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 onsterfelijke leven van Henrietta Lacks
door Rebecca Skloot
14,611 leden
739 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 3
39 Members
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Verklaringen
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.
2
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
door Doris Kearns Goodwin
9,922 leden
229 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 61
9 Members
explor19, AnnaClaire, chgstrom, sjmccreary, kara.shamy, Gallozitto, valeneayar, bpmoss, graveltr,graychelsea
4
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
door Candice Millard
3,522 leden
141 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 120
4 Members
chgstrom, msdana, cindyst2000, kerrygiven
5
Ik ben Malala het verhaal van het meisje dat opkwam voor onderwijs en door de taliban werd neergeschoten
door Malala Yousafzai
6,412 leden
268 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 110
4 Members
chgstrom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, izzy45
8
Een kleine geschiedenis van bijna alles
door Bill Bryson
23,225 leden
398 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 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 ,
Verklaringen
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.)
9
In koelen bloede
door Truman Capote
23,710 leden
466 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 11
22 Members
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Verklaringen
: No true crime
12
De Kunstbrigade hoe de geallieerden de Europese kunstschatten redden
door Robert M. Edsel
2,959 leden
93 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 160
3 Members
chgstrom, merrystar, rosskobayashi
13
De Zamperini legende van olympisch atleet tot oorlogsheld
door Laura Hillenbrand
12,208 leden
594 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 69
7 Members
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