Favourite non-fiction books
Discover a curated list of favourite non-fiction books that inspire, educate, and captivate. Explore top picks across genres for your next great read.
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The New Diary
by Tristine Rainer
The New Diary is about a completely modern concept of journal writing. It has little to do with the rigid daily calendar diary you may …
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Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person
by Mary Caroline Richards
A flowing collection of poetry that is also a guide for life.
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The Hidden Writer
by Alexandra Johnson
"Whom do I tell when I tell a blank page?" Virginia Woolf's question is one that generations of readers and writers searching to map a …
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Art Objects
by Jeanette Winterson
In these ten intertwined essays, one of our most provocative young novelists proves that she is just as stylish and outrageous an art critic. For …
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French Lessons
by Alice Kaplan
A professor of French Literature at Duke University, Kaplan offers a passionate memoir of her life and its intricate involvement with the French language. "A …
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Gift from the Sea
by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • With meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment, here is an inimitable classic that guides us …
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Ex Libris
by Anne Fadiman
A collection of essays discusses the central and joyful importance of books and reading in the author's life.