2. Stanley Bing: Rome, Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation
3. Olivia Judson: Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
4. Gavin De Becker: The Gift of Fear (and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence)
5. Karen Pryor: Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training
6. Po Bronson: "Why Do I Love These People?": Understanding, Surviving, and Creating Your Own Family
7. Oliver Sacks: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
8. Dr. William Maples: Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
9. Lynne Truss: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
10. Eric Weiner: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
Focus for this list:
I don't consider myself an avid reader of nonfiction. Yet, I find myself drawn to nonfiction when flying. These are the books that not only kept me happily absorbed during an airline ordeal, they're also the books I recommended to others once I'd touched down!
