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Cover of The Acquisitive Society The Acquisitive Society R. H. Tawney Cover of The Age of Reason The Age of Reason Thomas Paine Cover of The American Crisis The American Crisis Thomas Paine Cover of American Indian Stories American Indian Stories Zitkála-Šá Cover of The Ancient Regime The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine Cover of Antony and Cleopatra Antony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare Cover of The Columbiad The Columbiad Joel Barlow Cover of Commentaries on the Gallic War Commentaries on the Gallic War Julius Caesar Cover of Culture and Anarchy Culture and Anarchy Matthew Arnold Cover of A Cycle of the West A Cycle of the West John G. Neihardt Cover of Cymbeline Cymbeline William Shakespeare Cover of Democracy and Social Ethics Democracy and Social Ethics Jane Addams Cover of Dialogues Dialogues Plato Cover of The Diary The Diary Samuel Pepys Cover of Discourses on Livy Discourses on Livy Niccolò Machiavelli Cover of The Economic Consequences of the Peace The Economic Consequences of the Peace John Maynard Keynes Cover of Edward II Edward II Christopher Marlowe Cover of Eminent Victorians Eminent Victorians Lytton Strachey Cover of The English Constitution The English Constitution Walter Bagehot Cover of Essays Essays Henry David Thoreau Cover of Essays Essays Thomas Paine Cover of The Federalist Papers The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison Cover of Geronimo’s Story of His Life Geronimo’s Story of His Life Geronimo Cover of Ghosts Ghosts Henrik Ibsen Cover of Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Cover of Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part I William Shakespeare Cover of Henry IV, Part II Henry IV, Part II William Shakespeare Cover of Henry V Henry V William Shakespeare Cover of Henry VIII Henry VIII William Shakespeare Cover of Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part I William Shakespeare Cover of Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part II William Shakespeare Cover of Henry VI, Part III Henry VI, Part III William Shakespeare Cover of Histories Histories Herodotus Cover of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon Cover of History of the Peloponnesian War History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides Cover of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Linda Brent Cover of In Darkest London In Darkest London Ada Elizabeth Chesterton Cover of John Brown’s Body John Brown’s Body Stephen Vincent Benét Cover of Julius Caesar Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Cover of The Kingdom of God Is Within You The Kingdom of God Is Within You Leo Tolstoy Cover of King John King John William Shakespeare Cover of The Land of Little Rain The Land of Little Rain Mary Austin Cover of Leviathan Leviathan Thomas Hobbes Cover of Liberalism Liberalism L. T. Hobhouse Cover of The Lives of the Caesars The Lives of the Caesars Suetonius Cover of Memoirs of a Revolutionist Memoirs of a Revolutionist Peter Kropotkin Cover of Michael Strogoff Michael Strogoff Jules Verne Cover of Mrs. Warren’s Profession Mrs. Warren’s Profession George Bernard Shaw Cover of My Disillusionment in Russia My Disillusionment in Russia Emma Goldman Cover of My First Summer in the Sierra My First Summer in the Sierra John Muir Cover of The National Being The National Being George William Russell Cover of The New Freedom The New Freedom Woodrow Wilson Cover of The New State The New State Mary Parker Follett Cover of No Treason No Treason Lysander Spooner Cover of On the Art of Reading On the Art of Reading Arthur Quiller-Couch Cover of Paradise Lost Paradise Lost John Milton Cover of Pastors and Masters Pastors and Masters Ivy Compton-Burnett Cover of Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Cover of The Pilgrim’s Progress The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan Cover of Poetry Poetry Henry van Dyke Jr. Cover of The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Bertrand Russell Cover of The Prince The Prince Niccolò Machiavelli Cover of Progress and Poverty Progress and Poverty Henry George Cover of The Public and Its Problems The Public and Its Problems John Dewey Cover of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria Lytton Strachey Cover of Red Dusk and the Morrow Red Dusk and the Morrow Paul Dukes Cover of Reflections on the Revolution in France Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke Cover of Religion and the Rise of Capitalism Religion and the Rise of Capitalism R. H. Tawney Cover of Richard II Richard II William Shakespeare Cover of Richard III Richard III William Shakespeare Cover of The Rights of Man The Rights of Man Thomas Paine Cover of Saint Joan Saint Joan George Bernard Shaw Cover of The School for Scandal The School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan Cover of The Second Mrs. Tanqueray The Second Mrs. Tanqueray Arthur W. Pinero Cover of The Secret History The Secret History Procopius Cover of The Servile State The Servile State Hilaire Belloc Cover of Seven Pillars of Wisdom Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence Cover of The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Washington Irving Cover of The Social Contract The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau Cover of The Tempest The Tempest William Shakespeare Cover of Ten Days That Shook the World Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed Cover of Titus Andronicus Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare Cover of Tombstone Tombstone Walter Noble Burns Cover of Travel Essays Travel Essays Robert Louis Stevenson Cover of Tusculan Disputations Tusculan Disputations Cicero Cover of Twelve Years a Slave Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup Cover of Twenty Years at Hull House Twenty Years at Hull House Jane Addams Cover of Two Treatises of Government Two Treatises of Government John Locke Cover of Unto This Last Unto This Last John Ruskin Cover of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft Cover of A Voice from the South A Voice from the South Anna Julia Cooper Cover of The Voyage of the Beagle The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin Cover of Walden Walden Henry David Thoreau Cover of The Wealth of Nations The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Cover of What Is Property? What Is Property? Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Cover of The Wheels of Chance The Wheels of Chance H. G. Wells Cover of When Charles the First Was King When Charles the First Was King J. S. Fletcher Cover of Wolf Solent Wolf Solent John Cowper Powys Cover of Yashka Yashka Maria Bochkareva