<p>I want to increase my knowledge over summer :) by reading alot.</p>
<p>What are good nonfiction/historical fiction books, etc that are interesting?
And if you could include a brief description?</p>
<p>I'd especially like to read more about psychology...</p>
<p>Many thanks!</p>
<p>Read "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich.</p>
<p>The author went undercover as a reporter and recorded her experiences living on minimum wage in America. It's a great book about the serious issues regarding distribution of wealth in the U.S. Also, it was on the freshman reading list at UNC-Chapel Hill last year.</p>
<p>hmmm. sounds interesting. i'll put it down.</p>
<p>wow my library has three copies and they're all in! haha that like never happens :)</p>
<p>Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel by Jean Kilbourne</p>
<p>The title kind of explains it all. It's a very intriguing concept.</p>
<p>Im A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson</p>
<p>This is a hilarious book about an American-born man who had moved to Britain, and then returns 20 years later to America.</p>
<p>nonfiction? hmm....
never read it.</p>
<p>Books by Matt Ridley like Genome and Nature via Nurture. He writes about biology for the general public. Its really interesting stuff. </p>
<p>Good Muslim, Bad Muslim by Mahmood Mamdani gives a really good discussion of the roots of conflict between america and the middle east.</p>
<p>If you have any interest in philosophy, go check out some Plato. I especially like his dialogues like Meno and Phaedo. </p>
<p>Fast Food Nation is pretty interesting (although a bit offputting). </p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>OMG READ ANYTHING BY DAVID SEDARIS--HILARIOUS</p>
<p>(yes, i'm that excited about him lol)</p>
<p>david sedaris?</p>
<p>what kind of books does he write?</p>
<p>oh, i guess science fiction's good too...:)</p>
<p>my stepdad has loads of Isaac Asimov books...</p>
<p>pretty legit science fiction if you ask me</p>
<p>oh, I've read David Sedaris!</p>
<p>oh but nobody's telling me what he writes about!</p>
<p>"me talk pretty one day" was hilarious</p>
<p>He writes nonfiction autobiographical humor. He's very gay, and he writes about himself and his family basically. lol, that doesn't make it sound very good, but he's extremely funny!</p>
<p>oh alright.</p>
<p>sounds interesting then, i'll check out my library.</p>
<p>Me Talk Pretty One Day is the one I liked too. I don't remember the titles of any of the others though.</p>
<p>i think our school librarian refuses to stock his books</p>
<p>Well find them somewhere else and read them!</p>
<p>oh i do...my mom writes her letters about it too, haha</p>
<p>oh, you should start your own library, haha.</p>
<p>funding a library = hook?</p>
<p>lol the thing i love about cc is (almost) everybody loves to read!</p>
<p>you should "donate" a bunch of them to the library and see what they do...</p>