Nonfiction & Reference
13 entries in the Nonfiction & Reference compendium.
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LexiconThe vocabulary inventory of a language or branch of knowledge.Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and ArchitectsFirst important book on art history, by Giorgio Vasari.MuqaddimahThe *Muqaddimah* (Arabic for "the introduction") is a 14th-century Arabic treatise on histMémoires d'Outre-TombePosthumous memoir blending history and personal reflection.Natural History (Pliny)Roman encyclopedia covering the natural world and human life.Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, written and published in 1838, is the onlNight (memoir)Memoir of Holocaust survival and loss of faith.On LibertyIt applies their ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state, proposing standardOn the Origin of SpeciesFoundation of evolutionary biology, introducing natural selection.OpticksNewton's experimental study of light, color, and diffraction.Orientalism (book)The book argues that Western scholarship about the Eastern world is inextricably tied to tProgress and PovertyIn 1879, Henry George published his first book, *Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into theMan's Search for MeaningA psychologist's account of finding meaning in concentration camps.
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