Non-Fiction Books
Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence
Publisher Rodale, June 2006 Matt Sanford’s life and body were irrevocably changed at age thirteen on a snowy Iowa road. On that day, his family’s car skidded off an overpass, killing Matt’s father and sister and leaving him paralyzed from the chest down and confined to a wheelchair. His mother and b … |
Waking the Spirit: A Musician’s Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul
Publisher Picador/St. Martin, August 2, 2016 The astounding story of a critically ill musician, who is saved by music and returns to the same hospital to help heal others. Andrew Schulman, a fifty-seven-year-old professional guitarist, had a close brush with death on the night of July 16, 2009. Agai … |
Who Hates Whom
Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up – A woefully Incomplete Guide Publisher Crown/Random, September 25, 2007 WHO HATES WHOM is a simple book of maps and accompanying text providing a country-by-country breakdown of who hates whom in ethnic, religious, economic, … |
The Whole Fromage
Adventures in the Delectable World of French Cheese Publisher Broadway Books/Random House, June 25, 2013 The French, san doute, love their fromages. And there’s much to love: hundreds of gloriously pungent varieties-crumbly, creamy, buttery, even shot through with bottle-green mold. So many varietie … |
Why Still Dance
Publisher Nodin Press, January 2004 Phebe Hanson has been at work recording the book of her life since the day after Pearl Harbor in 1941. If a 21st century reader wanted to know what it felt like to be an intelligent, witty, sharply observant woman—a daughter of pious Scandinavian immigrants, a w … |
Why Do They Act That Way
A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain For You And Your Teen Publisher Free Press/Simon & Schuster, August 2004 Even smart kids do stupid things. It’s a simple fact of life. No one makes it through the teenage years unscathed-not the teens and not their parents. But now there’s expert help for … |
Yeh Yeh’s House
Publisher Diane Reverand/Saint Martin, December 2004 A beautifully written memoir that describes Chao’s belated journey to her family’s home in Beijing in search of a connection to her heritage. Throughout Evelina’s childhood, blue aerogramme would arrive from China, addressed to her. These letters … |