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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published more than 50 years ago.
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a personal account of the life of the famous American statesman, businessman, philosopher, inventor and scientist.
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The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
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This book, which is Gibran's masterpiece, has become one of the beloved classics of our time.
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Civil Disobedience & Life Without Principle
by Henry David Thoreau
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Civil Disobedience is Thoreau's primary essay on how to interact with Government. Here the author argues that a citizen must always uphold conscience over what is prescribed by law.
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Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
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Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club.
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The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
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This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. Hawkeye and his friends...
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Trouble Is My Business
by Raymond Chandler
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Would you put your life on the line for 25 bucks a day, plus expenses? John Dalmas does. He's one of...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
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This novel about a proud, independent black woman was first published in 1937 and generally dismissed by reviewers.
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Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
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This classical autobiographical account of solitary life in the woods by Walden Pond is one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature.
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The Little Sister
by Raymond Chandler
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Cynical Philip Marlowe - L.A.'s toughest private detective - has seen it all. But when a sweet young thing...
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The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
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Four seekers have come to the ugly, abandoned old mansion: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of the psychic phenomenon...
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The Outermost House
by Henry Beston
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In 1926, Henry Beston spent two weeks in a two-room cottage on the sand dunes of Cape Cod. He had not intended to stay longer, but, as he later wrote, "I lingered on, and as the year lengthened into autumn, the beauty and mystery of this earth and outer sea so possessed and held me that I could not go."
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
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At once an intimate memoir of childhood, a complicated exploration of race and poverty in the South, and a moving portrayal of uncompromising conscience, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has been called the greatest American novel of the 20th century.
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Anthem
by Ayn Rand
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One of Rand's earliest novels, Set in a far off future, Anthem traces the story of one man's discovery of his own value in the midst of a world that has abolished all concept of the self.
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Nature
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Using bold imagery and beautifully written language to illustrate his points, Emerson formulates a belief system where nature itself is a divine entity that we can know directly.
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The Go-Getter
by Peter B. Kyne
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Originally published by William Randolph Hearst in 1921, Peter Kyne's The Go Getter has become a continual source of inspiration for salesman, entrepreneurs and employers.
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of the 17th century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman...
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Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Volume 2
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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LearnOutLoud.com is pleased to present Volume 2 of The Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
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In Raymond Chandler's first novel, detective Philip Marlowe takes on the Sternwood family. The...
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The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
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Seldom has a book been the subject of more widespread discussion than The Jungle...
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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
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This play was directly inspired by the witch-hunting activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. Though set in the 17th century, "The Crucible" presents issues still of interest to people in modern times.
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The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
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Cool, tough, cynical private investigator Philip Marlowe follows the trail of a double murder through...
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The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
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This adventure story has everything you could want: the good guy, some bad guys, the girl, sword...
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Literary Summaries
by Jane Austen
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For anyone with an abiding interest in classic literature, we present this series of concise summaries of some of the most time-worn classics.
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