Nonfiction books worth reading

[GoldenBear]

Anyone know of some books that are interesting to read, and basically discusses all the cynicism and mysteries that exist in this great world we live in?

Or does anyone know of a good sports history book, preferable about baseball?

I'd prefer it to be the type of book that one could pick up at the library..

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The fate of human societies

 

[woodly6]

A book by Henry Rollins named Pissing in the Gene Pool is pretty good for that cynicism you are looking for.

Baseball sports history: HMMMMM How bout Joe DiMaggio : The Hero's Life

 

[TheKidd]

The Ty Cobb biography by Al Stump is great.

 

[sandorski]

Not really cynical(though cyclical), but Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West is a great, although very involved, read that examines history and attempts to find similarities between the birth and death of civilizations. It also examines how a civilizations religion, science, architecture, and other societal aspects interact and even determine how the other aspects develope. Very excellent read for anyone curious about history.

 

[Sophia]

I'm currently reading Steven Pinker's How the Mind Works, for what it's worth.

 

[RaoulDuke]

god there's TONS. If you want to read a good autobiography read Miles - The Autobiography (miles davis autobio) it kicks ass. There's tons of books i could list, but i think each person should discover books for themselves.

 

[jaydee]

I suggest "Brave New World Revisited" by Huxley. It discusses the methods used in BNW, and talks about how they could be implemented in todays society (albeit 'today' was in 1954). Excellent on how brainwashing, subliminal forces, and propoganda all work undetected in a society such as BNW.