My Stroke of Insight is a non-fiction book by an author born in what year?
1959
Title: Empires of the Indus
Passage: Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River is a non-fiction book by Alice Albinia that covers the writer's journey from Karachi to Tibet, which is the natural course of the Indus River.  The book gives an insight into the communities as well as the history and political framework of the countries through which the Indus flows.  "Empires of the Indus" was awarded the Jerwood Award by the Royal Society of Literature in 2005.
Title: A Short History of Progress
Passage: A Short History of Progress is a non-fiction book and lecture series by Ronald Wright about societal collapse.  The lectures were delivered as a series of five speeches, each taking place in different cities across Canada as part of the 2004 Massey Lectures which were broadcast on the CBC Radio program, "Ideas".  The book version was published by House of Anansi Press and released at the same time as the lectures.  The book spent more than a year on Canadian best-seller lists, won the Canadian Book Association's Libris Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year, and was nominated for the British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.  It has since been reprinted in a hardcover format with illustrations.
Title: A Traveller In War-Time
Passage: A Traveller in War-Time is a non-fiction book by American author Winston Churchill recounting his travels in Europe during World War I.  Released in July 1918 with the full title "A Traveller in War-time with an Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea", the essay comprises about half of the book.  It was Churchill's first non-fiction book.
Title: My Stroke of Insight
Passage: My Stroke of Insight (2008) is a non-fiction book by American author Jill Bolte Taylor.  In it, she tells of her experience in 1996 of having a stroke in her left hemisphere, and how that gave her insight into brain functioning, particularly as it relates to the different functions of the two brain hemispheres.  It is Taylor's first book.
Title: R. F. Tapsell
Passage: R. F. (Robert Frederick) Tapsell was an English author born in 1936, in Croydon, Surrey (now South London).  Tapsell wrote three historical novels and was the editor (compiler) of a single non-fiction book on royal family dynasties.  During his National Service in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) he was trained as a Russian Language interpreter.  Later, Tapsell worked in military intelligence, specializing in Eastern Europe.  After demobilization he worked in an insurance company and as a shipping clerk, while preparing himself for college.  In 1960 he began studying at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at London University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History in 1963.  In 1964 he married Shirley Joan Fussell at Walton, Stafford, England.  He also traveled extensively in Western Europe, the Balkans, Egypt and Iraq, and described himself as a "jack of many foreign languages, master of none".  Tapsell then moved into academic administration, working at several British universities, including the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, before emigrating to Australia in 1974.  He returned to the United Kingdom in 1982, where he died in April, 1984.  He was survived by his widow and two sons.
Title: Jill Bolte Taylor
Passage: Jill Bolte Taylor ( ; born May 4, 1959) is an American neuroanatomist, author, and inspirational public speaker.
Title: Feminine Capital
Passage: Feminine Capital: Unlocking the Power of Women Entrepreneurs is a non-fiction book written by Barbara J. Orser and Catherine J. Elliott.  The book provides insight into how the intersection between entrepreneurship and feminism is evolving.  The authors situate women’s entrepreneurship within the broader contexts of economics and feminism, to consider how sex role stereotypes have led to entrepreneurial characteristics that are predominately masculine.
Title: Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
Passage: Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing is a non-fiction book by Ted Conover, published in 2000.  In the book, Conover, a journalist and university professor, recounts his experience of learning about the New York State correctional system by becoming a correctional officer for nearly a year.  The author went to such lengths after being repeatedly denied cooperation by the New York State Department of Correctional Services.  In the book, he divulges the inner-workings of the system.  It was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for non-fiction.
Title: Thomas Toughill
Passage: Thomas Toughill is a non-fiction author born in Glasgow, Scotland.  His works include "Oscar Slater: The Mystery Solved", "World To Gain: The Battle For Global Domination And Why America Entered WWII" and "The Ripper Code".  He currently lives in Gibraltar with his wife.
Title: Iain Gale
Passage: Iain Gale is a journalist and author born in 1959, who writes military novels.  His book "Four Days in June", about the Battle of Waterloo, was well received and acclaimed by Bernard Cornwell.  He is also the writer of eleven non-fiction books.
My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor