Crosswords, Sudoku and Life’s Mysteries in “The Puzzler”

The Puzzler (Crown) is an engaging read … A.J. Jacobs provides a wealth of trivial yet gratifying information about puzzles and for a puzzle lover, it was so much fun! Sharpening problem-solving skills while learning the history of puzzles can improve your thinking, and hearing the author’s stories about conquering the…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 2, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

In the Face of a Terrifying Diagnosis, This Adventurer Refused to Back Down From the Challenge

Wayne Raffesberger remembered that quote from Mark Twain and uses it as a rallying cry for the way he would live his life, as told vividly in his memoir, Thank God I Got Polio: A Life of Adventure and the Adventure of Life. A DRIVE TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY While Raffesberger…

Jim AlkonSeptember 1, 2022

Nonfiction

Q&A With Linda Ronstadt: Unique Memoir Addresses Heritage, Immigration and Food

Linda Ronstadt’s latest offering began as a group cookbook. Thankfully, Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands (Heyday) morphed into a profoundly moving and visceral memoir and travelog, rooted in place, family heritage, history, and, yes, food. Co-written with New York Times editor Lawrence Downes, Feels Like Home explores…

Susan BaileyNovember 14, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Investigative Accounts of Real Life Murder and Mayhem

I enjoyed the telling of the opioid crisis and the Sackler family by Patrick Radden Keefe in Empire of Pain, (even after watching Dopesick on TV) as his attention to detail and inclusion of facts creates a vivid setting and action-packed story. First made aware of this upcoming collection from Sarah…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 29, 2022

Nonfiction

Intimate Look at a Broadway Legend in “Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim”

Finale, subtitled Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim (Harper) written by nonfiction author and The New Yorker staff writer D.T. Max is essential reading for every Sondheim fan and recommended for anyone studying or interested in American musical theater history. Stephen Sondheim, although loyal to friends and colleagues, was famously reclusive,…

Linda HitchcockNovember 28, 2022

Children's Books Nonfiction Recommended

Children’s Book Looks to the Stars to Reveal Lessons from the Scriptures

Adam Oblad is an author who enjoys sharing the gospel message with children and enjoys doing it through astronomy. In his delightful I Am the Bright and Morning Star (Christian Faith Publishing), he shares relevant lessons from the scriptures while teaching important truths. Oblad writes in an entertaining and engaging…

BookTribDecember 6, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Discover the Key to Becoming a Healthier You

The cover of The Serotonin-Insulin Connection: The Link to Achieving Extraordinary Physical and Mental Health by Phoenix Gilman lists the following: Control Cravings and Overcome Addictions The Link Between Mental Health and Our Nutrition Alleviate Depression and Anxiety Why Cholesterol is Vital to Longevity Reduce Risks for Alzheimer’s Lose Body Fat…

Barbara WilkovAugust 29, 2022

Nonfiction

Lots to Digest When Sorting Fact From Fiction on Subject of Gut Health

The consumer health and nutrition industry is a tricky space. On one hand there are plenty of professionals doing real research who are genuinely invested in the well-being of consumers. On the other, there are just as many, some professionals and some not, who are simply looking to cash in…

Wyatt SemenukDecember 5, 2022

Nonfiction Pop Culture

Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville Pens Laugh-Out-Loud Memoir

Hugh Bonneville is a talented, skilled, versatile, well-established, working actor, neither a diva nor a flavor of the month celebrity whose memoir Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru (Other Press) is perfectly smashing! It has a ready-made audience with Downton Abbey aficionados who already admire his character…

Linda HitchcockDecember 1, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Author Declassifies the War Within His Mind to Help Others in His Shoes

John Poehler in 1999 was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type 1. Dealing with the effects of bipolar disorder were going to be monumental enough. But in that first wave of comprehension as the implications of the diagnosis sink in, emotions can run wild: fear, anxiety, depression, loneliness, worthlessness, maybe even…

Jim AlkonAugust 19, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

A Spiritual Memoir and Life-Changing Guide to Energy Healing

From the first time he used the Light on his injured wrist, Yan Ming Li knew he "had been given a special gift." Yet it was a gift he would need to keep secret from all but those nearest and dearest to him. You see, at the time, Master Li…

Gevera Bert PiedmontAugust 18, 2022

The Joys of a Natural Disaster in Powerful Memoir Placing Family Above All

One Crisis After Another: 6 Stories of Finding the Fun in Life’s Misfortunes

From Police Chief to Priest: The Soul of a Fascinating Guy

Six Accessible Books to Help People Master Their Personal Finances

One Woman Recounts Her Survival from Auschwitz in This Powerful, Must-Read Story

A Deep Dive Into Crosswords, Sudoku and Life’s Mysteries in “The Puzzler”

In the Face of a Terrifying Diagnosis, This Adventurer Refused to Back Down From the Challenge

Investigative Accounts of Real Life Murder and Mayhem

Children’s Book Looks to the Stars to Reveal Lessons from the Scriptures

Discover the Key to Becoming a Healthier You

Author Declassifies the War Within His Mind to Help Others in His Shoes

A Spiritual Memoir and Life-Changing Guide to Energy Healing

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