Recommend a non-fiction book

We have a lot of WAYR threads, but most are fiction. I love fiction, but I've been reading a lot of non-fic lately, just wondering what everyone liked as far as that goes.

I'm part way through Gary Vaynerchuck's Crush It! because he's ridiculously inspiring (little bit of language in there).

http://www.amazon.com/Piracy-Complete-History-General-Military/dp/1846032407/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270998540&sr=8-2

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche and The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile

The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Pretty interesting reads if you can keep up with thecomplexityof it.

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche and The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile

freek666

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Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche and The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile

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Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche and The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile

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I'm a big non-fiction reader. Anything I've read from these guys was very good.

• Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side; Moneyball; Liar's Poker
• Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air; Into The Wild; Under The Banner of Heaven
• Jared Diamond -- Collapse; Guns, Germs and Steel
• Malcom Gladwell -- Blink; The Tipping Point; Outliers
• David McCullough -- Truman; 1776
• Paul Krugman -- The Return of Depression Era Economics

All of those were great reads and highly recommended.

Malcolm Gladwell - Outliershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)

Interesting topics in the book includes how/why someone like Bill Gates can become rich; why certain athletes do better than others, etc...

Naomi Klein - Shock Doctrine, No Logo
Neil Strauss - The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society Of Pick-Up Artists (very entertaining read)
Eric Schlosser - Fast Food Nation (before Food, Inc. the movie and much better)

The Real Frank Zappa by Frank Zappa

On Writing by Stephen King

Last Words: A Memoir by George Carlin

Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone

Rebel without a crew by Robert Rodriguez

Black Hawk Down or Band of Brothers are good reads.

I usually listen to audiobooks more than I read actual books nowadays, but the last one I listened to was called the candy bombers and i thoroughly enjoyed it.

Papillon

It is basically the memoirs of Henri Charriere when he was in captivity in the French part of South America (forget what it's actually called) It's a true story, and it's very good.

lol i havent read a non-fiction book in a while. :P or have I? :?

anything by machiavelli

I like my art history text book :D.

Jeez there's nothing I can think of in non-fiction that I like O_O

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The Holy BibleEMOEVOLUTION

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Black Hawk Down or Band of Brothers are good reads.

theM3rcenary