Adult Summer Reading: Nonfiction at Howard County Library

Best friends, occasional enemies : the lighter side of life as a mother and daughter /

Author: Scottoline, Lisa.
ISBN: 9780312651633
Year: 2011
Date added: 11/30/2011
Subjects: Women - Humor. - Serritella, Francesca Scottoline. - Scottoline, Lisa. - Mothers and daughters
Call number: 818.54S

Best friends, occasional enemies : the lighter side of life as a mother and daughter /

Author: Scottoline, Lisa.
ISBN: 9781410442642;1410442640
Year: 2011
Date added: 12/13/2011
Summary: Lisa, an Edgar Award-winning author, and her Harvard-educated daughter, Francesca, present a volume of personal essays that explores life through their close bond, discussing their relationship, their carb counts, and the green jacket that almost caused a
Subjects: Mothers and daughters - Humor. - Serritella, Francesca Scottoline. - Women - Large type books. - Scottoline, Lisa.
Call number: LP818.54S

Best friends, occasional enemies [the lighter side of life as a mother and daughter] /

Author: Scottoline, Lisa.
ISBN: 9781427213426;1427213429
Year: 2011
Date added: 02/21/2012
Summary: From the "New York Times" bestselling writing team comes a new collection of essays that observe life from a mother/daughter perspective.
Subjects: Mothers and daughters - Humor. - Women - Talking books. - Serritella, Francesca Scottoline. - Scottoline, Lisa.
Call number: CD 818.54S

Da Vinci's ghost : genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image /

Author: Lester, Toby.
ISBN: 9781439189238;1439189234
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/02/2012
Subjects: Leonardo, - Criticism and interpretation.
Call number: 741.945L

Da Vinci's ghost [genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image] /

Author: Lester, Toby.
ISBN: 145260536;9781452605364
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/21/2012
Summary: Toby Lester opens up a surprising window onto the artist and philosopher himself and the tumultuous intellectual and cultural transformations he bridged. With sparkling prose, Lester captures the brief but momentous time in the history of western thought
Subjects: Leonardo, - Criticism and interpretation. - Talking books.
Call number: CD 741.945L

Elf girl : [a memoir] /

Author: Reverend Jen,
ISBN: 9781451631661;1451631669
Year: 2011
Date added: 11/09/2011
Subjects: Reverend Jen, - Autobiography. - American wit and humor.
Call number: B REVEREND JEN

The Fry chronicles /

Author: Fry, Stephen,
ISBN: 1590207149;9781590207147
Year: 2012
Date added: 01/17/2012
Summary: The popular actor, comedian, and writer traces his unlikely Cambridge education, his relationships with such contemporaries as Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson, and his hedonistic rise to stardom.
Subjects: Actors - Great Britain - Biography. - Authors, English - 20th century - Autobiography. - Comedians
Call number: B FRY

Loose diamonds : --and other things I've lost (and found) along the way/

Author: Ephron, Amy.
ISBN: 9780061958748
Year: 2011
Date added: 09/28/2011
Summary: Amy Ephron weaves together the most insightful, profound, and just plain funny stories of her life to form a tapestry of a woman's experiences from childhood through young adulthood, marriage, divorce (and remarriage), and everything in between--an evocat
Subjects: Ephron, Amy. - Women authors - Biography. - Autobiography.
Call number: B EPHRON

The orchard : a memoir /

Author: Weir, Theresa,
ISBN: 9780446584692
Year: 2011
Date added: 10/11/2011
Subjects: Weir, Theresa, - Authors, American - 21st century - Biography. - Autobiography.
Call number: B WEIR

Repeat until rich : a professional card counter's chronicle of the blackjack wars /

Author: Axelrad, Josh.
ISBN: 9780143118855
Year: 2011
Date added: 08/09/2011
Subjects: Gambling systems. - Blackjack (Game)
Call number: 795.42A

Seven seasons in Siena : my quixotic quest for acceptance among Italy's proudest people /

Author: Rodi, Robert.
ISBN: 9780345521057
Year: 2011
Date added: 06/30/2011
Subjects: Siena (Italy) - Description and travel. - Ethnic relations. - Americans - Italy - Siena - Acculturation - Siena. - Rodi, Robert - Homes and haunts - Biography. - Social life and customs.
Call number: 945.591R

That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor /

Author: Sebba, Anne.
ISBN: 9781250002969;9781250022189
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/16/2012
Subjects: Windsor, Wallis Warfield, - Windsor, Edward, - Marriage. - Great Britain - Kings and rulers - Marriages of royalty and nobility - Nobility - Biography. - History - 20th century. - Succession.
Call number: B WINDSOR S

Turn right at Machu Picchu : rediscovering the lost city one step at a time /

Author: Adams, Mark,
ISBN: 9780525952244;9780452297982
Year: 2011
Date added: 06/24/2011
Subjects: Machu Picchu Site (Peru) - Adams, Mark, - Travel - Cultural property - Bingham, Hiram, - Peru - Machu Picchu Site. - Protection
Call number: 985.37A

Unlikely friendships 47 remarkable stories from the animal kingdom /

Author: Holland, Jennifer S.
ISBN: 0761165312;9780761165316
Year: 2011
Date added: 01/10/2012
Summary: Presents a collection of stories about animals who have forged unlikely, abiding bonds with other animals of different species, from Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten to Owen the hippo and the tortoise Mzee.
Subjects: Animal behavior - Anecdotes. - Friendship - Electronic books. - Social behavior in animals
Call number: ELECTRONIC BOOK

Unlikely friendships : 47 remarkable stories from the animal kingdom /

Author: Holland, Jennifer S.
ISBN: 9780761159131
Year: 2011
Date added: 08/18/2011
Subjects: Social behavior in animals - Anecdotes. - Animal behavior - Friendship
Call number: 590H