Good Non-Fiction Books
Discover the best non-fiction books across genres—history, science, self-help, and more. Expand your knowledge with these top-rated must-reads.
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A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah
My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there …
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Hooked
by G. Bruce Knecht
This modern pirate yarn has all the makings of a great true adventure tale and explores the ways our culinary tastes have all manner of …
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Night
by Elie Wiesel
Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
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A Continent for the Taking
by Howard W. French
In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of …
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Next of Kin
by Roger Fouts
For 30 years Roger Fouts has pioneered communication with chimpanzees through sign language--beginning with a mischievous baby chimp named Washoe. This remarkable book describes Fout's …
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The Education of Koko
by Francine Patterson
A personal, scientific account of the ground-breaking Project Koko discusses Patterson's controversial experimental program of teaching sign language to an ape.
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The Beak of the Finch
by Jonathan Weiner
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A dramatic story of groundbreaking scientific research of Darwin's discovery of evolution that "spark[s] not just the intellect, but the imagination" …
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Never Cry Wolf
by Farley Mowat
By enquiring into the puzzle of sibling relations, Frank J. Sulloway pioneers a new view of how family affects individual development. He shows that birth-order …
