[stylist] Nonfiction books

[Shelley Alongi]

I read a great deal of nonfiction. I tried to mix it up as much as possible. I really enjoy reading biographies because I like to know what makes people tick. And, I enjoy reading about people who we have recognized as important to our society. I enjoy enjoy reading about subjects that may have gotten glassed over or very little coverage in history classes. I always like to read anything that just strikes a chord of interest or something that I never thought about learning. Maybe One of the most interesting books I've read lately was on the Harding presidency. We read a little bit about it but I have never studied in depth. And, of course, I like reading anything about trains. :-)

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> On Aug 18, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Chris Kuell via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey Bridgit,
> 
> Like you, I read a mix of fiction and non-fiction. The last nnon-fiction
> books I read were Amy Poehler's 'Yes Please', which was a mildly interesting
> book about her life and career as an improv comedian, then a star on
> Saturday Night Live and Parks and Rec. 
> 
> 'The Four Agreements' by Don Miguel Ruiz is an interesting philosophical
> book by a Mexican doctor who was in a bad car crash, flatlined, then was
> brought back to life. While 'dead', he visited some of his Toltec Indian
> ancestors, and they gave him the four fold path to a happy life. 
> 
> 'The Last Week' is  by Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, two
> theologians who dissect and analyze the last week of Jesus's life, according
> to the scriptures. I thought they presented some compelling ideas about the
> meaning of Jesus's death, and whether it was a substitutional sacrifice for
> all our sins, or not.
> 
> 'Icebound: A Doctor's Story of Survival at the South Pole' is a memoir  by
> Jerri Nielsen. In 1999, she was the only medical person at the United States
> research station on the South Pole. In the winter, she diagnosed herself
> with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Since temps at that time often go
> below a hundred degrees below zero, planes can't land. The story of life,
> and the people who winter at the south pole, was fascinating to me.
> 
> Chris
> 
> PS - 'Orange is the New Black' took place at the Women's Correctional
> Facility in Danbury, CT--the town where I live.       
> 
> 
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