KSG_Standard Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I just finished re-reading "Dark Sun the Making of the Hydrogen Bomb" by Richard Rhodes for the second time. Great book, I'm up late because I couldn't stop reading until I finished the book. What good non-fiction books have ya'll read? Any recommendations? Some of my favorite non-fiction books are: Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes The Prize by Daniel Yergin Lincoln at Gettyburg by Garry Wells Vietnam by Stanley Karnow The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking The Savage Wars of Peace by Max Boot The Great Influenza by John M. Barry Seven Roads to Hell by Donald R. Burgett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 A Night To Remember - Walter Lord The Sky is Falling - Arthur Weingarten That's all I can think of off the top of my head, besides "No One Her Gets Out Alive" and "Hammer of the Gods" but I'm not sure those are Non Fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I just finished re-reading "Dark Sun the Making of the Hydrogen Bomb" by Richard Rhodes for the second time. Great book' date=' I'm up late because I couldn't stop reading until I finished the book. What good non-fiction books have ya'll read? Any recommendations? Some of my favorite non-fiction books are: Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes The Prize by Daniel Yergin Lincoln at Gettyburg by Garry Wells Vietnam by Stanley Karnow The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking The Savage Wars of Peace by Max Boot The Great Influenza by John M. Barry Seven Roads to Hell by Donald R. Burgett [/quote'] I couldn't make it through "Dark Sun", with all that espionage stuff. I didn't find it as compelling as the first one "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" which is one of my favorite books. Make sure if you buy it you use cash and do it at a book store. That is unless you want to end up on some terrorist watch list. On your list there I also read "A Brief History of Time" which I found interesting even if it lacked in some of the nuts and bolts of the science. Sure makes you look cool to have on a coffee table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The DaVinci Code j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Most history books ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I've not had the time to read books like that. Hmmm let me think - within the past few years: The History of Christianity - Gonzales Church History - Ferguson The Baptist Heritage - McBeth Life and Practice in the Early Church - McKinion Readings in Christian Thought (translated works of Apostolic Fathers) When Heaven Touched Earth (about the Great Awakening of the 1800s) The Shack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fartz Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I've not had the time to read books like that. Hmmm let me think - within the past few years: The History of Christianity - Gonzales Church History - Ferguson The Baptist Heritage - McBeth Life and Practice in the Early Church - McKinion Readings in Christian Thought (translated works of Apostolic Fathers) When Heaven Touched Earth (about the Great Awakening of the 1800s) The Shack The Shack was awesome but also fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 djroge1: Have you ever read "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis? He has a tendency to ramble on quite a bit, but I thought he made some rather good points in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 The Shack was awesome but also fiction. Yeah I know. I just thought I'd throw that one out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 djroge1: Have you ever read "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis? He has a tendency to ramble on quite a bit' date=' but I thought he made some rather good points in the book.[/quote'] I've read parts of it, but not the whole thing. I like what Lewis writes. There are a lot of good books on Christian living that are out now - Down Pour by James MacDonald is probably my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fartz Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Yeah I know. I just thought I'd throw that one out there. It did put an interesting perspective on the 3 persons of God, tho. I cried like a baby during a lot of that book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 WOW, no one mentioned "the bible" ... but then again, neo hasn't posted yet... (and of course I take the bible as fiction) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 WOW' date=' no one mentioned "the bible" ... but then again, neo hasn't posted yet... (and of course I take the bible as fiction)[/quote'] You know that is one of those references that brings a big debate and I really don't feel like nor have the time to debate it. But, I believe it is true (non-fiction) and I've read it often and I still read it every day - not all in one sitting or day though; it takes me a year. Although, I am trying a reading plan to read thru the entire New Testament every 3 months which takes reading 3 chapters per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 One of favorires is "The Ultimate Athlete" by George Leonard. Not about sports per se but about the relation of the physical and spiritual sides. Great book and may still be in print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I've been on an autobiography kick recently. Slash Clapton Has anyone read Francis Shaeffer's "How Shall We Then Live, The Decline of Western Thought and Culture"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Witness to a Century - George Seldes Spandau - Albert Speer Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes - Willie Nelson Clapton - Eric Clapton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I just finished "My Stroke Of Insight" by Jill Bolte Taylor. A brain scientist who had a stroke, lost her entire left brain hemisphere and years later recovered to tell the story, with the insight of a brain scientist. I learned about it on a TED interview (I love TED) http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html You can check it out here Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 Witness to a Century - George Seldes... I just googled George Seldes, what an interesting guy! I see a book he wrote called "Even the Gods can't change History: The Facts speak for Themselves" published in 1976...It looks pretty interesting, I think I'll pick it up. Thanks for the post on Seldes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 I just googled George Seldes' date=' what an interesting guy! I see a book he wrote called "Even the Gods can't change History: The Facts speak for Themselves" published in 1976...It looks pretty interesting, I think I'll pick it up. Thanks for the post on Seldes.[/quote'] You're welcome. He was an amazingly well traveled and well connected guy. Hope you enjoy the read. You may find some things that surprise you. I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicked1 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Unfortunately, most of my non-fiction comes in the form of science books & journals. But a couple of my favorites over the years are: When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace) by Le Ly Hayslip The Double Helix by James Watson and I'm sure along the way I've read more than a few true crime novels, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewoody Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Freakonomics, which is a readable social economics book, and A Drunkard's Walk, which is a readable statististics book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicked1 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins was pretty good too, but he can be a bit difficult to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allen Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 1776 by David McCullough GREAT BOOK! John Adams by David McCullough. This one kept me up late, Adams was the true father of our country. Ben Franklin, Walter Issacson. I actually laughed out loud many times while reading this. Ben Franklin was an absolute nut. I suggest anyone wanting a laugh read about the time he ran an obituary in his own paper listing the owner of his rival paper as deceased. The rival prints an editorial calling Franklin some not so nice names. Franklin replied that the editorial was proof that the man had died because he was such a wonderful man that he would never had said such horrible things about Franklin. Great books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allen Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Has anyone read Francis Shaeffer's "How Shall We Then Live' date=' The Decline of Western Thought and Culture"?[/quote'] Sounds interesting. Never heard of it, I'll look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I forgot about these two I've read The Guitar Amp Hand Book - Dave Hunter Tube Amp Workbook - Dave Funk (I put a link to the cheapest place I've found it for sale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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