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Book Cover for: The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Alban Butler

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints

Alban Butler
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Happy birthday to English priest Alban Butler (October 24, 1710), author of “The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints” (1756-1759).

Paperback, 2025

$23.95Member price:$21.56 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde
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Happy birthday to Irish writer Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854), author of the 1890 novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and other notable works.

Paperback, 2003

$9.00Member price:$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda
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Happy birthday to yoga teacher and writer Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5,1893), author of “Autobiography of a Yogi” (1946).

Paperback, 1978

$8.50Member price:$4.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath
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Happy birthday to writer/Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sylvia Plath (October 27,1932) author of 1963 novel "The Bell Jar" and other notable works

Paperback, 2005

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt
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Happy birthday to German writer and political theorist Hannah Arendt (October 14,1906) author of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951) et al.

Hardcover, 2025

$39.95Member price:$35.96 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Me and My Amazing Body, Joan Sweeney

Me and My Amazing Body

Joan Sweeney
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Happy birthday to writer Joan Sweeney (October 2, 1930), author of “Me and My Amazing Body” (2000) et al.

Paperback, 2018

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 1984: 75th Anniversary, George Orwell

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell
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The term "newspeak", of course, originates from George Orwell's "1984" not the works of Thomas Bowdler, although the effects are similar.

Paperback, Mass Market, 1950

$10.99Member price:$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper
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Happy birthday to Leatherstocking writer James Fenimore Cooper (September 15,1789), author of the 1826 novel "The Last of the Mohicans” et al.

Paperback, 1986

$13.00Member price:$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley
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Happy birthday to English writer Aldous Huxley (July 26,1894) author of the notable 1932 novel "Brave New World" and many, many other works.

Paperback, 2006

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, Ludwig Leichhardt

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia

Ludwig Leichhardt
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Happy birthday to German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt (October 23,1813), author of “Journal of an overland expedition in Australia…”(1847).Disappeared 1848

Paperback, 2024

$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book