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Art
Art & Invention
Biography
- A Lifetime of Riches: The Biography of Napoleon HillMichael J. Ritt Jr. and Kirk Landers · Biography
- Adam Smith: What He Thought and Why It MattersJesse Norman · Biography
- Andrew CarnegieDavid Nasaw · Biography
- Anne Frank: The BiographyMelissa Müller · Biography
- Aristotle: His Life and SchoolCarlo Natali · Biography
- Ashoka: The Search for India’s Lost EmperorCharles Allen · Biography
- Avicenna: His Life and WorksSoheil M. Afnan · Biography
- Bach: Music in the Castle of HeavenJohn Eliot Gardiner · Biography
- Beethoven: Anguish and TriumphJan Swafford · Biography
- Benjamin Graham on Value InvestingJanet Lowe · Biography
- Bolívar: American LiberatorMarie Arana · Biography
- Buckminster Fuller: Poet of GeometryCole Gerst · Biography
- Caesar: Life of a ColossusAdrian Goldsworthy · Biography
- Carl Sagan: A LifeKeay Davidson · Biography
- Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest PoliticianAnthony Everitt · Biography
- Clausewitz: His Life and WorkDonald Stoker · Biography
- Cleopatra: A LifeStacy Schiff · Biography
- Confucius: And the World He CreatedMichael Schuman · Biography
- Dale Carnegie: The Man Who Influenced MillionsGiles Kemp and Edward Claflin · Biography
- Damn Right! Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie MungerJanet Lowe · Biography
- Darwin: The Life of a Tormented EvolutionistAdrian Desmond and James Moore · Biography
- Dostoevsky: A Writer in His TimeJoseph Frank · Biography
- Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of NeroJames Romm · Biography
- East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia EarhartSusan Butler · Biography
- Eisenhower in War and PeaceJean Edward Smith · Biography
- Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 1Blanche Wiesen Cook · Biography
- Elizabeth the QueenAlison Weir · Biography
- Emerson: The Mind on FireRobert D. Richardson · Biography
- Florence Nightingale: The Making of an IconMark Bostridge · Biography
- Frederick Douglass: Prophet of FreedomDavid W. Blight · Biography
- Freud: A Life for Our TimePeter Gay · Biography
- Frida: A Biography of Frida KahloHayden Herrera · Biography
- Galileo's DaughterDava Sobel · Biography
- Gandhi: The Years That Changed the WorldRamachandra Guha · Biography
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard FeynmanJames Gleick · Biography
- Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber SeaKathleen Broome Williams · Biography
- GrantRon Chernow · Biography
- Harriet Tubman: The Road to FreedomCatherine Clinton · Biography
- Helen Keller: A LifeDorothy Herrmann · Biography
- Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary LifeSabina Flanagan · Biography
- Hokusai: A Life in DrawingHenri-Alexis Baatsch · Biography
- Hume: An Intellectual BiographyJames A. Harris · Biography
- Hypatia of AlexandriaMaria Dzielska · Biography
- Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient PhilosopherEdward J. Watts · Biography
- Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual BiographyRobert Irwin · Biography
- Jane Austen: A LifeClaire Tomalin · Biography
- John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946Robert Skidelsky · Biography
- Jonathan Edwards: A LifeGeorge M. Marsden · Biography
- Jung: A BiographyDeirdre Bair · Biography
- Kant: A BiographyManfred Kuehn · Biography
- Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the WorldGraham Allison and Robert D. Blackwill · Biography
- Louis Pasteur: Free Lance of ScienceRené Dubos · Biography
- Machiavelli: A BiographyMiles J. Unger · Biography
- Malcolm X: A Life of ReinventionManning Marable · Biography
- Mandela: The Authorised BiographyAnthony Sampson · Biography
- Margery Kempe: A Mixed LifeAnthony Bale · Biography
- Mark Twain: A LifeRon Powers · Biography
- Maya Angelou: The Iconic SelfMary Jane Lupton · Biography
- Michelangelo and the Pope’s CeilingRoss King · Biography
- Milton Friedman: The Last ConservativeJennifer Burns · Biography
- Morgan: American FinancierJean Strouse · Biography
- Mother Teresa: Come Be My LightBrian Kolodiejchuk · Biography
- Mozart: A LifeMaynard Solomon · Biography
- My Wars Are Laid Away in BooksAlfred Habegger · Biography
- Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded ManKrishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson · Biography
- Rachel Carson: Witness for NatureLinda Lear · Biography
- Romantic OutlawsCharlotte Gordon · Biography
- Rosalind Franklin and DNAAnne Sayre · Biography
- Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNABrenda Maddox · Biography
- Rumi's SecretBrad Gooch · Biography
- Scenes in the Life of Harriet TubmanSarah H. Bradford · Biography
- Searching for SapphoPhilip Freeman · Biography
- Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical AgeW. Bernard Carlson · Biography
- The First AmericanH. W. Brands · Biography
- The Private Science of Louis PasteurGerald L. Geison · Biography
- The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksJeanne Theoharis · Biography
- The Right to Be HumanEdward Hoffman · Biography
- Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsCraig Nelson · Biography
- Tolstoy: A Russian LifeRosamund Bartlett · Biography
- Viktor Frankl's Search for MeaningTimothy Pytell · Biography
- Virginia WoolfHermione Lee · Biography
- Voltaire in LoveNancy Mitford · Biography
- Voltaire: A LifeIan Davidson · Biography
- Will in the WorldStephen Greenblatt · Biography
- William James: In the Maelstrom of American ModernismRobert D. Richardson · Biography
- Wooden: A Coach's LifeSeth Davis · Biography
Business
Economics
Essays
Exploration
Fiction
History
- El Libertador: Writings of Simón BolívarSimón Bolívar, ed. David Bushnell · History
- Elizabeth I: Collected WorksElizabeth I · History
- MayflowerNathaniel Philbrick · History
- Napoleon: In His Own WordsNapoleon Bonaparte · History
- Notes on the State of VirginiaThomas Jefferson · History
- Of Plymouth PlantationWilliam Bradford · History
- The Campaigns of AlexanderArrian · History
- The Edicts of AshokaAshoka, ed. N. A. Nikam and Richard McKeon · History
- The Life of AntonyPlutarch · History
- The Life of SaladinBaha al-Din Ibn Shaddad · History
- The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to HistoryIbn Khaldun · History
- The Secret History of the MongolsAnonymous, trans. Urgunge Onon · History
- Washington: WritingsGeorge Washington, ed. John Rhodehamel · History
- When China Ruled the SeasLouise Levathes · History
- Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming DynastyEdward L. Dreyer · History
Investing
Leadership
Alexander the GreatPhilip Freeman · Leadership
From Third World to FirstLee Kuan Yew · Leadership
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern WorldJack Weatherford · Leadership- King: A LifeJonathan Eig · Leadership
Lincoln’s Selected WritingsAbraham Lincoln · Leadership- Napoleon: A LifeAndrew Roberts · Leadership
SaladinAnne-Marie Eddé · Leadership
Team of RivalsDoris Kearns Goodwin · Leadership- The Effective ExecutivePeter Drucker · Leadership
The Rise of Theodore RooseveltEdmund Morris · Leadership
The Splendid and the VileErik Larson · Leadership- They Call Me CoachJohn Wooden with Jack Tobin · Leadership
- Thomas Jefferson: The Art of PowerJon Meacham · Leadership
- Washington: A LifeRon Chernow · Leadership
Why We Can’t WaitMartin Luther King Jr. · Leadership- Wooden on LeadershipJohn Wooden with Steve Jamison · Leadership
- Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and ReflectionsJohn Wooden with Steve Jamison · Leadership
Literature
Mathematics
Medicine
Memoir
Crusade in EuropeDwight D. Eisenhower · Memoir
EdisonEdmund Morris · Memoir
I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou · Memoir
Long Walk to FreedomNelson Mandela · Memoir
My InventionsNikola Tesla · Memoir- Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass · Memoir
- Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant · Memoir
- Rosa Parks: My StoryRosa Parks · Memoir
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!Richard Feynman · Memoir
The Autobiography of Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie · Memoir
The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · Memoir
The Autobiography of Malcolm XMalcolm X (with Alex Haley) · Memoir
The Autobiography of Mark TwainMark Twain · Memoir- The Book of Margery KempeMargery Kempe · Memoir
The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank · Memoir- The Fun of ItAmelia Earhart · Memoir
The Second World WarWinston Churchill · Memoir- The Story of My Experiments with TruthMahatma Gandhi · Memoir
- The Story of My LifeHelen Keller · Memoir
TitanRon Chernow · Memoir
Music
Personal Development
- How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingDale Carnegie · Personal Development
- How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie · Personal Development
The Law of SuccessNapoleon Hill · Personal Development- The Quick and Easy Way to Effective SpeakingDale Carnegie · Personal Development
The Strenuous LifeTheodore Roosevelt · Personal Development
Think and Grow RichNapoleon Hill · Personal Development
Toward a Psychology of BeingAbraham Maslow · Personal Development
You Learn by LivingEleanor Roosevelt · Personal Development
Philosophy
A ConfessionLeo Tolstoy · Philosophy- A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft · Philosophy
An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume · Philosophy- CandideVoltaire · Philosophy
- Conversations of SocratesXenophon · Philosophy
- Discourses and Selected WritingsEpictetus, trans. Robert Dobbin · Philosophy
- Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to LifeA. A. Long · Philosophy
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of MoralsImmanuel Kant · Philosophy
How to Think Like a Roman EmperorDonald Robertson · Philosophy
Letters from a StoicSeneca · Philosophy- Letters on EnglandVoltaire · Philosophy
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · Philosophy
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · Philosophy- On Duties (De Officiis)Cicero · Philosophy
- On Old Age and On FriendshipCicero · Philosophy
- Philosophical DictionaryVoltaire · Philosophy
- Plato: A Very Short IntroductionJulia Annas · Philosophy
- Plato: Complete WorksPlato, ed. John M. Cooper · Philosophy
- PragmatismWilliam James · Philosophy
- Selected LettersCicero · Philosophy
Strength to LoveMartin Luther King Jr. · Philosophy
Tao Te ChingLaozi · Philosophy- Tao: The Watercourse WayAlan Watts · Philosophy
The AnalectsConfucius · Philosophy
The EnchiridionEpictetus · Philosophy- The Inner ChaptersZhuangzi, trans. Burton Watson · Philosophy
The Interpretation of DreamsSigmund Freud · Philosophy
The RepublicPlato · Philosophy
The Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam Smith · Philosophy- The Trial and Death of SocratesPlato · Philosophy
- Treatise on ToleranceVoltaire · Philosophy
- Zhuangzi: The Complete WritingsZhuangzi (Brook Ziporyn, trans.) · Philosophy
Poetry
And Still I RiseMaya Angelou · Poetry- Complete WritingsPhillis Wheatley · Poetry
- GitanjaliRabindranath Tagore · Poetry
- If Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoAnne Carson (trans.) · Poetry
- Sappho: A New TranslationMary Barnard (trans.) · Poetry
- The Age of PhillisHonorée Fanonne Jeffers · Poetry
- The Complete Poems of Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson · Poetry
- The Essential RumiColeman Barks (trans.) · Poetry
Politics
Psychology
Science
A Mind at PlayJimmy Soni & Rob Goodman · Science
Ada’s AlgorithmJames Essinger · Science- Alan Turing: The EnigmaAndrew Hodges · Science
CosmosCarl Sagan · Science
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World SystemsGalileo Galilei · Science- Einstein: His Life and UniverseWalter Isaacson · Science
Euclid's ElementsEuclid · Science
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information AgeKurt Beyer · Science
Heavenly IntrigueJoshua & Anne-Lee Gilder · Science
Isaac NewtonJames Gleick · Science
Madame Curie: A BiographyÈve Curie · Science
Notes on NursingFlorence Nightingale · Science
On the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin · Science
Relativity: The Special and the General TheoryAlbert Einstein · Science
The Demon-Haunted WorldCarl Sagan · Science
The Electric Life of Michael FaradayAlan Hirshfeld · Science
The Feynman Lectures on PhysicsRichard Feynman · Science
The Man from the FutureAnanyo Bhattacharya · Science
The Man Who Changed EverythingBasil Mahon · Science
The PrincipiaIsaac Newton · Science
The Voyage of the BeagleCharles Darwin · Science
The Works of ArchimedesArchimedes · Science
Science & Nature
Science & Technology
- A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic FieldJames Clerk Maxwell · Science & Technology
- Computing Machinery and IntelligenceAlan Turing · Science & Technology
- Harmonies of the WorldJohannes Kepler · Science & Technology
- Pierre Curie, with Autobiographical NotesMarie Curie · Science & Technology
- Sketch of the Analytical Engine, with Notes by the TranslatorL. F. Menabrea and Ada Lovelace · Science & Technology
- The Chemical History of a CandleMichael Faraday · Science & Technology
- The Computer and the BrainJohn von Neumann · Science & Technology
- The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva EdisonThomas Edison · Science & Technology
- The Mathematical Theory of CommunicationClaude Shannon and Warren Weaver · Science & Technology
Spirituality
- BuddhaKaren Armstrong · Spirituality
- In the Buddha’s WordsBhikkhu Bodhi (ed.) · Spirituality
- SciviasHildegard of Bingen · Spirituality
- Selected WritingsHildegard of Bingen · Spirituality
- The Book of Divine WorksHildegard of Bingen · Spirituality
- The DhammapadaEknath Easwaran (trans.) · Spirituality
- The Masnavi (selections)Rumi · Spirituality
- The Religious AffectionsJonathan Edwards · Spirituality
Strategy
- On WarCarl von Clausewitz · Strategy
- Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern WarfareMark McNeilly · Strategy
The Art of WarSun Tzu · Strategy- The Art of War: A New TranslationSun Tzu, trans. Michael Nylan · Strategy
- The ArthashastraKautilya (Chanakya) · Strategy
The Gallic WarJulius Caesar · Strategy- The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · Strategy
