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Jenn wants to read: I'm looking to read a quirky non fiction book. I'm a fan of Mary Roach (Stiff, Bonk, and Packing for Mars), Dava Sobel (Logitude), Nathaniel Phillibrick (The Mayflower), and others.

I'm really looking for a book I can learn something from while being ...more
Feb 28, 2013 10:25AM  · 
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About: I have eclectic tastes in most everything, but especially books. I try to read during my commute so I can focus on knitting and various other activiti ...more


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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Assassination Vacation
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she said: " Quirky, informative, and hilarious "
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Feb 28, 2013 10:37AM  · 1 like · 
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
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she said: " An Iranian woman's memoir of her childhood in graphic novel form ...more "
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Feb 28, 2013 10:41AM  · 1 like · 
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
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Feb 28, 2013 10:45AM  · 1 like · 
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Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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they said: " Not just for runners.... "
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Feb 28, 2013 12:18PM  · 1 like · 
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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she said: " Very readable and funny "
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Feb 28, 2013 10:37AM  · 
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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 10:38AM  · 
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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: " Fascinating "
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Feb 28, 2013 10:42AM  · 
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The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
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Feb 28, 2013 12:19PM  · 
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
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she said: " Interesting, even if you found chemistry boring in college. :) "
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Feb 28, 2013 01:03PM  · 
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Cranioklepty by Colin Dickey
Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius
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Feb 28, 2013 01:06PM  · 
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The Late Shift by Bill Carter
The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno & the Network Battle for the Night
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The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
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Jenn's Favorite Books

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
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The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
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Matilda by Roald Dahl
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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince
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The BFG by Roald Dahl
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dracula
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V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
V for Vendetta
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Favorite Genres

Adult Fiction, Book Club, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Science fiction, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult