I’ve taken a break from nonfiction for a while (finished lotr and read a whole bunch of Stephen king). Now I want to go back to reading nonfiction, but I want something that will pull me in another world of facts I didn’t know about. Be it political, sociology… anything really. I don’t know if “facts” is the word I’m looking for here (English is my second language). Can I say “discoveries”? Things you’ve found through the book that shocked you? Hope that makes sense.
Thanks in advance
Edit: Thank you all for the great suggestions. I’ve saved this post and will go through the list. Much, much appreciated 🫶🏽
Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel Everett.
It’s about a guy who travels to the deep Amazon to live with the Pirahã as a Christian missionary. His experiences with these people and their unique culture and language leads to his deconversion, and eventually his study of their odd language and unique culture leads him to challenge Noam Chomsky’s theory of Universal Grammar (which shakes up the world of linguistics through controversy).
Sounds very interesting. Thank you so much.