Could anyone suggest me a unique book That Teaches You Something Different.
suggest me a unique book, not related to personal development, but something different and out-of-the-box from which I can also learn something. Looking for something truly unique that expands your mind in unexpected ways?
I’ve been reading Humankind A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman for the last month and really enjoyed it. He takes events that we’ve been taught to show the worst of humanity and tells the real story behind them. It’s been a great book for my mental health and I think it’d check a few of your boxes too.
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The Outliers and The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Really any of his books. I was pleasantly surprised and how much I enjoyed them. They’re addictive!
scandalliances on
Not Quite What I Was Planning is a book of six-word memoirs — it’s a really thought-provoking way to see how people view and summarize their own lives.
Stonecutter on
Why Buddhism is True – Robert Wright
Not quite what it sounds like, but it talks a lot about evolutionary psychology and the impact of meditation on the mind.
NANNYNEGLEY on
“The Gift of Fear” (a very important read) by Gavin De Becker.
goyangicatgato on
I don’t know if this is quite what you’re looking for, but I love a Bill Bryson book for “mundane” topics made interesting. His book “A Short History of Nearly Everything” felt almost like a book on the history of science, but a lot of focus on how the world came to be. My favorite of all time from him is “At Home”, which looks at Western houses, the rooms we have, the way we furnish the spaces, etc and talks about this history of WHY. He will expand into topics slightly related, like his history of the spice trade when talking about the kitchen and our food history. I have never met a Bill Bryson book I didn’t find interesting.
Negative-Ad-3650 on
Read somethings from osho,I would recommend small books like courage ,he will flush all your old thinking,he is just out of all boxes
Negative-Ad-3650 on
They say if you have read sapiens you have read all,atleast a lot
Ludicrously_Capcious on
Stiff: The Curious Lived of Human cadavers taught me a lot and made me reflect on my own death desires.
Habit Abfurraqib’s They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill us is about music but they way he writes is it gorgeous and made me relisten to songs with new feeling
The Sullivanians, about this cult started by pseudo-leftist psychoanalysts, was fascinating as someone working in the mental health field especially. Yikes.
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Moral Man and Immoral Society Reinhold Niebhur You’ll understand our present situation
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I’ve been reading Humankind A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman for the last month and really enjoyed it. He takes events that we’ve been taught to show the worst of humanity and tells the real story behind them. It’s been a great book for my mental health and I think it’d check a few of your boxes too.
The Outliers and The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Really any of his books. I was pleasantly surprised and how much I enjoyed them. They’re addictive!
Not Quite What I Was Planning is a book of six-word memoirs — it’s a really thought-provoking way to see how people view and summarize their own lives.
Why Buddhism is True – Robert Wright
Not quite what it sounds like, but it talks a lot about evolutionary psychology and the impact of meditation on the mind.
“The Gift of Fear” (a very important read) by Gavin De Becker.
I don’t know if this is quite what you’re looking for, but I love a Bill Bryson book for “mundane” topics made interesting. His book “A Short History of Nearly Everything” felt almost like a book on the history of science, but a lot of focus on how the world came to be. My favorite of all time from him is “At Home”, which looks at Western houses, the rooms we have, the way we furnish the spaces, etc and talks about this history of WHY. He will expand into topics slightly related, like his history of the spice trade when talking about the kitchen and our food history. I have never met a Bill Bryson book I didn’t find interesting.
Read somethings from osho,I would recommend small books like courage ,he will flush all your old thinking,he is just out of all boxes
They say if you have read sapiens you have read all,atleast a lot
Stiff: The Curious Lived of Human cadavers taught me a lot and made me reflect on my own death desires.
Habit Abfurraqib’s They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill us is about music but they way he writes is it gorgeous and made me relisten to songs with new feeling
The Sullivanians, about this cult started by pseudo-leftist psychoanalysts, was fascinating as someone working in the mental health field especially. Yikes.
Moral Man and Immoral Society Reinhold Niebhur You’ll understand our present situation