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A WEBSITE OF BOOK REVIEWS AND BOOK THOUGHTS
\nby STEVE CAMPION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Browse<\/em> <\/strong>the categories and tags in the sidebars. Comment<\/em><\/strong> on the topics and let other readers know if you’ve read any of the same (or similar) titles.\u00a0Subscribe<\/em> <\/strong>to RSS<\/a> or on Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0 Share<\/em> <\/strong>the reviews on Facebook. Chime in<\/em><\/strong> with your own reviews or book mentions at “Last Book You Read?<\/a>”<\/p>\n

If you find some gems among these mostly<\/em> non-fiction book reviews, my blog has served its purpose. I hope you enjoy the pictures, too. Photography is one of my many interests.<\/p>\n

I’m not selling books here, so links that occasionally follow the titles point you to LibraryThing (a wonderful social site for book lovers) and WorldCat (OCLC’s huge world-wide library catalog collective) rather than booksellers. There are ads on the site, but they have no influence on the books I read or the reviews I write. They merely help defray the cost of the site.<\/p>\n

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Current & Popular Non-Fiction<\/h3>\n

The first two lists below show the most in-demand non-fiction titles this week at my county library.\u00a0 The third list shows some titles that caught my fancy, even if those library people don’t agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
NON-FICTION<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • No easy day : the autobiography of a Navy SEAL : the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden<\/em> by Mark Owen<\/li>\n
  • The amateur : Barack Obama in the White House <\/em>by Edward Klein<\/li>\n
  • The price of politics<\/em> by Bob Woodward<\/li>\n
  • The homemade pantry : 101 foods you can stop buying & start making<\/em> by Alana Chernila<\/li>\n
  • The blood sugar solution : the ultrahealthy program for losing weight, preventing disease, and feeling great now<\/em>! by Mark Hyman<\/li>\n
  • Paleo comfort foods : homestyle cooking for a gluten-free kitchen<\/em>by Julie Mayfield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail <\/em>by Cheryl Strayed<\/li>\n
  • Let’s pretend this never happened : (a mostly true memoir)<\/em> by Jenny Lawson<\/li>\n
  • My Mother Was Nuts<\/em> by Penny Marshall<\/li>\n
  • Yes, chef : a memoir<\/em> by Marcus Samuelsson<\/li>\n
  • Dearie : the remarkable life of Julia Child<\/em> by Bob Spitz<\/li>\n
  • Kicking and Dreaming<\/em> by Ann and Nancy Wilson<\/li>\n
  • Paris : a love story : a memoir<\/em> by Kati Marton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BOOKS THAT LOOK INTERESTING; I MIGHT READ<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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