Seattle Picks: Narrative Nonfiction
The Poisoner's Handbook
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
(Book - 2010)
614.13097 B6255P 2010
Available
in some locations
Holds: 2 on 15 copies
A Walk in the Woods
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
(Book - 2007)
All copies in use
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In Cold Blood
A True Account of A Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
(Book - 1992)
364.1523 CAPOTE 1992
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in some locations
The Big Burn
Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
(Book - 2009)
973.911 R677E 2009
Available
in some locations
Holds: 9 on 21 copies
Midnight in Peking
How the Murder of A Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
(Book - 2012)
364.1523 F8888M 2012
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in some locations
Holds: 8 on 17 copies
The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
(Book - 2009)
918.11046 G766L 2009
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Holds: 6 on 16 copies
Seaworthy
A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea
(Book - 2010)
639.2778 G84G 2010
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Cradle of Gold
The Story of Hiram Bingham, A Real-life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu
(Book - 2010)
985.37 H35C 2010
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Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
(Book - 2010)
940.54725 Z149H 2010
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Holds: 26 on 65 copies
A Voyage Long and Strange
Rediscovering the New World
(Book - 2008)
970.01 H7899V 2008
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Mountains beyond Mountains
(Book - 2003)
610.92 F2297K 2003
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Holds: 4 on 11 copies
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
(Book - 1997)
796.52209 KRAKAUE 1997
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Holds: 9 on 23 copies
Shadow Divers
The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
(Book - 2004)
940.5451 U11K 2004
In-library use only at this time
in some locations
Holds: 7 on 4 copies
The Devil in the White City
Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
(Book - 2003)
364.1523 L3295D 2003
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Holds: 27 on 34 copies
The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
(Book - 2005)
918.13045 M6115R 2005
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Holds: 9 on 17 copies
Rin Tin Tin
The Life and the Legend
(Book - 2011)
636.7376 Or53R 2011
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in some locations
Holds: 10 on 30 copies
Miracle in the Andes
72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
(Book - 2006)
982.6 P247M 2006
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in some locations
In the Heart of the Sea
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
(Book - 2000)
910.9164 PHILBRI 2000
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in some locations
Holds: 3 on 9 copies
The Shakespeare Thefts
In Search of the First Folios
(Book - 2011)
822.33 F R1843S 2011
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in some locations
Packing for Mars
The Curious Science of Life in the Void
(Book - 2010)
571.0919 R53P 2010
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Holds: 19 on 24 copies
The Cruelest Miles
The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in A Race against An Epidemic
(Book - 2003)
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The Island at the Center of the World
The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
(Book - 2004)
974.7102 Sh819i 2004
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
(Book - 2010)
616.02774 L118S 2010
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Holds: 26 on 0 copies
Longitude
The True Story of A Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
(Book - 2005)
526.6209 So122L 2005
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Holds: 4 on 7 copies
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
(Book - 2011)
958.1 Se28T 2011
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in some locations
Holds: 2 on 0 copies
The Tiger
A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
(Book - 2010)
599.75609 V194T 2010
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in some locations
Holds: 5 on 27 copies
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
(Book - 2004)
B G287W 2004
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Holds: 3 on 12 copies
The Professor and the Madman
A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
(Book - 1998)
423 WINCHES 1998
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Lost in Shangri-la
A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
(Book - 2011)
940.548 Z836L 2011
Available
in some locations
Holds: 8 on 30 copies
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Nonfiction that "reads like fiction." These are gripping, good stories that happen to be true!
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