Classic Non-Fiction - Biographies and Autobiographies

The task of the economist is not to predict the future but to explain the present. Ten Great Economists, originally published in 1914, offers an insightful exploration of the influential minds who shaped the field of economics. Through a blend of ...

Marco Polo is one of the most adventurous travellers in human history. His travels are recorded in Livres des Merveilles du Monde, a book which is said to have introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China. It is one of the first great travel boo...

“Nothing once begun should be abandoned unless it is proved to be morally wrong.” The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the intimate memoir of Mahatma Gandhi, a towering figure in the history of nonviolent resistance and social justice. Origin...

James Joyce was and remains unique among novelists for whatever he published was a masterpiece. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a key work of twentieth century literature that remains as fresh, challenging and relevant as the day it was...

It is a fantasy novel published in 1928. It traces the career of the androgynous Orlando through four centuries from the late sixteenth century. It contains a great many well-observed literary and historical insights into the ages through which it...

The Voyage of the Beagle is the title given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as Journal and Remarks. It covers Darwin’s part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle. Due to immense popularity of Darwin’s a...

Sons and Lovers is considered to be D.H. Lawrence’s first mature novel. What is unique about this novel is its profound psychological insights into the complex relationships between son and mother and between son and other women. Novel is largely ...

The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice. First published in 1946, The Autobiography of a Yogi recounts the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, born as Mukunda Lal Ghos...

यह पुस्तक उन हिंसक घटनाओं को दर्शाती है जो मुंबई में रेलवे की परीक्षा देने गए बिहार और उत्तर प्रदेश के छात्रों के साथ घटित हुई थीं। यह भारत के इतिहास का काला दिन था जब स्थानीय गुंड़ों ने छात्रों पर हमला कर उन्हें गम्भीर रूप से घायल कर दिया था और छा...

On War is the English translation of the book Vom Kriege, originally written in German. Written at the time of Napoleon’s greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this landmark treatise on the art of warfare, whi...

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. In the heart of Blunderstone, England, David Copperfield's idyllic life with his loving mother is shattered by th...

The book is in the form of memoirs by the author who is a native of Kashmir but his community was forced to leave their homes and hearths in 1990, due to dangerous conditions prevailing there, perpetrated by terrorists and fundamentalists, aided b...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a captivating literary work that offers readers a unique glimpse into the life and mind of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. Through a series of letters to his son, Franklin recounts his ...

The book portrays the saga of gory incidents which shook Mumbai in the wake of the students from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh having gone there to take the railway examination, were severely assaulted by the local goons, and sent back home without taki...

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, first published in 1558, is a timeless collection of personal reflections from one of history's greatest Roman emperors. Written as a private ...

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is Thomas De Quincey’s autographical account. In it, he describes his opium and alcohol addiction and its effect on his life. It was his first published “major work…and the one which brought him fame almost ov...