Non fiction Archives
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates, Central Park, New York City, Jonathan Fineberg and Wolfgang Volz -   Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates, Central Park, New York City by Jonathan Fineberg  and Wolfgang Volz One very go
Columbine, Dave Cullen - Dave Cullen has a piece in The New York Times urging us not to draw conclusions too quickly about James Holmes, who killed a dozen people and wounded
Conning Harvard: Adam Wheeler, the Con Artist Who Faked His Way into the Ivy League , Julie Zauzmer - “Harvard makes mistakes too, you know.
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, Kenji Yoshino - On the Letters page of a magazine I was idly reading were some angry --- make that outraged --- blasts from readers.
Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team , Rob Fleder (editor) - When I worked at America Online, Memorial Day was about a brief nod to the war dead and a loud hello to grilling season.
Deep Economy, Bill McKibben - The Omnivore’s Dilemma may have been the most disturbing and challenging book published in 2006. In 2007, that book may be "Deep Economy.
Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales -     Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why Laurence Gonzales Pay attention: Today we may just save your life. You may
Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, Nechama Tec - Defiance: The Bielski Partisans Nechama Tec Video Movie Trailer In January, a movie called Defiance opens.
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, Bill McKibben - If you want to debate whether global warming is real, or, if it’s real, whether it’s a natural phenomenon or something we did, or if &ldqu
Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth, Robert Poole - Christmas Eve, 1968. Apollo 8 was making history. The American astronauts had left Earth's orbit. They'd seen the dark side of the Moon.
Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, David Margolick - Steve Jobs (1955-2011): A few years ago, at the D Conference, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were interviewed together for first time in two decades.
Epictetus - I took a nap after lunch.
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman, Sam Wasson - I’m tired of hearing about “the death of publishing” --- and reading how the fault lies in some toxic combination of APPs and blogge
Five Minds for the Future, Howard Gardner -   Five Minds for the Future Howard Gardner In case you haven't noticed, the world is going through a seismic change.
Friends & Family: Unreal Estate; Love at First Bark; Yossarian Slept Here - The mail brings a ton of books. Inevitably, some are by former colleagues, real friends and Facebook friends.
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans, A.J. Baime - Americans like to think that baseball and football rule the world of sport. Soccer, anyone?   Americans like to believe that the Indianapolis 500
God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine, Victoria Sweet - It almost always annoys me when someone who isn’t a professional writer produces a great book, but Victoria Sweet has written the best non-ficti
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America, Matt Taibbi - One reason we don’t discuss politics here is that I have trouble seeing much difference between America’s two political parties.
Havana Nocturne, T.J. English - Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution T.J. English You remember the scene in
Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick & Howard Massey -       Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles Geoff Emerick & Howard Massey God inve