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Prose Bowl 2022 - Nonfiction

Think of Prose Bowl as March Madness, bookish style. This online competition pits book against book to determine our communities’ favorite read of 2021. This list contains all 10 Nonfiction contenders for the 2022 crown. Most titles are available in a variety of formats. The competition begins on February 28. For four weeks, go online, check out the match-ups, and vote for your favorites. We’ll announce the winning book on March 28.

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10 items

  • Empire of Pain

    the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

    Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
    Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid…
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  • Facing the Mountain

    a True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

    Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
    Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best: striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring.
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  • Four Hundred Souls

    a Community History of African America, 1619-2019

    Editors Kendi and Blain have gathered together eighty black writers from all disciplines, each of whom has contributed an entry about one five-year period to create a dynamic multivoiced single-volume history of black people in America.
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  • Homewaters

    a Human and Natural History of Puget Sound

    Williams, David B., 1965-
    Homewaters weaves history and science into a fascinating and hopeful narrative, one that will introduce newcomers to the astonishing life that inhabits the Sound and offers longtime residents an appreciation of the waters they call home.
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  • How the Word Is Passed

    a Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America

    Smith, Clint,
    Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history and ourselves.
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  • The Bomber Mafia

    a Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

    Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
    The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
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  • The Code Breaker

    Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

    Isaacson, Walter,
    Advanced to Round Two. Author Walter Isaacson returns with a gripping account of how the pioneering scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleagues and rivals, launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off…
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  • Michael Lewis's nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19
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  • Think Again

    the Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

    Grant, Adam, 1981-
    Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the unknown and the joy of being wrong.
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  • A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.
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