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The English Teacher's Non-Fiction 100: Some of the Best Fact-Based Books Ever Written

Just as the title say, our (now retired) English Teacher presents some of the most intriguing, thought provoking, and engaging works of non-fiction (from a variety of disciplines) that he has encountered over a lifetime of reading.
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1939: The Lost World of the Fair (David Gelernter)
1939: The Lost World of the Fair
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David Gelernter
Alexander Hamilton (Ron Chernow)
Alexander Hamilton
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Ron Chernow
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
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Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
The Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
The Armies of the Night
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Norman Mailer
The Army of the Potomac (Catton)
The Army of the Potomac
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Catton
Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
7
At Home : A Short History of Private Life (Bill Bryson)
At Home : A Short History of Private Life
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Bill Bryson
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
9
Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Russell)
The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell
10
Bertrand Russell
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
11
Malcolm X
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom
12
James M. McPherson
The Big Book
The Big Book
13
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways
14
William Least Heat-Moon
Brain Droppings
Brain Droppings
15
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
16
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
17
Stephen Hawking
The Civil War (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War
18
Shelby Foote
The Cold War: A World History (Odd Arne Westad)
The Cold War: A World History
19
Odd Arne Westad
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
20
Thomas Paine
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
21
Carl Sagan
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
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Amin Maalouf
The Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross)
The Dark Night of the Soul
23
St. John of the Cross
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
24
Alexis De Tocqueville
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus (Thomas Cahill)
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus
25
Thomas Cahill
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
26
A Distant Mirror (Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
27
Tuchman
Distrust That Particular Flavor (William Gibson)
Distrust That Particular Flavor
28
William Gibson
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care (Benjamin Spock)
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care
29
Benjamin Spock
Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (Charles MacKay)
Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
30
Charles MacKay
Freakonomics (Steven D. Levitt)
Freakonomics
31
Steven D. Levitt
From Beirut to Jerusalem
From Beirut to Jerusalem
32
From Jesus to Christ (Fredriksen)
From Jesus to Christ
33
Fredriksen
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
Future Shock
34
Toffler Alvin
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Thomas Cahill)
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
35
Thomas Cahill
The Glorious Cause (Robert Middlekauff)
The Glorious Cause
36
Robert Middlekauff
Gods, Graves, & Scholars (Ceram)
Gods, Graves, & Scholars
37
Ceram
Grant's Memoirs (Library of America)
Grant's Memoirs
38
Library of America
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956 (Aleksandre I. Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956
39
Aleksandre I. Solzhenitsyn
The Guns of August (Tuchman)
The Guns of August
40
Tuchman
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