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Books like The bravo
Loved The bravo by James Fenimore Cooper? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from politics & society, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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The New Jim Crow
How mass incarceration recreates racial caste in America; a powerful, much-cited argument.
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Between the World and Me
A letter to a son about being Black in America; urgent, lyrical and unflinching.
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Qu'est-ce que la propriété?
“Property is robbery!” This slogan coined by the French political philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is one of his answers to the titular question of his 1840 treatise, What Is Property? A fervent att
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Life of George Washington
Originally published in five volumes between 1853 and 1859, it is a treasure chest of information on Washington and the Civil War. This work is presumeably the most intimate and fascinating biography
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Organon der rationellen Heilkunde
Organon der rationellen Heilkunde (Dresden 1810). Spätere, jeweils vermehrte und veränderte Auflagen unter dem Titel: [Organon der Heilkunst][1]. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL13116389W/Organon_
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Romola
Eliot’s only historical novel, set in 15th century Florence under the rule of the Medicis, blends fact with fiction as the reader follows the almost saint-like Romola and the amoral and feckless Tito
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Farewell address
I own an original 1812 copy of THE VALEDICTORY ADDRESS OF WASHINGTON TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, in pristine condition, published by the "Washington Benevolent Society of Massachusetts". It is
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Max Havelaar of de koffijveilingen der Nederlansche handelmaatschappij
Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Dutch: Max Havelaar; of, De koffi-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy) is an 1860 novel by Multatuli (the pen name of Edu
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The Gilded Age
A biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America in which Twain and his neighbor attack the greed, lust, and naivete of their time.
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The Constitution of the United States and related documents
The complete text of the U.S. Constitution including the Bill of Rights and all the Amendments handlettered and decorated with drawings and sketches.