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Recommended Reading
and Viewing
Looking for a great nonfiction read? The following
titles had the best reviews of 2006. Check back in
January for the best reviewed books of 2007.
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years,
1965-1968 by Taylor Branch
This is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's massive
final installment in his three-part biography of
Martin Luther King Jr.
A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger
The author of "A Perfect Storm" investigates the
infamous Boston Strangler killings in the early
1960s, focusing on one murder in particular for
which the wrong man may have been convicted.
Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw
Nasaw plumbs the core of this fascinating and
complex man, at last fixing him in his rightful
place as one of the most compelling, elusive, and
multifaceted personalities of the twentieth century.
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
After a divorce and a bit of a pre-mid-life-crisis,
the 30-something author decided to spend a year
trying to restore balance to her life by traveling
solo to three places: Rome, India, and Bali. This
book chronicles that year.
Flaubert by Frederick Brown
Gustave Flaubert, whose Madame Bovary outraged the
right-thinking bourgeoisie when it was first
published in 1856, is brought to life here in all
his singularity and brilliance.
Heat by Bill Buford
“Heat” is an account of writer and former New Yorker
fiction editor Bill Buford's time spent training
under celebrity chef Mario Batali, both at his New
York restaurant Babbo and in Italy.
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
Based on five years of research, "Tower" recounts
the events leading up to the 2001 terrorist attacks
on U.S. soil.
The Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
As Philbrick reveals in this book, the story of the
Pilgrims does not end with the First Thanksgiving;
instead, it is a fifty-five year epic that is at
once tragic and heroic, and still carries meaning
for us today.
Prisoners: A Muslim and A Jew Across the Middle East
Divide by Jeffrey Goldberg
They met in 1990 during the first Palestinian
uprising - one an American Jew who served as a guard
in the largest prison in Israel, the other his
prisoner Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite
their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue
there that grew into a remarkable friendship - and
now a remarkable book.
The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
The dust storms that terrorized America's High
Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were
like nothing ever seen before or since, and the
stories of the people that held on have never been
fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times
journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a
half-dozen families and their communities through
the rise and fall of the region
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