My Pretentious & Self Congradulatory List of Non Fiction
Explore my pretentious and self-congratulatory list of non-fiction books—a curated collection of must-read titles for the discerning intellectual. Discover your next favorite read!
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Great Books
by David Denby
Explores the current debate about what constitutes a classic and the revolutionary power great works of literature contain.
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Life After God
by Douglas Coupland
We are the first generation raised without God. We are creatures with strong religious impulses, yet they have nowhere to flow in this world of …
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Brando
by Marlon Brando
This is Brando's own story. He reveals his reasons for telling it after all his years of keeping his private life private.
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The American Soul
by Jacob Needleman
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and …
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Collapse
by Jared M. Diamond
Explores the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for our future.
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A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
Chronicles United States history from a grassroots perspective and provides an analysis of important events from 1492 through the current war on terrorism.
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Understanding Power
by Peter R. Mitchell
An introduction to Noam Chomsky's views on the politics of power discusses third-party politics in the United States, the suppression of dissent, U.S. foreign and …
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Crashing the Party
by Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is one of America's most passionate and effective social critics. He has been called a muckraker, a consumer crusader, and America's public defender. …
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Dumbing Us Down
by John Taylor Gatto
This radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers' bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's …
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Crimes Against Nature
by Robert Francis Kennedy
A case study of the link between money and political power charges the Bush administration with compromising mainstream America through its proposed changes to environmental …
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America (the Book)
by Jon Stewart
Offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and …
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Bono
by Bono
Bono reflects on his transformation from singer and international celebrity to influential spokesperson for the Third World.
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The Great Movies
by Roger Ebert
America’s most trusted and best-known film critic Roger Ebert presents one hundred brilliant essays on some of the best movies ever made. Roger Ebert, the …
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The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding." —The Economist The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world …