Book Club Picks - Nonfiction | Delaware County District Library

The Apparitionists

A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost

by Manseau, Peter

Book - 2017

Photography and psychics. Photography and psychics. Show less

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Assassination Vacation

by Vowell, Sarah

Book - 2005

Presidential assassinations. Presidential assassinations. Show less

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The Autistic Brain

Thinking Across the Spectrum

by Grandin, Temple

Book - 2013

Autism and psychology. Autism and psychology. Show less

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

[life, Death, and Hope in A Mumbai Undercity]

by Boo, Katherine

Book - 2012

Poverty and social classes in India. Poverty and social classes in India. Show less

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Being Mortal

Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Gawande, Atul

Book - 2014

Terminal care and aging. Terminal care and aging. Show less

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Between the World and Me

by Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Book - 2015

US race relations and discrimination. National Book Award winner. US race relations and discrimination. National Book Award winner. Show less

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Blood at the Root

A Racial Cleansing in America

by Phillips, Patrick

Book - 2016

History/crimes against African Americans. History/crimes against African Americans. Show less

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The Boys in the Boat

Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

by Brown, Daniel James

Book - 2013

History/Olympic Games. History/Olympic Games. Show less

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Carrying the Fire

An Astronaut's Journeys

by Collins, Michael

Book - 2019

Biography. Biography. Show less

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Dead Wake

The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Larson, Erik

Book - 2015

World War I. World War I. Show less

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Deep Down Dark

The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in A Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

by Tobar, Héctor

Book - 2014

Mining accident and rescue. Mining accident and rescue. Show less

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The Disaster Artist

My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

by Sestero, Greg

Book - 2013

Motion picture making. Motion picture making. Show less

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Dreamland

The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Quinones, Sam

Book - 2015

Drug abuse in the US. Drug abuse in the US. Show less

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Evicted

Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Desmond, Matthew

Book - 2016

Poverty and homelessness in the US. Poverty and homelessness in the US. Show less

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Family of Earth

A Southern Mountain Childhood

by Dykeman, Wilma

Book - 2016

Biography. Biography. Show less

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Flags of Our Fathers

by Bradley, James

Book - 2000

Biography/US Marines. Biography/US Marines. Show less

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Freakonomics

A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

by Levitt, Steven D.

Book - 2006

Economics, psychological and sociological. Economics, psychological and sociological. Show less

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The Girls of Atomic City

The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

by Kiernan, Denise

Book - 2013

The Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project. Show less

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Going Clear

Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

by Wright, Lawrence

Book - 2013

Ron L. Hubbard and Scientology. Ron L. Hubbard and Scientology. Show less

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H Is for Hawk

by Macdonald, Helen

Book - 2014

Spirituality and nature. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize. Spirituality and nature. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize. Show less

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

by Eggers, Dave

Book - 2001

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Heartland

A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

by Smarsh, Sarah

Book - 2018

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Hidden Figures

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

by Shetterly, Margot Lee

Book - 2016

African American women mathematicians. African American women mathematicians. Show less

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How We Got to Now

Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

by Johnson, Steven

Book - 2014

Technology and inventions. Technology and inventions. Show less

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I Am Malala

The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

by Yousafzai, Malala

Book - 2013

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