Fantastic Random Non-Fiction Reads
Discover a curated list of fantastic random non-fiction reads! Explore captivating books across diverse topics for your next great read.
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Muscle
by Samuel W. Fussell
At age 26, scrawny, Oxford-educated Samuel Fussell entered a YMCA gym in New York to escape the terrors of big city life. Four years and …
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Faith of the Fatherless
by Paul C. Vitz
Starting with Freud's "projection theory" of religion-that belief in God is merely a product of man's desire for security-Professor Vitz argues that psychoanalysis actually provides …
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Beyond Therapy
by President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
explores the profound ethical and social consequences of today's biotechnical revolution. Almost every week brings news of novel methods for screening genes and testing embryos, …
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When in Rome
by Robert J. Hutchinson
This lighthearted book--a delightful backstairs "cook's tour" of the world's most mysterious and eccentric country-within-a-country--offers an unforgettable and unprecedented eyewitness account of one of the …
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Under the Banner of Heaven
by Jon Krakauer
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated …
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Irrational Man
by William Barrett
Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett speaks eloquently and directly to …
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Gulag
by Anne Applebaum
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • This magisterial and acclaimed history offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, …
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Life: The Movie
by Neal Gabler
The story of how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, and melodrama has turned everything—news, politics, religion, high culture—into one vast public entertainment. Neal Gabler …
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The Gothic Cathedral
by Otto Georg Von Simson
The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming.
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The Cube and the Cathedral
by George Weigel
Argues that Europe's separation of religion from politics has led to its decline and that religion, instead of being suspect, should be viewed in the …