Aussie Readers discussion

I didn't see a separate thread for non-fiction, and I miss it.

Please pour the titles of your fav non-fiction or those you haven't read but find interesting for some reason.

Please also try to mention your ratings so we'll know how much you liked it, and also a one-line description, if possible. May be too much to ask for, but a systematic thread would be just wonderful and easier to navigate through.

Thanks!

Great thread Lit Bug!

The latest non-fiction I read was A Long Way Home by Aussie author Saroo Brierley 5★ with my review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Thanks Brenda, I'm getting my list for non-fiction and will post it by tomorrow :)

Thanks for posting your review, that's an excellent way to provide your ratings and description!

I'll go through when I can and get some more good ones up:)

Thanks for posting this one, it seems so moving!

It was wonderful!

It's not new but I love In Praise of Slow by Brit-based journo Carl Honore. I've interviewed him several times and he is so inspiring. Makes you want to switch off your gadgets, cook up a feast and chill out for a long lunch with loved ones. I read it often to remind me to step off the treadmill and focus on what's really important.
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of SpeedCarl Honoré

Antony Beevor's Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943 and The Fall of Berlin 1945 are fantastic. For anyone who's interested in World War 2, or just history in general, they chronicle the most important points in two great cities' history.

Smoke and Mirrors : An Experience of China - Pallavi Aiyar (The author's five-year stay in China, her observations, very studied, keen comparisons between India and China)

The Rape of Nanking - Iris Chang (A historical account of the Japanese invasion of the Chinese city and mass slaughter of its civilians in 1937)

The Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali (The African-born woman's stubborn resistance to oppression - a very inspiring read)

Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi (The Iranian-American writer's memoirs on her life in Iran before, during and after Khomeini's rule, along with her secret literary classes then banned in Iran)

Begums, Thugs and White Mughals : The Journals of Fanny Parkes - William Darylymple (Fanny Parkes, an exceptional woman of adventure and guts and real warmth, her forays into the intimate details of Indian life during the British Raj when few dared to explore the path she treaded upon)

Desert Flower - Waris Dirie (the extraordinary journey of Waris from her oppressed African nomadic society, when she ran away in her teens, travelling through the Somalian desert to Mogadishu, to her culmination into a supermodel in London - the true story of an extraordinary woman and her extraordinary courage and self-conviction)

The Worst Desert on Earth - Charles Blackmore (The only explorer, with his team, to get out of this notorious Chinese desert alive - The Taklamakan desert - the desert of death)

Some interesting titles there Lit Bug...I haven't read any of them!

Every single of these is truly inspiring Brenda - I've chosen only those I considered the best that I've read. We see a part of humanity, a species of people we've never known before.

Great recommendations, thanks Lit Bug:)