Non-fiction Reading

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

Any recommendations?

Mein Kampf has 4 copies at my library, two are due tomorrow, one was due two weeks ago, and one is lost. My luck.

I'm thinking about bringing in the bible.

It doesn't take a hero.

 

[bbwMax]

Mein Kampf is always an interesting one. I read it in year 11 (Aged 15-16) just to bolster my knowldge on Nazism and Hitler. It was actually a very interesting read especially all his struggles in life and all the action he faced WWI. Still an evil, evil man though.

 

[AEM]

Mike Calvert's <u>Fighting Mad</u> is a good memoir, as is Joseph Stilwell's <u>The Stilwell Papers</u>.

 

[Денг Гордон]

Some good autobiographies/memoirs, Paul Shirley's: 11 Jerseys, 6 teams, 4 countries (or something like that) My Life as a Basketball Vegabond and right now I'm reading Obama's Dreams from My Father.

Tip Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft changed Basketball Forever is some tasty nonfiction.

 

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

I think I'll pick up Shirley and Norman's. Thanks for the input guys.

 

[huevonkiller]

I have two top 100 lists with excellent suggestions. I win.

http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/1...nonfiction.html

I personally like reading about artists and musicians.

 

[MikeDC]

Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

Is a book I had a bunch of my students read this semester, and everyone who wrote about it really liked it. It's a great undercover account of how the poorest of the poor in the US live.

Things I've recently added to my Amazon wishlist, all with an eye toward assigning them to my students later


Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream
by Adam Shepard

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier

 

[JCB]

The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

 

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ May 5 2008, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Autobiography of Malcolm X.</div>
I could be like Will Smith.

 

[Денг Гордон]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MikeDC @ May 5 2008, 06:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

Is a book I had a bunch of my students read this semester, and everyone who wrote about it really liked it. It's a great undercover account of how the poorest of the poor in the US live.

Things I've recently added to my Amazon wishlist, all with an eye toward assigning them to my students later


Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream
by Adam Shepard

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier</div>

I feel so low class now in comparison. The only thing on my Amazon.com wishlist right now is:

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs : A Low Culture Manifesto
by Chuck Klosterman (Author)

However, if anyone ever has the urge to buy anything on my amazon wishlist for me, feel free to do so : D

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1S2G9E5VN29SY

 

[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ May 5 2008, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ May 5 2008, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Autobiography of Malcolm X.</div>
I could be like Will Smith.
</div>

Hells yes! Do it THRON!!

 

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

I already picked up the Shirley book.

 

[Денг Гордон]

Brilliant, isn't it? My favorite parts obviously the part when he was with the Bulls (exposes how sad the organization is in a way), and also the part about Russia. It is a very nice read because of its diary/blog like style. Great book, a definite must read for any basketball fan.

 

[pegs]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ May 5 2008, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I already picked up the Shirley book.</div>

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[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

Shirley called Boozer the Cavs first round pick.