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April 6, 2018 | History
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Educational & literary (etc.) reads to puruse

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A personal list of books that don't quite fit into a "for pleasure reading" list. Some of the books themselves may not stand out as especially academic or as literary, but there can be something said for finding knowledge in uncommon locations.

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  • Cover of: Oscar's Books

    First published in 2009 1 edition — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: The office tower tales

    First published in 2008 1 edition — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: "Collecting stamps would have been more fun"

    First published in 2010 1 edition — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: Mary Poppins

    First published in 1934 57 editions — 9 previewable Cover of edition marypoppinsbyplt00shep Cover of edition marypoppins0000trav_q0r0 Cover of edition unset0000unse_i5q7 Cover of edition marypoppins0000trav_e7w0 Cover of edition marypoppins0000trav_q4h0 Cover of edition marypoppins00trav Cover of edition marypoppins00trav_0 Cover of edition marypoppinsodyss00trav work
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  • Cover of: Meditations

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  • Cover of: Art Through the Ages

    First published in 1926 72 editions — 16 previewable Cover of edition gardnersartthro000gard Cover of edition gardnersartthrou0000gard_k2v1 Cover of edition gardnersartthrou0001gard_l5m5 Cover of edition gardnersartthrou0006gard Cover of edition isbn_2900840030626 Cover of edition gardnersartthrou0000gard_r4v5 Cover of edition gardnersartthrou0000gard_t2w1 Cover of edition gardnersartthrou0002gard_r5j1 Cover of edition artthroughages0000gard work
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  • Cover of: History of art

    First published in 1962 44 editions — 10 previewable Cover of edition historyofartsurv0003jans Cover of edition historyofart00jans Cover of edition historyofart01jans Cover of edition historyofart0003jans Cover of edition historyofart0000jans Cover of edition historyofart0000jans_n2d1 Cover of edition historyofartsurv0000jans_2 Cover of edition historyofart0000jans_h8d8 Cover of edition historyofart00jans_0 work
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  • Cover of: Art and visual perception: a psychology of the creative eye.

    First published in 1954 17 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition artvisualpercept0000arnh_m1j2 Cover of edition artvisualpercept00arnh work
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  • Cover of: Vision and Design

    First published in 1920 13 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition cu31924030649267 Cover of edition visiondesign0000fryr work
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  • Cover of: Language of vision

    First published in 1944 19 editions — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: Language of vision

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  • Cover of: Ideals of the East: with special reference to the art of Japan

    First published in 1920 11 editions — 4 previewable Cover of edition idealseastwiths00okakgoog Cover of edition idealsofeastspir0000okak Cover of edition idealsofeast00okak work
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  • Cover of: The essays of Virginia Woolf

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  • Cover of: Succulents

    First published in 2001 1 edition — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: Cryptography engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications

    First published in 2010 7 editions — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: Ishi in Two Worlds a Biogr

    First published in 1961 27 editions — 4 previewable Cover of edition ishiintwoworldsb0000kroe Cover of edition ishiintwoworlds00theo Cover of edition ishiintwoworldsb00kroe work
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  • Cover of: Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books

    First published in 2003 15 editions — 5 previewable Cover of edition readinglolitaint00nafi_1 Cover of edition readinglolitaint0000nafi Cover of edition readinglolitaint00nafi Cover of edition readinglolitaint00nafi_0 work
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  • Cover of: The Testament of Gideon Mack

    First published in 2006 4 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition testamentofgideo00robe Cover of edition testamentofgideo00jame work
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  • Cover of: Ada, the Enchantress of Numbers

    First published in 1998 2 editions — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: Lost Libraries

    First published in 2004 2 editions — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

    First published in 2000 18 editions — 4 previewable Cover of edition hirohitomakingof0000bixh Cover of edition hirohitomakingof00herb Cover of edition hirohitomakingmo00bixh work
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  • Cover of: Advanced compiler design and implementation

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  • Cover of: Essay concerning human understanding

    First published in 1689 188 editions — 37 previewable Cover of edition 1828essayconcern00lockuoft Cover of edition essayconcerningh02lock Cover of edition 1735essayconcern02lockuoft Cover of edition humanunderstandi00lockuoft Cover of edition 1777essayconcern03lockuoft Cover of edition essayconcerningh00loc Cover of edition essayconcernin00lockuoft Cover of edition essayconcerningh02lockuoft Cover of edition 1714essaiphiloso00lockuoft work
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  • Cover of: Walden

    First published in 1854 486 editions — 75 previewable Cover of edition waldenwithanintr00thoruoft Cover of edition waldenorlifeinwo0000unse_k0u4 Cover of edition walden02thor Cover of edition waldenlifewoods00thorrich Cover of edition waldenstoryoflif00thoruoft Cover of edition cu31924014220697 Cover of edition cu31924021445741 Cover of edition waldenorlifeinwo00thor Cover of edition waldenhenry00thorrich work
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  • Cover of: Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

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  • Cover of: Moonwalking with Einstein

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  • Cover of: The women who knew too much: Hitchcock and feminist theory

    First published in 1988 4 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition womenwhoknewtoom00modl work
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  • Cover of: Forbidden lovers: Hollywood's greatest secret--female stars who loved other women

    First published in 1996 1 edition — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History

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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's heroines: characteristics of women, moral, poetical, and historical

    First published in 1889 10 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition cu31924013161322 work
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  • Cover of: Emily Dickinson's poetry

    First published in 1960 7 editions — 1 previewable work
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  • Cover of: Sexual Anarchy

    First published in 1990 7 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition sexualanarchygen00show Cover of edition sexualanarchygen00show_0 work
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  • Cover of: Seduction and betrayal: women and literature

    First published in 1974 7 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition seductionbetraya00hard work
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  • Cover of: A Room of One's Own

    First published in 1929 300 editions — 17 previewable Cover of edition womenfictionmanu0000wool Cover of edition unahabitacionpro0000wool Cover of edition roomofonesownand0000wool Cover of edition roomofonesownthr0000wool_i1z4 Cover of edition unechambresoi0000virg Cover of edition roomofonesown0000wool_t2a6 Cover of edition roomofonesown0000wool_u4t9 Cover of edition roomofonesownwoolrich Cover of edition roomofonesown0000wool_v4v1 work
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  • Cover of: Mad Madge

    First published in 2002 5 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition madmadgemargaret0000whit work
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  • Cover of: Object Lessons

    First published in 1995 5 editions — 3 previewable Cover of edition objectlessonslif00bolarich Cover of edition objectlessonslif00bolarich work
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  • Cover of: Ways to the center: an introduction to world religions

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  • Cover of: Aunt Jo's scrap-bag

    First published in 1871 81 editions — 16 previewable Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag01alco Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag00alco_4 Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag05alco Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag05alcorich Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag00alcoiala Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag00alcouoft Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag00alco_0 Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag07alcogoog Cover of edition auntjosscrapbag04goog work
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  • Cover of: Light of the Bhāgavata

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  • Cover of: The Arabian nights entertainments [65 stories]

    First published in 1954 2 editions work
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  • Cover of: The Grapes of Wrath

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  • Cover of: Naked lunch

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  • Cover of: Women in love

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  • Cover of: The Satanic Verses

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  • Cover of: Our Mutual Friend

    First published in 1800 279 editions — 61 previewable Cover of edition worksofcharlesdivol18dick Cover of edition worksofcharlesdi12dickiala Cover of edition ourmutualfriend00dickiala Cover of edition ourmutualfrien00dickuoft Cover of edition our_mutual_friend_0707_librivox Cover of edition dickensworks33dickuoft Cover of edition ourmutualfriend00dick_5 Cover of edition ourmutualfriend0000char_d1f0 Cover of edition our_mutualfriend_1_1009_librivox work
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  • Cover of: Letters on the improvement of the mind

    First published in 1773 43 editions — 4 previewable Cover of edition lettersonimprove00chapiala Cover of edition lettersontheimpr00chapuoft Cover of edition lettersonimprov00chapgoog work
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  • Cover of: Representative men: seven lectures

    First published in 1800 62 editions — 20 previewable Cover of edition representativeme05emer Cover of edition representativeme04emer Cover of edition representmen00emerrich Cover of edition representative00emerrich Cover of edition 04representmen00emerrich Cover of edition representativeme0000emer Cover of edition representativemen00emerrich Cover of edition representativeme00emerrich Cover of edition representativeme00emer work
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  • Cover of: Sunshine sketches of a little town

    First published in 1900 62 editions — 12 previewable Cover of edition sunshinesketches00leaciala Cover of edition sunshinesketches0000unse Cover of edition cu31924007443892 Cover of edition sunshinesketches00leac_4 Cover of edition sunshinesketches0000leac_u0r7 Cover of edition uneteamariposacr0000leac Cover of edition isbn_9780771050008 Cover of edition sunshinesketches0000leac_p8z1 Cover of edition sunshinesketches0000leac_o3p7 work
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  • Cover of: L'homme qui rit

    First published in 1800 41 editions — 9 previewable Cover of edition deordendelreylho01hugouoft Cover of edition deordendelreylho00hugo Cover of edition laughingman00hugouoft Cover of edition manwholaughs01hugo Cover of edition manwholaughs01hugogoog Cover of edition manwholaughs00hugogoog Cover of edition manwholaughs0000vict Cover of edition manwholaughs0000hugo_u3f8 work
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  • Cover of: The Illustrated Man

    First published in 1901 74 editions — 10 previewable Cover of edition degellustreerdem0000rayb Cover of edition isbn_9788445070611 Cover of edition illustratedman0000rayb Cover of edition illustratedman0000brad_k7j7 Cover of edition illustratedman0000rayb_g1f6 Cover of edition illustratedman0000brad Cover of edition illustratedman00brad_1 Cover of edition illustratedman0000rayb_h3d8 Cover of edition illustratedman00brad_703 work
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April 6, 2018 Edited by Sherry Souktia updated list seeds.
November 24, 2017 Edited by Sherry Souktia updated list seeds.
November 23, 2017 Edited by Sherry Souktia updated list seeds.
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April 4, 2017 Created by Sherry Souktia Created new list.