Favorite NON Fiction works

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Former Member

I read much more NOn Fiction - as I get older.

Is the same true for you?

List your top five.

I will start the ball rolling with this book

The Journey of Man - by Spencer Wells

http://www.amazon.com/Journey-...2X#reader_069111532X

Got to confess that I did not read every word in this book - but I was prompted to get it - when the "video" was aired on PBS some years ago.

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Former Member

For me, 'The Life of Muhammad' by M.H. Haykal. Very indept work.

10/17/111:56 PM

Former Member

My experiments with truth by MK Gandhi

10/17/111:58 PM

Former Member

A couple of great selections right there!

10/17/113:38 PM

Mr.TI pity the fool

The Moon is a balloon by David Niven ( the great British actor). Best autobiography/non-fiction book I ever read.

10/17/113:53 PM

Abu JihadSenior Member

Malcolm X

10/17/113:57 PM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.T:
The Moon is a balloon by David Niven ( the great British actor). Best autobiography/non-fiction book I ever read.

I read that book - or part of it anyway - in the high school library.

If my memory serves me correct, in the first chapter, he went to visit "a house of ill repute" - and the prostitute made him dip his "anatomy" in Potassium permanganate.

I did not know at the time that KMnO4 was an "antiseptic" of sorts

and commonly used on burns to prevent infection.

10/19/118:18 PM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Abu Jihad:
Malcolm X

Great book. I read that too.

10/19/118:18 PM

Former Member

Any Deepak Chopra fans here?

He has written quite a bit on spirituality in recent times.

10/19/118:19 PM

Former Member

I am currently reading (and moving slowly - oh time - there are not enough hours in one day)

Physics of the Future - by Michio Kaku ( This guy is brilliant! He was probably eating Philips bulbs in infancy)

http://www.amazon.com/Physics-...estiny/dp/0385530803

10/19/118:22 PM

Former Member

L. Ron Hubbard

10/20/114:11 PM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by TAS:
Any Deepak Chopra fans here?

He has written quite a bit on spirituality in recent times.

No. He is not original.

10/20/116:42 PM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Max:

No. He is not original.

Beyond Thunderdome,

I have heard that too.

That he is a commercial form of the "Herman Hesse's" of this world.

Still, there must be something in his works - that made him arguably the most "famous" doctor in America for many years.

10/21/1111:14 AM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by ksazma:
For me, 'The Life of Muhammad' by M.H. Haykal. Very indept work.

the man seh non-fiction

10/21/1112:06 PM

Former Member

Deepak Chopra.
His popularity comes from his association with Hollywood. Best marketing tool. Also his fans were mainly needy women.

Now Dr. Oz needs to write a bestseller.

10/21/1112:11 PM

Former Member

Ruling Your World by Sakyong Mipham

10/21/111:55 PM

Mr.TI pity the fool

I forgot the first one that caught my interest:
The Kama Sutra

10/21/113:29 PM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.T:
I forgot the first one that caught my interest:
The Kama Sutra

Interestingly I never had to read the book. The art just came naturally as the women came bountifully.

10/21/114:24 PM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by raymond:
quote:
Originally posted by ksazma:
For me, 'The Life of Muhammad' by M.H. Haykal. Very indept work.

the man seh non-fiction

Yuh right.

10/21/114:25 PM

Mr.TI pity the fool

quote:
Originally posted by ksazma:
quote:
Originally posted by Mr.T:
I forgot the first one that caught my interest:
The Kama Sutra

Interestingly I never had to read the book. The art just came naturally as the women came bountifully.

Most of us can boil water, but making a cup of tea requires a bit more knowledge. Same thing with copulation

10/22/114:52 PM

Former Member

I Pity The Fool, by Mr. T

10/22/115:29 PM

Former Member

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.T:
I forgot the first one that caught my interest:
The Kama Sutra

A 1800 year old text!!

11/1/111:10 PM

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