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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Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
door Joshua Wolf Shenk
969 leden
27 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 432
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Het onsterfelijke leven van Henrietta Lacks
door Rebecca Skloot
14,618 leden
740 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 3
40 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.
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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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De tweeling van de Sinaï
door Janet Soskice
388 leden
25 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 136
4 Members
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6
Ongecijferdheid de gevolgen van wiskundige ongeletterdheid
door John Allen Paulos
2,184 leden
36 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 101
5 Members
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De zelfzuchtige genen
door Richard Dawkins
10,832 leden
119 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Algemene Rangorde 51
13 Members
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questbird: We are temporary hosts for our ancient immortal genes
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De nieuwe geest van de keizer
door Roger Penrose
3,148 leden
27 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 339
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The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
door Deborah Cadbury
540 leden
10 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 471
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Ik ga naar Mars en neem mee ... de merkwaardige wetenschap van leven in de ruimte
door Mary Roach
3,768 leden
263 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 154
4 Members
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Verklaringen
aulsmith : I found it glib, but then I was looking for real information on inter-planetary travel.
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The Victorian House: Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed
door Judith Flanders
1,192 leden
19 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 259
2 Members
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What Makes This Book So Great
door Jo Walton
474 leden
28 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 481
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Common People: In Pursuit of My Ancestors
door Alison Light
163 leden
9 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 308
2 Members
souloftherose, AlanAndrews33
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Mrs. Woolf and the Servants: An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury
door Alison Light
355 leden
15 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 506
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The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England
door Amanda Vickery
470 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 298
2 Members
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How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading too Much
door Samantha Ellis
549 leden
22 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 295
2 Members
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Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain
door Simon Garfield
297 leden
4 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 521
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We Are at War. The Diaries of Five Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times
door Simon Garfield
153 leden
5 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 579
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Private Battles: Our Intimate Diaries: How The War Almost Defeated Us
door Simon Garfield
90 leden
2 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 614
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Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism
door Natasha Walter
300 leden
9 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 520
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25
On Books and the Housing of Them
door William E. Gladstone
47 leden
2 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 650
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The Black Count: Napoleon's Rival and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
door Tom Reiss
1,687 leden
111 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 178
3 Members
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