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“Click!” by Erin Belmares
WARNING (this story contains depictions of stalking, be wary before reading) Click! The water quickly rushing down to meet it’s mother earth was merciless and triumphant. “Oh that’s a good line,” I said to myself. Click! I quickly jotted down my passing thought into my writing journal and then stared back at the rushing wa...
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“The Photographer” by Carmen Ella
The Photographer Little Mary's mother had laid the special dress out on her bed. It was a special dress for a special little girl on a special day. Little Mary was going to have her picture taken. The Photographer wasn't just any old random photographer. It was her dad. Little Mary's dad had just taken up photography as a hobby and wanted to practice his hobby by taking a picture o...
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“Third World Mona Lisa” by Andi Leitz
The photo took on a life of its own.
Much like the secret smile of da Vinci’s masterpiece, those piercing green eyes held a plethora of mysteries. The subject, a twelve-year-old girl wearing a red scarf around her head, was captured on 35 mm film, rather than oil on poplar. The film was sent off to a laboratory for processing and cleaning and finally delivered to the publication that owned all the rights to it, with n...
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“Among the Stars!” by Calvin Kirby
Among the Stars! By Cal Kirby I was a kind of nervous when I asked Jack Warden if I could take a photo of him. He said, “Sure.” And then I was a nervous wreck when I asked Al Pacino the same thing and he also agreed. Wow, two stars right there and I was among them! Back in 1979 when I was working part-time in film, TV and on stage, I got a call from my agent, at my regular day-time job, and was aske.
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“Family Photo” by Mary Laumbach
Knocking on the bathroom door which seemed to feel like eternity in my young mind. I was starting to panic, would I have enough time to get ready? A cold sweat started as I feverishly hit the door trying to prompt my older sister to hurry up. Finally, the creak of the door opening as she looks at me in disgust. "Are you wear that?", she retorts in mockery. It was a pretty blue dress my mom recently purchased. I was rarel...
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“The Image of You” by Cecilia L. Maddison
I’ll admit it. As you're the second child, there are fewer pictures of you than there are of your brother. Back when parenthood was still a novelty we took pictures of every moment and marked every milestone.
By the time you were born we were jaded second-time parents, and although we loved you every bit as much, your life has been less recorded. Many pictures we do have are of you both together; two beaming brothers in one frame.As I scroll back there are enough images to see how you changed year by year, and there...
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“Olivia” by David Silbert
Day 1 It came the day after she passed. A white parcel with no label. As I gazed at the package sitting on our living room table, I struggled to see why something—anything—had showed up for me at all. “It’s been here a few days,” my roommate called from the kitchen. “It looked a little suspicious, but we didn’t open it.” I touched it gingerly. Someone at UPS must...
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“Peace Lily” by Katie Koile
After paying for her Peace lily and walking it out to her car, Emily placed both hands on the wheel and let out a giant sigh.
She had made it. She had driven more than 1,800 miles over the course of three days. She was exhausted, but those three days had been nothing compared to the months she had spent in a tumultuous relationship, and the years she had spent battling alcoholism. Only two weeks prior had Emily d...
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“The Last Time We Spoke” by Amanda Blackwood
It had become routine for the two of us by then and neither of us thought much of it when I held up the phone and took that hilarious photo. The two of us were celebrating my birthday more than a month late while we sat alone in a Chili’s. A single candle stuck out of a brownie sundae. We were both making faces, he with his eyes crossed, and me with my tongue sticking out in the shape of a straw. We took a couple other p...
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“Mr Ishootdeerforfun” by Clara Cantwell
“Monday mooching with the magnolias, Tuesday time spent with the tulips, Wednesday walking down to the water lilies, Thursday thinking with…” A loud bang from the door signalled the end of my free time.
I quickly rolled up my weekly schedule and hid it inside the drawer in the desk. It wasn’t my desk, but I was sure the owner wasn’t going to find my paper. The owner was part of the summer camp that I attended over the ho...
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“My friend, Claude ” by Eunice Ross
Nearly every week, I visit Claude. Despite the changes in the world over the last two years, he remains stoic and indifferent. He looks exactly the same each week and doesn’t seem to age. His name reminds me of a renowned chef trained in classic French techniques or an Haute Couture designer who makes made-to-order clothes. I would spell his name with an accent mark like Claudé. I always wondered who was in charge of naming him and why didn’t they give him a friendlier name like Wally or Buddy. Claude is not a chef, a fashion de...
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“Gordon” by Michael Regan
Courage - the ability to do something that frightens one.
When you approach your three score and ten, if you are lucky, you can look back on days that make you smile and feel good about yourself. Not one of the big days, the births and weddings, the days that, hopefully, everyone has enjoyed. But, a day when you were involved in helping someone with a heroic act. You don’t have to be the person diving into a lake to rescue a c...
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“A Clearing, A Waking” by L. Malan
The fire crackled merrily in the distance, it's flames casting long shadows between the trees that reached until where Klaus was standing. Fiddling with something in the semi-dark, the teenager wasn't paying attention to his surroundings at all. Low voices washed over to him with the wind, talking of haunted huts and lost children. Every now and again gasps could be heard, or a faint whimper.Klaus had been here a lot in his life, and knew these woods like the back of his hand – if it hadn't been for his over-enthusiastic dad he wou.
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“Repotting” by Sophia Bella
I am anxious. I walk around the supermarket, trying to think of what food I might need to exist another week. I hate it when it is this busy. It feels claustrophobic and unsafe. How sad that the only sense of security I feel these days is being away from people. I hurry over to deli section to find hummus, and glance at the plants. Normally I walk by them without a second thought, but for some reason today is different. I notice a plant in a simple white pot. It has tall sword-shaped green leaves with white stripes. It's simplicity and el...
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“Nanoukie” by Ruth Reyes
I’ve watched the YouTube videos, read every article that Google could give me, and bought a couple of books from Amazon.
I narrowed down all my choices to which looked the prettiest and had the most potential to thrive in my home office. I was ready to buy my first houseplant. Armed with a photo and the common and latin names of my firstborn, I headed for the most popular and recommended nursery by all the local plantfluencers. It was a 2-hour drive, but no matter, anything for the one who will spawn my new obsession. <...
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50 Short Nonfiction Books You Can Read in a Day (Or Two)
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge. —J.R.R. Tolkein
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is an excellent book. I have no doubt. But by the time you’re done reading all 916 pages, there’s a real chance you’ll have developed carpal tunnel in your wrists.
Big books are heavy! They take FOREVER to read. And you know there’s going to be boring parts. Nonfiction is intimidating enough without the extra worry of physical pain that might be associated with reading it.
That’s why it’s nice to have a good selection of short nonfiction books on your TBR. Books that are easy on the wrists. Books that get to the point and stay on point without the requisite “boring parts” of larger books. Books that can be read in a day (or two). Books that are fun, but leave you feeling like a better person or better reader for having read them.
Nonfiction does not have to be long to be important. In fact, many of the titles I’ve listed below are the absolute best nonfiction books I’ve ever read. All of the books (except one) are under 300 pages, and the books closer to the 300 page mark are so absorbing and fast-paced they can be read in a single sitting. I’ve also included graphic memoirs and other graphic nonfiction that can be read quickly.
Nonfiction can be just as fun as fiction as long as you find a subject that interests you, and don’t feel bogged down by an endless number of pages.
I like my books short too! So let’s share the love…
Short Nonfiction Books Under 100 pages
Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell (52 pages)
“In this essay, Orwell discusses the notion of nationalism, and argues that it causes people to disregard common sense and become more ignorant towards factuality. Orwell shows his concern for the social state of Europe, and in a broader sense, the entire world, due to an increasing amount of influence of nationalistic sentiment occurring throughout a large number of countries.”
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (80 pages)
“In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, requesting an assessment of their value. The older artist, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), replied to the novice in this series of letters—an amazing archive of remarkable insights into the ideas behind Rilke’s greatest poetry.
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (48 pages)
“Civil Disobedience argues that citizens should not permit their governments to overrule their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing their acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War, but the sentiments he expresses here are just as pertinent today as when they were first written.”
Lifeboat No. 8: An Untold Tale of Love, Loss, and Surviving the Titanic by Elizabeth Kaye (70 pages)
“One hundred years after that disastrous and emblematic voyage, Elizabeth Kaye reveals the extraordinary, little-known story behind one of the first lifeboats to leave the doomed ship.”
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (53 pages)
“With humor and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century—one rooted in inclusion and awareness.
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu (72 pages)
“Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike.”
Africa’s Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe (56 pages)
“Electrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature.”
Short Nonfiction Books Under 200 pages
Difficult Women: A Memoir of Three by David Plante (184 pages)
“Difficult Women, the book with which David Plante made his name, presents three portraits—each one of them as detailed, textured, and imposing as the those of Lucian Freud—of three extraordinary, complicated, and, yes, difficult women, while also raising intriguing and in their own way difficult questions about the character and motivations of the keenly and often cruelly observant portraitist himself.
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (translator) (188 pages)
“While training for the New York City Marathon, Haruki Murakami decided to keep a journal of his progress. The result is a memoir about his intertwined obsessions with running and writing, full of vivid recollections and insights, including the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, here is a rich and revelatory work that elevates the human need for motion to an art form.”
Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli (128 pages)
“Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman’s essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights the contradiction of the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants with the reality of racism and fear both here and back home.
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (106 pages)
“At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two ‘letters,’ written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.”
Women and Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard (115 pages)
“At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial.”
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (160 pages)
“The Tao Te Ching, the esoteric but infinitely practical book written most probably in the sixth century BC by Lao Tsu, has been translated more frequently than any work except the Bible.
This translation of the Chinese classic, which was first published twenty-five years ago, has sold more copies than any of the others. It offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tsu’s teaching immediate and alive.”
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison (114 pages)
“America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct Others? Why does the presence of Others make us so afraid?”
Why I Write by George Orwell (120 pages)
“Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell’s timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today’s era of spin.”
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir (162 pages)
“In The Ethics of Ambiguity, Madame de Beauvoir penetrates at once to the central ethical problems of modern man: what shall he do, how shall he go about making values, in the face of this awareness of the absurdity of his existence? She forces the reader to face the absurdity of the human condition and then, having done so, proceeds to develop a dialectic of ambiguity which will enable him not to master the chaos, but to create with it.
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The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria by Helon Habila (128 pages)
“On April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terrorist group. Most were never heard from again. Acclaimed Nigerian novelist Helon Habila, who grew up in northern Nigeria, returned to Chibok and gained intimate access to the families of the kidnapped to offer a devastating account of this tragedy that stunned the world. With compassion and deep understanding of historical context, Habila tells the stories of the girls and the anguish of their parents; chronicles the rise of Boko Haram and the Nigerian government’s inept response; and captures the indifference of the media and the international community whose attention has moved on.”
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman (160 pages)
“One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was also one of the first to document the metamorphosis of the butterfly.
In this visual nonfiction biography, richly illustrated throughout with full-color original paintings by Merian herself, the Newbery Honor–winning author Joyce Sidman paints her own picture of one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects.”
Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard (177 pages)
“Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.”
The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry (151 pages)
“Grayson Perry has been thinking about masculinity—what it is, how it operates, why little boys are thought to be made of slugs and snails – since he was a boy. Now, in this funny and necessary book, he turns round to look at men with a clear eye and ask, what sort of men would make the world a better place, for everyone?”
Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place by Scott McClanahan (169 pages)
“When Scott McClanahan was fourteen he went to live with his Grandma Ruby and his Uncle Nathan, who suffered from cerebral palsy.
Crapalachia is a portrait of these formative years, coming-of-age in rural West Virginia.”
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot (143 pages)
“Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma.”
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing Creative Genius Within You by Ray Bradbury (158 pages)
“Zen in the Art of Writing is more than just a how-to manual for the would-be writer: it is a celebration of the act of writing itself that will delight, impassion, and inspire the writer in you. Bradbury encourages us to follow the unique path of our instincts and enthusiasms to the place where our inner genius dwells, and he shows that success as a writer depends on how well you know one subject: your own life.
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A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape From North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa, Risa Kobayashi (159 pages)
“In this memoir translated from the original Japanese, Ishikawa candidly recounts his tumultuous upbringing and the brutal thirty-six years he spent living under a crushing totalitarian regime, as well as the challenges he faced repatriating to Japan after barely escaping North Korea with his life.”
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (165 pages)
“Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival.”
The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy (144 pages)
“The Cost of Living explores the subtle erasure of women’s names, spaces, and stories in the modern everyday. In this ‘living autobiography’ infused with warmth and humor, Deborah Levy critiques the roles that society assigns to us, and reflects on the politics of breaking with the usual gendered rituals.
What does it cost a woman to unsettle old boundaries and collapse the social hierarchies that make her a minor character in a world not arranged to her advantage?”
Short Nonfiction Books Under 300 pages
Ain’t I a Woman by bell hooks (205 pages)
“A groundbreaking work of feminist history and theory analyzing the complex relations between various forms of oppression. Ain’t I a Woman examines the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the historic devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism within the recent women’s movement, and black women’s involvement with feminism.”
Can You Tolerate This? By Ashleigh Young (256 pages)
“A dazzling – and already prizewinning – collection of essays on youth and aging, ambition and disappointment, Katherine Mansfield tourism and New Zealand punk rock, and the limitations of the body.”
The Terrible: A Storyteller’s Memoir by Yrsa Daley-Ward (224 pages)
“From the poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir—part prose, part verse—about coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and the beauty of the wider world, and redemption through self-discovery and the bonds of family.
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung (238 pages)
“From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.”
Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear (240 pages)
“A writer’s search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this intimate and exuberant meditation on creativity and life—a field guide to things small and significant.”
Teaching Community: a Pedagogy of Hope by bell hooks (200 pages)
“Teaching Community tells us how we can choose to end racism and create a beloved community. hooks looks at many issues—among them, spirituality in the classroom, white people looking to end racism, and erotic relationships between professors and students. Spirit, struggle, service, love, the ideals of shared knowledge and shared learning—these values motivate progressive social change.
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The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton (280 pages) (it has pictures!)
“The Architecture of Happiness starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be, and it argues that it is architecture’s task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential.”
Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich (236 pages)
“On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy.”
Havana Real: One Woman Fights to Tell the Truth About Cuba Today by Yoani Sanchez (256 pages)
“Yoani Sánchez is an unusual dissident: no street protests, no attacks on big politicos, no calls for revolution. Rather, she produces a simple diary about what it means to live under the Castro regime: the chronic hunger and the difficulty of shopping; the art of repairing ancient appliances; and the struggles of living under a propaganda machine that pushes deep into public and private life.
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My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (273 pages)
“When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu.”
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Oscar Martinez (224 pages)
The book has pictures, which is so helpful in nonfiction! It chronicles the migrant trail through Mexico to the U.S. border. “The Beast” is the freight train that migrants cling to as they make their way north. Oscar Martinez is a fantastic writer. I love this book but I would also like to recommend A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America—both are harrowing and important stories.
The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq by Dunya Mikhail, translated by Max Weiss (240 pages)
“Since 2014, Daesh (ISIS) has been brutalizing the Yazidi people of northern Iraq: sowing destruction, killing those who won’t convert to Islam, and enslaving young girls and women.
The Beekeeper, by the acclaimed poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail, tells the harrowing stories of several women who managed to escape the clutches of Daesh.”
What Are the Blind Men Dreaming? By Noemi Jaffe, translated by Julia Sanches (266 pages)
“A groundbreaking use of storytelling to bear witness to the Holocaust features three generations of women’s own voices—Liwia’s diary written upon liberation from Auschwitz; daughter Noemi Jaffe exploring the power of memory, survival, and bearing witness; and granddaughter Leda, Noemi’s daughter, on the significance of the Holocaust and Jewish identity seventy years after the war.”
Everything Lost is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho by Will McGrath (224 pages)
“Funny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty months the author spent in Lesotho, the small, landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. There he finds a spirit of joyful absurdity and resolve, surrounded by people who take strangers’ hands as they walk down the road, people who—with sweetest face—drop the dirtiest jokes in the southern hemisphere.
But Lesotho is also a place where shepherds exact Old Testament retribution, where wounded pride incites murder and families are devastated by the AIDS epidemic.”
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester (242 pages)
“The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.”
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (232 pages)
“In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.
Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the Fun Home. It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay.
A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.”
Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by Albert Marrin (210 pages)
“From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic—and the chances for another worldwide pandemic.”
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and Schools Closings in Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing (240 pages)
An unflinching look at Chicago Public Schools and the damage inflicted on communities when schools are shutdown.
Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics by Stephen Greenblatt (224 pages)
“As an aging, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social causes, the psychological roots, and the twisted consequences of tyranny. In exploring the psyche (and psychoses) of the likes of Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Coriolanus, and the societies they rule over, Stephen Greenblatt illuminates the ways in which William Shakespeare delved into the lust for absolute power and the catastrophic consequences of its execution.
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Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug (288 pages)
“A revelatory, visually stunning graphic memoir by award-winning artist Nora Krug, telling the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family’s wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation, and history.”
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (282 pages)
“In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world.”
The Little Book of Feminist Saints by by Julia Pierpont, Manjit Thapp (Illustrator) (208 pages)
“This inspiring, beautifully illustrated collection honors one hundred exceptional women throughout history and around the world.
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Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, and Future by Lauren Redniss (261 pages)(Graphic Novel)
“Weather is the very air we breathe—it shapes our daily lives and alters the course of history. In Thunder & Lightning, Lauren Redniss tells the story of weather and humankind through the ages.”
Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga, Jordan Stump (translator) (250 pages)
“Scholastique Mukasonga’s Cockroaches is the story of growing up a Tutsi in Hutu-dominated Rwanda—the story of a happy child, a loving family, all wiped out in the genocide of 1994. A vivid, bittersweet depiction of family life and bond in a time of immense hardship, it is also a story of incredible endurance, and the duty to remember that loss and those lost while somehow carrying on. Sweet, funny, wrenching, and deeply moving, Cockroaches is a window onto an unforgettable world of love, grief, and horror.”
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Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin (336 pages)
It’s my mission in life to get everyone to read this book! I mean, if the title didn’t draw you in, or the cover; well, maybe my mission is a lost cause…I can promise that it’s a really fast and funny read that you’ll have no problem finishing in a day!
I’ll admit that I’ve listened to a good amount of these books as audiobooks, so for more great, short, nonfiction audiobook ideas, check out 50 of the Best Short Nonfiction Audiobooks Under 10 Hours—or, if you’re just interested in more great nonfiction ideas, check out Book Riot’s nonfiction page!
Top 18 books in the category "Best Non-Fiction Books of MIBF"
At the Moscow International Book Fair, our publishing house will pay great attention to books written in the non-fiction genre.
We will please you not only with sensational bestsellers, but also with long-awaited novelties. Editions on philosophy, psychology, esotericism, needlework, cooking and many other interesting and useful things are waiting for you at our stands. Within the framework of the exhibition there will also be meetings with the authors, where they will talk in detail about their works and their creation. And with the most interesting books that you should pay attention to, we will introduce you right now. nine0003
E-book Food alive and dead. Scientific principles of weight loss
Sergey Malozemov
A new book by popular presenter Sergey Malozemov explores the problem of obesity. The author talks about radical ways to lose weight, excluding "medical starvation". It details foods that help you lose weight, as well as tips that will help you stay in shape. Malozemov will tell more about his work at the presentation.
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Reflections on the main thing Swami Dashi
The winner of the 17th season of the Battle of Psychics on TNT shares his memories of his spiritual Path and the transformation he had to go through. The master of oriental practices frankly admits what difficulties he had to face and what opportunities he gained. If you are tired of everyday life and are looking for your own spiritual path, this book is for you. You will be able to communicate with Swami Dashi at a meeting within the framework of the MIBEF, where he will also present his other work “Rebirth”. nine0003
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Electronic book Russian buns. The great power of food
Igor Prokopenko
In his book, Igor Prokopenko seriously approaches the study of the history of Russia, taking into account all aspects of its formation, from culture to the diet of our ancestors. Why Siberia is interesting for Americans, what the ecology will be like in Russia in a few years, and how our eating habits have changed - you will learn all this from the author's work.
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Electronic book Cheesecake inside. Complex and unusual cakes - easy!
Victoria Melnik
Viktoria Melnik, the author of the best-selling cookbook of 2018, will tell guests of the Moscow International Book Fair how to cook masterpieces of confectionery art at home.
In this talented chef's book, you'll find detailed instructions for creating sweet masterpieces, all in order to prepare the dessert of your dreams. nine0049
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Electronic book Audiobook Two boots. A book about real, incredible and unbearable love
Olga Savelyeva
Popular blogger and motivating lecturer Olga Savelyeva will tell readers about her new book. In it, the author talks about the most important thing in human life - about love.
According to the girl, life without this bright feeling is impossible. Olga managed to create a truly strong and reliable family, and she is ready to share the secrets of her happiness with readers. nine0003
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Electronic Book of Longevity
Sergey Agapkin Rehabilitologist, Candidate of Psychological Sciences Sergey Agapkin will talk about his new collection "Assignant Dolgoles" ”, which included his popular works “The Secret Power of Foods”, “Every Organ is Under Control” and “All About Female Hormones”. In the handbook you will find detailed instructions for fighting disease and protecting your body. Agapkin will explain what is needed for proper nutrition and health of the female body. nine0003
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E-book Audiobook Mysterious Leonardo
d`Orazio Costantino
A book that will be appreciated by all art lovers.
It contains a complete biography of the artist, inventor, scientist, architect, sculptor - Leonardo da Vinci. The publication contains many color and black-and-white illustrations depicting the masterpieces of the great artist, they will allow you not only to learn about his life, but also to feel the creativity. In addition to this book, the author Costantino d'Orazio will present another of his works - "The Mysterious Raphael". nine0003
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E-book "B" means baking!
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Popular Instagram blogger and author of numerous culinary bestsellers Anastasia Zurabova will meet with readers, hold an autograph session, and, most importantly, talk about her new book. In it, the girl shares recipes for delicious homemade cakes. Butter buns, juicy pies, airy muffins and tender cheesecakes are just a small part of what Anastasia will teach you.
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How to learn to live soul to soul with the one you loveAlexei Kapranov
The popular psychologist Alexei Kapranov talks about the relationship between a man and a woman. More than 60,000 people have completed his trainings, and his videos are gaining millions of views.
This research book explains what's going on in your partner's head and heart. After reading it, you will begin to look at your relationship in a completely different way, learn to put up with the shortcomings of your “soulmate” and appreciate its virtues. nine0049
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E-book Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Maxaim Trankov. Two sides of the same coin
Maxim Trankov, Tatyana Volosozhar
For the first time famous figure skaters will tell how they manage to combine work and personal life, to be together for 24 hours and never stop loving each other.
Maxim and Tatyana are one of the most romantic couples in the history of sports. In their book, they talk about how important it is to trust and protect each other, despite the psychological pressure and difficulties. nine0003
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E-book Cloudless life design. Big book of practices and meditations for everything and from everything.
Super-coach Amara (Marina Marshenkulova) introduces readers to the complex concept of “meditation”. The author talks about the secrets of the human soul. An important component of the work is the "Human Design" system, the popularity of this concept is growing every day all over the world. One edition contains many useful and inspiring practices from the best spiritual teachers of our time. nine0003
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Implementation of Japanese business principles in Russian realities Stanislav Logunov
This book is based on the knowledge of a person who implemented the Toyota Production System in Russian organizations. An innovative manager shares invaluable experience of his mistakes and achievements. The author is sure that it is the skills acquired in the framework of working with Toyota that will allow Russian business to reach a completely new level. nine0003
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E-book Audiobook Fortune Teller. What happened. What will happen. What will calm the heart.
Alexander Kinzhinov
"The Fortune Teller" is an autobiography and philosophical reflections of one of the most mysterious participants in the 18th season of the popular show "Battles of Psychics". The main attribute that Alexander Kinzhinov never parted with is a deck of cards, it opens up to him a mysterious world, far from the understanding of an ordinary person.
In his book, the psychic talks about the difficulties he had to face, about people and, of course, about a unique gift. nine0003
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E-book Evolution of beauty. Author's art album of the philosopher and artist.
Alexander Khakimov
Alexander Khakimov is a specialist in Vedic wisdom, traveler and blogger. He has more than 1000 seminars in 17 countries of the world. Recordings of his conversations on Youtube collect tens of thousands of views. The painter and philosopher Alexander Khakimov will explain what the evolution of beauty is and how it relates to his work. In addition to philosophical essays and spiritual poems, the art album contains about 200 artworks by the artist. nine0003
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You someday thought about how doctors live? Adam Kay wrote a candid account of the life of a British doctor from the beginning of his career to its completion.
Difficult clinical cases, constant processing and little professional tricks. A sad, touching, and sometimes very funny story that will tell you what realities doctors have to face every day. nine0003
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Audiobook woman. Fine tuning of the female body: find out how your body works
Dmitry Lubnin
A true encyclopedia of the female body. The book is based on modern medical concepts and presented in an accessible language. Dmitry Lubnin is one of the best gynecologists in Moscow. In his work, he not boringly and easily tells what the female body is, what “surprises” to expect from it and what to be afraid of. nine0003
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Analyzing 15 years of work with female groups as a psychologist, Mila, Mila, Mila Tumanova wrote a fundamental book on psychology.
The author speaks frankly about the female body, its features and abilities. In this work you will not find useless information and unfounded assumptions, only facts, supported by examples from the life of the author's wards. nine0003
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E-book Audiobook Girl Code. How to crack the code for success in personal life, friendship and business
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Popular blogger Kara Elville Leiba talks about the principles of success for millennial girls. The author is sure that in order to achieve career heights, it is not necessary to sacrifice friendships and relationships. In her book, Kara offers a path to glam self-development. That is, self-development, which involves not only personal growth, but also the ability to live in a comfortable environment surrounded by nice people. nine0003
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Non-fiction books about Moscow
Many literary works of art are devoted to Moscow: from short stories to epic novels. Also, urbanists write a lot about Moscow as a city from a scientific and social point of view, studying the urban space of the city. And, of course, Moscow becomes the heroine of journalistic materials, such as an essay, an article, a report.
The genres of journalistic and documentary prose combine the features of both fiction and scientific literature, so in this small selection, we decided to pay attention to three books about Moscow that have been describing it for a century from different temporal and personal points of view.
nine0003 Moscow and Muscovites, Vladimir Gilyarovsky
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- 1 Moscow and Muscovites, Vladimir Gilyarovsky
- 2 Russian Diary, John Steinbeck and Robert Capa
- 3 Moscow: Meeting Place
Moscow and Muscovites”, Vladimir Gilyarovsky
Just as “Eugene Onegin” is called “an encyclopedia of Russian life”, so is Gilyarovsky's book of essays about Moscow at the beginning of the 20th century called “an encyclopedia of Russian life at the turn of the century”. However, if the novel in Pushkin's verse has been recognized as a masterpiece of classical literature for many years and is studied at school, Moscow and Muscovites received such an honor from the Ministry of Education only five years ago, when it was included in the mandatory list of independent reading. Gilyarovsky wrote his main book - and, as it turns out, the main book about Moscow of all time - throughout his life. He compiled it from numerous essays written during and after his work as a reporter.
Short stories are devoted to Moscow places and personalities: from patrons to bandits from the Khitrovsky market. In the 21st century, essays about businessmen in Moscow City and Novy Arbat, or the villages and small towns of Cheryomushki, Chertanovo, Kuntsevo turned into a city, would fit into the book. nine0003 "Russian Diary", John Steinbeck and Robert Capa
"Russian Diary", John Steinbeck and Robert Capa
The book is an American writer's travel notes and illustrated with photographs of the founder of military photography. In 1947, Steinbeck and Capa decided on a literal adventure - to go to the USSR at the beginning of the Cold War and see how the Soviet people live and whether they are really going to attack the United States, as the American government says. At the cost of bureaucratic delays, financial costs and diplomatic tricks, the trip took place. The impressions of the trip were described in the book "Russian Diary". Steinbeck and Capa visited Moscow, Kyiv, Stalingrad, Tbilisi and Batumi.
But we must not forget that reporters visited large cities, the visit was official and they prepared for each visit. If Steinbeck and Capa had traveled incognito to provincial towns, they would have seen more reality. Nevertheless, the reality is there: on the pages of the book you will find interesting observations - both verbal and visual - of how our country lived after the war and what impression it made on Americans. In Moscow, Steinbeck and Capa spent most of their time, most of which the government found out how they got here and why. Therefore, colleagues had a lot of time to walk around Moscow on their own and make many interesting observations that have been preserved for 70 years. And the book is also written in easy language with jokes and funny moments of "friendship" between Steinbeck and Capa. nine0003
"Moscow: a meeting place"
The book contains 32 stories by 32 contemporary authors dedicated to the Moscow of childhood, adolescence or youth. Unlike “Moscow and Muscovites” and “Russian Diary”, here you will already find essays about areas of Moscow that did not exist during the times of Gilyarovsky and Steinbeck: about the Airport, Tushino, VDNKh, Avtozavodskaya, Matveevsky .
