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seeker

Tue, Nov 13 2018, 10:50 pm

Aaaaahhhh so many intriguing suggestions that I don't know where to start! Oy!

amother

Blush

Wed, Nov 14 2018, 12:21 am

One Life, autobiography by Christiaan Barnard, South African heart transplant surgeon.

amother

Blush

Wed, Nov 14 2018, 12:22 am

Carol Burnett's autobiography is interesting and hilarious.

amother

Peach

Tue, Jan 01 2019, 4:07 am

I’m going to bump this thread up again in case anyone has any new interesting books they’ve read recently that they can recommend

Here are a few that I have

Why you eat what you eat : the science behind our relationship with food

Better than before : mastering the habits of our everyday lives By the same author as the happiness project which is also a great book

WhatFor

Tue, Jan 01 2019, 4:46 am

Red Notice by Bill Browder

Ruchel

Tue, Jan 01 2019, 5:15 am

Do you like Yiddish?
http://www.khazaria.com/beider.html
http://www.lulu.com/shop/ruche......html
https://www.amazon.com/History.....08877
http://www.lulu.com/shop/danie......html

I loved Hot zone! But so, so disturbing.

anon for this

Tue, Jan 01 2019, 7:27 pm

WhatFor wrote:

Red Notice by Bill Browder

Thank you! I planned to borrow this from my library, but before I could I saw they were selling it used, and I started it but forgot about it. Your post reminded me to finish it.

Gracie

Tue, Jan 01 2019, 7:37 pm

Educated by Tara Westover- excellent autobiography about a woman raised by fundamentalist Mormons

This Bright Hour by Nina Riggs- poignant and moving autobiography about a woman dying of cancer. Beautifully written.

Excellent thread!

hotzenplotz

Tue, Jan 01 2019, 8:57 pm

sallly bedell smith on pRINCH CHARLES.

Excellent read on a struggling human being.

amother

Bronze

Tue, Jan 01 2019, 9:46 pm

The Library Book by Susan Orlean, about a fire at the List Angeles public library, but really a history of the library. More interesting than it sounds.

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Gann, the true story of serial murders of Native Americans in the 1920s, when it becomes clear that their reservation sits on oil wells. The investigation helped spur the creation of the FBI.

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, about growing up neglected and abused, is like Educated by Tara Westover, but it's written long after the events and feels more thought out.

I second the recommendations of When Breath Becomes Air and Educated.

bbhem5

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 4:24 am

Oldies but goodies:

Children's Hospital by Peggy Anderson follows 6 patients. If you like Theresa Brown you'll probably like this.

Tori Hayden's non- fiction books, I.e. One Child, Just Another Kid..

Marie Killilea's Karen and With Love from Karen about raising a child with cerebral palsy in the 1940s.

amother

Turquoise

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 7:31 am

some I liked:

the boy in the moon - ian brown
the stranger in the woods - Michael finkel
the ghost map - the story of London's most terrifying epidemic - steven johnson

Vintage

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 10:01 am

As Long As I Live - life story of Aharon Margalit. Mamish.

raich

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 11:48 am

Dibs in Search of Self is by Virginia Axline, I believe.

Someone mentioned Torey Hayden's books, which are brilliant. Mary MacCracken has similar ones. Both writers write about their experiences teaching learning disabled/emotionally disturbed children.

I also loved The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel, about simple strategies we can use to help our kids (and selves) utilize all the parts of our brains to function and thrive best. Easy read, funny, so relatable and practical.

seeker

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 12:39 pm

I just finished reading The Choice. I highly recommend, it gave me a lot of food for thought. It's a Holocaust survivor's memoir but only a small part is actually about the Holocaust, it's not the typical.

EMEN

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 3:35 pm

Alone - Brett Archibald

Breaking Night - Liz Murray

Beneath A Scarlet Sky - Mark Sullivan

thunderstorm

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 4:09 pm

The Girl In The Green Sweater- the story of a family hiding in the sewer during the holocaust

Cheshire cat

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 5:01 pm

Glitter and glue, by Kelly corrigan
Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter isaacson

icebreaker

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 5:53 pm

Haven’t started yet, but I bought The Jews of the Titanic by Eli Moskowitz. I’ve always been interested in the Titanic and was surprised to learn that there was a book dedicated solely to the Jews that lost their lives on the ship.

amother

Magenta

Wed, Jan 02 2019, 6:01 pm

two lives by vikram seth - memoir of the author's uncle, an Indian dentist, and his Jewish German wife before, during and after WWII

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