2006-08-28 14:34:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I think I'll go with 'Bringing down the house' - The story of the card counting gang from M.I.T.
2006-08-28 14:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by the_big_v 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Anza Trail: The Settling of California by Vladimir Guerrero
2006-08-28 21:44:49 · answer #2 · answered by Shibi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A toss up between Failed States by Noam Chomsky, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast or Fear And Loathing In America by Hunter S Thompson. All political, all thought provoking, and my first two choices, absolutley frightening.
2006-08-29 03:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by dingdong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have to agree on Freakanomics...very interesting book.
2006-08-28 21:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really liked an autobiography I read recently called As The Twig Is Bent by Bemis. It covered her childhood experiences growing up in New England in the 1930s.
2006-08-28 21:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by James Mcdonough.
A very through book showing how Neil's hard-driven personality propelled into great success, but also giving a taste of rocks infancy and adolescence though the wandering trail of one of it most influential artists.
2006-08-29 00:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a toss-up between Alicia by Alicia Appleman-Jurman about her experiences during WWll in Poland or Tuesdays With Morrie.
Both were very affecting books.
2006-08-29 01:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by 60s Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try David Bodanis' E=Mc2... a biography of the worlds most famous equation. It was SO fascinating, and you don't have to care about physics to like it. It was really, really excellent, and extremely readable for such a weighty topic.
2006-08-29 15:29:20 · answer #8 · answered by Ella S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Solo - the story of Maurice Childs, a Russian Jew who inflitrated the Kremlin.
2006-08-28 23:39:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Glass Castle - the most amazing memoir.
2006-08-28 23:19:54 · answer #10 · answered by booksmart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋