Non-Fiction Titles

A Case of Exploding Mangoes
by Mohammed Hanif
Re-imagining the 1988 plane crash that killed the Pakistani prime minister, this historical novel satirizes the military in the Joseph Heller tradition of dark comedy.

Dawn, Dusk or Night
by Yasmina Reza
A year of observations as Nicolas Sarkozy campaigned for French President in 2006, this is a portrait of a successful politician presented in a journal of cryptic notations & quotations.

Doris Day: the Untold Story of the Girl Next Door
by David Kaufman
The first full-length biography of the popular culture icon and relentlessly upbeat woman whose private life was often in stark contrast with her public persona.

Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love
by Lara Vapnyar
Witty short stories linking food to lonely, loveless dating among recent Russian immigrants yearning for the tastes and smells of home.

The Divorce Party
by Laura Dave
As the parents celebrate divorce, the son gets engaged and the two women must consider the ending and beginning of their marriages.

Undiscovered
by Debra Winger
A well-lived life that goes far beyond the Hollywood images told in poetry and reminiscences… an autobiography with surprising insight.

Potential: the High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag
by Ariel Schrag
Autobiographical graphic novel in which all the emotional upheaval, testing behaviors and angst of high school…and the glimpses of potential are depicted.

A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
by Tom Sniegoski
A Boston P.I. has amazing paranormal talents; many generations ago he renounced heaven to live on earth. Now his angelic past has resurfaced as he looks for the missing Angel of Death and tries to save the human race.

Dinosaurs on the Roof
by David Rabe
Satire of American excess set in small town Iowa by the award -winning playwright. A recently divorced woman and her elderly neighbor find their lives woven together; the Rapture may be imminent.

Lolita Effect
by Gigi Durham
The five myths of pop culture & advertising and how to empower girls to make healthy decisions about their own sexuality.

Zachary Taylor: the 12th President: 1849-1850
by John S.D. Eisenhower
The son of another soldier-President writes about the short term of this “soldier’s soldier” who tried to keep the Union from the impending Civil War.

Outtakes from a Marriage: a novel
by Ann Leary
A unique take on the perils of losing oneself in marriage & motherhood set in Manhattan and Hollywood – by the wife of actor-comedian Denis Leary.

Another Man’s Moccasins: a Walt Longmire Mystery
by Craig Johnson
The sheriff finds the connection between two murders forty years apart and stirs up haunting memories of Viet Nam.

Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It by Elizabeth Royte
Survey of all aspects of an amazing marketing coup. Raises questions and reveals facts that will make you pause before you sip.