Savoury non-fiction morsels!
Dive into a curated list of savoury non-fiction morsels! Discover captivating books packed with rich insights, intriguing facts, and unforgettable stories. Perfect for curious minds craving knowledge.
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
The true story of the Manson murders.
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With Napoleon in Russia
by Armand de Caulaincourt
Born into a noble family with a strong military tradition, Armand de Caulaincourt had been Napoleon’s Ambassador to Russia; Minister for Foreign Affairs; political advisor; …
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How the Irish Saved Civilization
by Thomas Cahill
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages …
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Stuffed
by Patricia Volk
Patricia Volk’s delicious memoir lets us into her big, crazy, loving, cheerful, infuriating and wonderful family, where you’re never just hungry–your starving to death, and …
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The Algiers Motel Incident
by John Hersey
Responding to a telephoned report of sniping, the Detroit police invaded the Algiers Motel and interrogated ten black men and two white women. By the …
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Three Lives for Mississippi
by William Bradford Huie
In thc Civil Rights movement, 1964 was the year of Freedom Summer. On June 21, Mississippi, one of the last bastions of segregation in America …
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Growing Great Garlic
by Ron L. Engeland
Growing Great Garlic is the definitive grower's guide written by a small scale farmer who makes his living growing over 200 strains of garlic. Commercial …
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Paris 1919
by Margaret MacMillan
National Bestseller New York Times Editors’ Choice Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize Silver Medalist for the Arthur …
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Maria Callas, the Woman Behind the Legend
by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington
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The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is …
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In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and …
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The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the …
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The Last Good Time
by Jonathan Van Meter
Skinny D'Amato, the notorious 500 Club, and the rise and fall of Atlantic City.
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The Beat Hotel
by Barry Miles
The Beat Hotel is a delightful chronicle of a remarkable moment in American literary history. From the Howl obscenity trial to the invention of the …
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The Ancient City
by Fustel de Coulanges
Originally published in 1864 as La Cité Antique, this remarkable work describes society as it existed in Greece during the age of Pericles and in …
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The Death of James Dean
by Warren N. Beath
Just before sunset on September 20, 1955, James Byron Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder collided with Donald Gene Turnupseed's Ford Tudor on California Highway 46. At …
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Picasso
by Gertrude Stein
The author describes her friendship with Picasso, traces the artist's life and career, and analyzes his approach to painting
