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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015

9 best books like The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 (Rebecca Skloot): Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, The Best American Essays 2006, The Best American Essays 2012, The Best American Essays 2008, The Best American Essays 2011, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012, The Best American Essays 2009, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013, The Best American Mystery Stories 2012

Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
AuthorMelanie Rehak
A plucky “titian-haired” sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties (when she was taken up with a vengeance by women’s libbers) to enter the pantheon of American girlhood. As beloved by girls today...
The Best American Essays 2006
AuthorLauren Slater
ISBN0618705295
"The essays in this volume are powerful, plainspoken meditations on birthing, dying, and all the business in between," writes Lauren Slater in her introduction to the 2006 edition. "They reflect the best of what we, as a singular species, have to offer, which is reflection in a context of kindness....
The Best American Essays 2012
AuthorRobert Atwan
ISBN0547840098
The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special...
The Best American Essays 2008
AuthorAdam Gopnik
ISBN0618983228
Here you will find the finest essays “judiciously selected from countless publications” (Chicago Tribune), ranging from The New Yorker and Harper’s to Swink and Pinch. In his introduction to this year’s edition, Adam Gopnik finds that great essays have “text and inner text, personal...
The Best American Essays 2011
AuthorEdwidge Danticat
ISBN0547479778
The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites . A special...
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012
AuthorDave Eggers
ISBN0547595964
The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special...
The Best American Essays 2009
AuthorMary Oliver
ISBN0618982728
Addendum to original review, explaining why I have downgraded this to two stars - (italicized material below):

My second criticism is probably more a reflection of my personal taste, and may not be shared by other readers. But I felt that Mary Oliver's background as a poet shone through, with...
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2013
AuthorDave Eggers
ISBN0544105508
Some of these stories are terrific ....
but there is a wide variety of styles....short stories, poetry, tattoo graphic series, essays, and articles
Depressing...tragic -a laughter. In other words 'a mixed bag'.

Given I paid a penny for this collection plus $3.99 for shipping....I've...
The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
AuthorRobert Crais
ISBN0547553986
The Best American Series®
First, Best, and Best-Selling

The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special...
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