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Book SynopsisA delightful, inspiring, and idea-rich selection of fifty-two of the best, most important short nonfiction works of all timefrom Plato to Michael Pollan and Dante to Joan Didionchosen by historian, lifelong reader, and bestselling author of Don't Know Much About History.From ancient times to the present day,
The World in Books offers a wide-ranging historical education through pleasure readingand a fantastic introduction to some of the most thought-provoking, profound, and interesting nonfiction works of all time. From Sun Tzu's
The Art of War to bell hooks's
All About Love, as well as such recent classics as Barbara Ehrenreich's
Nickel and Dimed and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's
We Should All Be Feminists, Davis's guide suggests a world of nonfiction books and explains just why they're so historically meaningful and culturally relevant today.
The perfect guide for the modern-day reader, these fifty-two selections provide an
