March 2006 Nonfiction Book News
New NonFiction
No Excuses

No Excuses
by Kyle Maynard
Published 2005 by Regnery Publishing

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0895260115

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Born without arms or legs below his elbows and knees, Maynard excels as a champion athlete, inspirational speaker, college student and male model. "No Excuses" is his inspirational autobiography that shows how a positive can-do attitude gives someone we might see as disadvantaged the advantage over life. More . . .

Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash

Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
by Elizabeth Royte
Published 2005 by Little Brown and Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0316738263

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- In the vein of "Stiff, Nickel and Dimed, and "Fast Food Nation, GARBAGE LAND takes us behind the scenes and into the corners of our own lives, revealing the fantastic truth behind what we've taken for granted or never even thought about.- Royte's last book, "The Tapir's Morning Bath, was a "New York Times Notable Book, praised widely for Royte's keen observations and narrative skill. More . . .

A Hunter's Book of Days

A Hunter's Book of Days
by Charles Fergus
Published 2005 by Countrysport Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0892726156

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This is a tightly structured personal narrative set in the grouse and woodcock covers surrounding Fergus's longtime home in Pennsylvania. The author focuses his text around bird hunts behind his springer spaniels, but A Hunter's Book of Days is much more than a chronicle of sporting memories.... More . . .

Sweetness & Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee

Sweetness & Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee
by Hattie Ellis
Published 2005 by Harmony

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 1400054052

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"We have chosen to ?ll our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light." --Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

"Sweetness and Light is the fascinating story of bees and honey from the Stone Age to the contemporary cutting edge; from Nepalese honey hunters to urban hives on the rooftops of New York City.... More . . .

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