Genre
Non-fiction.
At dot books, our non-fiction shelves hum with stories of real-life adventure, intellectual quests, and forgotten histories. From the philosophical masterpiece Critique of Pure Reason to the swashbuckling suppression of piracy in Borneo and the intimate Choctaw Freedmen, every volume is a doorway to a vivid, true world. Whether you’re drawn to grand ideas or human dramas, you’ll find a book here that stays with you long after the last page.
History
A Source Book for Ancient Church History
A curated collection of primary documents tracing the early Christian church from the apostolic age through the great councils.
$9.00
Biography & Memoir
Rizal's own story of his life
The life of José Rizal, the Philippines' national hero, drawn largely from his own words: the memories, reflections and testimony of the writer and patriot whose ideas helped awake
$9.00
History
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
A narrative portrait of the court, favourites and intrigues of Elizabeth I.
$9.00
Biography & Memoir
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
Harriet Jacobs's searing first-person account of enslavement, escape, and seven years hidden in a cramped attic.
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$5.00
Biography & Memoir
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
Timothy Dexter's gloriously eccentric self-published tract, famous for its erratic spelling and absent punctuation, which the author supplied by the page for readers to insert them
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$9.00
Essays
Southern Literature From 1579-1895
A wide-ranging anthology of writing from the American South across more than three centuries, gathering poetry, prose and historical documents to trace the literary voice of a regi
$9.00
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
Adventure
Thuvia, maid of Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs returns to Barsoom for a swift tale of a Martian princess, a lovestruck prince, telepathic beasts and phantom armies across the dying red planet.
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$9.00
Classics
A farewell to arms
Ernest Hemingway's stark, tender novel of love and war on the Italian front.
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$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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$5.00
History
Roman Stoicism
A study of Stoic philosophy as it flowered in the Roman world, tracing how a demanding Greek school became the ethical backbone of an empire.
$9.00
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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$9.00
Non-fiction
Second Treatise of Government
John Locke's foundational argument for natural rights, consent and limited government.
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$5.00
Non-fiction
Calculus Made Easy
Silvanus P.
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$9.50
Fiction
The Man Who Was Thursday
G.
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History
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
Ellen G.
$9.00
Biography & Memoir
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete
Suetonius's gossipy, unforgettable portraits of Julius Caesar and the first eleven emperors, packed with scandal, omen and telling detail from the heart of imperial Rome.
$9.00
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
$9.00
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.
$9.00
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.
$9.00
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.
$9.50
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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$9.00
Non-fiction
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
$9.00
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.
$9.00
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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$9.00
Non-fiction
Pharmacographia
A landmark history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, tracing the plants that became medicines across cultures and centuries.
$9.00
Biography & Memoir
Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude
Austin Bidwell's own account of the great Bank of England forgery and the fifteen years of imprisonment that followed.
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$9.00
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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$5.00
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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$9.00
Essays
The Federalist Papers
The foundational essays by Hamilton, Madison and Jay, written to defend the proposed United States Constitution.
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$5.00
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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$9.00
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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$9.00
Classics
Ulysses
James Joyce's epic of a single ordinary Dublin day, following Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and Molly Bloom through the city.
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$9.00
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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$9.00
Non-fiction
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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$5.00
Non-fiction
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.
$9.00
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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$9.00
Fiction
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche's visionary philosophical masterwork, in which the prophet Zarathustra descends to teach the overman, eternal recurrence and the transvaluation of values.
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$9.00
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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$9.00
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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$9.50
Biography & Memoir
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Augustine of Hippo turns his life into a prayer, tracing a restless soul from youthful appetite to faith.
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Adventure
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding's sprawling comic masterpiece follows a good-hearted foundling through misadventure, love, and English society toward the truth of his birth.
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$9.00
Classics
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde’s sparkling social comedy turns false names, courtship, and perfect manners into one of the sharpest and funniest plays in English.
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$9.00
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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$9.00
Fiction
The Blue Castle
L.
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Fantasy
The King in Yellow
Robert W.
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$9.00