Reviews by Category: Nonfiction

Summary: Food, Inc is a documentary about the food industry. Specifically taking a look at the meat industry and focusing on how things are grown, packaged, and distributed. The movie aims to expose what is really happening inside the meat industry and bring the bad things going on to the light of the world. In the documentary, we can see how the industry is controlled by 5 main companies, and at the grocery store, it is actually misleading what company is selling a product.

This non-fiction discusses the issues of technology addiction in the modern age. At times, the addiction is not at the fault of the user and instead is the fault of the corporations that build addictive scenes and technology with the intent of addiction. Using human psychology, businesses have sorted out a way to keep users invested in social media, video games, and other mediums. 

Who Was Mother Teresa? by Jim Gigliotti is a non-fiction book. This book emphasizes how Mother Teresa was a missionary and a nun. She was famous for going to India and helping the less-fortunate there (hungry, sick, poor, etc). She ran many missionary organizations to help people in need. This book shows her story and her will to help others.

Who Is Barack Obama? by Roberta Edwards is a non-fiction book. This book focuses on one of the USA's presidents, Barack Obama. This goes over his background and early career. It also mentions all the efforts and hardwork he has to go through to reach this position, as well as his perspectives. The author also mentions the hardships and obstacles he has to overcome to successfully gain his position. This book is engaging to read, and is inspirational to see how he grew in his journey.

Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? by James Buckley Jr. is a non-fiction book. This book goes over real events in Venus and Serena William’s lives. They are both tennis stars, and this book reflects on the story of how they got there. They had to work very hard along with their father. They also had to get over tough situations they had to witness when they were younger. However, they rose and worked hard to gain the reputation they have.

What Were the Twin Towers? by Jim O’Conner is a non-fiction book. This book narrates real events that occurred at the twin towers. It mentions that the twin towers were the two tallest buildings in NYC. These were called the World Trade Centers - and there were two of them (WTC 1 & WTC 2). A plane had been hit into these towers, and other possible sites of crashing were also investigated and assumed. The tragedy struck on 9/11 making it a memorable day across the world.

The AP Human Geography review book by the Princeton review was the perfect way to study for my AP exam. It was easy to read, and it broke down the content into simple chunks. It was 1 chapter and 1 page at a time. This made it simple and easy to understand. I really recommend this book to anybody taking the APHG exam, as this will really help you review and go over the content well.

Title: Midnight in Chernobyl

Author: Adam Higginbotham

Genre: Biography

In the nonfiction novel Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari takes

the reader on a journey through the human experience from the homo genus’s creation until

now. He accomplishes this by focusing on how the three principal revolutions-—cognitive,

agricultural, and scientific—came to be and how they shaped our development. The first of

them, the cognitive revolution, touches on how we developed our trademark intelligence. The

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About is a series of essays written by those who feel

certain feelings towards their mothers, whether their estranged or close, all essays convey

different emotions. Many are about their mothers’ pasts, while others are about their mothers’

not being there when their children needed them. Many are long, while others are short. The

essays are deeply personal but let the reader have a small glimpse into the writers’ lives. A