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Hi!

It's time to nominate non-fiction books for our second quarter NF group read. The nominations thread will be open through the 28th.

On March 1st, I'll put up a poll. The winner will be announced on March 15, which should give everyone who is interested some time to get the book if they are interested in starting it on April 1.

Let the nominations begin!

These are a few that look interesting:

1. , Samantha Power
2. , Jane Goodall
3. , Julia Cooke
4. , Amber Share
5. , John Curran
6. , Howard Markel

1. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.
2. Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People by Joan Roughgarden.
3. Intention by Elizabeth Anscombe.
4. One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal by Alice Dreger.
5. War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich.

Wow, some interesting choices already and a great variety!!

I'll second Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors

and nominate American OZ: An Astonishing Year Inside Traveling Carnivals at State Fairs & Festivals: Hitchhiking California to New York, Alaska to Mexico

I'll second The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power

and nominate

by Catherine Grace Katz

Wildflower by drew Barrymore

The Doctor Will See You Now: The highs and lows of my life as an NHS GP

Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype

Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain

Revolutions: How Women Changed the World on Two Wheels

Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between

Yes, all are sports related but all carry powerful stories well beyond sports, especially “Bundini” and “Stealing Home” (my favorite of the bunch and if limited to one nomination, that’s the one)

The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

I second The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear

I nominate The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

I second The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir and Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am

I also nominate Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants and The Library Book and 84, Charing Cross Road

I second The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power and The Library Book

I nominate
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider

I’d love to read Dan Jones with y’all!

If I can second more than one, I'll second Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught Between. I'm glad I read the summary - nothing like I'd expect.

We did read 84, Charing Cross Road just two quarters ago, so while I liked it, we may want to wait a bit to repeat. (Although I did appreciate the length - easier for me to pick up one I'm not sure of when it's not too long!)

Amy wrote: "If I can second more than one, I'll second Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught Between. I'm glad I read the summary - nothing like I'd expect.

We did read 84, Charing Cro..."

There is a second book after Charing Cross, if people are interested.

I nominate :

SO....... We have a lot of nominations and no rule in place (that I'm aware of) of any book HAVING to be seconded in order to be considered (someone correct me if I'm wrong?) -- I'm going to poll on all of them, and unless there's a very clear winner, we'll do a run-off poll for the frontrunners in a couple of weeks and arrive at a winner that way.

I'm going to leave off 84, Charing Cross, since it was recently read at LOABA, but I'll throw in Duchess of Bloomsbury Street.

My belief was to do this the same way as the “regular” selection and need a second. When I got this started, we usually had only 3-4 nominations so there was no need for a second. Now, with all these great selections, I think we should follow the same process as the regular OTSP selection. Your call, though…

Heh. I just spent the last hour doing the poll for all 27, so I think this time anyway we'll do this poll and a run-off of the front-runners if we don't have a clear winner by the 10th. It was confusing enough to put them into a poll the first time! LOL

Oh, I hear you about creating a poll!