non-fiction
top 10 favorite films of non-narrative or non-fiction
Submitted by nettaichizu on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 07:55- Metamorphosis (Steve Roden)
- The Color of Pomegranates (Sergei Parajanov)
- some documentary (BBC?) about deep sea life (the very bottom of the sea)
- Step Across the Border (Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel)
- An Unreasonable Man (Ralph Nader documentary)
- one or another Brothers Quay short films I don't remember the name of
- one or another Stan Brakhage short films I don't remember the name of
- Genghis Blues (Roko Belic)
- Lucifer Rising (Kenneth Anger)
- Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage)
top 10 favorite non-fiction books
Submitted by nettaichizu on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 07:48- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas Hofstadter)
- 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions... (Esther Gokhale)
- Ageless Spine, Lasting Health (Kathleen Porter)
- Improvisation (Derek Bailey)
- Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (Weston A. Price)
- The Untold Story of Milk (Ron Schmid)
- The Architecture of the Language Faculty (Ray Jackendoff)
- Neuropsychological Bases of God Beliefs (Michael Persinger)
- Born to Run (Christopher McDougall)
- The Curiosities of Food (Peter Lund Simmons)
10 Unsung Non-Fiction Books
Submitted by avl28804 on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 10:59Tags:
- The Forgotten Soldier
- Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son
- One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player
- Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life
- Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition
- Motoring with Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea
- The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
- The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox
- Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country
- Fat of the Land: The Garbage Of New York--The Last Two Hundred Years
BEST NOVELS I'VE READ: 2000-2011
Submitted by Rachel_Holtz on Sat, 01/29/2011 - 19:17- FICTION
- Middlesex-Jeffery Eugenides
- Tipping The Velvet-Sarah Waters
- Cloudsplitter-Russell Banks
- She's Come Undone-Wally Lamb
- Sarah's Key-Tatiana De Rosnay
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," Mark Haddon
- Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
- Fingersmith – Sarah Waters
- Unless – Carol Shields
- Austerlitz – W.G.
