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Non-fiction.
From Marcus Aurelius’s intimate reflections to Jamaica Kincaid’s fierce postcolonial critique, this collection maps the fault lines of power, selfhood, and society. Spanning centuries and continents, these essential works—whether a war treatise or a presidential report—invite you to think deeply and live deliberately.
Biography & Memoir
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812: For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical
The private letters of Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine trace one of history's most famous relationships from passionate ardor to estrangement, offering an intimate view of the empe
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Non-fiction
Tagalog Texts with Grammatical Analysis
A foundational linguistic study of Tagalog by Leonard Bloomfield: transcribed texts paired with rigorous grammatical analysis.
$9.50
Non-fiction
Moby Multiple Language Lists of Common Words
A reference resource from the Moby lexical project, gathering lists of common words across multiple languages, a practical trove for linguists, word-lovers, puzzle-makers and anyon
$9.50
Biography & Memoir
Jesus the Christ
A substantial devotional study of the life and mission of Jesus, drawing on scripture to present his ministry, teaching and significance.
$9.00
Non-fiction
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill's landmark defence of individual freedom against the pressure of the state and the crowd.
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History
The Waterloo Roll Call
Charles Dalton's meticulous roster of the British officers present at Waterloo, with biographical notes on their lives and services.
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Non-fiction
Calculus Made Easy
Silvanus P.
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History
The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great
Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander, the most trusted ancient account of Alexander the Great's campaigns, follows the Macedonian conqueror from Greece to the edge of India in discipline
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Art & Design
Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art
A study of how the ancient Greeks commemorated their victorious athletes in sculpture and monument, tracing the meeting point of sport, religion and art in the classical world.
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Non-fiction
Color Images from Mars Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity
A collection of colour images sent back from the surface of Mars by NASA's twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
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Non-fiction
Putnam's Word Book
A practical word book and writer's reference, gathering synonyms, related terms and shades of meaning to help anyone choose language with more precision, variety and care.
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Biography & Memoir
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself
One of the first slave narratives written by a formerly enslaved African, Equiano's 1789 memoir carried a captive from West Africa across the Atlantic to freedom, print, and the fi
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The lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, the book of evil spirits : $b contains two hundred diagrams and seals for invocation
A classic edition of the Goetia, first book of the Lesser Key of Solomon, the notorious grimoire cataloguing seventy-two spirits with their seals, offices and the rites of their co
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Non-fiction
On the Duties of the Clergy
Saint Ambrose of Milan's early Christian guide to moral conduct, reworking the classical ideal of duty into a pastoral handbook for those who serve the Church.
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History
The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments, of Great Britain: Second Edition, Revised
A foundational survey of Britain's prehistoric stone tools, weapons, and ornaments, richly illustrated and carefully classified by type and period.
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Pharmacographia
A landmark history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, tracing the plants that became medicines across cultures and centuries.
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Biography & Memoir
The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay
The intimate letters of the pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft to her American lover Gilbert Imlay.
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Children
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Rema
The ancient Sanskrit classic attributed to Vatsyayana, presented in the famous Victorian translation.
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Biography & Memoir
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass's electrifying account of his life in bondage and his fight to be free.
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Non-fiction
Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846
A nineteenth-century traveler's account of a journey across the Sahara, recording the landscapes, peoples, and hardships of the great desert.
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Essays
The Federalist Papers
The foundational essays by Hamilton, Madison and Jay, written to defend the proposed United States Constitution.
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Biography & Memoir
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin's classic account of his own life, from humble beginnings to fame as a printer, inventor, and statesman.
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Non-fiction
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie
The collected writings of a formidable seventeenth-century Scottish divine, a leading voice at the Westminster Assembly.
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Biography & Memoir
Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain's rich memoir of learning the great river as a steamboat pilot, then returning years later to find both the Mississippi and America transformed.
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Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes's landmark of political philosophy, arguing that only a strong sovereign can lift humanity out of the violent chaos of the state of nature.
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Classics
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau's two great works together: the record of his experiment in simple living by Walden Pond, and his ringing argument for conscience over unjust law.
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The 2006 CIA World Factbook
The 2006 edition of the celebrated global almanac, profiling every nation's geography, people, government and economy in one clear reference.
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History
Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar
A rigorous scholarly reconstruction of pre-Roman Britain and Caesar's two expeditions across the Channel.
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Non-fiction
The 2003 CIA World Factbook
A comprehensive almanac of the world's nations as they stood in 2003, gathering geography, population, government, economy and more into one indispensable reference.
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Non-fiction
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
A practical treasury of ready-made phrases and expressions, gathered to help writers and speakers reach for the apt word with grace, precision and a little more colour.
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History
Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
The official Warren Commission report on the assassination of President John F.
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Biography & Memoir
Charles Bradlaugh
The life of one of the most fearless reformers of his age, a champion of free thought and free speech who fought his way into public life.
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Non-fiction
The origin and development of the moral ideas
A sweeping study of where our sense of right and wrong comes from, drawing on custom, law, and belief across many peoples.
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The Prince
Machiavelli’s concise and unsettling guide to power, statecraft, fear, reputation, and political survival.
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The Republic
Plato’s enduring dialogue on justice, education, political order, and the shape of the good life.
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The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is the classic strategy text on planning, discipline, deception, leadership, and winning through intelligence rather than brute force.
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Essays
A Small Place
Jamaica Kincaid's blistering book-length essay turns the tourist's gaze back on itself, laying bare the wreckage of colonialism and corruption in her native Antigua with unforgetta
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Biography & Memoir
The Argonauts
Maggie Nelson's genre-crossing memoir braids queer love, pregnancy and gender transition with sharp philosophical inquiry, making a fierce, tender case for a life that refuses easy
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Non-fiction
Civil Disobedience
In 'Civil Disobedience,' Thoreau’s impassioned essay challenges readers to question authority and act on conscience.
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Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
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Nature & Environment
Walden
Thoreau's 'Walden' is a quiet rebellion against the noise of civilization, a year spent in deliberate solitude by a pond where time bends to the rustle of leaves and the call of lo
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