A Superb Non-Fiction Novel. The mostly true account with occasional machination is high-level storytelling. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #51/100 My Rating: I tend to enjoy
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Top 100 Non-Fiction Book – #99 – Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington (1901)
Absolutely Fascinating. The perspective of a slave turned influential spokesman is ripe with thoughts on identity, labor, and education. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #99/100 My Rating:
Top 100 Non-Fiction Book: #36 – The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides (431BCE)
Too Much To Sift Through. Even for a philhellene, the copious list of places long gone became too much. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #36/100 My Rating:
Top 100 Non-Fiction Book: #98 – The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith (1776)
Capitalism 101. Adam Smith is to economics as Isaac Newton is to physics, but there are problems. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #98/100 My Rating: I made
Top 100 Non-Fiction Book: #4 – The Prince, Nicollo Machiavelli (1532)
Bone Crushingly Rational. Machiavelli does not care about the virtue of actions but the rewards from outcomes. The Greatest Book’s Ranking: #4/100 My Rating: This short
Top 100 Novel: A Passage to India, E.M. Forester (1924)
The Logical vs. the Abstract. The cultures and characters are stereotypical, but the false dichotomy does allow for things to be explored. Click here for
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