Essential Non-Fiction by Notable Fiction Writers
Discover essential non-fiction books written by notable fiction writers. Explore insightful works that showcase the versatility and depth of your favorite authors beyond their novels.
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The Innocents Abroad
by Mark Twain
Being some account of the steamship quaker city's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as …
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Selected Non-Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism The first comprehensive selection in any language of the non-fiction--much of it appearing here in …
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Life on the Mississippi
by Mark Twain
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these …
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Lost in the Cosmos
by Walker Percy
Explores human nature and presents insights on the self and its fears, sexuality, boredom, depression, and other aspects.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You
by graf Leo Tolstoy
First published in Germany in 1894, after being banned in Russia, The Kingdom of God Is within You reveals Tolstoy’s world outlook after his conversion …
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The Gospel in Brief
by graf Leo Tolstoy
?Are you acquainted with Tolstoy?s The Gospel in Brief? At its time, this book virtually kept me alive. . . . If you are not …
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
by John Steinbeck
An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the …
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Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
by Henry Miller
One of Henry Miller's most luminous statements of his personal philosophy of life, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, provides a symbolic title for this collection …
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Misreadings
by Umberto Eco
Playful parodies by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. Here, Eco pokes fun at the oversophisticated, overacademic, and overintellectual, and …
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How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays
by Umberto Eco
Offers essays on militarism, computerese, art, bureaucracy, health, airplane food, bad coffee, taxi drivers, fax machines, porno films, football fans, and other topics
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Following the Equator
by Mark Twain
Illustrated journal of his trip across America, to the Far East, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa
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RLS, Selected Essays
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Sixteen provocative and charming essays by the author of Treasure Island, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde warning about the dangers of socialism.
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Signposts in a Strange Land
by Walker Percy
At his death in 1990, Walker Percy left a considerable legacy of uncollected nonfiction. Assembled in Signposts in a Strange Land, these essays on language, …
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A Trail of Memories
by Angelique L'Amour
For decades, generations of readers have shared their favorite passages of favorite Louis L'Amour novels and short stories: parents with their children, neighbors with their …