Metro Stop Paris is an enlightening book about Parisian history. Having just visited Paris for the first time I found it rather riveting. Each chapter tells a different tale of Parisian history so, perhaps, you're not interested in learning about the life of St. Vincent de Paul or you're not interested in knowing the philosophic discussions of John-Paul Sartre. Never fear, the next chapter will probably offer you some little tasty nugget, like how Oscar Wilde is tied to the infamous Dreyfus Affair or about the relationship Anais Nin had with a psychotherapist.
The Secret History of the English Language is an interesting, fun (as fun as a book about applied epistemology can be), though a bit maddening, book about the English language. What we think are the origins of the language is nothing but hogwash, or so says the author, the delightful M.J. Harper.
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