I love non-fiction. Please recommend good stuff in any of these categories:
Medicine
Sociology
Nature/Nurture
Skepticism
Psychology
Class/Status
Human Sexuality
Race
2006-11-11 14:29:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
This is my list of favorite non fiction books that address the subjects you listed.. I hope my short list helps.
The Geography of Thought--Richard Nisbett
The Alchemy of the Mind-- Diane Ackerman
The Paradox of Choice-- Barry Schwartz
America's Women-- Gail Collins
If I Live to Be 100
2006-11-11 14:45:50 · answer #1 · answered by Robert G. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail by Ruben Martinez
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse? by Suzy Becker
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
2006-11-11 22:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Medicine - Sandra Cabats Liver Clensing Diet
Sociology - The two faces of Deviance Paul wilson John Braithwaite.
Psychology - The Manufacture of Madness Thomas Szase
2006-11-11 22:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by margo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Coloring the News: How Political Correctness Has Corrupted American Journalism" by William McGowan
"The Burden of Bad Ideas: How Modern Intellectuals Misshape Our Society" by Heather Mac Donald
"The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature" by Steven Pinker
2006-11-12 00:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by punstress 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just read an interesting non-fiction work about abused migrant domestic workers...deals with race, gender, class and status.
"Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy" Eds. Arlie Russell Hochschild & Barbara Ehrenreich
2006-11-11 22:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by Just another nickname 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A book called Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. A surprisingly funny book about human cadavers.
2006-11-11 23:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asylums and The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life are classics is sociology. You might also want to try the more recent Bowling Alone, by Robert D. Putnam.
2006-11-11 22:51:31 · answer #7 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the nature category, I highly recommend "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold. It is a classic.
2006-11-11 23:17:45 · answer #8 · answered by DUM-DUM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fingerprints of the gods
In the spirit of Crazy Horse
Guns, Germs and Steel
The God delusion
The Great Ideas
2006-11-11 22:49:29 · answer #9 · answered by youngliver2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Human Sexuality, John Paul II's "Theology of the Body" is quite good.
2006-11-11 22:31:53 · answer #10 · answered by will 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋