Hello, I am the average Youtube comment. I recommend the self-help book "How to write politics in historical fiction". I hope this helps.
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An Immense World. It's a pretty cool look at how animals perceive the world.
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Literally any Boy Scouts guide. They're full of useful knowledge for being in the outdoors. Knot-tying, first aid, fire starting... They're basically an intro to bushcraft.
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"Whe life nearly died" Prof Michael Benton. It's about the biggest extinction event we know of.
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A phone book? Not sure if this is a trick question but it seems to fulfill the criteria
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Project Hail Mary, if you like Sci fi. It's amazing. There's no religion despite the title lol
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Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World" is a must-read, if you haven't already done so. Also Jon Ronson's "Them: Adventures with Extremists" Both have only increased in relevance since publication :)
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I enjoyed Anthony Bourdain’s books. I read some of them after he died, and had to stop because it made me sad. The books aren’t sad, his death just hit me harder than I expected. I need to pick them up again.
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I'd recommend The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise on the Sociology of Knowledge except that it's rather dense and, despite having worked on a PhD in Sociology for 12 years, I STILL haven't finished reading it. But it's an eye-opener for anyone who's actually interested in what mutually constructed social reality is really about.
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"Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff is a personal favorite. As well as "The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli and "Book of Five Rings" by musashi. All very good reads in my opinion.
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Give me some serious, useful book recommendations. NO fiction, politics, history, or self-help.
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