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The Omnivore’s Dilemma
By Michael Pollan
394.12 POL
A fascinating look at what we eat, and why we eat it. Pollan visits a number of food related topics in this book from the origins of our food, to the reasons behind our corn based society, to organic farming, and beyond.

Born to Run
By Christopher McDougall
BIO McDougall
McDougall, a sports writer and amateur runner injures his foot on a three mile run. Said injury starts him on the path to discover how a group of native Mexican Indians are able to beat the odds and run amazing distances without the help of modern technology.

Shadow Divers
By Robert Kurson
940.5451 KUR
A fascinating account of two amateur scuba divers who discovered a World War II German submarine off the coast of New Jersey. The wreck was deeper than was normally possible to dive too, and therefore no one the amazing discovery. Adventure, with lots of World War II history thrown in.

When You Are Engulfed in Flames
By David Sedaris
814.54 SED
Another humorous memoir by David Sedaris. Each chapter looks at a different aspect of his life ranging from the frustrations of living in France, to his childhood , to his attempts to give up smoking while living in Japan.

The Homemade Life
By Molly Wizenberg
BIO WIZINBER
Wizenberg is the author of the online food blog Orangette. With each chapter she discusses a certain time in her life, the sites, smells and food associated with it. Each chapter includes the recipe for the particular food that she discusses. A very satisfying, warm, and delicious memoir.

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
By Simon Winchester
423 WIN
The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, 70 years in the making, was an intellectually heroic feat with a twist worthy of the greatest mystery fiction: one of its most valuable contributors was a criminally insane American physician, locked up in an English asylum for murder.