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The Republic

Author: Plato
Published: 2008-08
book: 404 pages
ISBN:055424330X
ISBN:9780554243306
Publisher: BiblioLife
Subject: Philosophy

The Republic is a classic dialogue between Socrates and his friends concerning justice in man and the state, the Platonic theory of ideas, and concepts of ...

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Les Miserables; Volume III & IV

Author: Victor Hugo
Published: 2007-05
book: 740 pages
ISBN:1421846764
ISBN:9781421846767
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Subject: Philosophy

Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.

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When You Reach Me

Author: Rebecca Stead
Published: 2009-07-14
book: 199 pages
ISBN:0385737424
ISBN:9780385737425
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of ...

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The Prince

Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
Published: 2008-09-11
book: 120 pages
ISBN:0557007968
ISBN:9780557007967
Publisher: null
Subject: Political Science

Not published until five years after his death, "The Prince" examines the acquisition, perpetuation, and use of political power and how a prince might gain and ...

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The Art of War

Author: Sun Tzu
Published: 2008-12-18
book: 104 pages
ISBN:1604593547
ISBN:9781604593549
Publisher: Wilder Pubns Ltd
Subject: History

Now this dual-language edition offers even greater insight by allowing readers to directly compare the Chinese characters of Sun Tzu with the highly respected ...

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Man's search for meaning

Author: Viktor Emil Frankl
Published: 1985
book: 221 pages
ISBN:0671023373
ISBN:9780671023379
Publisher: Pocket
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist recounts his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp that led to the development of his existentialist approach to ...

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The road to serfdom

Author: Friedrich August Hayek
Published: 2007-03-30
book: 283 pages
ISBN:0226320553
ISBN:9780226320557
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Subject: Business & Economics

With this new edition, The Road to Serfdom takes its place in the series The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek.

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Chicken soup for the teenage soul

Author: Jack Canfield
Published: 1997-04-03
book: 354 pages
ISBN:1558744630
ISBN:9781558744639
Publisher: HCI Teens
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Shares anecdotes about friendship, family life, love, kindness, success, learning, and ambition

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The tipping point

Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Published: 2002-01-07
book: 301 pages
ISBN:0316346624
ISBN:9780316346627
Publisher: Back Bay
Subject: Psychology

Reveals how focused advertising and promotion to the "right" people can be much more effective than nationwide campaigns to the most people.

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Tuesdays with Morrie

Author: Mitch Albom
Published: 2007
book: 208 pages
ISBN:0307414094
ISBN:9780307414090
Publisher: Knopf Group E-Books
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

"From the Hardcover edition.

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Confessions

Author: Saint Augustine of Hippo
Published: 1999
book: 380 pages
ISBN:0766108139
ISBN:9780766108134
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

The most widely read of all his works, it not only tells the story of Augustine's struggle in the faith, but also his love for Jesus Christ.

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The Audacity of Hope

Author: Barack Obama
Published: 2008
book: 448 pages
ISBN:0307455874
ISBN:9780307455871
Publisher: Vintage
Subject: Political Science

The junior senator from Illinois discusses how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can address ...

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The Communist Manifesto

Author: Karl Marx
Published: 2009
book: 48 pages
ISBN:1406851744
ISBN:9781406851748
Publisher: null
Subject: Business & Economics

First published 21 February 1848, this edition is transcribed from the English edition of 1888, edited by Friedrich Engels.

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Gift from the Sea

Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Published: 1991-01-30
book: 144 pages
ISBN:0679732411
ISBN:9780679732419
Publisher: Pantheon
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

A woman's incisive and lyrical reflections on life, its stages, and its states compares them with the natural treasures of life in the sea, in a special ...

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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Author: Robert M. Pirsig
Published: 2000-09-21
book: 449 pages
ISBN:0060958324
ISBN:9780060958329
Publisher: Perennial
Subject: Family & Relationships

This lyrical, evocative, thought-provoking journal of a man' s quest for truth— and for himself— was an instant classic, now available unabridged on CD

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Utopia

Author: null
Published: 1869
book: 168 pages
ISBN:0060958324
ISBN:9780060958329
Publisher: null
Subject: Fiction

The Life and Travels of RAPHAEL HVTHLODAYE. * Probable or approximate dates. Based chiefly — besides the present work — on Amerigo Vespucci, Son caractere, ...

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The Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle

Author: Aristotle
Published: 1884
book: 350 pages
ISBN:0060958324
ISBN:9780060958329
Publisher: null
Subject: Philosophy

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Confessions

Author: Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)
Published: 1961
book: 346 pages
ISBN:014044114X
ISBN:9780140441147
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Subject: Biography & Autobiography

Dedicated to truth and the celebration of his individuality, the eighteenth-century French philosopher reexamines his life, ideals, and experiences

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The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry
Published: 2006-01-24
book: 179 pages
ISBN:0385732554
ISBN:9780385732550
Publisher: Delacorte Pr
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds ...

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The Rights of Man

Author: Thomas Paine
Published: 1996
book: book
ISBN:1606801333
ISBN:9781606801338
Publisher: null
Subject: History

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION HEN Thomas Paine sailed from America for France, in April, 1787, he was perhaps as happy a man as any in the world. ...

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