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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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less
de Terry Ryan
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The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up: A True Story
de Rich Blake
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A Random Act: An Inspiring True Story of Fighting to Survive and Choosing to Forgive
de Cindi Broaddus
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
de Jerri Nielson
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Columbine
de Dave Cullen
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Shattered Dreams : My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
de Irene Spencer
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30 resenhas
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Escape
de Carolyn Jessop
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Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
de Elissa Wall
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65 resenhas
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Lost Boy
de Brent W. Jeffs
243 membros
23 resenhas
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The year we disappeared : a father-daughter memoir
de Cylin Busby
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
de Judy Melinek
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35 resenhas
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The Hiding Place
de Corrie ten Boom
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144 resenhas
½ 4.4
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Zeitoun
de Dave Eggers
4,200 membros
181 resenhas
4.1
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Open: An Autobiography
de André Agassi
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94 resenhas
4.1
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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
de Malika Oufkir
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48 resenhas
½ 3.7
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In Cold Blood
de Truman Capote
23,701 membros
466 resenhas
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How Starbucks Saved My Life
de Michael Gates Gill
1,075 membros
78 resenhas
½ 3.3
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Night
de Elie Wiesel
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571 resenhas
½ 4.3
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BayanX : He was a shill - a liar - a disgrace to those who did suffer: Poles, Gypsies, Priests, Russians, Jews.
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The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
de Stewart O'Nan
584 membros
26 resenhas
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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
de Garrett M. Graff
729 membros
38 resenhas
½ 4.6
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Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death, and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years
de Michael J. Collins
249 membros
9 resenhas
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Joni: An Unforgettable Story
de Joni Eareckson Tada
1,984 membros
10 resenhas
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Terry: My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism
de George S. McGovern
129 membros
6 resenhas
3.8
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
de Jung Chang
8,325 membros
159 resenhas
4.1
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The Johnstown Flood
de David McCullough
2,259 membros
72 resenhas
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Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
de Don Van Ryn
718 membros
34 resenhas
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Highest Duty
de Chesley B. Sullenberger
745 membros
21 resenhas
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
de Bill Bryson
6,546 membros
235 resenhas
3.9
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
de Sheri Fink
1,523 membros
168 resenhas
4.1
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