Non-Fiction Worth Reading

Description: Obviously different people have different ideas of what makes a book worth reading. But for you personally, was it worth the time it took to read?

Découvrir un sens à sa vie Avec la logothérapie

de Viktor Frankl

15,713 membres

313 critiques

4.2

Rang global 4

30 Members: TruthSeeker, HollyBoggie, Craig_Pratt7052, cindyst2000, augustau, indigorising, Camaho, Navarone, MaskedMumbler, srdr, sssolstice, spiphany, vwinsloe, HxBuff, acajas, leonja, ahef1963, jfein, LTietz, giucav, valeneayar, msemmag, titov, TwinDaddy, steller0707, Elias3, booora26, Hadi02, wiseup, graveltr,graychelsea

L'Autobiographie de Malcolm X

de Malcolm X

9,779 membres

123 critiques

½ 4.3

Rang global 24

16 Members: brewergirl, hipdeep, eromsted, booksinbed, smcwl, TruthSeeker, dhm, elkiedee, sssolstice, leonja, ahef1963, kara.shamy, TwinDaddy, steller0707, izzy45, graveltr,BayanX ,graychelsea

Dans la peau d'un Noir

de John Howard Griffin

4,297 membres

79 critiques

Rang global 40

14 Members: smcwl, chellerystick, sjmccreary, jdyork74, kootibkiteer, edparks, smasler, sssolstice, leonja, cej1027, ahef1963, Lurchador, Caroline77, valeneayar,Sace ,graychelsea

Une histoire de tout, ou presque

de Bill Bryson

23,222 membres

398 critiques

4.2

Rang global 12

22 Members: HollyBoggie, chgstrom, Legalrealist, spyrunner, Navarone, briarhills, smasler, peterveen, leonja, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kerrygiven, Lurchador, anotherwise, Letz.Go, lib0233, hdlane, valeneayar, msemmag, IraTozer, bpmoss, izzy45,lorax ,
Explications: lorax: An error-ridden mess complete with random gratuitous homophobia. Read it for the biographies, but don't believe the science if you didn't already know it (and maybe not even then, if you believe that glass flows.)

Une histoire populaire des États-Unis. De 1492 à nos jours

de Howard Zinn

14,751 membres

158 critiques

4.2

Rang global 19

18 Members: daschaich, eromsted, TruthSeeker, artturnerjr, altonmann, indigorising, elkiedee, HxBuff, Bluewolf0411, leonja, LTietz, valeneayar, Sace, EugenNegoita, TwinDaddy, sashame, ManWithAnAgenda, bpmoss,HollyBoggie ,BayanX
Explications: leonja: One of the most important contributions made to date concerning the study of US History.

John Adams

de David McCullough

13,699 membres

199 critiques

½ 4.3

Rang global 50

10 Members: explor19, AnnaClaire, sjmccreary, edparks, sssolstice, leonja, NoPlanetB, kara.shamy, TwinDaddy, bpmoss

L'Amérique pauvre. Comment ne pas survivre en travaillant

de Barbara Ehrenreich

10,874 membres

212 critiques

½ 3.7

Rang global 23

15 Members: lorax, AnnaClaire, aulsmith, kootibkiteer, augustau, altonmann, elkiedee, rozymary, leonja, cej1027, Lurchador, Caroline77, kara.shamy, rosskobayashi, valeneayar

Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna

de Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

464 membres

16 critiques

3.9

Rang global 135

4 Members: _Zoe_, sjmccreary, leonja, jfein

La vie de Frederick Douglass, esclave américain, écrite par lui-même

de Frederick Douglass

9,252 membres

119 critiques

Rang global 55

9 Members: spiphany, HxBuff, leonja, cej1027, Caroline77, kara.shamy, TwinDaddy, sashame, bpmoss

Musicophilia : La musique, le cerveau et nous

de Oliver Sacks

5,440 membres

114 critiques

½ 3.7

Rang global 114

5 Members: kageeh, SylviaC, leonja, gypsysmom, jfein,

Un long chemin vers la liberté

de Nelson Mandela

4,864 membres

62 critiques

½ 4.3

Rang global 92

6 Members: dmartin1186, HxBuff, leonja, ahef1963, jfein, bpmoss,BayanX

La fabrication du consentement : De la propagande médiatique en démocratie

de Edward S. Herman

3,250 membres

25 critiques

4.1

Rang global 58

9 Members: eromsted, TruthSeeker, BayanX, indigorising, leonja, ahef1963, Gallozitto, bpmoss, izzy45

L'impossible neutralité. Autobiographie d'un historien et militant

de Howard Zinn

735 membres

18 critiques

4.1

Rang global 133

4 Members: daschaich, Bluewolf0411, leonja, Gallozitto

Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels

de Janet Soskice

388 membres

25 critiques

4.2

Rang global 136

4 Members: sjmccreary, souloftherose, leonja, dianeham

The elements of style

de William Jr. Strunk

19,883 membres

192 critiques

4.2

Rang global 37

15 Members: dmartin1186, booksinbed, smcwl, kiwidoc, merrystar, sssolstice, HxBuff, Jennine, leonja, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Caroline77, kara.shamy, chwiggy, ManWithAnAgenda,kootibkiteer ,MaskedMumbler ,spiphany

Élan-Noir ou la Vie d'un saint homme des Sioux oglalas

de John G. Neihardt

3,780 membres

45 critiques

Rang global 153

4 Members: smcwl, spiphany, leonja, cej1027,hipdeep
Explications: hipdeep: Significant charges that this is not historically accurate and substantially embellished/created by the author.

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

de Paulo Freire

4,238 membres

44 critiques

4.1

Rang global 94

5 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, leonja, OmarDecafe, sashame
Explications: leonja: Inspired me to pursue thoughts about developing and implementing literacy programs in other parts of Latin America. Literacy empowers all people of a nation to participate in the electoral/political/representational of government.