Recent Non Fiction

Explore our curated list of recent non-fiction books, featuring top titles across genres like history, science, and self-improvement. Find your next great read today!

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On Equilibrium

by John Ralston Saul

Is it moral to sacrifice one's life for a higher goal? Why do many in the U.S. think it admirable to join the army but …
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The voices of silence

 

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Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

by Glen O. Gabbard

Discusses the basic theoretical principles of dynamic psychiatry and the major treatment modalities, including individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family/marital therapy, pharmaco-therapy, and dynamically informed hospital …
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Autobiography of a Yogi

by Yogananda (Paramahansa)

Paramahansa Yogananda's remarkable life story takes you on an unforgettable exploration of the world of saints and yogis, science and miracles, death and resurrection.
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The Age of Spiritual Machines

by Ray Kurzweil

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bold futurist Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity Is Near, offers a framework for envisioning the future of machine intelligence—“a book for …
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Basic Economics 2nd Ed

by Thomas Sowell

Outlines the principles behind each major type of economy including capitalist, socialist, and feudal, in terms of the incentives each creates.
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Chaos, Gaia, Eros

by Ralph Abraham

Chaos pioneer Ralph Abraham traces the history of consciousness through a rediscovery of three driving forces, chaos, gaia, and eros--the mind, body, and spirit of …
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

by Samuel P. Huntington

Based on the author's seminal article in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative …
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The Elegant Universe

by Brian Greene

Introduces the superstring theory that attempts to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics
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God Talks with Arjuna

by Paramhansa Yogananda

Exploring the "Bhagavad Gita's" psychological, spiritual, and metaphysical depths, Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the innermost essence of this majestic scripture, presenting an unparalleled translation of and …
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Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared M. Diamond

The fates of human societies.
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Hell's Angels

by Hunter S. Thompson

Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels—Hell’s Angels, that is—in this short work of nonfiction. “California, Labor Day weekend . …
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On War

by Carl von Clausewitz

Presents the Prussian soldier's classic work analyzing the nature of war and the conditions which require it. Bibliogs
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A Problem from Hell

by Samantha Power

Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize For General Nonfiction National Book Critics Circle Award Winner In her award-winning interrogation of the last century of American …
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Six Days of War

by Michael B. Oren

In 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition …
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The White Album

by Joan Didion

Essays on the author's experiences with American culture in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Who Killed Daniel Pearl?

by Bernard Henri Lévy

An investigation into the murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl asserts that Pearl was murdered not necessarily because he was an American or …
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Globalization and Its Discontents

by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Rarely do we get such an insider's analysis of the major institutions of globalization as in this penetrating book.
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The Great Crash, 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith

An examination of the stock market crash of 1929.
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The European Dream

by Jeremy Rifkin

Rifkin delves deeply into the history of Europe--and eventually America--to show how Europeans have succeeded in slowly and steadily developing a more adaptive, sensible way …
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Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire

by Anne Norton

This provocative book examines the teachings of political theorist Leo Strauss and the ways in which they have been appropriated, or misappropriated, by senior policymakers.
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India

by Robert B. Silvers

How can we understand India today, fifty years after Independence and only months after its nuclear tests outraged the world? The novelist Arundhati Roy has …
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Wittgenstein's Poker

by David Edmonds

On October 25, 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, England, the great twentieth-century philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for …