August 2008 Non-Fiction and Biography Book Reviews
Welcome to our August 2008 non-fiction book and biography
reviews archive. Non-Fiction stimulates, entertains, and enlightens. We work hard to find
non-fiction books - biographies, science books, art books, etc. to review each month that we feel are
worth your time and your hard-earned dollars. We hope you'll enjoy this backissue of our August 2008
non-fiction book reviews.
Author Marc Vachon takes us into the Third World where organizations like
Doctors Without Borders do their best to alleviate suffering. This is the
story of the missions of aid workers from all over the world to trouble
spots in Africa and the Middle East. We see the troubles these destitute
people face from poverty to insurrections that leave them homeless,
starving, and often plagued with diseases that would be trivial in any
developed country. It's a brutal story that lays bare the problems the
aid workers face in dealing with governments and warring factions. When
all we see on television are places where US troops are stationed, its
easy to forget about these people. This book reminds us that most of
our own problems originate in places we don't see until its nearly too
late to do anything about it.
Helen Mesaros presents this marvelous biography of Glenn Gould, the famous
piano virtuoso to commemorate his 75th birthday. Fans of classical music
will no doubt delight in this coffee-table-sized tome that chronicles the
career of one of Canada's most famous musicians. Books of this size are
normally chock full of pictures, but this epic is almost all text. The
author interviewed Gould's friends and family to present a very personal
look at the man's noted eccentric personality.
Be sure to visit us again next month when we'll
review more entertaining and enlightening non-fiction books. Our
non-fiction book reviews are written by our Editor, Richard L. Trethewey.
Rainbo Electronic Reviews' non-fiction book reviews are published monthly. Back issues of our
reviews are available from the Rainbo Reviews Backissues Archive.
We're proud to announce that the reviews archive is now searchable by category so you can find great non-fiction books we've reviewed in the past.
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