Non-Fiction Worth Reading

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Obviously different people have different ideas of what makes a book worth reading. But for you personally, was it worth the time it took to read?
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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
de Ben Goldacre
3,209 membros
104 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 27
14 Members
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Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
de Peggy Orenstein
876 membros
53 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 103
5 Members
HollyBoggie, mkbird, Caroline77, kjb3243, Sace
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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
de Robert D. Hare
963 membros
22 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 131
4 Members
adsddy, HollyBoggie, Caroline77, EugenNegoita
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Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
de Michel Foucault
6,643 membros
42 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 70
7 Members
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
de Charles Duhigg
6,831 membros
236 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 56
10 Members
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The Plug-In Drug: Television, Computers, and Family Life
de Marie Winn
246 membros
5 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 201
3 Members
HollyBoggie, cej1027, kjb3243
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Feet of clay : saints, sinners, and madmen : a study of gurus
de Anthony Storr
221 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 138
4 Members
kiwidoc, aulsmith, HollyBoggie, kjb3243
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
de Bill Bryson
23,222 membros
398 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 12
22 Members
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lorax: An error-ridden mess complete with random gratuitous homophobia. Read it for the biographies, but don't believe the science if you didn't already know it (and maybe not even then, if you believe that glass flows.)
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In a Sunburned Country
de Bill Bryson
9,108 membros
229 resenhas
4
Global Rank 33
13 Members
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Cristianismo Puro e Simples
de C. S. Lewis
26,189 membros
219 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 42
13 Members
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The Sociopath Next Door
de Martha Stout
2,003 membros
94 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 124
4 Members
smcwl, HollyBoggie, spyrunner, Caroline77
18
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
de Simon Garfield
2,311 membros
114 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 100
5 Members
kiwidoc, TruthSeeker, HollyBoggie, LovingLit, TwinDaddy
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Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage
de William L. Rathje
342 membros
9 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 199
3 Members
szarka, aulsmith, HollyBoggie
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aulsmith: A bit repetitive, but really interesting discoveries.
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Outliers: The Story of Success
de Malcolm Gladwell
15,552 membros
403 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 59
10 Members
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At Home : a short history of private life
de Bill Bryson
6,438 membros
262 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 80
6 Members
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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
de Studs Terkel
2,121 membros
20 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 102
5 Members
eromsted, dhm, HollyBoggie, altonmann, AlanAndrews33
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The Cross and the Switchblade
de David Wilkerson
2,389 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 232
2 Members
HollyBoggie, eclecticdodo
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
de Philip Yancey
1,589 membros
6 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 245
2 Members
HollyBoggie, cej1027
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The Myth of the Paperless Office
de Abigail J. Sellen
176 membros
6 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 303
2 Members
Edward, HollyBoggie
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Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing
de William A. Dembski
157 membros
1 resenha
3.2
Global Rank 308
2 Members
ojchase, HollyBoggie
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
de Dava Sobel
9,206 membros
183 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 32
14 Members
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thorold : Absurdly sensational book that tells you nothing about clockmaking
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
de Daniel Kahneman
11,738 membros
225 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 20
16 Members
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
de Bill Bryson
16,858 membros
473 resenhas
4
Global Rank 29
13 Members
smcwl, thorold, aulsmith, HollyBoggie, cindyst2000, altonmann, cataloga, HxBuff, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, This-n-That, ManWithAnAgenda
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thorold: Bryson before he ran out of new ideas
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
de Laura Hillenbrand
12,207 membros
594 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 69
7 Members
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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
de Clive James
1,216 membros
22 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 256
2 Members
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Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
de Peter Watson
764 membros
8 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 280
2 Members
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The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
de Christopher Chabris
970 membros
26 resenhas
4
Global Rank 186
3 Members
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The Bog People; Iron Age Man Preserved
de P. V. Glob
672 membros
9 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 284
2 Members
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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
de Kelly McGonigal
1,120 membros
40 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 264
2 Members
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The True History of Chocolate
de Sophie D. Coe
604 membros
7 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 290
2 Members
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The Selfish Gene
de Richard Dawkins
10,830 membros
119 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 51
13 Members
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questbird: We are temporary hosts for our ancient immortal genes
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A People's History of the United States
de Howard Zinn
14,751 membros
158 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 19
18 Members
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leonja: One of the most important contributions made to date concerning the study of US History.
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Silent Spring
de Rachel Carson
6,512 membros
97 resenhas
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Global Rank 25
15 Members
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Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
de Bertrand Russell
4,033 membros
39 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 216
3 Members
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