- Nonfiction
- Entertaining books
The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls
BIO Walls
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China By Jung Chang
951.05 CHA
A Chinese woman chronicles the struggles of her grandmother, mother, and herself to survive in a China torn apart by wars, invasions, revolution, and continuing upheaval, from 1907 to the present.
At Home: A Short History of Private Life Bill Bryson
643.1 BRY
Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life. It is a very entertaining and fascinating read.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan
394.12 POL
An ecological and anthropological study of eating offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment.
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