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Non-Fiction Books Lacy Recommends

50 non-fiction books I've read and can recommend you read, too. There are dozens of best-selling books about art, science, and history, but these are well-organized and in many cases read as easily as your favorite fiction.
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Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Caroline Criado-Perez)
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Caroline Criado-Perez)
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The Man on the Mountaintop (Susan Trott)
The Man on the Mountaintop (Susan Trott)
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Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Ross King)
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (Ross King)
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Leonardo and the Last Supper (Ross King)
Leonardo and the Last Supper (Ross King)
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Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane (Andrew Graham-Dixon)
Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane (Andrew Graham-Dixon)
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Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit
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Color (Victoria Finlay)
Color (Victoria Finlay)
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Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color (Kai Kupferschmidt)
Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color (Kai Kupferschmidt)
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Lost Painting (Jonathan Harr)
Lost Painting (Jonathan Harr)
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The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession With a Lost Masterpiece (Laura Cumming)
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession With a Lost Masterpiece (Laura Cumming)
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The Last Leonardo (Ben Lewis)
The Last Leonardo (Ben Lewis)
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Provenance (Laney Salisbury)
Provenance (Laney Salisbury)
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The Face of Britain: A History of Britain Through Portraits (Simon Schama)
The Face of Britain: A History of Britain Through Portraits (Simon Schama)
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The Husband Hunters (Anne De Courcy)
The Husband Hunters (Anne De Courcy)
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The Jamestown Brides (Jennifer Potter)
The Jamestown Brides (Jennifer Potter)
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1776 (David McCullough)
1776 (David McCullough)
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When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Ur Win World War II (Molly Guptill Manning)
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Ur Win World War II (Molly Guptill Manning)
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The Monuments Men (Robert M. Edsel)
The Monuments Men (Robert M. Edsel)
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Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (Norman Ohler)
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (Norman Ohler)
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Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History (Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic)
Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History (Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic)
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Erik Larson)
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Erik Larson)
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The Murder of the Century (Paul Collins)
The Murder of the Century (Paul Collins)
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No Stone Unturned (Steve Jackson)
No Stone Unturned (Steve Jackson)
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Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages (Jack Hartnell)
Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages (Jack Hartnell)
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In Vino Duplicitas (Peter Hellman)
In Vino Duplicitas (Peter Hellman)
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The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Benjamin Wallace)
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Benjamin Wallace)
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The Golden Thread (Kassia St. Clair)
The Golden Thread (Kassia St. Clair)
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Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years (Elizabeth Wayland Barber)
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years (Elizabeth Wayland Barber)
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Kate Moore)
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Kate Moore)
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Ten Drugs (Thomas Hager)
Ten Drugs (Thomas Hager)
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Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History (Penny Le Couteur)
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History (Penny Le Couteur)
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The Disappearing Spoon
The Disappearing Spoon
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Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, & the Reinvention of Seeing (Laura J. Snyder)
Eye of the Beholder: Johannes Vermeer, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek, & the Reinvention of Seeing (Laura J. Snyder)
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Why Fish Don't Exist (Lulu Miller)
Why Fish Don't Exist (Lulu Miller)
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The Genius of Birds (Jennifer Ackerman)
The Genius of Birds (Jennifer Ackerman)
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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird (Jack E.Davis)
The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird (Jack E.Davis)
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Hidden Life of Trees (Wohlleben)
Hidden Life of Trees (Wohlleben)
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