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MILL, John Stuart (1806-1873) On Liberty, The Subjection of Women
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CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965) History of the English, History of the Second World War
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LEWIS, C. S. (1888-1968) Collected Works and Essays
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973) The Lord of the Rings
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ORWELL, George (1903-1950) Animal Farm, 1984
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SARTRE, Jean Paul (1905-) No Exit Purchase at B&N.com

WEAVER, Henry Grady (1947) The Mainspring of Human Progress
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SOLZHENITSYN, Alexander (1918-) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, Nobel Lecture
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KING, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) “I Have a Dream”, Strength to Love
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SCHAEFFER, Francis (1912-1984) Trilogy, How Should We Then Live?
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