Favorite *nonfiction* books

<p>Mine are mostly bio/science related:
+ Everything by Richard Dawkins [The Blind Watchmaker, The Selfish Gene, et cetera)
+ The Blank Slate - Steven Pinker
+ Obsessive Genius: A Biography of Marie Curie</p>

<p>I need new reading material, so this seemed like a good solution ;)</p>

<p>Absolutely American - Dave Lipsky
America's Queen - Sarah Bradford
A Civil War: Army vs. Navy - John Feinstein
Gold in the Water - P.H. Mullen</p>

<p>Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War - Evan Wright
The Gatekeepers - Jacques Steinburg
A Million Little Pieces - James Fry (<----LOL ! Just kidding )
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation - Jeff Chang
Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain - Phil Craig, Tim Clayton</p>

<p>The Agony and the Ecstasy - Irving Stone</p>

<p>Definitely my favorite...it was a living, breathing biographical novel about Michelangelo. It kind of falls in between fiction and nonfiction because the author took some poetic license, but it was a fascinating read.</p>

<p>Currently reading Autobiography of Malcolm X.... kind of long, but I love it.</p>

<p>Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire</p>

<p>I've read hundreds of Holocaust books, specifically memoirs. I think that's contributed to my desire to be a prosecutor-the need for justice.</p>

<p>The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene</p>

<p>OED.......Oxford English Dictionary.....the best and most valuable to me.</p>

<p>I just finished The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang.</p>

<p>Having Our Say - The Delancy Sisters' First 100 Years
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Night- Elie Wiesel</p>

<p>@primeminister...are you entering oprah's contest for the night book by any chance?</p>

<p>The Autobiography of Malcolm X is excellent
I also liked Angela's Ashes-Frank McCourt</p>

<p>contest? what contest?</p>

<p>Bringing Down The House - Ben Mezrich
Ugly Americans - Ben Mezrich
The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki</p>

<p>Right now, I am reading a biography entitled "A Chainless Soul" A life of Emily Bronte. This book is excellent. Recently, I read a book about Robert E. Lee. Truly outstanding!</p>

<p>I am currently reading Teacher Man by Frank McCourt</p>

<p>unless the ending turns out to be abnormally horrible, it is one of my favorite nonfiction books</p>

<p>Autobiography of Malcolm X is my favorite non-fiction.</p>

<p>Obsessive Genius: A Biography of Marie Curie </p>

<p>I am reading Madame Curie by Eve Curie. </p>

<p>Anyway, </p>

<p>Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Douglas R. Hofstadter
Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond
The Language Instinct Steven Pinker
How the Mind Works Steven Pinker</p>

<p>Right now I'm reading "The Rebel Sell" by Andrew Potter and Joseph Heath. It's about why counterculture is actually pretty ineffective. </p>

<p>I have to second Romeo Dallaire's "Shake Hands With the Devil". It's amazing.</p>