This summer I've gotten to do a lot of reading. Here are my top 10 non-fiction books that I've read (or am finishing up) this summer (in no particular order):
* Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado
-about the hardships endured by the Uraguayan Rugby team in the Andes in 1972
* Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington
-about 3 young aboriginal girls who walked 1000 miles across the Austrailian desert to return to their families after being taken away from them by British colonists
* There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America by Alex Kotlowitz
-This book tells the story and hardships of a family (specifically two brothers) living in poverty in inner-city Chicago.
* The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollen
-Where does your food come from? How is it being treated? What effect do those practices have on our health, environment and world?
* A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
-With much humor, Bryson describes his attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail.
* Safari: the Romance and the Reality by Molly Buchanen
-about the history and changes brought about by safaris in eastern and southern Africa
* Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe
-Through anecdotes of four young women's lives in Denver, Thorpe explains different sides of the politics of immigration in the United States
* Country Driving by Peter Hessler
-Peter Hessler's experiences as he drove across China in 2007
* The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
-In 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan on foot
* Las Hijas de Juarez by Theresa Rodriguez
-explains the politics and history that have led to the violence against and disappearance of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
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