New York Times Notable Books For 2006: Non Fiction Top 40
Explore the New York Times Notable Books of 2006: Non-Fiction Top 40. Discover acclaimed titles and must-read works from this prestigious list of the year's best non-fiction books.
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The Afterlife
by Donald Antrim
"In the winter of 2000, shortly after his mother's death from cancer and malnourishment, Donald Antrim, author of Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World, …
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America at the Crossroads
by Francis Fukuyama
Presents a critique of the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, arguing that it stemmed from misconceptions about the realities of the situation in Iraq and a …
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Andrew Carnegie
by David Nasaw
"Andrew Carnegie, whose lifetime spanned the era from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to the First World War, was America's first modern titan. In …
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At Canaan's Edge
by Taylor Branch
King and his movement stand at the zenith of America's defining story, one decade into an epic struggle for the promises of democracy. Branch opens …
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Ava Gardner
by Lee Server
The author of "Baby, I Don't Care," the "New York Times" bestselling biography of Robert Mitchum, takes on the dramatic life of the stunning swaggering …
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Blind Side
by Michael Lewis
The author examines the phenomenon of the high value of the left tackle in football, using as his example an underprivileged youngster from Tennessee.
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Blood and Thunder
by Hampton Sides
In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by …
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Clemente
by David Maraniss
On New Year's Eve, 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as …
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Consider the Lobster
by David Foster Wallace
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet …
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The Courtier and the Heretic
by Matthew Stewart
An analysis of the volatile relationship between and ongoing influence of Baruch de Spinoza and Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz, citing their role at the center of …
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Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
One of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time. This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. …
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Falling Through the Earth
by Danielle Trussoni
"Told without an ounce of self-pity, Danielle Trussoni's deeply affecting book shows how war keeps changing everything - even after the last shots are fired."--BOOK …
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Fiasco
by Thomas E. Ricks
"Drawing on the exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American military personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than …
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Explores the issue of global warming from every angle, incorporating interviews with researchers and environmentalists, explaining the science and the studies, and presenting the personal …
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Flaubert
by Frederick Brown
From the highly acclaimed author of Zola: A Life comes the definitive biography of Gustave Flaubert, author of Madame Bovary.Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), whose Madame Bovary …
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The Ghost Map
by Steven Johnson
"It is the summer of 1854. Cholera has seized London with unprecedented intensity. A metropolis of more than 2 million people, London is just emerging …
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The Greatest Story Ever Sold
by Frank Rich
Reveals the spin campaign of the Bush administration that the author contends enabled the support of a war against a non-September 11 enemy, furthered conservative …
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Heat
by Bill Buford
A staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Among the Thugs offers an exuberant, witty account of his entry into the world of …
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Jane Goodall
by Dale Peterson
Peterson shows clearly and convincingly how truly remarkable Goodall's accomplishments were and how unlikely it is that anyone else could have duplicated them. Peterson details …
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Kate
by William J. Mann
The first major Katharine Hepburn biography independent of her control reveals the smart, complicated, and sophisticated woman behind the image Onscreen she played society girls, …
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The Looming Tower
by Lawrence Wright
Explores both the American and Arab sides of the September 11th terrorist attacks in an account of the people, ideas, events, and intelligence failures that …
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The Lost
by Daniel Adam Mendelsohn
Mendelsohn grew up in a family haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust--an unmentionable subject during his childhood. Decades later, spurred by …
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Mayflower
by Nathaniel Philbrick
A history of the Pilgrim settlement of New England challenges popular misconceptions, discussing such topics as the diseases of European origin suffered by the Wampanoag …
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The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year Winner of the James Beard Award Author of How to Change …
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The Places in Between
by Rory Stewart
Rory Stewart recounts the experiences he had walking across Afghanistan in 2002, describing how the country and its people have been impacted by the Taliban …
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Programming the Universe
by Seth Lloyd
In this clear, informative, and entertaining narrative, a quantum computer scientist examines the history of the universe through the lens of a new theory--that the …
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Redemption
by Nicholas Lemann
A study of the campaign of organized racial violence that followed the Civil War describes efforts on the part of white Southern Democrats to prevent …
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State of Denial
by Bob Woodward
After two #1 "New York Times" bestsellers on the Bush administration's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Woodward's new book on the Bush White House again …