Recommend non-fiction books

[Kas]

Good to know that there is also another reader of Stephen Hawking. I like "The Universe in a Nutshell". It is a quite interesting study beginning at Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity up to the time curves and the bran world.

I have only started to read his books, but I want more.

[Mole]

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

[PumpkinMayCare]

My all-time fav:
Madeleine Bourdouxhe, a la recherche de marie. A very good book for women. I know it has only been published in its original language, French, and in German. But I'd love it to be translated into English. Not only was Mrs Bourdouxhe a very down-to-earth writer, who knew when it was time to be realistic in her writings, but also her spelling style is absolutely amazing! I enjoyed every frigging line. I just loved all of her books a lot, but a la recherche de marie was the best.

[Tellenbach]

For animal lovers:

Wesley the Owl


Dewey The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

[Tactical Turtleneck]

Maybe it’s tacky of me but Dawkins’ The Greatest Show On Earth

[Spectre]

I can instantly think of two books.

First "How I found freedom in an unfree world" by Harry Browne.
It is about escaping various traps in life and living the life that YOU want, rather than having your life dictated by others or by unchallenged assumptions.

The other book is "The triumph of emptiness by Mats Alvesson.
It basically tears contemporary society to shreds. His observations about the state of education is particularity interesting.

[Hiraeth]

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. Even if you're not into yoga, there's some life changing insight and wisdom on spirituality and life in general. And even though yoga stems from Hindhu/Vedic philosophy, there's no promotion for any specific religion by Yogananda, so it's accessible for anyone. I really think this is one of those books that everyone should read at least once.

[Tellenbach]

I'm fascinated by how therapists treat or fix troubled people and these books contain some very interesting cases.

The Love Bug and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Dan Briddell

The Man With The Beautiful Voice by Lillian B. Rubin

Tales From a Traveling Couch: Psychotherapist Revisits His Most Memorable Patients by Robert U. Akeret

[captain curmudgeon]

Blue Highways By William Least Heat-Moon immediately comes to mind. Also pretty much anything by Bill Bryson.

[Mole]

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben , click on The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben * OverDrive (Rakuten OverDrive): eBooks, audiobooks and videos for libraries .

And The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben, click on The Inner Life of Animals - Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst - Book - Free Ebook Download .