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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:

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker, by Kevin Mitnick. With foreword by Steve Wozniak. Little, Brown and Company, 2011. Print Length: 432 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (20 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $14.29. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world's biggest companies - and however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. ...Mitnick bypassed security systems and blazed into major organizations including Motorola, Sun Microsystems, and Pacific Bell. But as the FBI's net began to tighten, Kevin went on the run, engaging in an increasingly sophisticated cat and mouse game that led through false identities, a host of cities, plenty of close shaves, and an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would stop at nothing to bring him down....a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, and unbelievable escape, and a portrait of a visionary whose creativity, skills, and persistence forced the authorities to rethink the way they pursued him, inspiring ripples that brought permanent changes in the way people and companies protect their most sensitive information." - Publisher.

The Long Night: William L. Shirer and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by Steve Wick. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Print Length: 288 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (7 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $15.00. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"When William L. Shirer started up the Berlin bureau of Edward R. Murrow’s CBS News in the 1930s, he quickly became the most trusted reporter in all of Europe. Shirer hit the streets to talk to both the everyman and the disenfranchised, yet he gained the trust of the Nazi elite and through these contacts obtained a unique perspective of the party’s rise to power. Unlike some of his esteemed colleagues, he did not fall for Nazi propaganda and warned early of the consequences if the Third Reich was not stopped. When the Germans swept into Austria in 1938 Shirer was the only American reporter in Vienna, and he broadcast an eyewitness account of the annexation. In 1940 he was embedded with the invading German army as it stormed into France and occupied Paris. His life at risk, Shirer had to escape from Berlin early in the war. When he returned in 1946 to cover the Nuremberg trials, Shirer had seen the full arc of the Nazi menace...Drawing on never-before-seen journals and letters from Shirer’s time in Germany, award-winning reporter Steve Wick brings to life the maverick journalist as he watched history unfold and first shared it with the world." - Publisher.

The Edible Front Yard, by Ivette Soler. Timber Press, 2011. Print Length: 216 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (7 reviews). Kindle edition $8.99; Paperback $13.57. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"People everywhere are turning patches of soil into bountiful vegetable gardens, and each spring a new crop of beginners pick up trowels and plant seeds for the first time. They're planting tomatoes in raised beds, runner beans in small plots, and strawberries in containers. But there is one place that has, until now, been woefully neglected - the front yard. Soler offers step-by-step instructions for converting all or part of a lawn into an edible paradise; specific guidelines for selecting and planting the most attractive edible plants; and design advice and plans for the best placement and for combining edibles with ornamentals in pleasing ways. ...a one-stop resource for a front-and-center edible garden that is both beautiful and bountiful year-round." - Publisher.

Becoming a Doctor: From Student to Specialist, Doctor-Writers Share Their Experiences, edited by Lee Gutkind. W. W. Norton & Company, 2011. Print Length: 240 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (4 reviews). Kindle edition $9.57; Paperback $10.63. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.

"...Gutkind assembles a chorus of 19 doctors who voice as many diverse features and phases of being or becoming a doctor. From pediatrician to professor, physician to psychoanalyst, the characteristics of each person’s story are at once unique to the medical profession... The authors hail from every corner of the country, and while all can legitimately claim that writing is at least a serious avocation, several are already published and even award-winning writers. Two things are distinctive here. One is that these insights embody a number of generally unvoiced challenges drawn from incidents within the trenches of the medical profession. The other is that the essay format forces pithy, laser-like exposure of self-analytical and thought-provoking perspectives that are certain to engage prospective medical practitioners as well as medically curious lay readers." - Donna Chavez for Booklist.

Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them and 100 Other Myths About Food and Cooking, by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. Gallery, 2011. Print Length: 336 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (1 review). Kindle edition $9.99; Paperback $10.88. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.

"In this entertaining and informative reference guide, award-winning cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough take on more than one hundred popular kitchen myths and dish up answers to all your burning questions about food science and lore. No longer must you wait for your butter to reach room temperature before you bake or panic because you forgot to soak your dried beans for dinner. This handy book explains how knowing the truth behind these urban legends can help you be a better chef in your own home...essential countertop reading and a whole lot of fun." - Publisher.

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, by Charles C. Mann. Knopf, 2011. Print Length: 560 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (18 reviews). Kindle edition $14.99; Hardcover $16.77. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed radically different suites of plants and animals. When Christopher Columbus set foot in the Americas, he ended that separation at a stroke. Driven by the economic goal of establishing trade with China, he accidentally set off an ecological convulsion as European vessels carried thousands of species to new homes across the oceans. The Columbian Exchange, as researchers call it, is the reason there are tomatoes in Italy, oranges in Florida, chocolates in Switzerland, and chili peppers in Thailand. More important, creatures the colonists knew nothing about hitched along for the ride. Earthworms, mosquitoes, and cockroaches; honeybees, dandelions, and African grasses; bacteria, fungi, and viruses; rats of every description - all of them rushed like eager tourists into lands that had never seen their like before, changing lives and landscapes across the planet... Presenting the latest research by ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the creation of this worldwide network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City - where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted - the center of the world..." - from the hardcover edition.

Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, by Martin E. Seligman. Vintage, 2011. Print Length: 336 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (138 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99; Paperback $8.98. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Known as the father of the new science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an 'I—give-up' habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. These skills can help break up depression, boost your immune system, better develop your potential, and make you happier.. With generous additional advice on how to encourage optimistic behavior at school, at work and in children, Learned Optimism is both profound and practical–and valuable for every phase of life." - from the paperback edition.
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