{"id":11666,"date":"2017-12-28T16:37:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T21:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=11666"},"modified":"2017-12-28T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T21:37:24","slug":"nonfiction-books-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/nonfiction-books-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonfiction books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/nonfiction-books\/\">this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/fail-at-almost-everything-and-still-win-big\/\">How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big<\/a> \u2013 Scott Adams<\/li>\n<li>Reflections of Eden \u2013 Birut\u00e9 M.F. Galdikas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/blink\/\">Blink<\/a> \u2013 Malcolm Gladwell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/david-and-goliath\/\">David and Goliath<\/a> \u2013 Malcolm Gladwell<\/li>\n<li>Outliers \u2013 Malcolm Gladwell<\/li>\n<li>The Tipping Point \u2013 Malcolm Gladwell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/what-the-dog-saw\/\">What the Dog Saw<\/a> \u2013 Malcolm Gladwell<\/li>\n<li>Through a Window \u2013 Jane Goodall<\/li>\n<li>The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight \u2013 Thom Hartmann<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing Consent \u2013 Edward S. Herman &amp; Noam Chomsky<\/li>\n<li>The Last Lecture \u2013 Randy Pausch<\/li>\n<li>Beyond Civilization \u2013 Daniel Quinn<\/li>\n<li>Amusing Ourselves to Death \u2013 Neil Postman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/mind-over-medicine\/\">Mind Over Medicine<\/a> \u2013 Lissa Rankin, M.D.<\/li>\n<li>Why Do People Believe Weird Things \u2013 Michael Shermer<\/li>\n<li>Native Roots \u2013 Jack Weatherford<\/li>\n<li>What Would You Do? \u2013 John H. Yoder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/gold\/\">Gold<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li>The Secrets of Star Trek: Insurrection \u2013&nbsp;<span class=\"kno-fb-ctx\" data-ved=\"0CGoQ2kooATALahUKEwiS9ojItO3IAhWB8x4KHZUECbg\">Terry J. Erdmann<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/moonwalking-with-einstein\/\">Moonwalking With Einstein<\/a> \u2013 Josh Foer<\/li>\n<li>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future \u2013 Michael J. Fox<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/why-we-make-mistakes\/\">Why We Make Mistakes<\/a> \u2013 Joseph T. Hallinan<\/li>\n<li>The Roswell UFO Crash \u2013 Karl K. Korff<\/li>\n<li>The Language of Night \u2013 Ursula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<li>Adventures in a TV Nation \u2013 Michael Moore<\/li>\n<li>Technopoly \u2013 Neil Postman<\/li>\n<li>If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways \u2013 Daniel Quinn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/in-the-beginning-was-the-command-line\/\">In the Beginning&#8230; was the Command Line<\/a> \u2013 Neal Stephenson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/some-remarks\/\">Some Remarks<\/a> \u2013 Neal Stephenson<\/li>\n<li>Eats, Shoots and Leaves \u2013 Lynne Truss<\/li>\n<li>Firefly: Still Flying \u2013 Joss Whedon et al<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best books on teaching<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Excellent 11 \u2013 Ron Clark<\/li>\n<li>How to Talk So Kids Can Learn \u2013 Adele Faber et al<\/li>\n<li>Beyond Discipline \u2013 Alfie Kohn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best autobiographies &amp; biographies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Trek Creator \u2013 David Alexander<\/li>\n<li>I. Asimov \u2013 Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li>Beam Me Up, Scotty \u2013 James Doohan &amp; Peter David<\/li>\n<li>Gene Roddenberry \u2013 Joel Engel<\/li>\n<li>Warped Factors \u2013 Walter Koenig<\/li>\n<li>Beyond Uhura \u2013 Nichelle Nichols<\/li>\n<li>I Am Spock \u2013 Leonard Nimoy<\/li>\n<li>I Am Not Spock \u2013 Leonard Nimoy<\/li>\n<li>From Sawdust to Stardust \u2013 Terry Lee Rioux<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/leonard\/\">Leonard<\/a>&nbsp; \u2013 William Shatner &amp; David Fisher<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek Memories \u2013 William Shatner &amp; Chris Kreski<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek Movie Memories \u2013 William Shatner &amp; Chris Kreski<\/li>\n<li>To the Stars \u2013 George Takei<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to this list. Best of the best How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big \u2013 Scott Adams Reflections of Eden \u2013 Birut\u00e9 M.F. 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