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Showing posts with label Non fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Non fiction. Show all posts
Monday, July 20, 2026

In the Shadow of Man (1971) by Jane Goodall #Reading1971 #20BOS26

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  🐒 " Previously man had been regarded as the only tool-making animal. Indeed, one of the clauses commonly accepted in the definition ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026

The Man Who Broke Out of the Bank and Went for A Walk Across France (2014) by Miles Morland #ParisInJuly2026 #20BOS26

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  🎒 The idea of, first, leaving one's job while one loves it; and second, going across France by walking, are two unthinkable things fo...
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Friday, January 30, 2026

If Life is A Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? (1971) by Erma Bombeck

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🍒 My second book for my personal project of #readingthe1971s is a memoir from Erma Bombeck, an American humorist, whose newspaper humor col...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Keeping A Nature Journal (2021) by Clare Walker Leslie

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🌿 So, this is my first read for the new year. A surprise, because I don't usually pick a non fiction to go to on a Christmas holiday. H...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1961) by John Steinbeck #NonFicNov25

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🐩 When the itch of travelling came to John Steinbeck in the 1960s, he began a plan for a road trip journey around America. A camper-truck w...
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Monday, November 24, 2025

Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe (1991) by Bill Bryson #NonficNov25

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🎒 Bill Bryson is an American journalist and writers; he wrote a lot of travel books, and Neither Here nor There is his travelogue focusing...
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Monday, November 10, 2025

Seven Years in Tibet (1953) by Heinrich Harrer #NonficNov25

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🗻 If you've been following my blog long enough, you might probably know that, besides France, Tibet is a country which I've always ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Notes from an Island (1996) by Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä #NonficNov25 #NovNov25

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🐚 For thirty years Tove Jansson, the Finland author who's famous for the Moomin series and The Summer Book , spent her live together w...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil (2003) by Jean-Claude Izzo #ParisInJuly2025 #20BooksofSummer2025

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🧄 This short book is an essay written by Jean-Claude Izzo, a native Marseilles poet and writer. The main theme of the essay are his love of...
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Monday, July 7, 2025

A Year in Provence (1989) by Peter Mayle #ParisInJuly2025 #20BooksofSummer2025

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🍷 A Year in Provence  became my first entry for #ParisInJuly2025, hosted by Emma @ Word and Peace. It's the first of a series of memoir...
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Monday, November 25, 2024

Never Cry Wolf (1963) by Farley Mowat #NonFicNov24

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🐺 A nonfiction that reads like fiction - that's how I describe Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves . Far...
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Friday, November 22, 2024

The Golden Mole: and Other Vanishing Treasure (2022) by Katherine Rundell #NonFicNov24

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🦒 In The Golden Mole , Katherine Rundell introduces us to some of the world's most exotic creatures which are also endangered. Among th...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy (1996) by Frances Mayes #NonFicNov24

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🌞 Under the Tuscan Sun is a memoir by Frances Mayes, an American university professor, who were just through a divorce. She'd been in l...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Cornwall Sabbatical (2023) by Jonathan E. Cox: A Non Fiction

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Thanks to The Book Guild and NetGalley for providing me review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 🔶️ Subtitled as ' Ob...
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds by Clare Walker Leslie

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Thanks to Storey Publishing and NetGalley for providing me a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 🦜 I don't know...
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Friday, July 28, 2023

Dear Paris: The Paris Letters Collection by Janice MacLeod: A Review for #ParisInJuly

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🎨 It's all started when Janice MacLeod sent illustrated letters about her beautiful Paris to her friends years ago. Then she started a...
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