BLHS Staff Non-Fiction Selections
Ms. Teppo Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Ms. Teppo The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Ms. Teppo & Mrs. French Thinking In Pictures by Temple Grandin
Ms. Teppo Hole In My Life by Jack Gantos
Ms. Teppo Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer
Ms. Teppo Spook by Mary Roach
Ms. Teppo The Lizard King by Bryan Christy
Last Night’s Fun: In and Out of Time with Irish Music by Ciaran Carson
Mrs. Fernandez Uncomfortable Neighbors: Cultural Collisions between
Mexicans and Americans By James V. Tiffany
Mrs. Ross The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seirstad
Mrs. Ross Confessions of a Mullah Warrior by Masood Farivar
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley
Mrs. Deckman Animals Make Us Human By Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson
Mrs. DeckmanNickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America By Barbara Ehrenreich
Mrs. Deckman The Last American Man By Elizabeth Gilbert
Mrs. Deckman The Omnivore’s Dilemma By Michael Pollan
Mr. Birklid
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
• by Sean Covey
Mr. Johnson 596 Switch By Ryan Leaf
Mrs. Jones Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Mrs. Berwick & Mrs. Hertlein Tuesdays With Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson
by Mitch Albom
Ms. Hertlein Tuesday’s With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Mrs. Apple Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Mrs. Tuttle Touching the Voidby Joe Simpson
Mr. Barrett & Mr. Ostrander Leading with the Heart by Mike Krzyewski
Winning the NFL Way: Leadership Lessons from Football’s Top Head Coaches
by Bob LaMonte with Robert L. Shook
Mr. Barrett & Mr. Olson Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson
Mr. Barrett Education of a Coachby Bill Belichick with David Halbertstam
Mr. Ostrander Wooden: On Leadershipby John Wodden and Steve Jamison
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court by John Wooden with Steve Jamison
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
Mr. Hofstrand• Genghis: Birth of an Empire • by Conn Iggulden The story of the greatest
Warrior-Leader to ever live. Genghis Khan conquered twice the area of Alexander the Great, uniting a nation of small tribes into the greatest army the world has ever seen.
This is the most inspiring story of loyalty, teamwork, heart, and the warrior-ethos I've ever read!
Mr. Hofstrand Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Mrs. Ireland(Lakeridge Middle School Staff)In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American
Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson
Mrs. Ireland (Lakeridge Middle School Staff)The Devil’s Teeth by Suzan Casey
Mrs. Wright Naked by David Sedaris
Mrs. Wright Dress Your Family in Corduroy by David Sedaris
Mrs. Wright If I Die in Combat Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O"Brien
Mrs. Wright The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother by James McBride
Ms. York A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Mr. Sulham Art of War by Sun Tzu
Mrs. Fuller Outliers by Malcom Gladwell
Mr. Ireland Hero of the Underground by Jason Peter with Tony O’Neil
Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead by Phil Lesh
Mr. Ireland Where Men Win Gloryby Jon Krakauer
Mr. Ireland and Mr. Emmons Friday Night Lightsby H.G. Bissinger
Mr. Howard In the Heart of the Seaby Nathaniel Philbrick
Mrs. LittlefieldLucky Man: a memoir by Micheal J. Fox
Boots on the Ground by Dusk: The Life and Death of Pat Tillman by Mary Tillman and Narda Zacchino
Ms. Wolford Three Lives for Mississippi by William Bradford Huie
Mrs. Black Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Ms. Mouring In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Its not about the coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks by Howard Behar, Janet
Goldstein and Howard Schultz
Mrs. Mickelson A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Mrs. Sturtz A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Mr. Stokke When The Game Stands Tall
by Neil Hayes
Mr. Ahina The Wave by Susan Casey
Mrs. Baker I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Mrs. Fruehauf The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksby Rebecca Skloot
Mrs. Huntington The Story of Elsa the Lioness: Born Free by Joy Adamson
Mr. Vanderhoek Longitude. The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of
His Time by Dava Sobel
Mrs. Sage (North Tapps Middle School staff)The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big
Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Mrs. Sage (North Tapps Middle School staff)Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Mrs. Sage (North Tapps Middle School staff)Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
Mrs. Sage (North Tapps Middle School staff)Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to
Punctuation by Lynne Truss
Mr. Clarke With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Mr. Emmons The Last Lectureby Randy Pausch
Mrs. Carr-Cohen The Long Snapperby Jeffrey Marx
Mr. Cohen (Mountain View staff)
• How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer
• by: Buster Olney
The Lyncher in Me: A Search for Redemption in the Face of History by Warren Read
Mr. Ireland Into the Wildby Jon Krakauer
Mr. Ireland King of the Mild Frontier by Chris Crutcher
It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Lifeby Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins
Mr. IrelandThe Other Side of the Riverby Alex Kotlowitz
Mr. Ireland Into Thin Airby Jon Krakauer
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation by John Carlin
Mr. Ireland Big Russ and Me: Father and Sons Lessons of Life by Tim Russert
Mr. Ireland The Blind Sideby Michael Lewis
Mr. Gardner The Death of Common Sense by Philip K. Howard
Mrs. French Heaven is for RealBy Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
Mrs. Hammad They Wrote on Clay by Edward Chiera
Mrs. Nichols
• Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
• By Erik Larson
Ms. Kellogg
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
• By Oliver Sacks
Mrs. Sage (North Tapps Middle School staff)Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
Mrs. Nichols
• The Perfect Storm• By Sebastian Junger
Mr. OlsonWin ForeverBy Pete Carroll with Yogi Roth
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Byran Mealer
Mrs. Littlefield Extraordinary Parentsby Lynn Fielding
Mrs. Conrad Investment Bikerby Jim Rogers
Mrs. Nichols
• Nanda Devi: The Tragic Expedition
• By John Roskelly
Mr. Gardner When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss
Mr. Smith (Boys B-ball coach)
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
• By Edmond Norris
Mrs. Littlefield Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
Mr. Sulhum 1776 by David McCullough
Mr. Sulham Full Duty by Howard Coffin
Mrs. Hammad: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Mr. Fredrick Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario
Mrs. Stevens Reading Lolite in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Mr. Gaydos Last Night's Fun by Ciaran Carson
Mrs. Robinson The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
Mr. Wood A Sand County Almanacby Aldo Leopold