So…you watch a lot of Reality TV??? How about
reading some high interest nonfiction that better
than TV!!!!
If you watch
this show…
Untold Stories of
the ER
You might read this book…
Trauma junkie :
memoirs of an
emergency flight
nurse
Janice Hudson.
The author shares stories from her high-stress
career working as a nurse for CALSTAR, a
helicopter ambulance service that flies accident
victims and other emergency patients to major
hospital trauma centers.
Nothing real is THIS messed up!!
Honey Boo Boo
?????
Hoarders
Stuff : compulsive
hoarding and the
meaning of things
Randy O. Frost and Gail
Steketee.
Psychologist Randy O. Frost and social worker Gail
Steketee present cases studies that examine the
causes and implications of compulsive hoarding and
discuss their own limited success in the treatment of
hoarders.
World Poker Tour
Bringing down the
house : the inside
story of six MIT
students who took
Vegas for millions
Ben Mezrich.
Describes how a group of overachieving, anarchist
MIT students joined a decades-old underground
blackjack club dedicated to counting cards and
beating the system at major casinos around the
world, managed to legally take several Las Vegas
casinos for more than three million dollars.
Long Island
Medium
Extreme
Cheapskates
Infinite quest :
develop your psychic
intuition to take
charge of your life
John Edwards
Psychic medium John Edwards explains how
individuals can develop their own psychic intuition
and use that power to change their lives for the
better.
In cheap we trust :
the story of a
misunderstood
American virtue
Model : a memoir
Cheryl Diamond.
Examines frugality in the American consumer culture,
discussing a historical overview of social programs,
alternative movements, and mainstream institutions
that promote economical spending habits, along with
the distinction between cheapness and thriftiness,
and related topics.
Investigates what the author calls the "girly-girl"
culture, with its emphasis on princesses and the color
pink, in an effort to understand whether a focus on
beauty and play-sexiness is harmful to growing girls,
and argues that parents need to determine their
values, set reasonable limits, and encourage dialogue
with their daughters in order to soften the influence
of consumer culture
The author shares her experiences as a high fashion
model living in New York and provides insight into the
industry.
Skyjack : the hunt
for D.B. Cooper
Describes the search for D. B. Cooper, who hijacked a
Boeing 727 aircraft in November 1971, received a
large ransom, and parachuted from the plane
Lauren Weber.
Toddlers and Tiaras Cinderella ate my
daughter :
dispatches from the
front lines of the
new girlie-girl
culture
Peggy Orenstein.
Americas Top
Model
Dateline: Real life
Mysteries
Geoffrey Gray.
Undercover Boss
Breaking Amish
Beyond Scared
Onward : how
Starbucks fought for
its life without
losing its soul
Howard Schultz with
Joanne Gordon
I'm perfect, you're
doomed : tales from
a Jehovah's witness
upbringing
Kyria Abrahams.
Howard Schultz recounts his decision to return as the
CEO of Starbucks eight years after he stepped down
in an effort to return the company to its core values
and restore its financial health during the struggling
economy.
Kyria Abrahams chronicles her coming of age as a
Jehovah's Witness, describing her family's strict
religious belief, her arranged marriage to a man she
didn't love, and the eventual realization that the only
people who could help her escape her restrictive life
were those she had labeled sinners years earlier.
Nathan Henry, serving time for an armed robbery he
committed when he was sixteen, reflects on the
crimes, drugs, sex, and violence in his past, while
beginning to understand he can turn his life around.
Straight
Good behavior
Nathan L. Henry.
Intervention
Beautiful boy : a
father's journey
through his son's
addiction
David Sheff.
Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his son Nic's
happy early childhood, the transformation wrought
by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own
obsession with Nic's well-being.
Survivorman
Mud, sweat, and
tears : the
autobiography
Bear Grylls.
The star of the survival series "Man Vs. Wild"
recounts his adventurous life, from his experiences
with mountaineering and martial arts to the free-fall
parachuting accident in Africa that almost left him
paralyzed.
History Channel
Man on wire
Philippe Petit.
Deadliest Catch
Alaska-the Last
Frontier
Four thousand hooks
: a true story of
fishing and coming
of age on the high
seas of Alaska
Dean Adams.
Into the wild
Jon Krakauer
Philippe Petit, a French street performer, tells the
story of how he planned and executed a walk on a
cable rigged between the World Trade Center towers
in 1974. Includes photographs taken by Petit's friends
and accomplices.
The author recounts his experiences as a commercial
fisherman in Alaskan waters starting at sixteen years
old and shares how that work and life changed him
Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-fouryear-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on
an idealistic journey and was found dead of
starvation four months later. Attempts to discover
what led the young man to that point.
30 for 30
Basketball junkie : a
memoir
Chris Herren and Bill
Reynolds.
Former NBA basketball player Chris Herren chronicles
the rise and fall of his basketball career, his struggle
with drugs, his marriage to his high-school
sweetheart, and life with his children.
VH1 Behind the
Bumping into
geniuses : my life
inside the rock and
roll business
Rock and Roll music executive Danny Goldberg
discusses the music industry while also sharing his
experiences throughout his legendary career, which
includes handling public relations for Led Zeppelin
and Kiss, launching Stevie Nick's solo career,
managing Nirvana, and running several big name
labels.
Music
lDanny Goldberg.
Food Network
Classic PBS Kids
Watching what we
eat : the evolution of
television cooking
shows
Kathleen Collins.
Street gang : the
complete history of
Sesame Street
Michael Davis.
Ghost Hunter
Haunted Wisconsin
Michael Norman
I Shouldn’t Be Alive
Black wave : a
family's adventure
at sea and the
disaster that saved
them
John and Jean Silverwood.
The lunatic express :
discovering the
world-- via its most
dangerous buses,
boats, trains, and
planes
Carl Hoffman.
Travel Channel
Provides a detailed history of television cooking
shows, discussing their origins, the shift in focus from
education to entertainment, and how they have both
reflected and influenced changes in American culture.
An exploration of the history of "Sesame Street" that
discusses the television program's creation, rise in
popularity, success, cast and crew, and more.
Presents a collection of over seventy supposedly true
tales of ghosts, apparitions, and other supernatural
occurrences in Wisconsin
The authors describes their family's adventures at sea
and the shipwreck that forced them to band together
in order to survive
Journalist Carl Hoffman recounts his journey around
the world traveling on the most dangerous and
perilous means of transport, including accident-prone
airlines, crowded ferries, slow buses, and deadly
trains, and shares what he learned about how the
rest of the world travels.