Tuesday, July 31, 2018

NonFiction Means The Content is Not Fiction.

NonFiction

Caddyshack: the making of a Hollywood Cinderella story by Chris Nashawaty. Page 193 says, " The place looks like a cross between a disheveled space-age bachelor pad and a Benihana, right down to the gong doorbell."

The Perfectionists: how precision engineers created the modern world by Simon Winchester. Page 127 says, "And the  man who picked it was the scion of a new firm of precise locksmiths, and founder of the firm that is now part of the biggest lock maker in the world, Linus Yale."

Barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo by Zora Neale Hurston. In 1927 Huston visited the last known survivor of the last slave ship to the U.S., the Clotilda. Incidentally, a guy recently found a burned ship he thought was the Clotilda. Their was excitement about the discovery because he found the wreck near where the Clotilda's Captain said he burned the ship.

Reporter: a memoir by Seymour M. Hersh. This had an interesting review. Page 12 says, "My college days at University of Chicago were exciting and fun."

Magnolia Table: a collection of recipes for gathering by Joanna Gaines.  Page 9 says, "This U-shaped tool has several curved metal wires and a handle."

Giada's Italy: my recipes for la dolce vita by Giada De Laurentiis. Page 181 says, "Tuscany... would be prepared... from the... leftovers... or... a Dutch oven."

Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Vol. 20 by Jim Davis. Freaking Garfield. Kids Looooove Garfield books.

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