15 best books of 2017 in the genre of non-fikshen
Books / / December 19, 2019
Layfhaker studied the long list of "Educator" award, the results of the exhibition non / fictio№, awarded "Reader's choice» LiveLib site and chose the most interesting new books.
1. "Taken revolution. Live voices of witnesses, "Helen Rappaport
The book shows the 1917 Petrograd year. Among the heroes of the story - the representatives of the aristocracy and the working class. The action takes place in the palace halls, luxurious restaurants, outdoor areas and in dark doorways. Revolution was the backdrop for the daily lives of the characters, but it changed everything.
Rappaport used to work on a book of rare and obscure archives. Revolution fragments described through the prism of perception of different characters, add up to a unified picture of the dramatic year 1917.
The book won the award "Prize book community" exhibition non / fictio№ in the category "Choice of leading libraries."
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2. "What hides skin. 2 square meters, which dictate how we live, "Yael Adler
Yael Adler - Doctor of Medicine and a practicing physician, known dermatologist from Germany. It tells the story of the largest human organ popular language, with a slight touch of humor, reinforcing describe examples from practice. you can learn from a book, how the skin, what challenges to cope on a daily basis, what to do to keep it healthy.
The book was published in the super final Award "Reader's Choice" on LiveLib site.
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3. "Control unit" (in two volumes), Stanislav Drobyshevski
The author, a leading Russian expert on anthropogenesis, tells the story of origin man: Why do we have evolved from hominids, but not from other mammals, and who was our direct ancestor. The first volume of "The monkeys and all-all-all" dedicated individuals, vnosshim contribution to the formation of man in the distant past. The second volume of "People" describes our close enough ancestors and gives the forecast, which can make people's evolution in the future.
Both volumes of the book were in a long list of award "Illuminator", the first part is selected in the short list.
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4. "Invented in Russia. The history of Russian inventive thoughts from Peter I to Nicholas II », Tim Skorenko
The author recounts the basic idea of the book metaphor "Russian - not the native land of elephants, but we have a great Siberian tigers." It destroys myths about the alleged Russian inventions and says that in fact, invented in Russia and why it is worth to be proud of.
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5. "Good morning every day. How to get up early and still have time, "Jeff Sanders
The next guide as larks reforge owls. Author honestly admits that the ideas, lessons and strategies that he assembled into a single text, can not be called new. When this is available Sanders explains not only how to get up early, but why do it. For those who find the book valuable ideas, but is afraid of them forget, at the end of each chapter contains the main theses.
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6. "Idiotic invaluable brain," Dean Burnett
Burnett - neurologist, blogger and comedian. Therefore, his book about the features of the brain to be not only informative, but also very funny. The author explains why the brain can confuse you and erase the memory of something important, why it tempts one to nonsense, although it is clear that some things - bad idea.
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7. "Musicophilia," Oliver Sacks
In another book, neurologist Oliver Sacks tried to explain the nature of the perfect ears, talk about mental illness, which stimulate an all-consuming love of music, or, on the contrary, hatred tunes.
The author tells of cases from practice and explains the relationship between consciousness and sounds. For example, it explains why the song is jammed in the head or as lightning can turn a man into a fan of Chopin.
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8. "Skeptic. Rational view of the world, "Michael Shermer
This book - pure journalism. Editor and columnist for Scientific American, Michael Shermer has collected under one cover article, published at different times. All of them respond to urgent issues of modern people to science.
Whether to believe in alternative medicine, what is wrong with the creationist theory of human origins, why the water from the tap is not poison, and finally, why smart people believe in all sorts of nonsense. Shermer encourages readers to rationality and offers a look at every question from the standpoint of science.
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9. "Pandemic. World History of the deadly virus, "Sonia Shah
Science journalist Sonia Shah in his book tells which way the world could collapse a new deadly epidemic.
Over the past 50 years, more than 300 new diseases have emerged or re-emerged in new areas with a population whose immune system was not prepared for such attacks. The author considers the example of cholera as harmful bacteria march around the world, and trying to predict new disease, which can lead to a pandemic.
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10. "Do not be sorry about anything. And another 99 rules of happy people, "Nigel Cumberland
One hundred and regulations that help to set goals and achieve them. Not all ideas shine with originality, but they give inspiration. The author promises to introduce if it rules in life, they will help to achieve success in whatever field, whether it is work, raising children, or learning a foreign language.
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11. "Scientists hide? Myths of the XXI century ", Alexander Sokolov
In the book of the long list of award "Illuminator" tells about myths, introduce representatives of pseudoscience. Alexander Sokolov with humor, sarcasm in passing, explains where does the obscurantism why it is actively spreading among people and that generates crazy theories. He explains how to check out a book or a conclusion on the truthfulness and the dangerous pseudoscience.
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12. "Entertaining radiation", Alexander Konstantinov
The book answers questions about the peace (and not) atom: how to assess the threat of radiation than defend than threatening proximity of nuclear power plants, whether the mutation is the irradiation. The author exposes the myths and tells about the nature of radiation. Caution: The book not only educates, but also causes a burning desire to carry the new knowledge to the masses.
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13. "Look at me," Paul Basinskii
Literary critic Paul Basinskii describes the fate of one of the first Russian feminist, based on her diary and archival materials.
Student at the Sorbonne, a native of Kostroma Lisa Dyakonova was found dead in the Tyrol in 1902. Her diary was published in 1905 and named philosopher and critic Vasily Rozanov, "one of the most recent end of the XIX century Russian books." Basinskii reconstructs the life Dyakonova, describing in detail all the twists of fate.
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14. "The leader of the gang in the day. Outcast sociologist takes to the streets, "Sudhir Venkatesh
In 1989, sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh went to interview in poor Chicago ghetto, which has experienced many misfortunes in one day. Instead of asking questions to the local population, he was forced to answer them, when he was in the hands of gangsters, who suspected him spy.
However, due to the coincidence in the next 10 years, Venkatesh has repeatedly come back to the ghetto, to talk to gangsters, prostitutes, squatters, police, gang members. The results of this large-scale study he cites in his book "The leader of the gang on the day."
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15. "" Titanic "drowned", Pierre Bayard
The book is based on the hypothesis that the literary works can predict the future. For example, the death of "Titanic" in his novel described the American author Morgan Robertson. The work is published in the 14 years prior to the crash.
Literary critic Pierre Bayard explores the different works and finds plenty of evidence of the prophetic gift writers. And the ironic narrative style of the author makes reading enjoyable and fun.
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