1) The document provides tips and techniques for librarians to use reader's advisory to recommend non-fiction titles to patrons. It suggests getting to know patrons' interests outside of reading to find relevant non-fiction topics. 2) The librarians should browse their own collections to familiarize themselves with titles and recommend books based on compelling cover designs or interesting writing. 3) The document lists many specific non-fiction book titles and topics that could appeal to different patrons, along with websites that librarians can use to spark conversations.

1. Non-Fiction Reader Advisory Titles, Tips, and Techniques Presented by: Holly Hibner & Mary Kelly www.slideshare.net/hhibner www.slideshare.net/marykelly48 www.awfullibrarybooks.info

2. Mary Kelly Library Consultant [email_address] www.slideshare.net/marykelly48 http://practicallibrarian.blogspot.com

12. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook By Joshua Piven

13. 5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists By Karl Shaw

14. Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job By Otto Kroeger

15. Working with You is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself From Emotional Traps at Work By Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster Cool Cover!!!!

16. Why Can't You Shut Up?: How We Ruin Relationships--How Not To By Anthony Wolf Cool Cover!!!!

17. Too Much of a Good Thing Dan Kindlon, Ph.D

18. Stiff: The Secret Lives of Human Cadavers By Mary Roach

19. The Prison Angel: Mother Antonia's Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail By Mary Jordan

20. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why By Bart Erhman

21. What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained By Robert L. Wolke

22. Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior By Temple Grandin

23. The Wild Trees By Richard Preston

24. The Sociopath Next Door By Martha Stout

25. Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini Mark Leyner Billy Goldberg, M.D

26. Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds Norma Cobb

27. Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as Told By Its Stars, Writers and Guests By James A Miller

28. Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole By Jerri Nielson

29. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead By Max Brooks

30. An Alarming History of Famous and Difficult Patients: Amusing Medical Anecdotes from Typhoid Mary to FDR By Richard Gordon

31. Forever and Ever, Amen: Becoming a nun in the Sixties By Sister Karol Jackowski

32. Holly Hibner Adult Services Coordinator Plymouth District Library [email_address] www.slideshare.net/hhibner http://hhibner.blogspot.com

33. What kind of movies do you like? Technique #1:

43. What magazines do you like? Technique #2:

54. Non-Fiction RA on the Web

55. www.bookhu.com

56. Staff Choices Blogs Arlington Heights Memorial Library http://community.ahml.info/staffchoices Plymouth District Library http://andromeda.plymouthlibrary.org/blog/libchoice

57. Don’t forget non-fiction in your online book lists!

58. http://readersbanquet.blogspot.com

59. www.bookslut.com

60. www.slideshare.net/hhibner http://hhibner.blogspot.com [email_address] www.slideshare.net/marykelly48 http://practicallibrarian.blogspot.com [email_address] www.awfullibrarybooks.info [email_address]