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  On The Origin of Species

  Non Fiction by: Charles Darwin

  Considered to be one of the books that changed the world and how we view ourselves, On The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was met with incredulous horror when it was first published in 1859. The revolutionary, almost blasphemous ideas it describ...

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  The Bible, American Standard Version

  Non Fiction by: Free ebooks

  The Revised Version, Standard American Edition of the Bible, more commonly known as the American Standard Version (ASV), is a version of the Bible that was released in 1901. It was originally best known by its full name, but soon came to have other n...

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  Dream Psychology

  Non Fiction by: Sigmund Freud

  From the dawn of human consciousness, dreams have always fascinated us. Do they mean something? Do dreams help us see into the future? These questions have intrigued us for centuries. Sigmund Freud was one of the first people to examine dreams seriou...

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  Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English

  Non Fiction by: Henry Stanton

  Henry Stanton’s 1922 book Sex – Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although conservative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behavior and relationships. It is partly a self-help book, partly an attempt to relay the ...

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  Anatomy of the Human Body

  Non Fiction by: Henry Gray

  Henry Gray’s classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US edition (some information may b...

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  The Prince

  Non Fiction by: Niccolò Machiavelli

  The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (Ab...

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  The Sayings of Confucius

  Non Fiction by: Confucius

  Promoting virtues such as filial devotion, compassion, loyalty, and propriety, these dialogues between the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and his disciples comprise the crux of Confucianism.

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  The 9/11 Commission Report

  Non Fiction by: The 9/11 Commission

  The 9/11 Commission Report, formally named Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was prepared by the National Commiss...

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  Dream Psychology

  Non Fiction by: Sigmund Freud

  Not a few serious-minded students, [...], have been discouraged from attempting a study of Freud’s dream psychology. The book in which he originally offered to the world his interpretation of dreams was as circumstantial as a legal record to be ponde...

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  Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases

  Non Fiction by: Grenville Kleiser

  A Practical Handbook of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, and Oratorical Terms, for the Embellishment of Speech and Literature, and The Improvement of the Vocabulary of Those Persons Who Read, Write, and S...

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  The Art of War

  Non Fiction by: Sun Tzu

  The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics...

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  Walden

  Non Fiction by: Henry David Thoreau

  Walden is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond. Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a...