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Interesting questions! Sophy Send a noteboard - 15/09/2009 07:20:05 AM
1. Do you read non-fiction on a regular basis? If so, what do you typically read?

I read a lot of books on history and religion. At times I find new exciting interests and reads heaps on them as well. As for the past two months or so I've read tons of books about evolution and cellular biology.

2. Do you enjoy (whether you have read it recently or not) any of the following categories of books?

- history Love it! All parts of history!!!
- biography Love some of it, hate other. There are two kinds of biographys in my world: The ones simply telling you about a person and the ones telling you how much better that person is that anyone else. I like the first cathegory.
- religion Love it! Read everything!
- world cultures Love it!!! Read everything!
- science and mathematics For the time being evolutionalbiology, and I'm always fond of astronomy, and sometimes I read other stuff as well, not plenty though.
- political theory No
- philosophy Read some, less now than when I was younger.
- art and architecture (including film and TV) Quite a lot. Mainly about painting though.
- psychology Some.
- literary criticism Some

3. What is your favorite work of non-fiction (please exclude religious/devotional works from this question)?

The Golden Branch! It's very weirdly put together, and not at all scientific after toways way to see things, but I find it very cute.

And yes - it is about religion, but it's just cathegorising the different believes all over the world, not a work of a religious person, so that's not counting, right?

4. Would you be interested in reviews of non-fiction books on this site?

Definetely!

5. Have you read any non-fiction book recently that was terrible? If so, what?

Not as I can remember. I tried reading a book about cellular biology that I didnt understand at all. That felt a bit terrible, but that was hardly the books fault, more that I was stupid.

6. Was there a non-fiction book that you read that changed the way you thought or felt about world issues (again, please exclude religious and devotional works from this question) ?

Not as I can remember.

7. Do you consider books about the occult to be non-fiction or fiction? Why?

Nonfiction. Even if I'm very sceptical to what they are telling - science is always science even if you dont believe in it.

8. In your personal library at home, what percentage of your books are non-fiction?

30-40?

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Sophy
Just say no to evolution!
Vegetablerights and Peace!
This message last edited by Sophy on 15/09/2009 at 07:21:04 AM
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Non-Fiction survey Tom - 14/09/2009 05:38:04 PM 1096 Views
Heh. jh - 14/09/2009 05:58:59 PM 787 Views
You associate non-fiction with work? Are you a non-fiction book reviewer by day? Tom - 14/09/2009 06:35:59 PM 609 Views
Nah... jh - 14/09/2009 06:56:41 PM 634 Views
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So...Bill O'Reilly's out but Aleister Crowley is in, right? Tom - 14/09/2009 06:34:38 PM 696 Views
I didn't say I wanted to read occult books. Darth_Katie - 14/09/2009 09:40:40 PM 1233 Views
Fun. Legolas - 14/09/2009 06:31:28 PM 883 Views
Machiavelli is a good case study for translation vs. original language Tom - 14/09/2009 06:48:46 PM 640 Views
Fact not fiction. Rebekah - 14/09/2009 06:43:32 PM 826 Views
I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio Tom - 14/09/2009 06:58:46 PM 700 Views
Re: I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio Rebekah - 14/09/2009 07:10:01 PM 726 Views
You're going to force me to start a Dan Brown discussion in a different thread. Tom - 14/09/2009 09:00:32 PM 638 Views
Well, I can do it here, no worries, just think of it as non-non-fiction. jh - 14/09/2009 09:06:34 PM 694 Views
This is pretty much it. Rebekah - 14/09/2009 09:09:18 PM 691 Views
Re: Fact not fiction. Cockatiel of Doom - 17/09/2009 12:40:31 AM 744 Views
Re: Fact not fiction. Rebekah - 17/09/2009 03:08:34 PM 640 Views
Re: Fact not fiction. Cockatiel of Doom - 17/09/2009 11:57:22 PM 593 Views
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Re: Legacy of Ashes sounds interesting mapthis - 14/09/2009 09:09:30 PM 647 Views
So nossy - 14/09/2009 10:14:47 PM 614 Views
Re: So mapthis - 14/09/2009 10:35:40 PM 596 Views
I do read sometimes. Craig - 14/09/2009 08:01:03 PM 824 Views
If you liked Jesus, Interrupted... Tom - 14/09/2009 08:58:26 PM 687 Views
Added to The List. *NM* Craig - 14/09/2009 10:28:14 PM 287 Views
I read it quite a lot, obviously. Camilla - 14/09/2009 09:20:40 PM 721 Views
I have Antonia Fraser's bio of Oliver Cromwell. Tom - 15/09/2009 05:14:06 AM 666 Views
Re: I have Antonia Fraser's bio of Oliver Cromwell. Camilla - 15/09/2009 08:07:28 AM 730 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey random thoughts - 14/09/2009 09:24:35 PM 831 Views
I'd be interested to know the title of that Lincoln book. *NM* Tom - 15/09/2009 05:11:14 AM 316 Views
Tried by War by James M. McPherson random thoughts - 15/09/2009 07:01:30 PM 699 Views
Thanks! *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:07:50 PM 322 Views
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I'm sorry. I just can't take "pro wrestling" seriously enough to comment on it beyond this. *NM* Tom - 15/09/2009 05:15:13 AM 305 Views
What, pro wrestling is awesome! ranagrande - 16/09/2009 05:59:44 PM 857 Views
Sweet nossy - 14/09/2009 10:09:21 PM 791 Views
My problem with Fisk is his naivete Tom - 15/09/2009 05:10:00 AM 677 Views
If you're referring to the passages I think you're referring to... Legolas - 15/09/2009 11:06:04 AM 788 Views
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Good survey! smaug - 14/09/2009 11:40:58 PM 783 Views
Ah...but where do you draw the line on the occult? Tom - 15/09/2009 05:07:14 AM 619 Views
Intent. Craig - 15/09/2009 06:02:39 AM 654 Views
Yea, I would tend to agree. smaug - 15/09/2009 11:10:03 AM 679 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Chas - 15/09/2009 12:25:57 AM 665 Views
You should consider reading more non-fiction. *NM* Tom - 15/09/2009 05:04:55 AM 334 Views
It's under consideration. Chas - 15/09/2009 11:50:47 PM 543 Views
I read a lot of it for my classes, so I read very little of it for leisure. Ghavrel - 15/09/2009 12:46:23 AM 709 Views
As someone who read Ab Urbe Condita in Latin...the book you reference "delenda est". Tom - 15/09/2009 05:04:05 AM 645 Views
It's infuriating, yes. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/09/2009 06:22:36 PM 309 Views
Mea culpa; the book in question is Zoch's Ancient Rome. Ghavrel - 15/09/2009 06:45:22 PM 578 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Vodalus - 15/09/2009 01:07:13 AM 692 Views
I did a survey about personal libraries, too... Tom - 15/09/2009 05:01:12 AM 657 Views
great survey. Avendesora - 15/09/2009 02:17:26 AM 843 Views
Re: great survey. Tom - 15/09/2009 04:56:50 AM 692 Views
Interesting questions! Sophy - 15/09/2009 07:20:05 AM 799 Views
I'm not sure if it's a translation issue, but Tom - 17/09/2009 03:10:49 PM 739 Views
That's the English titel yes! Sophy - 18/09/2009 07:03:45 AM 914 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Jonielle - 15/09/2009 11:35:48 AM 878 Views
Try reading something new you think you'd like and post a review! *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:11:47 PM 273 Views
Books on Napoleon.... Napoleon62 - 15/09/2009 08:03:55 PM 675 Views
Narcissist. *NM* Craig - 15/09/2009 08:21:44 PM 275 Views
David Chandler's The Campaigns of Napoleon is wonderful. *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:13:03 PM 272 Views
i like non-fiction! temeraire - 15/09/2009 09:40:40 PM 714 Views
Lots of people have recommended The Omnivore's Dilemma to me *NM* Tom - 17/09/2009 03:14:09 PM 317 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey Cockatiel of Doom - 17/09/2009 12:49:35 AM 922 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey ajah - 26/09/2009 01:49:16 AM 701 Views
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