MISCELLANEOUS NON-FICTION
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Very interesting! Has chapters about forensics, organ transplants, embalming, everything you've ever been curious about. But don't read the "Cannibalism" chapter, that one went too far, I didn't want to know that stuff.
Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition- by Jeff Byles. It is amazing the way they tear down old buildings, or implode huge stadiums. I was sad to read about the beautiful and historic buildings that were demolished before all the historical societies starting throwing a fit about it and making laws to protect them.
Emperors of Chocolate- by Joel Glenn Brenner (the competition between Hershey and Mars corporations)
Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping- by Paco Underhill. It talks about how they arrange stores so that you will buy more, how they get your attention with special displays and signs, how they price things, etc.
The Call of the Mall- by Paco Underhill. Another book about how we buy things.
Catch Me if You Can- by Frank Abagnale Jr. I liked the movie, and this is the true book the movie was based on.
Guns of August (about World War I) and The First Salute (about Revolutionary War) both by Barbara Tuchman. She has an excellent way of writing about history that makes it as interesting as a novel. Her other books are good too.
WORLD WAR ONE
Somme- by Lyn Macdonald
They Called it Passchendale- by Lyn Macdonald
WORLD WAR TWO
The Hiding Place- by Corrie Ten Boom
Winston Churchill’s eight (?) volume set, History of World War II. (I have to admit this wasn't actually "enjoyable" but I challenged myself to read it and I have read all but the last volume. Every volume is about 800 pages.)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
The Edge of Disaster- by Stephen Flynn
America the Vulnerable- by Stephen Flynn
The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster strikes and why- by Amanda Ripley (See my lengthy book review of this book in my blog Aug. 6, 2008)
MANMADE DISASTERS, CATASTROPHES
Curse of the Narrows- by Laura M. MacDonald (Dec. 6, 1917 Halifax Explosion) This was the largest accidental manmade explosion in history, and wiped out a whole town.
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland- by Jim Defede (see my lengthy book review of this book in my blog Nov. 23, 2008).
The Year of the Great Crash: 1929 by William K. Klingaman
MY FAVORITE QUILTING BOOKS
Collaborative Quilting- by Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran
Liberated Quiltmaking- by Gwen Marston
Freddy's Houses- by Freddy Moran
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