So...my survey is as follows:
1. Do you read non-fiction on a regular basis? If so, what do you typically read?
About every other book and it depends but probably more history then anything else
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2. Do you enjoy (whether you have read it recently or not) any of the following categories of books?
- history
yes and mostly military history
- biography
some. My wife likes to read presdental biographies and I read some of those.
- religion
not in general and the n more from a historical point of view
- world cultures
some
- science and mathematics
science yes and mostly related to evalution or some times the history of science, when and how things were invented.
I am more likely to read science magazines then science books
- political theory
not normally
- philosophy
not to much. Most if reads like so much BS
- art and architecture (including film and TV)
I read about arts some and if you include how to book then building as well
- psychology
not unless it is in science magazine I am reading
- literary criticism
I sometime listen to the NPR podcast "Books" does that count?
3. What is your favorite work of non-fiction (please exclude religious/devotional works from this question)?
Killer Angels was very good but ask me next week and you will get a different answer.
4. Would you be interested in reviews of non-fiction books on this site?
More so then fiction actaully.
5. Have you read any non-fiction book recently that was terrible? If so, what?
I tried reading this book about the Incas that was horrible. Which is to bad because the information was interesting it was just so poorly written. There was also a book on Marine Corps history that was ruined both both the gross bias and excissive triva. I really don't need to know who the adjatant of company was.
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) ?
Lincoln as commader in chief (can't remember exact title) changed the way a looked at Lincoln and his leadership during the war.
I can't think of one that changed my entire world view. I guess On Liberty or Metaphysic of Morals changed the way look at morality but that was a long time ago.
7. Do you consider books about the occult to be non-fiction or fiction? Why?
I think it is fuzzy disction. Some biographies should be considered fiction.
8. In your personal library at home, what percentage of your books are non-fiction?
Just hard backs I would say 60-40 nonfiction (I don't sell school books). If you count paper back those numbers flip. Throw in magazines and it goes back the other way.
That's it...for now.
Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 05:38:04 PM
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Heh.
14/09/2009 05:58:59 PM
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You associate non-fiction with work? Are you a non-fiction book reviewer by day?
14/09/2009 06:35:59 PM
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I like non-fiction as long as it's not preachy.
14/09/2009 06:25:42 PM
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Fun.
14/09/2009 06:31:28 PM
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Machiavelli is a good case study for translation vs. original language
14/09/2009 06:48:46 PM
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Fact not fiction.
14/09/2009 06:43:32 PM
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I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio
14/09/2009 06:58:46 PM
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Re: I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio
14/09/2009 07:10:01 PM
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You're going to force me to start a Dan Brown discussion in a different thread.
14/09/2009 09:00:32 PM
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Well, I can do it here, no worries, just think of it as non-non-fiction.
14/09/2009 09:06:34 PM
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Re: Fact not fiction.
17/09/2009 12:40:31 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 07:25:20 PM
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I do read sometimes.
14/09/2009 08:01:03 PM
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I read it quite a lot, obviously.
14/09/2009 09:20:40 PM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 09:24:35 PM
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I'd be interested to know the title of that Lincoln book. *NM*
15/09/2009 05:11:14 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 10:05:56 PM
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I'm sorry. I just can't take "pro wrestling" seriously enough to comment on it beyond this. *NM*
15/09/2009 05:15:13 AM
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Sweet
14/09/2009 10:09:21 PM
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My problem with Fisk is his naivete
15/09/2009 05:10:00 AM
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If you're referring to the passages I think you're referring to...
15/09/2009 11:06:04 AM
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Good survey!
14/09/2009 11:40:58 PM
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Ah...but where do you draw the line on the occult?
15/09/2009 05:07:14 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
15/09/2009 12:25:57 AM
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I read a lot of it for my classes, so I read very little of it for leisure.
15/09/2009 12:46:23 AM
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As someone who read Ab Urbe Condita in Latin...the book you reference "delenda est".
15/09/2009 05:04:05 AM
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Interesting questions!
15/09/2009 07:20:05 AM
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Re: Non-Fiction survey
15/09/2009 11:35:48 AM
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Try reading something new you think you'd like and post a review! *NM*
17/09/2009 03:11:47 PM
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i like non-fiction!
15/09/2009 09:40:40 PM
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Lots of people have recommended The Omnivore's Dilemma to me *NM*
17/09/2009 03:14:09 PM
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