Nonfiction Book Reviews Page 2

Here are the archives of our nonfiction book reviews.

• Africa
  by John Reader, Knopf
• AHS Great Plant Guide
  by DK Publishing, DK Publishing
• All You Need to Know About the Music Business
  by Donald S. Passman, Simon & Schuster
• Althorp: the Story of an English House
  by Charles Spencer, St. Martin's Press
• The American Eagle
  by John Pezzenti, Jr., Viking Studio
• American Horticulture Society Gardening in Shade (and other gardening guides)
  by the American Horitculture Society, DK Publishing
• American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation
  edited by Alan Toogood, DK Publishing
• Anam Cara
  by John O'Donohue, HarperCollins
• Art: A World History
  DK Publishing
• The Art of Spelling: The Madness and the Method
  by Marilyn Vos Savant, W.W. Norton
• Astronomer's Computer Companion
  by Jeff Foust & Ron Lafon, No Starch Press
• The Atlas of Archaeology
  by Mick Aston & Tim Taylor, DK Publishing
• Baby Steps: Exercises for Baby's First Year of Life
  by Susan Fox, Berkley
• Bed and Breakfast USA
  by Peggy Ackerman, Plume
• Brotherman : The Odyssey of Black Men in America
  Edited by Herb Boyd and Robert L. Allen, Fawcett Books
• Burn Rate
  by Michael Wolff, Simon and Schuster
• CareerXRoads
  by Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, Jist Works
• Cat Breeds of the World: A Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia
  by Desmond Morris, Viking
• Change Your Life
  by Becky Tirabassi, Putnam
• Chopin in Paris
  by Tad Szulc, Scribner
• Clearly Delicious
  by Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, DK Publishing
• Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century
  by Paul Harrington and Laura Moorhead, Viking
• The Coming Global Superstorm
  by Art Bell & Whitley Strieber, Pocket Books
• The Complete Guide to Consulting Contracts
  by Herman Holtz, Upstart Publishing
• The Complete Guide to Flower Arranging
  by Jane Packer, DK Publishing
• Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs
  by H. Winter Griffith, M.D., Perigee
• The Complete Wilderness Training Book
  by Hugh McManners, DK Publishing
• Confessions of a Window Dresser
  by Simon Doonan, Callaway
• Cory Everson's LifeBalance
  by Cory Everson, Perigee
• The Cottage Garden
  by Christopher Lloyd and Richard Bird, DK Publishing
• Deep Time
  by Gregory Benford, Bard
• Diamonds Under Pressure
  by Barry J. Farber, Berkley
• Diana: In Her Own Words
  by Andrew Morton, Simon & Schuster
• Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
  by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen, Viking
• Diva: Unleash Your Feminine Power
  by Terri Walsh, Berkley
• DK French Dictionary
  by DK Publishing, DK Publishing
• DK Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
  DK Publishing
• DK Ultimate Vegetarian Coookbook
  by Paul Gayler, DK Publishing
• Eat This Too!
  by Dom DeLuise, Pocket Books
• An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England
  by Venetia Murray, Viking
• The Elegant Wedding and the Budget-savvy Bride
  by Deborah McCoy, Plume
• Essential World Atlas
  by DK Publishing, DK Publishing
• Even the Stars Look Lonesome
  by Maya Angelou, Random House
• Eyewitness Travel Guides London : Millennium Edition
  by DK Publishing, DK Publishing
• Eyewitness Travel Guides Rome: Millennium Edition
  by DK Publishing, DK Publishing
• Family Dog: A Simple and Time-Proven Method
  by Richard A. Wolters, Dutton
• The Feeling Good Handbook
  by David D. Burns, M.D, Plume
• Fight Fat After Forty
  by Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H., Viking
• The Filmmaker's Handbook
  by Steven Ascher and Edward Pincus, Plume
• First Meals
  by Annabel Karmel, DK Publishing
• The 48 Laws of Power
  by Robert Greene, Viking
• Gender Sell
  by Judith C. Tingley, Ph.D., & Lee E. Robert.
  Simon and Schuster
• George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee
  by Hebert S. Parmet, Scribner
• Get Your Share
  by Julie Stav with Deborah Adamson, Berkley
• Getting Started in Sales Consulting
  by Herman Holtz, John Wiley & Sons
• The Good, The Bad and The Very Ugly
  by Sondra Locke, William Morrow & Co.
• Great Pies and Tarts
  by Carole Walter, Clarkson Potter
• Greta Garbo A Life Apart
  by Karen Swenson, Scribners
• The Guerrilla Girls Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art
  by The Guerrila Girls, Penguin
• Guilt-Free Frying
  by Barry Bluestein and Kevin Morrissey, HPBooks
• The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book
  by Thomas E. Svarney and Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Visible Ink
• The Heathful Gourmet Chinese Cookbook
  by Rose Lee, HPBooks
• Healthy Exchanges Cookbook
  by JoAnna M. Lund, Perigee
• Healthy Jewish Cooking
  by Steven Raichlen, Viking
• House Styles in America
  by James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell, Penguin Studio
• How Babies Talk: The Magic and Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life
  by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D. and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.
  Dutton
• How to Become a Rainmaker
  by Jeffrey J. Fox, Hyperion
• How to Save Big Money When You Lease a Car
  by Michael Flinn, Perigee
• How to Survive Your Boyfriend's Divorce
  by Robyn Todd and Lesley Dormen, Evans
• Illustrated Dictionary of Mythology
  by Philip Wilkinson, DK Publishing
• In a Vermont Kitchen
  by Amy Lyon & Lynne Andreen, HPBooks
• In the Beginning... Was the Command Line
  by Neal Stephenson, Avon
• John Burningham's France
  by John Burningham, DK Publishing
• JonBenet: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation
  by Steve Thomas with Don Davis, St. Martin's Press
• Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home
  by Julia Child and Jacques Pepin, Knopf
• The Kensington Way
  by Stephen Twigg, Dutton
• King of Hearts
  by G. Wayne Miller, Time Books
• Krystine's Healthy Gourmet Barkery Cookbook
  by Krystine Crowell, HPBooks
• Latin American Spanish in Three Months (And Other Languages Including French, German, Portuguese, etc.)
  by Isabel Cisneros, DK Publishing
• Le Cordon Bleu -- Complete Cooking Techniques
  by Jeni Wright & Eric Treuille, William Morrow & Company
• Lift - Wanting, Fearing and Having a Face Life
  by Joan Kron, Viking
• Lora Brody Plugged In
  by Lora Brody, William Morrow & Company
• Lord Krishna's Cuisine : The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking
  by Yamuna Devi, Dutton
• Lyle Official Antiques Review 2000
  by Anthony Curtis, Perigee
• Lyle Price Guide to Uncommon Antiques and Oddities
  by Anthony Curtis, Perigee
• Magic Trees of the Mind
  by Marian Diamond, Ph.D. and Janet Hopson, Plume
• Making the Most of Your Money
  by Jane Bryant Quinn, Simon & Schuster
• Marriage Shock
  by Dalma Heyn, Dell Publishing
• Me: Five Years From Now: The Life-Planning Book You Write Yourself
  by Sheree Bykofsky, Hyperion
• The Mentor
  by Jack Carew, Plume
• The Message of St. Francis
  Penguin Studio
• Millennium Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide
  by Tom Stevenson, DK Publishing
• Modern Antiques for the Table
  by Sheila Chefetz, photography by Joshua Greene, text by Risa Palazzo, Penguin Studio
• Money Clips
  by Lorraine Spurge, Hyperion
• Money Club
  by Marilyn Crockett and Diane Terman Felenstine with Dale Burg, Fireside
• The Morgan Stanley Dead Witter Guide to Personal Investing
  by Robert M. Gardner, Plume
• The Movie Guide
  edited by CineBooks, Perigee
• Myths & Legends
  by Neil Philip, DK Publishing
• Napolean Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking
  by Napolean Hill and Michael J. Ritt, Jr, Plume
• Nathalie Dupree's Comfortable Entertaining at Home
  by Nathalie Dupree, Viking
• The Neatest Little Guide to Personal Finance
  by Jason Kelly, Plume
• Nefertiti, Egypt's Sun Queen
  by Joyce Tyldesley, Viking
• New Astronomer
  by Carole Strott, DK Publishing
• The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
  by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Simon & Schuster
• The New Kitchen Garden
  by Anna Pavord, DK Publishing
• The New Making of a Cook
  by Madeleine Kamman, William Morrow & Co.
• The New York Public Library Desk Reference
  edited by Paul Fargis, Macmillan
• One Digital Day
  by Rick Smolan, Times Books
• The Parenting Survival Kit
  by Aleta Koman, M.Ed., with Edward Myers, Perigee
• The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining
  by Sally Quinn, Simon and Schuster
• The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style
  by Paul W. Lovinger, Viking
• A People's History of the Supreme Court
  by Peter Irons, Viking
• Perspective Pack
  by DK Art School, DK Publishing
• Phantom Islands of The Atlantic
  by Donald S. Johnson, Avon Books
• Pillsbury Fast and Healthy Cookbook
  by The Pillsbury Co., Clarkson Potter
• Plastic Surgery -- What You Need to Know Before, During and After
  by Richard A. Marfuggi, M.D, Perigee
• Portrait of Great Britain
  DK Publishing
• The Pritkin Weight Loss Breakthrough
  by Robert Pritkin, Signet
• Proven Proposal Strategies to Win More Business
  by Herman Holtz, Upstart
• Puffy, Xena, Quentin, Uma and 10,000 Other Names for Your New Millennium Baby
  by Joal Ryan, Plume
• Rainbow -- A Star Studded Tribute to Judy Garland
  by Ethlie Ann Vare, Boulevard
• The Reading Group Handbook
  by Rachel W. Jacobsohn, Hyperion
• Red Flags, How to Know When You're Dating a Loser
  by Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D., and Daniel A. Goldfarb, Ph.D.
• Regional Foods of Southern Italy
  by Marlena De Blasi, Viking
• Run Away From Fat
  by Dave Kuehls, Perigee
• The Saga of Lewis & Clark
  by Thomas Schmidt and Jeremy Schmidt
  DK Publishing
• Skies of Fury
  by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney, Touchstone
• Skin: Head to Toe Tips for Health and Beauty
  by Charles B. Inlander and Janet Worsley Norwood, Walker & Co.
• The Sophisticated Cookie
  by Jeanne Benedict, HPBooks
• Spin Cycle
  by Howard Kurtz, Touchstone
• Stars & Planets
  by Ian Ridpath, DK Publishing
• Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low-Fat Mexican Cooking
  by Steven Raichlen, Viking
• The Stingray: The Lethal Tactics of the Sole Survivor
  by Peter Lance, Shadow Lawn Press
• Talking With Children About Loss
  by Maria Trozzi, Perigee
• A Thyme to Remember
  by the Dallas County Medical Society Alliance
  Favorite Recipes Press
• Tripod's Tools for Life
  by Matt Goldberg, Hyperion
• Toy Wars
  by G. Wayne Miller, Times Books
• Ultimate Bread
  by Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigno, DK Publishing
• Ultimate Cake
  by Barbara Maher, DK Publishing
• The Ultimate Guide to Student Contests Grades K-6
  by Scott Pendleton, Walker Books
• Ultimate Visual Dictionary of Science
  DK Publishing
• The Unemotional Investor
  by Robert Sheard, Simon & Schuster
• The Uninvited
  by Nick Pope, Overlook
• The Van Halen Encyclopedia
  by C.J. Chilvers, Malpractice Publishing
• Videohound's Independent Film Guide
  by Monica Sullivan, Visible Ink Press
• The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei
  by George Leonard, Dutton
• Webster's New World Dictionary of Media & Communications
  by Richard Weiner, MacMillan
• The Wedding Guide for the Grownup Bride
  by Shelley Christiansen, Berkley
• What Would Jefferson Say
  by Garrett Ward Sheldon, Perigee
• The White Sharks of Wall Street
  by Diana B. Henriques, Scribner
• Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp?
  by Jon Agee, Harpercollins
• Wonders of the African World
  by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. with photographs by Lynn Davis, Knopf
• Write it Down, Make it Happen
  by Henriette Anne Klauser, Scribner
• Zen and the Art of Poker
  by Larry W. Phillips, Plume