Non Fiction

9 Great Books To Give This Holiday Season

Angela Flournoy | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Literature, Cutie Pies, Ernessa T. Carter, The Buddha in the Attic, We the Animals, Tayari Jones, Books, Melissa Harris-Perry, Justin Torres, Postbourgie, Dani Cone, Jane Austen, Silver Sparrow, Persuasion, Slidepollajax, Salvage the Bones, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, Jesmyn Ward, Non-Fiction, Julie Otsuka, 32 Candles, Susan Freinkel, Sister Citizen, Black Voices News
Angela Flournoy

With time running out until Christmas, we thought we'd share some of our favorite reads from the past year. Great books make great gifts.

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A Conversation With Helen Benedict: Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction

Len Hollie | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Women's Rights, Women, Congress, Writers, Rape, America, Books, War, Fiction, George Bush, Prejudice, Sexual Assault, Abu Ghraib, Death, Iraq War, Racism, US Soldiers Iraq, Non-Fiction, Defense Department, Writing a Novel, New York News
Len Hollie

Helen Benedict has written five novels and five books of non-fiction. I recently spoke with Benedict about the unique undertaking of writing both fiction and non-fiction from the same research material.

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Three Cups of Truth?

Terence Clarke | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Greg Mortenson, Pakistan, Three Cups of Tea, Writing, Fiction, Taliban, Afghanistan, Asia, Non-Fiction, Books News
Terence Clarke

There is lucre in writing a book like Three Cups of Tea or in making TV dramas and films that assert they are true, but in fact are being made to titillate the public's wish for celebrity gossip.

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Write Better Stories; Go "Inside Story"

Abe Schwartz | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Therapy, Education, Southern California, Writing, English, Storytelling, Evolution, Non-Fiction, Screenwriting, Books News
Abe Schwartz

It seems everyone's looking to tell better stories these days. Peter Guber's Tell to Win and Seth Godin's All Marketers are Liars are both wildly popu...

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Ink-Stained For Life: What Makes A Great Teacher

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Writing Class, Writing Course, Writing, Ink Stained for Life, Great Teachers, William Zinsser, Teachers, Non-Fiction Writing, Non-Fiction, Teacher, Great Teacher, Teacher Inspiration, Healthy Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

The prescription for a being good teacher may be as simple as it is for a good writer, but that doesn't mean it is readily or frequently achieved.

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The Way We Read Now: The Atavist Finds a Publishing Future in Long-Form Nonfiction

Bob Moses | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Kindle, iPad Apps, E-Readers, Nick Thompson, Non-Fiction, Itunes, iPhone Apps, Reading, Amazon, Magazines, Atavist, Books News
Bob Moses

The Atavist founders describe their endeavor as "a boutique publishing house producing original nonfiction stories for digital, mobile reading devices."

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Apocalypse in Print

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Book Publishing, Print, Books, Biographies, Book Publishers, Non-Fiction, Ebooks, Biography, Books News
Nigel Hamilton

The printed book is dead -- at least, the book as we have known it since Gutenberg. It's going digital not only among the young, but even the ancient.

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Confronting Reality (Part One) -- The Utah Motel

Benjamin LeRoy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benjamin LeRoy, Tyrus Books, Non-Fiction, Gary Gilmore, Reality Television, Shot in the Heart, Mikal Gilmore, Books News
Benjamin LeRoy

How much of what we read -- even non-fiction -- is meant to be consumed from a distance? The voyeur culture is alive and well in America. Have I hit the outer fringes of it?

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7 Books Besides 'Eat Pray Love' About A Year In Somebody's Life

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Portrait of the Addict as a Young Man, A.j. Jacobs, Portrait of the Addict, Memoirs, Autobiography, Books, Slidepollajax, Nonfiction, Memoir, Book, Non-Fiction, Autobiographies, Books News

Elizabeth Gilbert got her book contract to write about a year in her life after leaving her husband, and it turned into megahit 'Eat Pray Love.' Gil...

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Celebrity Books: Which Ones Are British Booksellers Counting On For Christmas Business?

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Book Publishing, Le Carre, Jonathan Franzen, Keith Richards, Tony Blair, Stephen Fry, Non-Fiction, Salmn Rushdie, The Corrections, Books News

Last year, the book trade bet heavily on a flurry of C-list celebrity memoirs and got badly burned. This autumn, the focus is on quality, with Stephen...

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Will Smith's Last Pharaoh vs. Egypt's History by Hollywood

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, USA, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, Mohammed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, Ayman Nour, World News
Aladdin Elaasar

Will Smith's upcoming movie sheds light on long forgotten Egyptian history. If you want to know the true story of the Last Pharaoh of Egypt, you'd better pay attention to what's going on in Egypt today and in the near future.

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Book Expo America 2010: Hot New Fiction, Nonfiction & Cookbooks

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Authors, Book Expo, Book-Expo-America, Publishing Industry, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Books News
Dr. Ali Binazir

I just returned from my trip to Book Expo America, the largest publishing fair in North America. I visited as many author signings as possible, with the goal of bringing attention to new works.

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A Revolution in the Making?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, USA, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News
Aladdin Elaasar

A sense of frustration, hopelessness and repression seems to be haunting Egyptian youth and the older people as well, struggling to make ends meet. The result has impacted Egyptian society.

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Is Egypt's Economy in Crisis?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, USA, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News
Aladdin Elaasar

Egypt is undergoing a severe liquidity crisis caused by the loss of hard currency from few sources: tourism was a key source of foreign exchange and the main engine of growth.

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Thirty Years after Khomeini: Will Egypt Turn into another Iran?

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, USA, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, World News
Aladdin Elaasar

The 83-year-old President Mubarak of Egypt has been in power since 1981. Concerns about his health draw much greater attention to the question of who will next rule the nation of Egypt.

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Risky Business in the Arab World

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, William J. Bennett, Europe, Jews, Congress, America, Tom Hanks, Ann Coulter, Liberals, Steven Speilburg, Fiction, Oprah Winfry, 9/11, Middle East, George W. Bush, Obama, Aladdin Elaasar, Movies, Conservatives, Adc, Pyramids, Jewish, Robin Wright, Patriot Act, Hosni Mubarak, North Africa, Adl, Will Smith, Book Clubs, War on Terror, The Last Pharaoh, Senate, Human Rights, Cairo, Romance, Bill Clinton, Arab, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Teachers, Copts, Stephenie Meyer, Hot, Islam, USA, Dick Morris, The Twilight Saga, Best Seller, Iran, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Amity Shlaes, Jerome R. Corsi Lynne Cheney, Inside Egypt, Egypt, Cair, Dick Cheney, Jon Stewart, Librarians, Nile, John McCain, Africa, Mark R. Levin, Nancy Pelosi, Arabia, Thomas L. Friedman, Bin Laden, Non Fiction, Barack, Sarah Palin, Harry Potter, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Saul Alinsky, Books News
Aladdin Elaasar

Why is it hard for Arab and Muslim writers, professors, intellectuals and average persons to speak out against suicide bombers, Jihadists, anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism in their countries?

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Exclusive!: Alternate Working Titles Revealed For Karl Rove's Courage and Consequence

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Courage & Consequence, Precious, Karl Rove, Turner & Hooch, Fair & Balanced, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Books News
David Wild

Thanks to my extensive contacts in the publishing and political sabotage industries, I was able to recover the following list of Karl Rove's alternate working titles for his new semi-literary gem.

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Why Memoir?

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, American Literature, Memory, Memoir, Creative Non-Fiction, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Books, Fiction, Books News
Peter Birkenhead

A lot of us are taught about fear, in one way or another, by mountains or drugs or fathers, but it's the fear, not the father, we ultimately battle with.

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: A Popular History of Human Evolution That Actually Contributes to Understanding

Alex Remington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Popular Science, Books, Jared Diamond, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Guns Germs and Steel, Collapse, Popular Nonfiction, Non-Fiction, Books News
Alex Remington

Popular nonfiction is a tricky beast. It's one thing for someone to write a memoir, or a long-form investigation that the journalist-author has perso...

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National Book Awards: What Do You Think? (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Publishing, Lorrie Moore, Books, Fiction, Slidepoll, Biographies, Dave Eggers, National Book Award Nominees, National Book Awards, Publishing, Darwin, University Presses, Book Awards, National Book Foundation, Vanderbilt, National Book Award, Bookslut, Gore Vidal, Non-Fiction, Booker Prize, Literary Prizes, Books News

The National Book Foundation rolled out the nominations for the 2009 National Book Award on Wednesday, and the winners will be announced November 18. ...

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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS: See Who Won (LIST)

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Claudette Colvin, Fiction, National Book Award Winners List, National Book Award Winners, Keith Waldrop, Winners, National Book Awards, Colum McCann, Bestsellers, Flannery O'Connor, TJ Stiles, Who Won, National Book Award, Non-Fiction, Philip Hoose, Slidepoll, Books News

The National Book Awards were announced last night at an event which also honored Gore Vidal and Dave Eggers. Check out the winners below, and vote on...

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The New Yorker's Best Books Of The Year

The New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiction, New Yorker Best Books, The Year of the Flood, The First Tycoon, The New Yorker, Zeitoun, Harold Evans, Non-Fiction, Her Fearful Symmetry, Wolf Hall, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, My Paper Chase, Best Books of 2009, Lydia Davis, Lit Mary Karr, Lit, Christmas Gifts, The Magicians, Eating Animals, Lev Grossman, Lords of Finance, Books, Hilary Mantel, Best Books 2009, Best Books, Fordlandia, Books News

Reviewers' favorites from 2009....

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From Randy To Rand: The New Political Fiction(s)

John Jeter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Mark Sanford, Reinhold Niebuhr, Ayn Rand, Fiction, Memoir, Jenny Sanford, Non-Fiction, Sarah Palin, Newsweek, Books News
John Jeter

Governor Mark Sanford -- the man who has confused the Appalachian Trail with Argentina and still holds public office writes about the Objectivist Philosopher.

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"The First Tycoon": A Good News Publishing Backstory

Bruce Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, The First Tycoon, Reading, T.J. Stiles, Knopf, Non-Fiction, National Book Award, Books, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt, Books News
Bruce Harris

Alfred A Knopf is probably looking down from book heaven, stroking his luxuriant mustaches and smiling with delight at yet another Knopf prize winner.

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David Swanson's Daybreak Is Chart-Topping Inspiration

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Best Seller, Democracy, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Book, Non-Fiction, The Constitution, Amazon, David Swanson, Daybreak, Entertainment News
Linda Milazzo

A journey through Daybreak is an educational awakening, and an alert to the misdeeds of those we've elected. It's a clarification of why these deeds are wrong, why they must be challenged, and how they can be changed.

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