Poorer Richard’s America: What Would Ben Say?, by Tom Blair, touches on current hot topics like the national deficit, prejudice, Wall Street, the auto industry, religion, and foreign affairs. Blair uses Benjamin Franklin quotes to frame the current political climate for enlightening results.
Check It Out Category: Nonfiction
Donna S.’s Pick: The Best Advice I Ever Got
The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives, by Katie Couric, is an inspirational, non-stuffy self help book. Couric is an upbeat journalist, author and special correspondent for ABC News. Lessons from politics, entertainment, sports, the arts, business and philanthropy are covered in this great book.
Donna S.’s Pick: Blood, Bones and Butter
Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, by Gabrielle Hamilton, is a gripping memoir with an eye-catching cover. It’s the sometimes sordid, sometimes spiritual telling of a life in the food industry. If you like Anthony Bourdain, you’ll probably like Blood, Bones and Butter.
John’s Pick: Let’s Talk About Love by Carl Wilson
John of Fiction/AV/Teen Services recommends Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson:
Celine Dion’s music has millions of fans worldwide – so why do music critics hate it? One of those critics, Carl Wilson, set out to explore this disdain by examining Dion’s work from practically every imaginable musical and socio-cultural angle. What eventually emerges is a treatise on the very notion of “good taste,” delving into the ways in which we assign value to art can often be shaped by our unconscious prejudices. Let’s Talk About Love is likely to make you reexamine your own ideas about good and bad music.
Donna S.’s Pick: In the President’s Secret Service
In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents they Protect is by Ronald Kessler. This nonfiction book presents facts, interesting tidbits and the concerns of agents who try to provide quality security service to our presidents.