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  PraeteritaJohn Ruskin
  PraeteritaJohn Ruskin
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  The White AlbumJoan Didion
  The White AlbumJoan Didion
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  The autocrat of the breakfast-tableOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  The autocrat of the breakfast-tableOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
• The flamingo's smileStephen Jay Gould
  The flamingo's smileStephen Jay Gould
• The works of Hubert Howe BancroftHubert Howe Bancroft
  The works of Hubert Howe BancroftHubert Howe Bancroft
• Le mythe de SisypheAlbert Camus
  Le mythe de SisypheAlbert Camus
• A year from MondayJohn Cage
  A year from MondayJohn Cage
• The ramblerSamuel Johnson
  The ramblerSamuel Johnson
• The Prince & Other StoriesNiccolò Machiavelli
  The Prince & Other StoriesNiccolò Machiavelli
• Life in the sick-roomHarriet Martineau
  Life in the sick-roomHarriet Martineau
• Wolfert's roost and other papersWashington Irving
  Wolfert's roost and other papersWashington Irving
• A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human KnowledgeAlfred Klemmt, George Berkeley
  A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human KnowledgeAlfred Klemmt, George Berkeley
• Selected literary criticismD. H. Lawrence
  Selected literary criticismD. H. Lawrence
• The second person singular, and other essaysAlice Meynell
  The second person singular, and other essaysAlice Meynell
• Step Across This LineSalman Rushdie
  Step Across This LineSalman Rushdie
• The portable EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson
  The portable EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson