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Non-Fiction Books Jim Can't Get Out of His Head (Not That He Wants To)

50 non-fiction books that I've read ( and in some cases reread) that have stuck with me because of the ideas they present. I don't necessarily agree with them, and a couple left me shaking my head, but I can't forget them.
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A Bridge Too Far (Cornelius Ryan)
A Bridge Too Far
1
Cornelius Ryan
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
2
Stephen Hawking
A Cast of Killers (Kirkpatrick)
A Cast of Killers
3
Kirkpatrick
A Distant Mirror (Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
4
Tuchman
A More Perfect Heaven (Dava Sobel)
A More Perfect Heaven
5
Dava Sobel
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
6
Bill Bryson
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
7
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
America AFIre (Bernard A. Weisberger)
America AFIre
8
Bernard A. Weisberger
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble (Antony Beevor)
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble
9
Antony Beevor
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
10
James M. McPherson
Catastrophe (Max Hastings)
Catastrophe
11
Max Hastings
Civilization (Clark)
Civilization
12
Clark
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
13
Dave Cullen
Connections (Burke)
Connections
14
Burke
Dispatches (Herr)
Dispatches
15
Herr
Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries (Wilson)
Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries
16
Wilson
Founding Brothers (Joseph Ellis)
Founding Brothers
17
Joseph Ellis
From Jesus to Christ (Fredriksen)
From Jesus to Christ
18
Fredriksen
Gettysburg (Stephen W. Sears)
Gettysburg
19
Stephen W. Sears
Helter Skelter (Vincent Bugliosi)
Helter Skelter
20
Vincent Bugliosi
Idiot America (Charles P. Pierce)
Idiot America
21
Charles P. Pierce
In Search of the Dark Ages (Wood)
In Search of the Dark Ages
22
Wood
In Search of the Trojan War (Wood)
In Search of the Trojan War
23
Wood
Jesus: The Evidence (Wilson)
Jesus: The Evidence
24
Wilson
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
25
John Berendt
Neither Here nor There (Bill Bryson)
Neither Here nor There
26
Bill Bryson
Richard III (Kendall)
Richard III
27
Kendall
Starry Messenger (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Starry Messenger
28
Neil Degrasse Tyson
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
29
Lao-Tzu
The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time (Vankin)
The 80 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
30
Vankin
The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962 (Hastings, Max)
The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962
31
Hastings, Max
The Bible Unearthed: Archeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts (Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman)
The Bible Unearthed: Archeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts
32
Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman
The Centennial History of the Civil War (Catton)
The Centennial History of the Civil War
33
Catton
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed
34
Burke
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Carl Sagan)
The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
35
Carl Sagan
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (Michael)
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
36
Michael
The Lost Continent (Bryson)
The Lost Continent
37
Bryson
The March of Folly (Tuchman)
The March of Folly
38
Tuchman
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (David J. Skal)
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror
39
David J. Skal
The Perfect Storm (Sebastian Junger)
The Perfect Storm
40
Sebastian Junger
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