I am a huge fiction fan, but I'm trying to expand my horizons, what do you think is a good book to start me off into the world of non-fiction? I am not picky if it's really long or short.
2006-12-20 09:32:24 · 8 answers · asked by Lovely 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Warriors Don't Cry
The Diary of Anne Frank
A Quiet Strength
A Different Kind of Hero
2006-12-21 08:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Bud, Not Buddy, Number the Stars, Pillars of the Earth, In My Hands, Memoirs of a Holocaust Rescuer. Here are some more. Beyond the Western Sea, Avi The Bloody Jack Series, by L.A. Meyer. Bloody Jack is really a girl. Orphaned in London at the end of the 1700's, she lives with a street gang, then disguises herself as a boy and is hired onto a British Naval ship. Great adventure, great characters, humor, suspense, great FUN. Bloody Jack, L.A. Meyer The Curse of the Blue Tattoo Under the Jolly Roger In the Belly of the Bloodhound Mississippi Jack Anything by the Collier Brothers or James Michener Samuria Shortstop, Gratz The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Speare The Bronze Box, Speare Harris & Me, Gary Paulsen A Long Way from Chicago, Peck
2016-05-23 01:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Dear Miss Breed by Joanne Oppenheim
Diary of Ma Yan by Ma Yan
Girl With The White Flag by Tomika Higa
In My Hands by Irene Gut Opdyke
The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
2006-12-20 10:54:30 · answer #3 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"One Man's Wilderness; An Alaskan Odyssey"
By Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke....,
This is the journal and story of one man, Richard Proenneke, who marched into the Alaskan wilderness alone and lived in the beautiful wilderness far removed from civilization. This true life adventure took place in 1967.
This man built his own cabin, furniture and other needs - hunted food, raised a garden, made his own winter gear and has some interesting observations - this man was a real man in every sense of the word.
Its Richard's journal - and written as such, not quite a novel format. Very interesting book to read next to the fireplace and dream the adventure.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Mans-Wilderness-Alaskan-Odyssey/dp/0882405136/sr=8-1/qid=1166655076/ref=sr_1_1/105-9858335-5757255?ie=UTF8&s=books
2006-12-20 09:48:44 · answer #4 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner. Very entertaining and frightening look at the politics of water in the western US. It has sabotage, back-stabbing, double agents, etc. A very eye opening read.
2006-12-20 09:37:09 · answer #5 · answered by Cardinal Rule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass..obviously written by him.
2006-12-20 09:36:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like non-fiction books that are long, I recomend Great Expectations by Charles Dickens or any of his other novels :)
I liked it because it was a good book and it revolved around Dicken's life. It's kind of like a biography...
2006-12-20 09:37:17 · answer #7 · answered by Schyler 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Bible
2006-12-20 13:18:05 · answer #8 · answered by Mindy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋