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Romeo and Juliet, 1750
Romeo and Juliet, 1750

by William Shakespeare

CHORUS. Two households, both alike in dignity,

1750 109 ed.
A New Earth
A New Earth

by Eckhart Tolle

Earth, 114 million years ago, one morning just after sunrise: The first flower ever to appear on the planet opens up to ...

2005 25 ed.
How to Get Rich
How to Get Rich

by Donald Trump, Meredith McIver

I am the chairman and president of The Trump Organization.

1987 29 ed.
The life of Washington
The life of Washington

by Mason Locke Weems, William Holmes McGuffey

1800 100 ed.
Kitchen Confidential
Kitchen Confidential

by Anthony Bourdain

DON'T GET ME WRONG: I love the restaurant business.

2000 28 ed.
Stiff
Stiff

by Mary Roach, M Roach

The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken.

2003 22 ed.
Green Mansions
Green Mansions

by W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson

Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.

1900 140 ed.
Complications
Complications

by Atul Gawande

The patient needed a central line.

2002 20 ed.
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Chicken Soup for the Soul

by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen

The mother sat on the simulated-leather chair in the doctor's office, picking nervously at her fingernails.

1993 19 ed.
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
What Do You Care What Other People Think?

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

I HAVE a friend who's an artist, and he sometimes takes a view which I don't agree with.

1988 19 ed.
Don Juan
Don Juan

by Lord Byron

In a note or preface (I forget which) by Mr W. Wordsworth to a poem, the subject of which, as far as it is intelligible,...

1819 69 ed.
An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth
An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth

by Chris Hadfield

The windows of a spaceship casually frame miracles.

2013 15 ed.
La meta
La meta

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox

1984 13 ed.
Make Your Bed
Make Your Bed

by William H. McRaven, William H. McRaven

2017 10 ed.