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For Real? Nonfiction Reads
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items Find new people and passions. Books share our worlds.
I wasn’t a Nirvana fan. I wasn’t a Foo Fighters fan. I am now. Absolutely listen to Dave read this on audiobook. I call him Dave because I’m in love with him after listening. This wasn’t the sordid tales of the life of rock and roll on the road...
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
You have to read this book with the internet open. You need to see the trinkets, doo dads, the paintings this guy was pilfering with absolutely no repercussions for years. Just walking out of museums to store in his little house.
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
I was captivated by this audiobook. I bought the book-book as a gift. I started reading it before I wrapped it. Then, I had to check out the audiobook to finish it. Their story is inspiring. We had to go visit the Kitty Hawk site.
The Wright Brothers
This will make you want to put on your boots and hike the entire Appalachian Trail. The books has funny antedotes with real facts about the US Forest Service and the Appalachian Trail. There was a movie, perhaps? I refuse to watch it because I loved this so much.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
I heard about this story on a podcast. What makes a person say, “To heck with it all. People suck. I'm going to live in the woods by myself”? How did he survive? Why couldn't anyone find him?
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
I adore Ina. This audiobook was just 100% her. It made me have to go back into my cookbook collection and peruse the recipes to be inspired again.
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
The author spoke at the WV Book Festival. Her story brought me to tears. One, for how backwoods WV can be, and two, for how loving WV can be.
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
Books can be windows into other worlds. You have to visit Daniel's world. This is considered a YA book, but it is worth everyone time's to read it.
Everything Sad Is Untrue
Okay….hear me out. This was available from my library app. We had watched the early seasons of 16 Kids and Counting. As fascinated as I was with the show and juggling that many kids, I felt there was something off. These kids are finding their way.
Counting the Cost
Not enough people know about Sean Dietrich. He is such an honest-to-goodness Southern gentleman. At least follow him on the Facebook if you don't want to read the book. He sings; he tells stories; he heals hearts.
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: A Memoir of Learning to Believe You're Gonna Be Okay
No one can know your grief. No one can give you guidelines for your grief. This book gave me permission to be who I needed to be without any self-judgement of what a widow looked liked.
All of This: A Memoir of Death and Desire
The middle schoolers will always read a Gary Paulsen book. They love his tales of adventure. Nothing is more adventurous than his own life. This was beauty.
Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood
A storytelling. A cookbook. This made me miss my grandparents something fierce. Rick Bragg is southern treasure.
The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Southern Table: A Memoir and Cookbook
This beautiful book is just the perfect book to gift someone. Who wouldn't love a book about nature in short little essays?
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
I like whatever Jesus she brings.
Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
Not just a comedian. He has a story to tell.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood