Category: non-fiction
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
By Susan Cain Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Crown Publishers, 2012 Genres: Nonfiction, psychology, personality ISBN: 9780307352149 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 333 (including Notes and Index). Setting: Various locations in the USA Time period: Contemporary Description: Cain examines the differences between introverts and extroverts, including various roles played by both in society. …
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Just Kids
By Patti Smith Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Harper Collins, 2010 Genres: Nonfiction, autobiography, biography, memoir ISBN: 9780066211312 Audience: Adults Number of pages: 279 Settings: Mostly New York City – Manhattan & Brooklyn – but also Paris & Charleville, France & Camden, NJ Time period: The bulk of the story is set between 1969…
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Nobody’s son: notes from an American life
By Luis Alberto Urrea Place: Publisher & Year: Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1998 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography, memoir Series: Camino del Sol ISBN: 9780816518654 Audience: Adults Number of pages: 189 Setting: Various locations in Mexico and the US, including Tijuana and San Diego Time period: late 1950s – 1990s Description: Urrea describes key moments of…
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Warriors Don’t Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High
By Melba Pattillo Beals Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Simon Pulse, c1995, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, autobiography, memoir ISBN: 9781416948827 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 226 Setting: Little Rock, Arkansas Time period: 1950’s – most of the story takes place during the school year of 1957-58 (includes an epilogue from 1987 and an…
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French Women Don’t Get Fat: the Secret of Eating for Pleasure
By Mireille Guiliano Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c2005, 2007 Genres: Non-fiction, health & fitness, healthy living, women’s health, diet, nutrition ISBN: 9781400042128 Intended audience: “Women throughout the developed world” (p. 7) Number of pages: 264 Setting: France & USA Time period: Written for the present, but includes narratives from various…
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Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
By Michael Pollan Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Books, 2009 Genre: Non-fiction, health & fitness, healthy living, diet, nutrition ISBN: 9780143116387 Intended audience: American adults Number of pages: 140 Setting: USA Time period: The era of obesity and processed “food-like substances” Description: A practical guide for what and how to eat, written as…
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Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
Story by Michael Keller, Art by Nicolle Rager Fuller Place: Publisher & Year: Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2009 Genre: Non- fiction, science, biography, history Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781605299488 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 191 Setting: Earth Time period: 1831 – 2006 Plot summary: This book is a graphic version of Charles Darwin’s On the…
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