The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)54 reviews Benjamin Franklin Dover Publications, 1996 Franklin's informal account of his remarkable life + an important work - should be read by all young men + You've Got to Love Ben! In many ways, this is, to someone coming to it for the first time, a very surprising book. For one thing, it is amazingly incomplete. Franklin is, of course, one of the most famous Americans who ever lived, and his accomplishments in a wide array of endeavors are a part of American lore and popular ...             Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)14 reviews Alexis de Tocqueville Penguin Classics, 2003 an extremely interesting, and well writen book about America + Wow, what a buy. + Democracy in America Book + Superb analysis of democracy in America and elsewhere             The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)36 reviews Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, ... Signet Classics, 2003 Another vote for must read + Required reading + The Federalist Papers + For all fredom lovers + Why we are who we are.             The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865 (Dover Thrift ...14 reviews Dover Publications, 2000 The basic founding documents of American democracy + everyone should get and read this book + Great + All American             Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration6 reviews John Locke Digireads.com, 2005 Most Representative Thinker in Anglo-American Tradition + Great for History classes + This is one well organized book. + DONT BE SCARED! Locke for non-scholars + Check your history fellas.             The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)12 reviews Edward Gibbon Penguin Classics, 2001 A monumental work in the field of history + Understand that any civilization may fail. This work has often been called, and rightly I believe, the most significant historical text ever written in the English language. Even in abridged form this work is spectacular, but as a whole this treatise on the fall of Rome is nothing short of monumental. In fact, the whole work covers a ...             The Portable Enlightenment Reader (The Viking Portable Library) (The Viking Portable Library)5 reviews Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995 An Enlightenment Buffet + A good sampling + FACINATING pure AND simple + This book is terrific for research and enjoyment             The Theory of Moral Sentiments (Philosophical Classics)14 reviews Adam Smith Dover Publications, 2006 Wrongly Ignored + Excellent Book, Awful Kindle Formatting + Nature of Sympathy + 4.5 stars-A masterpiece but only after Part VI was added in 1790             The Law91 reviews Frederick Bastiat Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007 The Law + Hard to believe it was written 150 years ago + The Law perverted! Bastiat's Law is one of the most important documents you could ever read. It is the basis for the philosophy of liberty, and without adherence to these ideals liberty cannot last. This should be required reading in school, but once you read what this french philosopher had to say you may start to ...             Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift Editions)94 reviews Henry David Thoreau Dover Publications, 1995 The Hobo Philosopher + HDT speaks my mind + A classic + Pertinent and well written             Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)17 reviews Henry David Thoreau Dover Publications, 1993 The Persistance Of The Philosophers ... + A MAN CANNOT WITHOUT DISGRACE BE ASSOCIATED WITH TODAY'S AMERICAN GOVERNMENT + Duty is the essential element + The Hobo Philosopher             Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Other Puritan Sermons (Thrift Edition) Jonathan Edwards Dover Publications, 2005 This book includes memorable (and sometimes shocking) sermons from the most influential Puritans of the 16th to 18th centuries. Included are Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Thomas Shepard's "The Parable of the Ten Virgins," Cotton Mather's "An Hortatory and Necessary Address," and works by 7 other religious leaders.             Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics)21 reviews Thomas Paine Signet Classics, 2003 Freedom and Rights of man + classic American + The Man Who Started it All + Looking to the past for insight             Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)17 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson Dover Publications, 1993 Broad-minded and radical thoughts + Self reliance + Great find in Great condition! + Individualism based upon a foundation of moral truth             The Wealth of Nations: Representative Selections (Dover Value Editions) Adam Smith Dover Publications, 2003 One of the great classics of economics, this influential work by the noted 18th-century philosopher and political economist was the first systematic formulation of classical English economics. Smith emphasizes that labor is the only source of wealth, and that its accumulation is the result of every individual's effort to improve his situation in life.             Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics)21 reviews Thomas Paine Signet Classics, 2003 Freedom and Rights of man + classic American + The Man Who Started it All + Looking to the past for insight             The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865 (Dover Thrift ...14 reviews Dover Publications, 2000 The basic founding documents of American democracy + everyone should get and read this book + Great + All American             The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)12 reviews Edward Gibbon Penguin Classics, 2001 A monumental work in the field of history + Understand that any civilization may fail. This work has often been called, and rightly I believe, the most significant historical text ever written in the English language. Even in abridged form this work is spectacular, but as a whole this treatise on the fall of Rome is nothing short of monumental. In fact, the whole work covers a ...             Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)17 reviews Ralph Waldo Emerson Dover Publications, 1993 Broad-minded and radical thoughts + Self reliance + Great find in Great condition! + Individualism based upon a foundation of moral truth             The Wealth of Nations: Representative Selections (Dover Value Editions) Adam Smith Dover Publications, 2003 One of the great classics of economics, this influential work by the noted 18th-century philosopher and political economist was the first systematic formulation of classical English economics. Smith emphasizes that labor is the only source of wealth, and that its accumulation is the result of every individual's effort to improve his situation in life.