Factual


Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Brief History of Time
Bad Science
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Thinking, Fast and Slow
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Call of the Weird by Louis TherouxDigging Up the Salt Mines by Susana AikinBy Any Means by Charley BoormanThe Bling Ring by Nancy Jo SalesColumbine by Dave Cullen
Documentary Books
23 books — 9 voters

Journey to the West by Biao  WangNotes from a Small Island by Bill  BrysonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCider with Rosie by Laurie LeeThe Road to Little Dribbling by Bill  Bryson
Britain: A Cultural Primer
304 books — 48 voters

Zero-Sum Mindset by Rainer ZitelmannWords are our Sorcery by Karl WigginsThe Master's Plan by Stephany TullisWhere Are You Now? by Sarah  ConnellBeyond the Last Time by Noah Tuya
Books With A Message
295 books — 293 voters

Jane Austen
Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond a competence, it can afford no real satisfaction, as far as mere self is concerned.
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

Michael G. Kramer
After World War Two, the Australian army had been re-organised into its peace-time army status. The army was primarily three battalions which together with supporting units, formed a regiment and the battalions making up the regiment were identified by both their number and the title of the regiment. This meant that the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment was identified by the initials of 1RAR. The two other battalions were identified as 2RAR or 3RAR. At the height of Australia’s commitmen ...more
Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

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