Books tagged with Non-Fiction[32 found]
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Walking
by Henry David Thoreau
Categories: Non-Fiction » Philosophy
An extended essay celebrating the art, philosophy, and spiritual value of walking—particularly in nature.
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Nationalism
by Rabindranath Tagore
Categories: Non-Fiction » Philosophy
A powerful reflection on the forces shaping modern society, this work challenges blind patriotism and calls for a deeper unity rooted in humanity and compassion. Blending philosophy and moral vision, it urges readers to look beyond borders and build a world guided by conscience rather than conquest.
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The Philippines A Century Hence
by José Rizal
Categories: Non-Fiction » Politics & Current Affairs
A visionary analysis of the Philippines’ future, examining society, politics, and culture in the aftermath of colonial rule. It combines insight and foresight to explore national identity, reform, and the challenges shaping a nation’s path.
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California: The Land of the Sun
by Mary Austin
Categories: Non-Fiction » Science & Nature
A lyrical journey through California’s sun-drenched landscapes, from golden deserts to misty redwood forests. Vivid prose captures the state’s wild beauty, native legends, and resilient spirit of its people. Blending natural history and poetic reflection, this evocative portrait celebrates a land of dreams where sunlight shapes both heart and horizon in an untamed, radiant West.
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The Land of Little Rain
by Mary Austin
Categories: Non-Fiction » Science & Nature
In the high desert where storms are brief and distances deceive, a wanderer maps arroyos, alkali flats, and sky-pinned ranges by hoofprint and wind. She listens to Shoshone guides, miners, shepherds, and coyotes, tracing fragile waters and fierce kinships. Essays like trail markers reveal a land that withholds comfort yet offers clarity, patience, and a stern, luminous grace.
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The Indolence of the Filipino
by José Rizal
Categories: Non-Fiction » Politics & Current Affairs
A sharp, historical essay dismantles the myth that a people’s ‘indolence’ is innate. Tracing precolonial industry to a society drained by forced labor, tribute, friar rule, war, disease, and a punishing climate, it argues that oppression breeds apathy. Education, civic rights, and economic reform, not insults, are the remedies—an urgent call to dignity and renewal.
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Philosophic Nights in Paris
by Remy de Gourmont
Categories: Non-Fiction » Literary Criticism
In midnight cafés and shadowed boulevards, a restless observer turns conversation into inquiry, weighing love and instinct, art and language, faith and doubt. With playful skepticism and quicksilver aphorisms, these nocturnal essays test received ideas, tease out paradox, and invite the reader to taste Parisian nights where thought itself becomes an intimate adventure.
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The Book of Masks
by Remy de Gourmont
Categories: Non-Fiction » Literary Criticism
A cabinet of masks opens onto the fin-de-siècle: incisive portraits of poets and painters, dreamers and decadents, each examined like a rare specimen under shifting light. Aphoristic, mischievous, and steeped in Symbolist fog, these sketches peel away poses and myths to reveal the grotesque, the luminous, and the stubbornly human behind every cultivated mask.
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Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
by Horace Walpole
Categories: Non-Fiction » History
A rigorous examination of King Richard III’s life and legacy questions long-held beliefs and popular myths. Through careful analysis of evidence and historical events, it challenges traditional narratives, offering a critical and thought-provoking look at one of England’s most controversial monarchs.
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History of a Six Weeks' Tour Through a Part of France Switzerland Germany and Holland
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Categories: Non-Fiction » Travel
A vivid travel memoir recounts a six-week journey across France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland. Through keen observation and personal reflection, it captures landscapes, culture, and encounters, offering an intimate glimpse of Europe’s beauty and character in the early 19th century.
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Tea-Table Talk
by Jerome K. Jerome
Categories: Non-Fiction » Comics (nonfictional)
A charming collection of humorous essays and anecdotes, blending wit, observation, and gentle satire. Each piece offers a lighthearted glimpse into everyday life, conversation, and the quirks of human nature.
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De Profundis
by Oscar Wilde
Categories: Non-Fiction » Biography
From the depths of a prison cell, a fallen literary genius pens a searing letter to his former lover, baring his soul with raw candor. Reflecting on betrayal, suffering, and spiritual awakening, he weaves a poignant meditation on art, love, and redemption. This haunting work, born of despair, unveils the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of self-discovery.
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