Category Archives: Non-fiction
Adult Books for Teens: Common Core: “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty How can a very small percentage of the population stockpile capital ? Why does the distribution of wealth in the twenty-first century seem to be so much less equable than in … Continue reading
Adult Books for Teens: “Yes Please!”
Yes Please! by Amy Poehler If you think that arriving at stardom just consists of lucky breaks—or tossing your screenplay onto the lap of a sleeping star during air travel—then you need the reality check of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please! … Continue reading
Adult Books for Teens: “The Powers of Two”
The Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs by Joshua Wolf Shenk The Powers of Two insists that the most creative grouping is pairs. Author Joshua Wolf Shenk uses lots of famous folks to make the … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Abigail Van Buren, Adult books for teens, book reviews, Charlie Munger, Common Core, creativity, Joshua Wolf Shenk, nonfiction, pairs, Paul McCarthy, rivalries, sibling rivalries, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, The Powers of Two, Warren Buffett
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Throwback Thursday: “The Hot Zone”
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston This nonfiction thriller opens with the story of “Charles Monet,” a Frenchman in Western Kenya who contracts Marburg’s Disease after a visit to Mt. Elgan (between Uganda and Kenya)—a “biological island of rain … Continue reading
New Dictatorships Series–In Print and as eBooks
If you are doing an assignment on Dictatorships in the 20th century, come check out a great book. These are both informative and colorful. We have a print copy of each title as well as an ebook copy that can … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Human Rights Issues, Non-fiction
Tagged Assad family, Augusto Pinochet, book reviews, dictatorships, ebooks, Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedong, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Omar al-Bashir, Pol Pot, Robert Mugabe, Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, Than Shwe, YA literature
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New Civil Rights Series–In Print and as eBooks
If you are doing an assignment on civil rights in the 20th or 21st centuries, come check out a great book. This series deals with South Africa and Apartheid laws; Iran and women’s rights; American Indians and Alcatraz Island; the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Non-fiction
Tagged 1909, 1930, 1952, 1957, 1960s, 1969, 1970, 1989, 2005, African Americans, Alcatraz Island, American Indians, Apartheid Laws, Cesar Chavez, China, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Defiance Campaign, Delano Grape Strike, gay power, gay pride, Gay Rights Movement, integration, International Ladies Garment Workers Strike, Iran, Latinos, LGBTQ, Little Rock Nine, lockouts, lunch counter sit-ins, Mexican Americans, migrant farm workers, Mohandas Gandhi, New York City, Salt March, school integration, South Africa, Stonewall Riots, strikes, student activists, Tiananmen Square Protest, women's rights
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Summer Classic Reread: “Walden”
Summer Classic Reread: Walden by Henry David Thoreau Why I wanted to reread it: Walden is one of the great American classics because it speaks about nature, individualism, and creating a life philosophy. I think a lot about nature (actually, … Continue reading
Common Core: Nonfiction: “Death’s Acre”
Death’s Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson A number of students ask for forensic science books because their interest has been piqued by the … Continue reading
Posted in Biography/Memoir, Non-fiction
Tagged Adult books for teens, Anthropology Research Facility, Bill Bass, Body Farm, book reviews, Common Core, Common Core standards, crime laboratories, Death's Acre, Dr. Bill Bass, forensic anthropologist, forensic anthropology, forensic science, forensic science books, murder, murder victims, nonfiction, University of Tennessee
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