What are some of the best French non-fiction books? - Quora: L'invention de la France by Todd and Le Bras : demographic analysis of the three anthropological types present in modern day France; an essay numerous analytic maps; fascinating.
La bouteille de vin, histoire d'une r�volution by Jean-Robert Pitte , historical account of how the glass bottle came to be and how it became so pervasive (and why 75 cl...)
Yi Jing by Cyrille Javary , a new translation of the Chinese classic, with an explanation of the relevant ideograms... a crash course in Chinese thinking!
J�sus apr�s J�sus by Mordillat and Prieur , an introduction (by two agnostics) on how the christian religion came to be after the life and death of a certain Yeshoua... Mordillat and Prieur have authored a series of TV documentaries on the origins of chritianism that are an example of objectivity and scientific accuracy...
Al Sirah by Mahmoud Hussein : a classic format in Islam, the story of Muhammad as told from the documents; Mahmoud Hussein is the collective pseudonym of two secular scholars (originally from Egypt, now French): a straightforward rendition of the tradition if you want to know the facts.
Bleu, histoire d'une couleur by Michel Pastoureau : pastoureau is a scholar specialized in cultural and anthropological history; he's been working on the (cultural) history of colours for decades; this book is a great introduction to his thinking.
La bouteille de vin, histoire d'une r�volution by Jean-Robert Pitte , historical account of how the glass bottle came to be and how it became so pervasive (and why 75 cl...)
Yi Jing by Cyrille Javary , a new translation of the Chinese classic, with an explanation of the relevant ideograms... a crash course in Chinese thinking!
J�sus apr�s J�sus by Mordillat and Prieur , an introduction (by two agnostics) on how the christian religion came to be after the life and death of a certain Yeshoua... Mordillat and Prieur have authored a series of TV documentaries on the origins of chritianism that are an example of objectivity and scientific accuracy...
Al Sirah by Mahmoud Hussein : a classic format in Islam, the story of Muhammad as told from the documents; Mahmoud Hussein is the collective pseudonym of two secular scholars (originally from Egypt, now French): a straightforward rendition of the tradition if you want to know the facts.
Bleu, histoire d'une couleur by Michel Pastoureau : pastoureau is a scholar specialized in cultural and anthropological history; he's been working on the (cultural) history of colours for decades; this book is a great introduction to his thinking.