Week 8: Nonfiction

Assignment 1: read both articles

Assignment 2: Viewed an informative e-video on the appeal of narrative nonfiction and the use of it in readers' advisory with fiction readers.

Assignment 3:
Food:   Dewey 641
Best Food Writing 2012 ed. by Holly Huges
Stew or a Story: An Assortment of Short Works by M.F.K. Fisher or Love in a Dish by M.F.K. Fisher
No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach by Anthony Bourdain
The Man who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten

Memoirs:  Dewey Biography (920) and 945
The Glass Wall by Jeannette Walls
Take Me With You by Carlos Frias
Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker
Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdan

Travel: Dewey 944 & 945
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
The Lady in the Palazo: An Unbrian Love Story by Marlena De Blasi
Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy by Michael Tucker (previously mentioned but overlaps genres)

Disaster/Survival: Dewey Biography (920), 974, 796, etc.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by John Krakauer
Into the Wild by John Krakauer
The Perfect Storm: a True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Shaap

Assignment 4:
1.) Memoir:  Take Me with You by Carlos Frias is a book written by a Florida-based journalist who is an American-born to Cuban exiles. Mr. Frias has a desire, like most Cuban exiles, to return to his homeland and see the life, culture, and experience the most beautiful island in the world. When the opportunity happens, he takes it and spends twelve days learning about the people, about himself and his family history.Written from the heart, this journey takes us on an adventure more emotional and psychological than physical. It opens the wounds of those who would like to see their homeland, but are forbidden to do so. I would recommend this title to those customers who may want to know something about the country, Cuba, to those who are expatriots from there, to customers who want to read about another country, and anyone who may be searching for lost or forgotten family.

2.) Travel:  Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
Sarah Turnbull, an Australian journalist, is sent on assignment to Paris, France. When she arrives, she feels excited to get to know another culture and city. Unbeknownst to her, acclimation and acceptance to the French lifestyle is harder than she thought. Despite her trials and tribulations of trying to fit in, she finds herself almost failing the French until she decides to accept the ways of the lifestyle rather than trying to change it. Humorously written with sarcasm, Turnbull makes the world of living in another culture, however difficult it is to fit in, the experience of a lifetime. Customers who are Francophiles, customers who travel a lot or like to read about travel, customers who are trying to assimilate into a new culture, students learning the French language or going to travel to France, customers who travel extensively for work, and anyone who likes a good read on how to fit in will all enjoy this book.