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Haunted
09-04-2005, 07:18 AM
I'm not posting this is the book thread because it doesn't fit. I want to know what your favorite nonfiction book is, and it doesn't necessarily have to be horror. So, I'm posting general.
My favorite nonfiction book is: And The Band Played On- by Larry Shiltz. It's a book that documents the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
I also love The Tao Teh Ching- by Lao Tsu and Wandering on the Way by Chuang Tsu.
novakru
09-04-2005, 07:34 AM
The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels
Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels
The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
The Prophet by Kahilil Gibran
At Home in the Universe by Stuart Kauffman
Playwriting by Bernard Grebanier
The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto
A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce
Faeries By Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Faeries and Demons by Edouard Brasey
The Book of the Unicorn by Nigel Suckling
The Annotated Brother's Grimm edited by Maria Tater
The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman by Alexander Tsiaras
noctuary
09-04-2005, 07:48 AM
I don't normally read a lot of nonfiction, but I would have to say that Please Kill Me was a very entertaining read. And I don't even like punk music. It's just fun to read about the depraved shenanigans of musically-inclined degenerates.
MichaelMyers
09-04-2005, 08:58 AM
God's Politics.
ItsAlive75
09-04-2005, 11:18 AM
Originally posted by Haunted
My favorite nonfiction book is: And The Band Played On- by Larry Shiltz. It's a book that documents the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
Haunted, you ever see the movie with Matthew Modine? Its got like every celebrity under the sun, we had to watch it for a class back when I was younger, its pretty good.
Haunted
09-04-2005, 03:51 PM
Yeah, I did see it. I enjoyed it emensely. I think Modine did a great job as Dr. Don Francis and Lily Tomblin as Dr. Selma Dritz. The guy that played Bill Klaus was waaaaaaaay too old.
ItsAlive75
09-04-2005, 04:07 PM
Originally posted by Haunted
Yeah, I did see it. I enjoyed it emensely. I think Modine did a great job as Dr. Don Francis and Lily Tomblin as Dr. Selma Dritz. The guy that played Bill Kraus was waaaaaaaay too old.
The thing that threw me was Steve Martin. He only had like, a 10 minute role but I've never seen him in a more serious light. It really made me appreciate him as an actor more than a comedian.
Well... until Bringing Down the House.
Haunted
09-04-2005, 04:09 PM
Yeah, Steve Martin is emmensely talented. He just picks really stupid films. The best film I've ever seen him in is Parenthood...I mean besides his older films.
ItsAlive75
09-04-2005, 04:11 PM
L.A. Story is my favorite Steve Martin movie. That movie was like an art piece...
Plus that was when I thought Sarah Jessica Parker was hot.
Haunted
09-04-2005, 04:14 PM
L.A. Story was a good satyr. Victoria Tenent was also in that movie. "Nothing a shower and a good fuck won't cure."
That WAS pre-way too fucking much plastic surgery- SJP
The STE
09-04-2005, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by Haunted
L.A. Story was a good satyr. Victoria Tenent was also in that movie. "Nothing a shower and a good fuck won't cure."
That WAS pre-way too fucking much plastic surgery- SJP
L.A. Story was a good Man-Goat?
orangestar
09-04-2005, 05:15 PM
A Child Called It
kind of cliche, but it affected me.
The STE
09-04-2005, 05:19 PM
Have a Nice Day by Mick Foley
Foley is Good by Mick Foley
America: The Book*
I Hated, Hated, HATED This Movie by Roger Ebert*
*-not sure if it counts or not
AUSTIN316426808
09-04-2005, 05:25 PM
-Favre
-Clint Eastwood- The Life and Legend
-Have A Nice Day by Mick Foley
-If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell
-Rope Burn by F.X. Toole (I'm not sure about the entire book but the Million Dollar Baby story is true.)
Can't remember the authors of the Favre and Eastwood books.
AUSTIN316426808
09-04-2005, 05:27 PM
Originally posted by The STE
America: The Book*
Is that the John Stewart book?
The STE
09-04-2005, 06:08 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Is that the John Stewart book?
yes
BexTC
09-04-2005, 06:13 PM
My favorite Non fiction is "He Died with a Felafel in His Hand" by John Birmingham. It's hard to say weather or not this book is fiction, but I found it in the non fiction section of the bookstore. It is an awsome look at the life of a people in share houses in Australia... I would highly recomend it. It is hysterical.