Non-Fiction Book Recommendations
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Re: Non-Fiction Book Recommendations
Non Fic is not minors, but I so very glad I picked that book up!
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I agree, Julie and Julia was an excellent book, much better than the movie.mkshorten wrote:The Influencing Machine, by Brooke Gladstone from NPR. It's actually graphic nonfiction, and a really fascinating explanation of the history of media, how it works and how it affects us.
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Some of my favorite biographies/memoirs:
Bossypants, by Tina Fey. You should listen to the audio, because she narrates it herself.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed
Julie & Julia, by Julie Powell. Pretty different from the movie, and while I did like the movie, the book (as usual) was better.
How to Be a Woman, by Caitlin Moran. Hilarious and topical.
Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home, by Nina Stibbe. Was on the Library Reads list a year or two ago.
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Other excellent nonfiction:
The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan. The first section is much like Fast Food Nation, but I liked this one better.
Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich. A journalist in the 90s decides to live on minimum wage jobs for a month each in three different states.
Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynne Truss. A book on grammar, and somehow one of the funniest books you'll ever read, particularly if you like British humor.
Cheaper by the Dozen, by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. Basically nothing like the Steve Martin movie.
Waiter Rant, by Steve Duplanica. The memoirs of a professional server, alternately fascinating and funny and horrifying.
The Rights of the People, by David K. Shipler. A book about the tension between safety and freedom, and how easily we give away our freedoms for the hope of safety.
The Astronaut Wives Club, by Lily Koppel. More than you ever knew about the moon landing, the first astronauts, and the beginning of the space program.
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1. A Peoples History-Howard Zinn. This is the quintessential work of American History from the "peoples" perspective.
2. The Civil War: A Narrative-Shelby Foot. The classic work on America's Bloodiest Conflict.
3. The Souls of Black Folk-W.E.B. Dubois. A classic text which is still relevant over a hundred years later.
4. A History of the American People-Paul Johnson. An excellent narrative.
5. The World is Flat-Thomas Friedman. An accurate portrayal of the changing world that we inhabit.
Feel free to add to this list your favorites. I know some will agree with my list and some will suggest others.
Matthew
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Granger Korff, an ex-conscript in the former SADF (South African Defence Force) during the apartheid regime in South Africa, breaks the silence on the often illusive theme of the personal experiences of young, white men who served as troops on the border between the former South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola with his book "Nineteen With a Bullet." As a South African, my personal experience is that most men who were conscripted into war during the 1970's and 1980's are not eager to reflect on their experiences. Korff, however, gives us an insight into the social, emotional and psychological world of many troops who fought a war with no clearly defined objective. A must read for anyone who is interested in that part of South African history!
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Another good book is a trilogy 'Conversations with God; written by Neale Donald Walsh. This is a very interesting trilogy . These three books are bestsellers and many people have said that their lives have been transformed because of these books.
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Sorry I thought I was replying in the discussion thread of a specific book. 'The antidote' by Oliver Brukemqan was the book I was referring to
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But also uplifting.
What is grief, if not love persevering?
Grief is just love with no place to go.
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This sounds very intriguing, I will put this on my list, thank you!nycsunshine wrote:A good friend of mine loved Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom, so I decided to read it the other day and I fell in love as well. This book is about a man named Eddie who dies and encounters five people he knew in his lifetime before he is sent off to heaven. He learns things about these people, people who he thought were insignificant to him, but turned out to have a greater impact on his life than he could ever imagine. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to read a short, quick read, that's sentimental and inspirational.
Other Mitch Albom books I would recommend are: For One More Day, and Tuesdays With Morrie. He also has a new book coming out in some time September this year, Have A Little Faith, about a rabbi and pastor and their devotion to their faith. He gives a preview of this book in this YouTube video I came across the other day, which truly moved me, and I hope you will be able to enjoy it as well. You can find it on Mitch Albom's official YouTube page.
Another book I would recommend if you enjoy Mitch Albom, would be Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth. I hope this review helped!
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I loved this book. It is the type of non-fiction that reads more like a novel, in that there is character background and development for many of the key characters. I am not typically looking for a feel-good type of read; (I like to be challenged and read something thought-provoking) however, this book was inspiring and hopeful even for a cynic like me.
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