On the shelf — non-fiction

Non-fiction.

Subject-matter we wanted to live with for a week. Cultural history, science writing that earns its metaphors, and ideas books that don't mistake length for depth.

297 books

Ethics

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The History of …

The History of the Peloponnesian War

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Memoirs of Napoleon …

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete

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Astronomy for Amateurs

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India, Its Life …

India, Its Life and Thought

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Complete Story of …

Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror

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Roget's Thesaurus

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Apology

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Twelve Years a …

Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Res

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The Sceptical Chymist: …

The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypos

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Seneca Fiction, Legends, …

Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths: Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology; 1910-1911

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Comic History of …

Comic History of the United States

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A History of …

A History of Elizabethan Literature

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A Treatise on …

A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

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Slave Narratives

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All about coffee

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Warships and their …

Warships and their story

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Famous Affinities of …

Famous Affinities of History

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A Daughter of …

A Daughter of the Middle Border

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History of Indian …

History of Indian and Eastern Architecture

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Richard the Lion …

Richard the Lion Heart

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Esoteric Christianity, or …

Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries

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The Life of …

The Life of Friedrich Schiller: Comprehending an Examination of His Works

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The Economic Aspect …

The Economic Aspect of Geology

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