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  Best Non-Fiction of Late 2004 and 2005

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January 2006
Compiled by Melanie Barker, of Buckingham (VA) Co. High School Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.

(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.)

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*** 3 votes ***

Didion, Joan. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

Reichl, Rachel. GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES: THE SECRET LIFE OF A CRITIC IN DISGUISE

*** 2 votes ***

Berendt, John. THE CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS

Dwyer, Jim. 102 MINUTES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE FIGHT TO SURVIVE INSIDE THE TWIN TOWERS

Moehringer, J.R. THE TENDER BAR

Walls, Jeanette. GLASS CASTLE: A MEMOIR

*** 1 vote ***

Abu-Jaber, Diana. THE LANGUAGE OF BAKLAVA

Albert, John. THE WRECKING CREW: THE REALLY BAD NEWS GRIFFITH PARK PIRATES

Barasch, Marc Ian. FIELD NOTES ON THE COMPASSIONATE LIFE: A SEARCH FOR THE SOUL OF KINDNESS

Bissinger, Buzz. THREE NIGHTS IN AUGUST

Bounds, Gwendolyn. LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE RIVER: A PUB, A TOWN, AND THE SEARCH FOR WHAT MATTERS MOST

Burnham, Gracia. TO FLY AGAIN: SURVIVING THE TAILSPINS OF LIFE

Cloud, Henry. HOW TO GET A DATE WORTH KEEPING AND BE DATING IN SIX MONTHS OR LESS

Coffey, Wayne. THE BOYS OF WINTER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF A COACH, A DREAM, AND THE 1980 US OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM

Collins, Billy. BILLY COLLINS LIVE: A PERFORMANCE AT THE PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE

Conant, Jenne. 109 EAST PALACE: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos

Deford, Frank. THE OLD BALLGAME: John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the NY Giants Created Modern Baseball

Done, Phillip. 32 THIRD GRADERS AND ONE CLASS BUNNY: LIFE LESSONS FROM TEACHING

Doran, Phil. THE RELUCTANT TUSCAN: HOW I DISCOVERED MY INNER ITALIAN

Fadiman, Ann. SEVENTEEN WRITERS REVISIT THE BOOKS THEY LOVE

Falk, John. HELLO TO ALL THAT: A Memoir of War, Zoloft, and Peace

Hanover, Donna. MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK: True Stories of Rediscovering Love with a Long-Lost Sweetheart

Helget, Nicole L. SUMMER OF ORDINARY WAYS: A MEMOIR

Koch, Stephen. THE BREAKING POINT: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles

Leveen, Steven. THE LITTLE GUIDE TO YOUR WELL-READ LIFE

Nevins, Jess. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC VICTORIANA

Patridge, Elizabeth. JOHN LENNON: ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH

Paul, Marla. THE FRIENDSHIP CRISIS

Powell, Julie. JULIE & JULIA: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AN ORDINARY LIFE

Savage, Dan. COMMITMENT: LOVE, SEX, MARRIAGE, & MY FAMILY

Truss, Lynne. TALK TO THE HAND: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay at Home & Bolt the Door

Vonnegut, Kurt. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

White, Ronald C. THE ELOQUENT PRESIDENT: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words

 
 
      
   
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