Non-fiction literature.

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ElfinGib Since: Jun, 2016

#1: Dec 22nd 2016 at 8:09:13 PM

Does anyone have a favorite non fiction book?

IndirectActiveTransport Since: Nov, 2010

#2: Dec 24th 2016 at 3:25:37 AM

Well that all depends. Does the "For Dummies" series count? What about my thesaurus, or my Spanish to English dictionary. Those are certainly among my most frequently read books.

ElfinGib Since: Jun, 2016

#3: Dec 24th 2016 at 1:09:57 PM

Sure.

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012

#4: Dec 24th 2016 at 1:20:27 PM

I really enjoyed Devil in the White City, by Eric Larson, which is both a history of the 1892 Chicago World's Fair (the "White City" of the title) and an account of Dr. H.H. Holmes, who was one of America's first documented serial killers and who was active in Chicago at the same time.

Jhimmibhob Since: Dec, 2010

#5: Dec 27th 2016 at 7:40:56 AM

George Steiner's After Babel, a masterful investigation into the nature of translation. It deals with literature in translation ... but also with literary language under pressure from competing languages and linguistic possibilities, from Seneca right through to Beckett.

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#6: Dec 27th 2016 at 1:16:24 PM

^^ Devil in the White City was very interesting, but I never felt like the two subplots really came together.

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#7: Dec 29th 2016 at 8:40:10 AM

I'm currently reading through ''No Surrender'' by Hiroo Onada, a Japanese soldier who, along with a small squad of men remained in the Philippine jungle for 29 years after World War II ended. The book is a memoir, and I absolutely recommend it for anyone interested in a first-hand account of the Pacific Theatre through Japanese eyes.