Favorite non-fiction books?

[Doodle]

'Out of the Black Shadows' by Stephen Lungu

The only non-fiction I have re -read, (reading again now) I love this book

Amazing & Gripping book, everyone should read it at least once!

 

[travelin_guy7]

I just read "Doctor on the move" by Ray Cope. It is a small publisher type thing. A neat autobiography/travelogue by a lesser known person. I got it at http://www.doctoronthemove.com/

 

[hollywood]

A million little pieces by James Frey, amazing I just started it so Im only about 50 pages deep, but so far has blown me away

 

[Lou_reed]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone

If anyone can help i'm looking for some non-fiction books about someone surviving in the jungle.

Thank you.

 

[cabrasopa]

Book i'm reading at the moment is brilliant
Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0434013250/qid=1134337983/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_11_2/203-2852532-0802353

 

[Miss Shelf]

I liked "The Keys of Egypt"-the story of a Frenchman's obsession with unlocking the secrets of Egypt.

http://http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060194391/002-5707278-8336054?v=glance&n=283155

 

[Kenny Shovel]

I liked "The Keys of Egypt"-the story of a Frenchman's obsession with unlocking the secrets of Egypt.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060194391/002-5707278-8336054?v=glance&n=283155 (Link corrected to work)

Champollion features in a couple of episodes of the BBC Docu-Drama 'Egypt':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/17/egypt_champ_eps.shtml

This has only just been shown on BBC over here so I've no idea if and when it'll make an appearance on BBC America/DVD (if you were interested).

 

[abecedarian]

Champollion features in a couple of episodes of the BBC Docu-Drama 'Egypt':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/17/egypt_champ_eps.shtml

This has only just been shown on BBC over here so I've no idea if and when it'll make an appearance on BBC America/DVD (if you were interested).

hey, if we can get Monarch of the Glen, surely we can get this sooner or later ;0)

 

[muggle]

Two that I have enjoyed tremendously are:

My Land And My People by The Dalai Lama

Teammates by David Halberstram (baseball book about D. Dimaggio, J. Pesky, B. Doerr, and T. Williams)

 

[KristoCat]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone

If anyone can help i'm looking for some non-fiction books about someone surviving in the jungle.

Thank you.

I found one, though I haven't read it:

Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival by Yossi Ghinsberg

It's about a man who finds himself completely lost and alone in jungle, under very harsh conditions, and how he survives.

 

[Occlith]

Four Corners: One Woman's Solo Journey Into the Heart of Papua New Guinea by Kira Salak.

 

[Miss Shelf]

Champollion features in a couple of episodes of the BBC Docu-Drama 'Egypt':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/17/egypt_champ_eps.shtml

This has only just been shown on BBC over here so I've no idea if and when it'll make an appearance on BBC America/DVD (if you were interested).

I get a blank page. Is it a documentary or docudrama?

 

[TheLibraryGirl]

So many great NF books

I chose these titles for the NF book club at my library (yes, I am one of the buns, although I prefer to call it a chignon). The group loved them, and so did I.

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, by A.J. Jacobs - This book was hilarious. I laughed out loud on the bus, drawing stares and "Isn't she special?" glances.

Banvard's Folly:Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck, by Paul Collins - Some tragic, some funny, all eccentric.

The Great Hedge of India, by Roy Moxham - Who ever heard of a 2,504 mile-long hedge dividing the subcontinent? Me neither, but it was there, and now you can read all about it.

We're actually reading Stiff next. I have a secret mission to make as many people read that book as possible. I can't wait to get my hands on Spook, her next book.