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?
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Profil de peterveen
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Une histoire de tout, ou presque
de Bill Bryson
23,267 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.)
5
L'univers élégant
de Brian Greene
9,127 membres
83 critiques
4
Rang global 16
17 Members
tsangal, antqueen, AnnaClaire, ojchase, indigorising, lewbs, dreamweaver529, peterveen, gypsysmom, Letz.Go, stacia666, christianromney, dianeham, valeneayar, titov, IraTozer, bpmoss
6
Le Gène égoïste
de Richard Dawkins
10,845 membres
119 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 51
13 Members
daschaich, booksinbed, TheEphemeraRemix, questbird, Percevan, souloftherose, peterveen, Letz.Go, stacia666, valeneayar, TwinDaddy, izzy45, paulapathy,HollyBoggie ,BayanX ,indigorising
Explications
questbird: We are temporary hosts for our ancient immortal genes
9
Virus
de Richard Preston
6,105 membres
118 critiques
4
Rang global 53
11 Members
Ravic, kootibkiteer, spyrunner, augustau, Bluewolf0411, peterveen, Caroline77, christianromney, TwinDaddy, Brandy1411, izzy45,eromsted
10
Naissance et déclin des grandes puissances
de Paul Kennedy
2,931 membres
20 critiques
4
Rang global 65
8 Members
TruthSeeker, billkaiser, rory1000, peterveen, Gallozitto, EugenNegoita, bpmoss, BrandonMC75
11
Réalité cachée, La : Les univers parallèles et les lois du cosmos
de Brian Greene
1,644 membres
38 critiques
3.9
Rang global 77
7 Members
tsangal, ojchase, mkbird, indigorising, dreamweaver529, peterveen, bpmoss
12
Effondrement. Comment les sociétés décident de leur disparition ou de leur survie
de Jared M. Diamond
12,230 membres
183 critiques
3.9
Rang global 43
11 Members
TruthSeeker, aulsmith, mkimzey, questbird, altonmann, Percevan, dreamweaver529, peterveen, EugenNegoita, TwinDaddy, bpmoss
Explications
questbird: Environmental causes of the collapse of civilisations: a warning to us
13
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
de Daniel L. Everett
777 membres
31 critiques
3.8
Rang global 132
4 Members
peterveen, ahef1963, kjb3243, dianeham
14
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
de Laurie Garrett
1,743 membres
27 critiques
4.1
Rang global 174
3 Members
smcwl, SylviaC, peterveen
15
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
de Barbara W. Tuchman
2,784 membres
37 critiques
4
Rang global 66
8 Members
jjwilson61, kiwidoc, varielle, smasler, peterveen, NoPlanetB, bpmoss, BrandonMC75
16
The Fatal Shore
de Robert Hughes
3,889 membres
54 critiques
4
Rang global 218
2 Members
thorold, peterveen
Explications
thorold: Australian art historian takes on the British gulag. Required reading in the southern hemisphere.
17
Darwin est-il dangereux ?
de Daniel C. Dennett
3,174 membres
35 critiques
4.1
Rang global 87
6 Members
smasler, hvg, peterveen, bibliopolitan, bpmoss, AlanAndrews33
18
Proust and the Squid
de Maryanne Wolf
1,763 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 172
3 Members
hipdeep, briarhills, peterveen
19
La révolution russe. 1891-1924, La tragédie d'un peuple
de Orlando Figes
1,699 membres
19 critiques
4.2
Rang global 176
3 Members
daschaich, rozymary, peterveen
20
Devenir clair : la scientologie, Hollywood et la prison de la foi
de Lawrence Wright
2,069 membres
119 critiques
4.1
Rang global 171
3 Members
altonmann, peterveen, ekelnor
21
Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
de Orlando Figes
1,815 membres
16 critiques
4.2
Rang global 379
Member
peterveen
22
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
de Adam Zamoyski
449 membres
9 critiques
4
Rang global 491
Member
peterveen
23
Comprendre la nature humaine
de Steven Pinker
4,541 membres
55 critiques
4.1
Rang global 214
2 Members
adsddy, peterveen
24
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
de Steven Pinker
3,286 membres
38 critiques
3.8
Rang global 338
Member
peterveen
25
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
de Tom Holland
2,171 membres
37 critiques
4
Rang global 362
Member
peterveen
26
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
de Steven Pinker
2,859 membres
72 critiques
4.1
Rang global 228
2 Members
Percevan, peterveen
27
Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man
de Norah Vincent
1,460 membres
60 critiques
½ 3.4
Rang global 248
2 Members
peterveen, AlanAndrews33
28
God's War : A New History of the Crusades
de Christopher Tyerman
753 membres
5 critiques
3.9
Rang global 447
Member
peterveen
29
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
de Eric H. Cline
1,443 membres
49 critiques
½ 3.7
Rang global 180
3 Members
peterveen, EugenNegoita, ManWithAnAgenda
30
The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy
de Peter H. Wilson
860 membres
13 critiques
3.9
Rang global 276
2 Members
peterveen, Luchtpint