Top Ten Non Fiction - General

Top Ten Non Fiction - General: MALU's challenge: My frankly rather dull reading habits (1491 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 05.02.06 (Very useful, 135 readings)
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This is an old ‘challenge’ I missed out on first time round (set by MALU). As a conscientious dooyoo person, I should probably feel a twinge of guilt, as it’s hijacked a totally unrelated category. Although since it’s a ‘top ten’ category, it’s of minimal use to any consumers who happen to be passing, and loads of other people have done the same thing, so I guess that makes it OK. (Or, to put it another way, I’m painfully close to getting my next amazon voucher, and I’m sick of waiting for my various product suggestions to be added. It was either this or the erotic ‘challenge’, and I doubt that anyone really wants to read about my… er… ...

Weasey turns the page... (2001 words)
by Wease - written on 25.11.03 (Very useful, 162 readings)
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Question: What is your favourite genre? Answer: Ooh it would have to be fiction thrillers. I really enjoy detective style novels having just read quite a few Ian Rankin's. I've also started enjoying a few fem-novels too including Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones books and anything from India Knight ? she?s fantastically funny! I do also possess a good selection of travel guides! I buy one for every country I go to - or nearly go to in the case of Vietnam (trip postponed due to SARS lol) - so that in years to come I can have a whole bookcase full and be viewed as a great and wise traveller by all who visit my "library"! ...

Top Ten Non Fiction - General: THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. (2351 words)
by alma1 - written on 20.11.03 (Very useful, 206 readings)
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MALU's Literature challenge was what I sat down to do! But I'm afraid I got rather side-tracked by this category. Sorry MALU! I will complete the challenge. I promise! In the meantime I couldn't resist the inspiration fired up by the chance to give you my top ten non fiction books. That's not 'the' top ten by the way. It's definitely 'my' top ten, but since the category heading seems to give enough leeway to cover this, then I think I can proceed confidently. They're not in any particular order either, so I've not allocated any numbers and in the interests of other members sanity, I've tried to encompass the ...