Please share your recs for any good non-fiction books you have enjoyed reading. Any area of interest is welcome :)
2006-12-09 15:40:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I've been re-reading "Berlin Diary" by William Shirer. He was a journalist in Germany during the early days of the Nazi era and this is his diary from the late 30's to the early 40's. It's well written and you can almost feel what it must've been like to be in that country during those turbulent times.
2006-12-09 15:44:30 · answer #1 · answered by bayernfan00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. "In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex"
Most popular book on this list, among my HS seniors. About a whaling ship that sinks in the early 1800's in the Pacific Ocean. This event was the basis for Melville's "Moby Dick." Several life boats get away. How will they survive to reach land?
2. "The Devil in the White City"
about a mass murderer living in Chicago during the World's Fair of 1893
3. "Fast Food Nation"
Good way to start a diet. You won't want to eat at McD's for a while.
4. "Guns, Germs, and Steel"
Challenging but good for advanced students. Why are some societies rich while others are not?
5. "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
6. "The Professor and the Madman: The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary"
J.R.R. Tolkien worked on this dictionary, but he's not in this book.
7. "Nicked and Dimed: On not getting by in America." Why you want to stay in school and get a good job
2006-12-09 16:44:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My life and work, Henry Ford w/another Author who's name escapes me.
Dale Carnegie's-How to win Friends and Influence People-basically teaches one to lie and manipulate people in order to be on good terms(never stand up for what you believe directly so as not to of end) with them.
Just read The Proud Tower By Barbara W. Tuckman and Devil in the white city, by Eric Lawson-both were pretty good reads
And yes the Bible is an excellent read since if you are not familiar with it, your at a disadvantage since its the most quoted source in the world.
Night, Eli Wiesel -is a great read and a short one too.
I think everything I listed has bible quotations in them?
2006-12-09 15:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life by Steven Johnson - fascinating writing about how brain chemistry works.
2006-12-09 16:36:54 · answer #4 · answered by SL_SF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
J.M Barrie and The Lost Boys by Andrew Birkin.
Its a biography about the author of Peter Pan and it is one of the most exciting and amazing stories I have ever read.
And, here comes the stero-typical answer; The Bible.
2006-12-09 15:49:06 · answer #5 · answered by Simon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Most Evil Women in History found at Barnes Nobles
2016-05-23 01:13:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My recommendations are:
Night by Eli Wiesel
On Writing by Stephen King
Meat Loaf: to Hell and Back by Meat Loaf
On a different thought, man, I bet a lot of people are going to recommend The Bible...
2006-12-09 15:44:11 · answer #7 · answered by Esma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Even if you're not interested in nonfiction, this book is an awesome and very interesting read.
2006-12-09 15:43:38 · answer #8 · answered by mikah_smiles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dale Carnegies' "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
2006-12-09 15:42:13 · answer #9 · answered by kwightman69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
-Dude where's my country by Micheal Moore
2006-12-09 16:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋