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1. | | Walden by Henry David Thoreau Available on: Digital DownloadWalden by Henry David Thoreau 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. |
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2. | | The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx Available on: Digital DownloadUndoubtedly one of the most influential writings of all time, the Communist Manifesto divided the globe for almost a century. |
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3. | | The Founding Documents of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson Available on: Digital Download ($9.95)LearnOutLoud.com is proud to present this audio collection entitled The Founding Documents of the United States of America. These documents represent key points in the founding of the U.S. government. |
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4. | | World Regions, Peoples, and States Podcast by Nathan F. Sayre Available on: PodcastThe world is comprised of regions—this basic contention, as old as Western civilization, is at once commonsensical and problematic. |
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5. | | Mill's On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($16.25)Mill's thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians. |
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6. | | The Story of American Freedom: 1776-2005 by Eric Foner Available on: Online VideoAlthough the idea of freedom is nearly ubiquitous in American public discourse -- and perhaps no more so than today – it has been subject to a remarkable degree of flux over the course of the nation’s history. |
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7. | | The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Available on: Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download ($12.95) | MP3 CDMachiavelli lived in Renaissance Italy in a time marked by violent hatred between the Italian city-states. |
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8. | | The Role of Government in our Society by Milton Friedman Available on: Digital Download | Online AudioThe Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels. |
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9. | | The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Available on: Digital DownloadWritten in 1513 to the Medici family, Machiavelli's work is known primarily for its ruthless advice and shocking lack of morality. |
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10. | | Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo by Plato Available on: Audio CD | Digital Download ($16.50)These four dialogues present the trial, the imprisonment, and the execution of Socrates who his friend Phaedo said was “the wisest, best, and most righteous person I have ever known.” |
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11. | | The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene Available on: Audio CD ($26.36) | Digital DownloadCunning, instructive, and amoral, this controversial bestseller distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. |
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12. | | The Philosophy of Conflict Resolution by John Hume Available on: Online VideoMr. Hume is a member of the British and European Parliaments, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for "... efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland." |
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13. | | Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science Podcast by Alan David Ross Available on: PodcastPolitical issues facing the state of California, the United States... |
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14. | | Kant's "Toward Lasting Peace" by Immanuel Kant Available on: Digital Download ($4.00)Kant’s "Toward Lasting Peace" is best known for the idea of a league of nations that could bring “an end to all hostilities,” but what is most important is its ability to probe fundamental principles. |
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15. | | Introduction to Nonviolence Podcast by Michael N. Nagler Available on: PodcastAn introduction to the science of nonviolence, mainly as seen through the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. |
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16. | | Friedrich Hayek: Mises Institute Lectures by Friedrich A. Hayek Available on: Digital Download | Online VideoFriedrich August von Hayek born in 1899 in Vienna) was an economist and social scientist of the Austrian School... |
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17. | | Whose Freedom? by George Lakoff Available on: Audio CD ($23.96) | Digital DownloadLakoff, an adviser to the Democratic party, shows that the conservative revolution has remade freedom in its own image and deployed it as a central weapon on the front lines of everything from the war on terror to the battles over religion in the classroom and abortion. |
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18. | | The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes Available on: Audio Cassette | Digital DownloadThis is one of the true classics in world legal literature. Written by a master of law and language... |
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19. | | The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene Available on: Audio CD ($21.56) | Audio Cassette | Digital DownloadWhen raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power... |
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20. | | The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx Available on: Digital DownloadKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists. |
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21. | | Ludwig Mises: Mises Institute Lectures by Ludwig von Mises Available on: Digital DownloadLudwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (1881 - 1973), was a notable economist and social philosopher. |
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22. | | Common Sense by Thomas Paine Unabridged Edition Available on: Audio CD ($15.96)George Washington wrote, "I find that Common Sense is working a powerful change there (Virginia) in the minds of many men." |
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23. | | The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek Available on: Audio CassetteThis book offers persuasive warnings against the dangers of central planning, along with what Orwell described as “an eloquent defense of laissez-faire capitalism.” |
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24. | | The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Digital Download | MP3 CDAmerican democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world.... |
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25. | | The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Available on: Audio CD ($117.00) | Audio Cassette | Digital Download | MP3 CD ($44.95)The Peloponnesian War broke out in 431 BC and continued intermittently for twenty-seven years... |