The Ridgefield Library’s Nonfiction Newsletter
The titles featured below can be
found in our new College Corner,
a comprehensive, current collection
for college bound students and
their parents.
Creative Colleges
By Elaina Loveland
Written exclusively for college-bound students
interested in the creative arts, this updated guide
addresses the unique concerns of students
pursuing an education in acting, art, dance,
music and writing.
Admission Matters
By Sally Springer
A remarkable book that every student and parent
should read before applying to college. Offers
important insights into the college application
process, as well as practical advice they can
implement along the way.
500+ Practice Questions for the New SAT
By Princeton Review
Provides a first look at the types of questions
you’ll find on the redesigned SAT, which has a
greater emphasis on advanced math,
evidence-based reading and writing, critical
reading skills, and real-world analysis.
Where You Go is Not Who You’ll Be
By Frank Bruni
New York Times columnist Bruni shows that the
Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices,
governors’ mansions, or the most prestigious
academic and scientific grants. He maintains that
what matters in the end are a student’s efforts in
and out of the classroom, not the gleam of his or
her diploma.
Is It Easy Being Green?
By Justin Nevin
Offers every applicant the skills needed to write
a powerful and successful application essay.
Using real-life examples and testimonials, it
moves away from a strictly academic view,
using creative writing techniques in the memoir/
personal essay genre to teach students how to
write
September 2015
Campus Visits & College Interviews
By Zola Dincin Schneider
This practical guide features easy to use charts and
checklists to help make the most of your college
visits. Includes best times to visit, what to look for
while you’re there, what questions to expect
during your interview, what questions you should
ask, and much more.
The Perfect Score Project
By Debbie Stier
An indispensable guide to acing the SAT - as well
as the story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire
under her teenage son. The result is both a toolbox
of fresh tips and an amusing snapshot of parental
love and wisdom colliding with teenage apathy.
Colleges That Change Lives
By Loren Pope and Hilary Masell Oswald
A groundbreaking guide to the 40 best colleges
you’ve never heard of - colleges that will change
your life. The author spent more than a year
visiting the colleges, speaking with students,
faculty, and alumni to create these vivid and
concise portraits.
1001 Ways to Pay for College
By Gen Tanabe and Kelly Tanabe
Completely revised with updated descriptions,
contact information, websites, and available
monies this guide balances detailed explanations
with real-life examples and practical resources.
College Essays That Made a Difference
By Princeton Review
Not sure how to tackle the scariest part of your
college application - the personal essays? Get
inspiration from real-life examples of more than
100 successful essays that scored, written by
students applying to Harvard, Stanford, Yale and
other top schools along with their stats and where
they got in.
If the U Fits
By Princeton Review, Collegewise
Expert advice on finding your best fit school,
putting your best foot forward on your application,
getting accepted to schools you’re excited to
attend, and receiving generous financial aid and
scholarships.
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The Storm of the Century
By Al Roker
In this gripping narrative history, Al Roker
from NBC’s Today and the Weather
Channel vividly examines the deadliest
natural disaster in American history - the
1900 hurricane in Galveston, Texas. This is
a haunting and inspiring tale of tragedy,
heroism, and resilience that is full of lessons
for today’s new age of extreme weather.
Leap: Leaving a Job With No Plan B to Find
the Career and Life You Really Want
By Tess Vigeland
Tess, longtime host of public radio’s
Marketplace, maintains that success doesn’t
have to be measured by salary or a traditional
career path, but by our own happiness and
fulfillment. A funny, thoughtful, and
provocative memoir.
Humans Are Underrated
By Geoff Colvin
The skills the economy values are changing
in historic ways. The abilities that will prove
most essential are no longer the technical,
classroom-taught left-brain skills, but rather
the essentially human abilities of empathy,
creativity, social sensitivity, storytelling,
humor and building realtionships.
The Connecticut Farm Table Cookbook
By Tracy Medeiros and Christy Colasurdo
A stellar collection of 150 delicious recipes
from the Nutmeg State’s celebrated chefs and
dedicated farmers, fishers, ranchers, foragers,
and cheese makers whose commitment to
sustainability and quality is evident in
everything they do.
Most Likely to Succeed
By Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith
Our school system was engineered a century
ago to produce a work force for a world that
no longer exists. Most Likely to Succeed
presents a new vision of education, one that
puts wonder, creativity, and initiative at the
very heart of the learning process and
prepares students for today’s economy.
The Gift of Failure
By Jessica Lahey
Lahey sets forth a plan to help parents learn to
step back and embrace their children’s failures.
She provides a blueprint with advice for
handling homework, report cards, social
dynamics, and sports. Hard-hitting yet warm and
wise, this is essential reading for parents,
educators, and psychologists who want to help
their children succeed.
Avenue of Spies
By Alex Kershaw
The incredible true story of an American doctor in
Paris and his heroic espionage efforts during
World War II. Drawing upon primary source
material and extensive interviews with Phillip
Jackson, Alex Kershaw recreates the City of Light
during its darkest days in this fascinating real-life
spy thriller.
Voices in the Ocean
By Susan Casey
Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have
felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful
dolphin, an animal whose playfulness,
sociability, and intelligence seem like an aquatic
mirror of mankind. The author embarked on a
two-year global adventure to explore the nature
of these remarkable beings and their complex
relationship to humanity.
Voracious
By Cara Nicoletti
An irresistible literary feast of 50 stories and
recipes inspired by the world’s great books,
including the perfect soft-boiled egg in Jane
Austen’s Emma, grilled peaches with homemade
ricotta in Joan Didion’s Goodbye to A ll That, and
New England clam chowder inspired by Herman
Melville’s Moby Dick. Beautifully illustrated
and clever.
You’re Never Weird on the Internet
By Felicia day
From online entertainment pioneer, actress, and
“queen of the geeks” Felicia Day, a funny and
inspirational memoir about her unusual
upbringing, her rise to internet stardom, and
embracing her weirdness to find her place in the
world.
The Hirschfeld Century
By Al Hirschfeld and David Leopold
This sumptuous and ambitious book presents
the artist’s extraordinary 82-year career,
revealed in more than 360 of his iconic
black-and-white and color drawings,
illustrations, and photographs.