What are some good nonfiction books for a young adult to read?

Bookworm: What are some good nonfiction books for a young adult to read?
I recently finished all the books i wanted to read for 2007 (so i was a week late, big deal), could you recommend some good books (reasons would be helpful) for me to read in 2008? I enjoy mainly nonfiction. I have already read, and loved, books like the tipping point, blink, freakonomics.
I will give 10 points to the person who convinces me their book is the best.
Thanks.

Answers and Views:

Answer by shivers_42
I loved Anne Frank’s diary. I hope you do too- or at least consider it!

Answer by PJA
my book is the best its called why woman are only good for one thing

Answer by Lauren
Dead Man Walking was really good and after u read the book u can watch the movie!:)

Answer by Rosebud
Women and Money.

No explaination needed.

Answer by whatlight7
I think you would like “7 Habit of Highly Effective Teens”. It’s written by the son of the man who wrote “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. It’s very interesting and has opened my eyes to different things. It also helps you cope with being a teenager. It’s very interesting as it has lots of little stories and experiences from teenagers as well as the author. It also has comics and foot notes. I’m really enjoying it. It’s written in a very relaxed and open way. The author comes off as a friendly and open person, like a friend.

Answer by SuziiQ
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

Answer by kelsey
Well what about A million little pieces by James Frey? i really enjoyed that book. it depends what your into though.. it’s an auto biography about his life in rehab.. its truly amazing what he went through and what he did to himself. some may find it gross or disturbing but i thought it was moving. the book was on the new york times bestseller list, and it has a second book that follows it called My friend Leonard.

i love to read as well the only problem is i cant seem to choose between them all.

Answer by imnickdell
the canadian mounted

Answer by Morgan J
I looked up the books you mentioned and they don’t seem to be what most young adults would read, but since you like this category I will suggest the book I’m currently reading.
It’s…..
1491; New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
This books will drastically change how you perceive the the world around you. Much of our history about Native Americans (North and South America) is taught to us in school with incorrect information.
Here are a couple exerts from this book.
“The first Europeans known to reach the Americas were the Vikings…” (p. 47)
“Conscripts built dams, terraces, and irrigation canals…stocked hundreds of state warehouses, paved the highways…” (p.81)
This book is like watching a Disney movie and then reading Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Answer by T M
I just got this book so I can’t say how good it is yet, but it is in the same realm of Tipping Point, Blink, and Freakonomics (by the way I loved Freakonomics). It’s called The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman ($ 9.60 on Amazon.com). Check it out.

You might also be interested in Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Answer by Beautiful Loser
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It’s a fantastic book and reminds me why I was so enamored by science in school. It also drives the point home many times that we are very, very lucky to be standing here, doing what we do everyday.

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. This is an entertaining and enlightening book, and fairly easy to read. It has an important message regarding how the world works; that the world is governed not by the predictable and the average, but by the random, the unknownable, the unpredictable — big events or discoveries or unusual people that have big consequences. Change comes not uniformly but in unpredictable spurts. These are the Black Swans of the title: completedly unexpected and rare events or novel ideas or technologies that have a huge impact on the world. Indeed, Taleb argues that history itself is primarly driven by these Black Swans.

God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens. No matter what your religion is this is a good read, thought provoking, informative, and entertaining at the same time.