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Jennifer Marshburn wants to read: I want to focus more on reading non-fiction as well as fiction. I would be most interested in history, philosophy, literary analysis, and biography. Recommendations, hopefully available at the library?
Feb 28, 2013 03:31AM  · 
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About Jennifer


Books added: 1028
Age: 45
Location: Cary, NC


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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Assassination Vacation
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she said: " Very funny tour of some presidential history "
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Feb 28, 2013 05:04AM  · 1 like · 
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The New Kings of Nonfiction by Michael Lewis
The New Kings of Nonfiction
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she said: " A collection of magazine articles covering a range of topics, like WWII, conservative talk radio, British soccer thugs, and the concept of six degrees of separation. Very good! "
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Feb 28, 2013 04:44AM  · 
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Rookie Yearbook One by Tavi Gevinson
Rookie Yearbook One
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she said: " A collection of articles from the Rookie web site, written mostly by young women. Awesome stuff. "
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Feb 28, 2013 04:45AM  · 
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Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Vintage Departures)
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she said: " Amazing study of people who cling to civil war remembrance "
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Feb 28, 2013 04:47AM  · 
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True Notebooks by Mark Salzman
True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall (Vintage)
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she said: " Amazing story about a guy teaching writing in a California jail. "
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Feb 28, 2013 04:48AM  · 
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Rumspringa by Tom Shachtman
Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish
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she said: " Great insight into the Amish culture. "
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Feb 28, 2013 04:50AM  · 
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Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
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she said: " Great read about Lewis and Clark's expedition ...more "
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Feb 28, 2013 04:52AM  · 
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
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she said: " One of the best nonfiction books I've ever read. ...more "
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Feb 28, 2013 05:03AM  · 
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Glass Castle
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Feb 28, 2013 03:37PM  · 
Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh
Gypsy Boy
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she said: " Warning: This is a hard book to read because he had a really hard life. "
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Feb 28, 2013 03:38PM  · 
Off Balance by Dominique Moceanu
Off Balance
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Feb 28, 2013 03:38PM  · 
Lost in the Museum by Nancy Moses
Lost in the Museum: Buried Treasures and the Stories They Tell
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Feb 28, 2013 03:39PM  · 
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Feb 28, 2013 03:40PM  · 
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Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
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Favorite Genres

Adult Fiction, Book Club, Cooking, Fantasy, Fiction, Food, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Non-fiction, Science fiction, Thriller, and Women's Fiction