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: Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough, John J. Ross, M.D. Nonfiction: Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough, John J. Ross, M.D. Certain writers’ works are, dare I say, infected with certain maladies. Shakespeare frequently refers obliquely to syphilis. James Joyce has multiple descriptive names for gonorrhea. Tuberculosis affects characters in Jane Eyre and […]
Book Review: 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,, Bruce Goldfarb Nonfiction: 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,, Bruce Goldfarb Although it would make a great title for a crime novel, 18 Tiny Deaths […]
Book Review: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World, Richard C. Francis Nonfiction: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World, Richard C. Francis Domesticated is a scientific examination of the evolution of domesticated mammals. Tracing their origins back to their wild ancestors, Richard C. Francis explores the changes and modifications that domestication has made on […]
Book Review: Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean Nonfiction: Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean Susan Orlean is a genius at making you think you are reading one book when in reality you are reading several books she has incredibly forged together in an unbreakable alloy. Rin Tin Tin masquerades as a book about the […]
Book Review: Mobituaries, Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg Nonfiction: Mobituaries, Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg Did you know that Thomas Paine, famed author of the Revolutionary War era pamphlet Common Sense, writer of the sentence “These are the times that try men’s souls,” the single best selling American author in history (by percentage […]
Book Review: Fathoms, Rebecca Giggs Nonfiction: Fathoms, Rebecca Giggs Fathoms is a difficult book to read for many reasons. All of those reasons also make it a book that you should read. The book begins and ends with beached whales. Author Rebecca Giggs visits the sites of both beachings in Australia, her […]
Book Review: In Black and White, Alexandra Wilson NonFiction: In Black and White, Alexandra Wilson Blog Tour: October 2, 2020 I often reflect upon my good fortune despite, which is true despite various challenges I may face. I grew up in a stable home with parents who loved me. We were comfortably middle-class and […]
Book Review: Inside Out: Poems on Writing and Reading Poems, Marjorie Maddox Poetry/Nonfiction: Inside Out: Poems on Writing and Reading Poems, Marjorie Maddox Inside Out is absolutely delightful. I truly wish that someone had written this book 40 years ago when I was in junior high school. Of course, Marjorie Maddox was not […]
Book Review: Starchild, Michaela Foster Marsh Memoir: Starchild, Michaela Foster Marsh Michaela Foster Marsh has known her share of both love and loss. She grew up in a loving family in Glasgow, Scotland. Her father was a minister in the Church of Scotland. Her mother was devoted to her children. And Michaela was […]
Book Review: Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch Nonfiction: Because Internet, Gretchen McCulloch Because Internet is subtitled Understanding the New Rules of Language. It is one linguist’s efforts to study and learn the effects of the Internet on the use of English, particularly in Canada (the author’s home), US, Britain, and Australia. This is a […]
