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111 Books to Read Before Your Brain Atrophies - Page 2

About 9 years ago, members of Librarything's Green Dragon Pub decided to create a list of nonfiction books to read before your brain turns to mush. This is that list.
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Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson)
Three Cups of Tea (Greg Mortenson)
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A Gentle Madness (Nicholas Basbanes)
A Gentle Madness (Nicholas Basbanes)
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An Anthropologist on Mars
An Anthropologist on Mars
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Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
Band of Brothers (Stephen Ambrose)
45
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
46
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
47
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
48
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
49
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking (Simon Singh)
The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking (Simon Singh)
50
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
51
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
52
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic (Plato)
53
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
54
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
55
The Crack at the Edge of the World (Simon Winchester)
The Crack at the Edge of the World (Simon Winchester)
56
A Grief Observed (C. S. Lewis)
A Grief Observed (C. S. Lewis)
57
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
58
Confessions
Confessions
59
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
60
The Kama Sutra (Mallanaga Vātsyāyana)
The Kama Sutra (Mallanaga Vātsyāyana)
61
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich)
62
Our Bodies, Ourselves (Judith Norsigian)
Our Bodies, Ourselves (Judith Norsigian)
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The Science of Discworld (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen)
The Science of Discworld (Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen)
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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
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The Blind Watchmaker
The Blind Watchmaker
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The Great Influenza
The Great Influenza
67
The Histories (Herodotus)
The Histories (Herodotus)
68
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
69
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
Voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin)
70
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
71
Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin
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1491
1491
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A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (E.C. Brewer)
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (E.C. Brewer)
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Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
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Gift From the Sea (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
Gift From the Sea (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
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In the Shadow of Man (Jane Goodall)
In the Shadow of Man (Jane Goodall)
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John Adams (David McCullough)
John Adams (David McCullough)
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Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
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Menagerie Manor (Gerald Durrell)
Menagerie Manor (Gerald Durrell)
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