Popular Paperbacks: I'm Not Making This Up
Addictive Nonfiction That's Impossible to Put Down
Ahmedi, Farah. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY.
Farah lost her leg
but gained her freedom. (YA 921 Ah53AAs)
Baskin, Julia. THE NOTEBOOK GIRLS.
Before there was blogging,
there was The Notebook. (305.235 N844)
Boese, Alex. HIPPO EATS DWARF: A FIELD GUIDE TO HOAXES
AND OTHER B.S.
If you don’t
give this book to five of your friends within three days, you’ll
have bad luck for a week.
Capote, Truman. IN COLD BLOOD.
The crime that shocked
a small town; the story that rocked the world. (364.152 C17i)
Capuzzo, Michael. CLOSE TO SHORE: THE TERRIFYING SHARK ATTACKS
OF 1916.
The original shark
tale that inspired Jaws. (597.31 C175c)
Davis, James. SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME: 50 YEARS OF
STREET CULTURE.
Bring your board.
Dee, Kool Moe. THERE'S A GOD ON THE MIC: THE FIFTY GREATEST
MCs.
Kool Moe Dee knows
it all. Do you agree?
DiClaudio, Dennis. THE HYPOCHONDRIAC'S POCKET
GUIDE TO HORRIBLE DISEASE YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE.
Wash your hands!
Fleischman, John. PHINEAS GAGE: A GRUESOME BUT TRUE STORY
ABOUT BRAIN SCIENCE.
You need this book
like a hole in the head. (j362.197381 Flesichman)
Genat, Robert. LOWRIDERS.
All types of pimped-out
lowriders in English and Spanish.
Nelson, Peter. LEFT FOR DEAD: A YOUNG MAN'S SEARCH FOR
JUSTICE FOR THE USS INDIANAPOLIS.
It took 14 minutes
for the ship to sink; it took 5 days for the Navy to notice. (YA
940.5459 Nelson)
Northcutt, Wendy. THE DARWIN AWARDS: EVOLUTION IN ACTION.
Survival of the fittest;
find out about the people who didn’t make the cut. (817.43
N814d)
Owen, David. HIDDEN EVIDENCE: FORTY TRUE CRIMES AND HOW
FORENSIC SCIENCE HELPED SOLVE THEM.
Everyone’s dying
to learn about forensic science.
Palmer, Chris. STREETBALL: ALL THE BALLERS, MOVES, SLAMS
AND SHINE.
The NBA is all slick,
streetball is all grit.
Roach, Mary. STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS.
Recycling is good.
(611 R53s)
Rothbart, Davy. FOUND: THE BEST LOST, TOSSED AND FORGOTTEN
ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
Be careful what you
leave behind.
Runyon, Brent. THE BURN JOURNALS.
Brent douses his bathrobe
in gasoline and lights the match. (YA 362.28 Runyan)
Satrapi, Marjane. PERSEPOLIS, Vol. 1: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD.
Words and drawings
tell the story of growing up during the Islamic revolution. (YA
955.0542 Satrapi)
Sebold, Alice. LUCKY.
An unsparing account
of the author’s rape as a college freshman. (362.883 Se22l)
Shaw, Maria. MARIA SHAW'S STAR GAZER: YOUR SOUL SEARCHING,
DREAM SEEKING, MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN GUIDE TO THE FUTURE.
What’s your sign?
(YA 133 Shaw)
Silverstein, Ken. THE RADIOACTIVE BOY SCOUT: THE FRIGHTENING
TRUE STORY OF A WHIZ KID AND HIS HOMEMADE NUCLEAR REACTOR.
Does a house in your
neighborhood glow in the dark? (YA 921 H124s)
Szpirglas, Jeff. GROSS UNIVERSE: YOUR GUIDE TO ALL DISGUSTING
THINGS UNDER THE SUN.
Don’t look under
the bed. (j574.1 Szpirglas)
TUPAC: RESURRECTION
1971-1996. Ed. by Jacob Hoye
and Karolyn Ali.
Do you really know
Tupac? (782.4092 Sh15AAt)
Zailckas, Koren. SMASHED: THE STORY OF A DRUNKEN GIRLHOOD.
It’s bad when
you’re on a first-name basis with Jack Daniels. (362.292
Z13s)
Zimmerman, Keith. MYTHBUSTERS: THE EXPLOSIVE TRUTH BEHIND
30 OF THE MOST PERPLEXING URBAN LEGENDS OF ALL TIME.
Don’t try this
at home!
2/20/07
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