Non-Fiction Worth Reading

Beschrijving
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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Het geheugen na de zondvloed
door Joshua Foer
4,262 leden
133 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 93
5 Members
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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought
door Thomas S. Kuhn
861 leden
11 besprekingen
4.2
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Strijdlied van de tijgermoeder
door Amy Chua
1,727 leden
131 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Algemene Rangorde 724
2 Members
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Ancient Greek Divination
door Sarah Iles Johnston
71 leden
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 624
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Een nieuwe toekomst de zoektocht van een jonge man naar de ontvoerde kinderen van Nepal
door Conor Grennan
1,060 leden
127 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 129
4 Members
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A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York
door Liz Robbins
87 leden
4 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 719
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Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything
door Stephen Baker
130 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 716
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Bruggen, geen muren
door Izzeldin Abuelaish
560 leden
58 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 134
4 Members
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$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better
door Christopher Steiner
145 leden
16 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Algemene Rangorde 584
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
door Jim Defede
941 leden
77 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 187
4 Members
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Het onsterfelijke leven van Henrietta Lacks
door Rebecca Skloot
14,615 leden
739 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 3
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Sharkie35 : The way they used her cells was nothing unique, or based on her race. The author glosses over these facts so they could write a book proclaiming the medical profession as racist.
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
door Nicholas D. Kristof
2,813 leden
86 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 347
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Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
door Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton
464 leden
16 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 135
4 Members
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The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
door Kevin Roose
1,170 leden
82 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 68
9 Members
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
door William Kamkwamba
2,511 leden
142 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 98
5 Members
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28 Verhalen over AIDS in Afrika
door Stephanie Nolen
223 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 548
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Wij houden van Tsjernobyl: Een kroniek van de toekomst
door Svetlana Alexievich
2,336 leden
78 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 89
6 Members
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