What are your favorite non fiction books?

[10000Days]

Do we have any readers in here?

I just got done reading The Red Queen by Matt Ridley. Awesome book that deals with evolution.

 

[BlueBalls]

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life


But you should post that here:
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=159763&highlight=reading

 

[AFA]

There are already two book threads here;
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=159763&highlight=reading
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=130950&highlight=book

 

[10000Days]

This is a strictley non fiction book thread.

 

[10000Days]

Also it a best of or favorite whereas those are just what are you reading now.

 

[YMIHERE]

My favorite is the History of Salt.

 

[10000Days]

Influence by Robert Cialdini is also a favorite of mine. It discusses natures was of "marketing".

 

[10000Days]

Im reading the famous and controversial "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli. I honestly think people who condemn this book are flat out hypocritical.

 

[calpoon]

Im reading the famous and controversial "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli. I honestly think people who condemn this book are flat out hypocritical.

that very interesting that you should say that. (I actually was criticizing it in the other book thread.) Why do you think so?

 

[calpoon]

as for my list:

A People's History of The United States by Howard Zinn. If it's not required reading, it should be.

Into The Wild by Job Krakuaer

Although not non-fiction in the strictest sense EG:, not based on research of real life events:

The Politics of Experience by R.D. Laing

Haga Kure (book of falling leaves). Feudal Japanese philosophy/ military strategy.

The Social Contract by J.J. Rousseau

The Rebel by Albert Camus

Personal memoir:

A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen. Probably my favorite book.

Evasion by anonymous. Think a punk rock version of Jack Kerouac.

Homage To Catalonia by George Orwell

 

[ChefChiTown]

Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser

 

[hawkshot]

I woukd be intersted to see if any one says The Bible. Thers rumors it was aritten by a bunch of drunks and people with great imaginations.

 

[E-Ann-Hilden]

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William L. Shirer

 

[senob44]

The Joy of Gay Sex - Charles Silverstein

 

[10000Days]

that very interesting that you should say that. (I actually was criticizing it in the other book thread.) Why do you think so?

Because EVERYONE already practices its teachings subconscously. Michiavelli simply suggests doing so on a large scale.