I'm going to be a proud first-time papa in a couple months, and I'm gearing up for the madness and joy to come. I've really enjoyed reading non-fiction anecdotes about fathers and children, and I was wondering if you had any books you might recommend? Hopefully nothing 'Chicken Soup for the ____'-ish, but more along the New Yorker-y lines of Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik and Home Game by Michael Lewis.
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posted by evadery
on Mar 12, 2013 -
16 answers
I am interested in writing a non-fiction book or two (possibly ebooks) in a proven popular style. Where can I find resources, reviews, interviews, commentaries about choosing book structures, layout, language, tone and content that appeal to an aspirational audience?
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posted by vizsla
on Nov 12, 2012 -
3 answers
I want to read more nonfiction. About anything, really. I'm having trouble capturing the way to describe the kind of nonfiction I want to find.
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posted by atomicstone
on May 30, 2012 -
30 answers
I have a journalism background and an idea for a non-fiction book that is biographical in nature. This would be my first attempt at writing a book of any kind. What should I know before beginning this process (other than it will take up all of my time and I'll likely never see a dime from it)? Suggestions specific to non-fiction writing appreciated.
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posted by iamisaid
on Dec 8, 2011 -
6 answers
Does anyone remember this book, or the controversial argument at its core? It would have been published in the late 1990's, and argued that blue eyed candidates got the job more often than thier brown eyed peers- a friend mentioned the book, which I vaguely remember, but neither one of us can find a title or author. Help!
posted by biddeford
on Nov 5, 2011 -
4 answers
Writing a nonfiction book. I am a total quote whore. How much am I allowed to quote from my sources directly if I get this published?
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posted by jenfullmoon
on Nov 1, 2011 -
14 answers
More non-fiction please! As a strange antidote to having to read a lot of dry academic articles, I enjoy pleasurable non-fiction writing about jobs and work. Books I've liked in the past include May Roach (
Stiff); Atul Gawande (
Complications, Better); Barbara Ehrenreich (
Nickeled and Dimed); and Tracy Kidder (
House, Among Schoolchildren). I'd like recommendations for more non-fiction along those lines.
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posted by jeanmari
on Sep 23, 2011 -
36 answers
I'm reading (and really enjoying)
The Glass Castle, and my wife and are about to have our first kid. What other memoirs or non-fiction books should I read that focus on parenting, raising kids in unorthodox ways, or just plain unique families?
posted by nitsuj
on Jul 14, 2011 -
20 answers
I just finished reading
The Starship and the Canoe, and I'm craving more long-form nonfiction pieces like it. Any suggestions?
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posted by Taft
on Jan 16, 2011 -
7 answers
Looking for books and/or movies about fiascos and disastrous but avoidable situations
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posted by reenum
on Nov 22, 2010 -
25 answers
Recommendations for nonfiction adventure books with one person facing a single overwhelming challenge?
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posted by gottabefunky
on Sep 22, 2010 -
24 answers
Book recommendation! Need a gift, fast! Nonfiction or fiction, but must deal in some way with humanity's relationship with the natural environment.
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posted by Beardman
on Jul 9, 2010 -
33 answers
BookRecommendationFilter: Where can I find another book like Maximum City by Suketu Mehta?
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posted by iktomi
on Jun 18, 2010 -
7 answers
Summer Reading-Filter: intelligent true crime? Essentially, I want all the gruesome pleasure of the content, without having to cringe through a sensationalistic treatment thereof.
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posted by Beardman
on Jun 9, 2010 -
49 answers
If I enjoy the engaging (and frequently humorous) nonfiction and memoir of Stephen Fry, Mary Roach, and Bill Bryson, who else should I be reading?
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posted by sciapod
on Mar 10, 2010 -
26 answers
Looking for books where a person or people are searching for a long lost person.
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posted by reenum
on Dec 18, 2009 -
23 answers
I loved the plot of
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Any recommendations for similar books, shows, or movies?
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posted by reenum
on Oct 28, 2009 -
10 answers
Anybody have recommendations for good historical fiction/nonfiction books set in China or Southeast Asia?
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posted by ebeeb
on Feb 19, 2009 -
20 answers
I'd like to broaden my horizons by getting a better understanding of life in different cultures and time periods. Please recommend great books or films (fiction or non-fiction) which paint a broad, immersive, reasonably accurate picture of a place and time.
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posted by MetaMonkey
on Jul 12, 2008 -
29 answers
I love Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City. It's a non-fiction book about Chicago in 1893 which reads much like a novel. I'd like to read other books written in the same novel-esque style about some other cities or historic events. Know of any novel-like non-fiction reads?
posted by melodykramer
on Jun 29, 2008 -
47 answers
Looking for books that talk about aspects of society or culture in new and interesting ways.
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posted by reenum
on Jan 10, 2008 -
20 answers
Korean Book Gift Filter: What Korean books (meaning books written in Hangul) should I get for my parents?
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posted by ignignokt
on Dec 20, 2007 -
5 answers
I'm looking for more great non-fiction books. Requirements: writing to make an English major swoon; a thesis or narrative structure that makes for an organized, logical flow; well-reported; interesting; true, with embellishments of known fact made known by the author.
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posted by croutonsupafreak
on Aug 22, 2006 -
46 answers
What is the best way to obtain an agent for a non-fiction book (a collection of unorthodox and engrossing interviews with innovators on the political Left, with many a-listers)?
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posted by By The Grace of God
on Aug 17, 2005 -
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