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Top Non-Fiction of 2006

The highest-rated non-fiction of 2006, ranked by community votes on Peakd.

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Think and Grow Rich

Organization providing in-depth Think and Grow Rich lessons

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Atomic Habits

A self-improvement book on habit formation and change

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The Act of Killing

Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons… Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links

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The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

“I’ve had a most amazing time

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The New Jim Crow

Critique of mass incarceration and racial discrimination in the US

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Non-fiction book about Henrietta Lacks' life and cancer cells

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The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

A guide to turning obstacles into opportunities.

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Kishimi Koga

A motivational book by Ichirö Kishimi and Fumitake Koga.

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Winters Child

Novel about childbirth in a maternity ward

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Hamenaru Yūki

A book about courage to be disliked.

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Pew Research Center

Nonpartisan public opinion polling and data-driven social science research organization

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IBM and the Holocaust

book by investigative journalist Edwin Black

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Koji Ruien

Japanese encyclopaedic work

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SOVA Center

Russian NGO and think tank

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Wikinomics

book by Don Tapscott

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Discoveries in the Judaean Desert

collection of ancient texts

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The Cluetrain Manifesto

work of business literature collaboratively authored by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger

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The Shock Doctrine

2007 essay by Naomi Klein

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Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute

nonprofit organization in Tefé Brazil

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What is the best non-fiction in 2006?

Based on community votes, Think and Grow Rich is the highest-rated non-fiction of 2006, ranked #1 by the community.

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