Non-Fiction and Travel

(Biographies and Memoirs have their own list.)

Adult
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. Mark Kurlansky.
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants. Bill Bryson.

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Buddhism: An Introduction to the Buddha's Life, Teachings and Practices. Joan Duncan Oliver.

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The China Study. T. Colin Campbell.
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Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering. Maurice Isserman.
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Daoism: A Beginner's Guide. James Miller.

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The Devil in the White City. Erik Larson.
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The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand the Earth's Past Mass Extinctions. Peter Brannen.

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Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens. Steve Olson.
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The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks. Sam Maggs.
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From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan’s Houses of Worship. David W. Dunlap.
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Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and an Epic Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II. Mitchell Zuckoff.
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He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters. Schuyler Bailar.

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A House in the Sky. Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett.
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In A Sunburned Country. Bill Bryson.
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver. Jill Heinerth

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Isaac's Storm. Erik Larson.
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Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World. Joan Druett.
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Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean. Edward Kritzler.
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Lost in Shangri-La. Mitchell Zuckoff.
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Murder of the Century. Paul Collins.
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Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood in the Scandinavian Way.  Lars Mytting.
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Packing for Mars. Mary Roach.
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. Thomas Cathcart.
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Scenes and Walks in the Northern Shawangunks. Jack Fagan.

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The Ship and the Storm. Jim Carrier.
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Skinny Bitch. Rory Freedman. Kim Barnioun.
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The Sun is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds. Caroline Van Hemert.

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Three Ways to Capsize a Boat. Chris Stewart.
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Tiny but Mighty: Kitten Lady's Guide to Saving the Most Vulnerable Felines. Hannah Shaw.

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The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra. Alex Messenger.

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Vietnam: A History. Stanley Karnow.
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. Isabel Wilkerson.

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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean. Susan Casey.

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You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People. Aubrey Gordon.

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Young Adult
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Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. Steve Sheinkin.
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The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks. Sam Maggs.
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Teen Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests. Diana Tixier Herald.
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War Is... Marc Aronson. Patty Campbell.
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Children
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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. Jim Murphy.
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Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845 -1850. Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
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Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. Steve Sheinkin.
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Chinese Menu: The History, Myths and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods. Grace Lin.

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How the Sea Came to Be: And All the Creatures in It. Amanda Berne.

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Raggin' Jazzin' Rockin'. Susan VanHecke.
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Shiver Me Timbers! Pirate Poems and Paintings. Douglas Florian.
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Tracking Trash. Loree Griffin Burns.
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