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The education of Henry Adams
Moralia
Will in the World
De la démocratie en Amérique
Anti-intellectualism in American life
The 100 most influential books ever written
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Forbidden knowledge
Antic Hay
The Closing of the Western Mind
The Closing of the American Mind
Damned to fame
Roughing It
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
Utopia
Life of Samuel Johnson
The Souls of Black Folk
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
On desert trails with Everett Ruess
Out of Africa
Tender Buttons
Die Vermessung der Welt
Madame Bovary
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Liars' Club
A small place
The age of wonder
Running with Scissors
Life on the Mississippi
Le Balcon
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