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| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gang+leader+for+a+day '''Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets'''] by Sudhir Venkatesh | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gang+leader+for+a+day '''Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets'''] by Sudhir Venkatesh | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?coal+a+human+history '''Coal: A Human History'''] by Barbara Freese | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?longitude+sobel '''Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Saved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time'''] by Dava Sobel | ||
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| + | == Medical == | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+great+influenza+barry '''The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History'''] by John M. Barry | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?spirit+catches+you+and+you+fall+down '''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures'''] by Anne Fadiman | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?intern+a+doctor's+initiation '''Intern: A Doctor's Initiation'''] by Sandeep Jauhar | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hot+zone+preston '''The Hot Zone'''] by Richard Preston | ||
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| - | == Science == | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?coal+a+human+history '''Coal: A Human History'''] by Barbara Freese | + | == Travel == |
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?longitude+sobel '''Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Saved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time'''] by Dava Sobel | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?life+death+in+shanghai '''Life and Death in Shanghai'''] by Nien Cheng |
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?eat+pray+love '''Eat, Pray, Love'''] by Elizabeth Gilbert | ||
| - | == Medical == | ||
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?the+great+influenza+barry '''The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History'''] by John M. Barry | + | == History == |
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?spirit+catches+you+and+you+fall+down '''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures'''] by Anne Fadiman | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?the+zookeepers+wife '''The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story'''] Diane Ackerman |
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?intern+a+doctor's+initiation '''Intern: A Doctor's Initiation'''] by Sandeep Jauhar | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?six+days+in+october '''Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929'''] by Karen Blumenthal |
| - | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?hot+zone+preston '''The Hot Zone'''] by Richard Preston | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?roar+of+the+heavens '''Roar of the Heavens'''] by Stefan Bechtel |
| - | == Travel == | + | == Memoirs and Biography == |
| - | Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?the+language+of+baklava '''The Language of Baklava'''] by Diana Abu-Jaber |
| - | Life and Death in Shanghai 915.1 Cheng | + | |
| - | == History == | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?the+prisoners+wife '''The Prisoner's Wife: a Memoir'''] by Asha Bandele |
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?life+and+times+of+the+thunderbolt+kid '''Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid'''] by Bill Bryson | ||
| - | The Zookeeper’s Wife 940.5318 Ackerman | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?my+life+in+france+child '''My Life in France'''] by Julia Child |
| - | Six Days in October 973.916 Blumenthal | + | |
| - | Roar of the Heavens 976.206 Bechtel | + | |
| - | == Memoirs and Biography == | + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?red+scarf+girl '''Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution'''] by Ji-Li Jiang |
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?angelas+ashes+mccourt '''Angela's Ashes: A Memoir'''] by Frank McCourt | ||
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| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?my+life+in+france+child '''My Life in France'''] by Julia Child | ||
| *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?look+me+in+the+eye+robison '''Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Aspergers'''] by John Elder Robison | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?look+me+in+the+eye+robison '''Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Aspergers'''] by John Elder Robison | ||
| + | *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?galileos+daughter '''Galileo's Daughter'''] by Dava Sobel | ||
| - | The Man Who Loved Books Too Much 002.075 Bartlett | ||
| - | A Child Called It 362.76 Pelzer | ||
| - | The Professor and the Madman 423 Winchester | ||
| + | Memoirs | ||
| - | An anthropologist on Mars 616.8 Sacks | ||
| - | Into Thin Air 796.522 Krakauer | ||
| - | Seabiscuit 798 Hillenbrand | ||
| + | Chinese Cinderella 92 Mah | ||
| - | Memoirs | + | Jonathan Ames autobio 92 Ames |
| - | *The Language of Baklava 92 Abu-Jaber | + | |
| - | Books by Jonathan Ames (any) | + | |
| - | Prisoner’s Wife 92 Bandele, Asha | + | |
| - | Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid 92 Bryson | + | |
| - | My Life in France 92 Child, Julia | + | |
| - | Galileo’s Daughter 92 Galilei, Galileo | + | |
| - | Red Scarf Girl 92 Jiang, Ji-li | + | |
| - | Angela’s Ashes 92 McCourt | + | |
| - | Chinese Cinderella 92 Mah | + | |
| - | Jonathan Ames autobio 92 Ames | + | The Man Who Loved Books Too Much 002.075 Bartlett |
| + | A Child Called It 362.76 Pelzer | ||
| + | The Professor and the Madman 423 Winchester | ||
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| + | An anthropologist on Mars 616.8 Sacks | ||
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| + | Into Thin Air 796.522 Krakauer | ||
| + | Seabiscuit 798 Hillenbrand | ||
| - | Other books in the 641.509 section | ||
| [[Category:Adult Nonfiction|Memoirs]] | [[Category:Adult Nonfiction|Memoirs]] | ||
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Article in Category:Adult Nonfiction category.
Narrative nonfiction: Nonfiction that reads like a novel. Also called Creative Nonfiction.
Contents |
True Crime
- Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
- Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh
Science
- Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese
- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Saved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
Medical
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
- Intern: A Doctor's Initiation by Sandeep Jauhar
- The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Animal Stories
- Dewey: The Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
- Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story Between an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien
Food Narratives
- No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach by Anthony Bourdain
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
- Cod: a Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
- Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
- Cooking Dirty: A Story of Life, Sex, Love, and Death in the Kitchen by Jason Sheehan
Travel
- Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
History
- The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman
- Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 by Karen Blumenthal
- Roar of the Heavens by Stefan Bechtel
Memoirs and Biography
- The Language of Baklava by Diana Abu-Jaber
- The Prisoner's Wife: a Memoir by Asha Bandele
- Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
- My Life in France by Julia Child
- Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-Li Jiang
- Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
- My Life in France by Julia Child
- Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Aspergers by John Elder Robison
- Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
Memoirs
Chinese Cinderella 92 Mah
Jonathan Ames autobio 92 Ames
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much 002.075 Bartlett A Child Called It 362.76 Pelzer The Professor and the Madman 423 Winchester
An anthropologist on Mars 616.8 Sacks
Into Thin Air 796.522 Krakauer Seabiscuit 798 Hillenbrand
