The 100 greatest non-fiction books Pt.2 (Guardian)

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The Journalist and the Murderer
1.  The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm
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  "An examination of the moral dilemmas at the heart of the journalist's trade"
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The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
2.  The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
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  "The man in the white suit follows Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters as they drive across the US in a haze of LSD"
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Dispatches (Picador)
3.  Dispatches (Picador) by Michael Herr
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  "A vivid account of Herr's experiences of the Vietnam war"
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The Lives of the Poets: A Selection (Oxford World's Classics)
4.  The Lives of the Poets: A Selection (Oxford World's Classics) by Samuel Johnson
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  "Biographical and critical studies of 18th-century poets, which cast a sceptical eye on their lives and works"
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An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria (Penguin Great Ideas)
5.  An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria (Penguin Great Ideas) by Chinua Achebe
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  "Achebe challenges western cultural imperialism in his argument that Heart of Darkness is a racist novel, which deprives its African characters of humanity"
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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Penguin Psychology)
6.  The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Penguin Psychology) by Bruno Bettelheim
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  "Bettelheim argues that the darkness of fairy tales offers a means for children to grapple with their fears"
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (20th anniversary edition with a new preface by the author)
7.  Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (20th anniversary edition with a new preface by the author) by Douglas R Hofstadter
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  "A whimsical meditation on music, mind and mathematics that explores formal complexity and self-reference"
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Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
8.  Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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  "Rousseau establishes the template for modern autobiography with this intimate account of his own life"
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (American Library)
9.  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (American Library) by Frederick Douglass
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  "This vivid first person account was one of the first times the voice of the slave was heard in mainstream society"
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De Profundis
10.  De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
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  "Imprisoned in Reading Gaol, Wilde tells the story of his affair with Alfred Douglas and his spiritual development"
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
11.  Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T E Lawrence
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  "A dashing account of Lawrence's exploits during the revolt against the Ottoman empire"
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An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
12.  An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth by M.K. Gandhi
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  "A classic of the confessional genre, Gandhi recounts early struggles and his passionate quest for self-knowledge"
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Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics)
13.  Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "Orwell's clear-eyed account of his experiences in Spain offers a portrait of confusion and betrayal during the civil war"
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The Diary of a Young Girl
14.  The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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  "Published by her father after the war, this account of the family's hidden life helped to shape the post-war narrative of the Holocaust"
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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics)
15.  Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov
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  "Nabokov reflects on his life before moving to the US in 1940"
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The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka
16.  The Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka by Wole Soyinka
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  "A powerful autobiographical account of Soyinka's experiences in prison during the Nigerian civil war"
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The Periodic Table (Penguin Modern Classics)
17.  The Periodic Table (Penguin Modern Classics) by Primo Levi
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  "A vision of the author's life, including his life in the concentration camps, as seen through the kaleidoscope of chemistry"
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Bad Blood: A Memoir
18.  Bad Blood: A Memoir by Lorna Sage
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  "Sage demolishes the fantasy of family as she tells how her relatives passed rage, grief and frustrated desire down the generations"
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The Interpretation of Dreams (Oxford World's Classics)
19.  The Interpretation of Dreams (Oxford World's Classics) by Sigmund Freud
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  "Freud's argument that our experiences while dreaming hold the key to our psychological lives launched the discipline of psychoanalysis and transformed western culture"
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The Romantic Generation (Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
20.  The Romantic Generation (Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Charles Rosen
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  "Rosen examines how 19th-century composers extended the boundaries of music, and their engagement with literature, landscape and the divine"
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The Symposium (Penguin Great Ideas)
21.  The Symposium (Penguin Great Ideas) by Plato
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  "A lively dinner-party debate on the nature of love"
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Meditations (Penguin Classics)
22.  Meditations (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Aurelius
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  "A series of personal reflections, advocating the preservation of calm in the face of conflict, and the cultivation of a cosmic perspective"
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Essays (Penguin Classics)
23.  Essays (Penguin Classics) by Michel de Montaigne
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  "Montaigne's wise, amusing examination of himself, and of human nature, launched the essay as a literary form"
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The Anatomy Of Melancholy (NYRB Classics)
24.  The Anatomy Of Melancholy (NYRB Classics) by Robert Burton
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  "Burton examines all human culture through the lens of melancholy"
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Meditations on First Philosophy: with Selections from the Objections and Replies (Oxford World's Classics)
25.  Meditations on First Philosophy: with Selections from the Objections and Replies (Oxford World's Classics) by René Descartes
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  "Doubting everything but his own existence, Descartes tries to construct God and the universe"
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