Books Tagged ‘Nonfiction’
Japanese Girls and Women
Subject: Nonfiction
Bacon evocatively depicts Japanese women unsettled by their modern education, yet saddled with traditional cultural expectations. With its insight into Japan’s class syste...
Tags: Nonfiction, History, Japan
The Devil’s Dictionary
Subject: Nonfiction
The Devil’s Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, journalist, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common words followed by humoro...
Tags: Humor, Nonfiction, Reference, Comedy
Two Treatises of Government
Subject: Philosophy
Two Treatises of Government (or Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, The False Principles, and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and His Followers, Are Detected and Overth...
Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, History
The Problems of Philosophy
Subject: Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy....
Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Science
Meditations
Subject: Philosophy
Written in Greek by the only Roman emperor who was also a philosopher, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of challenging spiritual reflections and exer...
Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Spirituality, Psychology
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Subject: Philosophy
Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD. The work outlines Saint Augustine...
Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Biography, Religion, Theology, Christian
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Subject: Biography
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himsel...
Tags: American, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography, History
Common Sense
Subject: Nonfiction
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive pr...
Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction, History
Essays of Michel De Montaigne
Subject: Philosophy
The Essays (French: Essais, pronounced [esɛ]) of Michel de Montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of varying length. They were originally written in Middle Fren...
Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Essays, France
Beyond Good and Evil
Subject: Philosophy
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philo Quotes From this Book sophy of the Future (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft) is a book by philo...
Tags: Philosophy, German, Nonfiction, Religion, Psychology