Non-Fiction Worth Reading

Descripción
Obviously different people have different ideas of what makes a book worth reading. But for you personally, was it worth the time it took to read?
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La vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks
por Rebecca Skloot
14,596 miembros
739 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 3
39 Members
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Sharkie35 : The way they used her cells was nothing unique, or based on her race. The author glosses over these facts so they could write a book proclaiming the medical profession as racist.
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
por Doris Kearns Goodwin
9,916 miembros
229 reseñas
½ 4.4
Ranking Global 61
9 Members
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
por Candice Millard
3,519 miembros
141 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 120
4 Members
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Malala, mi historia (Spanish Edition)
por Malala Yousafzai
6,402 miembros
268 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 110
4 Members
chgstrom, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, izzy45
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Una breve historia de casi todo
por Bill Bryson
23,210 miembros
398 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 12
22 Members
HollyBoggie, chgstrom, Legalrealist, spyrunner, Navarone, briarhills, smasler, peterveen, leonja, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kerrygiven, Lurchador, anotherwise, Letz.Go, lib0233, hdlane, valeneayar, msemmag, IraTozer, bpmoss, izzy45,lorax ,
Explicaciones
lorax: An error-ridden mess complete with random gratuitous homophobia. Read it for the biographies, but don't believe the science if you didn't already know it (and maybe not even then, if you believe that glass flows.)
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A sangre fría
por Truman Capote
23,702 miembros
466 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 11
22 Members
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: No true crime
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Inquebrantable
por Laura Hillenbrand
12,202 miembros
594 reseñas
½ 4.4
Ranking Global 69
7 Members
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