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The Non-Fiction 100: The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books Of The (20th) Century (National Review)
National Review ^
| October 19, 2005
Posted on 07/24/2006 8:01:24 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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posted on
07/24/2006 8:01:27 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Clemenza
Where is How to Pick Up Chicks on this list? They even made a TV movie about this. What happened is that the author first went to a book publishing company and the feminist female editor there told him she found his book manuscript absolutely revolting. So the guy published the book himself and sold it off of magazine ads. It was a BIG hit.
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posted on
07/24/2006 8:06:16 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
I didn't see Unlimited Access by Gary Aldrich in the top 10?
I have a feeling it's not on the list at all. Bad list.
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posted on
07/24/2006 8:08:18 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: Mr. Mojo
They left out "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes.
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posted on
07/24/2006 8:15:23 AM PDT
by
6ppc
To: Mr. Mojo
I just finished Witness and was blown away by it - I can't believe I waited so long to read it, I've been meaning to get around to it for probably ten years. I've only read a few of the others on the list. I think my next will be Homage to Catalonia.
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posted on
07/24/2006 8:17:52 AM PDT
by
nina0113
To: nina0113
I've read Homage so many times I have lost count. It definitely belongs high on the list. You can find it online and read it that way. Short book actually.
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posted on
07/24/2006 8:30:14 AM PDT
by
nomorelurker
(wetraginhell)
To: nomorelurker
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posted on
07/24/2006 10:23:24 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Mr. Mojo
Where is Winston Churchill's "A History of the English Speaking Peoples"? I agree with the first choice, however.
To: Physicist
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posted on
07/28/2006 11:57:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: onedoug
To: RadioAstronomer; RightWingAtheist; Xenalyte; Tax-chick; MississippiMalcontent; tarzantheapeman; ...
Bibliopath ping.
To: Mr. Mojo
92. Darwin's Black Box, Michael J. Behe Gilder: "Overthrows Darwin at the end of the 20th century in the same way that quantum theory overthrew Newton at the beginning."
What an embarrassment. I'd replace this with The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas.
To: Physicist
Just a quick perusal of the top of the List: I 've read 1, 2 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26 and a fair smattering of the rest.
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posted on
07/29/2006 12:16:20 PM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(A wall first. A wall now.)
To: Physicist
3. Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell Never heard of it. I'd better check the library. I hated "Animal Farm" and "1984."
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posted on
07/29/2006 12:16:37 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I've always wanted to be 40 ... and it's as good as I anticipated!)
To: Physicist
To: Tax-chick
You probably will enjoy "Homage to Catalonia". It is much better then his fiction.
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posted on
07/29/2006 12:34:34 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Thanks for the advice! I enjoy travel writing.
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posted on
07/29/2006 12:35:16 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I've always wanted to be 40 ... and it's as good as I anticipated!)
To: Tax-chick
His wife was a saint. I would love to have a book written from her point of view.
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posted on
07/29/2006 12:39:45 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Ah, I'll have to look for a biography, as well.
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posted on
07/29/2006 12:46:13 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I've always wanted to be 40 ... and it's as good as I anticipated!)
To: Physicist
"Silent Spring" and "Darwin's Black Box" made this list? Just damn. :-(
They also left out "Gravitation" by Misner, Wheeler and Thorne.
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posted on
07/29/2006 12:56:12 PM PDT
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
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