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The Constitution of the United States and related documents
The Constitution of the United States and related documents

by United States

SECTION 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist...

1787 146 ed.
A Study of History
A Study of History

by Arnold J. Toynbee, D.C Somervell

HISTORIANS generally illustrate rather than correct the ideas of the communities within which they live and work, and th...

1900 119 ed.
A Brief History Of The United States
A Brief History Of The United States

by Allan Nevins, Henry Steele Commager

Los Estados Unidos salieron de la oscuridad para penetrar en la historia hace casi unos cuatro siglos.

1942 55 ed.
Principles of Political Economy
Principles of Political Economy

by John Stuart Mill

THERE are very few scientific books whose permanent place in literature seems so well established as that of John Stuart...

1848 133 ed.
De la démocratie en Amérique
De la démocratie en Amérique

by Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont

AFTER the birth of a human being, his early years are obscurely spent in the toils or pleasures of childhood.

1835 421 ed.
A People's History of the United States
A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn

Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam o...

1980 44 ed.
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution
The Federalist, or, The New Constitution

by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison

To the People of the State of New York: AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal go...

1788 349 ed.
The Jungle
The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

IT WAS FOUR O'CLOCK when the ceremony was over and the carriages began to arrive.

1707 673 ed.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing and the Romantic Comedies Shakespeare's three great romantic comedies, so widely studied and perf...

1600 401 ed.
Ulysses
Ulysses

by James Joyce

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed...

1914 612 ed.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Very many years ago, instead of having servants to wait upon them and work for them, people used to have slaves.

1850 688 ed.
As You Like It
As You Like It

by William Shakespeare

IN the eighteenth century Samuel Johnson declared, 'Of this play the fable is wild and pleasing'.

1734 467 ed.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

Enter Orsino Duke of Illyria, Curio, and other Lords.

1734 649 ed.
Tao te Ching
Tao te Ching

by 老子

The Tao Te Ching is an ancient Chinese text consisting of spiritual teachings, folk wisdom, political instruction, cosmo...

1842 648 ed.
American notes
American notes

by Charles Dickens, Diana C. Archibald

I SHALL never forget the one-fourth serious and three-fourths comical astonishment, with which, on the morning of the th...

1800 233 ed.
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery

by Booker T. Washington

I WAS born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia.

1900 430 ed.