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Book Cover for: White Fang, Jack London

White Fang

Jack London
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2. Jack London: London did not only write acclaimed novels like "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang." In 1905, he also wrote a powerful essay on his journey from capitalistic individualism to socialism. https://t.co/NIOQw5B6Xm https://t.co/oKDMmf0REP

Paperback, 2008

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Soul of Man Under Socialism, Oscar Wilde

The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Oscar Wilde
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5. Oscar Wilde Wilde is well known for plays like "The Importance of Being Earnest." Less so for his essay "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." https://t.co/NIOQw5B6Xm https://t.co/g1LtKlxVfH

Paperback, 2016

$5.38$2.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Only the Strong: Reversing the Left's Plot to Sabotage American Power, Tom Cotton

Only the Strong: Reversing the Left's Plot to Sabotage American Power

Tom Cotton
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Tom Cotton's new book "Only the Strong" is what you get if you lay out U.S. foreign policy with none of the sweeping rhetoric about democracy and freedom. https://t.co/0nsawunJEj https://t.co/GUJuwJXHH8

Hardcover, 2022

$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Call of the Wild, Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Jack London
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2. Jack London: London did not only write acclaimed novels like "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang." In 1905, he also wrote a powerful essay on his journey from capitalistic individualism to socialism. https://t.co/NIOQw5B6Xm https://t.co/oKDMmf0REP

Paperback, 2008

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Soul of Man, Oscar Wilde

The Soul of Man

Oscar Wilde
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5. Oscar Wilde Wilde is well known for plays like "The Importance of Being Earnest." Less so for his essay "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." https://t.co/NIOQw5B6Xm https://t.co/g1LtKlxVfH

Hardcover, 2022

$38.97$19.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, Martin Luther King

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Martin Luther King
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As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on voting rights, here are some reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King's "Where Do We Go From Here?" and how to continue his life's work: https://t.co/mPh4sHEzcQ

Paperback, 2010

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Call of the Wild: A Tale about Unbreakable Spirit and the Fight for Survival, Jack London

The Call of the Wild: A Tale about Unbreakable Spirit and the Fight for Survival

Jack London
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2. Jack London: London did not only write acclaimed novels like "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang." In 1905, he also wrote a powerful essay on his journey from capitalistic individualism to socialism. https://t.co/NIOQw5B6Xm https://t.co/oKDMmf0REP

Paperback, 2022

$11.97$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America, Wendy A. Woloson

Crap: A History of Cheap Stuff in America

Wendy A. Woloson
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Why are Americans surrounded by so many cheap crappy goods? Wendy Woloson joins us to talk about what makes something a piece of crap. https://t.co/bflD2EIkhv https://t.co/tF9w1abFoA

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Middlemarch, George Eliot

Middlemarch

George Eliot
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Nathan, Lyta and Rennix discuss George Eliot's Middlemarch. In between some very serious literary analysis, the team discovers that Jordan Peterson is Mr. Casaubon and that Middlemarch is part of an extended universe called "The Chestertons". https://t.co/bn7aAgYmlb https://t.co/a9u61h5GTj

Paperback, 2003

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, J. D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J. D. Vance
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"...in J.D. Vance's career-making memoir 'How I Made It To Yale Even Though My Family Are Drug-Addicted Violent Wastrels Who Should Pull Themselves Up By Their Bootstraps' (published in the U.S. as 'Hillbilly Elegy')" https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/04/right-wing-elitism-is-even-uglier-than-liberal-elitism

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