Books That Changed The World (Easton Press)

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"These are the books that set the world on a different course, for better or for worse. They encompass the classics of philosophy, politics, sociology, science, and religion. These books brought about reforms and revolutions; toppled governments; started wars. They changed people’s hearts and minds; altered people’s lives. Even today, these books continue to stir passions and cause controversy.

This collection includes 47 titles as chosen by the Editorial Advisory Board of the Easton Press."

  1. 1.
    Democracy in America
    by Alexis de Tocqueville

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    The Origin Of Species
    by Charles Darwin

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  4. 5.
    De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
    by Nicolaus Copernicus

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  5. 6.
    Common Sense
    by Thomas Paine

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  6. 7.
    The State And Revolution
    by V. I. Lenin

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  7. 8.
    Beyond Good and Evil
    by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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  8. 9.
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    On Liberty
    by John Stuart Mill

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  9. 10.
    The Social Contract and The Discourses (Everyman's Library)
    by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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  10. 11.
    Two Treatises Of Government
    by John Locke

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  11. 12.
    Magna Carta: Second Edition
    by J.C. Holt

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  12. 13.
    Das Kapital, Gateway Edition
    by Karl Marx

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  13. 14.
    The Wealth of Nations
    by Adam Smith

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  14. 15.
    The Principles of Scientific Management
    by Frederick Winslow Taylor

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  15. 16.
    The Koran (Penguin Classics)
    by Anonymous

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  17. 18.
    Silent Spring
    by Rachel Carson

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  18. 20.
    The Interpretation Of Dreams
    by Sigmund Freud

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  19. 22.
    The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian
    by Marco Polo

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  20. 23.
    The Affluent Society
    by John Kenneth Galbraith

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  21. 24.
    Discourse on Method and Related Writings (Penguin Classics)
    by Rene Descartes

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  23. 26.
    The Theory Of The Leisure Class
    by Thorstein Veblen

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  24. 27.
    The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)
    by Anonymous

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  25. 28.
    Utopia (Penguin Classics)
    by Thomas More

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  26. 29.
    Tao Te Ching, 25th-Anniversary Edition
    by Lao Tsu

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  27. 31.
    Psychology of the Unconscious (Dover Value Editions)
    by C. G. Jung

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  28. 32.
    The Jewish State
    by Theodor Herzl

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  29. 33.
    Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
    by Martin Luther

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  30. 35.
    Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha)
    by Mohandas K. Gandhi

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  31. 36.
    Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
    by Mao Tse-Tung

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  32. 38.
    The Republic (Penguin Classics)
    by Plato

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  33. 39.
    The Prince
    by Niccolo Machiavelli

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  34. 40.
    The Torah

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  35. 41.
    The New Testament

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  36. 42.
    The Federalist Papers (Penguin Classics)
    by Alexander Hamilton

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  37. 43.
    Euclid's Elements
    by Euclid

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  39. 46.
    Walden
    by Henry David Thoreau

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  40. 47.
    On the Duty of Civil Disobedience - Walking
    by David Thoreau

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