Nonfiction suggestions

[Anonymous]

On the heels of Elizabeth Holmes' sentencing, I highly recommend "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou, the WSJ reporter who first blew the lid off the Theranos scandal. It's riveting stuff.

[Anonymous]

If you like medical stuff, anything by Atul Gawande

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Anonymous wrote:Empire of Pain, about the opioid epidemic - will make you question everything the FDA approves

Madame Secretary - Madeleine Albright's autobiography

The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulright - probably my favorite nonfiction ever. Takes the daily diary of a woman from colonial New England who was a midwife and extrapolates all kinds of detail about the lives of ordinary women during that time period

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - series of essays/linked chapters about Indigenous peoples' interactions with nature and what we can learn from them

Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain - a young woman during WWI, authobiography

Life and Death of the Great Lakes - fascinating investigative reporting about the ecological disaster in the Great Lakes

All That She Carried by Tiya Miles - looks at the items a young enslaved girl brought with her out of slavery and what they tell us about her life and that of her ancestors

All That She Carried was fantastic!

It's not new by a long stretch, but if you're local, Rosa Lee by Leon Dash remains one of the most compelling books I've ever read. Also not new but with a local hook, Katharine Graham's Personal History.

Thank you, Rosa Lee looks fantastic and I hadn't heard of it. I read and LOVED Katharine Graham's autobiography. Probably the best autobiography I've ever read.

Rosa Lee was tough.

All That She Carried was fantastic. Is the bag still on display at NMAAHC?

No, unfortunately. I checked after reading the book!

[Anonymous]

Say Nothing

It is about The Troubles in Northern Ireland

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you like medical stuff, anything by Atul Gawande

He’s a fantastic writer. He chooses the most interesting topics, explains technical issues with surprising clarity, and threads in empathy, ethics, and straight-up humanity throughout it all. In addition to his books, try pulling up his articles from the New Yorker archives (or on audio). Each one is a gem.

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Anonymous wrote:Empire of Pain, about the opioid epidemic - will make you question everything the FDA approves

Madame Secretary - Madeleine Albright's autobiography

The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulright - probably my favorite nonfiction ever. Takes the daily diary of a woman from colonial New England who was a midwife and extrapolates all kinds of detail about the lives of ordinary women during that time period

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - series of essays/linked chapters about Indigenous peoples' interactions with nature and what we can learn from them

Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain - a young woman during WWI, authobiography

Life and Death of the Great Lakes - fascinating investigative reporting about the ecological disaster in the Great Lakes

All That She Carried by Tiya Miles - looks at the items a young enslaved girl brought with her out of slavery and what they tell us about her life and that of her ancestors

All That She Carried was fantastic!

It's not new by a long stretch, but if you're local, Rosa Lee by Leon Dash remains one of the most compelling books I've ever read. Also not new but with a local hook, Katharine Graham's Personal History.

Thank you, Rosa Lee looks fantastic and I hadn't heard of it. I read and LOVED Katharine Graham's autobiography. Probably the best autobiography I've ever read.

Rosa Lee was tough.

All That She Carried was fantastic. Is the bag still on display at NMAAHC?

No, unfortunately. I checked after reading the book!

Ah well. Objects have to rest or we won’t have the object anymore.

[Anonymous]

Madame Forcade’s Secret War. Great perspective on the French Resistance that stayed very much Below the radar in the immediate post war storytelling.

[Anonymous]

I love Elizabeth Kolbert's books.

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Anonymous wrote:If you like medical stuff, anything by Atul Gawande

He’s a fantastic writer. He chooses the most interesting topics, explains technical issues with surprising clarity, and threads in empathy, ethics, and straight-up humanity throughout it all. In addition to his books, try pulling up his articles from the New Yorker archives (or on audio). Each one is a gem.

Checklist Manifesto is an excellent read for anyone dealing in risk management decision making.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love Elizabeth Kolbert's books.

Is there one you’d suggest starting with?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Quantum Zoo: A Tourist's Guide to the Never-Ending Universe, by Marcus Chown

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Daniel J Levitin

Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty that Creates Havoc, by Arthur Miller

I picked this up based on your rec and am LOVING it.

[Anonymous]

Killers of the Flower Moon. So well written by David Grann. Can’t wait for the Scorsese film adaptation.

[Anonymous]

The Seeing Eye Girl (memoir)

[Anonymous]

The soul of a new machine or Mountains beyond Mountains, Tracey Kidder (or House, too)

2nd (or 3rding) Bad Blood

The song lines, Bruce Chatwin

MFK fisher (any of them)

And the Band Played On (if you haven’t read it)

Oliver sacks

Travels with charley

Notes from a native son

[Anonymous]

Millie-Christine: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Neurotribes

Cod