Non-Fiction

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=** NONFICTION INFORMATIONAL TEXTS: **=

= A -- = =//Adventurers of the Far North: A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas// by Stephen Leacock= =//The A.E.F.// by Heywood Broun= =//The American Language// by H. L. Mencken= =//American Notes// by Charles Dickens= =//The Analects of Confucius//=
 * =Written 1914, an account of the exploration of the Arctic region.=
 * =Journalistic reports on the experiences of the American Expeditionary Forces, 1917.=
 * = An exploration of American variations of " English " and its evolution that is "more colorful, vivid, and creative than its British counterpart" (Mencken). =
 * =A travelogue by the author detailing his trip to America in 1842.=
 * ="An anthology of brief passages that present the words of Confucius and his disciples, describes Confucius as a man, and recount some of the events of his life" (Introduction, Robert Eno)=

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= C -- = =//A Child's History of England// by Charles Dickens= =//"//@The Code Talker Story//"// from navajocodetalkers.org= =//The Confessions of Saint Augustine// by Augustine of Hippo= =//The Constitution of the United States//= =//The Courage to Be// by Paul Tillich= =//Culture and Anarchy// by Matthew Arnold=
 * =A simplified history of England from Ancient Times to the Revolution of 1688, and was a part of the British curricula into the 20th Century.=
 * =Article explaining the role of the Native Americans in creating secret code for the War Department in both World Wars.=
 * =Not an autobiography, but Augustine's "deliberate effort [...] to recall those crucial episodes and events in which he can now see and celebrate the mysterious actions of God’s prevenient and provident grace" (Outler).=
 * =Includes links to the Preamble, Articles, and Amendments of the written charter of the United States government.=
 * =Tillich describes the dilemma of modern man and the problem of anxiety.=
 * =Published in 1869, Arnold contrasts culture with anarchy in this major work of criticism.=

= D -- = =//Dark Night of the Soul (1578-79)// by Saint John of the Cross= =//The Decay of Lying// by Oscar Wilde= =//Democracy in America// by Alexis de Tocqueville=
 * =Poem and treatise commenting on the meaning of the poem.=
 * =//Written in dialogue, the essay argues that Art is superior to Nature.//=
 * =An examination of the democratic revolution that Tocqueville believed had been occurring for seven hundred years.=

= E -- = =//The Ego and the Id// by Sigmund Freud [excerpt]= =//An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Book One// by John Locke= =//The Ethics of the Aristocrats and Other Satirical Works// by 'Obeyd-e Zakani, translated by Hasan Javadi= =//Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times, Soviet Russia in the 1930s// by Sheila Fitzpatrick=
 * =An analytical study of the human psyche.=
 * =Written in 1689, the book focuses on the foundation of human understanding.=
 * =A collection of satirical anecdotes from the Persian poet from the Mongol period.=
 * =A social and cultural account of the trials and tribulations of urban life in Stalin's Soviet Union.=

= F -- = =//The Feminine Mystique Chapter One Chapter Two// by Betty Friedan=
 * =Based on interviews, psychology, media, and advertising, Friedan explores the "unhappiness of women in the 1950s and early 1960s" (Wikipedia).=

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= G -- = =//The Gulag Archipelago// by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn=
 * =A literary-historical record of the vast system of prisons and labor camps in the Soviet Union after the Bolsheviks seized power through Stalin's rule (1918-1956).=

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= I -- = =//@In Cold Blood// by Truman Capote= =//@Into the Wild// by Jon Krakauer=
 * =True crime book based on the 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a farmer from Holcomb, Kansas, his wife, and two of their four children.=
 * =(The story of how well-to-do Christopher McCandless abandoned everything and hitchhiked into the Alaskan wilderness, where he died.)=

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= K -- = =//A Key into the Language of America// by Roger Williams=
 * =A survey of the language, manners, and customs of the Native Americans in New England (1643).=

= L -- = ="Lee Surrenders to Grant, April 9th, 1865" by General Horace Porter= =//Letters to a Young Poet// by Rainer Maria Rilke= =//Leviathan// by Thomas Hobbes= =//Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects// by Giorgio Vasari= = =
 * =An account of Lee's surrender of the Confederate Army.=
 * =Ten letters written by Rilke over a period of years to a young man considering entering the German military on the vocation of writing.=
 * =A look at the structure of society and legitimate government.=
 * =An art history, written in the 16th Century, as a series of artist biographies.=

= M -- = =//My Discovery of England// by Stephen Leacock=
 * =(Published 1922, Leacock's humorous impressions of the British Isles after going on a lecture tour.)=

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=//Novum Organum// by Francis Bacon= > = =
 * =A treatise detailing a new system of logic that Bacon believes is superior to the old ways of syllogism. This is now known as the Baconian method.=

= O -- = =//Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's// by Frederick Lewis Allen= =//Origin of Species// by Charles Darwin=
 * ="An attempt to tell [...] the story of the eleven years between the end of the war with Germany (November 11, 1918) and the stock-market panic which culminated on November 13, 1929..."=
 * =A work of scientific literature on Darwin's theory of evolution.=

= P -- = =//Pilgrim at Tinker Creek// by Annie Dilliard= =//The Poetics of Aristotle// by Aristotle= =//The Prince// by Nicolo Machiavellie=
 * =An unnamed narrator's explorations near her home, contemplating nature and life.=
 * =Aristotle's exploration of what makes good poetry.=
 * =A 16th-century political treatise with the theme that "the aims of princes--such as glory and survival--can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends" (Wikipedia).=

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= R -- = =//Rabelais and His World// by Mikhail Bakhtin=
 * =A critical anaylsis of author Francois Rebelais and his book series //Gargantua and Pantagruel//.=

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= T -- = =//The Tao of Pooh// by Benjamin Hoff= =//Thus Spoke Zarathustra// by Friedrich Nietzsche= = **//Trading Places: the East India Company and Asia, 1600-1834// by Anthony Farrington** =
 * =An allegorical introduction to the Eastern belief system using Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.=
 * =A treatise, written in four parts, on Nietzsche's philosophy.=
 * = **A look at the trading industry with Asia via the East India company, 1600-1834.** =

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**W --** ="War and Remembrance (May 2006)" by Owen Edwards= =//"//The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising//" by// Reuben Ainsztein= =//The Wonders of the Invisible World// by Cotton Mather=
 * =Magazine article detailing an Indian artist's traditional tribute to Native American soldiers who served in Vietnam.=
 * =Short reading and response question on the Jewish defense of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.=
 * =Mather's own account of the Salem witchcraft episode.=

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Page updated 6/08/16.