Trade Paperback Nonfiction


for the week of May 06, 2008

 

   

1. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
By Tolle, Eckhart
This follow-up to The Power of Now is the latest Oprah Book Club pick.

 

 

2. Three Cups of Tea
By Mortenson, Greg/ Relin, David Oliver
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. A Book Sense Notable title.

 

 

3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
By Kingsolver, Barbara and Camille/ Hopp, Steven
The Kingsolver family moves to a rural Virginia farm and vows to eat locally for one year. A Book Sense Spring-Summer 2008 Reading Group Pick.

 

 

4. Eat, Pray, Love
By Gilbert, Elizabeth
The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning.

 

 

5. The Power of Now
By Tolle, Eckhart
More millions to sell in paperback!

 

 

6. The Omnivore's Dilemma
By Pollan, Michael
A hard-boiled look at the food chain.

 

 

7. Dreams From My Father
By Obama, Barack
An elegant memoir of race and place from the presidential hopeful.

 

 

8. The Audacity of Hope
By Obama, Barack
Hope as a precursor to presidential ambitions. Now available in paperback in time for a surge in the polls.

 

 

9. I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
By Ephron, Nora
The 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Nonfiction Winner is finally available in paperback.

 

 

10. Infidel
By Ali, Ayaan Hirsi
Ali, a Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament, gives a view of violence against women in the Muslim world.

 

 

11. Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
By Kalish, Mildred Armstrong
Kalish's bestseller is a Book Sense Spring-Summer 2008 Reading Group Pick.

 

 

12. Merle's Door: Lessons From a Freethinking Dog
By Kerasote, Ted
Kerasote's heartwarming story of life with his Labrador mix, Merle.

 

 

13. Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
By Grogan, John
The top Book Sense Pick for November 2005 in hardcover. Finally available in paperback!

 

 

14. Into the Wild
By Krakauer, Jon
This heartbreaking story of the demise of a "lost" young man is now a movie.

 

 

15. The Glass Castle
By Walls, Jeannette
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. A Book Sense Pick in hardcover.

 

 

17. The Assault on Reason
By Gore, Al
Thoughtful, well-reasoned, and now available in paperback.