Favorite non-fiction book?

Discussion in 'The Bookshelf' started by mrvegas, Jan 26, 2015.

  1. I don't read fiction....I don't see the point. If I want to be entertained I'll watch a movie. If I'm reading it's because I want to learn and better myself. Haven't read a lot of books but some include "a fighters heart", "a fighters mind" (excellent books I read back when I was into MMA. Also read "the game" about professional pick up artists which was very entertaining yet informative. Now I'm currently reading books that are more aimed at wealth,happiness,etc. "rich dad poor dad" was very good and I am currently half way through "outwitting the devil" by napoleon hill. Seems to be good so far and it already has me thinking differently. What are some of your favorite non-fiction books? In recommendations on books that motivate to get you out of the 40 hour a week thing? Cheers!
     
  2. Carl Sagan - Demon Haunted World
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita - The Dictator's Handbook
     
  3. #3 BloodBooger, Feb 6, 2015
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    The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer . I read this book every single night for 8 years at University. It helped me go to sleep. It goes into great detail about the order of battle throughout the entire course of the great war and it only took a chapter or two a night and I was out. Great read if you like history....and sleep.
     
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  4. The prince or the travels of Marco Polo.
     
  5. 127 hours(rock and a hard place)

    The Art of War
     
  6. The elite way
     
  7. The New World Order by Mark Dice 
     
    ( Don't judge till you've read it )
     
  8. Man's Search For Meaning

    By Viktor Frankl

    Chronicles the experiences of a Holocaust survivor and the psychotherapy he developed as a result.
     
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  9. I don't read a ton of non fiction but I am reading Ghost In The Wires by Kevin Mitnick. He was a hacker in the 80s and 90s. VERY entertaining and informative read.
     
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  10. food of the gods by terrance mckenna
     
    and I like the bill bryson travel books too. really really funny
     
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  11. #12 Jet697, Feb 28, 2019
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    "brave new world" and other dystopian books. they make me look at my life from a different angle. reading dystopias you understand that now you are fine and everything is in your hands. I also like to read various essays EssayReviewExpert or research papers, they have a lot of reasoning and interesting thoughts of different people. so I still sometimes visit different best essay writing service review.
     
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  13. #14 GorillaGherkin, Mar 1, 2019
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    Anything by Irvine welsh, chuck palahiuk, nick hornby, Bret Easton Ellis, Or Augusten Burroughs
     
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  14. It may be somewhat novelised from the true events but Down And Out in Paris and London by George Orwell is one of my tippy top favourites

    Also Waking Up by Sam Harris is a thoroughly entertaining read for the open mind
     
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  15. My favorite non-fiction book is Joyland. It is written by Stephen King. I read it 3 times during this year. By the way, does anyone know trustworthy book review writing services? I have to write a review of my favorite book for the classes of literature.
     
  16. I also rarely read fiction while reading much non-fiction, mostly science.

    Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe is a 2000 popular science book about xenobiology by Peter Ward, a geologist and evolutionary biologist, and Donald E. Brownlee, a cosmologist and astrobiologist. Both worked for NASA. Complex life on Earth is the result of a long list of improbable events and may be the only planet in the entire universe with multi-cellular life.
     
  17. Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets.
     
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  18. The 48 laws of power by Robert greene and
    How to win friend and influence people by Dale carnegie
     
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  19. I read the same four books in January of each year and have done so since I was 23. They are the pillars on which I base my worldview.

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    A swordfighting book written by a master duelist who killed 73 people in duels - it's really a guide on how to get good at things. Principles on improving your skillsets.




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    A guide on how to deal with injustice and idiots.
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    The best work on stoicism. On how to deal with situations out of your control, on managing your emotions and yourself, and a myriad of other issues.

    These books are guidelines and reflections on the highest level concepts to living a human life. Great guidelines. The fourth book is fiction - Orwell's Animal Farm - but even though it's fiction, it has incredible insight into the human approach to power.
     
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