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A random selection of non-fiction to read
Nothing Sacred: Selected WritingsNothing Sacred: Selected Writings by Angela Carter
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Fantastic collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects
Muscle: The Confessions of an Unlikely BodybuilderMuscle: The Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder by Sam Fussell
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Hilarious - why is this book out of print?
Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 yearsGuns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond
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Very interesting
Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious CharacterSurely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Ralph Leighton
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Feynman was hilarious - easily the most entertaining autobiography of any scientist ever
Analysis Patterns Reusable Object Models (OBT)Analysis Patterns Reusable Object Models (OBT) by Martin Fowler
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The best book on object orientated (or in fact any) analysis.
Opening Up: My AutobiographyOpening Up: My Autobiography by Mike Atherton
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One of the best cricketing autobiographies - well written and interesting
A Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's LifeA Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's Life by Simon Hughes
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A very interesting book; described the life of a journeyman professional with great humour (and detachment)
The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut (Travel Library)The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut (Travel Library) by Nigel Barley
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed HollywoodEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-drugs-and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Changed Hollywood by Peter Biskind
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Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to HollywoodDevil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood by Julie Salamon
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The Descent of WomanThe Descent of Woman by Elaine Morgan
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Right Hand, Left HandRight Hand, Left Hand by Chris McManus
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There is so much more here than you might expect...
Lectures on Physics: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation and Heat v. 1 (Feynman Lectures on Physics)Lectures on Physics: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation and Heat v. 1 (Feynman Lectures on Physics) by Richard P. Feynman
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Feynman was a genius - these books are the definitive guides to teaching physics
What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious CharacterWhat Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
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History of Western Philosophy (Routledge Classics)History of Western Philosophy (Routledge Classics) by Bertrand Russell
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Amazing
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Penguin Philosophy)Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Penguin Philosophy) by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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The Female Eunuch (Flamingo Modern Classics)The Female Eunuch (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Germaine Greer
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If This Is a Man / The TruceIf This Is a Man / The Truce by Primo Levi
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A genuinely important book - almost unreadable at times not because of the prose (which is excellent) but because of the pain
Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to FraudVoodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud by Robert Park
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Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age/301088Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age/301088 by Caufield
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