Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch

The Story of Everything by Neal Layton (that'd be more for reading with Bay Jnr than reading on your own)

Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos

Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan

Bottom Billion by Paul Collier

Any of Simon Singh's if you haven't done them all already

59 Seconds by Prof. Wiseman

Flat Earth News by Nick Davies

and some others

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton, Sep 26, 10:48:51