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Nonfiction Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Nonfiction.

Results 1 - 20 of 2,163 in Nonfiction

  1. This Week's Top NonfictionRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | NPR

    ... men -- a suburban rabbi and an inner-city pastor -- and explored with them the allure of faith. Like in his last nonfiction book, Tuesdays with Morrie, Albom delves into what it means to live with purpose. Hardcover, 272pp, $23.99, Hyperion, Pub ...

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  2. Some Kindle resources and notesRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check

    ... PC client on two PCs), you'll see options such as the following: The latest Kindle Nation Daily links: Fiction Nonfiction Advice & How-to Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs Business & Investing Children's Chapter Books Cooking, Food & Wine ...

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  3. Recommended ReadingRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | Free Republic

    ... gripping book is meticulously researched, which helped it win the Washington Institute's book prize for the best nonfiction book on the Middle East in 2009. If historical fiction is more up your alley, John J. Miller's novel "The First Assassin" is ...

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  4. 'Nothing to Envy,' by Barbara DemickRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | SFGate

    ... full use of the testimony of North Korean refugees and defectors. A delightful, easy-to-read work of literary nonfiction, it humanizes a downtrodden, long-suffering people whose individual lives, hopes and dreams are so little known abroad that ...

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  5. Children's books on Frank, Claudette ColvinRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | SFGate

    Kids have sometimes spoken out against almost unspeakable ills. Two exemplary nonfiction books give graphic evidence of such brave endeavor.

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  6. NonfictionRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | Kirkus Reviews

    Achorn, Edward FIFTY-NINE IN '84 January 01, 2010 - As Providence Journal deputy editorial page editor Achorn dutifully notes, 1880s baseball, flourishing before motion pictures and audio recordings, is a game both familiar and surpassingly alien.

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  7. HistoryRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | Kirkus Reviews

    ... Kirkus covers approximately 200 titles. These include all the new hardcover and trade-paper fiction, significant nonfiction, and the most important of children's and young adult books. Extensive as this coverage is, it remains to some extent only an ...

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  8. Borders Backs Kobo in E-Book SalesRead the original story w/Photo

    18 hrs ago | NewsFactor Network

    ... Internet Archive, which offers public-domain classics, academic works, reference materials, and fiction and nonfiction titles in 180 languages. The free PDF and downloadable EPUB titles will initially be made available for reading on desktop PCs or ...

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  9. Nominations sought for education awardsRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Springfield News Leader

    ... has increased understanding and appreciation of Missouri's history and culture. Book genres can be fiction, nonfiction or poetry. Nominations will be accepted until Feb. 15 and must be submitted using the nomination form available at ...

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  10. On the bookshelfRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | The Daily Courier

    ... through the perspectives of reality and imagination." Robinson is a prolific writer of short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry whose works have been published in a variety of venues. Her most recent book, "Lewis and Clark: Exploring the ...

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  11. Gifts for bookworms: Authors share top picksRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Dec 15 | MSNBC News

    ... page-turner. Here, five well-known authors share their favorite books from their respective areas of expertise: nonfiction/fiction, cookbooks, childrena TMs books and coffee table books. Browse titles recommended by Dan Brown, Sandra Lee, Mitch ...

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  12. A Fitting Top-TenRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | WBUR-AM Boston

    ... Shirley Temple spirit. Out of all of the '30s-themed books I read this year, my pick for the best nonfiction book is Kirsten Downey's biography of Frances Perkins, The Woman Behind the New Deal . Here's how Franklin Roosevelt's controversial choice ...

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  13. Kirkus DiscoveriesRead the original story

    Wednesday | Kirkus Reviews

    ... not charge for reviews. Please click here for information on ordering a review. • As with Kirkus Reviews , nonfiction books are reviewed by experienced reviewers who specialize in certain fields; novels and short-story collections are ...

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  14. Fort Peabody's Machine Gun Nest: Labor's Legacy at 13,000 feetRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday | The Telluride Watch

    " Mary Jo Martin, author of the nonfiction book, - The Corpse on Boomerang Road,' a history of the Western Federation of Miners and labor movement hero, Vincent St.

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  15. Wall Street Journal Best-SellersRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Bradenton Herald

    ... Books) 15. "Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas" by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins) NONFICTION 1. "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins) 2. "Have a Little Faith: A True Story" by Mitch Albom (Hyperion) ...

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  16. Agn s From Then to NowRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 23 | The Austin Chronicle

    ... due to the fact that these are both personal documentaries and my tastes generally favor narrative fiction over nonfiction, nor are they sentimental choices that privilege the work of a female filmmaker whose output remains stirring in her eighth ...

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  17. Arts: 2009's best in-flight readsRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 23 | WBUR-AM Boston

    ... personal property. So guess what? They ended up enlightening Everett instead. He spent decades with them, and his nonfiction account, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes is riveting. And it's serious escapism: This book boldly takes you where almost no ...

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  18. 'The Financial Lives Of The Poets' DetailRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | NPR

    ... Shirley Temple spirit. Out of all of the '30s-themed books I read this year, my pick for the best nonfiction book is Kirsten Downey's biography of Frances Perkins, The Woman Behind the New Deal . Here's how Franklin Roosevelt's controversial choice ...

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  19. A Holiday WrapRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Free Times

    ... by heavyweights like Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, E.L. Doctorow and A.S. Byatt, 2009 gave us new fiction and nonfiction by Jonathan Lethem, Dave Eggers, Zadie Smith and Jonathan Safran Foer, plus a hefty John Cheever biography and a handful of ...

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  20. ZEF awards education grantsRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Times-Sentinel

    ... Goldilocks Can, Then Why Can't We?" (Amanda Livengood, Stonegate; $549). A first grade classroom will purchase a nonfiction leveled classroom library, as well as a leveled library mobile storage cart and additional fiction leveled readers. This will ...

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