Favorite Non-Fiction Book?
What's the best non-fiction book you read that wasn't a biography? This would include true crime, philosophy, cooking, health, education, self-help, spiritual, business, computers, history, parenting,...
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I see this thread all the time, and yet it never occurred to me to actually post in it! The book that springs to mind at the moment as being my #1 favorite would be The Barbarian Conversion...
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Been There, Done That? Do THIS! By Sam Obitz. It's an inspirational self-help book. Using the tools I learned in the book have reduced my stress and increased my productivity which in turn has me...
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qt3 and thanks for the recommendation! I think anyone can use some stress reduction in theif lives.
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The author and books that changed my life back in 1993 are written by Dr. Wayne Dyer. When my friend made me have a website, I only had a text file listing Wayne's books, so I created it into a web...
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When I was 17 and feeling lonely my grandpa talked me into reading his much worn old leather bound copy of "how to win friends and influence People" by Dale Carnegie, which had been his brothers. The...
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What a cool story, Carol! I love when a book has a legacy.
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I think my favorite is currently "Mother Nature" can't remember the author's name... great book!~Witch
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"How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale CarnegieI recommend everyone read that book as part of their education. All of his books are wonderful and none of them are out of date even though...
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Oooh, I didn't even THINK of the "how to win friends and influence people." Glad you mentioned it! I'm here to change my "vote" though. I had also completely forgotten "The Spiral Dance" by...
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Larry, I read a couple of Dr Wayne Dyers books somewhere back in the eightys I also read a couple by Gail Sheedy. I thought all of these books were terrific.
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I would have to say that my favorite non-fiction book is "Mindhunter" by John Douglas. John Douglas is the man who set up the FBI's Serial Crime Unit and devised serial killer profiling.It's an...
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This is an interesting topic. I hadn't even checked this forum. I would have a hard time picking my favorite non-fiction book. but I'll go w/ The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. It was...
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One (I have many) of my favorite NON-fiction books is called "Alicia My Story" by Alicia Appleman Juhrman (spl?) It's a true account of a holocaust survivor. She went through some horrible things and...
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Probably my all time favorite is an old one called My Zoo Family by Helen Martini. My mom and I have a copy that's been read so many times it's falling apart. It tells of the experiences of husband...
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One of the non fiction books I always recommend to others is The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett. It was written 20 years ago but is still a great book concerning the rise of resistant...
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The Pursuit of the Millenium by Norman Cohn - about the various Medieval cults that expected the Apocalypse to happen at any time, and the strange things they did to prepare for it.
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I checked, and my library doesn't have that one. I get so tired of people thinking the world will end soon, knowing that the same verses have been interpreted to mean every era.
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Well, my favourite non-fiction book must be An Encyclopedia of Fairies by the folklorist Katharine Briggs. This book has been hugely influential on me and my work. Through Briggs's book I was...
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