I was wondering what books people could recommend that would be relevant to the HN community and aren't related to software?
Ask HN: Interesting (Non software) books?
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#2The Tao of Pooh, a book I read 10 years ago and just recently picked up again. Fantastic read.
http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Pooh-Benjamin-Hoff/dp/0140067477
Taoism in general is something I'm going to dive more into.
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#3A Short History of Progress.
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#4Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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#5At the risk of being yelled at: The Geek Atlas (http://geekatlas.com/)
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#6Douglas R. Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/04...
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#7Accelerando, Saturns Children, Dreams of Perpetual Motion
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#8Anathem by Neil Stephenson (Fiction)
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#9Oh, lots! I wish you'd narrow down to some categories you're interested in.
A few example i enjoyed: The State of Africa, Martin Meredith The Code Book, Simon Singh Pity the Nation, Robert Fisk The Great War for Civilization, Robert Fisk Alan Turing: The Enigma, Andrew Hodges Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch Fermat's Engima, Simon Singh
Lots more....
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#10I just finished and enjoyed:
The Four Pillars of Investing by William Bernstein
The four pillars consisting of investment theory, history, psychology and business. I ascribe to the indexing model of investing and this book helped crystallize my view point as well as provide an interesting overview of investment history.
Plus I'll throw in one of my favorite, bloody gems of a book:
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy