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Elanna's All-Time Favourite Non-Fiction

This is quite a wild bunch, as I threw in here all the non-fiction books that I really truly loved. I am surprised myself of how visceral this love is, somehow more than my love for my favourite narrative books. Some of them are true masterpieces - Herzog, Feuerbach, and many more. Others, I am not sure I would love as much today - Bettelheim, Ruth Benedict are examples, what with his views on autism and corporal punishment and her army-embedded wartime anthropology. But they made me understand different points of view, opened new doors, made me who I am for what I am worth. Others still, came later and kept me marveling, thinking, questioning. I left out some technical titles on early childhood studies and I tried to limit the foreign language titles where I could find a translation, but some untranslated jewels in Italian needed to be here. I hope that my list will make you discover something new. Please feel free to comment, and thanks for reading.
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
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An Anthropologist on Mars
An Anthropologist on Mars
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An Immense World (Ed Yong)
An Immense World (Ed Yong)
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Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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Arh+ (H.R. Giger)
Arh+ (H.R. Giger)
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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages (Umberto Eco)
Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages (Umberto Eco)
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The Art of Happiness (Epicurus)
The Art of Happiness (Epicurus)
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The Art of Seeing (Aldous Huxley)
The Art of Seeing (Aldous Huxley)
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The Art of War
The Art of War
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
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Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
Awakenings (Oliver Sacks)
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Baby Food Matters: What Science Says About How to Give Your Child Healthy Eating Habits for Life (Clare Llewellyn, Hayley Syrad)
Baby Food Matters: What Science Says About How to Give Your Child Healthy Eating Habits for Life (Clare Llewellyn, Hayley Syrad)
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The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (Carlo M. Cipolla)
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (Carlo M. Cipolla)
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The Book of Legendary Lands (Umberto Eco)
The Book of Legendary Lands (Umberto Eco)
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A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
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Caspar Hauser (Paul Johann Anselm Von Feuerbach)
Caspar Hauser (Paul Johann Anselm Von Feuerbach)
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Chagrin D'école (Daniel Pennac)
Chagrin D'école (Daniel Pennac)
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (Ruth Benedict)
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (Ruth Benedict)
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The Climb (Anatoli Boukreev)
The Climb (Anatoli Boukreev)
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Comme Un Roman (Daniel Pennac)
Comme Un Roman (Daniel Pennac)
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Conquest of the Useless (Werner Herzog)
Conquest of the Useless (Werner Herzog)
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Creatori Di Suoni: Dai Rumoristi Al Missaggio Di Un Film (Elena Dova)
Creatori Di Suoni: Dai Rumoristi Al Missaggio Di Un Film (Elena Dova)
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The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse (Chris Lintott)
The Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse (Chris Lintott)
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Cuori Rossi (Cristiano Armati)
Cuori Rossi (Cristiano Armati)
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Danse Macabre
Danse Macabre
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Darwin'S Worms (Adam Phillips)
Darwin'S Worms (Adam Phillips)
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Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era; Fiction (Donald Keene)
Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era; Fiction (Donald Keene)
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Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity (Karen Nakamura)
Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity (Karen Nakamura)
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The Devil You Know (Gwen Adshead)
The Devil You Know (Gwen Adshead)
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The Devils of Loudun (Aldous Huxley)
The Devils of Loudun (Aldous Huxley)
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The Diary of Laura: Perspectives on a Reggio Emilia Diary (Carolyn P. Edwards)
The Diary of Laura: Perspectives on a Reggio Emilia Diary (Carolyn P. Edwards)
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The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas (Gustave Flaubert)
The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas (Gustave Flaubert)
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English (Terence Patrick Dolan)
A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English (Terence Patrick Dolan)
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Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America (Louis Adamic)
Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America (Louis Adamic)
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The Ecology of Human Development (Urie Bronfenbrenner)
The Ecology of Human Development (Urie Bronfenbrenner)
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Empire of Signs (Roland Barthes)
Empire of Signs (Roland Barthes)
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Endurance (Frank Arthur Worsley)
Endurance (Frank Arthur Worsley)
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Entangled Life (Merlin Sheldrake)
Entangled Life (Merlin Sheldrake)
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Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
Essays in Idleness (Yoshida Kenko)
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Everything Is Happening: Journey Into a Painting (Michael Jacobs)
Everything Is Happening: Journey Into a Painting (Michael Jacobs)
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