After Babel
Linguistics book by literary critic George Steiner, in which the author deals with the “Babel problem” of multiple languages.After Babel is a comprehensive study of the subject of language and translation
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Memoirs
Any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author’s personal memories
Under the Volcano
Novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry published in 1947. The novel tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac, on the Day of the Dead in November 1939. The book takes its name from the two volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl, that overshadow Quauhnahuac and the characters
Into Thin Air
1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer
Great Books
Book accepted as being exemplary or noteworthy
The Power Broker
1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro
Half of a Yellow Sun
Novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie