Non-fiction books that are like the Bible to you? Books that you've checked to remember some facts a few times as opposed to reading them for pleasure.
Non-fiction and Bible don't really go hand in hand. Even if they did, it would be a really graphic book and not really one for pleasure. Maybe you would like history around that time period?
Sort of. It's a real expression (at least in England :P) meaning a "must-have" book, usually related to some subject/profession. For example, I'd consider Everyday Cryptography by Keith Martin the cryptographer's Bible. Even after going through it all, it's helpful for reference.
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4am@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
Nope can’t say that I have.
nostromoo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Amazing and still completely relevant.
Senex@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 3y
Man I loved that book. Critical thinking should be taught in school.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 3y
Non-fiction and Bible don't really go hand in hand. Even if they did, it would be a really graphic book and not really one for pleasure. Maybe you would like history around that time period?
GodOfThunder@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
I don't care about the Bible, it's just an expression. I think.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
Ah, so do you mean like some kind of Encyclopedia?
hunter2@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y
Sort of. It's a real expression (at least in England :P) meaning a "must-have" book, usually related to some subject/profession. For example, I'd consider Everyday Cryptography by Keith Martin the cryptographer's Bible. Even after going through it all, it's helpful for reference.
realistmunicipalist@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
Politics Is for Power by Eitan Hersh
interloper@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
interloper@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/unix-and-linux/9780134278308/
Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
An Underground Education by Richard Zacks. Especially since all the controversies are getting combed out of Wikipedia.
Haui@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 3y
7 habits for highly effective people Simplify your life
Both have saved me countless times. :)
mojo@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
The Art of War, Tao Te Ching, and the Art of Learning. They're heavy reads, except Art of Learning is more of a biography of a really competitive guy.
rsn@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Master Handbook of Acoustics—lives up to its name.
wit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Behave by Sapolsky. I have not finished it yet. I did see his lectures though. But this is my bible. I love Sapolsky.
couragethebravedog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
The 48 laws of power.
Nerorero@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y
To have or to be? By Erich Fromm
Great and relevant book
chkno@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Pocket Ref & pocket US Constitution.