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Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
by Henry David ThoreauWalden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is written by Henry David Thoreau, a multifaceted personality who was an American writer, philosopher, critic, naturalist, tax resistor and a historian. Walden is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings which emphasize upon resistance to civil government and argues against an unjust st..
Democracy and Education
by John DeweyDemocracy and Education written by John Dewey is a book on introduction to the Philosophy of Education. John Dewey an American Philosopher who is an influential personality of the education and social reform. A critic of the great philosophers, he commented Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overe..
Plague
by Thomas Wright JacksonPlague written by Thomas Wright Jackson is medical book on the deadly disease Plague, its history, extension, the cause, its control, suppression, diagnosis and treatments. Unlike other diseases, Plague has an intimate relationship between its cause and prevention, which emphasize the fact that without understanding the principal facts that caus..
Leviathan
by Thomas HobbesLeviathan is a classic western work on statecraft written by Thormas Hobbes, an English philosopher remembered as one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Leviathan is ranked among the most influential works like Machiavelli's The Prince, as both books concerns about the structure of legitimate government and the society. It is a book..
A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan SwiftA Modest Proposal is written by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish writer, satirist and political pamphleteer. This most controversial satirical essay was written and published anonymously by the author, when Ireland was in deep trouble and the streets were full of beggars of female genre, who were unable to feed their children. Ireland which was ru..
Don Juan
by Lord ByronDon Juan, a satirical poem and is known as the masterpiece of the English poet Lord Byron, his short lyric She Walks in Beauty and lengthy narrative poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage made him to be the celebrated poet of the England. Don Juan portrays the fictional libertine, Don Giovanni as a character who can be easily seduced by women, against ..
Cambridge and its Story
by Charles William StubbsCambridge and its Story is written by Charles William Stubbs, a English historian and Bishop of Oxford. While there are many historical works are written in the literary world, one could expect why not a historical book about an entity which has created the literary world. Perhaps this book could be one among them which narrates the story of t..
The Blizzard in the West
by AnonymousThe Blizzard in the West is one of the rare books found in the subject of natural disasters. A blizzard is the effect of strong sustained winds at the speed of at least 35 miles per hour prolonging for a period of an average three hours, resulting in a severe snowstorm. This book details one of such blizzard occurred in the year 1891, creating e..