I am looking for something good to read.........I dont like fiction, much prefer non-fiction - biographies/anything else. I often buy books then feel disappointed as most are not that good :-( so I was wondering if anyone had read a non-fiction book that they feel is worth reading and I will give it a go. thank you
2007-01-21 09:46:44 · 29 answers · asked by dmcd1104 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
dmcd1104
I would recommend "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson; it's a very readable and entertaining history of Science written for non scientists.
The approach is more "history" than "science" but he explains well how the Modern world has been changed by Science over the last 300 years.
Good Luck!!!
The "Mac"
2007-01-21 19:33:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok Alison Weir is really good and writes history books try Isabella or The War of the Roses Lancaster and York. Antonia Fraser Marie Antoinette the Journey. Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt Rosalie David. Egyptian Mummies Bob Brier. Hope this helps
2007-01-21 11:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by minniema10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls - Peter Biskind. Sub-titled Or How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. A complete and compelling guide to the era in Hollywood that changed the way films were made ever since. Brutally honest and unsparing.
Read in conjunction with The Kid Stays in the Picture - Robert Evans - completely changed my view of that time and makes watching those films again a whole new experience.
Edit: Malaney you do know that Congo isn't based on reality? Its a rather nasty little work of fiction where the evil characters are gorillas who stove people's heads in with rocks. And they also use motion sensitive machine guns to protect the camp (like the ones in Aliens).
2007-01-21 09:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Fox 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee and Walker Evans
Complete Memoirs of George Sherston - Siegfried Sassoon
On Liberty - John Stuart Mill
Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell
2007-01-21 15:15:29 · answer #4 · answered by ahab 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great collection of creative non-fiction stories is a book called "Three" by Annie Dillard. Another good read and eye-opener non-fiction book is "Diet for A New America" by John Robbins.
2007-01-21 11:05:17 · answer #5 · answered by vala_nyx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Lucky by Alice Sebold
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
When Rabbit Howls by Trudi Chase
2007-01-22 05:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by paula m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alison Owings-Frauen:German Women Recall the Third Reich.
Gives great short biographies of German women in the Third Reich. Also I believe if you have never seen Sound of Music that you should: based on a real woman's life during the Third Reich.
Anything biographical of Maya Angelou, and even if you don't like poetry try some of hers: has biographical undertone.
2007-01-21 10:04:12 · answer #7 · answered by deahwest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what subjects do u like.. idont read fiction but i dont read biographies much either...erm....Eygypt revisited/Ivan Van Sertima. Conversations with God/Neale Donald Walsch.Sleep Theives/Stanley Coren.The Hiram Key/Robert Lomas. Richard prior/Prior convictions and Nelson Mandela/ A Long Walk To Freedom..if u read the sleeves you'll know if they're for you or not.hoped u enjoy at least 1 of my choices!
2007-01-21 10:19:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
2007-01-21 10:50:49 · answer #9 · answered by Katrina W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wild Swans - Fantastic biography of a womens live from childhood to adulthood through the revolution in China.
100% fantastic, trust me, its THE best book i've ever read, and I read about 40 books a year.
2007-01-21 09:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋