Non-Fiction Worth Reading

Beschreibung
Obviously different people have different ideas of what makes a book worth reading. But for you personally, was it worth the time it took to read?
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Die Unsterblichkeit der Henrietta Lacks
von Rebecca Skloot
14,615 Mitglieder
739 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 3
40 Members
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Erklärungen
Sharkie35 : The way they used her cells was nothing unique, or based on her race. The author glosses over these facts so they could write a book proclaiming the medical profession as racist.
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
von Doris Kearns Goodwin
9,925 Mitglieder
229 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Globaler Rang 61
9 Members
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
von Candice Millard
3,522 Mitglieder
141 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 120
4 Members
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Ich bin Malala: Das Mädchen, das die Taliban erschießen wollten, weil es für das Recht auf Bildung kämpft
von Malala Yousafzai
6,417 Mitglieder
268 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 110
4 Members
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Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem
von Bill Bryson
23,227 Mitglieder
398 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 12
22 Members
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lorax: An error-ridden mess complete with random gratuitous homophobia. Read it for the biographies, but don't believe the science if you didn't already know it (and maybe not even then, if you believe that glass flows.)
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Kaltblütig
von Truman Capote
23,712 Mitglieder
466 Rezensionen
4.1
Globaler Rang 11
22 Members
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: No true crime
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
von Timothy Egan
4,340 Mitglieder
197 Rezensionen
4.2
Globaler Rang 48
12 Members
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Monuments Men: Die Jagd nach Hitlers Raubkunst
von Robert M. Edsel
2,959 Mitglieder
93 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 160
3 Members
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Unbeugsam: Eine wahre Geschichte von Widerstandskraft und Überlebenskampf
von Laura Hillenbrand
12,211 Mitglieder
594 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Globaler Rang 70
7 Members
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