Any book new or old, as long as it's non-fiction. Or come back in a day or so and check a good answer given by somebody else.
2006-10-30 04:09:40 · 19 answers · asked by robert2020 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Marley and ME
2006-10-30 04:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Fifties. Author David Halberstam
2006-10-30 17:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by james d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Cane River by lalita Tademy
A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt
2006-10-30 13:26:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walden by Henry David Thoreau. A guy living by himself next to a pond philosophizing about the nature of life, the individual and civilization.
Even though it's coming up on 200 yrs. old, it's critique of materiality still rings true.
2006-10-30 12:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by Jack 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt is a magnificent autobiography. The descriptions of growing up in Dublin during the great depression is vivid and gritty.
2006-10-30 12:58:39 · answer #5 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can I recommend "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond? A readable explanation of why people in some parts of the world seem to do better better than the people in others (hint, it has nothing to do with the race they belong to).
2006-10-30 17:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by Sairey G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blink by Malcom Gladwell, or The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
2006-10-30 12:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Buffy Summers 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Marley & Me by John Grogan
A Snowflake in My Hand by Samantha Mooney
Myths, Lies & Downright Stupidity by John Stossel
The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson
Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo
2006-10-30 12:26:40 · answer #8 · answered by eilishaa 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anything by Augusten Burroughs is great...I love Magical Thinking , Dry or of course, Running with Scissors.
2006-10-30 12:16:15 · answer #9 · answered by tamara k 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolf.
2006-10-30 12:18:06 · answer #10 · answered by coutterhill 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recommend everyone to read the bibliography of Matahma Gandhi. Fabulous.
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2006-10-30 13:55:32 · answer #11 · answered by twowords 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋