Nonfiction: Books to Grow & Learn
In this category, Books for Growing & Learning, you will find nonfiction and resources in topics such as cooking and crafts as well as science and current events. This section is for readers to feed both the mind and body with ideas and activities for thoughtful contemplation or personal development.
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Book Review: Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America, Leila Philip Nonfiction: Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America, Leila Philip Beaverland is the epic book I didn’t know that I needed to read about North America’s largest native rodent. It is in turns poignant and whimsical, personal and historical, and describes how beaver’s […]
Book Review: Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire Nonfiction: Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire Young boys can be mean. I know this, because I was once a young boy. We had a neighbor a little younger than me. Doug was annoying, probably as annoying as I was at his age, […]
Book Review: The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilization, Michael Brooks Nonfiction/Math: The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilization, Michael Brooks Let’s start by stating the obvious: this book is not for every reader. Michael Brooks loves math. He loves it the way I like blueberry pie. And he makes a compelling […]
Book Review: The One Thing You Need to Know, Marcus Chown Nonfiction: The One Thing You Need to Know, Marcus Chown Blog Tour February 3, 2023 As an American adult in his 50s, probably nothing has distressed me more in the Internet era than the daily confirmation that my fellow citizens do not know […]
Book Review: Chinese-ish: Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic 100% Delicious, Rosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu Nonfiction: Chinese-ish: Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic 100% Delicious, Rosheen Kaul and Joanna Hu The best cookbooks not only give us terrific tasting recipes, but also share a window into the cultural world of the author. Rosheen Kaul and […]
Book Review: Cold Fish Soup, Adam Farrer Memoir: Cold Fish Soup, Adam Farrer Blog Tour August 12, 2022 When a memoir starts with the narrator contemplating suicide, you would think that it has to get better. After all, it’s fairly obvious he did not go through with it. He finished the book, after […]
Book Review: Sherpa, Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari Nonfiction: Sherpa, Pradeep Bashyal and Ankit Babu Adhikari Blog Tour August 8, 2022 Sometimes I play a mental game with myself as I’m reading a book. It has different parameters based on the type of book. For some it’s, “Who would play what role […]
Book Review: Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl, Jonathan C. Slaght Nonfiction/Science: Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl, Jonathan C. Slaght I might have been vaguely aware of the existence of “fishing owls” before reading this book, […]
Book Review: A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, Neil Bradbury Nonfiction/Science: A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, Neil Bradbury Readers and writers often joke about the dangerous Google search history of thriller writers. Explosives, armaments, far off places, creative […]
Book Review: A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road, Darryl Jones Nonfiction: A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road, Darryl Jones When our youngest son started driving on his own he experienced something all too familiar to residents of central Pennsylvania–indeed, residents throughout much of the US and other […]
