{"id":7482,"date":"2015-12-11T20:48:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T01:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=7482"},"modified":"2015-12-11T20:48:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T01:48:53","slug":"nonfiction-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/nonfiction-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonfiction books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to read more nonfiction books. Sometimes when I start one I don&#8217;t finish it, though. Here are the ones I&#8217;ve finished, mostly in the last 15 years or so (I&#8217;ll update the list when I have a chance).<\/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\/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>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>\u00a0\u2013 Isaac Asimov<\/li>\n<li>The Secrets of Star Trek: Insurrection \u2013\u00a0<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 &#8212; David Alexander<\/li>\n<li>I. 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