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Narrative Science Non-Fiction
Return to Fiction_L Booklists Menu May 2007 (To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
 Abrahamn, Carolyn Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain Alibek, Ken Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World, Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It Alvarez, Walter T. Rex and the Crater of Doom Angier, Natalie The Beauty of the Beastly: New Views on the Nature of Life; Woman: An Intimate Geography Barry, John M. The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History; Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America Bodanis, David E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation; Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity Braun, Stephen Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine Brown, Daniel Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 Bruce, Victoria No Apparent Danger: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at Galeras and Nevado del Ruiz Burr, Chandler The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses Carrier, Jim The Ship and the Storm: Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome Carson, Rob Mount St. Helens: The Eruption and Recovery of a Volcano Casey, Susan The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks Chaplin, Gordon Dark Wind: A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss Cheney, Annie Body Brokers: Inside America's Underground Trade in Human Remains Croke, Vicki Constantine Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal Crosby, Molly Caldwell The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History Damrosch, David Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh Diamond, Jared Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Dyson, Michael Eric Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster Fadiman, Anne The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures Firlik, Katrina Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside Fossey, Diane Gorillas in the Mist Fouts, Roger Next of Kin: What My Conversations with Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Intelligence, Compassion, and Being Human Fredston, Jill A. Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches Garfield, Simon Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color that Changed the World Garrett, Laurie The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance Gawande, Atul Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance; Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfet Science Halpern, Sue Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterflies Hamblyn, Richard The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Formed the Language of the Skies Hawking, Stephen A Brief History of Time Henig, Robin Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution Hubbell, Sue Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones Huler, Scott Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale and How a Nineteenth Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry Huyler, Frank The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicine Jamison, Kay R. Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide Johnson, Steven Ghost Map: The Story of London's Deadliest Epidemic, and How it Changed the Way We Think about Disease, Cities, Science, and the Modern World Jones, Chris Too Far from Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space Junger, Sebastien The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Kandel, Eric T. In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind Karlen, Arno Biography of a Germ Keay, John The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named Kelleher, Colm Brain Trust: The Hidden Connection Between Mad Cow and Misdiagnosed Alzheimer's Disease Kidder, Tracy Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World King, Ross Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Kleinberg, Eliot Black Cloud: The Great Florida Hurricane of 1928 Kolata, Gina Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It Krauss, Erich Wave of Destruction: The Stories of Four Families and History's Deadliest Tsunami Kurlansky, Mark Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World; Salt: A World History Larson, Erik Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Laskin, David The Children's Blizzard Lax, Eric The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle Le Couteur, Penny Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History Leopold, Aldo Sand County Almanac Lener, Mark and Billy Goldberg Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex: More Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Whiskey Sour; Why Do Men Have Nipples: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only ASk A Doctor After Your Third Martini Lutz, Tom Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears Maples, William R. Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist Martin, Russel Beethoven's Hair Max, D.T. The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery McCullogh, David G. The Johnstown Flood McGee, Harold On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen McPhee, John Annals of the Former World; Assembling California; Basin and Range; Encounters with the Archdruid; In Suspect Terrain; Rising from the Plains Moalem, Sharon Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease Mundle, Robert Fatal Storm: The Inside Story of the Tragic Sydney-Hobart Race Mykle, Robert Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928 Nasar, Sylvia A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 Nielsen, Jerri Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole Obmascik, Mark The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession Orlean, Susan The Orchid Thief Page, Jake The Big One: The Earthquake that Rocked Early America and Helped Create a Science Pollan, Michael The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World; The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Preston, Richard The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story; The Hot Zone; The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring Rhodes, Richard The Making of the Atomic Bomb Ridley, Matt Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters Roach, Mary Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Sacks, Oliver An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales; Awakenings; The Island of the Colorblind, and Cycan Island; A Leg to Stand On; The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood Salisbury, Gay The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic Scott, Phil Hemingway's Hurricane: The Great Florida Keys Storm of 1935 Scotti, R.A. Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 Siegel, Marc Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know about the Next Pandemic Smith, Sir Sydney Mostly Murder Sobel, Dava Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love; Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Spielman, Andrew Mosquito: A Natural History of Man's Most Persistent and Deadly Foe Stewart, Amy The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms Sullivan, Robert Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants; A Whale Hunt: Two Years on the Olympic Peninsula with the Makah and Their Canoe Svenvold, Mark Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America Sykes, Brian The Seven Daughters of Eve Tammet, Daniel Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Toomey, David M. Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet Tucker, Todd The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so that Milllions Could Live Tuin, Luca The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Scent Watson, James The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA Weiner, Jonathan The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time Williams, Stanley Surviving Galeras Winchester, Simon The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology; Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 Wolfe, Tom The Right Stuff Zimmer, Carl Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures; Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain and How It Changed the World
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