973.7 SWA Swanson, James
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer Ron’s Favorites
448 p. 2006
History buffs and adventure readers alike will be captivated by this highly
charged, fast paced account of the dastardly John Wilkes Booth and his
TRUTH BE TOLD:
murderous accomplices as federal agents engage in hot pursuit of the NONFICTION BOOKS FOR A
Great Emancipator’s killer. Join the chase from the comfort of your WINTER ' S NIGHT
favorite leather saddle.
978.032 EGA Egan, Timothy
The Worst Hard Time:
The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great
American Dust Bowl 340 p. 2006
Melding fact with diary entries of victims, Egan’s riveting account of the
1930’s Great Plains dust bowl chronicles a time of agricultural settlement
that is both enlightening and unsettling. Winner of the 2006 National
Book Award, this is a visceral account of hubris and manmade disaster
come to life.
362.82 WAL Walls, Jeannette
The Glass Castle: A Memoir 288 p. 2006
Gossip columnist for MSNBC, Walls, writing from a child’s perspective,
recounts her extremely dysfunctional childhood and her rags to riches
success story. This memoir is both unflinchingly touching and a testament
to perseverance and triumph over adversity.
394.12 POL Pollan, Michael
This bibliography was prepared by Ron Pauli. Omnivore’s Dilemma:
Readers’ Advisory
A Natural History of Four Meals 450 p. 2006
Geneva Public Library
11/2006 Named a NY Times Book Review’s best 100 books of 2006, Pollan
addresses the conundrum when asking, “What’s for dinner?” Bridging the
gap between consumers and producers, the author takes a bite out of our
industrial food chain. Dinner choices many never be the same; and that’s
a healthy choice.
641.013 KAM Kamp, David 818.54 HAM Hampl, Patricia
The United States of Arugula: Blue Arabesque:
How We Became a Gourmet Nation 392 p. 2006 A Search for the Sublime 215 p. 2006
How did America move, gastronomically speaking, from the science of Matisse’s Woman Before an Aquarium, hanging at the Art Institute of
food in the 1950’s to Julia Child, French haute cuisine, and national Chicago, becomes the focal point of self discovery by Hampl as she
branding of TV chefs? Kamp dishes up the savory ingredients of gourmet examines art, literature, and leisure in prose both fluid and poetic. The
cuisine history, with a dash of ego excesses, that has changed American’s cover art alone is worth the price of admission.
eating and buying habits.
910.452 SAN Sandler, Martin W.
Resolute:
759.5 HAR Harr, Jonathan
The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John
The Lost Painting 271 p. 2005
Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen’s Ghost Ship
299 p. 2006
Best selling author Harr brings his considerable palette to bear in the
compelling mystery of a long lost painting by Caravaggio. With deft pen An epic story of mystery and adventure, Sandler chronicles Britain’s 19th
strokes, the author mixes art history, scholarly sleuthing, and great century obsession and quest for the elusive Northwest Passage by
storytelling in a revealing look at a 16th century master and a masterpiece following the plight of the HMS Resolute. A gripping historical adventure
brought to light. of a rescue ship turned ghost ship; this is a great armchair read for an
arctic winter evening.
786.21 BAR Barron, James
Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand 973.0496 OBA Obama, Barack
280 p. 2006 The Audacity of Hope:
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Expert craftsman have been making Steinway concert grand pianos the 375 p. 2006
same way since 1880. Follow the year long construction of a masterpiece
Is he Superman or a cautious liberal? Could the Illinois Democratic
from selecting the wood to completion of the flagship nine. Barron’s
Senator and Time Magazine’s recently featured cover be the next
plucky account of an art not yet lost will reverberate with music lovers
President of the United States? Read about the Chicago Tribune’s poster
and craftsmen alike.
boy for the Democratic Party and decide for yourself if Senator Obama
can soar above our Daily Planet.
814.54 EPH Ephron, Nora
I Feel Bad About My Neck: 973.22 PHI Philbrick, Nathaniel
And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman Mayflower:A Story of Courage, Community, and War
137 p. 2006 461 p. 2006
Screenwriter Ephron, whose credits include Sleepless in Seattle and When
National Book Award winner Philbrick employs his considerable
Harry Met Sally, uses her considerable wit and humor to ruminate on the
narrative talent to weave a masterly story of the Mayflower’s pilgrims and
concerns of aging females. From botox to menopause, mustache wax to
their harrowing plight in the face of almost insurmountable odds. One of
sex, her essays on aging are sure to lift a sagging lower lip.
the years best historical reads; Philbrick’s book is destined to be a classic.