Selected Speeches and Writings
By: Abraham Lincoln
4.21
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
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1. The Origin of Species
By: Charles Darwin
4.01
Format: 703 pages, Hardcover
Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no… read more
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"Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"...Showing that they descend from common parents, and consequently must be ranked as varieties."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
"The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient."-Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
2. Washington: A Life
By: Ron Chernow
4.16
Format: 904 pages, Hardcover
The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more
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"Many mickles make a muckle."-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life
3. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
By: Edmund Morris
4.23
Format: 816 pages, Paperback
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time Described by … read more
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"Any black or red man who could win admission to “the fellowship of the doers"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"He plunged at once into the somewhat rodent-like life of a professional historian."-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"Wall Street billionaires are predicting that Roosevelt-style railroad rate regulation will sooner or later bring about financial catastrophe. [ca. 1906]"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
"[T]he one plain duty of every man is to face the future as he faces the present, regardless of what it may have in store for him, turning toward the light as he sees the light, to play his part manfu…"-Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
4. 1776
By: David McCullough
4.09
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with … read more
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- politics
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"I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene"-David McCullough, 1776
"Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society."-David McCullough, 1776
"It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books."-David McCullough, 1776
"as the Sword was the last resort for the preservation of our liberties, so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those liberties are firmly established"-David McCullough, 1776
5. Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture
By: Marvin Olasky , Gene Edward Veith Jr.
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The modern era is over. Assumptions that shaped twentieth-century thought and culture, the bridges … read more
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- philosophy
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6. Reflections on the Revolution in France
By: Edmund Burke , L.G. Mitchell
3.55
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, a… read more
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- classics
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7. Confessions of a Mask
By: Yukio Mishima
2.57
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
Confessions of a Maskis the story of an adolescent who must learn to live with the painful fact tha… read more
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8. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien
4.22
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
One of the most influential works of this century, this is a crucial exposition of existentialist t… read more
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"Créer, c'est vivre deux fois."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Existence is illusory and it is eternal."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable."-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
9. The Divine Comedy
By: Dante Alighieri , Eugenio Montale , Allen Mandelbaum
4.29
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in th… read more
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10. Notes of a Native Son
By: James Baldwin
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin's death, including a new introdu… read more
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- politics
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11. Henry V
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
4.00
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
Henry Vis Shakespeare's most famous "war play"; it includes the storied English victory over the Fr… read more
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- classics
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12. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin , Suzanne Toren
4.28
Format: 916 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Lincoln PrizeAcclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political… read more
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- civil war
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"An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in the world,"-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
"I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause."-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
13. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
By: Founding Fathers
3.89
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution wa… read more
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14. The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Edna Hatlestad Hong , Howard Vincent Hong
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A companion piece to The Concept of Anxiety, this work continues Soren Kierkegaard's radical and co… read more
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15. A Raisin in the Sun
By: Lorraine Hansberry
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black peo… read more
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16. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
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"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
17. Leaves of Grass
By: Walt Whitman
3.50
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more
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18. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
By: Gabor Maté
4.49
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
He would probably dispute it, but Gabor Maté is something of a compassion machine. Diligently treat… read more
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- nonfiction
"Passion creates, addiction consumes."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"Compassionate curiosity directed toward the self leads to the truth of things."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"There is a quality or drive innate in human beings that the Austrian psychiatrist Victor Frankl called our “search for meaning."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
"It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behaviour."-Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
19. Native Son
By: Richard Wright
3.46
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet… read more
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20. Moby-Dick or, The Whale
By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco
3.55
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more
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"Call me Ishmael."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
21. Go Down, Moses
By: William Faulkner
4.05
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
"I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone a… read more
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22. Richard II
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill , None
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be … read more
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23. Paradise Lost
By: John Milton , John Leonard
3.84
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the… read more
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"What hath night to do with sleep?"-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Solitude sometimes is best society."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
"Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss."-John Milton, Paradise Lost
24. The Federalist Papers
By: Alexander Hamilton
4.10
Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever w… read more
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"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75"-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
25. Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
By: Jim Mattis
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by … read more
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26. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
By: Joe Rigney
4.54
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more
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"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
27. In the House of Tom Bombadil
By: C.R. Wiley
4.54
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
What is Tom Bombadil doing in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings? His bright blue coat and yell… read more
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28. Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds
By: Michael J. Knowles
4.25
Format: 256 pages, ebook
In Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds Knowles writes: How the “free speech absolutist… read more
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29. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
By: Michael Lewis
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
“Brilliant. . . . Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncerta… read more
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"Regret was the ham in the back of the deli that caused people to switch from turkey to roast beef."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic universe. In this match, surprises are expected."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours"-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
"The way it feels to me,' he said, 'is that there were certain ideas that I was put on this earth to think. And now I can think them."-Michael Lewis, The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
30. Selected Speeches and Writings
By: Abraham Lincoln
4.21
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
Ranging from finely honed legal argument to dry and sometimes savage humor to private correspondenc… read more
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