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What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative. - Tracy Kidder.

Nonfiction encompasses a wealth of reading possibilities - history, essays, memoirs, scientific research, travel guides, cookbooks - essentially everything that is based on fact, real events and real people. Recent nonfiction titles for the Kindle that you might have missed:

The I Love Trader Joe's College Cookbook: 150 Cheap and Easy Gourmet Recipes, by Andrea Lynn. Ulysses Press, 2011. Print Length: 180 p. Optimized for reading on larger screens such as Kindle DX, Kindle for PC/Mac, and Kindle for iPad. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (7 reviews). Kindle edition $9.87. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Even if you’ve never cooked before, this book shows how quick and easy it is to turn Trader Joe’s tasty and affordable groceries into delicious dishes:
• Pulled Pork Sandwiches
• Fish Tacos
• Sweet Chili Wings
• Homemade Pizza
• Chicken Masala
• Pad Thai
• Eggplant Lasagna
• Raspberry Brownies
• Greek Pasta Salad
• Tortilla Soup
• Caramel Popcorn
These recipes are super easy to make, and you don’t need a bunch of pots and pans. Best of all, since every ingredient in every recipe is available at Trader Joe’s, you can get all your shopping done with one quick stop." - Amazon.

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, by Alan Jacobs. Oxford University Press, 2011. Print Length: 176 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (1 review). Kindle edition $9.99; Paperback $13.57. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptick in the reading of literary fiction. Jacobs's interactions with his students and the readers of his own books, however, suggest that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that reading is, first and foremost, good for you - the intellectual equivalent of eating your Brussels sprouts. For such people, indeed for all readers, Jacobs offers some simple, powerful, and much needed advice...an insightful, accessible, and playfully irreverent guide for aspiring readers. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, and the book explores everything from the invention of silent reading, reading responsively, rereading, and reading on electronic devices." - Amazon.

Hesitation Kills: A Female Marine Officer's Combat Experience in Iraq , by Jane Blair. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011. Print Length: 296 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (5 reviews). Kindle edition $14.82; Hardcover $16.47. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"This riveting memoir is the first book written by a female Marine about the war in Iraq and one of the only books written by a woman who has experienced combat firsthand. Deploying to Iraq in 2003, Jane Blair's aerial reconnaissance unit was assigned to travel ahead of and alongside combat units throughout the initial phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Throughout her deployment, Jane kept a journal of her and her fellow lieutenants' combat experiences, which she draws on to convey the immediacy of life in the military, not just for a woman but for all Marines. Weaving her story together with the experiences of the ordinary people of Iraq, this book offers compelling insights into the profound impact of the war on the lives of soldiers and civilians alike. Her unforgettable narrative bridges the gap between those who have experienced the Iraq War firsthand and those in America who could only follow its life-altering events from a distance." - Amazon.

In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, by Steven Levy. Simon & Schuster, 2011. Print Length: 432 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (22 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $15.47. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"The contradictions of the Internet search behemoth are teased apart in this engaging, slightly starry-eyed business history. Wired magazine writer Levy (Hackers) insightfully recaps Google's groundbreaking search engine and fabulously profitable online ad–brokering business, and elucidates the cutting-edge research and hard-nosed cost-efficiencies underlying them. He also regales readers with the "Googley" corporate culture of hip techno-capitalism: the elitist focus on braininess, the campus game rooms, the countercultural rectitude of billionaire founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin..." - Publishers Weekly.

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading, by Nina Sankovitch. Harper Collins, 2011. Print Length: 256 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (36 reviews). Kindle edition $10.99; Hardcover $14.27. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Nina Sankovitch has always been a reader. As a child, she discovered that a trip to the local bookmobile with her sisters was more exhilarating than a ride at the carnival. Books were the glue that held her immigrant family together. When Nina's eldest sister died at the age of forty-six, Nina turned to books for comfort, escape, and introspection. In her beloved purple chair, she rediscovered the magic of such writers as Toni Morrison, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ian McEwan, Edith Wharton, and, of course, Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy and the Purple Chair also tells the story of the Sankovitch family: Nina's father, who barely escaped death in Belarus during World War II; her four rambunctious children, who offer up their own book recommendations while helping out with the cooking and cleaning; and Anne-Marie, her oldest sister and idol, with whom Nina shared the pleasure of books, even in her last moments of life." - Amazon.

Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl - and Why You Should Too, by Louann Lofton. With a foreward by Tom Gardner, Co-founder of The Motley Fool. Avon, 2011. Print Length: 272 p. Amazon customer rating: none yet. To be published on June 21, 2011 Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $16.45. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"Investing isn't a man's world anymore - and that's a good thing for individual portfolios, Wall Street, and the world's financial system. Warren Buffett and the women of the world have one thing in common: They are better investors than the average man. Psychologists and scientists have shown that women have the kind of temperaments that help them achieve long-term success in the market. This book shows that women, with their patience and good decision making, epitomize the Foolish investment philosophy, as well as the investment temperament of the most successful investor in history: Warren Buffett. While men may be brash, compulsive, and overly daring, women tend to be more studious, skeptical, and reasonable. The book will empower and educate women - and the men smart enough to embrace a 'feminine' investing style - on how to strengthen their portfolios and find success in the market." - Amazon.

The English Wordsmith: A Lexical Eclecsis - 8000 Important, Relevant, Obscure, Difficult, Unusual Words and Phrases from AA to Zymurgy, by David W. Andrews. The Great Wordsmith LLP, 2011. Print Length: 586 p. Amazon customer rating: none yet. Kindle edition $9.99; Paperback $22.44. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"Whenever author David Andrews found a word or phrase he liked, but didn't quite understand, he jotted it down so that he could research and distil a precise meaning. He called his collection a "Lexical Eclecsis": lexical meaning to do with words, eclecsis meaning a compilation from various sources. Chosen words span the common, the not so common and include Latin, French and German imports. Definitions extend to words and expressions taken from specialist subject areas such as philosophies, religions, peoples, artists, myths, animals, plants, food, drink and the law. Explanations include the correct context for frequently misused words...a tubby tome for dipping into at leisure, for amusement, for learning, for excelling at word games, for enriching everyday language."
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