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Discover the best non-fiction books for your train journey with Great Train Reading. Explore curated lists of engaging reads to make your commute insightful and enjoyable. All non-fiction, all the time!
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Looking for Alaska
by Peter Jenkins
The author's chronicle of his year-long trek through Alaska introduces the people and places of the nation's "last frontier."
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
by Alexandra Fuller
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and …
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Born Naked
by Farley Mowat
This autobiography of the nature writer concentrates on the years 1933 through 1937 when his family moved from Ontario to Saskatoon
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Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
This American classic has been corrected from the original manuscripts and indexed, featuring historic photographs and an extensive biographical afterword.
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The Martian Child
by David Gerrold
A Novel about a Single Father Adopting a Son Based on a True Story "Oh. One more thing: Dennis thinks he's a Martian . . …
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Stiff
by Mary Roach
An oddly compelling, often hilarious forensic exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.
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Autobiography of a Face
by Lucy Grealy
"I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking …
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The Cloister Walk
by Kathleen Norris
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” –The New …
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Prozac Nation
by Elizabeth Wurtzel
"A book that became a cultural touchstone." -- The New Yorker Elizabeth Wurtzel writes with her finger in the faint pulse of an overdiagnosed generation …
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A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the …
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The Kid
by Dan Savage
Dan Savage's nationally syndicated sex advice column, "Savage Love," enrages and excites more than four million people each week. In The Kid, Savage tells a …
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Wasted
by Marya Hornbacher
The author shares her lifelong battle with bulimia and anorexia, chronicling her secret life of bingeing and purging and her obsession with food and body …
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The Genesee Diary
by Henri J. M. Nouwen
During his seven-month stay in a Trappist monastery, Henri Nouwen had a unique opportunity to explore crucial issues of the spiritual life and discover "a …
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The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
A celebration of Merton's spiritual autobiography is accompanied by an introduction from the editor and a note from Merton's biographer.