http://bibliofreakblog.com/nonfiction/buddha-iby-karen-armstrongi/ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:23:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://bibliofreakblog.com/nonfiction/buddha-iby-karen-armstrongi/comment-page-1/#comment-270 admin Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:25:42 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=893#comment-270 And you know, some of the best nonfiction books I've read haven't been by academics. <a href="http://bibliofreakblog.com/nonfiction/1491-revelations-americas-columbus-iby-charles-manni/" rel="nofollow">1491</a> comes to mind, and I believe that Mann was a journalist. And you know, some of the best nonfiction books I’ve read haven’t been by academics. 1491 comes to mind, and I believe that Mann was a journalist.

]]> http://bibliofreakblog.com/nonfiction/buddha-iby-karen-armstrongi/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Nymeth Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:15:05 +0000 http://bibliofreakblog.com/?p=893#comment-268 I read A Short History of Myth last year and enjoyed it enough to want to read more by Armstrong. And yeah, lack of formal training doesn't necessarily mean the book isn't well-researched. It's good to be careful, of course, but she seems to put a lot of work into her books. I read A Short History of Myth last year and enjoyed it enough to want to read more by Armstrong. And yeah, lack of formal training doesn’t necessarily mean the book isn’t well-researched. It’s good to be careful, of course, but she seems to put a lot of work into her books.

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