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post #21 of 37
5/12/10 at 8:17pm
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Phenomenol. I will also second anything by Jon Krakauer.
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post #22 of 37
5/12/10 at 8:18pm
also - do you like Memoirs? Because Half broke horses was good,a s well as "The kids are all right"l
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post #23 of 37
5/12/10 at 8:33pm
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The Secret Life of Lobsters and The Zen of Fish, both by Trevor Corson are great
I just read those. They are great reads!


I just read Your Inner Fish. It was awesome if you like paleontology.

http://www.amazon.com/Your-Inner-Fis.../dp/0307277453
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post #24 of 37
5/12/10 at 8:41pm
"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman
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post #25 of 37
5/12/10 at 8:44pm
"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman
"Pushed" by Jennifer Block
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post #26 of 37
5/12/10 at 10:27pm
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"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman
"Pushed" by Jennifer Block
excellent and fascinating.
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post #27 of 37
5/13/10 at 12:43pm
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"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman
This was a great book and proof that modern medicine doesn't have all the answers sometimes.
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post #28 of 37
5/15/10 at 1:58am
I thought of another one -

"Sick Girl" by Amy Silverstein - about a woman who has a heart transplant.
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post #29 of 37
5/17/10 at 3:19pm
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Michael Pollen has a newer book out, it looks good. Sorry I do not remember the name of it but it's about him building a house in the woods.
It's called A place of my own : the architecture of daydreams. It's not a new release, though, it's a re-release with the title (I think) changed slightly. He wrote it in the late 90's, but he's gotten so popular that they re-released it. It sounds great, though. I ordered a copy and it's on my reading list...
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post #30 of 37
5/18/10 at 4:24pm
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The Story of Salt
That was a good one. By Mark Kurlansky, right? I never read the Cod one, but I think I'll look for that.

I also read Uncommon Grounds: The History Of Coffee And How It Transformed Our World by a different author, but similar theme.

More along the food line, I also enjoyed Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat by Sarah Murray and Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal by Barbara Visser. She talks a lot about corn, her book was written in the 80's, kind of a precursor to Michael Pollan and his stuff about food.

And Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything was great.

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Anything by Jon Krakauer:

Into the Wild
Into Thin Air
Under the Banner of Heaven

All fabulous books.
Oh yeah, I loved these.
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post #31 of 37
5/19/10 at 2:22am
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That was a good one. By Mark Kurlansky, right? I never read the Cod one, but I think I'll look for that.
Yes. He also wrote one about the oysters of New York. Very cool reading.
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post #32 of 37
5/21/10 at 11:24am
I'm currently re-reading Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost. It's always read part-fairytale to me. It's a pretty short read, and incredibly easy to lose yourself in (pun not intended). It's one of my favorite books, period.
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post #33 of 37
5/27/10 at 12:12am
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I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to second the vote for The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton! It's amazing-- I am learning to much.
And I will third it! Great read!
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post #34 of 37
5/29/10 at 1:42am
Columbine, by Dave Cullen--the full story behind the tragic school shootings. Disturbing, but very fascinating.
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post #35 of 37
6/1/10 at 11:56pm
I like reading funny non fiction. I have all of David Sedaris and Chuck Klosterman's books. :-) Good for laughs and amusing pop culture tidbits.
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post #36 of 37
6/4/10 at 5:04pm
Coop by Michael Perry is just out in paper back. It was AWESOME!
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post #37 of 37
6/4/10 at 6:05pm
I just finished Mennonite in a Little Black Dress and it was laugh out loud funny! A terrific book! It was respectful and intelligent.

I love historical biographies. My favorite biographer is Alison Weir. She does a lot of royal biographies from the medieval/renaissance eras. However, if you are not into that time period or certain historical figures from that time, you might not like her books.

Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts is also very good. An excellent look back at some well-known and not so well-known women who helped make this nation what it is.
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