Reviews by Category: Nonfiction

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

The Diversity of Life is a nonfiction biology book written by Edward O.

Wilson. This book explains world living species and how they become diverse. This

also explains how we impact them as people, and what we can do to prevent this.

These are examined massive species extinction caused by human activities

during the 20th century, and how we can alter them. Edward O. Wilson explains in

this book about the unity and the diversity of species. The author of this book

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a nonfiction novel by Rebecca Skloot. The HeLa cells

were used for many medical advancements, such as the polio vaccine and cancer research, but

the family of the woman who gave those cells didn’t learn the truth of what happened with

herself until many years later. Rebecca Skloot documents the life of Henrietta Lacks, the story

of her cells and the life of the Lacks family after learning the story of Henrietta’s cells.

Louis Zamperini was a runner, a captive, and a fighter. Louie grew up causing problems, so he picked up a hobby of running. Soon this hobby spiraled into a possible career. Louie continued his life as a runner and became very talented in this field. Then WW2 broke out. Louie went out to fight for the United States, until disaster struck. His plane crashed. Louie became helpless and hopeless, while floating in the middle of the ocean. Louie and Phil, who was with him, were found, but were they found by their friends or enemies.