Tag: #nonfiction

• Winter Nonfiction

  Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescues by Laurie Zeleski This lovely memoir combines the thoughtful examination of ‘s life with her mother after she escaped her abusive husband with her kids to create an animal rescue with stories of the animal residents that occupy her farm. I enjoy the narrative she weaves around…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 25, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #andrewnette, #dangerousvisionsandnewworlds, #drawnandquarterly, #enoughalready, #funnyfarm, #gabriellemoss, #graphicnovel, #ianmcintyre, #issarae, #julieleung, #lauriezeleski, #memoir, #nonfiction, #paperbackcrush, #quirkbooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #st.martinspress, #themisadventuresofawkwardblackgirl, #tianveasna, #valeriebertinelli, #whenthelightsarebrightagain, #whodiditfirst, #yearoftherabbit

• Book Highlight: Unsung Heroines of the Holocaust

  This is an important book. Discounting the rise of ahate crimes that you can see every day on the news, but survivors of the Holocaust are slowly dying out. It is an event that shouldn’t be forgotten and I certainly think people will remember but hearing and seeing witness account do stick more. This book…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 30, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #holocaust, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahsilbersteinswartz, #unsungheroinesoftheholocaust, #womenshistory

• DC Round-up

  Starfire Vol. 1-2 by Amanda Conner These two volumes starring everyone’s favorite Tamarian has the sun-kissed alien living in the tropical paradise of Florida as a way to distance herself from the drama of her relationship with Dick Grayson (who may or may not be dead?) and just general superheroing. Not that she doesn’t do…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 28, 2022

  Uncategorized

  #amandaconner, #catwoman, #comichistory, #constantine:distortedillusions, #copycats, #dccomics, #dcink, #farfromhome, #isaacgoodhart, #joellejones, #kamigarcia, #nonfiction, #notallsupermen, #rachelreads&reviews, #ramv, #roguesreloaded, #starfire, #theflash, #timhanley, #yaraflor

• Book Highlight: Girls Who Run the World

  While everyone knows the big names, Tesla, Musk, Bezos, women have been inventing and leading just as long. After all women were the ones who invented the washing machine, Monopoly, windshield wipers, the list goes on. But you can read a history book if you want to learn more. Knapp is seeking to put a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 22, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #dianaknapp, #girlswhoruntheworld, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #women'shistory

• Disney books

  Handsome Heroes and Vile Villains: Men in Disney’s Feature Film by Amy M. Davis A semi-sequel to her book Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Davis turns to the portrayal of masculinity in Disney movies from 1934 to 2012. This topic has been missing in Disney studies due to the focus of the Princess line but…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 21, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #amym.davis, #beyondthetiara, #bythebook, #contemporaryromance, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #disneyprincesses, #emilyzemler, #fairytale, #handsomeheroesandvilevillains, #iftheshoefits, #jasmineguillory, #jodibenson, #juliemurphy, #meanttobe, #memoir, #natalieholt, #nonfiction, #partofmyworld, #queensofanimation, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling

• Book Highlight: Girls Who Green the World

  For those who are spiralling into eco-depression and feel that the news is an endless drain of hurricanes, corporate pushbacks and more. But have no fear, Kapp interviews and thirty four women who have been discovering and creating new sustainable technologies and businesses to help save our planet.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 13, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight, Uncategorized

  #dianakapp, #ecoactivism, #enviromentalactivism, #girlswhogreentheworld, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #thirtyfourrebelwomenouttosaveourplanet, #womenshistory

• Educate Yourself

  With these nonfiction books about underrated role models! We are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian American and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States by Naomi Hirahara This is another book in the Smithsonian Learning lab series that puts focus on thirty Asian American and Pacific Islanders that have shaped the US, just in time…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 12, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #annshen, #asianamericanhistory, #cerrieburnell, #chroniclebooks, #disabilitieshistory, #diversity, #iamnotalabel, #naomihirahara, #nonfiction, #pacificislanderhistory, #rachelreads&reviews, #revolutionarywomen, #smithsonian, #wearehere, #wideyededitions, #womenshistory

• Book Highlight: Extraordinary Mothers and Daughters

  This is the perfect book for Mother’s Day as if the title wasn’t clue enough. The beautiful collages by Natasha Cunningham highlighting black and white portraits overlayed with flowers adds to the theme. Split into six chapters by Emily Freidenrich shows the warmth, love and osmetimes complex bonds of twenty five famous mother-daughter figures even…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 4, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #chroniclebooks, #emilyfreidenrich, #extraordinarymothersanddaughters, #natashacunnigham, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews

• Hispanic Heritage Month Reads

  Nuestra América: 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the United States by Sabrina Vourvoulias Like any nonfiction books on the subject of role models and inspiring people, this book provides mini biographies on some famous and some lesser known figures that shaped or changed history through their accomplishments. The standard latinos are present such as…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 15, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #adrianaherrera, #afterhoursonmilagrostreet, #alexisdaria, #angelinamlopez, #angiecruz, #anthology, #ariannadavis, #avonbooks, #contemporaryromance, #dianemunozstewart, #dominicana, #dontaskmewhereimfrom, #gabrielgarciamarquez, #harlequinpublishing, #jenniferdeleon, #loveithetimeofcholera, #macmillan, #martitaIrememberyou, #mexicangothic, #miasosa, #nonfiction, #nuestraamerica, #olgadiesdreaming, #penguinrandomhouse, #priscillaolivieras, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #sabrinasol, #sabrinavourvoulias, #sandracisneros, #sealbooks, #silviamorenogarcia, #simon&schuster, #smithsonian, #westsidelovestory, #whatwouldfridado, #xochitlgonzalez, #YA, #zoeycastile

• Book Highlight: Young, Fearless, Awesome

  This delightfully inspiring book encourages kids to chase after their dreams and break boundaries no matter their age through the stories of these icons. Some you probably know like Anna Frank and Greta Thunberg but it also features some new ones like Samantha Smith who wrote to a Soviet leader and became a peace ambassador…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 5, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #activists, #middlegrade, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #sourcebooks, #stellacaldwell, #twentyfiveyoungpeoplewhochangedtheworld, #youngfearlessawesome