Non-fiction Books

Seven Discourses on Art

Sir Joshua Reynolds

It is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual ..

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volum..

The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000

Eric S. Raymond

Eric Steven Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a gui..

Zes maanden op Cuba—Havana

Charles Berchon

Zes maanden op Cuba—Havana is a travel literary work by Charles Berchon...

Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library

Anonymous

Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library is bibliographical work by Anonymous author.The collection of early printed books presented to the Library of Yale Univ..

How to Become an Engineer

Francis W. Doughty

How to Become an Engineer is book by Francis W. Doughty, an American screenwriter and novelist. Doughty held unorthodox views about the age of humans. It contains Full Instructions How to Proceed in O..

ProHistoire de la Nouvelle-France

Marc Lescarbot

Histoire de la Nouvelle-France is a discovery exploration work written by Marc Lescarbot, a French author, poet and lawyer. He is best known for his Histoire de la Nouvelle-France, based on his expedi..

The Patient Observer and His Friends

Simeon Strunsky

The Patient Observer and His Friends is an essays collection written by Simeon Strunsky, a Russian-born Jewish American essayist and editorialist. He is best remembered as a prominent editorialis..