Favourite recent(ish) non-fiction
Discover a curated list of favourite recent non-fiction books that inspire, educate, and captivate. Explore top picks for thought-provoking reads across genres.
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Please Stop Laughing At Me
by Jodee Blanco
In her poignant work, Jodee Blanco tells how school became a frightening and painful place, where threats, humiliation, and assault were as much a part …
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Where the Girls Are
by Susan J. Douglas
Media critic Douglas deconstructs the ambiguous messages sent to American women via TV programs, popular music, advertising, and nightly news reporting over the last 40 …
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Kick Me
by Paul Feig
Written in side-splitting and often cringe-inducing detail, Paul Feig takes you in a time machine to a world of bombardment by dodge balls, ill-fated prom …
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The Pessimist's Guide to History 3e
by Doris Flexner
The classic irreverent look at the past—now updated with even more appalling facts! Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang exploded—and it's been …
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La Belle France
by Alistair Horne
"A useful and charming introduction to a nation that has oh-so-definitely helped make the modern world what it is... Horne does a service in helping …
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Bushit!
by Jack Huberman
Bushit is the book that Jack Huberman hoped he would never have to write. The author of the hugely successful Bush-Hater's Handbook became an American …
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The Quotable Atheist
by Jack Huberman
Surprisingly, no book of quotations on God and religion by atheists and agnostics exists. Luckily, for the millions of American nonbelievers who have quietly stewed …
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An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison …
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The Book of Animal Ignorance
by John Mitchinson
Meet the water bears that can live in suspension for hundreds of years, the parasite carried by your cat that makes men grumpy and women …
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The Book of General Ignorance
by John Mitchinson
The #1 British bestseller reveals all of the hugely entertaining misconceptions, mistakes, and misunderstandings in common knowledge.
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Virginity Or Death!
by Katha Pollitt
Collection of Pollitt's columns in the Nation aboyt political, social and cultural trends in the United States.
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Barrel Fever
by David Sedaris
With a skewed sense of wit uniquely his own, satirist and popular NPR storyteller David Sedaris presents a collection of short stories and essays, wherein …
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of "Naked", presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about …
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David Sedaris
A collection of essays celebrates the foibles of the author's everyday life in France and America, from an attempt to make coffee with water from …
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All Too Human
by George Stephanopoulos
All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power …