Guest Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 For my English class I need to read a non-fiction book of at least 200 pages. I don't usually dabble in this genre,so I was wondering if any of you guys had any suggestions. I'm open to reading about pretty much anything. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 peace*out Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 i have no suggestions (fiction ftw!) but id think about someone who you admire/like, and get a biography about them. or an issue you have opinions about. something like that where you may be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 May I suggest a biography of Von Braun. It was suggested to me as a great book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 curr3nt Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I like the US Army Survival Manual. I would suggest the Zombie Survival Guide but there are some that think zombies are fictional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Anchee Min's Red Azalea is a good memoir about growing up in Mao's China. She also writes fiction so this reads like a novel. I read it for a college class but really enjoyed it. 320 pages. The professor has had his classes read it for a few years if that helps give it a little credibility. Even if you can't use it, it's worth a look. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Quag Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Darth legion i believe that was me, have you read it? good book curr3nt what fools think zombies are fictional? theyre gonna feel foolish when the zombie apocolypse arrives. amahanako, I would suggest finding a biography on anyone that you find personally interesting. if you like the subject matter you will enjoy the book more and in all probability get more out of it. I also recently suggested Guns,Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond to somene on brainden. Very interesting book. Kind of a geoplitical history of the world is my best way of descibing it. There is also A brief history of time by Stephen Hawking if you want something very heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Darth legion i believe that was me, have you read it? good book curr3nt what fools think zombies are fictional? theyre gonna feel foolish when the zombie apocolypse arrives. amahanako, I would suggest finding a biography on anyone that you find personally interesting. if you like the subject matter you will enjoy the book more and in all probability get more out of it. I also recently suggested Guns,Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond to somene on brainden. Very interesting book. Kind of a geoplitical history of the world is my best way of descibing it. There is also A brief history of time by Stephen Hawking if you want something very heavy. I have not, however, it is the next book I plan to read. I am currently reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Quag Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 LOL War and Peace, Sorry can't help laughing. I've tried to read it but i got so confused by the russian names I got lost right away. I suppose if i were russian it would be much easier. The The Silmarillion gives me the same trouble i've started it about 4 times but never got past the first chapter. I just give up in frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 LOL War and Peace, Sorry can't help laughing. I've tried to read it but i got so confused by the russian names I got lost right away. I suppose if i were russian it would be much easier. The The Silmarillion gives me the same trouble i've started it about 4 times but never got past the first chapter. I just give up in frustration. I just skipped over the names I couldn't pronounce and remembered their structure. I'm finding it to be a wonderful book lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 LOL War and Peace, Sorry can't help laughing. I've tried to read it but i got so confused by the russian names I got lost right away. I suppose if i were russian it would be much easier. The The Silmarillion gives me the same trouble i've started it about 4 times but never got past the first chapter. I just give up in frustration. would it help if you replaced the russian names with generic names like bob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 No because then I would have 500 or so names to match with a character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 For my English class I need to read a non-fiction book of at least 200 pages. I don't usually dabble in this genre,so I was wondering if any of you guys had any suggestions. I'm open to reading about pretty much anything. Thanks in advance! I really don't read non-fic either, but I do plan to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Should be able to get it from the library. A bit longer than 200 pages at 384. Editorial review - "From a single, abbreviated life grew a seemingly immortal line of cells that made some of the most crucial innovations in modern science possible. And from that same life, and those cells, Rebecca Skloot has fashioned in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a fascinating and moving story of medicine and family, of how life is sustained in laboratories and in memory. Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five in Baltimore, a poor African American migrant from the tobacco farms of Virginia, who died from a cruelly aggressive cancer at the age of 30 in 1951. A sample of her cancerous tissue, taken without her knowledge or consent, as was the custom then, turned out to provide one of the holy grails of mid-century biology: human cells that could survive--even thrive--in the lab. Known as HeLa cells, their stunning potency gave scientists a building block for countless breakthroughs, beginning with the cure for polio. Meanwhile, Henrietta's family continued to live in poverty and frequently poor health, and their discovery decades later of her unknowing contribution--and her cells' strange survival--left them full of pride, anger, and suspicion. For a decade, Skloot doggedly but compassionately gathered the threads of these stories, slowly gaining the trust of the family while helping them learn the truth about Henrietta, and with their aid she tells a rich and haunting story that asks the questions, Who owns our bodies? And who carries our memories? --Tom Nissley" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Quag Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 hmm that one seems really interesting think ill have to read it as well. thanx tiger_lilly111. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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