Tropics' Non-Fiction Books Read 2017

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1tropics
Redigeret: jan 11, 2017, 8:42 pm

2tropics
jan 12, 2017, 10:16 am

3tropics
jan 17, 2017, 5:23 pm

3. Listen Liberal: - Or - What Ever Happened To The Party Of The People? - Thomas Frank

4tropics
jan 22, 2017, 2:55 pm

4. The Elephants In My Backyard - Rajiv Surendra

5tropics
Redigeret: feb 4, 2017, 8:49 pm

5. Insane Clown President: Dispatches From The 2016 Circus - Matt Taibbi

8JulieLill
feb 13, 2017, 12:20 pm

>7 tropics: How is this?

9tropics
feb 15, 2017, 3:19 pm

Julie: You may have seen or read about Bill Nye's 2014 debate with creationist Ken Ham.

I commend the author for continuing his efforts to make the process of evolution more understandable to the layman - a formidable challenge, to be sure. In Chapter 38 he explains why he changed his mind about genetically modified foods - and how their benefits are greater than he originally believed. I've been taking a lot of notes.

10tropics
feb 28, 2017, 7:49 pm

12madpoet
mar 8, 2017, 7:23 pm

I tried to write a joke with a dull pencil, but it was pointless.

13JulieLill
mar 9, 2017, 4:41 pm

14JulieLill
mar 9, 2017, 4:43 pm

>9 tropics: You have some interesting titles- How is Hayward's book?

15tropics
mar 9, 2017, 7:11 pm

Although I've never done a "big year", and am not so inclined, I've been a birder since 1988. This is yet another book (there are several) which recounts the effort, expense and logistics involved in finding and identifying 700 species in a single year.

17cindydavid4
Redigeret: mar 17, 2017, 11:56 pm


(wrong thread)

18tropics
mar 17, 2017, 5:58 pm

Cindy: Your post mistakenly ended up on my site.

19tropics
mar 17, 2017, 6:03 pm

20tropics
mar 17, 2017, 6:04 pm

21cindydavid4
mar 17, 2017, 11:56 pm

sorry about that, think I meant to put that in the general non fiction reads!

23varielle
mar 22, 2017, 2:34 pm

>22 tropics: That one's been on my TBR pile for a while. How was it?

24tropics
mar 28, 2017, 1:18 am

Varielle: Very touching - a painful reminder of the appalling carnage visited upon that country.

25tropics
mar 28, 2017, 1:21 am

14. Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari

Reread.

27tropics
apr 16, 2017, 2:21 pm

29tropics
apr 23, 2017, 4:24 pm

30tropics
maj 31, 2017, 11:20 am

33tropics
jul 1, 2017, 2:10 pm

35tropics
jul 1, 2017, 2:13 pm

36tropics
jul 4, 2017, 7:50 pm

37JulieLill
Redigeret: jul 5, 2017, 12:12 pm

>36 tropics: How was this book and have you read Quiet : The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain- which I loved.

38tropics
Redigeret: jul 10, 2017, 1:14 pm

39tropics
jul 10, 2017, 1:21 pm

Juliet: I recommend that you read the reviews of this excellent book. The author repeatedly makes clear that "loners" are often viewed as aberrant, even potentially dangerous. Personally, it's my preferred modus operandi. I flee "hen party" chit-chat.

40JulieLill
jul 11, 2017, 3:24 pm

>38 tropics: How was this book?

41Sandydog1
jul 14, 2017, 11:07 am

>39 tropics: I'm not always comfortable at big, noisy parties. Maybe I'm Danish?

42tropics
jul 16, 2017, 8:44 pm

I'm Swedish and Norwegian!

44tropics
jul 30, 2017, 7:01 pm

46tropics
sep 3, 2017, 7:44 pm

47tropics
sep 9, 2017, 9:48 pm

48tropics
sep 16, 2017, 4:00 pm

33. Vietnam: A History Of The War - Russell Freedman

49tropics
sep 18, 2017, 8:04 pm

51tropics
okt 7, 2017, 4:04 pm

53tropics
okt 16, 2017, 2:12 pm

38. The Republican Brain - Chris Mooney

54tropics
okt 22, 2017, 6:55 pm

39. The Life Of The Skies: Birding At The End Of Nature - Jonathan Rosen

55tropics
nov 1, 2017, 3:50 pm

56tropics
nov 9, 2017, 6:22 pm

57tropics
Redigeret: nov 22, 2017, 5:16 pm

58tropics
Redigeret: nov 22, 2017, 5:17 pm

59tropics
nov 25, 2017, 12:28 am

61tropics
dec 2, 2017, 7:34 pm

62tropics
dec 5, 2017, 8:19 pm

63tropics
dec 19, 2017, 11:54 pm