Non Fiction category: 7616 books

In 1975 Nina Bunjevac’s mother fled her marriage and her adopted country of Canada and took Nina back to Yugoslavia to live with her parents. Peter, her husband, was a fanatical Serbian nationalist who had been forced to leave his country at the end of World War II and migrate to Canada. But even...

Will Eisner—best known for his influential comic book series The Spirit and his groundbreaking graphic novel A Contract with God—believed in the teaching power of comics, and from 1951 to 1971 he produced PS magazine for the U.S. Army. This Preventive Maintenance Monthly (called PS because it...

Al cadere d’una bella giornata d’aprile dell’anno 1503 la campana di San Domenico in Barletta sonava gli ultimi tocchi dell’avemaria. Sulla piazza vicina in riva al mare, luogo di ritrovo degli abitanti tranquilli che, nelle terricciuole dei climi meridionali specialmente, sogliono sulla sera...

Shortlisted for the Rocky Mountain Book Award **Nominated for The Rocky Mountain Book Award (An Alberta Children's Choice Book Award) Nominated for the 2003 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction** An elegant, expressive dancer, Chan Hon Goh is one of the ballet...

**Winner of the Moonbeam Children's Book Award Silver Medal for Non-Fiction —Picture Book** This Cambodian children's book teaches that not even the most terrible brutality can destroy the human spirit. The Cambodian Dancer, a Cambodian book for children, is the true story of a Cambodian...

Sesame Street and The Muppet Show introduced Jim Henson's Muppets to the world, making Kermit the Frog, Oscar the Grouch, and Big Bird household names. But even as a child in rural Mississippi, listening to the radio and putting on comedy shows for his family, Jim recognized the power of laughter...

Fans of narrative non-fiction, true dog stories, and African wildlife will want to check out Bulu! Born on a crocodile farm in Zambia's untamed South Luangwa Valley, the puppy seemed different from his littermates. Too quiet. Unresponsive. Terriers are usually full of energy and bouncing off...

"In Chasing Space, Leland Melvin tackles stupendous obstacles with dogged determination, showing you what is indeed possible in life—if you belive." —Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and Welcome to the Universe Winner of the 2019 Grand Canyon Reader...

Genova, G8, luglio 2001. La ribellione contro la mercificazione del mondo è sul punto di coagularsi in un movimento internazionale organizzato che neppure la repressione poliziesca sembra poter fermare. Ma l’estate della sommossa è destinata a spegnersi in un autunno precoce: l’11 settembre...

#1 Bookscan in Juvenile Non-fiction! ─ Be Brave… Stay Wild! ---------- Animal Stories for Kids: Coyote Peterson's Brave Adventures: Wild Animals in a Wild World chronicles some of the wildest encounters Coyote Peterson has had over the course of his travels. The stories begin with...

The "Trials of Nance" is the true story of the three Supreme Court Trials of Mrs. Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1873) in Illinois.  The dramatic non-fiction narrative is based on the original sworn and witnessed court records written with quill and buried deep in the Archives of the Illinois...

WE LOVE ISRAEL is a wonderfully colorful and exciting book for children that will help them to learn about the Land of Israel. Benjamin Bear will guide them along the streets of Jerusalem, go to Eilat's famous Red Sea Star resturant under the sea which is located at the southern tip of Israel, explore...

Illus. in full color with black-and-white & full-color photos. "Beginning with the death of Tutankhamen, the book moves forward to archaeologist Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb. Information about ancient Egyptian life is interspersed in a clear, smooth fashion throughout. A good way to get readers into non-fiction."--Booklist.

This narrative non-fiction picture book about the sensational rising soccer star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is perfect reading for the 2018 World Cup. Born in Brazil, Neymar Jr. grew up imagining that he might one day become a famous soccer player. Now his dream has come true. Using playful,...