Some books from a few different domains which may be of the type OP is asking for: 1. The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric : Understanding the Nature and Function of Language by Sister Miriam Joseph. 2. Introduction to Logic by Irving Copi. 3. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Randall Bryant and others. 5. Prolog Programming by Ivan Bratko. 6. Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms by David MacKay 7. Geometry by Brennan. 8. Understanding Poetry by Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brookes
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