Books about Instrumental Music
784. Books about instruments & instrumental ensembles Further Reading: The links below may be affiliate links. If you use one of these links to make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no charge to you. Anshel Brusilow and Robin Underdahl Shoot the...
Books on Birds
598.Book on birds Further Reading: The following links are affiliate links. If you use them to make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no cost to you. Tony Angell The House of Owls, 2015. For twenty-five years, Tony Angell and his family kept a nesting...
Books on Social Problems and Services
360. Books on social problems & services Further Reading: Susan C. Daffron Funds to the Rescue: 101 Fundraising Ideas for Humane and Animal Rescue Groups, 2011. Former president of the National Association of Pet Rescue Professionals, Susan C. Daffron, offers this...
Books on Islam, Bavism, and the Bah’ai Faith
297. Books on Islam, Bavism & Bahai Faith Further Reading: The links below are affiliate links. I will make a small commission from your purchase if you use them. Fouad Ajami The Vanished Imam: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon, 1986. Before 1959, when Musa Al...
How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: A Book Review
How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor: Critical Thinking in the Age of Bias, Contested Truth, and Disinformation by Thomas C. Foster My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m particular about the nonfiction books I read. While serving as a high school librarian years ago, I read...
Books on the History of Central Asia
958. Books on the History of Central Asia Further Reading: The links below are affiliate links. If you use them to make a purchase, I will receive a small commission. Steve Coll Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the C.I.A., Afghanistan, And Bin Laden, From the Soviet...
Books on General Music
780. Books on music Further Reading: The links below are affiliate links. If you use them, I may receive a small commission from your purchase. Amiri Baraka Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music, 2010. Scholar Amiri Baraka, African American...
Recommended Book about Judaism
296. Books about Judaism The links below are affiliate links. I may receive a small commission on your purchase if you use them. Further Reading: Samuel G. Freedman Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry, 2000. Journalist Samuel Freedman explores...
River Town by Peter Hessler | A Review
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve never been to China. After reading the first book in Peter Hessler’s trilogy that chronicles his experiences as an American living in China on the cusp of the 21st century, I now...
Books on the Middle East
956. Books on the Middle East (Near East) The links below may be affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I will receive a small commission at no cost. Further Reading: Thomas Asbridge The First Crusade: A New History: The Roots of Conflict between Christianity and...
An Overview of DDC: Search Nonfiction in Libraries with Confidence
Have you ever walked into a library for the first time and felt confused and overwhelmed? Maybe you wanted to search for one specific book or author, or maybe you wanted to find a title on how to accomplish a project. But everyone seems busy. You look around and give...