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Nonfiction books everyone should read - a reqiest for help.
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| ixtl
Posted on 09/03/2011 2:16:51 PM PDT by ixtl
I am preparing a list for my children and grandchildren of the _____ (to be filled in) non-fiction books everyone should read. To date, I have only four, all of which I have read. In alphabetical order by author:
Charles Darwin, "On the Origin of Species by Natuarla Selectin."
Noccolo Machiavelli, "The Prince."
Sun-Tzu, "The Art of War."
H. G. Wells, "The Outline of History (1939 edition).
For the record, I am a 70+ year old retired attorney, who has always been a voarcious reader.
Criticism and suggestions are welcome.
TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Education
KEYWORDS: bestbooks; nonfiction; nonfictionbooks; reading
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:16:53 PM PDT
by
ixtl
To: ixtl
Apparently you forgot the Oxford English Dictionary.
To: ixtl
Skip Darwin unless they like fiction. Try “The Edge of Evolution”.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:18:32 PM PDT
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
To: ixtl
I would add a dictionary to the list.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:20:38 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(Ghandi would have smacked 0bama in the head)
To: Tijeras_Slim
No, I did not forget it, but I haven’t finished reading it.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:21:18 PM PDT
by
ixtl
(You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
To: ixtl
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:22:35 PM PDT
by
QBFimi
(When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
To: ixtl
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:23:19 PM PDT
by
TaxPayer2000
(Write In Sarah Palin)
To: ixtl
The ‘Art of War’ I have read end to end but...it cannot compare to Musashi’s ‘The Book of FIVE RINGS’. Almost every exec from Tokyo to Singapore make it their bible of the business world.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:23:20 PM PDT
by
max americana
(FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
To: ixtl
You’ve made it to “M” at least. Persevere!
To: ixtl
I'm sure it was so obvious you overlooked it, but the Bible.
Also "Instant Physics" by Tony Rothman is great. Explains a lot of physics in an entertaining way, in not too many pages.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:24:06 PM PDT
by
cc2k
( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
To: ixtl
If they’re up to it, try historian Charles Mann’s new book “1493.” I’m reading it now and think it’s great.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:24:28 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(I want a Triple A president for our Triple A country)
To: ixtl
“Growing Up”, by Russell Baker
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:25:09 PM PDT
by
ZinGirl
To: ixtl
"The True Believer" (1951) Eric Hoffer
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:25:26 PM PDT
by
Prospero
(non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
To: ixtl
Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:25:59 PM PDT
by
weeder
To: ixtl
Basic Economics, then Applied Economics, by the great Thomas Sowell.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:25:59 PM PDT
by
Marathoner
(Government schools = Marxist indoctrination centers)
To: ixtl
“Witness” by Whittaker Chambers
“The Road to Serfdom” by F.A. Hayek
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:26:08 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: weeder
Geez, we must think alike.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:26:55 PM PDT
by
Marathoner
(Government schools = Marxist indoctrination centers)
To: Marathoner
I can’t believe that we TIED with the same answer!
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:27:29 PM PDT
by
weeder
To: ixtl
Dale Carnegie: How To Win Friends and Influence People
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:27:31 PM PDT
by
Clairity
("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
To: ixtl
"Resistance to Tyranny", Dr. Jospeh P. Martino.
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posted on
09/03/2011 2:28:05 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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