The Historical ecology handbook
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Narrative non-fiction
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Essays
The Shallows
Nicholas Carr
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time / The Universe in a Nutshell
Stephen Hawking
Reference
Archimedes and the door of science
Jeanne Bendick
The Mystery of the Periodic Table
Benjamin D. Wiker
God Created the Integers
The Dancing Wu Li Masters
Gary Zukav
For the Love of Physics
Walter Lewin
Freakonomics
Stephen J. Dubner
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Mindset: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Carol S. Dweck
Rich Dad, Poor Dad for Teens
Robert T. Kiyosaki
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Lynne Truss