All Blog Posts Tagged 'non-fiction' (4)

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by: Simon Winchester

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Added by Lisa Armstrong on August 14, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Book Review: The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller

by Laura Miller In The Magician’s Book, Laura Miller recounts a journey familiar to many of us who loved the Chronicles of Narnia books as children. In the first two… Continue

Added by Steven at Book Dads on November 28, 2008 at 6:20am — No Comments

Banker to the Poor

I never read non-fiction. like...ever. I can't remember the last thing I read besides the newspaper and my scriptures that wasn't primarily fictional. I found out about Muhammad Yunus' book Banker to the Poor a while back from my good friend and it sounded okay and when Tom and I were going… Continue

Added by erin on July 16, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

Book Description: A true story—as powerful as Schindler's List—in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dea… Continue

Added by Julie L on June 21, 2008 at 11:25pm — No Comments