 | The Story of My Life: The Restored Classic, Complete and Unabridged, Centennial Edition by Helen Keller
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $5.09 Helen Keller's experiences encourage us to use ALL our senses, taking nothing - and no one - for granted.
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 | Walden : An Annotated Edition by Henry David Thoreau
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $7.79 Thoreau was philosopher, eccentric, naturalist, writer. Published 150 years ago, his insights remain fresh and valuable today.
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 | The Souls of Black Folk (Norton Critical Editions) by W. E. B. Du Bois
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $2.10 Published in 1903; still relevant. Racial equality was DuBois's goal. We're not there ... yet.
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 | Life on Earth: A Natural History by David Attenborough
Buy used from: $0.01 The basics of how life came to be. Companion to the PBS TV series. Also The Living Planet, Trials of Life.
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 | The Illustrated Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
Buy used from: $4.99 How an obscure British clockmaker solved one of the 18th century's most important scientific problems. A terrific story well told.
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 | The Elements of Style (4th Edition) by William Strunk
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.94 Indispensable guide for writing concisely. Also get William Zinsser's "On Writing Well".
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 | A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold
Buy new: $32.40 / Used from: $23.40 Timeless essays form an environmental and conservation classic.
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 | The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $2.94 Written 2500 years ago, Sun Tzu's maxims on strategy are read by current military and business leaders.
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 | The Voyage of the Beagle: Charles Darwin's Journal of Researches (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $3.91 Chronicles the journey which led to his theory of natural selection. Read "Beagle" to better understand "The Origin of Species".
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 | Witness to a Century: Encounters with the Noted, the Notorious, and the Three SOBs by George Seldes
Buy new: $27.00 / Used from: $0.01 Wonderful memoir of an extraordinary life in journalism. Seldes knew the press must be ever on guard against corruption by special interests.
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 | The Story of Art, 16th Edition (Gombrich, Ernst Hans Josef//Story of Art) by E.H. Gombrich
Buy used from: $29.95 Well-written, opinionated, fascinating introduction to and history of art.
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 | Cosmos by Carl Sagan
Buy used from: $14.70 Companion to the PBS TV series. Sagan makes science understandable and exciting. His sense of wonder is infectious.
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 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Buy used from: $0.69 Unforgettable autobiography of growing up poor and black in the segregated south in the 1930s - 1940s.
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 | The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 (The Chicago History of American Civilization) by Edmund S. Morgan
Buy new: $13.50 / Used from: $0.67 Brief overview of the beginnings of the United States. A fine first US history book.
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 | The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States (Bantam Classic)
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.01 Read to better understand the Revolution and the basis of our government.
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 | National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--E: Eastern Region by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $5.47 Audubon and Peterson publish dozens of field guides by type and geographic area. Learn about the natural world, wherever you live.
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 | Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.19 What matters most to people? Having a purpose in life. A memorable and worthwhile read.
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 | The Prince (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) by Niccolò Machiavelli
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.90 Published in the early 16th century; widely read since for an in-depth look at how government and politics function.
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 | A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Buy used from: $2.30 Fermor relates his adventures walking through pre-WWII Europe as a young man. Continued in "Between the Woods and the Water". Superb writing.
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 | The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by Elspeth Huxley
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.68 Beguiling childhood memoir of Kenya circa 1916. She writes with imagination and humour. Continued in "The Mottled Lizard".
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 | A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $17.28 / Used from: $11.94 Charming remembrance of 1920s Paris with Joyce, Pound, Stein, Fitzgerald, etc.
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 | Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 A Japanese-American girl's experiences interned in a California camp during WWII. A regrettable but important part of our history.
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 | Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.92 Written in 1903, Rilke's letters overflow with insights on writing, art, spirituality, discipline, life.
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 | Oranges by John McPhee
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $1.89 One of our finest living writers. His essays and books often touch on aspects of the natural world.
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 | The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Last but not least .. A reminder of what truly matters in life, this is a book filled with wisdom.
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