Paperback Non-Fiction
Are You There Vodka, Its Me, Chelsea
by Chelsea Handler
A collection of personal essays about family, relationships and career from the best-selling author of My Horizontal Life.
A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
A combination of lively prose and scholarly research, A People's History of the United States tells America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. The author, Howard Zinn, is professor emeritus at Boston University, and also a historian, playwright, and social activist.
The Lost City of Z
by David Grann
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.
LA Bizarro
by Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian
The subtitle sums it up: "The All-New Insider's Guide to the Obscure, the Absurd, and the Perverse in Los Angeles."
Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools - especially for girls - that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit. Order now.
