 | Plato Complete Works by Plato
Buy new: $43.97 / Used from: $36.25 The beginning of any Philosophical library. A decent set of translations, all in one volume.
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 | Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 1 by Aristotle
Buy new: $35.64 / Used from: $24.98 The other book to begin a philosophical library with. Not as much fun as Plato, but comprehensive.
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 | Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2 by Aristotle
Buy new: $34.10 / Used from: $28.98 Counted as a piece with Vol. 1.
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 | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha, Third Edition (Hardcover 9700A)
Buy used from: $14.75 Not to convert or anything (though it might placate the preacher), but for scholarship.
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 | Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition by Lao Tzu
Buy used from: $34.90 A little eastern 'flava' to round out the philosophy/spirituality section of your prison library. Good to chill out with.
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 | The Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically (in slipcase with reading glass)
Buy new: $287.96 / Used from: $150.00 Yeah, the prison officials might give you a hard time with this one, but though huge, it is indespensible for scholarship and interesting to boot
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 | Plutarch's Lives Volume 1 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $7.79 Now for some history - a great companion to the Plato and Aristotle, and the bible, too.
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 | Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (Modern Library Classics) by Plutarch
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $9.17 Counted as a piece with Vol. 1
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 | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics) by Edward Gibbon
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.36 I just couldn't put the full 12 volume set on the list for verisimilitude's sake.
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 | The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition by William Shakespeare
Buy new: $50.96 / Used from: $18.50 Literature! The complete Shakespeare has all you need. Poems, too. Great when paired with the OED and bible.
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 | Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $5.84 Something to appease the Aryan Brotherhood... heh heh. Nope, just the most vital work of 20th century history around.
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 | Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $27.02 / Used from: $21.00 Something lighter and fun. Will keep you occupied and entertained, not to mention feeling superior to your jailers.
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 | The Fermata by Nicholson Baker
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.26 Something for those lonely nights in your bunk... super-literate smut. I know this makes 11, but it's light and easy to sneak into a list.
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