Read more nonfiction books stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26426/nonfiction-books.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:22:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69235/rightwing-pundits-belong-on-the-fiction-lists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSalon writer Steve Almond has seen the future of literary fiction and it looks like Glenn Beck. Right-wing pundits like Beck and Michelle Malkin have dominated non-fiction bestseller lists since President Obama took office, Almond notes. A close read finds that their works aren't the "psychotic, fact-challenged rants of the...http://www.newser.com/story/69235/rightwing-pundits-belong-on-the-fiction-lists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 14:04:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64478/fact-challenged-facebook-book-not-making-many-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot everybody is friending a book detailing the birth of Facebook, Reuters reports. BusinessWeek calls Ben Mezrich’s The Accidental Billionaires a “tawdry mismash,” amounting to “a fictionalized account of the founding.” The book is full of over-the-top scenes—like one in which Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg breaks into a Harvard...http://www.newser.com/story/64478/fact-challenged-facebook-book-not-making-many-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 13:32:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50250/lbj-biographer-aims-for-eternity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLyndon Johnson's biographer takes his work seriously—so much so, he didn't cover LBJ's presidency for 30 years, Newsweek reports. Rising from the tabloid world in the 1960s, Robert Caro first wrote a painstaking biography of New York mogul Robert Moses. Next came a volume on LBJ's youth; Caro even...http://www.newser.com/story/50250/lbj-biographer-aims-for-eternity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Feb 2009 18:56:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43176/jefferson-hemings-history-wins-national-book-award.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe heart-wrenching and controversial history of Thomas Jefferson's secret family with slave Sally Hemings took the top prize for nonfiction at the National Book Awards last night, USA Today reports. Annette Gordon-Reed became the first African-American woman to win the prize for her detailed exploration of the lives of three...http://www.newser.com/story/43176/jefferson-hemings-history-wins-national-book-award.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Nov 2008 6:31:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42829/what-really-happened-in-astors-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new book about Brooke Astor portrays the New York philanthropist as a frail, paranoid 105-year-old pressured to give up her fortune. Drawing on notes from Astor's former staff, Mrs. Astor Regrets describes son Tony Marshall's alleged bilking of her millions. Astor's staff "filled 30 journals over four years with...http://www.newser.com/story/42829/what-really-happened-in-astors-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Nov 2008 18:08:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29489/2-books-detail-sex-a-day-vows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCan non-stop sex revitalize a marriage? Two American couples have books coming out that chronicle their attempts to sex it up, the New York Times reports. Just Do It records 101 nights of romance intended to offset a couple's boredom in Boulder, Colo., while 365 Nights documents a year of...http://www.newser.com/story/29489/2-books-detail-sex-a-day-vows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Jun 2008 15:19:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29495/realish-sedaris-book-skirts-memoir-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith his new book of nonfiction essays, Engulfed in Flames , David Sedaris finds himself engulfed in questions of truth and accuracy. In America, the recent explosion of memoirs has been followed with one scandal after another, prompting more scrutiny of the humorist’s work. “I do think Sedaris exaggerates too much...http://www.newser.com/story/29495/realish-sedaris-book-skirts-memoir-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Jun 2008 10:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24830/miley-cyrus-to-outsource-autobiography.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMiley Cyrus has inked a multimillion-dollar deal with Disney Books to pen an autobiography of her short, sweet life, according to Ok! magazine. But don't think it'll read like some 15-year-old's homework assignment. The "hush-hush" tween queen is looking for a ghostwriter to put the young superstar's life to paper.http://www.newser.com/story/24830/miley-cyrus-to-outsource-autobiography.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Apr 2008 10:55:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21594/superclass-exposes-global-elite-sort-of.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat do Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and Bono have in common? All are members of the powerful global elite that’s reshaping the planet, David Rothkopf argues in his new book Superclass. But Rothkopf’s isn’t a conspiracy-laden indictment, writes Salon’s Laura Miller. Rather, he contends that the superclass isn’t all...http://www.newser.com/story/21594/superclass-exposes-global-elite-sort-of.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Mar 2008 17:00:00 CDT