A NonFiction Stack. Good Thing I Had My New Knife For These, Too.

Iraq

House to House: an epic memoir of war by SSG David Bellavia. I had already put this as a maybe on my selection list when, by pure chance, I caught the author talking on C-SPAN (watch it here). Bellavia graduated as a theater major - which could explain his enthralling talk - joined the Army, was sent to Iraq, and had his Bradley riding infantry unit assigned to the Marines for the Battle of Fallujah. Bellavia purposefully wrote about all the nasty bits to show how war is.

War on Two Fronts: an infantry commander's war in Iraq and the Pentagon by Col. Christopher P. Hughes. Hughes invaded in Iraq in 2003, fought insurgents and did civilian administration, returned to the Pentagon to fight bureaucracy and help with "nation building".

Hogs in the Shadows: combat stories from Marine snipers in Iraq by Milo Afong. I bought this on since a couple other sniper books have checked out. Those are some neat rifles.

Biography

A Boy Named Shel by Lisa Rogak. "Life and times of Shel Silverstein." Silverstein's kid poetry was a big deal when I was in elementary school. Silverstein also wrote the lyrics to "A Boy Called Sue."

Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: love, laughter, and tears at the world's most famous cooking school by Kathleen Flinn. Flinn was on vacation when her boos fired her. She came back and immediately enrolled in Le Cordon Bleau in Paris. Sharp knife huh?

Murdered by Mumia: a life sentence of loss, pain, and injustice by Muareen Faulkner and Michael Smerconish. You've likely heard the celebrity advocates' version of Mumia Abu-Jamal's murder conviction. Here is the other side presented by Faulkner's widow.

Condoleeza Rice: an American life by Elisabeth Bumiller.

A Skating Life by Dorothy Hamill. This will check-out. Difficult and long training, depression, failed marriages, and massive successes.

Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg gets a late night phone call that her mother is in a coma. Sonenberg's thought? It's about time. Her mother was a drunk, sex using, liar.

Other NonFiction

Depression: your questions answered by Melvyn Lurie, MD. A DK book.

Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: get rich, stay rich (make your kids even richer) by James J. Cramer and Cliff Mason.

How Toyota became #1: leadership lessons from the world's greatest car company by David Magee.

Censoring Science: inside the political attack on Dr. James Hansen and the truth of global warming by Mark Bowen. Fighting political shenanigans attempting to censor scientific results.

Good Calories, Bad Calories: challenging the conventional wisdom on diet, weight control, and disease by Gary Taubes.

Power to Change the World: the truth about nuclear energy by Gwyneth Cravens. "Initially a skeptic about nuclear power" Cravens researched the topic from Uranium mining to waste disposal and changed her mind. Here is a refutation of the major arguments against nuclear power.

Books for Women

Self Magazine's 15 Minutes to Your Best Self by Lucy S. Danziger.

5 Minute Face: the quick and easy makeup guide for every woman by Carmindy. The one name author works for the What Not to Wear television program.

Modern Bride Survival Guide by Antonia van der Meer. A Vandermeer lives in town.