Riveting reading for non-fiction lovers.

Berkeley, Ellen.
At Grandmother’s Table: Women Write about Food, Life, and
the Enduring Bond Beween Grandmothers and Granddaughters. (2000).

Best American Travel Writing, 2000. Edited by Biill Bryson. (2000)

Brokaw, Tom.
The Greatest Generation. (1998)

—.The Greatest Generation Speaks. (1999)

—.An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation. (2001)

Bryson, Bill.
In a Sunburned Country.. (2000)

Travel in Australia–humorous. Try his other travel books.

Capuzzo, Mike.
Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence. (2001)
New Jersey shark attacks.

Clancy, Tom.
The Hunt for Red October. (1984)

Dear, William C.
OJ is Guilty But Not of Murder. (2000)

Edward, John.
One Last Time: A Psychic Medium Speaks to Those We Have Loved and Lost. (1998)

Huchthausen, Peter.
Hostile Waters. (1997)
Submarine disaster.

Hudson, Dale.
An Hour to Kill: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Justice in a Small Southern Town. (1999)

King, Stephen.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. (2000)

Knecht, G.Bruce.
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the Sydney to Hobart Race. (2001)

Korda, Michael.
Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving From the Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse. (2001

Lehr, Dick.
Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob. (2000)

O’Carroll, Brendan.
The Mammy. (1999)
Hilarious historical Irish fiction followed by The Granny (2000) and The Chisellers (2000)

Quindlen, Anna.
A Short Guide to a Happy Life. (2000)

Sedaris, David.
Me Talk Pretty One Day. (2000)
Humorous look at the French and their language

Sides, Hampton.
Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission. (2001)

Stanton, Doug.
In Harms Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors. (2001)

Stoll, Clifford.
The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage. (1989)

White, Bailey.
Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living. (1993)

—.Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: And Other Adventures on the Way Home. (1995)

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