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@AdamSmithWorks Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Adam: The First Perfect Master and Poet, Paul Smith

Adam: The First Perfect Master and Poet

Paul Smith
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Throughout the mid and late 1700s, figures such as Adam Smith, David Hume, Paul Revere, & Robert Burns interacted in a variety of informal clubs, associations, membership libraries, & fraternal organizations. Read more from @carloberg for #AdamSmithWorks. https://t.co/EZDLix7NRT

Paperback, 2012

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was a favorite of #AdamSmith's. Richard Gunderman shows us how it still has much to teach us today. https://t.co/04015ahska

Paperback, 2003

$9.00$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790, Ritchie Robertson

The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790

Ritchie Robertson
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Daylight savings hitting hard? We've got your Enlightenment right here. Amy Willis's #ReadWithMe on Ritchie Robertson’s The Enlightenment is complete. Reread past posts and find the light at the end. https://t.co/0QcRyNxewz https://t.co/NNGn1YLECP

Paperback, 2023

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Frankenstein: (Original Edition), M. W. Shelley

Frankenstein: (Original Edition)

M. W. Shelley
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What makes Mary Shelley's #Frankenstein one of the most effective horror novels of all time? For Shanon FitzGerald, the answer would be incomplete without reference to Adam Smith. https://t.co/EA5vWoHfTM https://t.co/x6HeZhuBkz

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Book Cover for: Gulliver's Travels: (Dr. Jonathan Swift Classics Collection), Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels: (Dr. Jonathan Swift Classics Collection)

Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels was a favorite of #AdamSmith's. Richard Gunderman shows us how it still has much to teach us today. https://t.co/04015ahska

Paperback, 2015

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Scotland

Just Pictures
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Adam Smith’s Tercentenary is a great reason to go to Scotland in 2023. Whether you're going or just wish you were going, be sure to check out @sabinechidiac's trip tips for the traveling #AdamSmith fan. Yes, there are pictures. https://t.co/dOYCllfyVf https://t.co/WCngCJcaHQ

Paperback, 2017

$25.30$12.65 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton
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How is a social exchange like a business exchange? When are they more alike, and when are they VERY different? We'll ask & try to answer these in a virtual reading group on Edith Wharton's Gilded Age classic House of Mirth & #AdamSmith's works. Join us! https://t.co/5yAWsYWXXC

Paperback, 1993

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Edition, Montesquieu

The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Edition

Montesquieu
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#AdamSmith's Wealth of Nations was often compared to Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws. This OLL Liberty Matters series investigates Montesquieu’s thinking on a small but important question: who gets to tell Nicolosa Sanuti (& others) what they can wear? https://t.co/mJqQSXj5VV

Paperback, 1977

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Works, John Locke

Works

John Locke
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) was the grandson of a founder and leader of the English Whigs, and was tutored by John Locke. Shaftesbury rote one of the most intellectually influential works in English of the 18th century, the Characteristicks. https://t.co/KgLP59ICGF

Paperback, 2023

$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism, Glory M. Liu

Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism

Glory M. Liu
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Glory Liu (@miss_glory) talks about her new book, "Adam Smith's America," and how more & more scholars are learning that Smith is even more than an economist. The interview is with Robin Mills for the Institute of Intellectual History. https://t.co/YoMirjGJxp What do you think?

Paperback, 2024

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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