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Current Non-Fiction reads

Tuesdays With Morrie

I just finished reading Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, which was an inspirational book to say the least. It's about one of Mitch's former professors who is dying Morrie, who Mitch learns lessons from. Truly inspiring, and heart-warming. Just a heads up, Mitch Albom has another non-fiction book coming out, Have A Little Faith. I came across the youtube video on his official youtube website, in which he reads the first few pages of the book, and I can tell already this is going to be an amazing book as well. Check out if you get the chance!
 
the ayotollah begs to differ

I just finished "the ayotollah begs to differ" by Hooman Majd.
Fascinating book filled with insights into Iranian (Persian) history and culture.
At this point in time it seems important to know as much as possible, and I have to admit some ignorance regarding the complexities of this country.

All in all, an interesting read. I learned a lot.
 
753C said:
I just finished "the ayotollah begs to differ" by Hooman Majd.
Fascinating book filled with insights into Iranian (Persian) history and culture.
At this point in time it seems important to know as much as possible, and I have to admit some ignorance regarding the complexities of this country.

All in all, an interesting read. I learned a lot.
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You also might like Shah of Shahs
 
Thanks!

I think I saw this book and read the jacket at the library.
I will give it a try next time I want some non-fiction.

The thing I loved about "the Ayotollah begs to differ" Were all of the interesting little oddities of Persian culture and the sharp contrasts between Arabic and Persian religious practices, and self identity. Also the very down to earth stories and snapshots of everyday people in Iran.
 
It does sound interesting.I am currently trying to bring my TBR pile down but I will look into it.
 
I have just started Open Cage: The Ordeal of the Irian Jaya Hostages by Daniel Start. Daniel was a member of a scientific expedition which was was carry out a survey in Mt Lorentz region of West Papua (Irian Jaya) in 1995. He, and other team members, were taken hostage by a guerilla group that was fighting to free the Papuans from Indonesian rule.
 
Just finished The First Freedom by Nat Hantoff and The Right of the People by William O. Douglas. I'm now working on The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm.:cool:
 
I recently read Rachel's Children by Jonathon Kozol. Written in the 1980's so the information was dated but it also seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. It's about homeless people living in shelters and homeless hotels, how they got there and what is keeping them there.

Next on my list is All You Can Eat. Poverty and hunger in the USA.

Both are subject that often come along with the phrase "There but for the grace of God go I." My usual response is No Way! Not Me. That only happens to other people.

We'll see.
 
mmyap said:
I recently read Rachel's Children by Jonathon Kozol. Written in the 1980's so the information was dated but it also seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. It's about homeless people living in shelters and homeless hotels, how they got there and what is keeping them there.
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Exactly the subject I was pondering about. I will have to check this book out.

Just finished Unequal Childhoods by Annette Lareau. Insightful view of how different social classes raising their children.
 
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks. Apparently, getting struck by lightning can turn you into a musical genius overnight. I think I'll pass on that, but the book is very interesting so far.
 
Wars of Empire by Douglas Porch. An overview of the wars of European imperial colonialism from 1700's-early 1900's.
 
I'm reading Small is Possible by Lyle Estill at the moment.

I work in Community Development and am a bit of a greenie so I am finding it really inspiring. I love his writing style - makes what is often a dry subject fun reading. He's a real storyteller.

I keep reading bits that make me think "Wow, we could do that here!" and getting all excited about possibilities! Loving it :)

Meg
 
I just finished Girlfriend by Holly Brubach. Holly was a fashion writer for the New Yorker and in this book she writes about drag for both men and women. In fact, one of her projects for the book was to participate in a group meeting of women who dressed as men and gave themselves new names, personalities and life stories for a day. It was a good book, but many of the words that a New York fashion writer uses chased me to a dictionary a few times.

I'm currently reading How to Get Your Book Published for Dummies.
 
Kant's groundwork, Aristotle's metaphysics, Environmental Ethics ' What really matters', Carribean politics, American Political Thought

School makes me read too much
 
My country versus Me by Wen Ho Lee. It is about a scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy. I can just imagine this guy's cortisol levels during that whole time. Absolutely unbelievable what happened to him.
 
Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus. I love Marcus' writing; while most musical biographies tend to focus on the personal lives of musicians, his free-form analysis of Dylan's mid-to-late-60s work is almost as freewheelin' as the songs themselves. He takes a stray lyric, a vocal inflection, a passing comment between songs and then builds a semi-non-fictional background for it, delving both into Dylan's future career and into US history going back hundreds of years, mapping a world sketched out by a bunch of songs.
 
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