Greatest 20th Century Non-Fiction (chosen by Nat. Review)
Discover the greatest 20th-century non-fiction books as chosen by National Review. Explore this curated list of influential works that shaped modern thought and culture.
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Wwii 6vol Pa Boxed Set
by Winston Churchill
Covers the beginning of the summer of 1943 to the evening of June 5, 1943 with the great armada waiting for the historic landing on …
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals …
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The Road to Serfdom
by Friedrich August Hayek
Examines the relationship between individual liberty and government authority, and argues that granting government control of the economy leads to disaster
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The Abolition of Man
by C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society.
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Capitalism and Freedom
by Milton Friedman
In the process, he outlines the role that government should play in a society dedicated to freedom and relying primarily on the market to organize …
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Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays
by Michael Oakeshott
Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection …
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Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works of social theory written this century. When it first appeared the New English Weekly predicted …
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Economy and Society
by Max Weber
Max Weber's Economy and Society is the greatest sociological treatise written in this century. Published posthumously in Germany in the early 1920s, it has become …
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt
"How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times, even if …
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
by Rebecca West
Shares the author's impressions of Yugoslavia, and describes the history of the region and the sources of its political problems
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Sociobiology
by Edward O. Wilson
When this work was first published it started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. It shows how research in human genetics …
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On the Hundredth Anniversary of Rerum Novarum Centesimus Annus
by Jan Paweł II ((papież ;)
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The Pursuit of the Millennium
by Norman Cohn
This fascinating book explores the millenarianism that flourished in Western Europe between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries.
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The Great Terror
by Robert Conquest
The definitive work on Stalin's purges, The Great Terror was universally hailed when it first appeared in 1968. In the last few years, with the …
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Chronicles of Wasted Time
by Malcolm Muggeridge
The internationally-known editor and journalist records his aspirations and experiences from the early 1900s through the end of World War II
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Relativity
by Albert Einstein
An easy to understand collection of the ideas of one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century including the idea he is most known …
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Witness
by Whittaker Chambers
The author recounts the forces that shaped his life, describes his involvement with the Communist Party, and explains the reasons for his identification of Alger …
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Mere Christianity
by C. S. Lewis
A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular …